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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
2
In Los Angeles a federal judge expressed doubts about enforcing the dry law strictly. He suggested Congress may modify the measure or adopt Canadian style controls or a federal licensing system. The remarks came during a trial of two liquor sellers, with the judge noting wartime pressure shaped the amendment.
Union pickets in Henryetta Oklahoma stage a peaceful wage strike at five mines. They sing the national anthem and offer prayers for strikebreakers mine owners and soldiers. Leaders ask divine protection for workers and owners while promising continued nonviolent protest through summer with state militia observing.
Dayton Tennessee fans and donors push to buy the Rogers home to honor William Jennings Bryan. A Cocoa Florida man offers 500 as a starter and hopes to keep the house intact as a shrine while New Jersey clergy pledge 10 000 yearly for Bryan Memorial University endowment fund. Committee meeting set for August 12 to finalize building plans.
Atlantic City August 6 Authority to call out the miners in the hard coal fields Sept 1 was given by the union scale committee. The forty member sub committee was empowered to keep a skeleton maintenance force in the pits to prevent flooding and cave-ins if a walkout occurs. The vote followed ratification of sub committee decisions and a break in negotiations with mine owners.
London August 6 Sir Berkeley Moynihan a renowned surgeon states cancer is curable if detected early He warns against claiming cures for advanced cancer and notes early operations carry slight risk but offer lasting immunity from recurrence
Kiowa Colorado Aug 6 Floods from a cloudburst left sixty of seventy residences and business buildings under water. Damage estimated at 10000 dollars. An hour after the downpour the town’s lower portion was four feet deep. the stream receded quickly and was back in its banks by morning. Several small buildings were moved and some livestock lost.
Tokyo announces a 700000 yen appropriation to buy water wagons for the city. Plans include one thousand horse drawn carts, forty motor wagons, and 100 motor pumps to improve water service.
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