Irish Lord Mayor O Callaghan Granted Landing by Labor Secretary
Secretary Wilson grants Lord Mayor O Callaghan of Cork permission to land as a seaman in Newport News, despite a State Department deportation order over a passport issue. Acting Secretary Davis orders immediate State Department investigation by its solicitor, with Lawless canceling surrender plans until testimony before the One Hundred committee concludes.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Secretary of Labor
Wilson
O'Callaghan
Cork
Newport News
Secretary of State
United States
Davis
Department of Labor
Judge Lawless
George Wm. Caruth Dies in Little Rock at 78
George Wm. Caruth aged 78 former minister to Portugal during Cleveland's second administration died in Little Rock after a lingering illness. He served in diplomatic posts and was a noted clergyman in Arkansas. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
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George Caruth
Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
George Wm. Caruth
Portugal
Cleveland
Weather data and a poetry excerpt from Shadow Verses
The clipping lists hourly U S Department of Weather readings with temperatures and humidity from yesterday and a brief forecast. It then presents a quoted poem excerpt describing financial woes and desires, attributed to Shadow Verses by Gamaliel Brandford. The piece includes an inserted reflection on spending and laments over money.
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U. S. Department of Weather
Hell Book Promises Punishments for Sinners in Zion
Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva issued advance sheets of a guide titled Hand-book to Guide to Hell promising severe punishments for sins. He warned that a tobacco smoker will face smoke filled confinement and a chewer of tobacco will be immersed in tobacco juice. A drinker will endure purification in a natatorium of alcohol.
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Associated Press
Zion
Ill
Hell
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Fordney Tariff Bill Broadened by Senate Finance Committee
The Fordney emergency tariff bill was broadened to cover nearly all farm products. The Senate finance committee approved sending it to the full Senate Monday, adding seven amendments for a total of ten. Some original provisions were removed and major-product rates from the House bill stayed. Democrats mostly opposed reporting the measure, with Nugent and Jones dissenting.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Hill
Senator Nugent
Idaho
Jones
New Mexico
Five Prisoners Now Recaptured in Potter County Escape
Five of ten prisoners liberated during a jail delivery were recaptured by Saturday night. John W. Crews was arrested by Leslie Walters of Conway and returned to jail in Amarillo. Walters believes two or more escapees were together but separated as he pursued them. He cites definite information on the burglary of W. B. Divers store in Conway and, with Sheriff Roach, expects the remaining escapees to be recaptured soon.
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Potter County
John W. Crews
Leslie Walters
Conway
Walters
Crews
Amarillo
W. B. Divers
American Legion
Sheriff Roach
Double Robbery and Assault Sentences In Gonzales
Albert Howard and Joe Nations, both Black, were convicted of robbery and criminal assault. Howard was sentenced to hang, Nations to nine years in the state peniten tiary. The men had broken jail in Gonzales in 1920 and forced a widow near Harwood to feed them before committing the crimes. It marks the first death penalty by a Gonzales jury in 25 years.
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Associated Preat
Houston
Texas
Albert Howard
Joe Nations
Gonzales
Howard
Nations
Harwood
Briand to Form New Ministry After Leygues Resignation
Paris January 15 Former premier Briand to form a new ministry replacing the Leygues cabinet which resigned Wednesday He has secured the backing of Laurent Bontevay a leading national bloc figure who spearheaded the Leygues attack Briand has held talks with many leaders to secure sufficient support for a cabinet formation.
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Associated Press
Paris
Briand
Leygues
Laurent Bontevay
National Bloc
M. Leygues
M. Briand
Dallas Drug Store Robbed by Two Robbers
Dallas police report two robbers calmly entered a residential district drug store and took 259 dollars from the cash drawer after disarming the clerk and two soda clerks. The men fled in a waiting automobile. no trace has been found.
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Dallas
Texas
Millionaire kid Osterweiss fined and released
Louis M. Osterweiss of New Haven known as the millionaire kid was fined 500 dollars and costs and released on bond to pay the fine. Judge Pollock said the government shared blame and the man was a victim of the curse of gold.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Louis M. Osterweiss
New Haven
Connecticut
Treasury
Federal
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
John C. Pollock
Osterweiss
Pollock
San Antonio
Dallas
Texas
New York
Mayor Hylan Faces Grand Jury Over City Scandal
On January 15 subpoenas were served on Mayor Hylan and Police Commissioner Enright to appear before a grand jury. Former Governor Whitman demanded the police department’s books and records to assist his inquiry into corruption in New York City administration. Whitman to personally supervise the examination of the officials.
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Associated Press
New York
Enright
Hylan
Whitman
Public safety order targets after midnight street presence
Knoxville Tennessee January 1. Commissioner of public safety Kuhlman issues an order directing police and detectives to arrest any person found on the streets after 1 a.m. in a bid to curb the crime wave.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Public Safety
Kuhlman
Cost of living declines 5.6 percent from July to November
New York January 15 cost of living fell 5.6 percent over four months from last July to November. Food prices dropped nearly 12 percent with potatoes down 63 percent and sugar 51 percent. Clothing prices fell over 14 percent while several items still declined less than 20 percent. Gloves unchanged.
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Associated Press
New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Eges
Court rules no redress for mislabeled cham magne beverage
Associated Press reports from Washington that January 15 state District Attorney Laskey refused a warrant to seize carbonated cider labeled champagne. He said buyers of such champagne substitute violate the Volstead act and the misbranding provisions of the food and drugs act cannot be used to enforce its own violation.
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Associated Frese
Washington
Laskey
Department of Agriculture
Doors of Amarillo Post Office Close Tonight
The Amarillo post office doors will close at 7 tonight and reopen at 8 tomorrow morning in a temporary measure. The action follows Treasury Department instructions to safeguard funds during a crime wave.
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Amarillo
Imain
Treasury Department
Confession Key Link in Dallas Post Office Robbery Case
Dallas police report a sensational post office substation robbery with six bandits. W S Scrivner confessed implicating a master mind while three others, including Rufus Clemons, were killed or at large as $246 000 in liberty bonds and currency were recovered near Fort Worth and Dallas.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Lberty
W. S. Scrivner
Fort Worth
Loreal
Scrivner
Pat. Murphy
Rufus Clemons
W. W. Matthews
Murphy
South Dallas
Vorrt Worth
William S
Shoe Workers Strike At McKnwain Plant
United Shoe Workers declare a strike at the McKnwain Shoe Company in Manchester New Hampshire effective Monday after wage cuts of 22 percent were announced following conference talks.
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Manchester
N. H
United Shoe Workers
McKniwain Shoe Company
Overthrow of Government Demanded by German Socialists
In Leghorn Italy on January 15 tensions rose at the Italian socialist congress as communism and socialism united against a government. Fist fights and uproar marked the session with observers noting Bolshevism as a central issue. President Signor Bombacci opened by recounting the party’s history against prejudice and obstacles.
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Leghorn
Italy
Signor Bombacci
Socialist Party
Karl Leibnecht
Rosa Luxemburg
Berlin
Italian socialist congress hints at schism over Bolshevism
In Leghorn Italy the 17th socialist congress opened with delegates welcomed by Mayor Mondolfi. The day featured clashes over Bolshevism, with passionate appeals for communism and socialist rivalries surfacing as a vote altered the calendar item and signaled possible splits within the party.
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Leghorn
Italy
Signor Mondolfi
Sunday blue laws dissected as encroachments on spiritual realm
Reports from Washington show the general conference committee of seventh day adventists describing Sunday blue laws as encroachments on the spiritual realm in a memorial released from its headquarters. Opposition to Sunday laws is said to be flatly noted and a proposed federal enactment is debated.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Conference Committee of
Seventh Day Adventists
Ranchman John Dagg Found Dead in Alvin Home
A Galveston dispatch reports wealthy stocksman John Dagg was found dead at his Alvin residence at 11 this morning with a gunshot wound to the breast and multiple knife slashes. The room showed signs of a struggle and authorities have no clue to the attacker’s identity.
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Galveston
Texas
Alvin
John Dagg
Mr. Cage
Riot in Berlin as Reds Attempt Parade on Liebknecht Luxemburg Anniversary
Four people were wounded in Unter den Linden when security police clashed with communists during an attempted parade marking the second anniversary of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg's deaths. Police reinforcements dispersed the crowds.
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Berlin
Unter den Linden
Reda
Connecion
Karl Liebnecht
Rosa Luxemburg
Communists clash with police in Berlin protest action
A Berlin dispatch reports six thousand protesters marching through Charlottenstrasse and Friedrichstrasse demanded government overthrow. They breached police lines at Charlottenstrasse and Wilhelmstrasse, but fled in panic after shots were fired from the Brandenburg gate.
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London
Berlin
Charlottenstrasse
Friedrichstrasse
Wilhemstrasse
Brandenburg Gate
Alleged Slayer Shot by Officers in Arkansas Mountain Tragedy
G N Burkhart, accused of murdering his wife on January 8, was tracked to a Pigeon’s Roost summit campfire in Montgomery county near Hot Springs. He was killed at 10:30 am after refusing to surrender and attempting to fire his revolver. The case stirred the region as letters to Harry A Martin of Jacksonville recounted Burkhart’s admission.
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Montgomery County
G. N. Burkhart
Burkhart
Arkansas
San Antonio Woman Heir to Mexican Gold Mine
Mrs. Valenzuela, 40, long resident of Beaumont, Texas, has been awarded half of Mexican gold mines worth $10,000 by the Mexican supreme court. She will travel to Mexico City February 1 with lawyers who aided her decade long legal fight to claim the fortune.
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San Antonio
Texas
Valenzuela
Beaumont
Supreme Court of Mexico
Mexico City
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