Startling Disclosures Push For Swift Clear Criminal Law Reform
Minneapolis report details rising crime in the United States and urges rewriting the criminal code across 48 states. The American Bar Association panel cites England and France for comparison, faults courts and law structure, and blames public apathy toward enforcement. Charles S. Whitman chairs the committee with Marcus Kavanagh, Charles W. Farnham, Wade H. Ellis and Annette.
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Minn
United States
American Bar Association
States
Union
England
France
Committee
Truth Atd
Taft
Charles S. Whitman
New York
Marcus Kavanagh
Charles W. Farnham
Wade H. Ellis
Annette
Convict Paroled to Spread Prison Education System
Butler O. Storke, 31, Toledo forger and former army captain, granted conditional parole by Governor Donahey after 21 months in Ohio penitentiary. He will earn 250 dollars monthly and work to install his prisoner education system in other state prisons, directing a program now benefiting more than 1800 inmates.
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Columbus, O
Butler O. Storke
Toledo
Storke
Donahey
International liquor air shipment eyed by Yukon plan
Postmaster General New announces a campaign to curb misdirected mail due to town name confusions. In Vancouver officials discuss an Alaska air route for liquor into Yukon, with debates over legality and licensure for foreign pilots crossing U S airspace.
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Yukon
Washington
Provincial Liquor Board
Vancouver
B. C
Alaska
Fire at Columbia Planing Mill and Ship Yard
A fire in Astoria Oregon on August 29 destroyed the Columbia Planing Mill and Wilson Ship Yard. Officials say the blaze is incendiary in origin and damage is estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
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Astoria
Ore
Columbia Planing
Wilson
German Food Crisis Deepens as Poor Distribution Feeds Woes
Hamburg reports Germany’s currency collapse and food shortages. Unlike Russia two years earlier, fewer people are starving but many Ruhr deportees lack sufficient means. Government provides paper money. critics cite disrupted railways and economic policy shifts as causes. Continued discussion on page two.
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Hamburg
Germany
Russia
Ruhr
Labrador Gold Stories Prove to Be Huge Fake
St Johns August 29 More than half the prospectors in Labrador’s gold rush have returned discouraged. R J C Wilson of Timmins a 34 year placer miner says the discovery story is a huge fake after reaching Stag Bay in June.
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ST. Johns
Nid
Labrador
R. J. C. Wilson
Timmins
Wilson
Stag Bay
One Thousand Dollars Are Found in One Book
London report of the widow of coroner John Troutbeck fainting when a box like a book containing 200 pounds ($1,000) was returned. She had sold the lot for three pounds believing them to be old medical works. a bookseller found a locked volume with a five-pound note and 190 one-pound notes inside and returned them.
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London
John Troutbeck
Westminster
State tax receipts show no delinquencies in 1930s record
Sacramento reports the first half state corporation tax totaled 19.587 million dollars. State Treasurer Charles G Johnson announced that for the first time in years no corporation was delinquent.
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Sacramento
Charles G. Johnson
Johnson
Steamship Owners Oppose Government Operating Fleet
Washington August 20 Steamship owners at a conference with the Shipping Board members opposed government operation of a merchant fleet. They favored private ownership through purchase by private owners, contending government cannot run commercial operations as efficiently as specialists. Gale Carter, president of the Steamship Owners Association, declared private control best for business efficiency.
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Washington
Gale Carter
Steamship Owners Association
Sail All Business
Lightning Causes San Pablo Oil Tank Farm Fire
Fires by lightning at nine this morning ignite 100000 barrels of naptha in two steel tanks at the Standard Oil tank farm near San Pablo. At noon the blaze runs uncontrolled as crews fight to prevent spreading to the surrounding 30 tanks.
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San Francisco
Standard Oil
San Pablo
Manila Plan to End Smuggling by Passenger Searches
In Manila Alabama Aug 29 a campaign to curb diamond smuggling ends with a plan announced by Collector Adanese requiring all passengers landing at the port to be searched. Both men and women will be treated the same under the new measure.
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Manila
Aldanese
Harding Medallions To Be Ready Sept 1
The United States public mint will mail Harding medallions to the general public for $1.52 each. Superintendent Preas Styer announced they should be ready around September 1. One side features a likeness of President Harding, the reverse shows his birth, inauguration, and death dates.
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Philadelphia
Hurling
Preas Styer
Public Mint
Harding
Bullet in Brain Since 1898 Ends War Veteran's Life
NEW YORK Aug 29 O A Johns Gretzer aged 48 who since the Philippine insurrection in 1898 has lived with a Mauser bullet embedded in his brain died at his Jamaica home. He served 18 years in the postal service, the last eight as inspector. He was not operated on, his case similar to Mayor Gaynor when shot. the bullet had remained in place for decades.
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New York
O. A. Johns Gretzer
Jamaica
Postal Service
Gaynor
Attorney Generals Probe Gasoline Prices Nationwide
In Minneapolis on August 29 the National Association of Attorneys General passed a resolution calling for a thorough nationwide investigation of gasoline prices. An immediate conference will be held in Kansas City to coordinate the inquiry.
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Minneapolis
National Association of Attorney Generals
Kansas City
Coal as Table Decoration at Durban Banquet
Coal served as a table decoration at a banquet in Durban in connection with the opening of the port's new coaling plant. Lumps of varnished coal sat on tables with holes drilled and filled with water to hold sprays of cut flowers, protecting linen from staining.
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Durban
Natal
Africa
Confidence needed in U S and aids, Coolidge declares
President Coolidge said the country needs stability and confidence to foster steady business. A spokesman announced the aim to aid in developing such feeling and reassure the nation amid economic concerns. He also urged press cooperation and unity with legislation in a letter to the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
New Orleans
A. C. Newmyer
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
U‘icm
White House optimistic on coal strike avertable by Sept 1
White House officials say President Coolidge believes good progress is being made to avert a coal miners strike in the anthracite fields. He sees no reason to doubt that a suspension on September 1 can be prevented.
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Washington
White House
Coolidge
Forced Evidence Secured By Use of Stomach Pump
George Bennett, arrested as a peddler, claims in federal court that a stomach pump used to extract morphine forced him to testify against himself, infringing his constitutional rights and prompting a habeas corpus petition.
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San Francisco
George Bennett
Crown Prince Hirosto May Form New Cabinet
TOKIO Aug 29 Crown Prince Hirosto Prince Regent summoned to Yamamoto Court. It is believed he will be asked to form a Cabinet. He was Premier in 1913 and 1914.
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Tokio
Hirosto
Yamamoto
Babe Ruth Homers in Exhibition With Toronto Club
Babe Ruth homered over the right center field fence into the Toronto Bay in his first at bat of an exhibition game between the New York Yankees and the Toronto team in Toronto.
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Toronto
Babe Ruth
Toronto Bay
Yankee
Fear U S Embargo Will Ruin Spanish Vineyards
Almeria Spain August 29 Advices from New York say a embargo on foreign fruit imports triggers alarm among vineyard owners here They claim the flu epidemic cited as cause does not exist in their yards Merchants and agricultural groups urge the foreign minister to act to protect the grape industry
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Almeria
Spain
New York
Thane Project Seeks Ammonium Sulphate and Pulp Plant
Bart L. Thane arrives with Mitsui & Company engineers to study local power and resources for new industrial development along Gastineau Channel. Japanese interest focuses on ammonium sulphate fertilizer and continued pulp and paper plans, with Thane hopeful for a broad upbuilding of mills, docks, and townsites in the district.
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Thane
Bart L. Thane
J. Tomita
G. Ishikawa
Mitsui & Company
Mr. Thane
R. J. Walzon
R. A. Semple
Alaska Gastineau
Carbonado Coal Tiies
EF. Gastonguay
Japan
Tomita
Mitsui Company
Ishikawa
China
San Francisco
German Strategy Behind Mark Decline Revealed
London reports explain that German banks and authorities push demand for stable currencies by offering Savings Gold Marks. Depositors place funds for short terms while banks swap for dollars and deposit with American banks, evading domestic limits and earning exchange plus interest profits.
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London
Messia
Samuel Montagu & Co
Germany
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