40 000 idle in city as labor leaders warn
Groups gather on Walnut street waiting for a soup line to feed unemployed Cincinnati mechanics. The Machinists Union plans a soup kitchen to aid an estimated 40 000 jobless, with workers of all trades invited to partake. officials deny charity aims and stress union financing.
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Walnut Street
Cincinnati
Panhandlers
Hamilton County Farm Bureau
Kirgan
Emmet D. Kirgan
Machinists’ Union
To Gas Boll Weevil and Save Cotton Crop
Washington reports the Chemical Warfare Service with the Agriculture Department plans a gas barrage to exterminate the cotton boll weevil in the South. Brigadier General Amos Fries says experiments show promise and notes military gas has killed rats in seaport areas. He also mentions raising locusts in the Philippines.
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Chemical Warfare Service
Army
Department of Agriculture
Amos Fries
Philippines
Wreck injures three as two streetcars collide at Seventh and Baymiller
A northbound Sixth Street car and a westbound North Fairmount Street car collide at Seventh and Baymiller at 5 PM injuring Charles Williams John Duhme and Louis Handman. Williams is treated and hospitalised. passengers aid the injured while crews tow both cars and restore traffic after about 30 minutes.
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Sixth Street
North Fairmount
Seventh and
Baymiller Streets
Charles Williams
Hopkins
John Duhme
Poplar Street
Louis Handman
Renner Street
Williams
Seventh Street
Baymiller Street
Frank Knnder
Ite
Kutler
Duhme
Handman
Fred DeCourcy
West Sixth Street
General Hospital
Brighton
Pas
Bullet Fired In New York Courtroom Shocks Court
The Essex Market Police Court in New York was disrupted when a bullet shattered a window and lodged in the wall near the magistrate during Harry Cohn’s trial on tenement house law charges. The courtroom was cleared and a search for the gunman followed.
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New York
Essex Market
Harry Cohn
Cohn
Benjamin Weinstein
Caroline Gray
Roanoke
Wilson World Conference Bill Clears House Panel
The House Affairs Committee approved a bill authorizing the President to invite foreign nations to participate in a world daily conference. The action sets the stage for an international forum directed by the executive branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
House Affairs Committee
Republic of Ireland
Mason
Illinois
Foreign Affairs Committee
Ireland
Rogers
House
Representative Towner
Republican
Iowa
Congress
Connally
Democrat
Texas
Mr. Harding
Mr. Mason
Kadimah to Carry First Jewish Flag From New York to Jaffa
The Kadimah, a four masted schooner owned by the Palestine Commerce and Navigation Co. of New York, will sail February 15 from New York to Jaffa bearing the Star of David flag. It carries 100000 pounds of Cincinnati matzoth for Passover, as Rabbi Margollus approves the Orthodox bake. Sander Saland explains the mission to create a direct America Palestine trade route and aid Palestinian Jews facing food shortages.
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Kadimah
Palestine Commerce and Navigation Company of
New York
Jaffa
Palestine
Cincinnati
Simon & Weil
Wolf Margollus
Addash Israel Temple
New York City
Margollus
Joseph M. Levin
Margolus
Sander Saland
Rabbi Margollus
Saland
America
Mr. Saland
Ko' Dimah
Thieves Rob Union Station Cashier in Tampa Hold-Up
Two men held up the Union Station main office of the American Railway Express Company in Tampa Florida and escaped with nineteen thousand seven hundred dollars in cash and two packages of merchandise. They bound the cashier with a pistol and forced him to lie behind a counter before fleeing in an automobile. A fellow employee discovered the cashier after the robbers left and police issued a dragonet but made no arrests by nightfall. The company offered a one thousand dollar reward for the suspects.
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Central Avenue
Old General Hospital
Twelfth and
Billy Sunday
Tampa
Fla
Union Station
American Railway Express Company
Letter finally returns after nineteen years travel
A letter mailed from City Mills on February 2, 1902 after touring war capitals in Europe was delivered to Mrs. Fred IL Pratt of Dedham Mass on January 28. The missive bore many foreign post marks including London Petrograd and Berlin and shows the letter drifted for nearly two decades before reaching its owner.
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Dedham
Mass
Europe
Fred IL Pratt
London
Petrograd
Berlin
City Mills
Pratt
Mrs Baaa May Adopt Baby Hippopotamus
At Bronx Zoo Park officials say Geida the hippo might abandon her ten pound newborn calf, born yesterday, prompting plans to entrust the infant to Mrs Bana the mountain goat, who has previously proven a good mother to kid goats.
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New York
Geida
Bronx Zoo Park
Baaa
Raid by federal agents nets nearly 100 arrests in Toledo
In Toledo Ohio on January 28 federal agents led by U S Marshal Lapp of Cleveland raided saloons arresting nearly 100 people including bartenders proprietors and patrons. Bail set at 1500 for proprietors and 1000 for bartenders. Arrested under the Volstead act for liquor possession. Prohibition agents say liquor traffic was getting beyond control.
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Toledo
United States
Lapp
Cleveland
Federal
Alabama Prosecutor Says Moonshine Killers Target Officers
Henry Jones, state solicitor, said evidence shows a plan to exterminate all law officers who interfere with moonshine production. He cited the killing of one prohibition officer and wounding of two others near JSCUMBIA, Alabama, as part of the raid. Statements from two men tied to the attack indicate intent to kill all agents in the raiding party.
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Walnut Street
Clifford Roberts
Oakley Colony
Jscumbia
Ala
Henry Jones
Here
Prohibition
Eee
Federal raids arrest liquor violators in Hudson City
Raids across Hudson City targeted liquor law violators under the Volstead Act. Chief Deputy U S Marshal W B Snowden arrived with sixty nine warrants for liquor dealers and bartenders. Twenty six defendants including four women were held on bail from five thousand to ten thousand and will be moved to Newark to plead on Monday. Warrants issued by Federal Judge Kellstab in Trenton.
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Jersey City
Hudson Citty
Trenton
W. B. Snowden
United States
District of New Jersey
Hendrickson
Newark
Kellstab
County boosts reward in Mrs Witherell disappearance case
Los Angeles County supervisors added 1000 to the reward for information about Mrs Gladys Witherell who vanished from her home on Tuesday night. The husband father and neighbors had offered 500 1000 and 600 respectively and police questioned a ransom note allegedly left under the door. A second note demanding 50000 was viewed skeptically by authorities who believed a smaller sum 20000 was the authentic demand.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gladys Witherell
Judge Rules Avalon Infringes La Tosca In Court Concert
In a federal courtroom Judge Hand ruled that the song Avalon infringed the copyright of La Tosca after an impromptu concert. The decision imposed a 25000 dollar bond to stay the injunction and required Milan and New York owners to post a similar bond to guarantee the prosecution.
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New York
Hand
Avalon
Joseph Remick & Co Publishers
G. Ricardo & Co
Milan
Italy
Ambush kills constable and wounds six in county Kerry
Reports say an ambush in County Kerry left a constable dead and six people wounded as attackers used machine guns. The incident followed political maneuvering in Washington over recognition of the Republic of Ireland and a proposed minister's salary.
Ambush Near Castle Island Wounds Officials in Kerry
A constable was killed and Divisional Commissioner Holmes with five constables were wounded in an ambush near Castle Island County Kerry. The attackers used machine guns. Holmes's condition is serious. The incident coincides with Li thority notes about de Valera.
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Dublin
Holmes
Castle Island
County Kerry
de Valera
Paris
Oeuvre
Born Sightless Girl Graduates Brooklyn Public School
Rosalie Cohen, once described as born sightless and mentally defective, graduated from Public School 127 in Brooklyn as the only blind pupil to earn a diploma in the city’s elementary or grammar schools. She scored 100% in most subjects, 90% in English, is musically talented, dances, sews her graduation dress, and plans high school then college to become a teacher for the blind.
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New York
Rosalie Cohen
Brooklyn
Ankle Curtains to Hide Jury Box Scenery in Court
In Springfield Ohio on January 28 judge Geiger announced a curtain would be erected along the front of the jury box to waist height. The move aims to spare jurors the sight of ankle movements and improve courtroom focus for both men and women jurors during trials.
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Springfield
Common Pleas
Geiger
Oil Company Officials Indicted Over Fraud Prospectus
Ten officials of Black Diamond Oil Company were indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts of conspiracy to use the mail to defraud. Bonds were set at $5,000 each. Indicted: C. C. Marshall of Drumwright Oklahoma. John D. Cameron, New York. E. Frances Foley, New York. The literature claimed Texas land holdings and 36 wells with $1,000,000 annual earnings, which the charges say were false. the firm owned only a few Indiana acres with several wells.
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Chicago
Black Diamond Oil Company
C. C. Marshall
Drumwright
Okla
John D. Cameron
New York
E. Frances Foley
Texas
Indiana
Winnes Defense in Parsons Murder Case Draws 14 Points
The article details Winnes basing his defense in the Parsons murder case on fourteen disputed points. It also covers congressional debate on the emergency tariff bill and prospects of its passage, veto, or defeat, with Senate resistance and party strategies shaping the outcome.
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Winnes
Parsons
Senate
Lawrence
Tariff Filibuster Delays Fordney Bill in Senate
In Washington on January 28 the Fordney Emergency tariff bill faced renewed filibuster accusations as Senator King spent over four hours detailing Russian trade and conditions. Senate leaders warned vote chances dimmed. session looming to discuss money bills and other topics tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Senate
King
Utah
Penrose
Ashurst
Arizona
Thomas
Colorado
Petrose
Pennsylvania
Russia
France
Maryland
Japan Replies to U S Note on Langdon Killing in Vladivostok
Tokyo reports Japan forwarded its reply to Washington over the killing of Lieutenant Warren H. Langdon. The note reiterates regret, stresses impartial investigation, and notes measures to prevent a recurrence while treating the Langdon case as separate from Japan's Siberia policy.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
United States
Warren H. Langdon
Vladivostok
Washington
Siberia
Langdon
Japan
Russia
Ukeral
Asahi Shimbun
State Department
W. H. Lenedon
Cincinnatians Say Character Is Good
The defense urges that character is good while the motion for an instructed verdict fails, signaling a courtroom battle to undermine circumstantial evidence.
Defense outlines 14 points in Winnes murder case
In Harlan Kentucky on January 28 the defense for Dr. H C Winnes outlined 14 points to counter circumstantial evidence in the murder of Lara Parsons, Pine Mountain Settlement School teacher. The defense argues Winnes was not intoxicated or a drug addict, had no newspaper, and did not leave the post office with Miss Parsons, among other assertions.
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Harlan, Ky
H. C. Winnes
Lara Parsons
Pine Mountain Settlement
Winnes
Pine Mountain Settlement School
Dillon Station
State Veterinary Department
Miss Parsons
Dilon
Dr. Winnes
Chad Lewis
Wilson Lewis
Frankfort
Commonwealth
Dr Winnes
Harlan
Pine Mountain
Davis
Howard
The
Guity
Sch
Dillon
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