Senate eyes transfer of prohibition unit to Justice
Senate inquIry led by Chairman Penrose on shifting enforcement from the Bureau of Internal Revenue to the Department of Justice. Proposals call for an enforcement superintendent per district and rehabilitation of the system. Attorney General Daugherty and Secretary Mellon have shown support. Blair favors the move, with discussions to occur before Finance Committee action. Also noted: post office nominees halted for those already declared eligible prior to May 10.
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Washington
Penrose
Senate
Mainee Committee
Blair
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Penrose Sieht
Bireau of
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Exch
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Daugherty
Finance Committee
Mellon
First Real Hon Payment, Paris Reported
Berlin announced the first real payment on the German reparations account. Twenty bonds valued about 10 million dollars each total 200 million dollars. Of this sum 80 million is payable in New York, 40 million in London and 60 million in Paris.
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Paris
Berlin
New York
London
English King Wins Suit
In Providence Rhode Island the King of Great Britain won a verdict for 64 72 in U S district court. A jury found for that simino suit against Taft Pierce Manufacturing of Woonsocket for 80000 damages.
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Providence
Great Britain
United States District Court
Taft-Pierce Manufacturing Company
Woonsockat
Re 1
Sheriff Shot and Killed in Lookout Mountain area
Chattanooga reports the fatal shooting of Sheriff A. G. Catron of Walker County Georgia by an alleged whiskey runner on Lookout Mountain. The incident follows a violent era of cross border crime and temperance enforcement in the region as authorities investigate motive and capture the suspect.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
A. G. Catron
Walker County
Lookout Mountain
Medina Hospital
Seizure of Bergdoll Property Ordered by President
Philadelphia authorities under Presidential direction seize Grover C. Bergdoll assets in Grover city area. Real estate and bank deposits across four institutions are seized as part of enforcing the Trading with the Enemy Act. Major Carroll and Colonel Miller supervise seizure of Bergdoll castle and related mortgages ending Grover's access to funds in the United States.
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Philadelphia
Grover C. Hergdoll
Germany
Thomas W. Miller
United States
Grover
Colonel Miller
Contemplated Private Capital Loans To Foreign Nations
Washington reports on a White House dinner where Meslton Hoover and financiers discussed potential loans of private capital to foreign governments to influence exports and restore industrial conditions. Attendees included J A Alexander and Charles A Satin, with Benjamin Strong and others from major banks.
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Washington
William Kent
The
Thinkers ‘Trust Company
New York
Hc, MeKidowney
Union ‘Trust Company
Pittchureh
Tt T
Libel Suit Involving Judge and President Harding Affects Divorce Case
Dr G R Lee Cole, a physician in this city, sues his wife for libel at the district supreme court before Judge Stafford. He claims Mrs Votaw wrote a letter to Judge Stafford denouncing Cole and defending his wife. President Harding wrote to Coles attorney expressing regret over his sister’s action. Cole seeks 25000 dollars alleging the letter was malicious and intended to injure his reputation and unfairly influence the judge.
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Washington
Heber Votaw
Harding
G. R. Lee Cole
District Supreme Court
Staford
Mia
Voi
Stafford
Cole
Lsbel
Foreign Relief Fund to Aid Strikers Proposed
A $75,000 Foreign Relief Fund to be spent in France and Riga was endorsed in Moscow. Belgium and Czecho-Slovakia were discussed within the Russian Soviet trades union context for next year. The draft assembly adopted a resolution to send funds to aid coal miners in Britain through the Southern Presbyterian church.
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Mt. Louis
France
Riga
Moscow
Aays
Belgium
Caecho-Slovakia
Soviet Trades Union
Olat
Southern Presbyterian Church
Seize 417 Quarts of Liquor in Hawkinsville
Sheriff seized four hundred seventeen quarts of wrapped rye and Scotch whiskey and the conveyance involved. Mrs Lloyd George Speake noted in London reports. Other items mention shopkeepers praising her stance on early cloning and IWW activity in Prague and Denver related to gambling and train permits.
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Hawkinsville
Mrs. Lloyd George
London
Denver
Mank Bers
Commandeer
Union Pacife
Chey
Wyo
Cotton growers in prewar plan discuss rehabilitation and acreage drop
National consultation of American cotton producers, manufacturers and affiliated interests opened with warnings of the shortest crop in 25 years. Leaders reported acreage reductions this year from 20 to 35 percent due to forage cuts, boll weevil damage, and weather, urging immediate actions to restore supply and price.
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New York
Air Service Leader Narrowly Escapes Plane Crash
General William Mitchell, formerly commander of American air forces in France, survived a severe storm aboard a military plane. The craft overturned, sustain injuries, and the incident left the crew shaken though none were fatally harmed.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Ediior
Army Air Service
France
Splendid Memories Memorial Day Address in Beaufort
Secretary Denby declared in Beaufort South Carolina that only splendid memories of the heroic dead from the North and South remain and that the bitterness caused by the nation's great sectional conflict is over in his Memorial Day address.
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Beaufort
S.C
Denby
Lloyd George pledges stronger crown forces in Ireland
In the House of Commons Mr. Lloyd George announced plans to strengthen crown forces in Ireland and said a full statement would follow once arrangements were completed.
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London
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Ireland
Indictments Expected As Prohibition Violations Charged
More than 200 bills of indictment charging violation of the national prohibition line will be handed to the federal grand jury when the United States court for the Western district of South Carolina convenes at Anderson.
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Mobile
Ala
John T. Cochrane
Alabama
Tenneeser
Oteen
Northern Railroad
Jacksonville
Nasu Sound
Greenville
S.C
Washington
Asheville
North Carolina
Maryland
D. C
Federal Grand Jury
United States Court For the Western District of
Favor Fusion With Germany in Referendum
In Salisburg Austria a referendum showed near total support for fusion with Germany. With 80 percent of returns counted only a few hundred votes opposed fusion.
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Germany
Salisburg
Austria
Mummy Long Known Is 4340 Years Old
The mummy of the historian king Morgan Amer died about 1420 BC and has just been received at Henry University Museum in Atlanta Georgia. The report notes memorial exercises in American cemeteries in France and wartime dead wreaths, with no more than cautious details.
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Atlanta
Morgan
Amer
Museum of the Enry University
Paris
France
Charlotte
Washburn Proes
A.lf Washburn
Paul Palmer
James C. Bomar
Washburn
Low Parachute Record Set in Oklahoma City Event
Civilian Hirono Okta Frederick M Lemon of Oklahoma City reportedly broke a world record for low altitude parachute drops by leaping from 160 feet using a parachute designed and patented by a self described inventor.
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Hirono
Okta
Frederick M. Lemon
Oklahoma City
Self
Roads Meet Draw Twelve Counties in Wilkesboro
A mass meeting in Wilkesboro united representatives from twelve counties Avery Watauga Ashe Alleghany Surry Yadkin Davie Forsyth Stokes Mendell? Mexander Wilkes and Cametoda to press state for year round road outlets. Officials included Commissioners Dough ton Cox and Wilkinson with Juh nley presiding. The assembly hailed as the largest in the region.
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North Wilkesboro
Wilkesboro
R. A. Doughton
Tennessee
Virginia
Piedmont
North Carolina
Avery
Wautauga
Ashe
Allegheny
Surry
Yadkin
Davie
Forsyth
Sredell
Mexander
Wilkes
North Carolina Merchants Urged to Act Amid Price Pressures
A state bulletin from the North Carolina Merchant association warns merchants to act quickly and concertedly against rising prices and potential regulatory measures. It cites headlines from major papers, opens an appeal to unorganized merchants, and highlights related economic and political pressures shaping commerce in 1920s North Carolina.
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Statesville
North Carolina Merchant Association
Bulletin
Hardin Toll
Sasa Reserve Board
Merchanta Profity
Harding
Wilson
Palmer
Hoover
Federal ‘Trade Commission
Merchante
North Carolina
Tare
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Raleigh
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Wilmington
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