Flood of Liquor Leaks From Prohibition Dam Exposed
Mabel Willebrandt details how industrial alcohol diverted under permits becomes the largest illicit liquor source. She cites cover houses and lax denaturation rules, recounting cases in Philadelphia Burlington and Baltimore, and urges tighter permit controls and enforcement to curb bootleg profits.
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Prohibition
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
United States
Baltimore
Washington
Texas
Treasury Department
Permittee
Doran
Treasury
Patent Medicine
O. K
Orville Matthews
Haynes
Andrews
Commerce Department
Civil Service
Philadelphia
Samuel O. Wynne
Halcyon
Leo Connor
Andrew Quigley
Burlington
N. J
Quaker Industrial Alcohol Distillery
A. W. W. Woodcock
Indians Facing Widespread Disease On Northwest Reservations
A Senate subcommittee report by Senator Burton Wheeler finds tuberculosis and trachoma devastate Indians on multiple reservations in five northwestern states. The piece cites unsanitary schools and hospitals, squandered tribal funds, failed irrigation projects, and lack of accountability by the Indian bureau.
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Scrippa-Howard Neilsneer
Washington
Subcommittee On
Indian Affairs
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Wheeler
Indian Bureau
Lawlessness of Officials Topic Probed in New Subcommittee
The National Crime Commission plans a subcommittee to study lawlessness by enforcing officials including federal state and local officers. President Hoover backs the effort noting officials sometimes commit illegal acts. Investigations may cover Pennsylvania police labor cases and depictions of mistreatment at civil liberties protests.
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Scripns
Howard Newapaner
Alladee
Washington
National Crime Commission
Hoover
Pennsylvania Coal and Iron Police
Clubs Plan Festival at Garfield Park
United South Side civic clubs meet to plan the Accident Prevention festival for September 7 8 at Garfield park. J Edward Burk chairs and will discuss cooperation with Frank Owen head of the Accident Prevention department at a Garfield shelter house session. The demonstration will precede the opening of schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United South Side Civic Clubs
Garfield Park
J. Edward Burk
Frank Owen
Garfield Shelter House
Divorce Granted to American Millionaire in Mexico
Frank Woodward, an American millionaire who staged a controversial kidnapping of his children in Paris last winter, has been granted a divorce in Sonora, Mexico. Mrs. Woodward receives 1 million dollars and each child gets $75,000 in trust funds. Ruth will be in her father's care while Frank Jr. lives with his mother.
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United Press
Paris
Frank Woodward
Sonora
Mexico
Arturo del Toro
New York
Swedes to Hold Milking Contest at Karlstad Exhibition
Swedes will hold a milking contest in Karlstad during the art and industry exhibition this summer. The event aims to show Swedish youth can still manage farm chores despite the jazz age influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Karlsbad
Sweden
Mergers Defended At Institute Of Politics Meeting
Bethuel M. Webster Jr. argued for restraint in mergers and anti trust laws at a talk in Williamstown. He doubted a perfect legal system but said laws will be modified and a bill allowing associated buying in foreign markets will pass. Separately in England an echo sounder for locating fish may transform fishing methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Williamstown
Mass
Institute of Politics
Bethuel M. Webster Jr
United States Attorney-General
United Press Ood
Eng
Hem-Roid Guaranteed Relief Sold at Hook’s Drug Stores
A drug advertisement touts Dr. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid as a guaranteed remedy for piles. It promises quick action even in stubborn cases and offers a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved. The tablet is said to remove blood congestion in the lower bowel and provide safe, rapid relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Leonhardt
Hook
Philippines Get Two New Ships
Manila August 12 Two high class combination freight and passenger liners will join inter island trade in the Philippines. J Harold Dollar vice president of the Dollar steamship interests announced the plan detailing the new vessels and trade expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
P. I
Phillippines
Dollar Steamship Interests
J. Harold Dollar
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