Federal and local bans loom as Prohibition fights spill
Chicago injunctive action targets more than 2 000 saloons and restaurants amid raids on counterfeit liquor and patent medicines. In London and Washington, discussions hinge on extending maritime liquor enforcement and a 12 mile limit, with A D Lasker predicting a Volstead act amendment to permit foreign ships to bring liquor into US ports.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Yellowly
Prohibition
Washington
William D
Moss
Plansi i
United Press
A. D. Lasker
United States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Lasker
United States
Three- Nile
London
Lord Curzon
House of Fords
Curzon
Amarica
Hoe
Ronald MacNabl
New York
Washington, D. C
Lord Gurzon
House of Lords
Hughes
Towa Falls Post Office Safe Blown and $3,000 Stolen
In Towa Falls Iowa between 3 and 4 am a vault burglary stole about $3,000 of stamps and currency from the post office in the federal building. Entry came through a window the inner door blown the theft found by Ivan Kane around 4 am. Most loot was stamps with some cash. robbers left no clue and no mail sacks were used. It marks a second post office raid in under a year after a failed attempt to steal registered mail.
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Towa Falls
Federal
Ivan Kane
Money Order Department
Paper Delivery Warning and Contact Instructions
The Courier may be delivered before six o clock and if the paper is not received by then call 10 to request a copy. Call before 6 30 to ensure prompt service and correction of delivery issues.
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Vacai
Merica Sues Union Over Job Loss in Conspiracy Suit
S. L. Merica of Omaha files a $50,000 damage suit in district court alleging a conspiracy by Local Union No. 57 of the Hoisting and Portable Engineers and allied international bodies to force his discharge. Merica, a former local president, says vice president Rey F. Slyter and secretary-treasurer W. F. Hooten pressured his employer to remove him for not being in good standing, ending his job.
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Omaha
Neb
Keene
S. L. Merica
International Union of Steam’ and Operating Engineers
Merica
Rey F. Slyter
Mercia
June Cold Wave Brings Slow Warmup in Chicago
A June cold wave chilled parts of the northern Midwest with Chicago at 52 degrees. Raw winds followed a recent heat wave that caused dozens of deaths last week. Weather Bureau predicts a slow rise in temperatures from now on.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Weather Bureau
Iowa Good Roads Association Plans County Education Campaign
The Iowa Good Roads Association was formed and adopted a highway plan to pave trunklines within 10 years and improve all secondary roads. M. W. Alfres of Newton was elected president with E T Meredith and Mrs H C Taylor as vice presidents, and Louis H. Cook named secretary.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa Good Roads .Association
Iowa
B. Allfres
Newton
E. T. Meredith
H. C. Taylor
Bloomfield
Iowa Federation
Film Tale of Atrocities Smuggled From Ruhr by 18 Men
A party of 18 motion picture operators smuggled into the Ruhr to film alleged atrocities. Sixteen returned to Berlin with 500 meters of footage. They traveled in ragged clothes with hidden cameras, under cover of night, evading sentries. The fate of two missing men is unknown.
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Ryte Associated Press
Berlin
Ruhr
Lyo
Senator Wheeler to Campaign for Johnson in Minnesota
Senator elect Burton Wheeler of Montana will campaign in Minnesota for Magnus Johnson the Farmer Labor candidate for the late Knute Nelson seat. Wheeler said the move does not abandon the Democratic party but that Democrats have no chance and a progressive senator is needed.
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Washington
D. C
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Minnesota
Magnus Johnson
Knute Nelson
Tam
Senate
Lash Followed Plea to Lord for Mercy by Martin Tabert
Lake City Florida June 298 One hundred nineteen lashes were inflicted on Martin Tabert as he lay helpless on the ground by Walter Higginbotham according to testimony in the murder trial of the lumber camp whipping boss. Bell a former guard at the Purhany Lumber company's camp testified once when she lash curved around Tabert's back he screamed Oh Lord have mercy upon me Higginbotham said you needn't call on the lord I am doing this whipping I'm boss of this camp.
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Inbotham
Mary Minter Seeks Rest Cure Amid Nerves
Mary Miles Minter, actress, is in a Pasadena hospital taking a rest cure after a week’s absence. Her grandmother reports she will live with her mother soon, but carpenters next door disturb her nerves and cause irritation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mary Miles Minter
Pasadena
Julette Miles
Mary
Mrs. Miles
Poison death of Dr Martin A Meyer shocks San Francisco
Authorities opened a full inquiry after an autopsy suggested acute indigestion may have caused Rabbi Meyer’s sudden death. The noted Jewish leader and Temple Emanuel rabbi was found dead at his study desk while reading, with trace of poison in his stomach.
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San Francisco
Martina A. Meyer
Temple Emanuel
Tofay
Rabbi Meyer
Clark
Germany builds thousands of war planes under cover of commerce
Paris dispatch cites Captain Fonck accusing Germany of disguising military aircraft as commercial planes. Factories in six countries, with Moscow and Petrograd overseers, support engines and wings. France plans stronger air forces and a 35 million franc boost to aviation, while Britain weighs arms limitation talks.
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Paris
Germany
Rene Monck
France
Chamber of Deputies
Aviation League of France
Fonck
England
Hig
Russia
Switzerland
Italy
Holland
Spain
Moscow
Petrograd
Odessa
Alexandrovsk
London
Great Britain
Daily News Today
French Chamber of Deputies
Baldswin
Millionaires Missing In Jury-Fixing Investigation
Sheriff hunts venire for 75 potential jurors in Waukegan seeking Field Courtneys and Kaufman charged with conspiracy to impede justice in Gov. Small trial. Despite visits to many affluent homes in Duke Forest and Highland Park, only chauffeurs and housemaids were found. deputies logged 50 miles seeking eligible residents.
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Waukegan, II
Duke Forest
Highland Park
Ahlstrom
J. B. Field
Eddie Courtneys
Eddie Kaufman
Gov. Small
Field
North Side
Veniremen
Cedar Falls Man Frosted After Locking In Plant
Paul White an employee of Cornell Ice Cream company spent an hour trapped in a freezer room after another worker left. He emerged with frost stiffened clothing but still joined Cedar Falls band rehearsals later that evening.
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Cedar Falls
Paul White
Cornell Ice Cream Company
White
Cedar Fails
New Boulevard Stop Law Causes Smash
In Des Moines on June 29 John Campbell is gravely injured at Methodist Hospital as police hunt for driver "Erappy" Williams after his car failed to stop at West Forty second Street and Grand Avenue causing a rollover. A bottle of whisky was found in the wrecked vehicle.
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Des Moines
John Campbell
Methodist Hospital
Williams
West Forty-second
Grand Avenue
Chief on Trail of Robbers in Police Captain's Office
Des Moines police pursue robbers who invaded headquarters and looted the captain’s office vault. A prisoner, Henry A. Trubbard, is accused of stealing 310 and two gold fountain pens, with officers examining other envelopes from inmates.
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Des Moines
W Hammond
TH. i. Trubbard
Atom
Polita
Volleo
Des Moines Streetcar Crash Kills Victor Men
Two Victor, Iowa men K. H. Gwynn and G. P. Mohr died when a Des Moines streetcar struck their automobile at a grade crossing on Thirty third street and Windbell avenue. Tremper Hawk and Jack Flynn injured. five others aboard, including the streetcar conductor, escaped.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Thirty-third Street
Windbell Avenue
K. H. Gwynn
Vieitor, Tu
G. P. Mohr
Victor
Trev
Perry Hawk
Tod Jack Flynn
Gwynn
Emmeshel
R. E H. Jasinsky
Vieler
Ship's Crew Endures Hunger and Hardship on 2000 Mile Drift
Survivors of the Trevessa, a Hain Steamship steamer, report a 2000 mile drift across the Indian Ocean. Only two natives died. 10 crewmen remain missing, while the captain and 16 others were rescued at Rodrigues island after rationing to two teaspoons of milk and one biscuit daily.
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London
Hain Steamship Company
Trevessa
Hnye
Souillac
South Mauritis
Ccompany
Rodrigues Island
Tia
Georgia Governor Brands Masked Groups as Threats
Georgia Governor Thomas Hardwick denounces secret fraternities and urges a ban on masks in public and membership registration. He warns such groups threaten open government and judicial integrity. Governor-elect Clifford Walker is set to be inaugurated Saturday.
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United Press
Atlanta
Georgia
Thomas Hardwick
Georgia General Assembly
State Superior Court
Clifford Walker
Ear
Maud Flight Ends in Fog Shrouded Maud Flay
Army aviators attempting endurance flights were forced down in San Diego bay at 4:40 this morning after a faulty gas line caused a crash. The plane turned over but crewmembers were uninjured though the aircraft was damaged. The mission aimed to break endurance records with midair refueling demonstrated and messages exchanged between planes.
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Cit.l
Smith Mtd
Liew
Stiehter
Army
San Diego Bay
North Tshiund
Tn Air
Foa. m
Smith
Michter
Two Arrested After Escort Beaten and Kidnaped
Miss Genevieve Sprague 21 of South Hammond was found collapsed after being kidnapped from her escort H A Trussell of Bolton Til. The pair were overpowered and she was later found in a deserted auto on Lake Shore road. Police identified two men, Frank Kelly of New York and James Carr of Muncie, as alleged kidnappers.
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Hammond
Ind
Genevieve Sprague
South Hammond
Here
Miss Sprague
H. A. Trussell
Bolton
Til
Lako
Trussell
Frank Kelly
Niuw York
James Carr
Muncie
Explorer's Daughter Granted Entry as Tourist at Ellis Island
Miss Jovan Borchgrevink, daughter of Antarctic explorer Carsten Borchgrevink, was released from Ellis Island and admitted as a tourist after prior detention. Despite Norwegian nationality she was born in England and had been held when the British immigration quota was exhausted. Dr Karsten Zeilitz requested admission for travel to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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New York
Jovan Borchgrevink
Carsten Borcherevink
Karsten Zettitz
Sioux Falls
S. D
Eflis Island
England
Marquette College Plans Two New Campus Buildings
Marquette College announces two new building projects in Milwaukee. A four story administration and science building will rise at Thirteenth Street and Avenue, and a three story law building is planned at Eleventh Street and Grand Avenue. A new home for the Marquette Union will also begin this summer, and the old Union building will be torn down.
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Milwaukee
Marquette University
Albert (Ox
Thirteenth Street
Avenue
College of Law
Eleventh Street
Grand Avenue
University
Union Sceme
Klan Receivership Hearing Postponed
Atlanta Georgia June 29. A petition for receivers of the Ku Klux Klan group brought by David M. Rittenhouse of Philadelphia and others was postponed until Monday July 2 in superior court here today.
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Atlanta
Ky Hax Klan
David M. Rittenhouse
Philadelphia
Jally
Superior
Lava Streams Erupt Near Linguaglossa in Italy
A fresh lava flow erupts from a crater near Mount Etna advancing at about 12 miles per hour toward Linguaglossa. The molten river, 40 feet wide, crosses terrain toward the railway line as Italians report renewed volcanic activity from Catania.
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Uy Tasted Press
Tome
Manathiya
Gfarne
Italia
Catania
Ney Torn
Mount Ner
Weis Waring
James Jaugherty Heads to Dampsey-Gibbons Field Meet
James Jaugherty of Philadelphia travels through St. Paul en route to Shelby for the Dampsey-Gibbons field meet on July 4. He was in transit Sunday within the city.
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St. Paul
Minn
Jung
James Jaugherty
Philadelphia
Dampsey-Gibbons
Shelby
Great Ails
Cincinnati Pittsburgh Batteries Bente Baehy and Schmie
A fragmentary item names Bente Baehy and Schmie linked to a Cincinnati Pittsburgh battery topic. The readable text provides no clear event date or outcome, but indicates a dispute or action involving the two individuals and the cities cited.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Bente ‘Baehy and Schmie
Harding urges collective cure for business ills reports revival in industry
President Harding presents a report on the postwar revival of business from Butte to Helena. He says mobilization by business labor and government overcame low mood and unemployment, praising plain methods that produced results. He recalls his schooldays in Montana and notes travel has broadened his view of America’s strength.
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Associated Press
Butte
Mont
Hera
Harding
Wiil
United States
Federal Reserve
Federal Farm Loan Board
The
Finance Corporation
Montana State Normal School
Dillon
Anties
Here
Ilarding
Atlantic
Pacife
Ameriica
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GOD Roads Association
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Martin Tabert
Mary Minter
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ALTHO
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Baseball Today
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Vangiller
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Tag Morrison
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Philadelphia Batteries
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Wassler
Wereid
Appela Ibei Gym
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Daones and Taylor
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Colle
Alaska
Helena
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Idaho
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