Prohibition Critics Doubt Link To Drug Addiction Rise
Washington reports deny prohibition fuels narcotic use. Treasury narcotics head Nutt says addicts do not commonly mix with alcohol and not many are dual users. Prohibition official Doran notes rising ages of new addicts with increasing overall addiction.
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Treasury
House of Representatives
Rep. Wood
I. . Nutt
Prohibition Bureau
Rep.hatcher
Nutt
Thatcher
Doran
Prohibition
Drug Addicts and Penal System Highlight 1920s Speech
A historic interview discusses narcotics, addiction, and enforcement, noting limited treatment facilities on Blackwell's Island and a heavily populated federal penitentiary. It cites rough estimates of opium imports, the number of non medical addicts, and agent staffing while recounting a prisoner’s path to parole through writing and rehabilitation efforts.
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Blackwell's Island
New York City
Federal Penitentiary
New York
Ei Toee
Another O. Henry Discovered In Convict's Cell
OHIO STATE PENITENTIARY, COLUMBUS, Jan. 10. Another O. Henry has been found behind these drab walls. John R. Murphy a former soldier got a ten year sentence for a Marion robbery. In 1898 the real O. Henry began his literary career behind these same walls. Murphy nicknamed Murph by guards, also writes pieces.
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Murphy
A. BE. F
State Parole Board
Lfe
McNeil Island
San Francisco
Leavenworth
Ohio Pen
Burt Stokes
O. Henry
Henry
State Clemency Board
Vic Donahey
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
John R. Murphy
Murph
Marion
Ohio
W. S. Porter
Americans Start Movie Theatre Room In London
In London the rise of modern cinema houses is led by American corporations buying key sites like the Tivolis Music Hall in the Strand and building palatial theatres. By 1927 half a dozen high class houses stood, with focus shifting to suburbs as British firms join the boom and aim for large audiences at moderate prices.
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Movie Theatre Room
London
American Moving Picture Corporation
Tivolis Music Hall
Strand
Silver Screen
Europe
West End
Studebaker
Paris
America
Boom in cinema builds fuels massive expansion in West End
A historic surge in moviegoing notes a total capital of about 40 million dollars since the boom began, with twenty million spent on new West End buildings. Authorities report cinema theatres in the West have nearly doubled in two years, transforming formerly quiet districts into busy entertainment hubs.
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West End
Elore
West
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