Coney Island Track Man Held in 40000 Bond
Federal raid on a major prohibition liquor ring nets twenty arrests led by Bill Dwyer head of the syndicate. Dwyer held on $40000 bail for conspiring to import 4038 cases of liquor hidden in a steamship bunkers. The ring controlled eighteen ocean steamers and operated from offices in Times Square and other locations.
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New York
Prohibition
United States
Coast Guard
Bill” Dwyer
Dwyer
Goddard
Augusta
Stichman
Buckner
Mt. Royal
Montreal
Coney Island
Cincinnati
Thatcher
East River National Bank
Times Square
Walton A. Green
Lincoln C. Andrews
Foster
Ring
Lexion Avenue
Grand Central Rminal
St. Alban’s
Montauk ‘Point
Diempstead
L. IL
Ces Dne Albee
Brooklyn
New London
Connecticut
Prohibition Department
Miracle Cross at Davoli Draws Diocesan Attention
Davoli village in Calabria reports a crucifix where blood drops flow from the right foot wound and occasionally from the side. Monsignor Melomo visited the church and urged caution, signaling a potential Holy See inquiry if the phenomenon persists as thousands visit from across the diocese.
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Beatrice Baskerville
New York
Rome
Davoli
Calabria
Monsignor
Melomo
Holy See
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Preas’ Pub. Co
Getting Use Out of Useless Furniture Ad Turns Chairs to Cash
An advertisement in The Commercial Tribune offers two black leather living-room chairs for sale at $5. The ad notes the sellers can be reached by phone and positions the chairs as a practical Christmas cash source. The brief item highlights how such ads transform unused goods into spendable money.
Rum Drops Questioned by American Buyers in London
Americans in London flood the American Consul General with questions about candies filled with rum and whether they fall under the Volstead act ban. Firms advertise "with a kick inside" bon bons costing ten to sixteen shillings a box, enticing buyers bound for New York. No guidance yet on enforcement actions for the rum drops.
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London
New York
Plan to end coal strike seen in Harrisburg move
Corry Pa December 3 Governor Pinchot invited civic groups and business leaders from Scranton Wilkes Barre and Hazleton to meet in Harrisburg Tuesday to confer on the anthracite suspension. Telegrams to Ralph Weeks Ammerman and E J Lynett urged the conference to seek other settlement avenues.
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Corry
Pinchot
Khim
Harrisburg
Scranton Chamber of Commerce
Wilkesbarre
Ralph E. Weeks
Ralph Ammerman
E. J. Lynett
Scranton Coal Suspension Committee
Eugene Giering
Wilkesbarre Chamber of Commerce
W. M. Dyatt
Hazleton
Cummings Blasts Court Enemies in New Haven Speech
Homer S. Cummings denounced what he called irreconcilables in the U S Senate over the World Court during a mass meeting in New Haven Conn. He condemned Borah and his group for blocking U S ratification and warned about reservations and delays hurting the nation.
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New Haven
Conn
Homer
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
America
United States Senate
Senate Chamber
Senator Borah
United States
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Root
Hughes
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Borah
Reform groups send letter to White House on Prohibition enforcement
Twenty six national reform bodies urge the President to firm enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. Secretary Mellon defends methods and notes ongoing improvements in enforcement machinery under Assistant Secretary Andrews. Lawmakers in both parties discuss tweaks to the dry law as the debate intensifies ahead of Congress.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Mellon
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
N. Y
Reform Group
Executive Mansion
Treasury
Andrews
House
Representative Hill
Rep
Dyer
Gallivan
Dem
Mass
Roy Haynes
Prohibition
Mr. Gallivan
Seek clubber in two more towns reported in LaSalle
LaSalle New York December 3 police hunted a six foot man with cap over eyes described as clubber. He beat or chased women in two nights prompting emergency calls and a search after a Toledo style assailant.
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Lasalle
N. Y
Toledo
Clubber Attacks 15 Year Old Marie Mayhew Near Home
Jackson residents and county officials hunted a small male attacker after Marie Mayhew, 15, was struck with a blunt instrument on her way home from a neighbor’s where she studied with other students. She suffered two scalp wounds but is not in serious condition.
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Jackson
Marie Mayhew
Charles Mayhew
Man Admits Tail Employee Theft Blames Woman
A man admits stealing from a tail employee and shifts blame to a woman while arguing he was driven by financial need. The court hearing focuses on motive and accountability amid unsettled cash pressures.
Pittman confesses to planned murder and robbery
Rice Pittman a 49 year old labor foreman for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad admits to detectives that he planned the murder and robbery of Ace C. Doans a 55 year old laborer. Evidence includes an iron bolt a cut trousers pocket and a stained safety pin linked to the crime scene.
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Rice Pittman
West Third Street
Covington
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Indiana
Kirgan
Ace C. Doans
Eubanks
Pittman
Hanrahan and Wolf
Bitterle
Doans
Coans
Kirgen
Quebec Road
Wolf
Handrahan
Summit
Chesapeake & Ohio Roundhouse
Betty Nelson
West Sixth Street
Boy reunites with father after newspaper fame scare
Pete Uroda a 15 year old from Middletown Ohio ran away after his father disciplined him then slept in parks in Cincinnati. He befriended Waldner Detselson a newspaper vendor who sheltered him until police found him. Detselson refused the $5 reward and said he helped the boy return home.
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Pete Uroda
Taylor Avenue
Middletown
Louis Uroda
Cincinnati
Waldner Detselson
Central Avenue
Deaf
Pete
Detselson
Wessel
Peter
Dog Triggers Murder Scare at Burkley Home
Police rushed to the Columbus residence after a telephone operator reported a down line and groans on the line. Patrols found the Burkley family sleeping while their German police dog was tangled in wires, whining unable to free itself.
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Columbus
T. M. Burkley
Burkley
Chick Fe Great Serial Story to Begin December Seventh
The Commercial Tribune announces a new serial called CHICK FE great to debut Monday December 7. It will run daily and Sundays in installments until completion.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Nicholson Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Skirvin Case
The defendant Nicholson, on trial for the shooting death of Earl Skirvin, agreed to plead guilty to manslaughter after his defense strategy shifted. Judge Struble sentenced him to ten to twenty years, with prosecutors noting the change was urged by Skirvin’s parents.
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Nicholson
Earl Skirvin
Struble
Charles 8. Bell
Bell
Skirvin
Es Wee
Sachem
Avenue
Morrissey
JA. C. Fricker
Fred Derfus
Carl E. Basler
Severe storm sweeps the north Atlantic coast
A Florida coast storm intensified as it moved to New Jersey and New York prompting a double patrol along the New Jersey coast. No deaths reported though widespread damage included demolished beach structures at Coney Island and flooded restaurants. Belmar’s Ocean Boulevard was undermined and Sea Bright schools closed for the day.
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Associated Press
New York
Florida
New Jersey
Coast Guard
Asbury Park
Connecticut
Coney Island
Sandy Hook
Belmar
N. J
Ocean Boulevard
Coast Guard Station
Sea Bright
Ex Governor Gilchrist Found After Honor Renaming
Former Florida governor Gilchrist, sought by the Bureau of Missing Persons, was found in the Hospital for the Ruptured where doctors say he is recovering well after an operation. Florida Senate officials had requested locating him and noted a Florida county was renamed in his honor.
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New York World News Service
New York
Gilchrist
Florida
Bureau of Missing Persons
William B. Col
Bradley L. Coley
Hylton
Charles A. Finley
State Senate of
Senate
Mayor's Home Bombed Again in Ohio
A third bombing attempt targeted Mayor Charles Jeffrey of Dennison Ohio. The aerial blast caused little damage and no one was home. Jeffrey has aggressively pursued bootleggers, with prior bombings occurring last summer.
Colonel Sherrill council choice for $25 000 city managership
London dispatch reports a formal vote set for tomorrow on Colonel Sherrill's nomination for a $25,000 city manager post as Britain and Ireland reach a settlement on boundary issues. The piece outlines terms of the Anglo Irish treaty settlement, liability shifts, and proposed Ulster Free State talks, with political risk and financial implications for Ireland and Britain. It notes disappointment over Ulster territory gains and expects minor frontier changes only.
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Sherrill Council
Arthur. E. Mann
New York World News Service
London
Cosgrave
Irish Free State
Craig
Ulster
Boundary Commission
Baldwin
House of Commons
Free State
The
Free
State
Britain
Ireland
Free Staters
Sinn Fein
Commission
Lawyer Uses Cleopatra Metaphor in Rhinelander Case
White Plains N Y December 3 In closing arguments for the plaintiff Isaac N Mills likened Alice Beatrice Jones to Cleopatra as he urged the jury to annul the marriage to Leonard Kip Rhinelander The defense rebuttal followed as a court recess was called after Alices father protested being called a taxicab driver and denied the accusation.
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Rhinelander
Alice
Cleopatra
Kip
White Plains
N. Y
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Isaac N. Mills
Young Rhinelander
Alice Béatrice Jones
New Rochelle
Morschauser
Mills
Worstat
Alice Beatrice Jones
Delilah
Samson
Salome
Mark Anthony
Helen of Troy
George Jones
Lee. Parsons Davis
Balkans Crisis Halted by League Ultimatum
Rumbold Commission details near war between Greece and Bulgaria halted by League of Nations. Athens planned a mass attack on Petrich. Bulgaria prepared a defensive post. Damages totaled about 30 million levas. Frontier guard failures, armed border populations, and miscoordinated leadership cited.
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Alvin E. Johnson
New York World News Service
Geneva
Balkans
League of Nations
Rumbold Investigation Commission
Athens
Petrich
Bulgaria
Rumbold
Greece
League
Sofia
Acoe Oe
Soewan Service
N. Y
Cincinnati to name Col. Sherrill City Manager
Nine member Cincinnati City Council, elected by proportional representation, may appoint Lt Col Clarence O Sherrill as City Manager. Sherrill, a Washington DC Engineers Corps officer, would oversee civil affairs and 40 public buildings with 2,800 staff, earning 25000 dollars annually.
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Cincinnati
Clarence O. Sherrill
Washington, D. C
Engineers Corps
United States Army
Sherrill
Washington, D.C
Colonel Sherrill
Linton
L. A. Boulay
Toledo
Ohio
Boulay
City
Murray Seasongood
Washington
Seasongood
Stanley Matthews
Edward T. Dixon
Tyler Field
Julius Luchsinger
Charles O. Rose
Fred Schneller
Martin Daly
Charles Lackman
Parlot’ S
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New York Bank
Miracle Cross
Savior
Betty Bell
CANAL
Reform
Ace Coans
Soile
Lad
Elenore
North Atlantic Coast
Erin
Dublin
Army
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