Prohibition Eyes Greatest Progress in 1926 Says Dry Czar
Key West dispatch reports Gen Lincoln Andrews announcing that 1926 will show real enforcement gains for the dry law. He cites Florida as a focal problem with rampant smuggling and high demand among winter colonies, plus scarce coastal cooperation among authorities. France meanwhile notes war context in a brief item from Paris desks.
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Key West
Fla
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France
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Pre-War Birth Rate Claims by France Highlighted
In his Florida survey Andrews notes pre-war birth rate claims by France and says national conditions have improved. He cites progress in enforcement, including reduced New York rum row, less industrial alcohol diverted to bootlegging, pharmacy regulations, and plans to curb medicinal alcohol from bonded warehouses to druggists.
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Florida
Andrews
Probai
New York
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Reizil
France’s postwar birth rate outpaces prewar levels
French Minister of Labor M. Durafour reported to the Chamber of Deputies that 1924 births reached 192 per 10,000 inhabitants, beating the 1913 average of 151. He noted sharp declines in infant mortality, down from 122 per 5,900 live births in 1925 to 6 in 1924, while infant mortality stands at 9 percent in France versus 11 percent in Germany and Belgium.
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Chamber of Deputies
France
England
Germany
Belgium
Fight Brews In Congress Over Farm Measures
Western agriculturism pushes for government help to market surplus through cooperative structures and a surplus corporation. President Coolidge condemns price fixing but backs aiding farmer marketing, while farm bloc presses tariff increases and tariff revision as a tool against perceived price fixing in industry.
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International News Services
Washington
Congress
Des Moines
Coolidge
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
White House
Police Probe After Philadelphia Man’s Strang death
Police in Philadelphia investigate the death of 34 year old Joseph Mosko found with a chest wound in his bed. He died hours later at Children’s Homeopathic Hospital. Authorities say the death may be self-inflicted and have detained a woman named Virginia Blubbard 29 as a material witness.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
CROSS WORD PUZZLE HORIZONTA 1-Something pro Begun
Puzzle clues read as a mixed list with horizontal and vertical entries. The grid includes archaic spellings and multiple language touches, with many partial terms and deflected letter patterns.
Over 2 000 Farmers Now Have Autos In Lawrence Co
News release from Harrisburg shows that over two thousand farmers in Lawrence county own automobiles. About 78 percent of local farmers have left old Dobbin for the gas hack, with 3 031 farms equipped. The report also notes Butler county with 75 percent, and Beaver county at 82 percent, while Meree county records 75 percent ownership.
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Lawrence County
State Department of Agriculture
Harrisburg
Butler County
Mercec County
Beaver County
Beggar Crowe, Kidnapper of Eddie Cudahy, Given Suspended Sentence
Pat Crowe, 57, famed kidnapper of Eddie Cudahy in 1900 and once linked to a $92,000 loot, received a suspended sentence on vagrancy charges after pleading in a Washington Market court. He admitted his downfall from a Missouri railroad robbery but said he chose begging over theft now.
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Pat” Crowe
Wim’ Calahan
Eddie Cudahy
Chicago
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Crowe
St. Joseph
Council Bluff
Missouri Penitentiary
Crossword Puzzle Challenge Clues and Answers
Yesterday's puzzle answer referenced across and down clues. Readers recall Word 1 Where Yankee Doodle is in the picture. Word 4 A wits in Utah. Word 5 To swing from side to side. Down Word 1 The city around which the Trojan war was waged and a New York city. Down Word 2 A widow and a single person.
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Utah
New York State
Sleep Research Starts at Mellon Institute With 12 Students
The Mellon Institute of Industrial Research undertakes the first scientific study of sleep. Twelve Carnegie Institute of Technology students live together in a specially equipped house with beds fitted to measure posture. Dr. H. M. Johnson leads psychologists, physiologists, and a chemist, using a chronoscope to assess fatigue and alertness, noting that sleep loss fatigue resembles alcohol-induced fatigue. Regular sleep before midnight yields the deepest rest, aiding youth and longevity.
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Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
H. M. Johnson
Ohio State
Johnson
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Johnson Sinys
Dr. Johnson
Hotel magnate's wife leaves vast estate in trust
The will of Mrs Mary Statler wife of Ellsworth A Statler president of Hotels Statler Co allocates over 1 million dollars in personal property. A sister Delta F Manderbach now in New York inherits 230000. Adopted children Milton Keeland 19 Marian Frances 18 Ellsworth Morgan 18 and Elva Idesta 15 share a 100000 trust.
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BUF. O. N
Mary
Statler
Ellsworth
Hotels Statler Company
Delta F. Manderbach
New York
Lemals
Milton Keeland
Marian Frances
Ellsworth Morgan
Elva Idesta
Pittsburgh educator elected state education association president
Charles E. Dicker of Pittsburgh who heads Allegheny county schools was elected president of the Pennsylvania State Educational Association at the convention in session here. Harrisburg was selected for the next year convention.
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Consernational News Service
Ecranton
Chas. E. Dicker
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Pennsylvanaa State Educational Association
Harrisburg
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