Padlocking liquor violators to enforce laws gains ground
The article argues padlocking lawbreaking hotels and liquor fronts will improve enforcement. It notes bellhops bootlegging, drug stores acting as liquor houses, and physicians with illicit licenses, urging closures and license revocations as law enforcement strengthens. It also discusses farm marketing and centralized price strategies as essential for farming profitability.
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Prohibition
Bell Boys
League of Nations to include US treaties in series
Geneva announcement says the United States will transmit all treaties for inclusion in the League of Nations treaty series. This makes the series nearly complete and allows non-member pacts with Ecuador, Russia, Egypt, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Mexico to join. Secretary-General Sir Eric Drummond praised the move as open diplomacy and cooperation. Cattlemen elect leaders at American National Live Stock Association meeting in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City chosen for 1927 meeting.
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League of Nations
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Ecuador
Russia
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Afghanistan
Turkey
Mexico
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Washington
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Ariz
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Marfa
Texas
Edward Burke
Nebraska
William Coleman
Oregon
Henry Boice
Arizona
George Russell, Jr
Nevada
Hubbard Russell
California
Utah
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Costly Indian War Paint Parade At Interior
A $373 bill to the secretary of the interior covered six months of facial adornment for an Osage beauty. Included items were rouge powder puffs hair nets lip sticks shampoos and cold creams illustrating the price of native cosmetic needs.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Nye Seated by Senate After Vacancy Challenge
The Senate voted 41 to 39 to seat Gerald P. Nye as North Dakota senator, overturning a challenge that state governors lacked authority to fill vacancies by appointment.
Six Foot Rope of Pearls Bequeathed to King Victor Emmanuel
A six foot rope of 32 pearl strings totaling 19 yards is willed to King Victor Emmanuel by the late Queen Mother Margherita. The royal jewelry is valued at 220,000,000 lire.
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Margherita
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Brownwood Band to Accept New Mascot in Paris Banquet
The Old Gray Mare Band accepts the Paris Chamber of Commerce offer to present a new mascot replacing the deceased mare. The Brownwood unit will travel to Paris for the ceremony at a February 22 banquet, observing Washington's Birthday.
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Brownweod
Tex
Paris
Texas
Allies May Delay German League Entry Over Rhine Troops
German Foreign Minister Stresemann told the Reichstag foreign relations committee that if the allies keep 75,000 troops in the Rhineland, Germany's bid for admission into the League of Nations must be indefinitely postponed.
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Berlin
Rhineland
Germany
League of Nations
Stresemann
Foreign Relations Committee
Reichstag
Teller Named On Shipping Board
Washington President Coolidge Thursday nominated Philip S Teller of California to be a member of the shipping board to succeed Commissioner Lissner, who resigned.
Will of McClintock Probated in Chicago Court
William Nelson McClintock heir to a $1,000,000 estate is survived by his foster father William Darling Shepherd. The will was admitted to probate in Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday.
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McClintock
Chicago
Ill
William Nelson McClintock
William Darling Shepherd
Red Cross Sends 10000 for Mexican Flood Sufferers
Washington via the state department reports the American Red Cross cabled ten thousand dollars to the American consul at Mazatlan to aid flood victims in Mexico.
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Washington
State Department
American Red Cross
Mazatlan
Ex Soldiers urged to renew insurance in six months
New York report says 4,000,000 veterans must renew $30 billion of government life insurance they dropped after the war. Dependents could lose over $50 billion in the next 50 years if veterans do not show interest. In New York state 323,999 men dropped $3.098 billion in coverage.
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New York
United States Veterans Bureau
New York State
Tax Cut Adoption Urged by President
President Coolidge urges timely Senate action on the house revenue bill to secure enactment before March 15. He warns that a $170,000,000 increase in tax reductions favored by Senate Democrats would be unwise and trigger a party fight delaying prompt action. Senator Simmons says he expects enough support for adoption despite the committee’s rejection.
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Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Senate Finance Committee
Democrats
House
Simmons
North Carolina
Co operative Marketing Plan Receives Approval
Washington reports the house agricultural committee approved the Haugen bill to create a division of co operative marketing in the agriculture department. The measure would appropriate $225 000 to fund the new division, which would aid co operative marketing associations in disposing of crops and spreading agricultural information to farmers with experts in grain livestock fruits vegetables cotton tobacco and other staples.
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Washington
House Agricultural Committee
Department of Agriculture
Highway Letting Awards Tied to New Commission Members
Expenditures totaling 509 021.98 were awarded Friday by the highway commission in its first letting since Hal Moseley and John Cage joined the board. The action marks a milestone for the new members as projects proceed.
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Petia
Mase
Spaaade Ba Pres Feve
Highway Commission
Hal Moseley
John Cage
Commission
Osage Grand Jury Recesses for February Resumption
Guthrie Oklahoma federal grand jury probing the Osage murders recesses until February 12, resuming the inquiry into killings of wealthy Osage Indians in Oklahoma.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Lassiter Succeeds Pershing as PlebiS Cite Chief
Washington reports President Coolidge named Major General William J. Lassiter to take over as president of the Tacna Arica plebiscite commission, replacing General John J. Pershing as of Friday. Lassiter commands the department of Panama and assumes the role in the ongoing plebiscite process.
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Pershing
Washington
William J. Lassiter
Department of Panama
John J. Pershing
Tacna-Arica
Coolidge
Big Well At Spindle Top Rises With New Oil Flow
Beaumont Texas Spindle Top field received Yount Lee's second producer on Wednesday signaling a strong return as oil began flowing at 5000 barrels daily with 26 degree gravity.
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Spindle Top
Beaumont
Tex
Yount-Lee
Last Year's Lumber Production Tops Records in 1916 Era
The National Lumber Manufacturers Association estimates lumber output last year exceeded all years since 1916 except 1923, likely approaching 38 billion feet.
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Washington
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Treasurer Announces State Loan Secured in Dallas Fort Worth
Tax collections exceeded 629000 dollars and loans totaling 346000 dollars were secured by Texas Treasurer W Gregory Hatcher in Dallas and Fort Worth this week to fund the state treasury through January without a deficiency.
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Austin
Tex
W. Gregory Hatcher
Dallas
Fort Worth
Ferry Service Starts Between New Orleans and East
New ferry service over Chef Menteur and the Rigolets began Saturday, offering motorists a rapid inexpensive link between New Orleans and destinations in Mississippi and the East, improving regional travel access.
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New Orleans
Chef Menteur
Rigolets
Mississippi
Tobacco Fire at Pola Destroys Million-Dollar Warehouse
Tobacco valued around $1,000,000 was burned in a warehouse fire that destroyed the Pola facility on Friday. The blaze caused extensive damage, with investigators awaiting full assessment of losses and cause.
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Pola
Italy
San Saba Council Sets February Sewer Election
San Saba Texas city council ordered a February 16 election to ballot a municipal sewer system after receiving a petition signed by 118 residents. The vote will determine the city's sewer project status and funding implications.
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San Saba
Tex
Ban on Income Tax Publicity in Senate Action
Washington reports the senate tax committee approved Friday a provision to discontinue publicity of income tax returns. The move, tied to the house tax bill, aims to remove public disclosure of individual filings and shift transparency expectations.
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Washington
Senate
Ting Committee
Windy Bil Woolfson, Boston hitchhiking champ of Malden
William Woolfson of Malden Massachusetts is named champion hitchhiker of Boston University. He travels with teams to all cities where they play and leads two campus groups the Barnstormer's Dramatic Club and the C T A an organization of collegiate hoboes. He logs 2500 miles of hiking and warns never try to stop a flivver going uphill.
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Malden
Mass
Boston University
Barnstormer's Dramatic Club
College of Business Administration
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