Long Island gun battle nets 15 gang members and 14 marshals
Over 100 shots exchanged on Jericho turnpike near Higebington Long Island as a countrywide bootlegging gang clashes with fourteen deputy U S marshals. Six fugitives captured after a long chase. twenty five cases of whisky found. Authorities say two escapees were wounded.
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New York
United States
Jericho Turnpike
Higelogton
L. 1
Eix
Long Island
Hibbington
Payroll Stolen By Four Bandits Near Kincaid
Four men in an automobile robbed deputy sheriff and a bank cashier at the Peabody mining interests payroll pickup near Kincaid, stealing $114,000 intended for three nearby mines. Jones, cashier of the Kincaid Trust and Savings Bank, was struck. the bandits escaped with the payroll strapped for miners southeast of Springfield, Illinois.
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Springfield
Iil
Peabody
Kincaid
Taylorville
Jones
Kincaid ‘Trust and Savings Bank
Senate amendment to prohibition bill favored by house panel
Washington D C The senate amendment to the supplementary prohibition bill which would impose fines and imprisonment on officers who search or seize without a warrant was restricted by a substitute amendment from the house judiciary committee The panel ordered the substitute favorably reported to the house
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House Judiciary, Committee
House
Capper
Chicago Board of Trade
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Justice
Griffin
Campbell- Wills
Prohibition
Allied council to lift Rhineland barrier in September
The Allied Supreme Council agreed to abolish the economic barrier of the Rhineland on September 6. Germany will continue to pay war indemnities and the occupation of the right bank of the Rhine and the Ruhr will persist until the next council meeting for reconsideration.
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Rhineland
Parise
Ito
Rhine
Ruhr
Another Nineteenth Ward Victim in Chicago Killing
A man identified as osebh Almacola, age 65 and linked to Anthony D Andrea, was slain outside his home at 725 South Loomis Street in the Nineteenth Ward. The assailant remains unidentified as gunfire erupts again in the neighborhood.
Sternhardt Reported Seriously Ill in Paris Theater Circles
Paris theater gossip centers on actress Jared Bernhardt's condition as French media and Parisian friends report serious illness and concern grows over her health status at the Parla esys venue from management and fans alike.
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Sternhardt
Peris
Jared Bernhardt
Parla
Potato Flour Bread Tragedy Reported in Laredo
Mrs. Fidella Garcia and three children died after eating bread made from potato flour in Laredo Texas. A seven year old boy is said to be dying while other family members who ate the bread are recovering.
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Laredo
Tex
Fidella Garcia
Grain Bill Adopted By Senate and House Cooperation
Washington lawmakers reached a capital square accord on the Capper-Teindher bill to ban grain gambling transactions. The Senate and House approved the Senate substitute with minor changes, aligning positions and advancing the measure through the legislative coffers.
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Washington, D., C
Senate
House
Socialist Party Faces Severe Financial Straits
Chicago report shows the socialist party's national organization in debt totaling 21000 with an urgent 20000 needed within thirty days. An appeal to members claimed the party's credit was exhausted and only 5000 had been raised.
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Hicago
Socialist Party
Government Expenses Cut Taxes Raise Revenue in 1922 Plan
The 1922 revenue bill aims to cut government expenditures by 516 million and raise 3.075 billion from internal taxes, reducing postal receipts and debt service. Dependent allowances rise to 400 dollars, single filers face no new high exemption, large incomes see relief, and a broad repeal of certain taxes is planned, with overall internal tax yield targeted at 8.02 billion.
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Edward W. Pickard
Harding
Treasury
House
Senate
Logica Ip
Terenas
Iowa News Roundup of Local Deaths Crimes and Accidents
The town's list reports Elijah Nix found dead in a mill pond from heart disease, Rex Jones killed when his car rolled near Moray, and Mrs. Gertrude Menter who swallowed poison after a quarrel in Sioux City. Bank robbery near Weston and a shoe store burglary in Cedar Rapids caused losses. A wide range of incidents follow including fires, drownings, electrocutions, mining injuries, and a fatal lightning strike at Strawberry Point.
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Elijah Nix
Manchester
Mill Pond
Rex Jones
Albia
Moray
Bening
Yorktown
Weston Savings Bank
Council Bluffs
Yegginen
Newark
Cedar Rapids
Northrup Produce Company
Joe Shaw
Xica
Northrup
Post Office Department
Cascade
Bernhardt Hofmann
Oxtumwafter
Fred Martin
Iowa City
Iowa River
J.J. Lee
Ottumwa
Lee
Farley
Board of Education
Gertrude Menter
Sioux City
George Johnson
Frank Olinger
Strawberry Point
Young Olinger
Worth County
Aarng
Rock Island
Cedar Rapides
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Gerald Whelan
J. P. Whelan
Elma
Monument in New Orleans commemorates fallen comrades
A new interpretative memorial in New Orleans honors World War I service members. Designed by Charles L. Lawhorn and sculpted by H. Dodd, it rests on red poppies in City Park with the inscription In memory of our comrades who made the Supreme sacrifice. Around the shaft are side engravings for army navy marine and aviation service. T. Semmes Walmsley, head of the Legion memorial committee, praised the tribute as a remarkable concept.
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New Orleans, Jr
Charles L. Lawhorn
H. Dodd
American Legion
Navy
Marine
Aviation
T. Semmes Walmsley
Legion's National Committee On Memorials
New Orleans
Walmsley
Fee
Legion men do not forget Paul Pincel served in the Navy
Paul Pincel, a former gob baker in the United States Navy in World War I, suffered from tuberculosis at Seton Hospital in New York City. His veteran compensation delay spurred Bronx American Legion volunteers, led by Walter T. Hamilton, to raise $450 for his transport and an attendant. He is now home with his elderly father.
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Harvey
United States
Lloyd George
America
Near East
Noover
Washington
Gsoviet
Briand
Lenin
Aig
Russia
Small
Nopts Ain Cere
Sangamon County
Springfield
Paul P. Pincel
Seton Hospital
New York City
Favars
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Planell
Hutasu
American Legion
Walter T. Hamilton
Bronx
Hulston
Legionnaires
Pinnell
Clifford A. Lafitn
SS Toho’s Hospital
St. Paul
Ming
Lafito
Seventeenth Field Artillery
Plas for Sailor Boys Parade distribu tion in Beattle Wash
The women’s auxiliary of the American Legion in Beattle Washington handed out one thousand home made pleas to 1,400 sailors of the Pacific fleet during a parade. Additional rations were shared in a generous measure. The ship’s cook faces a tough night.
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Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion of
Order of Loyal Dads forms in Mt Myers Florida
The American Legion scene welcomes new groups as Dad Sheldon Foote of Mt Myers Florida founds the Order of Loyal Dads to aid veterans. The article notes wartime service eligibility, patriotic aims, and cooperation with existing legions while detailing welfare efforts in St Paul Minnesota and Connecticut.
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Connecticut Department of the American Legion
State of
Connecticut
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Commander of the Legion
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