Senate OKs transfer of prohibition bureau to Justice
The Senate approved moving the Bureau of Prohibition from the Treasury to the Justice Department, with the change affecting the enforcement framework. Critics questioned dual control. Senator Tydings urged denaturant reforms while others defended the arrangement.
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Prohibition Bureau
Law Department
Edward W. Pickard Ransfer
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Wickersham Commission
House
Te House
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Justice Departments
Tydings
Maryland
Sheppard
Texas
Cader Glass
Virginia
Wickersing Commission
James M. Doran
Prohibition
Wiliam D. Mitchell
Lyding
Dorin
First Shot Debate Reignites 1775 Lexington Clash
In Lexington and Concord, Mass, the controversy over which town fired the famous shot at dawn on April 19 1775 endures as the state marks its tercentenary. New findings cite Ebenezer Munroe as the gunner, while historians note the Massachusetts Spy account and Isaiah Thomas’s view that Lexington sparked the revolution. Boston Mayor Curley adds that history, not poetry, settles the matter.
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Lexington
Mass
Concord
Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord Dridge
Clini
Les
Ebenezer Munroe
Ashburnham
Munroe
Lexington Common
Parker
Corp
John Munroe
Ebenezer
Wno
Lexington-Concord
James M. Curley
Boston
Ontario executioner vows to hang anti-punishment advocate
Letter from L P Rees of Toronto invited Ellis to join the Anti Capital Punishment Association of Canada. Ellis replied that he would willingly hang Rees if a jury found him guilty of murder, calling public executioners legalized murderers and sparking abuse-filled correspondence.
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Heckler Toromto
Arthur Ellis
Cateada
Anti-Capital Punishment Association of Canada
H Is
Elis
L. P. Rees
Toronto
Association Against Capital Punishment
Rees
Ellis
Lacks Money for Church Wedding Ends in Suicide
Michael Vieres. 35, killed himself in front of the home where Bris Flores lived after writing a note to his bride of three weeks saying he could not find work to pay for a church wedding. The couple had a civic ceremony three years prior, but Flores’ relatives urged delaying until a priest could solemnize the marriage.
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Los Angeles
Bnd
Michael Vieres
Bris. Flores
Flores
New York City Vintage Column Sitcom on Social Trends
A rapid mix of satirical notes on Columbia University students, employment scams, media figures seeking work, housing decor trends with invisible lighting, and street life along Fifth Avenue. The piece threads opinions on women smoking and job ads, plus light commentary on architecture, cleanliness, and dog sales.
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Columbia University
Belldog Drunsmoid
Cerain
Welfare Council of
New York
Brooklyn
Desert Charlie Takes the Desert Tour East and West
Desert Charlie, a desert wanderer, funds a lecture trip with four burros from the Mojave toward New York. He explains fires beneath the earth and the desert’s logic, plans a lecture tour to eastern cities, then heads back toward California amid growing press interest.
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Charlie
East
New York
Chastie
Washington
Desert
California
Boundary Line Cuts Through Theater in Somerville Ball Square
Somerville patrons buy tickets at Luca felli Ball Square theater then are ushered to Medford seats as the city line runs through the playhouse. The recent mayoral ban on a certain virtue did not stop the showing since the screen lies in Medford.
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Somerville
Mass
Lucafelli Ball Square Theater
Medford
Ball Square Theater
Viking finds reveal clasp knife from burial site near Tilsit
Escalations in a newly found Viking burial ground near Tilsit disclosed a pocket clasp knife whose blade opens and closes like modern pocket knives.
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Koenigsberg
Tilsit
Expert Identifies Officer in Quit Thief Shooting
Indianapolis report cites Patrolman Arch Ball a ballistics expert to determine which of four officers fired the fatal shot that stopped Farrell Tate as he fled. Ball linked the bullet to Patrolman Charles Peak, resolving competing claims of credit among the officers.
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Indianapolis
Arch Ball
Farrell “Tate
Quto
Ball
Charles Peak
Truth of Jericho Bible Story Held By Excavations
Excavations around Jericho Palestine report evidence supporting the biblical account of the fall of the walls. The uncovered section shows the ancient wall lying flat and intact with pottery beneath dated to around 1400 B. C. The find is linked to Joshua's capture of the city described in Joshua 6.20-24.
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Chiang Kai-shek
China
Anhwei
Kweitei
Honao
Kaifeng
Chengchow
Honai
Jericho
Palestine
Joshua Aout Wilb
Irate Caller Protests Telephonic Exchange Shortage
A St Louis telephone service dispute erupts when an operator asks a nurse to raise her arms after vaccination. The exchange breaks down as a man questions the line and a misheard phrase reveals tension at the worksite.
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Arts
Jean Mermoz
France
Paris
St. Louis
Senegal
Africa
Natal
Brazil
Col
Pablo Sidar
Carlos Rivisora
Mexico
Buenos Aires
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Weataru Newspaper Union
Tors
Jersey man found dead with head in one parish
Gerald Herman died with his head in the parish of Saviour and his feet in Trinity, the body found in his dwelling beside a brook that separates the two parishes on the island of Jersey.
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Jersey
Channel Islands
Gerald Herman
Trinity
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