Prohibition Powers Shaken As Enforcement Shifts
Abington August 3 The action transfers major enforcement duties from Prohibition Commissioner Roy A. Haynes to assistant Treasury official and plans a twenty two district administration. Blairs orders direct prohibition directors to delegate authority to prohibition administrators as districts take over duties. Belgi debt mission arrival to New York and talks with American debt commission set for early August with tentative August 8 meeting.
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Abington
Prohibition
Roy A. Haynes
Tary Andrews
Treasury
Blair
Abe
Mili Haynes
Washington
SF T
Andrews
Ohio
Reppublican
Mr. Traznes
Internal ‘Revenue ‘Commissioner
Lgians
France Pays Interest on War Debt to United States
France has paid interest of 10 million dollars on the 400 million dollar war debt to the United States. The payment was made to the U S government and relates to the financed portion of France's wartime obligations. The transaction reflects ongoing finance relations tied to the postwar settlement.
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United States
Washington
France
Cblvver
Chasho
Ashi
Hae
Kansas Electric Power records reveal stock issue for upgrades
J. T. Skinner, local manager of Kansas Electric Power, says stock was issued in the past fifteen months to pay for improvements made by the company. The note references Greenwood and Woodson counties in Kansas and mentions a transmission project linked to Virgil.
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Kansas
J. T. Skinner
Kansas Electric Power~company
Baseball action marathon from a muddy double header
Pittsburgh routed Philadelphia 8 to 2 in the first game fueled by Grantham’s homer and key runs. In a second extra-innings win, the Pirates completed the sweep 8 to 2, Grantham sparking scoring with a homer and a run in early innings as Yde and Gooch paired for the decisive plays.
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National ‘League
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Carlson
Heniine
Yde
Adams
Gooch
OP Grantham
Eeeo
Couch
Wilson
Aldridge
Smith
Boston
Cincinnati
Cooney
Selmer
May
Hargrave
Brooklyn
Chicago
Hubbell
Taylor
Blake
Gonzales
Churry
Cox
New Yorke
St Louis
Greenfield
Gowdy
Hainesl
O'Farrell
Philadelphia Today
Grantham
Pirate
Traynor
Pirates
Associated Press
Autos Clark Lives Near Hundred Fatalities Week
A report notes nearly a hundred auto fatalities recorded for the previous week, highlighting Clark as the location or reference in the surge. No further names or specifics are provided.
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Clark
States join to oppose railway rate increase plan
Ten of twelve Midwestern states signaled willingness to attend a joint Topeka meeting called by Kansas Public Service Commission chairman L T Hussey to unite against higher freight rates. Colorado is the only state not attending, with Arkansas silent. The conference aims to coordinate action before the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Chicago on September 8. Delegations will include Missouri Oklahoma South Dakota North Dakota Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Minnesota Louisiana and Texas.
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Topeka
Associated Press
Kansas i Public Service Commission
Middle
Colorado
Thorrow
Commission
State House
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Hussey
Chicago
Missouri
Oklahoma
South
North ‘Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Minis
Louisiana
Texas
Embezzlement Charge Faces J. B. Tucker
Pittsburg Kan Aug 3 Associated Press J B Tucker former superintendent of Mulberry school faced extradition after Mulberry school board officials alleged he embezzled funds from the district over two years failing to turn tuition and fees over to the treasurer Receipts reportedly show Tucker did not account for 250 in fees with total embezzlement potentially totaling 700
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Pittsburg
Kan
Associated, Press
Tucker
Kansas
Topeka
Jefferson City
Mulberry School ‘Board
Mulberry School Board
Turker
Thera
Dempsey Seeks Wills Bout as Commission Weighs Step
Los Angeles reports Dempsey pressing for immediate signing of a bout with Harry Wills next September. He said he would not consider other opponents until the New York State Athletic Commission acts. Tex Rickard plans to press the commission for a definitive program to stage the Dempsey Wills fight in 1926.
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Los Angeles
Jack’ Dempsey
Floyd Fitzsimmons
Pabers
Harry Greb
Harry Wills
New York
Dopsey-Wills
New York State, Athletic Commission
James Farley
Thie- Commission
Dempsey
Tex Rickard
Wills
Rickard
Lwever
Sam
New York Boxing Commission
Dempid
Tad
Greece May Send Troops to Frontier With Bulgaria
Athens dispatch reports Greece poised to move two regiments to the Greek Bulgarian frontier and draft an ultimatum to Bulgaria. If rejected, Greek troops may enter Bulgarian territory. border garrison strengthened after Stanimaka murder. Greece seeks indemnity for Nicolaides and insists on calm amid tensions.
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A.P
Athens
Greece
Bulgaria
Stanimaka
Sofia
Tempes
Vicetim
Branimaka
M. Nicolaides
Stantimaka
League of Nations
France
Nicolaides
Legation
Tanks Prove Effective in Moroccan Campaign
A French tank column supports reconnaissance near Azjen northwest of Quet Zan driving the Rif tribal opposition. Abd al Krim refuses peace and aims to delay until next year. French reinforcements may be needed to press the campaign in mountain positions within a month. Marl, returning to Paris, will seek more troops from Premier Paville.
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Fez
French Morocco
Associated Press
Azjen
Quetzan
Abd-El-Krim
Marl
Pavilege
Saarbrucken Mines Resume Work After Wage Strike
Work in the Saar mines resumed today with about seventy thousand workers back on regular schedules after a weeklong strike over wages. Rail services also returned to normal. The strike followed depreciation of the franc and workers being paid in French currency. Representatives had met with the French ministry of labor in Paris, signaling a settlement.
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Saarbrucken
Germany
Sarr
Ministry of Labor
Paris
Denver's Petting Party Bandit Strikes Again Killing Three
Denver police hunt a notorious hold up killer blamed for a spree that left three dead and one wounded at a secluded spot. Survivor Gail Perry provided the key account saying the bandit forced their car there and opened fire after learning they had no money. A $500 reward was offered for capture.
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Denver
A. P
Marie McCormick
Julia Stearns
Fred Funkner
Gail Perry
Federal Boulevard
Perry
Michael Heller
Jslager
Ford Blames Whiskey For Fall In Kansas City
Will Ford a four term inmate pleaded guilty to burglary and larceny in Kansas City Aug 3 assn ed press. He was sentenced to fifteen years in the state prison. Ford blamed whiskey for his downfall saying he drank to rob others for more money to buy more whiskey. He was born on a farm near Liberty Missouri and worked as a painter.
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Kansas
Club Owners Meet Today in Kansas City
A. R. Tearney president of the Western League met with club owners in Kansas City for a general business session. He refused to reveal the meeting’s purpose but promised a public statement after it, noting nothing vital was to be transacted.
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Kansas City
Tress
Eldridge Hotel Construction Advances on New Building
Concrete for the fourth floor and south footings of the $150,000 Eldridge hotel began today. Stone work has started in the basement, with wiring by Kansas Electric Power Co. and plumbing, heating, marble, and elevator contracts in progress or soon awarded. The lobby target is November 21 with contract completion around January 1, 1926.
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Eldridge
Mont Green
Kansas “Electric Power Co
Lawrence
X. J. Kennedy
W. G. Hutson
Merntime
Hoover Returns to Duty Ahead of Belgian Debt Talks
Washington, Aug 3. Secretary Hoover has completed a month’s vacation on the Pacific Coast and will return to his desk tomorrow for the Belgian debt negotiations. Despite rumors he might handle the anthracite coal situation, officials say his sole official engagement is the debt matter as a member of the debt commission.
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Washington
Associated Press
Hdover
Pacific
The
Debt Commission
Pageant Recreates Black Hills Gold Rush in Deadwood
Deadwood plans a Days of 76 pageant on August 12 13 and 14 reproducing a 1870s mining camp. The event features a recreated Deadwood Gulch settlement with dance halls saloons and gambling dens. Characters Wild Bill Calamity Jane Colorado Charlie and California Joe will be portrayed to portray frontier life.
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Deadwood
M. D
Black Hills
South Dakota
Deadwood’ Gulch
Wild Bill
Calamity Jane
Colorado
Charley
California Joe
American Conductor Honored by Paris Orchestras
Vladimir Shavitch of Syracuse N Y is praised by the Fas deloup and London Symphony Orchestras in Paris Aug 3 1925. He conducted the London guest duties and is invited to conduct again April 12 1926 marking the first repeat invitation for an American conductor. A separate brief notes marriage license issued to William F E Ellington Butler Mo and Ellen Grockett Adrian Mich.
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Paris
Fasdeloup
London Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Shavitch
Syracuse
N.Y
London
Shavuet
Lamoureux
Pasdeloup
William FE. Eliington
Butler, Mo
Ellen Grockett
Adrian, Pans
Menger
Rio Grande Floods Leave Fifty Families Homeless in Texas
High waters in the Rio Grande near Fabens Texas have displaced fifty families and caused about 90000 in damage. The Rio Grande was still rising as of Aug 3 with El Paso reporting the flood area extending around Fabens.
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el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
Fabens
County Farm Bureau seeks 0.095 mill levy increase
Douglas County Farm Bureau committees plan to ask county commissioners for a levy of 0.095 mill, up 0.021 from last year, to cover higher postal costs and a new county agent car. The board met with the women's organization to prepare the application and set a $4,1250 budget with equipment adjustments.
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Douglas County Farm ‘Bureau
County Commissioners
Farm Bureau
The
Women’s Organization Committee
Patuniny
Chamber of Commerce
H. CG. Colgilazier
Coolidge to Visit His Father in Plymouth Vermont
President Coolidge plans to return within ten days to Plymouth Vermont to visit his father Colonel John C Coolidge. He may leave Swampscott Mass before week’s end and spend two or three days at the father’s home before resuming vacation. Reports say Colonel Coolidge is recovering from a recent illness that prompted an earlier trip home for the Coolidges.
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Swampscott
Mass
Associated Press
Coolidge
Plymouth
John C. Coolidge
Kidnapped Woman Seeks Long-Lost Springfield Parents
Mrs Belle Cullison of Oklahoma City seeks her original parents who allegedly abducted her as an infant near Springfield two miles northeast in 1879. Local police found no trace. the man who raised her reportedly confessed before dying, naming parents Cecord or Secord. Neighbors recall the event but not the surname.
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Springfield
Associated Press
Belle Cullison
South
Robinson Street
Oklahoma City
Cullison
National Guard Prepares for Fifteen Day Camp at Camp White
Orders issued to local National Guard units to prepare for the annual encampment at Camp Whiteside Fort Riley for fifteen days starting August 17. About 200 members to attend from Companies D HI M and Battalion HQ plus Haskell Troop C. Lawrence guardsmen to depart August 17 at 5:30 AM by Union Pacific. officers named for each unit. The Chamber of Commerce military committee plans to visit Aug 21 with a special program.
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National Guard
Camp Whitesite
Fort Riley
AIP National Guard
Lawrence
Camp Whiteside
Union Pacific
Company
Kendall Walton
Francis Morawitz
Cat Wilson
Harry Frazee
Pat Hanley
Erret Scrivner
Albert Auit
M. Chester K. Shore
Leutenant
Harold K. Snider
Ralph Jenkins
Haskell
Fifth Cavalry
Paul Cannady
Sam Moyer
Military Committee of
Chamber of Commerce
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Field Named for Aviator Williams in Arizona
Williams Arizona August 1 1922 note names Lieut Charles L Webber killed December 7 1922 aged 26 piloting Colonel Francis C Marshall of aviation service from Rockwell field San Diego California to Fort Huachuca Arizona crashed Santa Rita mountain peak search by air forces Southwest infantry and cavalry two weeks later wreck found naming Wiebber field may become important landing place on transcontinental mail and commercial lines
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Rockwell, Field
San Diego
Cal
Fort Huachhea
Ariz
Ina
Santa Rita
Southwest
Steady Rise In Canadian Butter Output 1922-24
Ottawa reports rising butter production in Canada with 1924 output at 81,000 tons up from 78,000 in 1923 and 68,000 in 1922. Farm and home butter adds about 45,600 tons yearly. Creamery butter produced 183,161,347 pounds, a 11.2 percent increase over 1923. Imports average 1,500 tons yearly. exports 8,500. stocks also rising.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
PACT TALKS AHEAD AS GENEVA SESSION NEARS
Officials say security pact talks among Germany France and Belgium may reach a head at the Geneva League of Nations assembly. French diplomats and experts draft the pact text for discussion when the session opens. Meanwhile staff changes: M S Stone transfers in Los Angeles to Incaatafe, William Grier replaces him locally. Alcohol fuel from crab apples and potatoes proves viable for motor use including planes.
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Paris
Germany
France
Belgium
Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
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Arizata
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Los ‘Angeles
M.S. Stone
Incaatfae
William G. Grier
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