California Prohibition Official Faces Grand Jury Indictments
Colonel Ned M. Green, northern California and Nevada prohibition administrator, is to be indicted by a federal grand jury. Accusations include criminal misconduct in office, protection of bootleggers, padding of expense accounts, and public intoxication. The grand jury was convened early with several aides subpoenaed. Green denied the charges as a frame-up and blamed opposition to his role. Washington hinted that actions proceed on the case details already gathered.
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San Francisco
Ned M. Green
Prohibition
California
Nevada
Green
Prohibition Administration
Bell Boys
Colonel Green
Lincoln C. Andrews
the Treasury
Washington
Department of Justice
Prohibition Service
Hatfield
Leavenworth, Kang
Federal
J. E. Biddle
Jess L. Greer
Colorado
St. Louis
Secret Service
Greer
Denver
George F. Ames
Tge
Biddle
West Portal
Cub
Ames
Warden Biddle
Grange Named In Divorce Suit
Chicago dispatch reports Red Grange recipient of divorce allegations cited by Los Angeles Examiner. The famed football star denied the claim calling Taylor a cousin of his manager and said the charges were baseless. He was in Hollywood when the news reached him before returning to Wheaton.
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Chicago
Red Grange
Wheaton
Los Angeles
Grange
Hollywood
Los Angeles Examiner
Charles A. Talor
Beverly Mills
Clarice Taylor
Taylor
Charles Pyle
Florida
Idaho Teachers Call For Strong State Superintendent Candidate
Boise July 22 AP Idaho teachers voice concern over a shortage of good candidates for Idaho state superintendent of public instruction. RE Bloom president of the Idaho State Teachers association says there is none in sight. Elizabeth Russum, the present superintendent, has served two terms and is not declaring yet.
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Boise
Idaho
RE. D. Bloom
Idaho State Teachers’ Association
Elizabeth Russum
Police Chief from San Francisco Named IACP President
Danied Belen, chief of police of San Francisco, was elected president of the International Association of Police Chiefs at the convention in Chicago on July 22.
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Chicago
Belen
San Francisco
International Association of Police Chiefs
Forest and Brush Fires Still Danger
Fire crews battled scattered blazes across the northwest as cooler weather limited progress in Montana Idaho and California. Officials warned danger remained with thousands of fighters on scene and fires burning across millions of acres near towns and forests including Coeur d Alene Pend d Oreille Blackfeet Kaniksu and St Joe National Forests.
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Missoula
Mont
United States
Montana
Idaho
California
Stephens County
Washington
Canada
Center Creek
Western Washington Forest Fire Association
Columbia River Lumber Company
Golden
B. C
Tahoe
Trinity
Klamath National
Sacramento
Grass Valley
Nevada City
Redding
Coeur d’Alene
Pend d’Oreille
Blackfeet
Kaniksu
Clearwater
St. Joe
Captain recites dramatic tale of navy yard disaster
Captain O. Cowling, commander of the Lake Denmark naval arsenal, testified in the naval court of inquiry about the July 10 disaster that killed two and damaged nearly 90 million dollars. He described heroism by two medical patients at the Brooklyn naval hospital and rescue aid from Private Casimer Kensick of the marinas.
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New York
O. Cowling
Lake Denmark
N. J
Naval Arsenal
Naval Court of Inquiry
Heroim
Naval Perio
Brooklyn
Captain Dowling
Casimer Kensick
Marinas
Hamtrack
Detroit
Mich
Representative Attendance In 60th Congress Session
Ten representatives achieved perfect attendance in the first session of the 60th Congress ending July. Cannon Missouri Green Florida Hill Karen Shudderston Alabama Quinn Rankin Mississippi Swank Oklahoma McLaughlin Mapes Michigan Miller Washington Democrats and Republicans did not miss a roll call for quorum or votes.
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Washington
Cannon
Missouri
Green
Florida
Hill
Karen Shudderston
Alabama
Quinn
Daylight Jewelry Store Robbery Ends in Fatal Shootout
Five robbers struck a Broadway jewelry store in daylight killing one man and wounding another as they fired on a crowd that gathered after the shots. The assailants escaped after the gunfire.
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New York
Broadway Jewelry Alore
Mexican priests fear mass exile under new Mexican law
In Mexico City, Father Silverio Hayes testified in district court that priests have left or fear leaving the country due to new religious regulations. Officials deny government harm, while Catholic leaders plan to curtail masses and seek lay involvement for rites at home. A voluntary legal committee is formed to offer free legal advice.
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Mexico City
Mexico
First District
Silverio Hayes
Carmen
Father Hayes
Today's Games In Baseball Across Major Cities
Scores from Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago New York Philadelphia and Boston show varied results. Notable: Chicago defeats Philadelphia 6 to 4 while Boston beats St Louis 6 to 0 and Cleveland edges Philadelphia 4 to 1.
Union Pacific to inaugurate fast Los Angeles Chicago train
Union Pacific announced a new fast service between Los Angeles and Chicago starting November 14. The line will run both ways on a 68 hour schedule, saving travelers a business day. The former Los Angeles Limited will be upgraded, and two new trains Gold OCcast Limited and Continental Limited will also operate on the route.
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Los Angeles
Union Pacific System
Chicago
Los Angeles Limited
Gold Occast Limited
Constinental Limited
Funds of Banks Squandered in Bucket Shops
Atlanta reporters say bank funds were used for bucket shop speculation and fictitious transactions were used to hide diverted funds in the Bankers Trust case. After bankruptcy filings, about 115 Georgia and Florida banks suspended operations as the Bankers Trust chain faced receivership. Oscar Daley was named an additional receiver alongside Jol Otley and former governor Hugh M. Dorsey.
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Atlanta
Bankers Trust Company
George Boykin
Georgia
Florida
R. Boykin
Pebbe
Bank of Menlo
State Banking Department
Bank of Sebastian
State Exchange Bank
Lake City Savings and Trust Comany
Polk Country Trust Company
Akeland
East Florida
Palatuken
Oscar
Forest Fire Near Boise Fanned by Breeze
A forest fire on Daggett Creek fifteen miles from Boise grew fast before a stiff breeze and remained out of control. The blaze scorches timber aged fifty to sixty years on old cut over land as authorities probe a picnicker whose camping fire started the blaze.
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Boise
Daggett Creek
Appointed Receiver Named for Templeman Oil Corp
Cheris topher L. Ward Jr of Wilmington was appointed receiver by Chancellor Josiah Wycoff for Templeman Oil Corp with properties in Oklahoma Colorado and Wyoming. He will serve pending a hearing on the equity suit brought by Frank Franty and Waller Teorgilsin.
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Wilmington
Del
Cheristopher L. Ward, Jr
Predente Tite
Josiah Wycott
Templeman Oil Corporation
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyolming
Gutine Equity
Nk Franty
Vronk Frantog, Jr
Or. Franta
Waller Teorglsiiin
Iowa Leaders Clash Over Farm Aid at Republican Convention
Dan Turner, Corning temporary chairman, urged economic justice for farmers and attacked eastern protectionism while praising Cummins and Brookhart. He praised Frank Lowden and warned that tariff and stabilization debates would shape Iowa’s role before the national convention.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dan W. Turner
Corning
Smith W. Brookhart
U. S
Cummins
Cumming
Coolidge
Brookhart
Republican State Central Committee
Turner
Republican National Platfores
Ife
Middle West
Atlantic Seaboard
America
Cancer easy to cure says Mayo surgeon in Seattle lecture
Dr. Prod Wharton Rankin from the Mayo Brothers Institute in Rochester Minnesota told a Seattle audience that cancer is not disgraceful and is no harder to treat than appendicitis or mumps when caught early. He cautioned against false modesty and stigma surrounding the disease.
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Prod Wharton Rankin
Mayo Brothers
Rochest Minn
Seattle
Transit line to be abandoned between North Ogden and Pleasant View
The State Public Utilities Commission authorized The Rapid Transit Company to abandon operation of its line from North Ogden to Pleasant View, effective five days after notice.
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Salt Lake City
Waa
Ite
North Ogden
Pleasent View
Apomefive
Canton Shows Murder Record Five-Year Review
Canton records reveal 48 murders over five years with no execution in the electric chair. This year 10 murders occurred. 13 killers were sentenced, seven to life, six to shorter terms, with several at large or unknown. Four cases await grand jury or court action. one killer was released after a preliminary hearing.
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Canton
Stark County
Pipe Smokers Thinning Out Across Nation
Census figures show pipe smokers and users of cigarette and cigar holders shrinking. Manufacturers reported a 24.9 percent drop in 1928 output versus 1925, with the total value last year at $7,254,463.
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Washington
Ecommerce Department
Radio Corp of America Buys WHA Radio Outlet
The American Telephone and Telegraph has sold WHA to the Radio Corporation of America which runs WIZ. The transfer is set to occur before the end of the year. The move marks another consolidation in the broadcasting industry.
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New York
American Telephone and
Iletag
WHA
Radio Corporation of America
WIZ
Poe
Paper francs not popular with natives in Paris
In Paris on July 22, reports say the paper franc craze among American tourists spurred shopping sprees while locals grew wary. Shoppers bought lingerie and outfits as department stores emptied, with lines forming and some items selling out as confidence in the currency ebbed and flow shifted amid a broader debt mood and price spikes.
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Paris
London
Urged to Buy Hogs in West in 3-Day Meetings
George A. Peirson Portland yards manager told 75 stock feeders in Caldwell that Northwestern markets Portland Tacoma Seattle Spokane paid nine million dollars to Midwest hog raisers in 1925 to meet demand. California sent 45 million east for same purpose. Western buyers prefer keeping funds west to aid western farmers. The talks were part of three day district feeders meetings by Idaho Woolgrowers association and university service.
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Caldwell
Northwestern
America
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Spokane
George A. Peirson
Peirson
Idaho Woolgrowers’ Association
University
Black Currants Campaign in Bannock County
Idaho agriculture agents report a statewide effort to eradicate black currants to protect timber. Six agents are destroying plants in Bannock and nearby counties with counts listed for Canyon, Payette, Power, Bingham, and northern Bannock counties.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Department of Agriculture
Field Army
Department
Bannock
Bingham County
Canyon
Payette
Power
Bannock County
Arizona Registrar Refuses to Resign in Constitutional Battle
Washington July 22 The eye of Lannes L Wagvill who retreated to vacate the Phoenix register of lands faces a constitutional clash over the president’s right to remove a Senate-confirmed appointee. The official, nominated last December, did not receive commission before Congress adjourned.
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Washington
Lannes L
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