Far Reaching Supreme Court Decision on State Vehicle Regulation
A Supreme Court ruling questions state authority to license private truck lines under state railroad commissions, citing California law. The majority upholds due process limits while dissenters favor stricter regulation of private business. Implications could affect states with auto stage and truck transport acts, Montana excluded.
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United States Supreme Court
Montana
Supreme Court
Marion L. Frost
Wesley H. Frost
Copartners
State Railroad Commission
California
Frost, Bros
Railroad Commission
United States Daily
Montana Delegation Holds Strong Prohibition Line
The Montana congressional group pushes strict enforcement of the Volstead Act and constitutional prohibition. Senators Walsh Wheeler and Congressman Leavitt are cited as dry or pro-dry, while Evans is described as a follower. A Montana poll showing majority support for modification or repeal is noted, but lawmakers dismiss it and claim Montana is much wetter than New York.
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Montana
Walsh
Prohibition
Leavitt
Anti-Saloon League
Evans
Wheeler
Senator Walsh
Washington
House
Senate
New York
Empire State
West
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Montana Dry Argument in Senate Probe Sparks Controversy
A Montana NY contrast is used in a Senate debate over prohibition showing 189 stills seized in Montana versus 105 in New York, despite Montana’s far smaller population. Proportion figures, mash seizures, and local arrests are cited to label Montana lawmakers hypocritical while invoking Henry Ford’s new engineering doctorate and future plans.
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Montana
New York
Queens
New York City
Senator Walsh
Missoula
Billings
Livingston
Walsh
Idaho
Empire State
Bill Wade
Norris plan to punish Pennsylvania by electing Wilson
Senator Norris of Nebraska proposed Pennsylvanians vote for Democrat William B. Wilson to rebuke costly Republican primaries. He cites precedent in Iowa where Republicans backed a Democrat to remove a problematic Senator. The plan would force Pennsylvanians to expose and fix their own party excesses.
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Norris
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
William B. Wilson
United States Senate
Iowa
Republican Organization
National Republican Administration
Brookhart
Newberry
Michigan
Best Editorial of the Day From The Big Timber Pioneer
Editorial mocks the Volstead era and Prohibition enforcement, recounting a tale of Chris Magelssen the Good Samaritan and a feared drink. It lampoons lawmen and courts while warning that the chase for liquor funds distorts justice and public morals.
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The
Big Timber Pioneer
Snake bites and antidotes across eras and nations
Washington June report traces early Indigenous snake remedies and the shift to whiskey cures, then Brazilian serum development. It notes 25 000 annual Brazilian snake bites and a Sao Paulo serum farm supplying antivenoms, with horses used to produce sera and Smithsonian experiments in the United States.
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Washington, DC
Thomas Glover
Englshman
Lower
Potomas
New World
West
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Senate Acts on Pensions and Expenditures
The Senate voted to increase pens ions for dependents of Civil War and other veterans. A capitation expenditure limit of 10 000 dollars was proposed by Senator Neely. The Senate commerce committee renewed approval of a house bill while finance investigations probed league finances.
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Senate
Neely
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate Elections Investigation Committee
Copeland
Crisp and
Jacobstein
McNary Farmell
Sherman J. Lowell
New York
Edgar Bernard Brossard
Utah
She Wins $100 000 Verdict in Washington Court
Mrs. Edward Voight Jr wins a $100000 verdict against a party for alienation of her husband's affections in a Washington D C court. Claim marks largest award of this kind in the jurisdiction.
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Edward Voight, Jr
Washington, D. C
Byrd and Bennett Honored For North Pole Flight Medals
President Coolidge awarded the Hubbard medal of the National Geographic Society to Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd and aviator Floyd Bennett for their May North Pole flight from Spitzbergen. Coolidge praised their courage, pioneering aeronautical progress, and scientific impact of the polar expedition.
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North Pole
Washington
Richard E. Byrd
Floyd Bennett
Spitzbergen
President Coolidge
Washington Auditorium
Coolidge
Admiral Perry
Arctic
Amerian Ayy
Peary
Kings Bay
Rator
Ham
Ings
Nasal Academy
Yero
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Hubbard
National Geographical Society
USN
National Geographie Society
Byrd
Coolidge Faces New Senate Fight Over Nominations
President Coolidge sent to the Senate the nominations of E. B. Brossard of Utah and Sherman J. Lowell of New York to the Januff Commission. Brossard has served under a recess appointment and faces opposition amid tariff probe revelations.
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Washington
E. B. Brossard
Utah
Sherman J Lowell
New York
Senate
Coolidge
Brossard
Culbertson
Romania
Anuil
Congress
Lowell
Treedonia
Hay
Tle
Canningsianer Baldwin
Nows Nations
Brassard
Mr. Brossard
Bucharest
President Coolidge
Bandits Raid Club Near West Baden
Four unmasked robbers battered and robbed officials and guests at the Jidwana club near West Baden Indiana last night. They took about $6,000 in money and jewelry two women were among the victims Mrs C B Drake of Louisville valued jewelry at $5,000 and $40 of jewelry plus $100 in cash from Mrs M M Callanan of Louisville.
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West Baden
Ind
Here
C. 8. Drake
Louisville
MM. J. Callalan
Questions and Answers from The Independent Information Bureau
A long reader quiz covers lighting history from candles to electric trains, meanings of terms, literary first appearances, banana varieties and cooking notes, German Huns origin, Chinese dynasties with dates, Joe Miller jokes, and a teaser inviting readers to ask questions from The Independent Information Bureau with a ten cent return postage.
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Pullinani
Pennsylvania Limited
J. G
McK
D. G A. Rossetti
Witliam II
Ins Thonps
Chine
Bremnerhaven
Hunan
China
Tain Pit
Hwang Tour Cuperdt
Moller
John Mattley
Joe Millers
Independent Information Bureau
Uelena Independegnt
Harold Bell Wright Moves into Cattle Ranching
Tucson report says Harold Bell Wright, famed novelist, has become a cattleman as head of a corporation establishing the Cross Anchor Ranch near the Mesian border. A 20,000 acre outfit is acquired, with more cattle and pure bred horses planned. Mrs Wright serves as secretary treasurer. Walter Bailey is vice president of the venture.
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Tucson
Ariz
Harold Bell Wright
Cat le- Hat
Mesiean
Wright
Walter Bailey
Qutht
Cross Anchor Ranch
Alaska Fur Production Near Ninety Million
Seatire reports fur shipments from Alaska to the United States since its purchase reach an estimated value near eighty eight million. Last year’s output was about three million. Ninety percent of the world’s fur seals are in a United States government herd at the Pribilof Islands off Alaska, totaling about seven hundred thousand. Government fur seal shipments during the fiscal year ending June 3, 1924, are noted.
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Braz
North American
Indias
Sao Panto Farm
Bragl
Seatire
Alaska
United States
I Tr Pribilot Islands
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Trey
Sweet Grass County Pantry
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Chris
Bithigs
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Ina
WWE
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Sao Fanlo
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