New Tests Considered for Prohibition Agents in Washington
Dry law enforcement shows a 44 percent rise in effectiveness over the last year. Prohibition Commissioner Doran says a real practical eye must replace theoretical tests and a new examination will be ordered. Bureau figures reveal large increases in arrests and seizures, with distilleries and autos seized and thousands of arrests. He warns that seasoned agents could lose jobs if tests remain overly theoretical, even as a second test may be held if needed.
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Simoothly
Prohibition Bureau
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L. C. Andrews
Treasury
Seymour Lowman
Dolan
United Press
Court upholds tax exemption for farm animals in Pa
In Towanda Pennsylvania Judge Charles M Culver ruled that a new law exempting cattle mules and horses from county taxes is constitutional. The decision in the Moore versus Bradford County case leaves county assessments about seven hundred thousand dollars lower and likely forces higher tax rates.
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Towanda
Pennsylvania
Charles M. Culver
Frank M. Moore
Bradford
Culver
Store Proprietor Ends Life With Gun
Philadelphia news reports William Bright, a drugstore proprietor missing since Monday, committed suicide in a rooming house in Watsontown, Pa. A note Bright left indicates premeditation and funeral plans. Additional coverage notes canvasses of 2500 painters for the Autumn Salon in Paris.
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Philadelphia
William Bright
Watsontown
Bright
Paris
Death Penalty Debate At Life Study Club Meeting
The Life Study Club debated capital punishment comparing Canada Britain and the United States. Chicago murders numbered 600 while Canada and Britain reported four. Speakers argued for harsher penalties versus life sentences and juries’ reluctance with circumstantial evidence. A memorial to J Carolus Biekarck was observed. January venue details noted along with upcoming film Faithful Through the Centuries and Army band event.
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Swift
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Life Study
Coub
T. J. Ho
Chicago
Paul ‘Messner
R. H. M McCalmont
Mx McCalmont
Houghteling
Michigan
Houghtelling
A. W. Mumford
Franklin Hoff
J. H. West
John Sigems
Lincoln
Biekarck
J. Carolus Biekarck
West
Franklin Hof
First Lutheran Church
Lutheran Brotherhood
Siggins
United States Army Band
First Presbyterian Church
L. J. Holmes
Blue Law Fight Appeals To State Supreme Court
The Allegheny County Sabbath School Association will seek supersedeas to block Sunday symphony concerts in Pittsburgh. Counsel announced the plan to bring the case to the state superior court, then to the supreme court, following a county court ruling that nine Pittsburgh Symphony Society members were not guilty of blue law violations for a Sunday concert.
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Allegheny County Sabbath School Association
State Superior Court
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Supreme Court
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh Symphony Society
Man Shot to Death While Entering Home in Philadelphia
Police investigate the killing of Severio Ruggetti, 28, shot by four men as he entered his Philadelphia home last night. He had prior arrests and acquittals in 1924 and a 1823 case linked to Joseph Zanghi and Anthony Cocoza, suggesting possible ties to those murders.
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Philadelphia
Polie
Severio Ruguettia
Ruguettia
Joseph Zanghi
Anthony Cocoza
Resolutions Passed On Armament Restrictions By Council
The Federal Council of Churches approved resolutions calling for abolition of war and curbs on armament growth while keeping the 18th amendment enforcement. A division over the 14th and 15th amendments was settled when the resolution was withdrawn. The report urged drastic cuts to military establishments and support for the president to restrain armament programs. In Philadelphia, W Carl Schaefer, 46, was shot in the head while cleaning a revolver and remains in critical condition.
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Cleveland
Federal Council of Churches
Sydney L. Gullick
New York
Philadelphia
U. P
W. Carl Schaefer
War prediction sparks British attack on Plunkett speech
London reports quote Rear Admiral Plunkett predicting an Anglo American war if trade rivalry continues. Senators and nobles condemn the speech as mischief aimed at domestic audiences. Plunkett later denies making war forecasts, saying such predictions are not his habit.
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U. P
Borah
Plunkett
America
George
Hall
Plankett
C. J. Antman
Admiralty
Lord Sydehant
Committee of Imperial Defense
Admiral Plankett
Brooklyn Naval Yard
German chancellor vows no surrender of Alsace Lorraine
Ten years after the Great War, January 25 1938 reports Von Hert Ying says Germany will never yield Alsace and Lorraine and urges England to abandon Gibraltar as a naval base. He adds that the joy of battle remains in German soldiers' hearts. Washington reports new peace proposals are likely.
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Woodrow Wilson
Germany
Alsace
Lorraine
England
Gibraltar
Washington
Five Die in Wyoming House Fire From Stove Incident
Rawlins Wyoming January 24 Five members of a family perished when their McFadden residence burned after an overheated stove sparked flames. The home collapse and rapid blaze left no chance for escape as firefighters battled the blaze in the oil town ten miles north of Rock River. A UP report notes the tragedy as news spread from the region.
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Rawlins
Wyo
McFadden
Rock River
Three Firemen Injured Fighting Distillery Blaze
In Dieriesport, three McKeesport firemen aged 65, 46, and 32 were injured when bricks collapsed a wall during a blaze that destroyed the old Thomas Moore distillery. An elderly woman was rescued and many residents fled nearby areas.
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Diereesport
U. P
McKesport
John Care
Harry Coulter
Bernard Donnelly
Thomas Moore
Pennsylvania eyes cheaper electrocution rate bid
Harrisburg reports a new applicant offers to operate the Rockview electric chair for a flat 125 dollars for condemned men and 150 dollars for condemned women. The state now pays 200 dollars for an execution and 150 for each additional on the same day. The move follows publicized nerves of the current official executioner and lingering debate over capital punishment in Pennsylvania.
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Harrisburg
U. P
Pennsylvania
Rockview Penitentiary
Robert Eliiott
Richmond Hills
Sing Sing Prison
New York
Eddystone
Chester
Navy chief calls for modern ships to honor youth
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur told the Middlesex Club that sacrificing the nation's youth in wartime is shameful for a wealthy country. He urged keeping up with modern events by equipping the fleet with modern weapons, and said Congress has not ignored demands of modern warfare.
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Class
O.P
Navy
Wilbur
Middlesex Club
Congress
YMCA Handball Contests Show Strong Team and Player Scores
In YMCA handball action teams Wickstrom Ayers Pressel Keller and others posted win loss records ahead of the February 8 deadline. Senior junior and prep classes list leading teams and high scorers by name with points tallied for top performers in each division.
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Pressel-Keller
MccEvoy-Berger
Morrison-Messner
Messey-Kirberger
Russell-Gay
Charles Sontag
D. Terry
Wmong
J. Lindstrom
M. Bergman
RB. Swanson
J. Staryak
T. MoreHi
R. Mack
Harry Schmidt
Robert Cogswel
Franklin Lucie
Russell Foreman
Thomas Wright
John Driscoll
Charles Johnson
John Larson
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