President Harding vows strict enforcement of Prohibition
President Harding declared the federal government will enforce the prohibition law despite state burdens and possible changes to the Volstead Act. He warned against nullification by states and urged adherence to national authority while stressing local enforcement remains with state and local governments.
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Associated Prean
Denver
Harding
New York
New York State
Washington
Tne
Cars Plunge From Brooklyn Elevated Train
A two car train derailed from the Brooklyn Manhattan elevated line at Smith and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn. Seven killed and more than twenty injured as ambulances and police rushed to the scene. firemen extinguished flames in the wrecked cars. Authorities feared more deaths as injured were taken to hospitals.
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Associated Press
New York
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Smith and Flatbush Avenues
Brooklyn
Ham
Lightning strikes boy playing baseball in Burlington incident
William Mears, 22, of Gladstone, was killed instantly when struck by lightning while playing second base at Stronghurst. Five bystanders near him were stunned but recovered, with about three hundred spectators witnessing the event.
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Associated Press
Burlington
William Mears
Gladstone
Stronghurst
Robins Nest in Pine Tree Destroyed By Flames
Firefighters rushed to Wentworth Avenue Chicago to a pine tree blaze late last night. The nest with young robins was destroyed and only a burnt match remained as proof of the fire’s cause.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wentworth Avenue
Two Harding party members killed in Denver crash
Thomas F. Dawson, Colorado historian and prominent journalist, Sumner Curtis, Republican national committeeman and veteran correspondent, and Tommie French died after a car crash in Bear Creek canyon. Donald A. Craig of the New York Herald was seriously injured. The party, guests of the Denver Press club, were returning from the trip when a steering knuckle failure caused the wreck. President Harding expressed profound sorrow over the tragedy.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Thomas F. Dawson
Colorado
Bear Creek Canyon
Sumner Curtis
Republican National Committee
Tommie French
Donald A. Craig
Washington
New York Herald
Denver Press Club
Curtis
Craig
French
Davis
Meli
Harding
Woman Killed in Wreck Near Pomeroy
Mrs. T. H. Sullivan wife of the Illinois Central railroad superintendent in Iowa was instantly killed and her four children seriously injured when a car skidded into a ditch on the Grant highway near Pomeroy last night.
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Associated Press
Fort Dodge
T. H. Sullivan
Iowa
Ilinois Central Railroad
Grant Highway
Pomeroy
Street clashes erupt in Eisleben over minister’s memorial
The Associated Press reports street fighting between nationalists and communists in Eisleben, Saxony, on June 25 amid the unveiling of Walter Rathenau’s memorial. Two demonstrators were killed and twenty-five seriously wounded in the clashes. A separate report from Dusseldorf notes a German worker removing coal at Rheinan was shot dead by a burglar or attacker, with French authorities attributing the shot to a group of Germans.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Eisleben
Walter Ratheran
Central News
Dusseldorf
Rheinan
Wallace Heads Expanded Tour Through Alaska and Wyoming
The extended itinerary includes a city parade a schoolhouse greeting a formal address and a final speech in Cheyenne. Secretary of Agriculture Henry C Wallace joined in Denver and will travel with the president through Alaska.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Henry C. Wallace
Denver
Alaska
Ithe
Foreign ships bring in more liquor today
Two more wet liners entered port as authorities moved to seize liquor aboard six vessels that docked over the weekend for transporting liquor beyond the three mile limit. Removal of stock from the Berengaria began under Deputy Custom Surveyor Cothman with plans to seize on the Paris for excess medicinal declarations.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Treasury Department
Paris
Caronia
Cedric
Providence
Cothman
Public health service warns on ship ration permits
Washington officials require sworn statements from ship masters detailing their understanding of foreign liquor laws as a condition for issuing ration permits for foreign ships. The Treasury directive directs reliance on master interpretations due to lack of foreign-law copies. London reports Premier Baldwin says there is no protest if British customs seals are broken within term.
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Washington, D. C
Public Health Service
White
Treasury Department
London
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Ter
Heat relief sparkles in sections as storms drift
Thunder showers bring temporary relief from heat in the southwest, south central and northwest regions. The Weather Bureau notes no lasting coolness yet, with further storms likely over the upper Mississippi and Great Lakes areas. A cool spell may arrive Tuesday from the Missouri valley toward Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tfl
Southwest
South Central
Northwest
Federal Weather Bureau
Upper
Mississippi
Middle
Great Lake
Missouri Valley
British papers cautious on liquor seizures strain with U S
London papers voice anxiety that New York liquor seizures could sour Britain U S ties. The Daily Chronicle backs Lloyd George while The Morning Post notes American administration disability. The Daily Herald says the US is within its rights and opposes hostility over the issue.
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London
New York
Great Britain
United States
Daily Chronicle
Lloyd George
America
Morning Post
Socialist Labor Party
Daily Herald
Picnickers Watch Youth Drown in the Mississippi River
In Burlington Iowa June 25 Emile Peterson 27 of Stronghart Illinois drowned near Burlington as about forty picnickers watched from shore. Attempts to save him in eight feet of water failed. In Muscatine Iowa June 25 the Marquette Joliet explorers paused en route to Oquawka Illinois for a reception after arriving Saturday afternoon.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Emile Peterson
Stronghart, IL
Muscatine
Britain Keeps Seals on Ship Liquor in Territorial Waters
Mr. Baldwin stated that British customs seal ship stores from England to prevent consumption in territorial waters. Seals must not be broken within territorial waters, but outside they are not inviolable, indicating differing rules for dutiable stores aboard ships.
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United States Custom Service
Great Britain
America
Baldwin
England
Tornado Wrecks North Dakota Farm Land. Ten Die
Aberdeen North Dakota reports a tornado Sunday evening in Adams county devastates farming area. Ten persons are said to have perished with scores injured as word spreads from the scene. The toll and full extent remain uncertain pending official details.
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Aberdeen
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Adams County
North Dakota
Fireworks Store Blaze Injures Several In Moline
A $40,000 fire tore through a fireworks shop in Moline on Saturday night after a boy lit a cigar lighter near displays. Sparks from the lighter touched off July displays causing panic. Men women and children were rescued from windows as two women and two bystanders were seriously injured. Two firemen were hurt and a fire truck collided with a streetcar during the incident.
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Associated
Moline
President Harding Welcomed by Large Denver Crowd
President Harding arrived at the municipal auditorium to deliver an address on law enforcement. The ten thousand plus crowd filled the hall with many standing in the gallery as Governor Sweet welcomed the president and urged support for joining the world court.
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