Landis bars Hurley saloon trade. doctors rebuked
Federal judge Landis used the nuisance section of the Volstead act to aim at Hurley saloons after raids. He issued temporary restraining orders against saloon proprietors amid affidavits of moonshine sales while questioning local doctors over whiskey prescription books. He ordered enforcement officers to investigate and report to authorities.
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O'Neill
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Tom Simpson
Citu
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Henry Kampechroer
French Troops Active in Occupied Zone Reported
London reports activity by French troops in the occupied zone of Germany. The note mentions possible drastic measures being contemplated and stems from disputed Friday dispatches.
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London
Germany
Minstrel Show Delights Big Crowd At Local School
A large audience at Nixon gym watched Hamilton Kindergarten Band and La Crosse High School Boys Glee Club perform. The minstrel program featured songs, dances, violin numbers, and a popular interlude by Fred Hankerson.irected by Miss Trane and Miss Briggs, the show drew hundreds of parents and strong applause for the young musicians and performers.
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McCormick
Boys’ Glee Club
la Crossish
Miss Trane
Miss Briggs
Fred Hankerson
Gordon Kerr
Billy Hurtgen
Niey Burnet
Wr Tirnbaum
Arthur Kaulfusys
John Lord
Hewitt Toland
Suzanna
Wiliam Doherty
Hamilton
Miss Bergford
Agin
Arthur Routz
Beariiel
Mopais
Edward
Tomsieck
Margaret
Bennett
Princes McConnell
Margaret Bennet
Friel
Anna Gunther Virgin Aueiner
Violet Maidownes
Harding picks Hoover and Wallace for Cabinet in 1921
President-elect Harding confirms Herbert Hoover for secretary of commerce and Henry Wallace of Iowa for secretary of agriculture. Hoover says he will direct lean European relief policies and seek a general reconstruction of the department while continuing relief work. Daugherty, Ohio attorney general, declines to discuss changes in federal prohibition enforcement machinery amid talks of GOP changes.
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Harding
H.hays
A. B. Press
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Herbert
W. Weeks
Treasury
Andrew VW. Mellon
Cabi
Department 7
Augustine
Fla
Herbert Hoover
Commetrce
Warding
New York
George Barr Baker
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Baker
Hoover
Hardiny
Columbus
Ohio
Harry ML Daugherty
Congress
Mir. Daugherty
Juaders
Air mail planes from Europe trigger postoffice safety probe
WASLONGTON D C Accidents causing six deaths led the postoffice department to halt operation of metal monoplanes imported from abroad J A Jordan of the air mail service told the house postoffice committee Friday The eight planes shipped from Denmark were built in Germany or Holland A La Crosse Wisconsin crash on February 19 with three fatalities prompted questions about causes and responsibility in a tense hearing between committee chair Steenarson and Jordan
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D. C
Heve
Postoffice Department
J. A. Jordan
Air Mail Service
House Postoffice
la Crosse
Wis
Jordan
United States
Denmark
Germany
Holland
Steenarson
Post Office Department
Mail pilot survives 37000 foot jump near Minneapolis
C C Eversole, a mail pilot, says the jump saved money on flowers after he leaped from a mail plane at 37000 feet near Minneapolis. He landed safely with a parachute and plans to report the accident to postal authorities in Washington.
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C. C. Eversole
Chicago
C. C
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Minneapolis
North End
Tversale
Tield Intendent
Lavas
Tsure
Do You Know of a Place Do You Know of a Place
A distraught woman seeks a safe place to care for her baby after being betrayed by a fiancé. Dr. C Dewey of the Research Mission vouches for her as a good, industrious person and asks for help finding a family to provide work and shelter. The piece portrays a vulnerable mother seeking support.
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Aever
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Researe Mission
Val
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Harding Urges Union Leader To Be Labor Secretary
Federation council meets to discuss a new program aimed at repealing the Volstead Act and backing a broad labor agenda. Organized labor seeks to nominate a recognized union man for labor secretary and to mobilize 4.5 million workers for public support and legislative push.
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Federation Council
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
National Conference of Labor Leaders
Kouen Yasterda
Congress
Wedesday
Federation
Plana
Matthew Woll
Unolon
Organized Labor
Ex Empress Augusta Victoria Near Death at Doorn
Former German empress Augusta Victoria lies unconscious at Doorn Holland with no hope for recovery. Reports say preparations for burial are underway and a plot near the former monarch’s palace has been prepared for her and the ex emperor.
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Potsdam
Germmany
Augusta Victoria
Germany
Doorn
Holland
Envy the Poor Fish Delivers Seizure at Federal Building
Prohibition agents poured approximately 5,000 gallons of moonshine, home brew, and other collots into the sewer at the federal building this morning. The seized products were to be used as evidence in United States court cases concluded Tuesday with Judge Landing issuing sentences. No bottled in bead whiskey entered the sewer, and the disposition will be ordered by the court. Chief J. Allen Simpson and deputies guard the remaining evidence.
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Isle la Prime
Home Brew
Federal
Prohibition
United States
Landig
J. Allen Simpson
Tax Expert Sought to Value All City Buildings
A La Crosse mass meeting at the Chamber of Commerce called for hiring a tax assessment expert to assist city assessors. Residents cited inequalities in property values, noting a $200 variance for identical Park Avenue lots. A special committee will push a Wisconsin bill enabling third class cities to employ such an expert to assess all buildings triennially.
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Ecity
Chamber of Commerce
la Grosse
Ocd
J. G. Dubraks
O. J. Sorensen
H. L. Taylor
la Crosse
Appleton
Wisconsin
Board of Assessors
Valoes
Unga
Germany and Allies Debate Reparations and Coup Warnings
Germany plans to offer 220 billion marks in reparations in up to thirty installments at the London conference. German foreign minister Walter Simons warns political adventurers to crush any uprising as the Allies and Germany discuss disarmament and mandates at Geneva and Paris.
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Alliei Supreme Council
London
Saya
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Berlin
Walter Simons
Shnens
Supreme Council
Paris
Geneva Assembly
League of Nations
Council of the Seazne
Assembly
United States
Supreme Comnel
Loigne
Senate Panel to Report Friday on Soldier Bonus
Washington report states the Senate Finance Committee plans to report the soldiers bonus bill on Friday after striking the provision for special tires to offset the adjusted compensation. The tax question would be deferred to the next session, while the five fold plan from the house bill remains. The package includes immediate length of service bonuses, future payable certificates, locality training, and loans for farm or home purchases and land settlements.
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Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Comptroller Seeks Salary Records of Bank Officials
In New York, the comptroller of the treasury ordered a report on salaries of national bank officers tied to the national bank exit issue. Publication of bank statements would reveal extensive salary details, prompting bankers to seek legal advice on enforceability of the demand.
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New York
Wall Street
Comptroller of the Treasury
National
National Bank
Postoffice Bill Passed and Sent to President
Washington reports the senate completed Friday passage of the annual post office appropriation bill and sent it to the president. It carries about 670 million dollars. The Senate approved the House allotment of 1.25 million for transcontinental air mail service and adopted the conference report on the diplomatic and consular bill totaling about 10.9 million. Transmission to the president was prepared.
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Washington
Senate
Wises
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