Opie Denied Killing Soldiers in Argonne Action
Major Hierome L. Opie defended himself before a Senate committee denying he shot two men in France. Witnesses testified no killings occurred, while Opie said he fired two shots to halt demoralized troops, and he never fired a revolver.
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Washington
Senate
Hierome L. Opie
Staunton
Opie
Virginia
Lemuel C. Smith
Smith
France
Argonne
Floyd W. Cunningham
Willis
Ohio
Major Opie
Henry L. Scott
Kenmore
Watson
Burckhardt Murder Theories Emerge In City Apartment Ambush
Detectives outline a theory on the death of Leopold Burckhardt a 60 year old capitalist found dead in his Auburn avenue apartment. They say a rear hall entry man shot blows fractured the skull and bruised the forehead then robbed a large sum before locking the door. The janitor noted the victim had been acting nervously in days before the tragedy.
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Leopold Burckhardt
Auburn Avenue
Genter
Gernhardt
Hill
Oliver Coe
James Allison
Allison
Militia Foils Planned Bombing of Newport Rolling Mill
Kentucky militiamen on the Newport riverbank fired on two skiffs approaching from Covington as they allegedly plotted to blow up the Newport Rolling Mill. Colonel H H Denhardt said the episode appeared a carefully planned attack and that threats had been received in the prior week.
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Denhardt
Senate
W. N. Andrews
Newport
Kentucky
Licking River
Covington
H. H. Denhardt
Ee? Covington
Colonel Denhardt
Cork Leg Burned Off As Its Owner Slept
George Bay Heck awoke to a fire at the Valley Ice Company's plant in Hamilton Ohio. The blaze gutted the storage room and caused about 2500 dollars in damages. He lost his cork leg in the flames but suffered no other injuries. Barroom fixtures and saloon accessories contributed to the fire.
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Hamilton, O
George Bay - Heck
Valley Ice Company
Heck
Ft Thomas to remain a permanent military post
A House Military Affairs sub-committee has decided Ft. Thomas Kentucky will be kept as a permanent part of the military establishment. The panel includes Representatives McKenzie Greene and Fields and its decision is expected to guide Congress in the broader debate over military reservations.
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Ft. Thomas
House
United States
F. G. Turner
Peter Traub
Kentucky
Washington
Commercial Tribune
House Military Ommittee
Congress
John C. McKenzie
Illinois
Frank L. Greene
Vermo
William J. Fields
Irish Peace Committee Hopes to Break Deadlock
The Dail Eireann adjourned in hopes of a basis for agreement between treaty supporters and opponents. The Peace Committee, aiming to patch gaps, met again to seek a settlement that permits the treaty while safeguarding the Republican position. Michael Collins agents reportedly rescued a Times correspondent kidnapped by Irish Republican Army opponents. Key members include Owen O Duffy Liam Mellowes and John T O Kelly with De Valera backing both sides.
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Dublen
Associated Press
Dail Eireann
Treatty
London Times
Cork
Michael Collins
Dublin
Peace Committee
Dail
Owen O’duffy
Monaghan
Ulster
Liam Mellowes
de Valera
John T. O'Kelly
Sinn Fein
Paris
Owen O'Duffy
O'Duffy
Woman Steals $5000 Fur Coat From Local Store
A sable fur coat valued at 5000 dollars was stolen yesterday from A. E. Burkhardt & Co. on Main Street by a well dressed woman. She bought a 51 dollar fur cape and 3.75 dollar squirrel skin, paid with 55 dollars, then left claiming her husband was outside. The coat, size 38 and 48 inches long, has sixty full size skins, green and red Oriental lining. Police described the woman as 28 or 30, about 115 pounds with blue eyes and dark hair, wearing a dark cloth cape with fur collar.
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A. E. Burkhardt & Co
Young elopers ride bike to flee pursuers in cross state chase
Morton Burke 14 and Anna Marie Rinear 14 or 2 eloped from Sylvania Ohio riding a bicycle. Relatives and police traced their trail across Findlay Dayton and Cincinnati Ohio with a $50 reward offered for capture. Officers suspect Florida as a destination while parents and kin sought a marriage license to detain them.
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Morton Burke
Anna Marie Rinear
Sylvania
Fostoria
Cincinnati
R. T. Rinear
Morton
Anna
Relate €S
C. R. Apthorp
N. L. Johnson
Emmett Kirgan
Burke
Findlay
Dayton
Apthern
Florida
Goldman and Companions Aim for Berlin Flight
Riga reports say Alexander Berkman and companions left Russia to attend a world anarchist congress in Berlin. They were arrested in Riga and authorities claim documents show their plan to reach Berlin via Stockholm.
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E Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Alexander Shapiro
Russia
Berlin
Riga
Stockholm
Aly
80 000 More Flats Needed in New York
New York faced worsening housing shortages in 1921 with 50 000 health and safety violations in tenement districts. Tenement House Commissioner Mann urged continuation of temporary rent laws noting 80 000 additional apartments were required and warned overcrowding grew worse. Health Commissioner Dr Copeland said overcrowding increased and death rates declined as residents followed department guidance.
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New York
Lockwood
Mann
I Ae
Copeland
Federal Reserve bans new bank building contracts nationwide
Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board directed all twelve regional banks to halt any uncontracted construction work while Congress reviews a proposed amendment requiring federal authorization for building operations. The move affects planned projects in Cincinnati Baltimore Nashville Detroit Denver Salt Lake City and more, with existing contracts unaffected.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Nashville
Jacksonville
Detroit
Louisville
Denver
Oklahoma City
Salt Lake Sty
Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Bank
House
Senate Banking and Currency Committees
Reserve
Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
New Orleans
Chicago
Little Rock
Kansas City
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Profit Tax Deductible As County Expense Item
Judge Kelley rules excess profit taxes paid to the federal government are deductible when filing county tax returns. The Post Publishing Company sought to enjoin collection of a tax on 135,970 dollars deducted as federal taxes, a 1920 return adjustment increasing taxes by 2,722.12 dollars due in two installments. The ruling affects business cases and precedents a first for local courts.
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Joseph Kelley
Post Publishing Company
Louis J. Howe
Edmund S. Beaman
Monitor Store Company
Lunkenheimer Company
J. W. Curts
Chester S. Durr
Tugboat Crews Vote Strike Over Wage Cuts in New York
In New York on January 6, several hundred tugboat employees voted to strike at 6 am in protest of a proposed wage reduction. The action shows solidarity among maritime workers amid ongoing labor tensions affecting port operations.
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New York
Five Great Powers Move Toward Final Submarine Rules
The five powers reported final approval of new submarine rules amid the Shantung dispute. After a two and a half hour talk between Japanese and Chinese delegations over the Kiao Chow Tsunanfu Railway plan, China refused a Japanese loan as payment, offering a cash deposit of 32 million Chinese dollars instead.
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Washington
Associated Press
Shantung
Kiao-Chow-Tsunanfu
Arthur J. Balfour
Hughes
Wellington Koo
Millions Die in Russia as Famine Grips Vast Regions
From Moscow to Kazin the winter famine leaves frozen bodies piled in trenches awaiting burial. American and British relief groups race to feed millions while typhus spreads. U.S. relief plans seek 30 ships to move grain to Soviet Russia at cost amid government scrutiny.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Russia
T'saoratsin
Saratoff
Samara
Ufa
Orenburg
Kazin
Humber
Condit
Ons
Reginald Farrar
Nancy Bobb
William Kenworthy
Buzueiuk
Anna Louise Strong
Philadelphia
Colonel Bell
American Relief Administration
Volta
Turkestan
George Newes
Save the Children Fund
United States
Washington
Soviet Russia
Shipping Board
Relief Administration
Hoover
Baltic
J. B. Small
Emergency Fleet Corporation
New York
Baltimore
Newport News
New Orleans
Harding
Congressional
Secrecy Marks Penrose Burial Beside Father in Private Rites
Senator Penrose was buried at South Laurel Hill Cemetery beside his father in a private ceremony. Four cars carried the family and aides from Spruce Street as guards sealed the grounds, with a short service reported by Leighton Taylor. The will left the estate to three brothers, valued at 200000 dollars plus, with executors waived in favor of a financial institution.
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Philadelphia
Senator Penrose
South Laurel Hill Cemetery
East River Drive
Fairmount Park
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Charles B
Richard A. F
Spenter Penrose
Leighton
Taylor
Registrar of Wills
W. R. Andrews
Finest Hitchens
James Collins Jones
Hitchens
Andrews
Jones
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