Senate passes prohibition bureau shift to Justice Department
The Senate approved moving the prohibition bureau from the Treasury to the Department of Justice with the House backing, a key Wickersham commission measure. Debates touched on dual control of industrial alcohol and denaturants, while details included Doran retaining the title commissioner of industrial alcohol and Mitchell nominating a new prohibition chief in Justice.
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Ransfor
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Senate
Wickersham Commission
House
Treasury
Justice Departments
Tydings
Maryland
Sheppard
Texas
James M. Doran
Prohibition
William D. Mitchell
Tyding
Doran
Jamaica
Birth of Memorial Day traced through Civil War observances
A historian credits Memorial Day origins to grief after Lincoln's death and Civil War commemorations. Early acts span 1861 Warrenton Virginia, 1865 Charleston, 1866 Columbus Georgia and other towns. Grand Army of the Republic adopts May 30 observance in 1868 order by Gen. John A. Logan. The practice spreads, with Garfield delivering a key address in 1868 and Philadelphia notes memorial decoration becoming a national custom.
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Lloyd Lewis
Abraham Lincoln
Liberty Magazine
Republic
Warrentown
John Quincy Marr
Charleston
S. C
James Redpath
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
Columbus
Ladies’ Aid Society
Joseph Johnston
Montgomery
Ala
Fredericksburg
Camden
Ark
Miss
New York
Francis Miles Kinch
Ithaca
Decath
Grand Army of the Republic
John A. Logan
Tlinois
Washington
Richmond
Charles L. Wilson
Chicago
Confederacy
Logan
America
Old Willard Hotél
Arlington
Arlington National Cemetery
Bull Run
Rappahannock
James A. Garfield
United States
G. A. RB
Monument Cemetery
Philadelphia
Kohler acquitted in Wisconsin corruption case
Walter J. Kohler of Wisconsin is acquitted by a Sheboygan jury of violating the state corrupt practices act during his 1928 primary campaign. Governors and allies say he is vindicated as the state considers appealing to the Supreme Court. Wight W. Morrow campaigns for the Republican Senate nomination in New Jersey calling for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Hoover
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Senate
Roberts
Green
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Sheboygan
State Supreme Court
Wight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Byrd Lands in Canal Zone After Antarctic Expedition
Admiral Richard E. Byrd returns from Antarctic exploration with five expedition members. They receive a warm welcome at Balboa and again at Panama City, Panama.
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Richard &. . Byrd
Antarctic
Canal Zone
Balboa
Panama
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China
Beverly Hills
Galif
John Masefield
England
Law Department
Edward W. Pickard
State Stimson
William V. Pratt
Stimson
Naval Affairs Committee
Adams
Hale
Japan
Great Britain
Wagner
Bureau of
Isthmus
Virginia
John Garland
South Poles
Fridtjof Nansen
Oslo
Norway
Fram
Doctor Nansen
League of Nations
India
Sairanji Naidu
Dharsana
Lahore
Sholapur
Chiang Kai-shek
Dhina
Anhwei
Kweiteh
Honan
Kaifeng
Henan
Jean Mermoz
France
Paris
St. Louis
Senegal
Africa
Natal
Brazil
Pablo Sidar
Carlos Rivisora
Mexico
Buenos Aires
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Western
Union
Adjutant General’s
14Th Street
Washington, D. C
N. P. Chipman
GarField
Gen
John Allegan
Elmo Scott Watson
Peccee Senec
Wegen Regen
Ncle Sam
Radio Corporation of America
Westinghouse Electric
General Electric
Owen D. Young
R. CG. A
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