Hoover Drive to Stem Detroit Rum Trade and Canada Reaction
Detroit reports on the federal drive to curb rum running across the Detroit Canada border and its implications for Hoover’s crime commission. Canadian attitudes, enforcement prospects, and potential cooperation or resistance shape the national prohibition debate with observers warning smugglers will defend their profitable racket.
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Detroit
Canada
President
Montana Standard
North American Newspaper Alliance
Hoover
Crime Commission
Washington
United States
Ottawa
Seymour Lowman
Treasury Department
Rum runners wage deadly war as Detroit shores stay wet
A Detroit waterfront battle between rum runners and customs inspectors left several wounded and two fatalities along the St Clair and Detroit River corridors. Undercover breweries thrive, with alley beer, synthetic liquors, and large profits. Federal raids in April seized dozens of stills and breweries, signaling a hard drive to enforce Prohibition.
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Customs Border Patrol
Detroit
St. Claire
Monroe
Michigan
Lake Erie
Thomas E. Stone
Ecorse
Canada
Hands of Miss Broderick Win Beauty Contest and Lux Honor
Miss Helen Broderick, winner of a nation wide beauty hands contest by John Murray Anderson, will be used as a model by a noted Italian sculptor. She earned a $2590 prize and credits Lux soap for keeping her hands smooth and white. Beauty experts in 905 famous shops advocate Lux for hand care and dishwashing.
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Helen Broderick
John Murray Anderson
Broderick
Lux
Comedy Headlines Highlight Victor McLaglen in Strong Boy
Victor McLaglen stars in Strong Boy at Fox American today with a fast funny plot that opens in a railroad station and returns to start. Leatrice Joy plays the news girl as romance with a baggage smasher unfolds amid brisk comedy and riotous tangles. Zip Boom Bang introduces Raymond McKee in an all talking circus comedy as the short feature.
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Victor McLaglen
Movietone
Fox- American Today
McLagren
Leatrice Joy
McLaglen
Raymond McKee
Divine Lady leads Rialto bill with Corinne Griffith
Corinne Griffith stars as Lady Hamilton in The Divine Lady at Fox Rialto. The bio drama portrays the famed beauty and her influence over men and nations, with Nelson as a pivotal figure and a Movietone short featuring Anna Chang and Mateo Kuma.
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History
Lady Hamilton
Corinne Griffith
Fox Rialto
England
Lord Nelson
Anna Chang
Mateo Kuma
Aun
Broadways Clever Lines in Molly and Me at Ansonia
The film Molly and Me starring Belle Bennett and Joe E Brown plays at the Broadway tonight and tomorrow. A Tiffany Stahl production with RCA photophone synchronized sound, the story centers on the humorous romantic pair and their burlesque troupe as they miss a train and dry by a coal stove.
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Molly
Jim Wilson
Jim
Molly and
Belle Bennett
Joe E. Brown
Tiffany Stahl
RCA
Sterling
Joe Brown
Lois Leeson
Junction
Loves of Ricardo at Ansonia House Stirs Debate
George Beban stars and directs The Loves of Ricardo at the Ansonia House. The presentation drew mixed reactions with some doubting Beban’s abilities as a great character artist and performer.
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Ricardo
George Beban
Funeral 13 Conducted for Shooting Victim
The Eastern Star rites were held for Mrs. Othel Severns at the Hamilton Masonic temple. Her death occurred Monday at Hamilton hospital. The body was sent to Seattle for burial with her mother, sister, and former husband.
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Hamilton
Corvallis
Hamilton Masonic Temple
Othel Severns
Hamilton Hospital
Seattle
A. V. Martin
Norma Martin
W. 8. Severns
Mrs Severns Funeral Noted In Corvallis
The service featured a quartet Messrs Gordon Gray Hartley Longenecker with pianist Mrs McCrackin. Corvallis friends filled the temple where Mrs Severns taught at the high school. Pallbearers Paul Lear Earl Hall Dudley Bowden Del Brisb Harry Shierson were all local youths. She died of tetanus after 12 days from a gunshot wound suffered May 29 between Hamilton and Corvallis.
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G. A. Gordon
W. L. Gray
C. E. Hartley
H. H. Longenecker
Wallace McCrackin
Corvallis
Severns
Corvallis High School
Paul D. Lear
Earl Hall
Dudley Bowden
del Brisb Dear Cobb
Harry Shierson
Hamilton
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Montana Street
Rialto
Blue Ribbon
Hennessy's
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Kleenwell
Coty
Paris
Larmont
Styx
Emerode
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Felts
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VOILE
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