Railroads Push South Atlantic Ports To Ease New York Congestion
Rail officials argue new outlets to sea will relieve congestion at New York and Eastern terminals and promote South Atlantic and Gulf port development. Cincinnati weighs impact as freight flows shift from North Atlantic to warmer year round ports. A Shipping Board order abolishing regional rate differentials aims to cut costs and spur port competition nationwide.
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New York
Eastern
South Atlantic
Gulf
North Atlantic
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Central States
Cincinnati
Middle West
South
United States Shipping Board
Southeastern
Thompson
The
Shipping Board
North Atlantic Lines
Senate
Atlantic
Torrio Shot in Gang Warfare Shocks Chicago
Chicago gang warfare flares as Torrio is shot five times while stepping from his car in front of his South Side home. He and ten others had just been convicted in a prohibition raid and sentenced to jail and fines. Police rush Torrio to a hospital. the slaying linked to ongoing underworld feuds remains unsolved.
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Chicago
Dion O'Banion
John Typho
Torrio
Banion
Alterie
O’banion
Eddie Tancl
Torrieste
Senate OKs Yxmy appropriation bill worth 332 million
The Senate passed the Yxmy appropriation bill carrying 332,180,000. The Internal Revenue Bureau advised taxpayers not to pay more income tax than they owe. Arguments to quash the oil indictments continued in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. Assistant Attorney General Seymour told a Senate committee the Justice Department is probing GE activities.
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Senate
The
Internal Revenue Bureau
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Seymour
Department of Justice
General Electric Company
Clementel moves on new debt settlement proposal
Paris reports Finance Minister Clementel prepares a fresh debt plan to be sent to Washington via Ambassador Herrick. He seeks to learn from Herrick why the ten year moratorium with 1 percent interest failed to win Mellon’s approval and may drop the moratorium idea. He awaits London’s stance on Anglo French debt tied to the Balfour note and counters Marin’s opposition with an offer before British terms are clear.
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Daeschner
Associated Press
Washington
New York
Emile Daeschner
M. Clementel
Finance
Ambassador Herrick
Paris
Mellon
American Debt Funding Commission
State Department
Debt Funding Commission
France
Chamber of Deputies
Borah
Senate
M. Daeschner
Kellogg
Hughes
Cmmission
Mr. Kellogg
Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Clementel
Clementes
Herrick
World News Service
London
Marin
America
Soe
Orews Service
N World Press Pub. Co
One Dead One Hurt In Freight Train Collision
A head-on crash between two Norfolk and Western freight trains near Marl Cut east of Peebles kills brakeman N. Vance of Hillsboro and injures fireman D. B. Dyer of Portsmouth. Four engines damaged five cars derailed tracks torn up over 500 yards. Wreck crews and traffic delays ensue.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Marl Cut
Peebles
N. J. Vance
Hillsboro
Dyer
Kenoga
Clare
Farinacci Rising Power Threatens Mussolini In Italy
Paris reports say Roberto Farinacci known as Tyrant of Cremona gains influence in North and Central Italy, challenging Mussolini. The 32 year old ex railroad worker leads the Selvaggi faction, advocates ruthless measures against opponents, and enforces strict control in Cremona with calls for wider use of violence.
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Cremona
Premier
Italy
Opium Parley Yields Compromise Backing American Demands
Geneva January report on the Versailles opium talks outlines a compromise enabling a joint sixteen member super commission to review American proposals and all others. Porter and Sze press for conference competence, Cecil clarifies duties, Americans gain a seat on the report committee while opposing views on curbing opium remain.
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Albin E. Johnson
New York World News Service
Geneva
George Washington
Wilson
Stephen G. Porter
Tris
Porter
Sao-Ke Alfred Sze
Sze
Viscount Cecil
Loudon
Zahle
League
United States
Liberal Federation of India
Scottish
League of Nations Union
Great Britain
Cecil
British Empire
Catholic International Union
Conference
Holy See
Apostolic Workers
N.Y
World News
E . G. World Press Pub. Co
Girl Killed by Auto Truck in Hamilton County
Blanche Keating ten, of 3 Leroy court, fatally struck at Rice and Valencia streets yesterday afternoon. Albert Austing driving the truck was arrested. coroner Handley urged caution as fatalities rise to eighteen this year. Engineer Arthur Rodgers injured at Ninth and Elm Streets in an unavoidable collision.
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Blanche Keating
Leroy Court
Rice
Valencia
Christ Hospital
Auburn Avenue
William Schmedekers
Lunley Street
Ft. Thomas
Clarence Austing
Western Avenue
Austing
Hamilton County
Handley
Arthur Rodgers
West Ninth Street
Daniel Ruehlman
Marshall Avenue
Ninth and
Elm Streets
General Hospital
Rodgers
B F Holmes Dies After Solar Eclipse View
Benjamin F Holmes aged nearly 104 dies at Madeira home after witnessing the sun eclipse. Coroner says death from cerebral hemorrhage due to arterial sclerosis. Born 1821 in Mississippi, he voted in 18 presidential elections and lived in Madeira 39 years.
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Benjamin F. Holmes
Daniel Cox
Montgomery Road
Madeira
Holmes
D. C. Handley
Hamilton County
United States
Mississippi
Susie Holmes
North and
Hughes Street
Handley
Lindsey Defies Opponent In Juvenile Court Row
Denver Feb 24 Judge Ben B Lindsey founder of Denver s Juvenile Court refused a demand by rival judge Royal C Graham to surrender the Juvenile Court Graham has filed a contest after defeat in the election returns Lindsey holds the court and contends the matter is settled by the election results
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Lindsey
Denver
Colo
Ben B. Lindsey
Royal C. Graham
Graham
Father and Sons Convicted of Murder to Die in Electric Chair
In Greenville on January 24, Jerry Hester and his two sons Charlie and Claude were convicted of murdering farmer merchant J. E. Thackston. Judge Rice denied a motion for a new trial and sentenced the trio to die in the electric chair February 27. Thackston was killed December 19.
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Greenville
8. C
Jerry Hester
Charlie
Claude
J. E. Thackston
Rice
Thackston
Sea Swallows Island Vanishes Off Angola Coast
A Lisbon dispatch reports Port Alexander, a tiny island off Angola in West Africa, has suddenly been submerged and disappeared. The event is noted by The Sunday Express from London dated January 24.
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Sea Swallows
West Africa
London
Port Alexander
Angola
Lisbon
The
Sunday Express
Port Alexander Among Noted Angolan Harbors
Port Alexander is listed as an important Angolan harbor in international geography. Angola, the largest Portuguese colony in West Africa, has a sizable white population of about 6,000 and wide coastlines. Agriculture thrives with exports including vegetable oils rubber wax coconuts and coffee.
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Port Alexander
Angola
West Africa
Mezas
India
Portugal
Iowa Republicans Move to Vacate Brookhart Senate Seat
The Iowa State Central Committee repudiates Senator Smith W. Brookhart charging he posed as a Republican before the election, aligned with the La Follette movement, and deceived Iowa electors. It asks the Senate to refuse to seat him and declare the office vacant with Governor appointing a temporary successor. The resolution also cites filings of fraud and demands action.
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Republican State Central Committee
Senate
Des Moines
Republican Party of
Iowa
State Central Committee
Smith W. Brookhart
Central Committee
B. B. Burnquist
Fort Dodge
Brookhart
Daniel F. Steck
Steck
Coolidge
Charles G. Dawes
Republican Party
Independent Progressive Party
United States
Iowa resolution sparks fraud claim by Senator Brookhart
Senator Brookhart denounces the State Committee action as fraudulent and deceitful. He says the group behind the resolution repudiated their platform adopted at the state convention and supported during his campaign.
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Washington
Iowa
Brookhart
Stormy Petrel of Herrin among three slain in deputy clash
The report details S Glenn Young, described as a stormy petrel of Herrin, and two others slain in a battle with a deputy sheriff. The clash is described with minimal detail beyond the fatalities and involved parties.
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Glenn Young
Stormy Petrel
Herrin
Asquith Accepts Earldom Signaling Retirement from Politics
London January 24 Herbert H Asquith accepted the Earldom of Oxford from King George on Baldwin s advice signaling the end of a long political career The choice reflects a move to the Lords where he is 73 and his Liberal successors including Lloyd George await the party s future fortunes The title s heir apparent will be his grandson Julian Asquith Viscount Asquith
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Asquith
England
London
Herbert H. Asquith
George
Baldwin
Oxford
Herbert Asquith
de Vere
Aubrey de Vere
Robert Harley
House of Commons
Mr. Asquith
Order of the Garter
House of Lords
Lord Beaconsfield
Lord Salisbury
Lloyd George
Raymond
Julian Asquith
Viscount Asquith
Inquiry into Norwood Bomb Panic Tests Mayor's Precaution
Investigators led by Governor Donahey review whether Mayor Nolte acted on signs of rioting before police moved to break up an anti Catholic meeting at Norwood Odd Fellows Hall. Eyewitnesses include Catholic representatives and lodge delegates. no clear riot evidence or impending trouble reported.
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Norwood
Ohio National Guard
John F. Hickey
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Nolte
Stranger Identifies Slain Man as Brother in Kentucky
Lawrenceburg Kentucky January 24 a stranger who viewed the body of the man killed Thursday night by Southern Railway detective Squire McGauhey identified the victim as his brother Henry Turnicliff and left without giving name or address. A Paris Illinois report said a resident went to Lawrenceburg to identify the slain man after he resisted entering a car in the railroad yard Turnicliff will be buried here the brother making no provision for removal of the body Turnicliff and a companion registered at a local hotel as E Brooks and P Redcliffe both of Brooklyn New York
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New York World News Service
Paris
Robert Farinacci
Cremona
Italy
Mussolini
Lawrenceburg
Squire McGauhey
Southern Railway
Henry Turnicliff
Ill
McGauhey
Fearless Man Killer Leads Deserter Trailer Riot
A notorious figure described as fearless in the Illinois riot scene is mortally wounded in an officer confrontation. The attacking deserters, including the leading rioter, are reported dead, signaling a violent climax to the disturbances.
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Illinois
Officer Foe
Two-Gun Young and Lieutenants Shot in Herrin Lobby Brawl
In Herrin Illinois S Glenn Young and chief lieutenants George Forbes were killed in a lobby gun battle with Ora Thomas Deputy Sheriff who was fatally wounded Major Robert W Davis and 30 men from the 130th Infantry were ordered to Herrin to restore peace as the town reels from days of marching violence between miners and factions and a long criminal career tied to moonshining and law enforcement.
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Herrin
S. Glenn Young
Stormy Petrel
Williamson County
George Forbes
Ora Thomas
Warren
Robert W. Davis
130Th Infantry
Carbondale
Carlos Black
Springfield
Davis
Black
Young
Thomas
Lamar
Forbes
Illinois
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Selvaggi
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Lombardy
Isernia
Aburzzo
Britain
B. F. Holmes
Wang Djoavow Bhoukhart
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Observatory
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Earth
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Georgia
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