Prohibition Agents Accused of Brutality at Federal HQ
Testimony in a court case details alleged abuse by Prohibition agents including tying a towel over a man's head, binding him in a chair, and beating him with a stick. Major August Heise and Briggs, an East Indian chauffeur, describe a coercive scene intended to force a confession.
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New York
August Hesse
Assistapt
Wert Briggs
Prohibition
Heise
Briggs
Ishment
Heise J
Wood Resting After Confab in Rapid City
Governor General Wood of the Philippines, worn from travel and accidents, rested at the summer White House after a long Manila trip. He plans to resume his journey to Washington, aided by physicians, with a September return to the island post indicated. A carnival in Philippi features tents, rides, and exhibition bouts nightly to attract local crowds.
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Rapid City
M. D
Wood
Philippines
Manila
States
White House
Washington
Coolidge
Custer
S. C
Altho
Island
Philippi
Grafton
Carnival Opens Here Next Monday
Grafton to host a four day carnival by the 20th Century Shows with 50 exhibits rides and concessions at the Blusville end car line. The event runs for four days ending June 30 with E B Roberts in town for the sky and banks in the county. Other notices include rental ads for a five room country house and two unfurnished rooms and a Philadelphia bank merger under Mitten interests.
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Grafton
E. B
Roberts
General Aig Waa
Thesky and
Philadelphia
Mitten
Brotherhood
Mit
For Rent and Bereavement Notice Fragment
Fragmentary classified note lists rental room with bath after July and contact details. Also includes a bereavement acknowledgment thanking friends for support, mentions West Main Street Methodist Church, Mr and Mrs J L Silman, and a deceased “richest bachelor” found in his Hotel Roosevelt room with minimal belongings.
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M. E. Church
J . L. Silman
Hotel
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Wives to Join Fliers In Prague After Transatlantic Flight
Vienna and Paris dispatches report Mrs Clarence Chamberlin and Mrs Charles Levine heading to Prague to join their husbands after the pair flew to Czechoslovakia in the Columbia yesterday. The American embassy said the fliers would arrive in Paris Sunday night.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Vienna
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Prague
Columbia
Paris
Chamberlin and Levine
Czecho Slovakia
Wealthy Cleveland Man Found Dead In Gotham
A wealthy Cleveland man was found dead in Gotham. The incident appears sudden, with investigators examining possible causes. No immediate motive or suspects disclosed as authorities cordon the scene and await autopsy results.
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Cleveland
Gotham
Mitten Withdraws From Union Locomotive Brotherhood Role
Mitten Management of Philadelphia withdrew from the proposition to aid the direction of the banks of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The proposal had been before the national convention for over a week, detailing Mitten’s intended involvement.
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Philadelphia
Mitten Management, Inc
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mitten
University student Isgo found dead at UC Berkeley
Herbert OC. Gangner an 18 year old son of P. F. Gardner of New York City was found dead in the Chi Tau Fraternity house kitchen at the University of California. The coroner ruled suicide though motives were not clear and friends cited poor health.
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Berekley
Cal
Herbert OC. Gangner
P. F. Gardner
New York City
Chi Tau
University of California
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Sentinel Office
Main Street
Malin Street
Apple Avenue
Yooma
Lincoln Street
Maple Avenue
New Yorks
Wilon Hicker
Clatelatis
Obis
Men's Athletic Union
Isgo
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Fanure
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