Prohibition Commissioner Reports Mixed Progress in Harri th Act Controls
The prohibition administrator notes optimistic progress in enforcement at rum and drug centers but warns new hazards remain. He cites illicit liquor sources still open and describes real whiskey and brandy as still usable for beverages. He points to tighter controls on importers and dealers under new accountability measures.
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Haynes
Coast Guard
Andrews
Supreme Court
United States
Missing Link Still Not Evolved Yet Says Scientist
Scientists argue the missing link quest is misguided as humans have not yet entered an age guided by reason. Dr. William J Spillman outlines steps from stone tools to fire to agriculture and warns true progress awaits a rational era with universal education and no war. He singles out races as differently disposed to emotional motives, noting a possible future world order without nations.
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NEA
Washington
William Jasper Spillman
National Academy of Sciences
U. S. Department of Agricultur
Tellas
Polar take-off described by Amundsen party
Oslo June 11 A P The start of Polar flight from King's Bay described as rapid and unforgettable by Dornier Plant technical director Frohldeon returning to Oslo He praised pilots Larson and Dietkson noted 3000 kilo aircraft payload and ice conditions at takeoff He foresees possible crash or fuel shortage but believes Amundsen party confident The Heimdahl will relieve the Farm for Spitzbergen patrol while Farm returns to Tromso with Hoels surveying expedition crews happy at Spitzbergen shores.
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Oslo
Norway
King’s Bay
Herr Shhuite Frohhlinde
Dornier
Amundsen
Frohlinde
Larson
Dietkson
Amsterdam Island
Herr Frohdear Gisbelieves
Spitzbergen
Heimdahl
Tromso
Adolph Hoel
Former actress Slander Suit Opens in New York Court
Mrs. Marion McAlister Smith once Mercedes Leigh sues five defendants for 200000 dollars alleging false reports link her to Duchess de Vallanda and embezzlement. Dominique Guerin, Burleigh, Smith, Batchelor Inc., and Jenkins remain as defendants. She cites a confidential French dossier and says Harding withdrew support from the Poppy Day appeal. A fire department inspection follows in Mobile.
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New York
A.P
Marion McAlister Smith
Mercedes Leigh
Herbert Shipman
Episcopal Diocese of
Maurice Leon
Evarts, Chance, Sherman and Leon
Mme
Anne E. Guerin
United States
Mme. Millerand
France
George N. Burleigh
Barry N. Smith
National Information Bureau
Bronson Batchelor, Inc
Roger B. Jenkins
Duchess de Vallanda
Hard
French League
Washington
Duchess de Villanda
Salome
Vay
Harding
Smith
Uni
Building and loan associations aid housing hope
Senator Royal Copeland of New York told the United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations in Kansas City that building and loan associations offer a path to better housing. He warned of poor housing in New York where only three percent own homes and urged credit facilities for small homeseekers of good character.
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Kanbas City
Royal
Copeland
New York
United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations
Building and Loan Association
Mobile school term set to start September 21
The Mobile public schools will open September 21 and close May 29, three days earlier than last year, as decided by the school board. W. P. Davidson was reelected business manager. Auditorium construction for Leinkauf school was deferred while parents’ delegation reviews the plan. A Spring Hill parents’ group urged immediate action to improve sanitary conditions before the next term.
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Mobile
W. P. Davidson
Leinkauf
Spring Hill
Giant Oak Trees Insured Against Storms in St Louis Theatres
Four 170-foot oaks flanking St Louis outdoor theatres will be insured for 60000 total. Municipal Opera Association to insure five thousand policies with Lloyds for each tree. New Garden Theatre owners seek twenty five thousand for each of its two oaks.
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ST. Louis
Municipal Opera Association
Lloyds
New Garden Theatre
Paris Papers Postpone Security Pact Reports
Baria June 11 The French press shows little commentary on the Anglo security pact until Briand returns, after Chamberlain’s worded communiqué denouncing misleading accounts. Geneva dispatches note the main issue is the pact’s mutual operation. Echo de Paris says Baldwin’s Commons remarks imply the treaty text remains adjustable with Berlin and German input.
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Baria
A.P
Chamberlain
Lnter
Briand
Ter
Gen
Germany
M. Briand
Berlin
Geneva
Echo de Paris
Baldwin
House of Commons
MF. Chamberlain
England
Noted Duchess Details Marital Ties and World War I dossier
The text recalls a American Duchess sentenced in France and lists marriages: first to Colonel Thomas C. Miles of Philadelphia who died in 1905, then to Mr Me Allister, son of a Rhode Island governor. It notes failed efforts to obtain a state department retraction and French ambassador response.
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Ted
France
Thos. C. Miles
Philadelphia
Me. Allister
Rhode Island
Newport
State Department
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NEA Service, Inc
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Broad and
Springhill Avenue
Heinz
Pittsburgh
Heinz Kitchens
New England
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Boston
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Bk Giants
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Grove’s
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Carter
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Wheary Wardrobe
Specia
South Royal Street
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