National Dry Enforcement Staff Reorganized Administrators Named
Washington announces a reorganized prohibition enforcement with 24 district administrators to direct operations from Sept. 1. E. C. Yellowley leads general mobile agents. four new appointees are former army officers with regional postings from Boston to Porto Rico.
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National Dry Enforcement Staff
Washington
Prohibition
The
Treasury
Elias Marsters
Helena
Roy C. Lyle
Seattle
E. C. Yellowley
San Francisco
Robert E. Frith
Los Angeles
E. C. F. Crabbe
Monolulu
A. J. Hanlon
San Juan
Porto Rico
General Andrews
Halsey Dunwoodie
Tampa
France
Herbert H. White
Fort Worth
Texas
John T. Barrett
Frederik Baer
Pittsburreh
Coolidge Visits Old Home Town in Northampton
President Coolidge returns to his home town Northampton Massachusetts for a brief stop before continuing to Swampscott. He is met by old friends neighbors and local officials who recall his rise from attorney to governor and president. The visit includes a stop at Mrs Elmira Goodhues home where he and Mrs Coolidge stay overnight as they head toward the summer white house.
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Northampton
Mass
British Columbia Approves Local Beer Option
Victoria B C Aug 21 An AP report says a provincial order grants BC local option on beer sales. Some areas will allow beer by the glass while others sell only by the bottle, with the government remaining the sole legal alcoholic beverage seller.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Dirigible Best for Polar Work Says Explorer
Commander Donald B. MacMillan favors lighter air craft for Arctic exploration notes that drifting ice makes heavier than air planes unreliable and dangerous. He says airdraft can perform polar work at the earliest heat and argues for abandoning attempts to fly over the polar sea. The expedition plans to press on with two serviceable airplanes while awaiting MacMillan’s return likely in October.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Arctic
Daniel W. Hoegg
Portland
Maine
Evening Express
Mac‘Millan
Society
Byrd
Wiscasset
Etah
Greenland
Hong Kong Trade Paralysis Amid Canton Red Regime
The Canton Red government faces British and Japanese discrimination against shipments as Hong Kong trade slows by hundreds of thousands of pounds weekly. Austen Chamberlain returns to London as London Tokyo Washington consult on possible naval action while fearing further restrictions in Cantonese waters.
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London
Hong Kong
Ciprian
Forign
Austen Chamberlain
the Times
Red
Canton
Washington
Tokyo
Daily Telegraph
Great Britain
Japan
Reval Li
Sound Waves From the Brain Might Account for Telepathy
Paris reports that Professor Ferdinando Cazzamali of Milan describes brain generated radio like signals at four to ten metre wavelengths. He suggests brain to brain transmission could occur under nervous or hypnotic stress, citing tests with excitable subjects and an Italian medium.
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Paris
France
Ferdinando Cazzamali
Neurology
University of Milan
Revue de Metaphysique
le Matin
Cazzamalls
Cazzamali
Alibi presented in Young murder trial as doctor sought copy
Testimony showed Doctor Thomas Young claimed to be arranging an air tight alibi days before his arrest for murdering his wealthy wife. Harriett Ragu testified Young visited a downtown studio on May 19 to copy letters using photostatic process, saying the documents concern a missing party and indicating the wife, Grace Grogan Young, was killed and disposed of earlier.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Young
Superior Court
Harriett Ragu
Young
Grace Grogan Young
French Debt Commission Named for U S Mission
Paris announces the French debt commission to sail on the Paris for the United States on September 16. The cabinet will appoint the body led likely by Minister of Finance Caillaux with members including Senator Henry Berenger Senator Chappell Deputy Vicent Auriol Deputy Lamoureux Deputy Maurice Bokanowski Marquis Pierre de Chambrun and banker Joseph Simon to reflect broad parliamentary opinion.
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Paris
French Debt Commission
United States
Finance
Caillaux
Matin
Henry Berenger
Budet Committee
Chappell
Customs Tariff Committee
Vicent Auriol
Budget Commission
The
Chamber
Lamoureux
Maurice Bokanowski
Wadices
Pierre de Chambrun
Joseph Simon
French High Commission
Mafin
Berlenbach Hand Injury Cleared by Commission
New York August 21 the New York state athletic commission examined Paul Berlenbach hands and found no evidence of the injury he claimed. The light heavyweight champion expected to defend against Delaney on August 26 at the Coliseum.
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New York
Paul Berlenbach
New York State Athletic Commission
Delaney
Navy Nurses' Verdicts Disapproved by Secretary Wilbur
Secretary Wilbur disapproved the court martial board verdicts of not guilty returned last June against Navy nurses Ruth M. Anderson and Catherine Glaney who were charged with violating the Volstead act by bringing liquor into the United States from the West Indies.
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Washington
Ruth M. Anderson
Catherine Glaney
Navy
United States
West + Indies
Wilbur
Bold daytime robbery at Lazarus jewelers in Chicago
Three armed masked men burst into Lazarus jewelers offices in a daylight raid. They forced the president to open safes while customers and staff watched and fled in a car with a fourth confederate. Jewelry valued unknown was taken as two robbers sorted diamonds and gems. The elevator man was held as the thieves reached the seventh floor. thirty nearby workers were untroubled.
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Chicago
Oe 0A
Sighters Welers
Lazarus
Boxing Card At Coney Island Contains Comeback Bouts
New York August 2. Two light heavyweight notables seek comebacks at Coney Island tonight. Former champion Mike McTigue faces Tony Maralle in a twelve round bout and Jimmy Blattery meets Maxey Rosenblum in a six round contest as part of the boxing card.
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New York
Coney Island Ring
Mike McTigue
Paul Berlonbach
Astoria
N. Y
Jimmy Blattery
Buffalo
Inez
Dave Shade
California
McTigue
Tony Maralle
New Orleans
Blattery
Maxey Rosenblum
Metropolis parties clash in heated mayoral race
In New York city, four candidates vie for a four year mayor term as Tammany rivalries flare in campaign rallies across Broad Street, Greenwich Village and Brooklyn. Former Senator James J. Walker backs Hylan while insurgent Republicans Lyons and Waterman seek momentum.
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New York
Bell
Hylan
Brooklyn
John H. McCooey
Tammany Tiger
Brooklyn Bridge
John J. Yons
Florida
Broadwa
French move against Rif tribes in Fez line
AP dispatch reports a planned general offensive against the Moorish Rif tribes. French forces under General Naulin press along the front near Taza and Tsoul, encircling Tsoul country and prompting rebel groups to seek surrender as Abd el Krim’s leadership weakens.
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Fez
Naulin
Taza
Boichut
Ilong
Lne
Abd-El-Krim
Potatoes Shipments Rise In Idaho and Oregon
Caldwell reports Idaho potato shipments total 774 cars for the current season, up from 451 at the same date last year, per a USDA final report. Oregon has shipped 148 cars to date, versus 105 at the comparable point last season.
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Caldwell
Idaho
United States Department of Agriculture
Oregon
Rain Delays National Games Postponed Doubleheader Moves
Rain postpones several National League matchups on Aug 21. Chicago at Brooklyn and Cincinnati at Boston are rescheduled for tomorrow, with St. Louis at Philadelphia also delayed. New York and Cleveland contests affected as rain interrupted two planned doubleheaders, game counts adjusted.
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National
Chicago
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
AR Petey
Pittsburgh States
Mackinke Disaster Claims 45th Victim in Newport
Three more people died today in the Mackinke disaster raising the total fatalities to 45. Peter Borsay, 27, a Pawtucket police officer, was the latest death.
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Newport
R. L
Peter Borsay
Pawtucket
Cattle Market Forecast Shows 250000 Fewer Range Head
The Agriculture Department estimates fall cattle marketing will total 4 077 000 head, down 250 000 from last year, with the main decline in the southwest. Texas Oklahoma New Mexico lead the drop, while California Utah and Wyoming show little change.
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Denver
United States Department of Agriculture
North Dakota
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Texas
California
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Egen M
Wyoming
North Dakontana
Oming
Colorado
Nea
New Mexico
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Southwest
Clues Grow in Des Moines Slaying Near Carlisle
Police in Des Moines report new evidence from a burned straw pile murder scene near Carlisle including a jagged edged hammer blood stained cushions a blood smeared glove and a handkerchief with initials and a torn notebook. A woman identified as Mrs. T W Baker remains tied to the case though she was later located in Minneapolis where she offered to aid investigators.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Carlisle
T. W. Baker
Minneapolis
Jeanette Miller
Japanese barred from cotton mine in China turmoil
A Peking dispatch reports Japanese workers barred from a cotton mine, a key trigger in China’s recent industrial turmoil. The move signals heightened tensions affecting labor and production as authorities respond to unrest in August.
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Washington
Peking
China
Wreck at Granite Claims Two Firemen and Many Injured
A Denver Rio Grande Western wreck at Granite Colorado injured seventy five people and left two firemen dead. Rescue involved Red Cross staff in Salida and hospitals in Salida Leadville and Buena Vista. Fireman J W Taschenbaugh and another unnamed victim died under the locomotive.
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Salida
Colo
Denver Rio Grande Western Railroad
Little Mountain
Granite
Colorado
Red Cross
Elinois L. Alexander
Bunker Hill
Ils
Hoffman
Grant Street
Omaha
Neb
A. D. Rogers
Merle Fogarty
Macon
Marian Stripling
Xreanes Stafford
J. W. Taughtenbaugh
Phelan
Senin
Semin
Samuel L. Smith
Red Cross Hospital
Leadville
Buena Vista
Alida
J. W. Taschenbonah
Ntrain
Mas Qe Kile
Taughtenbaugh
Robert Cowles
Denver
Peter Montgomery
E. A. Roberts
Arkansas River
Gobel Held Without Bail in Poison Case
Miami reporters say John Gobel a Daytona real estate man is detained without bail after a coroner jury recommended detention in the death of Mrs. H. B. Hunt. Inquest testimony hinted Gobel poisoned her and he allegedly sought to bribe officials.
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Miami
Fla
John Gobel
Daytona
H. B. Hunt
Gobel
Robert R. Taylor, Jr
L. A. Short
Br. Grimes
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