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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1925
Page
3
In New Orleans on June 20, 1973, a senior man believed to be Frank Jackson was convicted of counterfeiting, described as the oldest person ever accused in the crime.
A Louisiana man convicted of counterfeiting received an eighteen month federal prison sentence in Atlanta after pleading guilty to the charges. The case highlights ongoing efforts to crack down on illicit currency production.
Senator Brookhart told progressives in Chicago that farming should become its own bank through cooperative banks to shield farmers from currency problems and low prices. He condemned the Fed system, warned of a 1920 deflation plot, and urged public control of Muscle Shoals. A 29 point La Follette plank platform was adopted.
An advertisement claims Leonardis Elixir for the Blood fights rheumatism by removing poisons in the blood. It asserts the rheumatic pain vanishes and attacks do not recur. Sold by Van Antwerps Drug Corp and all drug stores. Do not use substitutes.
The piece lists crossword entries with short and long words and hints. It then reports on June 2 in San Francisco where Southern Pacific establishes executive headquarters shifting daily operations from New York while Sproule becomes chief executive and Shoup handles western management, with finances still led from New York.
Knoxville report quotes John R. Neal head of the Neal College of Law and defense attorney in the evolution case. Neal argues that if the Scopes ruling favors evolution, the textbook commission can adopt standard biology texts and avoid conflict with the law. if the anti evolution law stands, selecting texts referencing evolution would violate the law and trigger prosecutions against commission members.
Dr. B B P Prugh of Harrisburg pa told a Columbus audience that the Overholt Distillery sale at 156 million dollars shows gov ernment officials will not enforce prohibition laws. He claimed Mellon was involved and called for government reform and strict enforcement. The remarks came at a regional Prohibition confere nce with delegates from Ohio Indiana Michigan and Kentucky. A separate note mentions a new astronomical interpretation of Vinland and an aside about snail speed.
Dr. E. Y. Mullins of Louisville addressed the Baptist Ministers Association at First Baptist Church Knoxville about science and religion. He stated three trains of thought science religion and philosophy and argued science describes natural events while religion governs man’s relation to God. He affirmed belief in divine creation and called evolutionists anti Christian while noting most scientists are true Christians.
Thirty Baptist ministers endorsed a resolution by Rev. Dr. John Roach Stratoon asserting immersion as the denomination’s only baptism form. They rebuked Park Avenue Baptist Church where Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick preached under a non immersion rule. A Newark clergyman added a note that immersion is a symbol subordinate to Christ like life and moral character.
Joe Johnson was convicted as the principal in a Pensacola liquor importation case from the Bahama Islands. He received a four month term starting May 2 and a fine. Ventes inceras and others faced varied sentences including prison terms, fines, and short periods in custody.
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