Shoot to Kill in Chicago Gang Roundup
Chicago police launch all night crackdown on organized crime with over two hundred suspects taken for questioning. Riots, gunfire, and a deadly battle leave two officers dead and gang leader Michael Genna killed. authorities vow indictments and an aggressive drive to arrest every gangster in Cook County.
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Chicago
Charles Tremblay
Blue Goose Inn
Sheriff Hoffman
Tremblay
Collins
Dever
Crowe
Michael Genna
Angelo Genna
Webre
Atheney Crowe
Valley Gang
Michael Conway
Cook County
John Scalice
Albert Anmalino
Genna
Two aviators killed in fog test flight at Toledo
Anton DePauli aged 25 and Maurits DeVos aged 40, engineers at the Toledo Aircraft Company, died during a secret test flight when a rotary engine stalled in dense fog and the plane crashed into a Pennsylvania freight car in the yards. DePauli’s bride watched as the flight ended, and both men had recently moved to Toledo from Chicago.
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Toledo
Anton DePauli
Maurits DeVos
Toledo Aircraft Company
DeVos
DePauli
Pennsylvania Yards
Eastside Hospital
Sear Aie
Austria
Chicago
J. D. Lapeere
United States
Atlantic
Bernard C Austing Dies Aboard Train From Indianapolis
The body of Bernard C. Austing 73 of 1104 Carson Ave was found on a Big Four passenger train traveling from Indianapolis to Cincinnati. Identified by his son in law L J Lefken of 910 McPherson Ave from a traveling bag. Austing had been visiting Chicago relatives and was due to arrive last night at 9.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Bernard C. Austing
Carson Avenue
L. J. Lefken
McPherson Avenue
Sedan With Tanks for 100 Gallons of Booze Seized
Greenwich Connecticut June 14 a sedan car containing 100 gallons of alcohol in flat copper tanks concealed between upholstery and roof was seized by Motorcycle Policeman Robbins. The liquor was controlled by a floor faucet. Two men in the car were arrested named Harry Greenburg of Boston and Harry Bloom of Brookline Massachusetts. Robbins fired five times at Greenburg as he attempted to flee.
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Greenwich
Conn
Robbins
Harry Greenburg
Boston
Harry Bloom
Brookline
Mass
Greenburg
Reading youth victim of crash in Hamilton Ohio
Special Dispatch reports Hamilton Ohio records a spate of violent deaths over the past fifteen days averaging two daily. The latest victim is Wick Dykes a 19 year old Reading resident killed when an auto sideswiped a street car. Also injured were two others in the same car. The piece lists other recent fatalities from car and train accidents and drownings, with brief burial details.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Butler County
Wick Dykes
Jefferson Avenue
Reading
Cincinnati
East Avenue
Hanover Street
Walnut Street
R. E. Poynter
Milton Padgeant
Woodlawn Inn
Richardson Paper Company
Isaac
King Dykes
Walter Dykes
Somerset
Alonzo Buell
Benninghofen Avenue
Thomas Losey
Cass
Pleasant Ridge
Howard Smith
Pleasant Avenue
McGonigle
Lloyd Russell
Guggenheim Gifts 500000 for NYU School of Aeronautics
New York June 14 The gift of 500000 by Daniel Guggenheim to New York University was announced for the establishment of a School of Aeronautics, per Chancellor Brown.
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Associated Press
New York
Daniel Guggenheim
New York University
Brown
Roman Catholic Church Burned and Priest Killed in Riots
Rioting in Peking and Hankow reports a Roman Catholic Church burned at Kat-Feng and an Italian priest killed. In Canton, clashes followed the city’s capture with foreign concessions guarded by Chinese troops and a wave of anti Mandarin sentiment among civilians.
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Peking
Kat-Feng
Associated Press
Hankow
Kiu-Kiang
Japa
Canton
Kwangtung
Increased Prosperity Reflected in 1923 Income Tax Returns
Washington reports 1923 income tax returns show total reported income of 26.336 billion dollars, up 5.0 billion from 1922 with 74 million dollar earners increasing the count of high incomes. The Internal Revenue Bureau notes 7,698,321 returns filed, per capita income 237.27, and a 6.94 percent population filing rate. Major states by returns include New York, Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, and Massachusetts.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mellon
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Michigan
Henry
Edsel Ford
New York
Rockefeller
New Jersey
Revenue Bureau
United States
Bureau of Census
Pennsylvania
California
Illinois
Massachusetts
Lexas
Dentist Confesses to Killing His Wife with Liquid Gas
Dr Thomas Young a Beverly Glen dentist admits he killed his wife Grace in February by releasing liquid gas at their cabin and disposed of her body in a cistern. He collapsed in the morgue and declared I am glad she is dead because I am free.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
District Attorney’s
Thomas Young
Grace Young
Patrick Grogan
Olive King
Grogan
District Attorney's
Beverly Glen
Here
Patrick Grogan, Jr
Young
the Glen
California
Dr. Young
Paris
J. Belton Kennedy
Flag Day Address Declares America Beyond Revolution Stage
Colonel Ralph D. Cole of Findlay Ohio told Cincinnati Elks Lodge No. 5 that America has passed the revolution stage and warned against overturning the Supreme Court. He compared revolutions in Russia and France, praised Washington and constitutional processes, and urged defense of civil liberties and parental rights in education.
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America
Col. R. D. Cole
Elks Lodge
Cincinnati
Ralph D.cole, Findlay
Eighth
Ohio
Cincinnati Lodge No. 5
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks’ Temple
Ninth
Plum Streets
Mr. Cole
Russia
France
Washington
Supreme Court
Oregon
Montreal men shot by border police near Vermont border
Eugene La Motte of Montreal was shot by U S immigration patrolmen at Westfield near the Canadian border and died later in a Newport hospital. Timothy M. Baker of Montreal and six Chinese, alleged smugglers, were jailed in Newport.
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Associated Press
Newport
Eugene la Motte
Montreal
Westfield
Timothy M. Baker
Five Hurt in Multiple City Automobile Accident
Five persons were injured when a car driven by 18 year old Robert Young struck pedestrians at Central avenue and Twelfth street. Victims include Virginia Richards 4 Ada Richards 27 Dana Miller 40 Margaret Miller 14 Loretta Miller 17. Police call the incident unavoidable and say jaywalking was involved.
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Robert Young
Vermont Avenue
Central Avenue
Twelfth Street
Virginia Richards
West Liberty Street
Ada Richards
Dana Miller
Bauer Avenue
Margaret Miller
Loretta Miller
Young
William Young
General Hospital
James Brombie
Mulberry Street
Gilbert Avenue
Brombie
Elmer J. Kent
Detroit
Linton
Redland Field
Armory Avenue
John Street
Plainville
Wooster Pikes
Ethel Litner
Beech Street
Mariemont
William Crellin
Montgomery Road
Evanston
Crellin
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mexican President calls Kellogg statement insult threat
Washington reports indicate Calles framed his side of the Kellogg dispute as an insult and threat to Mexican sovereignty. U S officials see no official exchange and may let the matter rest unless Mexico issues a formal statement. American land seizures by agrarians, ignored agrarian laws, and labor tensions in Mexico add to U S concerns about compensation and policy.
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Washington
Callés
Kellogg
Mexico
Coolidge
Calles
Mexico City
State Department
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Supreme Court of Mexico
Harding
Perishing
General Lejeune
Vera Cruz
Arthur Brisbane
Hearst
William R. Hearst
Huerta
Obregon
Callies
Sheffield
Keillogg
Senor Calles
Great Britain
Caliess
Calies
Agrarians
League of Ranchmen
Mr. Kellogg
Houses Swept Away by Storm in Illinois
A powerful windstorm struck between Havana and San Jose, Illinois, blowing down houses and wrecking telegraph and telephone lines. Best Hall, Springfield city electrician, was seriously injured when his car overturned near Mason City as a waterspout flooded the region.
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Springfield
Ill
Havana
San Jose
Best Hall
Mason City
Five Die As Launch Capsizes Near Laguna Beach
A thirty foot gas launch Thelma capsized near Laguna Beach during a Riverside fishing trip. Five men drowned: W. W. Squires L. A. Farnsworth Jack Morris Edgar Morris and E. E. McClain.
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Associated Press
Laguna Beach
Cal
Here
Riverside
W. W. Squires
L. A. Farnsworth
Jack Morris
Edgar Morris
E. E. McClain
Four Die In Illinois Grade Crossing Crash
Staunton Illinois June 14 Four persons were killed when John Zuayoc a coal miner from Taylor Springs drove his touring car into the path of a Detribdit St Louis-Wabash passenger train at a grade crossing. In the car with Zuayoc were his sons Steve eight and Joe ten and neighbor girl Helen Baron sixteen. All died instantly.
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Associated Press
Staunton, Ll
John Zuayoc
Taylor Springs
St. Louis
President of Mexico condemns Kellogg warning as threat
During a UN conference voyage, Mexican President denounced Kellogg’s warning as a threat to national sovereignty while stressing respect for international norms. The remarks came amid discussions on treaty enforcement and regional security.
Mexican President Condemns Kellogg Warning On Mexico Sovereignty
President Calles denounces Kellogg statements as an insult and warns that Mexico will not accept foreign intervention in domestic affairs. He cites joint commissions and indemnity schemes, calls revolutions a threat, and stresses Mexico will maintain agrarian reforms within sovereign limits.
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