Days Begin Last Stand In Prohibition Battle
Louisville report describes federal probe into paralysis cases blamed on sub standard Jamaica ginger. Authorities seized thousands of gallons from four major firms in Kentucky and Cincinnati and arrested eight company officials under bonds totaling 25000 as the product was sent to Washington for analysis.
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Cincinnati
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Washington
Jamaica ginger paralysis linked to toxic condition says health official
Atlanta reports T F Sellers states 370 southern residents have been stricken. Twelve guinea pigs will be used in tests this week. He says paralysis results from a toxic condition not a metal and warns not to drink Jamaica ginger. Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi report cases. other states treat patients.
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Jamaica
T. F. Sellers
State Board of Health Laboratories
Sellers
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Kentucky
Georgia
Queen Victoria in Rome Illness Worsens
Queen Victoria of Sweden, previously seriously ill in Rome, showed further deterioration today. The report notes her condition growing worse as medical observers monitor her status in the Italian capital.
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Sweden
Bank head dies in Fort Worth after long tenure
K M Van Zandt aged 93 longtime president of Fort Worth National Bank for fifty six years and former commander of the Trans Missis sippi division of the United Confederate Veterans died here today from heart disease. He came to Texas from Tennessee in 1839 with family settling in Harrison county.
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Tex
K. M. van Zandt
Copeland Recommends George for Supreme Court Seat
Senator Copeland of New York urged President Hoover to appoint Senator George of Georgia to the vacant Supreme Court seat created by Justice Edward Terry Sanford's death. The move signals party alignment and a push for a Georgia Democrat to join the high court.
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Copeland
New York
Hoover
George
Georgia
United States Supreme Comic
Edward Terry Sanford
Foreign books to be censored in tariff debate
Washington March 19 The Senate returned to tariff details after a heated debate over obscenity censorship on imported reading matter. It adopted an amendment allowing seizure at entry for books deemed obscene immoral or treasonable but not destroyed until court judgment. A treasury discretion proviso permits literary classics for non commercial use. Proposals for tariffs on oil and lumber were discussed after the book amendment.
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Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Burial of Primo De Rivera in Madrid Quietly Honors Monarchy
In Madrid on March 19 Primo de Rivera was buried at San Isidro cemetery with royal and Berenguer government honors. King Alfonso attended mass and saluted the coffin as foreign diplomats and officials followed the cortege. The event contrasted with Republican sentiment and marked the end of Primo’s six-year rule before his exile to France.
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Primo de Rivera
San Isidro
Alfonso
Berenguer
Primo
Don Fernando Bourbon
France
Washington Provisions on Censorship of Book Imports
Provisions aimed at censoring book imports were restored to the tariff bill. The move signals tighter cultural controls as the legislative package advances. Specifics on enforcement and scope remain under discussion.
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Washington
Farl of Balfour Called by Death Ends Long Public Career
The Earl of Balfour died at 8 45 am in Surrey at 81. He renounced postwar claims in Europe and shaped Palestine policy with the Balfour declaration. A veteran statesman who entered Parliament in 1874, he accompanied Britain to the Washington arms conference and wrote his autobiography as A J. He is survived by his brother Gerald Balfour.
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England
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Gerald Balfour
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Great Britain
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Palestine
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Lord Balfour
A. J
Gerald
Tropican
Washington
Capone Mystery Where Abouts Stir Chicago Rumors
Chicago papers dispute Capone’s location after his Philadelphia jail release. The Herald and Examiner claim he arrived by plane and hid with lieutenants, planning to leave Chicago soon. The Tribune puts him in an Indiana hideout awaiting publicity to fade. Authorities waver on custody as police vow no tolerance for gang murders.
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Alfonso Capone
Rors
Philadelphia
Herald and Examiner
Capone
the Tribune
Indiana
John Stege
Scarface al
Stege
Justice department reports rise in liquor law convictions
The Justice Department reports more convictions for dry law violations with pleas of guilty, accompanying jail sentences and fines.
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Washington — Justice Department
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Weather fair and colder tonight with warmer Thursday. Tennessee: fair tonight and Thursday, colder in east and central portions tonight. Virginia: fair and colder, much colder in south portion tonight, Thursday fair with rising temperatures and strong NW winds diminishing tonight and becoming SW Thursday. Fitch temperature yesterday 58, low 52, readings at 6:30 p.m. daily.
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Fitch
Bec. L. Bunn
McDonald Stimson At Odds Over Naval Talks
London March 9 Prime Minister MacDonald denied a Daily Express report alleging breach of harmony at the naval conference linked to American Japanese talks. An assistant quoted MacDonald calling the report absolutely false. The American delegation dismissed the Express story as foolish asserting Stimson was blamed for allowing the impression Tokyo would accept a settlement.
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London Daily Express Today
Ramsay MacDonald
Henry L. Stimson
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Great Britain
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Daily Express
Pope Pius XI protests Soviet persecutions at St Peter's
Pope Pius XI led a solemn mass at St Peter's Basilica to protest maltreatment of Christians and religious mockery in Soviet Russia. About 70,000 attended as he delivered a mass of expiation and blessing, then gave apostolic benediction amid fervent cheers.
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Vatican
Huston deposit record scanned in senate lobby testimony
Testimony before the Senate lobby committee identified a $14 100 brokerage margin account for Claudius Huston chairman of the Republican National Committee. Charles Krickl of Blythe and Bonner said the margin financed stock purchases for 300 Loose Wiles Biscuit 200 National Cash Register and 200 Kelvinator shares with a reported $526 profit.
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Mar
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
New York
Blythe and Bonner
Senate Lobby Committee
Charles A. Krickl
Krickl
W. F. Moore
Huston
Union Carbide Company
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Blythe
Bonner
Moore
Krick
Loose Wiles Biscuit
National Cash Register
Kelvinator
Huston funds before Senate lobby panel force clash
Washington March 19 records show a $36,100 deposit with Blythe and Bonner by Claudius H Huston Republican national committee chairman presented to Senate lobby committee chair Caraway. Huston and Senator Robinson clashed over subpoenas while Huston defended deposit details from Union Carbide Company for the Tennessee River Improvement Association.
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New York
Blythe and Bonner
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
Caraway
Senate Lobby Committee
Huston
Robinson
Indiana
Union Carbide Company
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Salvation Army Hearing on Prohibition Gains Support
The Taft brothers testify that Prohibition has largely succeeded with Taft describing the eighteenth amendment as glorious in later life. Salvation Army Colonel Jenkins reads Commander Booth praising Prohibition as removing a cancerous growth in American social life. Navy Secretary Daniels recalls the 1914 order abolishing the wine mess aboard ships. Elma Yost fronts Yale economist Irving Fisher’s supportive statement.
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Taft
H. W. Jenkins
Salvation Army
Evangeline Booth
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Woodrow Wilson
Elma L. Yost
Irving Fisher
Yale
Prohibition Factions Rally Before House Judiciary Panel
Washington notes show Friends of prohibition backing the eighteenth amendment at the House judiciary committee session. A Taft letter from 1928 cited his early despair turning to support and urged enforcement pressure as the path to victory. Josephus Daniels, former Navy secretary, joined in advocating the dry law and recalled ordering the navy wine mess abolition in 1914.
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Friends of Prohibition
House Judiciary Committee
William Howard Taft
Irving Fisher
Yale
Horace Taft
Taft School For Boys
Connecticut
Congress
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Wilson
Daniels
Daniels on Stand for Prohibition in Judiciary Hearings
Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy, testified in the House Judiciary Committee hearings opposing repeal of the eighteenth amendment. He joined three other witnesses in defense of national prohibition as repeal measures are considered.
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Washington
Josephus Daniels
House Judiciary Committee
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