Law campaign urged wartime tactics to enforce Prohibition
Daniel C. Roper urged the Hoover administration to mobilize citizens for law observance. He proposed state governor conferences, citizen enforcement councils, and interagency cooperation to speed prosecutions while acknowledging the risk if obedience fails. Roper criticized the Canadian dispensary plan and urged an educational drive to back enforcement.
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United Press
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Daniel C. Roper
National Prohibition Law Enforcement
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Hoover
Citizens Law
Mitchell
Roper
Ren
Laguardia
Wet
N. Y
South Carolina
Doheny Trial Nears Close in Bribery Case
United Press reports final arguments in the Doheny bribery trial. California millionaire Edward Doheny faces charges of bestowing $100,000 on former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall for oil leases. Defense attorney Frank J. Hogan pledges to present the facts, while Atlee Pomerene attacks Doheny as a schemer and patriot. Deliberations expected to begin tomorrow.
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United Press
Washington
Doheny
Ioan To
California
Frank J. Hogan
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
Secretary of ‘Interior
Albert B. Fall
Hogan
Seniator Pomerene
Mt Pleasant High Faces St Marys Tonight in Pontiac Bout
About a hundred locals plan to attend the game between Mt Pleasant high and St Marys in Pontiac. Advance reservations were made this afternoon for that number. Bulletins will be posted at Olympic Club Bennett and Parid hotels.
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The
Daily Times
Mt. Pleasant High
St. Marys
Pontiac
Olympic
the Glub, Bennett and Parid
Million Dollar Blaze Kills One In Knoxville
A fatal Knoxville fire killed one man and injured twelve while causing about 1 million dollars in damage. Explosions began in the Arcade building, destroying the barbers supply store, with lives lost and hotels emptied as firefighters battled blazes across three downtown blocks.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Iity
Carl Melcher
Barbers
Maters
Western Union Office
Shrivers Brothers Habrdashry
Campus liquor dealer fined after raid at University of Michigan
Harry C. Goodwin, proprietor of a tailor shop catering to University of Michigan students, must pay a 1000 dollar fine and 100 dollars costs or serve one to four years in Jackson prison for liquor law violation. Police found over 100 pints of whiskey and moonshine in the shop during a raid last week. Judge George Sample passed the sentence yesterday.
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Ann. Arbo
Mar
Harry C. Goodwin
University of Michigan
Jackson
Goodwin
George Sample
German radio exposition to open August 22 in Berlin
Berlin officials announce the annual German radio exposition will run August 22 to 31. Plans include the dedication of a new Berliner Punkstunde broadcasting station and studio, touted as Europe’s largest and most modern.
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Berlin
Mar
Berliner Punkstunde
Europe
Isopropyl Alcohol Warned as New Drink Doran Says
Washington report says Prohibition Commissioner J. M. Doran warned that a bootleg mixture using isopropyl alcohol may cause paralysis and unconsciousness. He notes it is a synthetic alcohol not intended for beverage use and cites paralysis cases in several states.
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Doran
John S. Wasney
Washington
J. M. Doran
Pontiac School Head Sentenced to Five to Ten Years
Otto Sachse, 59, former Pontiac banker and school board president, was sentenced to five to ten years in Jackson Prison for fraudulently obtaining 16,500 from the school board over a school site sale. Judge Glenn C. Gillespie rejected bail pending appeal. Sachse will be imprisoned tomorrow. He had been accused of misrepresenting a Detroit architect’s ownership of the property.
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United Press
Pontiac
Otto Sachse
Jackson
Sachse
Glenn C. Gillespie
Gillespie
Detroit
Condemned Youth Chooses Firing Squad at Utah Penitentiary
Elbert Green, 21, sentenced for killing his wife, her mother and his uncle, will face execution by firing squad at the state penitentiary in May after his bid for a view trial was denied. Five rifles will fire as dawn breaks over the Wasatch, ending his life after fifty-nine days.
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United Press
Salt
Lake City
Utah
Elbert Green
Wasatch Mountains
State ‘Penitentiary
Green
WETS AND MOISTS LEAD IN DIGEST POLL ON PROHIBITION
The Library Digest Nationwide Poll reports 287,885 votes for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act, 228,141 for modification to legalize light wines and beers, and 191,909 for strict enforcement. Twenty States and DC contributed second-week returns, with Indiana Kansas and Georgia showing varied results. Connecticut Rhode Island and Pennsylvania indicate strong repeal or modification support in this ongoing straw ballot.
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Library Digest
District of Columbia
Kansas
Carrie Nation
Georgia
South
National Capital
District. of Columbia
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Local Dairymen Paid 360000 for 1929 Milk Volumes
Mt Pleasant area dairy men delivered over eighteen million pounds of milk to the Borden plant in 1929 earning at least 360000. Daily receipts averaged about 50000 pounds with May and June near 75000. Company officials cite improving production per ton due to scientific feeding and herd management boosting butterfat.
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Mt. Pleasant
Borden+company
Altho
More
Manistee Man Admits Fatal Shot In Deputy Killing
Morris Brozofsky ex convict confessed to shooting Undersheriff Edward Rarey of Benzie County, saying self defense and that his gun fired first after Rarey ordered surrender. He will plead guilty at trial, was held in Manistee due to local hostility and arrest at Traverse City after days on the run.
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United Press
Manistee
Mich
Morris Brozofsky
Edward Rarey
Brozofsky
Traverse City
Benzie ‘County
Mar
Edward” Rarey
Benzis County
House of David Suit Settled in Benton Harbor Case
St Joseph March 20 final litigation over the House of David colony ended today as Eliza Bamford Ford of Detroit accepted 8600 to settle her 35000 suit against the colony. Bamford Reed and Gladys Bamford Rabel were involved in the trial. Mary Purnell widow of King Ben remains at the colony awaiting moves by Judge Dewhirst who is on vacation in the Southwest.
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United Press
St. Joseph
House of David
Benton Harbor
Eliza Boomford
Detroit
Bamford
Ruth Bamford Reed
Gladys Bamford
Rabel
Sng
Benjamin Purnell
Mary’ Purnell
King” Ben
H. T. Dewhirst
Dry Agent Sniper Sentenced to Ten Years in Detroit
Detroit judge Charles Simons sentences Amos Duval, 19, to 10 years in Leavenworth for firing three shots at federal immigration inspectors on the Detroit river while they halted a turn boat. Duval, in reformatories since age 11 after stealing candy in Monroe, Mich. depot, faced a hard line for endangering officers.
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Detroit
Charles Simons
Amos Duval
Leavenworth
Simons
Duval
Monrco
Mich
Italy Tightens Alcohol Controls Amid Decline in Crime
Rome reports a government drive to reduce liquor licenses by about 40,900 since eight years, with renewals refused where districts have too many wine shops. Drunkenness is rare overall, limited to poorer industrial areas. Spirits barred on Sundays and holidays. wine shops and cafes operate 8 am to late evening. Crime statistics show decline, with Mafia traces fading in Sicily and old criminal groups disappearing in Naples and Milan.
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United Press
Rome
Mar
Arpinati
Interior
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Sicily
Naples
Teppisti
Apaape
Milan
Dagger Found, Blood Evidence Quietly Shocks East Detroit
Police found a blood smeared dagger and blood stained footprints in a vacant East Detroit dwelling after neighbors reported continuous lights for three days. A still and moonshine liquor were found in an upstairs room. Building owner Charles Dorawski of Warren Township will be questioned.
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United Press
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Detroit
Charles ‘Dorawski
Warren Township
Rural speakers press state tax inquiry for reform
Lansing March 20 rural speakers testified before the state tax inquiry commission in the Senate chamber. Michigan State Farm Bureau led by R Wayne Newton urged two remedies including removing the state tax commission from politics and enacting public hearings on local budgets to curb waste and protect local discretion. The session drew delegates from many communities and officials from both legislative houses.
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Claude J. Markle
United Press
Lansing
Commission of Tax Inquiry
Senate Chamber
Michigan‘ State Farm Bureau
Wayne
Newton
State
Kent County
Huston Testifies On Union Carbide Funds Lobby Probe
Claud Huston, chairman of the Republican National Committee, testifies before the Senate Lobby Committee that 436100 from Union Carbide was for Tennessee River Improvement Association property. He says funds backed a margin account in New York and asserts authority to sell the association property. The committee notes possible White House interest but expects no immediate action.
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Washington
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Senate Lobby Committee
Union Carbide Company
Tennessee River
Improvement Association
Union’ Carbide
Senate
Huston
New York
Feyerts
White House
National Committee
Carbide Company
Union. Carbide , Company
Gyanimide Company
Zur
Algovisation
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Irene Shrader
F. H. Muldoon
Minnie ‘Bauny
Benzie
Beulah
George W. Wick
Ershams
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
United States
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Union Carbide Co
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