Inside Story on Rum Trade Ends Suddenly
Washington June 17 ex bootlegger William C Davidson testified before the house alcoholic liquor traffic committee about bank transactions with bootleggers naming banks in the far west and federal enforcement officials He walked out after refusing to answer questions The committee allowed James J Britt to cross examine him and Davidson accused officials of blocking evidence Banks named included United States National Bank San Diego Northwestern National Bank Portland Royal Bank of Canada California Bank Los Angeles and Liberty Bank San Francisco Officials denied knowledge of the transactions and challenged Davidson perception of events
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Washington
William C. Davidson
House
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
Far West
James J. Britt
Prohibition Unit
Britt
Davidson
Los Angeles
William Caine
Robert BE. Frith
Southern California
Laguardia
New York
Laguardias
Andrews
Frith
W. W. Anderson
Prohibition
United States National Bank
San Diego
Northwestern National Bank
Portand
Oregon
Royal Bank of Canada
California Bank
Liberty Bank
San Francisco
Eustace Challinan
Sherry Bank
Emery Olmstead
Portland
Science Baffled by Fast Living
Pasadena California report on the twenty fifth annual California osteopathic association convention. Dr Floyd J Theneroy of Des Moines warns that over energetic children and precocious schooling show first symptoms of tuberculosis and that false stimulation and ambition worsen health despite science and education.
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Pasadena
Calif
California Osteopathic Association
Floyd J. Theneroy
Des Moines
Tracksters To Represent Hollywood Athletic Club
Hollywood California tealists announce a twelve member track squad for the A A U national junior championships July 2 to 6 in Philadelphia. The group includes Clarence Houser Leighton Dye Kenneth Grumbles Cliff Reynolds Lee Barnes Jack Williams Henry Coggeshall Alden Ross Gene Dorsey Fred Uarlow and Jimmy Payne.
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Hollywood
Calif
Hollywood Athletic Club
Philadelphia
Clarence
Bud’? Houser
Leighton Dye
Kenneth Grumbles
Cliff Reynolds
Lee Barnes
Jack Williams
Henry Coggeshall
Alden Ross
Borah
Gene Dorsey
University of Southern California
Fred Uarlow
Stanford
Jimmy Payne
San Bernardino
World News In Brief Roundup From Across The Globe
A varied digest from London to California includes remarks on jazz as an opiate, calls for Al Smith to run again for governor, and tributes to Liberty Bell keeper James Montgomery. Reports cover Cardinal O Donnell at the Polo Grounds, Irish views on smoking and powder, an auto venture by Ryon Chandler, and a bevy of local incidents and curiosities. The items span politics, crime, culture, and unusual local happenings.
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London
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Leprosy Spreading in South Seas Islands
Apia Samoa May 29 Leprosy is increasing in the Islands of the South Seas. The New Zealand steamer Hinemoa recently visited the Cook group and nearby islands, taking lepers to Makogai Fiji but could not transport all patients. Forty five lepers were aboard at Apia under Dr Ellison awaiting further transport.
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Samoa
New Zealand
Hinemoa
Cook Group
Equator
Makogai
Fiji Islands
Ellison
Matogai
Miss Maldonado Prepares Architectural Partnership in Guatemala
Miss Natalie Maldonado daughter of a leading Guatemalan architect studies architecture at the University of Southern California with plans to start a professional partnership with her father after completing her studies.
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Natalie Maldonado
Guatemala
University of Southern California
Beak Color Row Sparks City Pole Debate in Seattle
Seattle authorities clash with a housewife over a raven on a totem pole whose beak is painted red. Parks chief Romine says the color reflects original hues from before prohibition, not a comment on the dry town.
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Seattle
Jume 17
A. P. Romine
Sarah Waters
Bertha K. Landes
Romine
Banner Wheat Crop in Texas
Texas grain officials report a banner wheat crop. 5,500 cars are to be gathered at grain shipping centers in the Panhandle to move the crop. The plan, approved at a Southwestern railroad meeting, aims to finish loading and unloadings swiftly through July 15 with a June 25 general order to speed traffic.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Panhandle
R. C. Andrews
American Railway Association
Southwestern Railroad
Andrews
Galveston
Magazine Barred by Poem Author Refuses to Quit
Hal White, Yale English assistant professor and poet blamed for barring the May issue of the New Masses, refused to resign from the University of Montana summer school faculty. He announced an appeal to the state board of education after a meeting with Dr. C H L Clapp, Montana university president, who had demanded his resignation.
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Missoula
Mont
Hal White
Yale University
New Masses
University of Montana
State Board of Education
C. H L. Clapp
Montana University
White
Clapp
The Touaregs Measure Beauty by Weight
The Touareg people of the Sahara fatten their daughters from age seven or eight, massaging them with oil and denying exercise so that by marriageable age they may weigh several hundred pounds and require slaves for movement.
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Sahara
First use of Of Glory flag term traced to Captain William Driver
The phrase Of Glory was first applied to the U S flag in 1831 by William Driver a Salem Massachusetts sailing captain who died in Nashville Tennessee in 1886.
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Columbia
Salem, Mass
United States
William Driver
Salem, Mags
Nashville Tenn
Entry of American forces into Germany November 14 1918
A fragment notes the passage of American troops across the frontier into Germany by the army of occupation on November 14, 1918.
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Germany
Army of Occupation
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