Prohibition Topic Highlighted in National Crime Inquiry
The national law enforcement commission assigns Prohibition a distinct investigation path among eleven topics. George W. Wickersham chairs all panels. other committees cover causes of crime, crime statistics, police prosecutions, courts, penal institutions, and more with named leaders such as Ada L. Comstock and Roscoe Pound.
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Commission
George W. Wickersham
Wickersham
William S. Kenyon
Town
Congress
Ada L. Comstock
Radcliffe College
Henry W. Anderson
Virginia
Dean Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
Frank A. Loesch
Chicago
William S. Grubb
Alabama
Monte M. Lehman
New Orleans
Kenneth Mackintosh
Washington State
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Paul J. McCormick
California
Upchurch Pleads Guilty In Greensboro Check Case
Rev. C. A. Upchurch, head of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League and Baptist minister, pleaded guilty to issuing a worthless $5 check. He admitted cashing several checks June weekend with no funds and was ordered to pay costs. J. H. Byrd, barber, testified he would cash another check.
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Greensboro
C. A. Upchurch
North Carolina
Anti- Saloon League
Upchurch
J. H. Byrd
Mr. Byrd
Rev. Upchurch
New Niagara hydroelectric plan cost 125 million
The Aluminum Company of America proposes eight dams in western North Carolina and Tennessee to produce more power than Niagara Falls. A new Nathana Power and Light unit at Bryson City serves as a step, with Fontana in Tennessee and sites at Bushnell Needmore Aquone among the planned plants. Andrew Mellon is a principal stockholder.
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Aluminum Company of America
Asheville
N. C
Niagara Falls
North Carolina
Tennessee
United States
Natahala Power and Light Company
Bryson City
Almond
Bushnell
Judson
Wesser
Sorney’s Creek
Eppes Springs
Observer
Niagara
Fontana
Tennessee River
Tuckaseegee
Needmore
Aquone
Northwest Forest Fires Rage Across Pacific Northwest
Across Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon major fires consume tens of thousands of acres of valuable timber. Firefighting efforts number in the thousands as winds shift and rain remains inconsistent. In Idaho's Bald Mountain fire crews brace for continued spread despite rain hopes. In Oklahoma rain and cooler weather ease flames in Pushmataha Le Flore and McCurtain counties reducing forest losses to about fourteen thousand nine hundred acres.
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Spokane
Wash
Aug
Pacific Northwest
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Forest Service
Mount Rainier
Klamath County
Bald Mountain
Idabel
Okla
Pushmataha
le Flore
McCurtain
Oklahoma
C. O. Dosseter
Pushmataha County
Graf Zeppelin Opens Atlantic Flight With Tail Winds Reported
Reports from the Graf Zeppelin and two ships show the airship moving eastward off Nantucket Shoals at about 100 miles per hour during the first leg of its Atlantic voyage. Earlier speeds from Lakehurst averaged around 60 mph due to circling over New York and weather conditions. The launch at Lakehurst occurred at 12 40 Eastern Daylight Time after a delay caused by a plumber’s apprentice.
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Nantucket Shoals
Lakehurst
New York
Naval Air Station
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Parleys Open Reparations Meet at The Hague
Leading delegates at the reparations conference launched private talks on Rhineland Saar Valley and reparations distribution. Stresemann and Briand conferred after a morning session, with Snowden and Hilderding meeting, while Venizelos advised small creditors’ interests and Zaleski discussed security and Rhineland evacuation. The Poles pressed for a left bank armaments commission after evacuation.
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Hague
Rhineland
Saar Valley
Stresemann
Germany
Briand
France
Philip Snowden
Hilderding
Venizelos
Greece
Zaleski
Poland
Rhine
Bandits Take Youth's Girl After Roadside Hold Up near Albany
Two armed men stopped Leland Petrie on a country road near Albany, refused his money and watch, then abducted his companion and stole his car. Petrie says he was forced from his car into a ditch as bullets flew during the encounter. The missing woman is identified only as a bald named companion.
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Albany
N. Y
Leland Petrie
Here
Petrie
Burke Statement Challenged by Burke Over Speech Remark
Washington reports that Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt condemned a Burke remark about pulpits and doctrine. James Francis Burke of the Republican National Committee denies the line and says the Springfield Ohio speech manuscript lacked the sentence and he did not insert religious comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Augu
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Prohibition
James Francis Burke
Republican National Committee
Burke
Educated Canine Suspect Arrested After Vault Heist Attempt
In Burgaw North Carolina a man identified as H B Navarre of New York was arrested after a trained dog entered the bank vault and returned with a $500 package. Navarre allegedly asked the cashier whether the package belonged to the bank and slipped the money away before being detained.
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Wilmington
N. C
Pender County
H. B. Navarre
New York
Burgaw
Navarre
Murder Charge After Axe Slayings In Spartanburg
A warrant for murder was sworn against 55 year old T Earl Robertson for the four axe killings in Spartanburg last Thursday. Robertson, described as insane by physicians, is jailed at the state hospital for the insane in Columbia after being declared insane following the slayings of J L Cursey and three others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S&s. C
S. M. Henry
T. Earl Robertson
Robertson
J. L. Cursey
J. W. Bell Company
State Hospital For the
Columbia
Cotton Slumps After Government Crop Report Release
New Orleans traders pushed cotton prices down about $2 a bale after the government crop report showed an indicated crop of 15,543,000 bales. October fell to 18.43 and December to 18.63, down 39 to 44 points from just before the report.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures tumble on larger crop estimate
New York August 8 cotton futures fell about 2 a bale after government crop estimates showed 15,543,000 bales. The higher-than-expected figure sparked heavy selling on the New York cotton exchange.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
International Peace Garden proposal discussed at gardeners' meeting
A plan to create a 400 acre International Peace Garden on the US Canada border was debated at the international gardeners association convention. A fund of 5 009 009 dollars was proposed from 25 cent per adult and 5 cent per child contributions. The garden would be 299 acres in Canada and 2090 in the United States, run by a joint Canadian US committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Canada
United States
International Association of Gardeners
Pollard Extends Lead in Virginia Democratic Primary
In Virginia Pollard leads after 1,607 of 1,681 precincts report Pollard 103,816 Mapp 29,293 Page 4,635 total Democratic vote about 137,744 with 140,000 expected. Campaign headquarters set up in Richmond under J Murray Hooker as Brown tours state.
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Richmond
Virginia
John Garland Pollard
William Moseley Brown
J. Murray Hooker
Pollard
G. Walter Mapp
Rosewell Page
Increased Cotton Crop Predicted for This Year
The Agriculture Department estimates a cotton crop of 15,543,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight for the year, based on August 1 conditions at 69.6 percent of normal. Last year yielded 14,478,000 bales. August 1 condition was 67.9 percent. The July 1 cultivated acreage was 46,695,000 acres, after adjusting for 10-year average abandonment.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Mauretania Fails To Match Bremen Crossing Record
The Cunard liner Mauretania crossed from Cherbourg to Ambrose lightship in 4 days 22 hours 44 minutes, 3 hours 50 minutes faster than its own record but 5 hours 2 minutes slower than the Bremen. Weather hampered speed on two days, despite near record runs. Bremen set the recent maiden voyage high daily run of 713 miles.
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New York
Cunard
Mauretania
Ambrose
Cherbourg
Bremen
Communist Plot Foiled in Harbin Soviet Raid
Renge News dispatches from Harbin report 39 Russians arrested in the May 27 raid on the Soviet consulate faced charges of communist plotting and were sent for trial.
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Tokyo
Renge
Harbin
Manchuria
Soviet Plane Heads to New York From Moscow Route
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Berlin reports a five crew Soviet airplane departing Moscow for New York via Siberia and Alaska. The first stop is Omsk, then likely routes through Asia and North America.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Moscow
New York
Siberia
Alaska
Omsk
Aviators and Route Details From Moscow to Omsk
The crew includes Boris Sterilegof as navigator Semyon Sheshanof as pilot Philip Bolotoff as alternate pilot A Shestakof as mechanic and D B Foofager. The first lap spans Moscow to Omsk a distance of 1400 miles.
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Boris Sterilegof
Semyon Sheshanof
Philip Bolotoff
A. Shestakof
D. B. Foofager
Moscow
Omsk
Bodies of mother and daughter found in room
In Huntington West Virginia on August 8 the bodies of Mrs Burt Wilson 36 and her daughter Madeline 17 were found in the girl's room of the Wilson home. Police believe the mother killed her daughter and herself with a .32 caliber pistol. The husband a dairyman was awakened by pistol reports and helped break down the door with a neighbor.
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Huntington
W. Va
Burt Wilson
Madeline
Wilson
Snook Tells Of Murder In First Degree Trial
Dr. James H. Snook testified tearfully at his murder trial that he struck Theora Hix in self defence after an alleged attack in his car on a deserted rifle range. He described chasing her as she shouted threats and saying he feared she would shoot him. The defendant insisted he did not intend to kill and that the blow was to stop her.
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Theora Hix
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Professor
Columbus
Ohio
Snook
Max Seyfert
Dr. Snook
Italian Opposition Leaders Escape Fascist Island Prison
Francesco Nitti nephew of the former prime minister escapes the Isle of Lepari off Sicily with Carlo Roselli and Emile Lussu. They reportedly swam ashore past 400 guards to reach Paris where they described fascist suppression tactics and gained asylum.
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Paris
Francesco Nitti
Italy
Isle of
Lepari
Nitti
Carlo Roselli
Genoa Institute
Emile
U S And Canada Form Arbitration Panel On Rum Runner Sinking
The commission to arbitrate the sinking of the rum runner I'm Alone in the Gulf of Mexico last March has been named. Justice William Van Denvanter will represent the United States and Eugene Lafluer for Canada. The panel will hear disputes over treaty provisions and factual questions.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
William van Denvanter
Supreme Court
Eugene Lafluer
K. C
Montreal
George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania
John R. Read
Lateran Accord Expands Church Marriages in Italy
Rome reports new Lateran treaties make church marriage sufficient without state sanction. Couples rush to wed as publication rules require notices posted in parish churches and city halls for eight days, with altar announcements 15 days prior. The code states the husband as head of the family and wife adopting his name.
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Rome
Italy
Holy See
Prirdys
America
Guilford College Yearly Meeting Opens Busy Morning
The Peace and Friends Service committee hosted a declamation contest with six young women competing for a gold medal. Frances Foust won the medal, Ruth Thomas also earned a gold for a prior declamation. Eldon Mills of Indianapolis delivered an address on Our Personal Possessions. Rev Tom Sykes of High Point spoke this afternoon amid the mission union and religious education sessions. A memorial service for deceased Friends followed and a social for women at four, then a men’s gathering at six-thirty.
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Guilford College
Aus &A
Peace and Friends Service Committee
Eldon Mills
Indianapolis
United States
Canada
Yearly Meeting of Friends
Frances Foust
Ruth Thomas
Missionary Women’s Union
Board of Religious Education
Henry A. White
Tom Sykes
High Point
Move to settle Lancashire cotton strike urged by union council
A definite move to settle the wage dispute that halted Lancashire cotton production and affected more than 500,000 workers was announced in Manchester. Representatives of the council of the Trades Union Congress met with operatives and officials and called meetings for tomorrow aimed at healing the union rift and presenting a united front to employers.
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Manchester
England
Lancashire
Council of the
Trades Union Congress
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Nantucket
Madman Axe Slayer
U. S
Gardeners
Democratic Party
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Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
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Lateran Accord
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