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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1930
Page
5
Attorney General Mitchell announced a complete reorganization of federal prohibition operations. On July 1 he takes command and transfers enforcement from the Treasury to the Justice Department under Hoover's campaign pledge for tougher enforcement.
An 1890s style advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a cure for upset stomachs and constipation in children. It claims gentle, thorough cleansing of bilious or feverish symptoms and promotes strong bowels with a fruity flavor. It references prohibition districts and enforcement changes.
Dickinson N. Hoover, inspector general of the federal steamboat inspection service, assists in Boston in the investigation of the collision between the Fairfax and the tanker Pinthis, a disaster that killed 47 people.
The plan realigns prohibition enforcement with Col. A W Woodcock now US attorney at Baltimore assisted by Howard T Jones. The Treasury's Alcohol Division becomes the Bureau of Industrial Alcohol. Several prominent prohibition administrators are retained by Secretary Mellon to run the industrial alcohol permit system, while Mitchell urges states to boost enforcement cooperation.
An American doctor from Mt. Sinai New York, Dr. William Paul Aschner, described a swallowed tiny camera that photographed the interior of the stomach. Twenty one photographs of stomach lesions were shown with thirteen later confirmed by operation or autopsy, in five cases proving more reliable than the barium meal.
The Underwriters Laboratories announces a bomb proof shelter to test safes at an abandoned Lamont New Jersey quarry protected by a 70 foot cliff. Safes are wrecked to determine burglary resistance with torches drills and nitroglycerine produced on site.
The senate judiciary committee reported the nomination of Louis H. Crawford to be U S marshal for the northern district of Georgia as favorably received. Charges of drinking liquor had been filed against Crawford with the committee.
Mrs. John F. Sippel of Baltimore was reelected president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs during the Denver convention. Her reelection confirms continuity in the national women's organization and reinforces Baltimore's access to leadership roles in civic clubs.
Cases before Judge W. M. Harper included St Clair Earl vagrancy sentenced to five days in jail. Robert Whitley vagrancy thirty days. James Cooper vagrancy thirty days. Willie Jackson profane language fined twelve dollars fifty cents. Clarence Harris traffic fined one dollar with payment suspended. Jack Davis traffic fined seventeen dollars fifty cents, case appealed.
Judge George K Favrot in division B of the 19th district court refused to grant a motion by the Louisiana highway commission to bond a preliminary injunction tying up nearly 13 million dollars of highway bond funds until the city of New Orleans is paid about 246 thousand or a judgment says otherwise. The city must show cause next Monday at 10. The commission may seek mandamus from the Supreme Court to compel bonding. State Treasurer H B Conner had previously declined to pay warrants against the fund per the court order.
The Amigos a group of 21 girls from the First Baptist Sunday school taught by Mrs. G W Bond enjoyed a six o clock picnic at the old Chautauqua grounds two miles north of Buston on Thursday afternoon.
Naturalists report remarkable wildlife resurgence on the Nullarbor plains after heavy rains turned low areas into shallow lakes. Rich grasses sprout as wild duck, kangaroos, emus, and dingoes proliferate, while shallow waters host tadpoles and water bugs unseen before.
Miss Margaret Stewie of Leipsig Germany, a student at Agnes Scott College near Atlanta, says she never saw a pretzel until arriving in the United States. The report is by United Press.
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