Prohibition Era Ends Tonight Amid Personal Liquor Imports
Armed patrols segment highways and polling sites as Sixth District election begins under court injunctions. State police move ballot boxes to parish centers, with outlying areas reporting little voting and residents armed for deterrence. Huey P. Long advocates district ratification as tensions rise in Baton Rouge.
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Repeal Shifts the Scenes By Noel Thornton
Repeal ends Prohibition as nineteen states reclaim liquor and a nation moves from dry law. The piece notes many speakeasies in New York aiming to operate without licenses, moonshiners easing back to old routes, and license fees set at 1200 dollars. Helen Morgan remains a Broadway underworld figure as bartenders’ ball returns after 1920.
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Beating Report Hits World’s Prettiest Legs Claim
New York police investigate a beating of Adelaide Gloria once described as having the most beautiful legs in the world. The 32 year old dancer says a man assaulted her on a vacant lot as she returned to her home in Queens. He reportedly left her with bruises and mouth abrasions, and her brother Albert Gloria found her on the rear steps of her home.
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Factor Must Face Britain in Extradition Trial
Washington and Chicago reports detail that Jake the Barber Factor must be sent to England for trial on an $8,000,000 swindle charge. The Supreme Court upheld the Seventh Circuit, denying refugee status, and ruling extradition valid under a treaty. The case included claims of kidnapping and ransom while pending.
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Woman Hurt When Car Hits Telephone Pole
Mrs. Hattie Lockard of near Simpson was badly cut in the neck when a Pontiac coach driven by her husband Sanford collided with a telephone pole at Beech and Pearl streets. She was hurled forward, possibly hitting the windshield, while Mr. Lockard escaped with minor injuries. The accident occurred yesterday at 3:50 p.m. More details appear on Page Five. The Mitt Woolen Co. rep to be at Central Hotel Tuesday and Wednesday to take orders for suits and overcoats prices 19.50 and 24.50. special showings 18-for-11.
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Venture Into High Finance Brings Term Venture Into High
Los Angeles, Dec. 5, 1925. Teenager Theodore Peterson 16, nicknamed city slicker, sold a non owned clubhouse and forged a bill of sale to a Pomona contractor. Investigation shows he had it notarized and sealed over a Pomona real estate dealer. F. D. Bixler, contractor, recovered most of the $350 he paid.
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Roosevelt dictatorship accusation rocks G O P committee
Washington reports the Republican national committee charging the Roosevelt administration seeks dictatorship by silencing critics. It cites press and radio censorship and accuses the administration of responding with abuse while denying aims, noting Democratic critics and a pamphlet referencing the forgotten man of 1937. The piece also covers local hospital loan news and mayoral actions.
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Crowd Tells CWA Projects Are Being Rushed
About 200 ragged men led by F. C. Newman of Charleston marched to the state house to press for more direct relief and faster job creation by the Civil Works Administration. They claimed some relief families received only 1.15 dollars weekly. Deputy relief administrator William N. Beehlar said efforts are speeding up and new CWA projects expected today would raise West Virginia’s new jobs to about 50,000. the agency has already provided over 41,000 jobs in under three years.
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Towa Girl Who Quit Gandhi Seminary Seeks Hospital Here
Miss Nila Cram Cock of Towa who recently left Gandhi seminary in New Delhi disappeared from a hotel and was found ill in Calcutta hospital. She had arrived by train from New Delhi on the Punjab mail and was hospitalized today.
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Absence of Senator Lewis Causes Concern in Illinois
Chicago reports associates of Senator J Hamilton Lewis worry after he did not attend a Springfield address as planned. His law office has not heard from him since leaving Chicago Wednesday night, with sources noting he departed for St Louis and did not arrive in Springfield yesterday. His office enlists effort to locate him amid the unexplained lapse.
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Lindberghs Plan To Start Long Flight Tonight
Bathurst Gambia Africa December five. Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh plan to take off at midnight seven p m EST for a projected 1900 mile flight to South America. Departure chosen for favorable winds and a freshening breeze improved chances after a calm delay since Thursday.
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Treasury quits market bond support sparks funding shift
Washington reports an abrupt drop in government bond purchases as acting Secretary Morgenthau announces the pullback. Last week $2,545,000 was invested, down from $8,748,000 the prior week, while most government issues rose. Officials cited rising domestic gold prices and a strong dollar, noting December refinancing of $727 million due.
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Mae West Indicted in 1932 Robbery Case
Los Angeles December 5. An indictment by the county grand jury charges Harry Veiler Morris Cowen and Edward H Friedman as eastern racketeers in the 1932 robbery of Mae West valued at 20400. Friedman confessed naming Voller and Cohen as accomplices. Miss West identified Friedman and others. West and Timony testified before a grand jury.
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Ratification wave ends national dry era with 23 states
Pennsylvania and Ohio ratified the repeal today leaving Utah to join as the 36th state. Utah and Utah officials prep to finalize by 5 p.m. EST. The move ends Prohibition era as states near open import rules with individual possession deemed lawful across state lines.
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Economy tops tax plans of legislators
Charleston December 5 Econom y proposals overshadow tax plans as legislators prepare to return after a 10 day recess. The house finance committee split into groups to study cuts in state and local government costs. One group reviews abolishing the agriculture department another considers ending the board of control and others weigh city and county personnel reductions. Before work resumes they hear from assistant state auditor Cleveland M Bailey warning further salary cuts would burden staff who relocated to Charleston.
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