Supreme Court Upholds Prohibition and Volstead Act
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act, ruling federal law supreme over conflicting state laws. The decision affects Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin, and others, nullifying lighter beer or wine allowances and closing avenues to overturn prohibition in courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Rhode Island
New Jersey
New York
Wisconsin
Congress
Meenna
Clarke
Grand Jury Indicts 48 in Freight Theft Ring
A federal grand jury indicted forty eight men on a blanket conspiracy charge tied to multi state and international thefts of transit goods. The scheme allegedly netted millions with alcohol woolens silk and whiskey among loot seized from freight cars ships and barges. Leaders named include Nathan Zimmerman and Abraham Kempel linked to the Bronx Terminal Warehouse and Z and K Truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Stiefel
New York Credit Men’s Association
New York Central
Erie
Stiefel
Augustus N. Hand
United States District Court
Garrett W. Cotter
United ‘Stat
Nathan Zimmerman
Abraham Kempel
Bronx
Pershing Indicates Retirement Within Months
General John J. Pershing wrote Secretary Baker that he desires to retire to civil life within the next few months after the army reorganization work is completed. He said he could relinquish military duty without harming the service and would stand ready to serve the country in crisis if needed. Baker declined to comment on the letter or future retirement timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Washington
John J. Pershing
Baker
Pershing
New England
of War
War Department
General Pershing
Gener Pershing
Senator Warren
Chicago
Painter crushed 16 stories in air
Siguard Nordlie a 58 year old Yonkers painter was on the outside of a 22 story Herald Square Building and entered by a window to save a descent. The elevator counterweight trapped him in the shaft, firefighters laboring an hour freed the weight and Nordlie’s body was removed with slight hope of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Devanter
White
Biltale
McKenna & Tsetse
Ing
Oes
Siguard Nordlie
Woodsworth Avenue
Yonkers
Herald Square
Nordlce
Francis Fitzpatrick
Novillie
Fifteen to Twenty Seek Nomination on First Ballot
Chicago June 7 indications point to the first Republican National Convention ballot listing fifteen to twenty presidential aspirants. Few will mount enough support to nominate any of the so called Big Three Wood Lowden or Johnson, with a dramatic change unlikely before the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wood
Lowden
Johnson
New York Delegates Weigh Butler Withdrawal at Convention
CNCAGO June 7 A growing possibility looms that New York delegates may withdraw Dr Nicholas Murray Butler from consideration at the Chicago convention adjourned meeting. Leaders say Butler might not have his name presented on the first ballot while Wood could gain about thirty votes on the first ballot and seventy if Butler steps aside. Proponents of Lowden promise support if Butler falters. Johnson and Perkins associates are also named among potential backers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. White
Cncago
New York
Chicago
Nicholas Murray Butler
Butler
Dr. Butler
Jacob A. \. Livingston
Brooklyn
Tribune
Congress Hotel
Wood
General Wood
Jamey R. Sheffield
Lowdon
William J. Tully
Sutter
Illinois
Senator Johnson
George Z. Medalie
James. Wells
Thomas W. Whittle
George W. Perkins
Richard W. Lawrence
Liberal Republicans Clash Over Platform Control
Liberal Republicans in Chicago push to have the rank and file write the party platform, opposing Senate influence. William Allen White backs Ogden Mills for chair of the resolutions committee as the liberal faction battles the Old Guard over who writes the party platform and who leads resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican Party
Senate
William Allen White
Kansas
West
Ogden Mills
New York
James E. Watson
Indiana
Watson
Mills
Will B. Hays
Liierals
Committee On
Fall of German Government Seen in Election Returns
Berlin dispatch reports fragmentary results from Sundays Reichstag elections showing Majority Socialists and Democrats losing ground to Independents and right wing parties. Large shifts in Berlin totals indicate a potential break up of the coalition with the Catholic party, possible anti socialist government, and uncertain new Reichrat composition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Dreher Sheolat
Tribune
New Yorke Tribune Inc
Berlin
Tageblatt
Independenta
German People's Party
Stresemann
Nationalist Party
Democrats
Independent Socialista
Kronemann Party
He Nationaliaty Trom
Chaoa
Associated
Eam
Germany
Gomuehrla Veces
Reichrat
Count von Bernstorf
United States
Count von Bernstorff
Empire
Matthian Ersberger
Wilrtemberg
Karl Helfferich
Bill Friedrich
Prince Joachim
William
Potsdam
Delegate Refusal to Obey Primary May Bring Fight on First Ballot
CHICAGO, June 7. Oregon delegate Judge Wallace McCamant of Portland refuses to vote for Senator Johnson despite a primary win. He will instead support General Wood, arguing state preference is not binding on him. The dispute raises a constitutional question for the convention on whether primary chosen delegates must follow results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oregon
Wallace McCamant
Portland
Senator Johnson
McCamant
General Wood
Wood
Johnson
Heywood Broun
New York Tribune Inc
Samuel Adams
South
Adams
Hiram Johnson
Pilent Wilson
Dark Horse and 4 P. C. Beer Found Amid Maze of Buttons
Chicago writer Heywood Broun reviews political posters and dodgers, lampooning Samuel Adams as a Southern favorite while ridiculing Hiram Johnson’s campaign imagery. The piece mocks ambidexterity and big‑business framing, noting skepticism about radical labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dark Horse
4 P. C. Beer
Cummins Holds Small Iowa Lead in Primary Polls
Early returns from three Iowa districts show Senator Albert B. Cummins with a slim edge for the Republican nomination. Colonel Smith W. Brookhart challenges him with strong gains in mining and railroad counties, while Kendall and Deertn vie for first in another district and Haynes supporters hope for a spot above third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Arem
Albert B. Cummins
Smith W. Brookhart
Cummins
Republican Organization
Brookhart
Kendall-Cummins
Kendall
Deortn
Haynex
Johnson Hints At Truce on Treaty Issue
Chicago June 7 Senator Hiram W Johnson urged support for his Republican presidential bid at a mass meeting in the Auditorium Theater. Despite expectations of a clash with party leaders he urged unity, attacked the poisonous press, and opposed the league covenant while signaling acceptance of a compromis e platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hiram W. Johnson
Auditorium Theater
Johnson
League of Nations
Old Guard
Borah
Idaho
Rpublican Party
Charles Stewart Parnell
Hague
Lowdon
Lodge Will Vote for General on 2d Ballot
Chicago dispatch reports Woodstock mood for Wood in the Republican convention as delegates split. Massachusetts Senator Lodge plans to back Wood on the second ballot, New York and Illinois power centers shaping blocs while Johnson and Lowden campaigns stir crowds and infighting within party leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
the Tribune
Tbeckman
Gen.Pershing
Snyder
Friends
Pershin
Painter
N.Y
Wadsworth
Florence E. S. Knapp
W. A. White
Document
Viberty Gara Fong
John Mule
Bevallwas
Advy
Broun
Ben
California
Hiram
Humpty
League
Iase
Audignes
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Red Fire
Carter
Woodstock
Senator Lodge
Calvin Coolidge
Empire State
London
St Wood
Auditorium Cheater
Hearst
Congress Street
Wabash
Nero
Echo
William Aie Thompson
Thompson
Resolutions Committee
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
John C. Shatier
Hse
United Sites
Watson and Hays
Odde
Hays
Milla
William Boyce Thompson
Amsil
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!