Prohibition Dominates Washington Policy Debates
The Wickersham crime commission urged Cabinet level reform to enforce Prohibition, proposing Justice Department unification, faster federal prosecutions, code consolidation, and Volstead act amendments. Hoover asked Congress to reorganize courts, curb smuggling, and expand prison and parole systems. The era’s focus coincided with the Anti Saloon League’s Detroit convention and its $50 million fundraising push to preserve Prohibition.
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Edward W. Pickard
Washington
London
Wickersham Crime Commission
Congress
Hoover
Boston Herald
Wickersham
Commission
Department of Justice
President Hoover
District of Columbia
United States Court
Prohibition
Treasury Department
Detroit
F. Scott McBride
Prohibition Fight Shapes Senate Clash Over Trial Rights
Congressional debates show a push to pass administration prohibition measures quickly in the House while the Senate prepares to oppose. Wickersham clarifies the plan to speed trials with jury access on appeal. J. Charles Linthicum emerges as House leader for the anti prohibition bloc as La Guardia challenges Treasury funding for the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Senate
Commission
United States
Wickersham
J. Charles Linthicum
Maryland
James M. Beck
Pennsylvania
la Guardia
New York
Treasury Department
Senate rejects sugar tariff hike amid party splits
On Thursday the Senate, by ten votes, rejected the Republican push for a higher sugar tariff. Senator Harrison of Mississippi won retention of the 1.76 cent per pound rate on Cuban sugar, 48 to 88, over the finance committee’s 2.20 cent proposal. The house had set 2.40 cents, while Western independents and Democrats opposed most rate rises, with Borah of Idaho and Norris of Nebraska among those voting against increases.
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Harrison
Mississippi
House
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Michigan Governor Commutes Five Life Sentences
Governor Green acts on Arthur Wood’s recommendation to reduce five inmates from life imprisonment to 7 to 15 years under the former life for a pint law. One sixth offender died in his cell. Oscar G. Olander says state police will get fast cars with machine guns and tear bombs to curb rum running between Detroit and Chicago. Coast Guard inquiry ends without indictments in the Black Duck case.
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Overnor Green
Michigan
Arthur D. Wood
Oscar G. Olander
Detroit
Chicago
Providence
R. L
Coast
Superior Court
Stimson and Allies Open Naval Conference Talks in London
The Stimson delegation and other American delegates landed at Plymouth and met in London with Prime Minister MacDonald then held confidential talks with France’s Premier and Italian foreign minister. Reports say Britain supports a staged abolition plan while France and Italy favor global parity and a multi nation reduction approach amidst unresolved naval parity issues.
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Stimson
Plymouth
London
Mr. Stimson
MacDonald
Tardieu
France
Dino Grandi
Great Britain
Italy
United States
Optimism Seen Amid Call for Adequate Defense Not Armament Hegemony
The remark notes sincere desire for real international value results and unity against armed supremacy. It stresses that all parties insist on adequate national defense, creating grounds for cautious optimism.
Allies and Germany reach Hague accord on sanctions in Young plan
Delegates from allies and Germany finalize sanctions talks at The Hague and draft two declarations to join the Young plan protocol. Germany accepts court of international justice for defaults, enabling potential retaliation if affirmed, while confirming payment dates and moratorium terms.
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Germany
Hague
Court of International Justice
Paul Moldenhauer
Reichsbank
World Bank
Hjalmar Schacht
Caraway Report Links Sugar Lobby to Tariff Grafters
Senator Caraway, chair of the lobby investigating committee, denounces tariff lobbyists as grafters fattening on credulous business men. The panel estimates the sugar lobbyists raised over 400000 to sway Congress. The report finds no impropriety by the President.
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Caraway
Senate
Floods and Storms Ravage US Midwest and Europe
Flooding blanketed large areas of the Mississippi and Ohio valleys with towns isolated and farms inundated, hitting Southern Indiana hardest amid bitter cold. Severe winter storms struck the North Central states and heavy snows reached Portland Oregon and southern California. England and northern Europe faced even greater destruction from powerful gales killing about fifty people, many from vessels foundering.
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Mississippi
Ohio River
Indiana
North Central States
Portland
Ore
California
England
Europe
ROVER CLARK Reports Famine Deaths in Wei River Region
Rover Clark returning from a six weeks inspection trip in the Wei river district for the China International Famine Relief warned thousands are dying daily from famine and exposure. He said two millions are doomed within months with no hope of saving them due to transport problems and bandit fears.
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Rover Clark
Pieping
Wei River
China International Famine Relief
Pope Pius XI Encyclical on Education and State Roles
The encyclical reaffirms church and family primacy in child education, allowing state control only for general military training while condemning excessive physical and military indoctrination. It targets Mussolini era policies, spread in multiple languages to global Catholic communities, and drew Vatican rebuke in Osservatore Romano after Italian press silence.
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Pepe Pius XI
Mussolini
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
Union
Wolf Fights Back but Hunter Ends It Behind Steady Aim
Arkansas City railroader S O Stewart faced a near fatal encounter while squirrel hunting two miles east of the city near Silverdale. He shot a charging gray wolf with a small caliber rifle, its leap ending as Stewart emptied a full magazine and killed the animal.
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Arkansas City
Kan
S. O. Stewart
Silverdale
Stewart
Convict Demands Longer Sentence
Joseph Berner, a 24 year old inmate at Sing Sing, seeks a 20 year stay by appealing to higher courts. Brooklyn Judge Taylor rejected Berner’s habeas corpus bid and Baumes law would make him a second offender only if applicable. Berner has a prior Pennsylvania arrest for a stolen car and a Brooklyn petty larceny conviction.
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New York
Sing Sing
Joseph Berner
Berner
Brooklyn
Taylor
Supreme Court
White Plains
Pennsylvania
Confession Triggers Arrest in Embezzlement Case
Susank Kansas six thousand dollar embezzlement case centers on Ernest Sunquist a 26 year old former bank cashier who confessed while dying from appendicitis He allegedly stole funds to help his father and brother by falsifying bank records and now faces charges after recovering from illness.
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Susank
Kan
Ernest Sunquist
T. ©. Morrison
Sunquist
Maltese fireman survives wreck by clinging to rock
Attard, a Maltese fireman aboard the steamer Molesey wrecked in a gale, appeared alive at Milford Haven hotel. He had clung to the Milnard rock as waves surged, believing all others were lost. He spent hours in a cabin midship before reaching shore in calmer water.
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London
Attard
Molesey
Milford Haven
Milnard
Would-Be Suicide Ends in Tragic Death in San Francisco
Louis Miller, 45, attempted suicide by slashing his wrists but was found by his bedside after collapsing and died almost instantly. He had been despondent over his health prior to the act.
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San Francisco
Louis Miller
Dred Scott
State Supreme Court
Federal District Court
United States Supreme Court
Wage Fight To Save Ancient Courthouse
In St Louis Missouri heirs of donors seek to recover the 1822 site of the county courthouse valued over 1 million dollars to prevent razing of the building once key in the Dred Scott case. Disputes hinge on the site’s purpose and city county status.
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Hoover
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Washington
Kansas City
Middle West
St. James Palace
London
St. Louis
City of
J. B. ©. Lucas
Auguste Chouteau
Mother accuses daughter of mortgage fraud in Everett case
Mrs. Alice S. Parker of Everett files a bill in Middlesex Superior Court at East Cambridge alleging her daughter Fannie A. Moses and husband Samuel R. Moses fraudulently obtained a discharge of a mortgage on land at Kenwood Road and Shute Street, Everett, claiming no consideration was paid and seeking to set aside the discharge and halt transfers. The matter, filed through attorney Jennie Loitman Barron, is set for a hearing.
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Middlesex Superior Court
East Cambridge
Alice S. Parker
Everett
Jennie Loitman Barron
Fannie A. Moses
Samuel R. Moses
Kenwood Road
Shute Street
Parker
Corpse Wished on Man by Snow Bound Cortege
Warren Trickee, sixty nine, lay in state in a snow bound Indiana village. A group of twenty friends ferried his corpse in six cars toward Painesville but heavy blizzards trapped the party. The body was carried into Harry Golden's parlor after hours in a snow blockade.
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Ind
Harry Golden
Here
Golden
Warren Trickee
Warren
Painesville
Mr Golden
Mr Trickee
Man's Tobacco Bill New York
The article notes that the average American spends far more on tobacco than on clothing, with men buying about 9 suits, 1.8 pairs of shoes, and nearly two hats annually. It cites that more than a billion dollars yearly is spent by men on tobacco products.
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New York
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