Prohibition Fight Flares Over Jury Trial Rights
New York District Attorney Buckner told a Senate liquor committee that enforcing prohibition needs police court trials or a larger judge pool. He warned without jury-free courts, enforcement would be impossible, proposing a bureaucratic expansion and new enforcement tactics to curb bootleg operations.
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Prohibition Panel Holds Extra Hearing With Buckner
Washington April 8 Proponents of prohibition held an extra Senate hearing on the Volstead act with District Attorney Buckner of New York as star witness. The session extended to continue Buckner testimony on the financial scale of illegal alcohol commerce and other witnesses included Rep Ware of Pennsylvania and Hudson Maxim.
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Jardine Accused Of Reversing Relief Position In Hearing
Washington April 8 The secretary was accused of rabbit tracking to cancel his stance on legislation for farm relief at a House Agriculture Committee hearing. Representative Kinchelloe claimed Jardine was steering conferees in a mysterious bill with unclear positions. Tincher defended him saying there had never been doubt about his views.
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Storms Force Mail Pilot Into Wheat Field Near Jordan Valley
Franklin Rose an air mail pilot on the Elko New to Boise route was forced off course by a severe storm and landed in a wheat field on Jupiter Mountain. Uninjured he reached a farm to borrow a horse, rode 30 miles to telephone, and reported his safety and plans to continue to Boise.
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Coolidge Leads Journalists Congress on Pan American News Ties
President Coolidge speaks as the main speaker at the first Pan American Congress of Journalists. Dr. Jorge Mitre outlines press relations across nations, urging stronger intercontinental news exchange and a Pan American art center in New York.
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Weather Outlook for Tennessee and Nearby Areas
Scattered showers this afternoon followed by generally fair and cold conditions tonight. Friday will be fair and colder in the east and central portions. In Tennessee expect fair skies with colder readings tonight and Friday. A front moves through tonight into Friday bringing increasing cloudiness and a slow rise in temperature.
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Lightning bolts fuel massive oil tank farm blaze in California
The Union Oil tank farm near San Luis Obispo, storing about 6 million gallons, was struck by lightning causing underground and surface tank explosions. Two men, P. A. Seeber and son William F. Seeber, were found dead near burning reservoirs. Fire extended over a mile, with thousands evacuated as damage ran into millions.
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Navy Building Program Before House Aims for 1000 Planes
Washington April 8. For the first time a comprehensive building program for naval aviation was before the House. The plan covers five years with a total of 35 million dollars. It forecasts 1 000 new airplanes and two dirigibles, each three times Shenandoah size. The army program is expected to be considered later.
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Prohibition hearing continues as Senate weighs farm relief
Washington report notes ongoing Prohibition hearing with Farm Relief debate in progress. Senate considers Steel-Brookhart contest and House moves on an 85 million dollar navy aviation program. Spanish flyers Loriga and Gallarza depart Madrid for Cairo aboard the expedition leg via Bengazi.
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Church Pastor and Family Found Dead in Rectory
Firemen found the Rev. Dr. Alexander H. Nikelin 52, his wife, and their 4 year old son in the church rectory with bullet wounds. Authorities suspect the pastor killed his family and then himself after returning from a sanitarium.
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Canadian cabinet protests equor smuggling report
Washington reports say Canadian cabinet officers complained bitterly over liquor smuggling into Canada as described by District Attorney Buckner before a Senate prohibition committee. No official protest is expected from Canada. US prohibition authorities were alerted.
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Mussolini Hints Fight For Fascist Ideals After Wounding
Mussolini addresses the New Directorate of the Fascist Party after being shot in the nose. He vows to maintain efficiency, argues the old parties are destroyed, and declares Italy a racist, all power controlling state while preparing for battles abroad.
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Son of Assistant Secretary of Navy Found In Rochester
Douglas Robinson son of Theodore Douglas Robinson assistant secretary of the navy was found in Rochester Hospital dazed after vanishing from Harvard University for nearly a week. Doctors say memory loss from overstudy and possible nervous breakdown. diary mentions William Johnson and Jane Kelley with Rochester dates.
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