Hearing on Prohibition Law Reform Draws Big Crowd
Edward W. Pickard reports a crowded House Judiciary hearing as opponents and supporters of the Eighteenth Amendment and Falstead act present arguments. Walter W. Liggett testifies on crime and corruption in Washington and other cities, while the session also covers Hughes confirmation and naval disarmament talks. The piece notes related political shifts, Prohibition enforcement issues, and international tensions alongside local political outcomes.
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Washington
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Swede
Canada
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Boston
Michigan
Kansas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Detroit
Minneapolis
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Fle Drys
Mongolian Republic Feeds Estates to Collectives
A Washington Geographic Society bulletin notes Mongolia's unsettled history since 1911 and the 1924 declaration of the Mongolian People's Republic. It cites confiscation of nobles estates worth about 4 million dollars for peasant farms, and outlines a government in Outer Mongolia with a parliament and a rotating smaller council, drifting toward Soviet influence and expanding trade with Trans-Siberian towns.
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Ulan Bator
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National Geographic Society
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Siberia
Russia
Ulan Bator Hoto
Trans-Siberian
Republic of Mongolia
Salvage Effort Abandoned for Ship Gold near Juneau
After eight weeks of futile work the Wiley brothers of Seattle quit attempts to recover millions in gold from the steamer island wreck off Douglas Island Alaska. They reported $20000 in equipment losses when a work barge was swamped by winds in Taka inlet, abandoning the salvage until next summer. The vessel sank in 1901 taking many lives and a vast gold cargo from miners returning from the Alaskan fields.
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Alaska
Wiley Brothers
Seattle
Taka Inlet
Steamer Island
Douglas Island
Pigeons to be Driven Out of Cologne Cathedral Towers
Great flocks of pigeons that long roosted in Cologne Cathedral towers will be driven out and their nests removed to protect the ornaments and walls of the historic edifice.
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Cologne
Cologne Cathedral
Paris Veterans Visit Planned by U S Army Leaders
Major General O Ryan and Brigadier General Kinzald arrange a 1000 veteran and 250 Gold Star mothers delegation return trip to Europe for the Twenty seventh division. They will sail May 13 from New York aboard the Republic for ceremonies in London Brussels and Paris.
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Plummer
Rollison
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O'Ryan
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Kincaid
Albert
Thie
Bony
Memcrial Gay
France
Charsbanes
Queunemont
Farm
Roisel
Longayesnes
Tiicourt
Peronne
Peace Justice Holds Court Every Two Years in Wimberly
An elderly justice of the peace Eli Hill recalls the saying that the court stands adjourned for two years as he reflects on his long tenure in the hill country north of here. He boasts that disputes are settled out of court and fines kept locally, with no record of trials in Wimberly during his term. He expects re election as voters remain loyal.
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Here
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Winberly
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Bill
Man Shielded Child After Baby's Death in Berlin Case
In a Berlin court a man lies to shield his daughter Frika who fed pills to her baby sister resulting in death. The father claimed poisoning to hide the girl’s crime, while the wife said the confession was to protect the children. He later admitted bearing the guilt to spare them trauma.
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Mrika
Friedrich -Pesla
Frika
Pesia
Meatless Mondays and Thursdays Ordered in Moscow Restaurants
The Soviet government extended meatless days to all Moscow restaurants to ease a meat shortage. Following a successful experiment with one vegetarian day weekly in co open cooperative eateries, two abstinence days were mandated for both state and private establishments.
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Moscow
Fall Cures Trench Feet on Armistice Day London
A man fell from a ship’s hold on Armistice Day in London and cured his trench foot, enabling him to walk without crutches after years of wartime injury.
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Trench
London
Dream of Wealth Ends in Poverty in Baby Carriage Tale
The exhibit at the American Furniture Mart in Chicago traces the history of the baby carriage from its invention by Charles Burton to modern designs. Burton, an English artist who founded an early carriage business, rose to wealth before patent issues and market imitations led to ruin and his death. His family survived only due to charitable help from prominent figures.
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Tardieu
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Tialy
Iit Japan
Ms. Stimpson
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Chicago
American Furniture Mart
Charles Burton
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New York
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Queen Victoria
Queen
Spain
Isabella I
the Pasha
Egypt
St. Bartholomew's “Hospital
Baroness de Rothschild
Hidden Money Ties To Aged Farmer Death
Richelieu police consider the murder of seventy two year old farmer Mark Ward linked to a hidden cash hoard believed worth ten to fifteen thousand dollars. Ward lived alone and recently died in his bedroom after a quarrel during a drinking party. A man and wife once employed as servants and now missing were allegedly involved, suspected of discovering the money and killing Ward. Ward manufactured a patent medicine and was said to derive substantial income from its sale.
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Richelieu
Canada
Mark Ward
Ward
Hhis House
Boy finds bag of jewels worth fifteen thousand dollars
A bag of jewelry valued at $15,000 lost from an automobile on January 27 last year was found beside a road near Moulton farm by 13 year old Reginald Bone on his way home from Yars high school. The owner was identified as B. G. Court of Portland.
Virginia Urged to Tax Movie Theater Tickets
A fight in the Virginia legislature to tax motion picture theater tickets and tickets to other amusements seeks revenue for public schools. Two prior attempts within five years to place a 10 percent tax on theater tickets failed.
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Richmond
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