Hundreds caught in big drive on counterfeiters
New York reports a wide international counterfeiting ring busted by Secret Service agents with almost 600 arrests across a dozen countries. Fifteen suspects in Europe and the Caribbean face federal charges as the probe links the counterfeit plot to a spate of gang murders and illicit liquor and narcotics dealings.
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New York
Secret Service
United States
Joseph A. Palma
Special Secret Service
Enge
France
Egypt
Arbany
Cuba
Austria
Bahamas
American Secret Service
Groome Sreet
X John Dirkosa
Underworld
Palnit
Limes
Mer
Palma 1
Accor Alm
Organimwien
Internal Revenue
Quebec
Pidition
Teague
Italy
Democratic Chief Assails Harding Administration
Ikons Feb 22. Cordell Hull, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, denounces the Harding administration as harming American farmers. He accuses Republicans of partisanship, lack of substitutes for Democratic policies, and aloofness that he says caused greater losses to the people than the postwar era. He asserts farmers rely on protected markets and foreign trade for prosperity.
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Ikons
Cordell Hud
Con Niltires
Phos
America
Frenzied Finance Barber-Banker Sought by Police
Chicago police chase an Italian immigrant turned barber and financier whose rapid, high risk dealings have cost investors from a half million to a million dollars or more. Officials trace his career across the East and Midwest as he hovers near the Mexican border.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Italy
West Side
East
Middlewest
Multiple 1920s crises swirl as crimes, strikes, and disasters
A chaotic report details bombastic items: German and Allied actions in Europe, a mass counterfeiting dragnet, a banker baron’s fugitive caper tied to Marcino, a Warren bank embezzlement, mine and plant explosions, political skirmishes, weather alerts, and sports results. It names Rockefeller golf, a Mexican border hunt, and a sprawling web of fraud, bank failures, and public notices.
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Secret Service
Warren, Mass
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Illinois
Bridgeport Men Elected to State Posts by P C Clerks
At the Connecticut Memorial United National Association of Post Office Clerks annual meeting in New Haven, Jom s Nelson and John Pyatak of Bridgeport were elected president and treasurer respectively. The group endorsed amalgamation with the Connecticut Federation of Post Office Clerks and set plans to negotiate. Next convention slated for Bridgeport on February 6 1924.
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Jom
Nelson
John Pyatak
Connecticut
United National Association of Post Office Clerks
New Haven
Connestion Federation of Post Office Clerks
CPL Prancistus
National Press
le Dig Ney
American Federation of Labor
Bridgeport
John JT. Nelson
Fred A. Comber
Waterbury
M.T. Murphy
New Britain
Morgan T. Burke
John Byatak
Imprisoned for Using the Mails to Defraud
Federal Judge Alschuler today sentenced John Worthington of Lasalle Street to Leavenworth Federal Prison for two years and a $1000 fine on conviction of using the mails to defraud.
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Alschuler
John Wy. Worthington
Tolt of
Lasalle Street
Leavenworth Federal
Westport Lacks Hard Coal Says Fuel Chief
Westport lacks hard coal, reports Fuel Administrator Austin Wakeman of Riverside Avenue. He notes soft coal is being purchased, two loads of stove coal expected to arrive in Saugatuck tomorrow, and talks with state and local officials yield few specifics. Fire risks arise from burning coke and wood, while wood supplies are ample. users are urged to buy wood and avoid bricking.
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Austin Wakeman
Riverside Avenue
Westport
Wakes
Selectsman
Saugatuck
Wakeman Wi
State Macy Adpuiistri
Worthing
Fat Mir
Wikeman
Lr ii
Sli
Wakeagfian Dor
Students skip school to honor Washington’s Birthday
Ridgeport public schools faced a holiday mood as 3, 6, and many more pupils defied the board and took the day off in various grades. Beardsley park and Seaside emptied as skates and ice coats replaced classrooms. Attendance at Bridgeport High drew 83 in the morning and 185 overall, with Lyon Terrace seeing about 30 absent. Principal and superintendent attributed absences to holiday sentiment and weather, noting a few disciplinary cases and many parents upset by school in session. City Hall closed and welfare offices kept limited operations.
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George Washington
Ridgeport
Board of Education
Washington
Beardsley Park
Seaside
Soldiers of History
B. HM
Bridgeport
Uuck Finn
Tom Sawyer
Normar
Lyon Terrace
Fiske
Cortright
Gramimir
Cold Wave Heads This Way From Northwest Region
The Weather Bureau reports a cold wave sweeping the northwest toward the Atlantic Coast and expected to hit here today. A warm spell ended yesterday as a northwest gale of 25 mph developed by 8 p.m. last night, dropping temperatures to 17 degrees, twenty degrees below the day's high at 2 p.m.
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Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Ship Bill Fate Hinges On Forced Vote In Senate
In Washington the administration shipping bill faced a looming doom after a day of filibustering. Opponents prepared to block action by recommital or displacement, while some supporters warned they would pull back if the bill continued to block other legislation. Senators debated strategies with talks of White House talks and possible action by Saturday night.
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Washington
Senate
Willis
Olio
Mel Kellar
Tennessee
Harding
White House
Philip Nolan Not Dead Speaker Tells Painters
Rev Percy M H Thomas of Lowell Mass spoke to the Society of Master House Painters and Decorators of Connecticut in Stratfield ballroom last night. He defended patriotism as paying the debt to founders and loyalty, urging those doubting patriotism to leave the country or be assisted out. He claimed Philip Nolan was banished as proof that patriotism is normal and warned against ads trying to sway national control.
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Philip Nolan
Percy MH. Thomas
Lowell
Mass
Society of Master House Painters and Decorators
Connecticut
Stratfield
Philip Nolando
United States
Reda
Speeding Up the Courts via Double Jury Plan
New Haven county lawyers and jurists praise the first test of a double jury system in the State Superior courts as a method to accelerate trials. Other counties are expected to adopt similar trials soon. a detailed report on the New Haven experiment is to follow.
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New Haven County
French Soldiers Fire on Crowd in Ruhr War Scene
London based dispatch quotes the London Daily Telegraph on German aeronautical experts aiding the Soviet air program. It claims a 5,000 airplane fleet to be built in Russia with German design and pilots, despite Versailles treaty limits. The report notes Italy exported 800 planes to the Soviet Union and discusses broader air cooperation.
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Washington
Rony
Moscow
Trotsky Ag
Russia
Army Air Service Headquarters
London
Eddie Rickenbacker
Europe
Tig Air Restoration
Rathenau
Archer
Koenigsberg
German Reds Claim Government Is Preparing for Civil War
Berlin February 22 German Communists accuse the government of planning civil war as they denounce a secret council meeting with General Von Sieckt and claim the defense ministry is organizing for home guard guerilla warfare. They demand action in the Reichstag amid cries of treason while reports link Ruhr tensions to a possible Franco German industrial alliance.
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Fire Point
Brank
Russia
Reichdag
Defense Ministry
U. S
Herrick
Lucheon
Karl HI
von Wiegand
Berlin
She’ Ruhr
Heichstag
Bartz
Ministry of National Defense
Rote Vahne
von Sieckt
Mackensen
von Deeckt
National Guard
Germany
Rose Fabne
Cune
van Ceeckt
Reichstag
Three Missing After Illinois Powder Works Explosion
Three workers are missing and presumed dead after a series of blasts at the Illinois Powder company facility near hero. About a dozen others were slightly injured as four buildings burned and a dangerous nitroglycerine stock remained at risk. The blast was felt within a 25 mile radius, shattering windows and rocking houses in Grafton as wire breaks threatened further explosions, which were controlled by evening.
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Geaplon
Associated Press
Iinois Powder Company
Hero
Ner
Grafton
Three Killed Two Hurt In Mine Explosion Near Dillard
In Adamo Ohio three men were killed and two injured this afternoon at the Carter O company base near Dillard. The blast occurred while workers prepared to blast casing in an abandoned well as a dynamite charge was lowered. Cause of premature blast not yet determined.
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Adamo, Ohi
Meh
Carter O Company
Dillard
Girl Dies of Sleeping Sickness in Middletown
Grace Melly, a 2 year old girl in Middletown, died today of sleeping sickness at Middlesex Hospital after admission yesterday. The case marks a tragic end noted by local officials.
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Middletown
Vaiddletown
Fen
Grace Melly
Middlesex Hospital
Human Fly to Climb Stratfield Building Tonight
Johnnie Reynolds, a veteran ascent performer, plans a noon climb of the Stratfield building at 72.10 after revealing his 22 years of building climbing. He previously scaled the Warner building on Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport 13 years ago and has tackled major eastern structures including Philadelphia City Hall.
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Johnnie Reynolds
Stratfield Hotel
Puiding
Reynolds
Bridgeport
Warner
Wairfield Avenue
Troynolds
Storm battered ship lands after 21 days at sea
PALLADELPHIA Feb 329 The shipping board steamer Eastern Star arrived after a twenty one day battle with wind and wave. The bridge pilot house and wireless material were swept away. Immress signals were heard from the Moscensio, wireless operator Hugh O'Donnell said. The Eastern Star was making about one mile an hour and practically helpless.
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Palladelphia
Shipping Board
Eastern Star
Moscensio
Hugh O'Donnell
Carmody Is Arrested Amid Excitement at Dance Hall
Josep Carmody of 94 Mill Hin Avenue was arrested last night after being forcibly removed from Quilty's dance hall on Wairfield Avenue for alleged disorderly conduct while intoxicated. A crowd followed him and his police escort to headquarters. He faces drunkenness charges with bonds set at 526.
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Josep Carmody
Mill Hin Avenue
Quilty
Wairfield Avenue
White Soldiers Disgruntled as French Kill in Bochum Riot
Two French soldiers fired on a crowd in front of Bochum law courts killing one and wounding two as French troops occupied the courthouse and prison. The incident followed tension over spies and officials, with bystanders hooting the soldiers and a German interpreter assaulted. In Essen, France moves to replace white troops with black battalions amid Ruhr unrest, sending four-hundred man units to Valert Werden and Kupfergrund.
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Ruhr
Bochum
Associated Press
Law Courts
Jleeding
Essen
France
Valert
Werden
Kupfergret
No France Support Seen at Ruhr Invasion Protest
About 14,090 gathered at Madison Square Garden for a mass protest against the Ruhr invasion. No France champions appeared, though police kept 653 officers inside and out, with 300 patrolmen, 25 motorcycle officers, 25 mounted cops, six detectives, and a riot squad. no arrests were made.
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New York
Madigan Square Garden
France
Armed bandits hold up druggist and patrons in New York
Three armed bandits entered a pharmacy on St. Nicholas avenue tonight and robbed the proprietor of 336 dollars. They then waited on men and women customers for twenty minutes, taking 918 dollars in all before escaping in a taxicab.
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New York
St. Nicholas Avenue
Rob
Ibed
Wealthy Man Found Dead at Belleville Company Den
Arthur Leacock, a wealthy New York manufacturer and president of the electrical machine company in Belleville, was found dead today in a den he maintained there. Gas was pouring from an unlit heater.
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Belleville
N. J
Arthur Leacock
New York
Electrical Machine Company
Gag
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Meno
Abraham Goldman
Furniture Exhibitors Exchange
Mexico
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