Richmond lawyer claims kidnaping by naval officials in Samoa
Samuel S. Ripley of Richmond California alleges in Chicago court a 1921 abduction by Capt. Waldo Evans then commandant of the Great Lakes training station and W A MacDonald while Ripley says Evans governed American Samoa. He says he was confined at Pago Pago placed under armed guard aboard the S S Sonoma and kept a prisoner for 30 days until the vessel reached Honolulu.
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Chicago Girl Adopted by Omaha Tribes Receives Honors
Marion Eleanor Gridley of Chicago, sixteen, was adopted into the Omaha Blackbird Clan and named Me-um-he-three Little Moonbeam by tribal leaders in a Grand Council Fire gathering. She has written poems about Indians and created much of the beadwork on her costume, photographed with Princess Little Eagle.
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Treasury Prohibition Edicts Reach Foreign Vessels Worldwide
An order enforces the Eighteenth Amendment aboard ships near U S shores with strict permits and reports for liquor while medicinal supply allowances remain flexible. France and Britain protest. U S enforcement expands amid overseas tensions and domestic dry battles impacting Governor Al Smith’s presidential prospects.
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Germany Can Pay Annuities If Reparations Set
Germany proposes annual payments backed by tobacco and brandy monopolies a sugar tax 4 million gold marks yearly railways 500 million gold marks wealth pledge and a new tax on material values. France demands Ruhr exit only after reparations paid Belgium aligns with new coercive measures in Ruhr Rhineland. Krupps taxed as French seize coal tied properties. Treasury enforces Supreme Court liquor rule nationwide.
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Supreme Court Rules Language Instruction Laws Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court recently held that state laws banning non English language instruction in schools are unconstitutional. Justices Holmes and Sutherland dissented, noting disagreement with the majority. The decision centers on constitutional grounds.
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