Burgh Cleared of Insanity After Tripple Murder Trial
Arthur C. Burch formerly of Higanston is freed after three murder trials and one sanity hearing. J Belton Kennedy was killed on the steps of a Beverley Glen summer cottage. Burch and Mrs. Madalynne Obencham faced indictment with juries split on guilt.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Arthur C. Burch
Higanston
Jul
Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Beverley Glen
Madalynne Obenchum
Pamphlet Arrest in Los Angeles Tells of Hollywood Sins
Ed Roberts, former publisher of It magazine and ex city council candidate, surrendered to U S marshals in Los Angeles to face a federal grand jury indictment. He is accused of sending forbidden literature to other states about alleged Hollywood sins and sensational parties.
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Los Angeles
Cali
Holywood
Hollywood
Ed Roberts
United States Marshal
Held for Killing Gham in Bay City
Harold A. Mendall is held in a jail cell on murder charges after a confrontation with his chum Rollin H. Morgan. Mendall admitted a love triangle involving their wives and described how both men exchanged wives and spooned. Investigators probe Morgan death in the Kawkawlim river four months earlier. A separate report from Grayson Kentucky cites 24 year old Harrison Blanton shooting Paul Herron on courthouse steps after his father William Blanton was acquitted. Deputies guard jail amid lynch fears as crowds watch the aftermath of the trial.
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Bay City
Mich
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Morgan
Harold A. Mendall
Mendelts
Kawkawlim River
Grayson
Harrison Blanton
Paul Herron
William Blanton
Blanton
Million Dollar Drug Bust Stuns City Police Seize Montreal Narcotics
Royal Canadian Mounted Police and custom agents seized ten thousand ounces of narcotics in Montreal. The drugs valued at wholesale totals about 76000 dollars, but street price among peddlers nears one million dollars. Authorities reported the seizure as part of a wider anti smuggling effort. In Kentucky reports say United States Commissioner W H Wood urged the War Department to mobilize troops at Fort Thomas to aid in recovering the slain Prohibition Agent Duff’s body, held by Menifee county moonshiners barricaded inside cabins.
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Montreal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Louisville
Relief plan outlines aid for seven million Russians
On arrival in New York Col. William N. Heskell, chief American Relief Administration representative in Russia, states over 7,000,000 Russians require relief this winter. He says 4,000,000 will be cared for by American relief workers while the remaining 3,000,000 will receive aid from the Soviet government.
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New York
William N. Heskell
Russia
American Relief Administration
Reichstag
France
Britain
Ruhr
Germany
England
Cine
Jrench
Baverian
Berlin
St. Louis Celebrates 109 Years Since Incorporation
St Louis marks 109 years since its incorporation. The city began with a population around 6,000 and now stands near 390,000 residents.
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St. Lewis
St. Louis
St Louis
Norbeck Backs War Finance Aid for Exports
Senator Peter Norbeck and Representative A P Nelson introduced a temporary extension of the War Finance Corporation powers to advance funds to foreigners for securing exports of American foodstuffs. The plan aims to boost surplus crop shipments abroad and has support from John Howard, head of the American Farm Federation.
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Farmera Ald
Washington, D. C
War Finance Corporation
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
A. P. Nelson
Wisconsin
John Howard
Fam Bt Feen Federation
Daugherty Faces Impeachment Calls and Roaring Turbulence
The article surveys charges against Attorney General Daugherty filed with the House Judiciary Committee and his impeachment push. It covers Lausanne talks on Dardanelles control, Irish Free State formation, German reparations plans, and U S wartime subsidies, plus Harding opposition to direct presidential elections and Melson tax proposals.
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Daugherty
House Committee On Judiciary
Judiciary ‘Committee
Des Moines Exposition Plans and Local Developments
A mammoth exposition building for Des Moines is planned. Town Wesleyan colleges begin a $1,000,000 endowment drive. Notable notes cover local health, agriculture, veterans, taxes, transit, and real estate activity, including rail accidents, state tax proposals, and newspaper mergers in North Iowa.
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Town Wesleyan
Merton Thompson
Ayrshire
Heraulf
George W. Johnson
Lamont
Lloyd Johnson
Lizzie Johnson
Webster City
W. L. Preston
Anamosa
Cantada
Sam Mc ® Iung
Wilton
Clinton
Turner Socciety
Sargent W. A. Stevens
Argonne Post
American Legion
Wabash
Shenandoah
Iowa
University of Iowa City
Bergens
G.W. Patterson
Burt
Samployes
State House
Kendall
Story County
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa Legionaire
Gerhard Moenk
Arthur
Wayne Township
Montivello
Holstein
Germany
Polk County
N. Frankel
Herris-Emery Company
Robert Hawkins
Santor Fura
Nevada
Hawkins
Elizabeth Starr
Waterloo
Cabina
President Addresses Congress on Postwar Problems and Rail Reform
President Barding outlines postwar social economic challenges at home. He urges abolition or revision of the U S Railroad Labor Board, expansion of farm credits, coordinated transportation, and stricter immigration registration as part of a broader plan to stabilize agriculture, transportation, and national policy.
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Washington
Barding
Congress
Unian
Hime
Federal Reserve
War Finance Corporation
Farm Loan Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Labor Board
Ig Net
Lumwell
Ofera
Defense of the Senate Urges Broad Civic Interest
Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania told the Association of Life Insurance Presidents that the Senate deserves study and support. He urged voters to learn about all senatorial campaigns, stressing the need for like-minded colleagues and broad public engagement to prevent privilege from breeding snobbery in politics.
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America
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