Borah Letters Aid Travelers in Soviet Union Says Report
A Washington dispatch notes letters from Senator William Borah to travelers, scientists and officials aid entry in the Soviet Union. The letters are described as powerful, issued daily in May, and signed in Borah's handwriting, enabling access for prominent individuals and constituents.
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Washington
Russia
William E. Borah
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Wm. E. Borah
House of Representatives
William Howard Taft
United States
Borah
William J. Morden
American Museum of Natural History
George Sylvester Vierick
New York
Edward A. Waters
University of Pennsylvania
John A. Pearson
Tacoma
Richard J. Hunt
Logansport
Indiana
J. H. Fitzpatrick
New Orleans
Cordial Letters Show Maine Senator Lively About Wines
U S Senator Arthur Gould of Maine wrote two letters to Fresno Vineyard Company in 1927 praising a cordial shipment and hinting at licensing light wines. The letters, disclosed in a federal suit over a $100000 breach of contract, describe the cordial as lively and well preserved with notable gas pressure.
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ST. Louis
United States
Arthur R. “Gould
Maine
Fresno Vineyard ‘ Company
Gould
Colony Vintages Ga
Fresno
West Coast
Vineyards Co
Colony Concern
Plaintif
Colony
Fairmount Maternity Ad Offers Adoption Help
A Fairmount Hospital notice invites expectant mothers to contact the hospital at 911 East 27th Street Kansas City Missouri for information and possible assistance with expenses and adoptions.
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Fairmount Maternity
Fairmount Hospital
East 27Th Street
Kansas City
Missouri
Bullish Market Pushes Stocks Higher in Broad Advance
Traders pressed shares higher led by Public Utility, Steel and Electrical Equipment issues. Erie Railroad preferreds resumed payments after 22 years sending stock to record highs as the market priced in easing credit and potential lower rates next month.
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Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press
New York
Erie Railroad
Erie
Poples Gas
American Telephone
Standard Gas & Electric
American & Foreign Power
Southern California Edison
Pacific Gas &Electrcc
American Water Works
Dhe General Electric
U. S. Steel Common
International Business Machines
al. Chem. & Dye
Amn. Gan
Amn. International
Amn. Locomotive
Am. Smelt. & Refin
Am. Sug. & Refin
Am. Tel
Tel
Am. Woolen
Am. Tobaced
Anatonds
Andes Copper Min
Atchison, J
Baltimore & Ohio
Barnsdall “A
Hethiehem Steel
Briggs Mfg
Calumet & Hecla
Canadian Pac
Cerre de Pasco
Chesapeake & Ohio
Ohi
MIL & St. P. & Pac
North
Mice Assist Bootleggers at Hannibal Courthouse
Mice in the Hannibal courthouse eat evidence labels delaying liquor cases. Prosecuting officials move liquor samples to safer quarters as labels on bottles raided for state cases are found chewed, hindering identification of evidence. The note also cites broad geographic post office mail losses from improper handling.
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Hannibal
Slater
Leslie of Connor
Sheriff's Office
Merger Talk Nears Between Public Utilities Firms
Wall Street hears of possible union between Public Utility interests of Chicago Insults and North American Company. Martin J. Insul of Middlewest Utilities and Frank J. Dame of North American reportedly held recent conferences. A merger would form a billion dollar firm with substantial net income and affect operations in Cleveland St. Louis Washington D C and parts of San Francisco.
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New York
Chicago
Wall Street
WEY
Martin J. Insul
Middlewest Utilities Company
Frank J. Dame
North American
New York Stock Exchange
Middle West Utilities
New York Curb Exchange
Silenced Critic of Solon With Threat of Jail
A Texas patronage hearing prompts a jail threat to Republican national committeeman R. B. Creager. Senator Kenneth McKellar warns Creager during questioning of Mrs. H. Schaleben about alleged ties between Creager and the Democratic machine in Hidalgo county.
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San Antonio
Tex
John N. Garner
House
Texas
R. B. Creager
Republican National
Hidalgo County
Orville Bullington
Republican Executive Committee
John M. Garner
Senator McKellar Warns Over Contempt Jail Threat
Senator McKellar interrupts proceedings with a warning that two or three men are in jail for contempt of the Senate and urges no further arrests. Creager replies that they do not want contempt either, prompting McKellar to insist on avoiding further arrests.
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McKellar
Senate
Creager
Education Against Liquor Campaign Fails
Washington reports that the prohibition bureau campaign to educate the public about liquor in schools is collapsing. President Hoover and treasury officials halted school propaganda efforts and no suitable posters were submitted. Commissioner Doran said about using 50,000 of the funds to survey enforcement and compile statistics for the law.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Hoover
High Treasury
Doran
Law Enforcement Commission
Hardinges Defense in 250000 Promise Suit
Chicago June 28 AP Franklin Hardinge a 62 year old burner maker told a jury his side in a breach of promise suit brought by Ann Livingstone a Tulsa divorcee 32. He described a train platform flirtation and said he left Kansas City after a funeral. He denied telling she he sought a wife or California relocation.
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Chicago
Franklin Hardinge
Ann Livingston
Tulsa
Hardinge
Kansas City
J. B. Irving
California
Ann
Padlock Plea Aims at Two Hannibal Taverns
Hearings in St Louis before Judge Davis seek injunctions to padlock two Hannibal establishments tied to prohibition violations. Defendants include building owners Marie Hughes and G A Seidler and operators J D Dodtke and Frank Kanan. Green Duck raid history noted with visitors Mr and Mrs A H Vance.
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Hannibal
St. Louis
Charles B. Davis
Marie Hughes
G. A. Seidler
J. D. Dodtke
Frank Kanan
WIFE ACCUSES AGTOOORS SMITH OF A KILLING
Salem, June 28 AP J W Day 67 a itinerant grinder was arrested in Centralia on his wife s story that he killed a man near Athens about a month ago and threw the body in a creek He is held awaiting arrival of Menard county officials His wife also is detained Day denies the murder Mrs Day says he killed a rug salesman from Ohio took 150 and an auto before fleeing
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Salem
J. W. Day
Centralia
Athens
Menard County
Petersburg
Day
Ohio
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