Liquor carryer arrested near Senate building sparks debate
George L. Cassidy known as the man in the green hat was arrested outside the Senate office building with six pints of gin. He and Thomas Gately of Baltimore faced $2,000 bonds, as hearings on repeal measures proceed and a bill to let U S commissioners handle minor violations is discussed.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
George L. Cassidy
Thomas Gately
Baltimore
Cassidy
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Judici Committee
House
Representative Linthicum
Maryland
House Net Bloc
H. H. Curran
W. H. Stayton
Pierre 8. du Pont
Wilmington
Delaware
W. W. Montgomery
Philadelphia
Samuel H. Church
Pittsburgh
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Law Enforcement Commission
Permni United States
Longworth
Border Patrol
Coast Guard
Immigration Service
Customs Authorities
Brooklyn Raiders Continue Seizures in Brooklyn Speakeasy Raids
In New York on Feb 18 Prohibition Administrator Maurice Campbell led a raid on a Livingston Street speakeasy using internal revenue laws aimed at moonshiners. United States Attorney Howard W. Amell joined the operation, confiscating bar furnishings as in yesterday’s Bedford Nest Restaurant raid. Campbell plans test cases to seize fixtures buildings and land tied to liquor tax evasion.
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New York
Prohibition
Maurice Campbell
Brooklyn
United States
Howard W. Amell
Livingston Street
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Supreme Court
Bedford Nest
Amell
Campbell
Buffalo Intake Bootleg Lookout for Rum Runners
The Buffalo intake pier serving the tunnel under the Niagara River to the pumping station is named as a rendezvous and lookout point for rum runners crossing the river. The common council considered an appropriation to repay the station after reports of broken windows and other damage by law-breakers watching U S custom patrol boats.
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Buffalo
Niagara River
U. S
Five Die in Bayway Refinery Gas Explosion
A gas line rupture at the Standard Oil Bayway refinery in Elizabeth New Jersey causes a blast injuring more than sixty people and killing five. Most victims are bricklayers pipe fitters and carpenters working near the alcohol plant. many suffer burns and broken bones. Emergency crews and hospitals quickly mobilize as relatives flood the facilities seeking information.
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Mju
Elizabeth General Hospital
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Alexian Brothers Hospital
Elizabeth General
St.lizabeth’s
Standard Oil Company
Ellen C. Faughnan
Elizabeth
France
J. Raymond Carrigen
Bank Serves Lunch As Fort Worth Depositors Run on Funds
In Fort Worth Texas the First National Bank faced a deposit run with crowds withdrawing from 2 PM. An orchestra played and sandwiches were served while the bank vowed to stay open all night to honor all withdrawals. Officials said the bank was in strong condition and owed nothing. Judge Hosey announced a grand jury review of the rumor behind the run. Millionaire Waggoner pledged his wealth to cover all deposits.
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Fort Worth
Texas
First National Bank of Fort Worth
W. E Connell
George E. Hosey
Criminal District Court
Tarrant County Grand Jury
T. Waggoner
Jury drawn for first degree murder trial in Canandaigua
In Canandaigua on February 18 the jury for Ed ward Sowards's first degree murder trial was filled after a day and a half. The defendant is charged with killing Hiram Bailey, an East Bloomfield farmer, on December 17. Sowards reportedly confessed to killing Bailey for money in his house and used it to travel to his Chauncey Ohio home for Christmas before arrest.
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Canandaigua
Edward Sowards
Hiram 8
Bailey
East Bloomfield
Sowards
Chauncey
Ohio
Hoover Urges Quick Passage of Tariff Bill
President Hoover pressed Republican leaders to enact the tariff measure as Capitol Hill debates exploded into sharp exchanges. Senate and White House figures clashed over pace with Watson insisting the tariff’s aim is to sustain the American wage scale while critics blamed leadership for a chaotic stalemate.
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Washington
Hoover
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Watson
Indiana
White House
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Garner
Texas
Borah
Idaho
Republican Independent-Democratic Coalition
Tilson
Longworth
McNary
Oregon
Snell
New York
Senator Smoot
Utah
Representative Hawley
Walter Newton
Hughes to be sworn Chief Justice in two oaths
Chief Justice-designate Hughes plans to take the constitutional oath of allegiance on February 24 in the robing room and then the judicial oath on the bench with Associate Justice Holmes likely administering both. He will sit in the middle of the bench as the court begins its business and return to New York tomorrow.
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Washington
Hughes
White House
Supreme Court
William Howard Taft
Oliver Wendell Holmes
New York
Reynolds Robertson
W. W. Mischler
Mr. Taft
First Woman Death Sentence Set in Arizona
Mrs Eva Dugan faces execution by hanging on February 21 for the murder of a Tucson farmer, becoming the first woman in Arizona history to receive the death sentence.
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Eva Dugan
Arizona
Tucson, Ariz
Woman in Shadow of Halter Faces Sanity Trial
Eva Dugan, 52, sentenced to be hanged for 1927 murder of A. J. Mathis, sits in Arizona court as sanity hearing opens. Jury seated in two hours. warden Lorenzo Wright and Dr. L A Love testify to her demeanor, with a private hanger offer arriving from Earl Willis of Worth Mississippi for $20 less than rivals.
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Florence
Arizona
Eva Dugan
A. J. Mathis
Tucson
Ariz
Lorenzo Wright
Pinal County
Earl Willis
Worth
Miss
Willis
Lakewood Vote Legalization Move Faces Senate Action
Legalization of Lakewood village borrowing of 2500 for current expenses may occur if Senator Leigh G. Kirkland's bill becomes law. Assemblyman H. E. V. Porter filed a similar House measure. Goodrich proposes Allegany County supervisors may hold one meeting monthly. Kirkland bill also creates a two senator four assemblyman commission to study land title registration with a $15000 appropriation.
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Albany
Leigh G. Kirkland
Senate
Lakewood Village
H. E. V. Porter
H. E. Goodrich
Westchester County
Allegany
Kirkland
Edel Receives Fourth Reprieve From Death Sentence
A fourth reprieve was granted Fred W. Edel of New York City to allow a ruling on his bid for a new trial in the first degree murder of actress Mrs. Guy Harrington in New York City. The electrocution was delayed to the week of March 31 by Governor Roosevelt at the request of Judge Charles C. Nott.
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Edel
Albany
Fred W. Edel
New York City
Guy Harrington
Binghamton
Roosevelt
Charles C. Nott
Court of General Sessions
Ives Elected to Assembly Seat in Chenango Vacancy
Irving M. Ives wins the Chenango Assembly vacancy race defeating Democrat Robert Case by 3,112 to 1,460 votes. The vacancy followed Bert Lord's elevation to the Senate seat of the late B. Rogers Wales.
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Chenango
Ives
Assembly
Norwich
Irving M. Ives
Bert Lord
B. Rogers Wales
Robert Case
Case
Republicans Plan Supervising Board On Prison Building
Albany February session ends inquiry into prison construction and conditions. A commission on prison policy may be created to oversee programs and broad details. Dr Raymond F C Kieb defended the prison department against criticism amid heated exchanges over Attica estimates and past appropriations.
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Albany
Frederick Stuart Greene
John Knight
Senate
Colonel Greene
Rochester
Raymond F. C. Kieb
State Commissioner of Correction
Auburn Prison
Bernard Downing
Eberley Hutchinson
Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Charles J. Hewitt
Finance Committee
Dr. Kieb
Knight
Roosevelt
Rer Hy Ut
Hewitt
Kieb
Downing
Hutchinson
Smith
Greene
Attica
Rescue Ship Reaches Byrd Camp in Antarctic Flight
The expedition ship City of New York was sighted near the Bay of Whales at midnight New York time and expected to reach the ice barrier by Little America. Byrd and his crew planned to rest before beginning their homeward voyage tomorrow afternoon.
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New York
New York Times
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Richard E. Byrd
Bay of Whales
Little America
Byrd
Jury struggles in Becker murder trial as jurors sought
Auburn February session sees slow jury selection in the Max Becker case. Judge Cunningham urges speed and limits questions as defense complains of lengthy venire examinations. Becker faces trial over the December riot that left Principal Keeper George A. Durnford and seven convicts dead. Three inmates convicted last Saturday await the death sentence scheduled for tomorrow morning.
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Auburn
Max Becker
Burt
Supreme Court
Benjamin B. Cunningham
Becker
Brooklyn
George A. Durnford
Henry Sullivan
Cunningham
Italy Presses Right to Build Fleet Parley Rift With France
Italy demands naval parity with France in the ongoing conference while Dino Grandi proposes eliminating all naval competition if others agree. Italy reports tonnage figures showing near balance in ships and submarines but highlights France’s larger submarine buildup. The Grandi briefing aims to shift talks during the French cabinet shakeup and keep momentum in disarmament negotiations.
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Willain
London
Stimson
MacDonald
France
Dino Grandi
Italy
Signor Grandi
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Grandi
Georges Leygues
Ford Adds Civil War Safes to His Museum
Detroit reports two Civil War safes from the Detroit Post Office were sold to Henry Ford for ten dollars each at a government auction. One safe weighs two tons and the other four. both held drafted soldiers' names in the Detroit district. Ford has added them to his museum.
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Ford
Detroit
Henry Ford
American breaks passenger plane world records in Florida
Lee Schoenhair, Akron born pilot, flies the Miss Silvertown to new records for 100 and 500 kilometer distances with 500 kilogram load. He posts 185.452 mph over 62 miles, and 171.228 mph over 310 miles, beating previous marks by 10.79 and 12.57 mph respectively as trials seek feasibility of high speed air transport.
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Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Silvertown
Lee Schoenhair
Akron
Ohio
Schoenhair
Fernand Lasne
Etamps
France
H. 8. Broad
Stag Island
Reading
England
Flying Cow Milked at International Aircraft Expo
A Guernsey cow named Sunnymede Ollie from Bismarck Maryland rode a tri motor Ford at the International Aircraft Exposition in St. Louis. The cow was fed and milked in flight and milk was dropped to ground in paper containers with parachutes. Claud M. Sterling of Parks Air College piloted the craft. The demo showed aircraft stability, livestock transport feasibility and cow behavior study.
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St, Louis
Sunnymede
Ollie
Guernsey
Bismarck
Claud M. Sterling
Parks Air College
Russian Orthodox Head Denies Papal Persecution Claims
Moscow reports Metropolitan Sergius rebukes Pope Pius encyclical on persecution in Russia. He cites Polish Greek Catholic church seizures and condemns Vatican actions while defending church vitality under Soviet rule and five day work week.
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Moscow
Holy Synod of the
Russia
Harry Sherman Longley
Iowa
Episcopal Church
Longley
Pope Pius
Poland
England
United States
Jesus Christ
Protest Grows Over Soviet Religious Policy
Protesting momentum builds as four developments unfold. Soviet sympathizers deny charges of persecution while the American Committee on Religious Rights and Minorities led by Arthur J. Brown asks President Hoover to withhold recognition of Soviet Russia until alleged persecutions end. The Lutheran World Convention calls 80,000,000 Lutherans to respond.
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New York
Russia
American Committee On Religious Rights
Arthur J. Brown
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Hoover
United States
Soviet Russia
Lutheran World Convention
Luther
Day's News: Explosions Kill Five Injure Sixty At Oil Plant
Page 1 reports an explosion at a Standard Oil plant killing five and injuring sixty. Other items note Hoover tariff speeches, Italy France tensions, cattle tariff increases, a liquor carrier seen leaving a Senate office building, a sanity trial, and a James Town raid with three arrests.
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Hoover
Oratory
Italy
France
West
Senate
Halter
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Around
Standard Oil
City
Randolph
Jamestown
Eagle Temple
Felix V. Hanson
Swedenborg
Norden Club
Samuel G. Love School
Harold Lauer
Crystal Ballroom
Preston Farm
Kiantone
Assemblies of God
Homer M. Preston
Daniel Nystrom
First Lutheran Church
Dunkirk
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