Prohibition Enforcement Policy Seen by Treasury
Washington Sept 21 Associated Press reports a new federal policy on prohibition enforcement is expected to be announced by Assistant Secretary Andrews. It will define federal roles and stress that enforcement beyond federal scope falls to state and local authorities. The article notes a prohibition agent in New Orleans was ordered dismissed for spending time and money arresting a woman found carrying a pint flask.
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Omaha to host Legion convention amid posters ban protest
Omaha weathered controversy as the American Legion and W C T U clash over festival posters. Prohibited liquor ads led White Rabban to denounce Parisian nudity images, and officials recalled the Fifty and Eight society plan. National Geographic Explorer mission delayed by weather after reaching Washington.
Lansdowne dies in doomed Shenandoah control attempt
Lakehurst New Jersey Sept 21 Lt Cmdr Zachery Lansdowne and the crew in the Shenandoah control car perished trying to keep the airship under control near Ava Ohio on Sept 3. Col Hall survivor observer and Lt Rosendahl corroborate calm conduct and full duty amid the violent storm and breaking up of the craft.
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Minnesota Labor Chief Demands Curb on Red Activity in Unions
Minnesota labor leaders at the 43rd annual state federation of labor convention call for curbing red activity within unions. President Hall denounces perpetual calamity howlers and advocates barring agitators from conventions while secretary Tawson reports internal activities threaten unity. Continued on Page Five.
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Air Service Inquiry Opens Under Davis Stand
Washington September 21 by the Associated Press opening this inquiry into American air power the president's special air board presented a wide range of opinions from the war department on the importance and position of aircraft in national defense. For seven and a half hours officials discussed policy groundwork and prospects for a unified air service with Acting Secretary Davis noting no cause for alarm despite inadequate equipment and funds.
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Colonel Mitchell Relieved of Duty in Air Corps
Colonel William Mitchell, eighth corps air officer, was relieved of duty by order of Major General Ernest Hinds. The move ends a period of criticism of army and navy air services sparked by Mitchell’s statements. Acting corps air officer is Captain Thomas W. Sastey while court martial proceedings are anticipated in coming weeks.
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School Lunches booklet offered for free distribution
Housekeepers with school lunch needs can obtain a free booklet titled School Lunches containing recipes for lunch dishes. The bureau invites readers to send for a copy to reference throughout the school year, by filling out a coupon and enclosing two stamps for return postage.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Helena Independent Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Irak appeals to Brits for more troops to stop Turkish invasion
London Sept 21 A Geneva dispatch says the Irak government asked Great Britain to send a division to guard against rising Turkish hostility. The Westminster Gazette notes the move signals a belief that Turks intend a forcible seizure of Mosul and treats the request as highly significant.
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Passing of Tabor Girl Not a Murder
Denver relatives of a woman found scalded in a Southaldo apartment sent funds for funeral expenses but police say the death was accidental. The fund, raised by friends and relatives, supported by Peter McCourt of Denver and Mrs John Last of Milwaukee, remains under review as investigators consider other details.
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New World Meet on Disarmament in Geneva
Geneva dispatch reports the League of Nations assembly leaders including Britain and France accepting a plan for a future disarmament conference. Preparations will begin immediately while the council of the League retains power to set the conference start, and a new organ will study arms reduction with non council states eligible for input.
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Slayer of a nurse lynched in Georgia
A reported slayer of a nurse was lynched in Georgia near the Wilkinson county line last night after being moved from a sanitarium. Details are fragmentary but establish a fatal mob action following the attack on Amy Osford at the Maledge settlement.
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Reckless Altoigt Escapes With Fine
Washington September 21 Associated Press after having forfeited bilateral bond of 45 dollars Nathan J Smith of Baltimore whose automobile yesterday narrowly missed President Canidge inday had the misfortune and was fined 24 dollars Smith appeared in court shortly after his case was called.
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Walsh Talks of Politics Abroad
Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana charged that the State Department barred British communist Saklatvala to aid the Baldwin government. He said the action was a political maneuver to pull England’s chestnuts out of the fire and cited letters urging a British MP to withdraw from duties, calling the scene difficult to understand.
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Coal miner escapes after deadly shooting near Toluca
Joseph Spenrax, a coal miner, allegedly shot Shecie Orville Litchfield and John Leonard, then barricaded in a Toluca house. A posse of 100 men hunted him as hundreds from Decatur aided the search for the suspect, who fled the scene and vanished.
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Self Government in Peril at State Fair Case
Defense counsel criticizes the attorney general’s power to supersede county attorneys in prosecuting alleged illegal betting on races at the State fair. The hearing before Judge W. T. Poorman featured arguments by association counsel Judge Carl Rasch Judge W. T. Pigott and Lester H. Loble against centralized federal style governance and professional boosters. J. W. Choate, assistant to Attorney General L. A. Font, countered for the state.
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L. A. Font
Walker Retains Welterweight Title In 15 Round War
Mickey Walker of Elizabeth New Jersey retained his world welterweight crown with a judges decision over Dave Shade of California after a brutal 15 round title bout at Yankee Stadium The champion staged a late rally delivering a crushing charge in the final round to seal the victory and end a fiercely contested bout
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Dave Shade
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Jack Frost Back at the Old Stand
In Chicago readers were reminded of autumn as cooler air moved across the Midwest after the autumnal equinox. Temperatures fell from 91 Saturday afternoon to 54 by six this morning, with a late-afternoon rise to 61, signaling a swift end to the late-season heat.
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Labor Chief Soon Will Know Fate
Indianapolis September 21 The determination of whether John J. McNamara business agent of the Indianapolis Iran workers was the victim of a gigantic frame up by employers of labor or an industrial terrorist as the state contends will rest with the jury early tomorrow.
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Associated Press
John J. McNamara
Blaze in Rapelle Causes Heavy Loss in District
Fire of unknown origin destroyed about a quarter of Rapelle’s business district at an early hour Monday, gutting iron stores and a lumber yard with total losses estimated at 50,000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Chink Tongs Sign New Peace Treaty
New York report says Hip Sing and On Leong tongs signed a peace agreement to end hostilities nationwide. Lee Kee served as mediator at a solemn meeting. Wong Hip Lin and Lee Geo Min signed the pact.
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Death at Fox Lake widens family murder case
Arthur Holt and his stepdaughter Lara Hareqoof Chicago were charged with murdering Mrs Arthur Holt at the family summer home in Fox Lake. Albert Harey, the son-in-law, was arrested. The state says the woman was killed by others, not self inflicted, while Holt and Hareqoof claim she shot herself after a quarrel.
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