Andrews' 4000 Army Out to Banished Rum
Washington reports Prohibition's largest enforcement force of 4000 men mobilized for a year long campaign against liquor. Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews directs efforts on land and sea focusing on supply sources with a 29 million dollar appropriation. Additional units, border patrols, inspectors and undercover teams are mobilized to curb industrial alcohol and high powered beer, aiming to reduce costs and boost law support within two years.
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Washington
Lincoln C. Andrews
West Pointer
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrews
Mississippi
Potomac Rivers
John A. Foster
Qeghol
Omas EB. Stone
Chii
Prohibition Army
Border Patrol
Detroit
Canada
New York District
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Chicago
St. Paul
Omaha
St. Louis
Texas
Seattle
San Francisco
Quakes and Floods Leave Staggering Damage Across Regions
Reports from Sumatra confirm 51 deaths from a strong earthquake. In Chile extensive flooding and destruction follow heavy quakes. A trans-Andean train to Buenos Aires was delayed five and a half days at Los Andes amid record snow.
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Hague
Sumatra
Santiago
Chile
Buenos Aires
Los Andes
Mexico City State Towns Under War? Wa r
The fragment notes tensions in Mexico City area with multiple towns reportedly under some form of emergency or conflict. Specific places, dates, or officials are not provided in readable text. Further readable details are needed to identify events, actors, and outcomes.
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Mexico City
Chicago Murder Rate Declines Sharply
A Chicago report shows a sharp downward trend in the city’s murder rate with fewer homicides this year compared to prior periods, signaling improving safety metrics for residents and law enforcement.
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Chicago
U S debt cut by 875 million in year
Washington reports stronger treasury position as receipts beat estimates by 111 million in six months. Public debt stood at 19.488 billion with a 877.8 million annual surplus. Debt declined 875 million from July last year while interest payments were 831.987 million, expected to fall to 785 million in 1927.
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Washington
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Treas
Army air bill clears House with broad vote
The army air bill won near unanimous support in the House, passing 256 to 12 after already clearing the Senate.
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House of Representatives
Senate
War trophies allocated to American cities
Captured German field guns known as Big Berthas, tanks, and other war trophies have been allotted to several American cities until supplies run dry.
Commerce Secretary Hoover Forms Moving Picture Division
Secretary Hoover announced the creation of a moving picture division within the Department of Commerce to boost the United States fourth largest industry. The move aims to stimulate film production, distribution, and related activities nationwide.
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Department of Commerce
United States
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Wood bill seeks release of remaining Greece war loan funds
A measure introduced by Representative Wood of Indiana aims to advance the final 88 million dollars of the 1917 war loan to Greece. Greece has refused to fund the debt without the balance, prompting the treasury to seek congressional guidance on the issue.
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Greece
Representative Wood
Rep
Ind
Treasury
Congress
Shipping Board orders 82 more ships to meet grain transport need
Secretary Jardine urged the Shipping Board to act on the grain shortage and lack of vessels. The board responded by authorizing 82 additional ships to be put into service for grain transport to world markets.
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Jardine
Department of Net
Shipping Board
Illinois Leader Blair Elected NA Ed Association President
Francis G. Blair state superintendent of public instruction of Illinois was chosen president of the National Education Association at its annual convention in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Francis G. Blair
Nebraska Briefs and Local Happenings in 1926
A collage of Nebraska items reports fires destroying a light plant and a garage at Haigler, a Crop Field Day at Lincoln with 200 attendees, and plans for a Cedar Bluff fortieth anniversary celebration. Other notes cover a Falls City rodeo July 15–17, a fatal lightning death near Stuart, paving bids in Wymore, and county tax valuations dipping in nine counties including farm land declines and intangible increases.
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Haigler
Agricultural College
Lincoln
Nebraska City
Aerie
Order of Eagles
Masonic Lodge
Hastings
Crete
Farmers’ Union
Bookwalter
Cedar Bluff
May A. EB. Stuart
Falls City
Roundup Association
W. ©. Keidel
Stuart
Wymore
J. B. Watts
Concordia
Kans
American Region
Post 269
Humboldt
Frank Eis
Eis
Land Classification Board
Board of Supervisors
Knox County
Leining
Elkhorn River
Stanton
F. B. O’connell
United States
T. E. Williams
Chase
Franklin
Keya Paha
Logan
Merrick
Pawnee
Perkins
Sherman
Webster
Columbus Y. M. C. A
Reed
J. 3. Rhein
Alliance
Aimenes
Liberty Bell Echo ceremony observed in Aurora
Under Dr O M Newman the Lester 8S Harter post American Legion Aurora will observe the Liberty Bell Echo as part of independence week. The Philadelphia Liberty Bell toll at 11 11 a m Monday June 28 will be echoed by the Swedish Mission church bell with ceremonies to follow. Grand Island packing plant sold at auction for 21100 to August Kranz stockholder committee authorized sale will keep operation as before.
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O. M. Newman
Lester 8S
Grand Island
August Kranz
Spaniel Medal Found Near Columbus Relics Unearthed
Brass ornament once tied to a Span ish soldier’s uniform was found with a skull and other relics in a cornfield. Curator DB Blackman of the state historical society leads excavations near the site of a 1720 Spanish caravan massacre in Nebraska.
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Columbus
BH. Blackman
State Historical Society
Nebraska
Farmers Pack Picnic At State Park With Regional Union
Hundreds of Box Butte county farmers and families joined Dawes and Sioux counties at the annual Farmers Union picnic held at the state park eighteen miles north. They brought dinners and enjoyed a day of sport as Alex T. Lee, president of the county farmers union, directed the event.
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Box Butte County
Dawes
Sioux Counties
Farmers’ Union
State Park
Here
Alex T. Lee
County Farmers Union
Crop Outlook Brightens in Morrill County
Alfalfa hay yields reach about 1.5 tons per acre in Morrill County while winter wheat ripens for harvest. The region anticipates a bumper crop as haying resumes after a two week slowdown caused by wet weather.
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Morrill Bridgeport
Morrill County
School Exhibit to Philadelphia Harvard
Pictures and descriptions of Clay County school activities will be exhibited at the Sesquicentennial exposition in Philadelphia. Photos show school buildings, playgrounds and equipment, and champion club workers.
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Philadelphia
Harvard
Clay County
Champion Club
Improvement Starts in Year Omaha
C E B Childe of the local chamber of commerce traffic bureau says river improvements to make the Missouri navigable from Kansas City to Sioux City will begin next year. He returned from Washington with C B Steward of the Nebraska farm bureau federation.
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Omaha
Missouri River
Kansas City
Sioux City
C. E B. Childe
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
C. B. Steward
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Fremont Scouts Complete Estes Park Hike
George and Orville Wills both 16 hiked to Estes Park Colorado and back in three weeks. They relied on automobile rides for much of the journey and slept in pup tents from their Fremont Boy Scouts troop.
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Estes Park
Fremont
George
Orville Wills
Golo
Fremont Boy Scouts
Seward Residents Urged to Leave Cars Home on Concert Nights
Seward residents urged to leave their cars at home on Saturdays during the summer as municipal band concerts draw large crowds from nearby areas, aiming to ease congested traffic.
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Seward
Lightning Strikes Two In Ashland Field Fatality
Vernon Raikes 22 is dead and companion C G Wy nott is in hospital after being struck by lightning while binding wheat in a field near Ashland. The men were working together when the storm hit.
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Ashland
Vernon Raikes
C. G. Wynott
Here
Neighbors Rescue Cave in Victim Hayes Center
Neighbors freed a person trapped in a collapsed cave in Hayes Center. Rescue occurred within five minutes. the victim, though weakened by crushing weight, is believed to have no serious injuries.
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Hayes Center
Senate Concurrence In Co operative Marketing Bill
Washington report notes the house voted 156 to 77 to concur in senate amendments to the administration cooperative marketing bill. The bill would create a new Agriculture Department division and authorize 225000 for its work. Senate debate featured McNary equalization and Fess loans measures, both tied to farm surplus relief and cooperatives.
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Washington
House
Senate
Coolidge
Chamber
Agriculture Department
Congress
McNary
Haugen
Fess
Rep
Ohio
Tincher
Kans
Co-Operative Marketing Associations
Chicago Raid Seizes 18000-Gallon Still and $390000 in Equipment
Prohibition agents under Administrator B D Yellowley seized a massive 18000 gallon still in Chicago. The operation included $200000 worth of equipment and a $190000 building, with 12 men arrested including several veteran distillers from Peoria. Records show Peoria capital backed the plant and a weekly grain alcohol mash capacity of 1AGOP sions of inhotens corn sugar was used in the process.
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Chicago
Prohibition
B D. C. Yellowley
Peoria
Peoria Capital
Loyal Order of Moose Drives 5000 New Members to Chicago
The Loyal Order of Moose reports 5,000 new initiates joining during the thirty eighth annual convention in Chicago at the Coliseum. Members come with their wives and families as part of a large national gathering.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Chicago
Supreme Lodge of the World, Loyal Order of Moose
New Premier Faces Defeat in Ottawa Vote
The Arthur Meighen Conservative government, three days old, narrowly fell in the house of commons by one vote. The tally stood 96 to 95 as fourteen Conservatives defected from the government.
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Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
House of Commons
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