Sues to dissolve sixteen Adams patents in bust of oil cracking rights
New York authorities sue to cancel the Adams patents claiming fraud in obtaining the 16 basic cracking process patents valued at 40 to 70 million dollars. The Texas company owning them leases to over 40 oil firms. Joseph H Adams of Flatbush is named as original claimant. The suit, if successful, could lower gasoline costs.
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New York
Adams
Sargent
Texas Company
Department of Justice
Brooklyn
Joseph H. Adams
Flatbush
Church Riot in Jalisquello Sparks Fatal Killings in Nayarit
Three officials from the State of Nayarit were killed and several injured in a riot over a church closure order. Armed church followers faced government representatives as they attempted to enforce the closing, with no soldiers present to provide protection. The priest resisted, backed by his parish, as authorities read the closure authorization.
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Nayarit
Mexico
State of
Jalisquello
White Bill for Radio Control Passes House
The White bill creating a federal radio commission of five members passed the House by 218 to 124 and goes to the Senate. It aims to cooperate with Secretary Hoover to regulate broadcasting and wireless air traffic to reduce confusion.
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U. K
House
Washington
Congress
Senate
Federal Radio Commission
Hoover
Steck Declared Elected in Washington Race
Daniel F. Steck, a Democrat, is reported elected over Republican Senator Brockhart of Iowa by a subcommittee of the Senate Elections Committee. The subcommittee says Steck won by 1,420 votes.
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Washington
Daniel F. Steck
Brockhart
Rep
Iowa
Senate Elections Committee
Steck
Dry forces plan counter offensive against Volstead act
Washington reports dry leaders in Congress press a counter offensive to stem support for modifying the Volstead act. Senator McKellar of Tennessee is to lead the drive, with the Anti Saloon League seeking President backing for tougher enforcement and new legislation. Representative Oliver of New York proposes a constitutional amendment asserting state supremacy over federal enforcement.
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Washington
Congress
Doys
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Senate Judiciary Committee
Means
Colorado
Goff
West Virginia
Harrold
Oklahoma
Reed
Missouri
Walsh
Montana
House
Oliver
New York
Air Secretaries Urged in Three Departments
Dwight W. Morrow and General Harbord urged the House Military Affairs Committee to adopt assistant secretaries of air in the Commerce War and Navy departments. They argued this would strengthen national defense more than a separate air corps or national defense department and emphasized government support for civilian aviation.
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Washington
Dwight W. Morrow
Aircraft Board
General Harbord
House Military Affairs Committee
Morrow
Air
Department of Commerce
War Department
Navy Department
Department of National Defense
Air Corps
Indiana Court Asked to Punish Dry League Head
Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam files a petition with the Indiana Supreme Court seeking contempt action against Edward S. Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League and attorneys Ethan A. Miles and Jess E. Martin for statements in Shumaker’s annual report deemed false and contemptuous of the court.
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Indiana
Dry League
Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Edward S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Ethan A. Miles
Jess E. Martin
League
Arthur L. Gilliam
Shumaker
Gilliams
Industrial leaders invited to Washington conference
Secretary of Labor Davis announced a national prevention of industrial accident conference this summer. Leaders from across the country will be summoned to Washington to participate.
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Washington
Davis
Indiana Quarries Merge Bloomington District Ceal Planned
Amalgamation of principal stone quarrying plants in the Bloomington Bedford district is forecast as a result of a 400 million ceal which is expected to be closed by April 1.
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Indiana Quarries
Bloomington
Ind
Bloomington-Bedford
Fiating Oneself and Health in Time's Moral Link
The text notes that self hatred poisons body and mind and that health and morality depend on each other. It states that many religions are built on hygiene, an early truth linking personal virtue to wellbeing.
Boston Maze Keeps Visitors Moving Forward
A visitor complains of getting lost in Boston’s streets. A local offers a blunt tip to keep walking straight ahead and you will always emerge where you began.
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Boston
Bostonian
Ambition and a Townsman In Howe Monthly
A humorous note from E. W. Howe's Monthly contemplates a witty exchange. A nice woman admires a handsome man named Tuttle and fantasizes about telling him he is not so good looking. The piece flavorfully lampoons vanity and social teasing.
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Tuttle
E. W. Howe
Brown University Named After Nicholas Brown
The institution founded in 1764 at Providence Rhode Island was called Rhode Island College until 1804 when it was renamed in honor of Nicholas Brown, an American merchant who contributed $100000.
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Brown University
Providence
Rhode Island
Rhode Island College
Nicholas Brown
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