Chicago Mayor Guilty of Diverting Campaign Funds
Judge Hugo Friend ordered Mayor William Hale Thompson and six associates to repay more than 1.7 million dollars taken as "experts' fees" diverted to Thompson campaign coffers in 1920 1921. The ruling cites a conspiracy to finance Thompson activities and private gain. several defendants were discharged with partial repayments.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Hugo Friend
Thompson
Friend
Michael J. Faherty
Board of Local Improvements
George F. Harding
Percival B. Coffin
The
Chicago Tribune
Harding
Faherty
Law Department
Edward C. Waller, Jr
Arnold N. Brautigam
Frank J. Koch
Ernest H. Lyons
Arthur S. Marigold
Chicago crime inquiry rocked by grand jury assault
In Chicago a messenger carrying grand jury documents was struck and robbed near the Criminal Courts Building while the panel investigates alleged political crime links. Frank J. Loesch vowed police protection as Epstein recovered. Senator Leonardo posted 101000 in property, released after posting 70000 bond.
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Chicago
Gangland
Grand Jury
Alliance Pro Crime and Politics
Criminal Courts
Politics
Frank J. Loesch
Special Prosecutors
Sammy Epstein
Special Grand Jury Room
Ferre Watkins
Epstein
Loesch
James B. Leonardo
Justice Brothers
Springfield
Plans to Divorce Eugene O Neill
New York June 20 The Daily News will say tomorrow that Mrs Eugene O Neill wife of the noted dramatist plans to seek a divorce and custody for their two children saying the separation has existed in fact for more than two years The statement quotes Mrs O Neill on the illusion of freedom and says she will move toward Reno Nevada or Sonoma Mexico to file the suit Art Acord divorce suit also filed in Los Angeles with claims of cruelty and humiliated by calls from other women.
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New York
The
Daily News
Eugene O'Neill
O’neill
Europe
Los Angeles
Louise Lorraine
Art Acord
Acord
Byrd Receives Honorary Doctorate at Penn Military College
Commander Richard E. Byrd was awarded the first honorary degree of Doctor of Aeronautical Science at Pennsylvania Military College in Chester on June 20. The ceremony marked the first time this degree was conferred.
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Byrd
Chester
Richard E. Byrd
Pennsylvania Military College
Powder Plant Explosion Shakes Allentown
A massive blast at the Trojan Powder Plant near Allentown early on June 21 rattled the city for miles. Reports say several buildings were destroyed or damaged and one person was hurt. watchmen were on site and the blast was felt across a wide area.
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Allentown
the &Rojan
Jugoslav Parliament in Chaos After Fatal Shootout
In Belgrade a Radical Deputy fired six rounds during a National Assembly session, killing Paul Raditch and wounding Stefan Raditch and four others. The attack followed bitter clashes over government policy and an Italy Nettuno treaty vote, with the gunman fleeing as deputies cried for order.
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Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Punica Ratchitch
National Assembly
Paul Raditch
Stefan Raditch
Basaritchek
Pernar
Grandja
Jelasitch
Alexander
Draga
Italy
Paul Ratitch
Raditch Party
Ratchitch
Richfield Buys Pan American in West Coast Oil Deal
Richfield Oil Company of California announces purchase of all outstanding Class A shares and a large block of Class B Pan American Western Petroleum shares from Petroleum Securities Company and Edward L. Doheny. The move retires the selling interests from refining and marketing, while keeping crude oil and casing head gasoline production under contract. Output expected at 50 000 to 65 000 barrels daily.
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San Francisco
Richfield Oil Company of California Today
Pan- American Western Petroleum Company
Petroleum Securities Company
Edward L. Doheny
Richfield Company
Pan-American Western
Pacific Petroleum Products Company
Doheny
The
Tornadoes Hit Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri
Three more deaths raise total to twelve as storms lash the Southwest. Tornadoes devastate Altus area with 445 homes damaged or destroyed. Red Cross relief of 30 000 dollars to aid the homeless. Hail and wind sweep eight Kansas counties causing up to 3 000 000 dollars in losses.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Red Cross
Altus
Okla
Texas
A. P. Ewing
South Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Scammon
Kan
Kellogg Invites Latin America to Arbitration Conference
Secretary Kellogg announced that all Latin American republics are invited to a December 10 conference in Washington on conciliation and arbitration. He and Charles Evans Hughes will represent the United States, with each government to appoint two plenipotentiary jurisconsults and advisers. The Havana Pan American resolution urges obligatory arbitration and pacific conflict settlement.
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Washington
Kellogg
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Havana
Six Miners Die In Explosion At West Virginia Mine
Six miners were killed and six seriously injured at the National Fuel Company coal mine near Morgantown West Virginia when a blast occurred shortly before the night shift. Twenty two miners were in the workings. five bodies were recovered, one died later in hospital. Rescue workers and mine inspectors worked through the night as coroner’s inquest plans were set.
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Morgantown
W. Va
National Fuel Company
Here
Police radio system aims to alert officers within seconds
Detroit unveils a plan to fully radioize the police, installing a broadcast station and equipping every patrol car with a receiving set. Patrolman Kenneth Cox leads the effort, with tests showing 150 mile reception and a 1,500 mile station radius.
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Grover C. Smith
Smith
Kenneth Cox
Detroit
Cox
Belle Isle
Civil Service to rule on off hours conduct of city employee
The Civil Service Commission will decide whether a city employee can be discharged for conduct outside work hours that does not affect duties. Arthur Fricke represents James J. Howard Jr., discharged after a car accident and a reckless driving conviction. The commission previously upheld another dismissal, Jerry Doud, amid a mandamus suit.
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Civil Service Commission
Arthur Fricke
James J. Howard, Jr
Department of Building
C. M. Stegner
Col. Sherrill
Stegner
Howard
Jerry Doud
Doud
Common Pleas Court
Actress Louise Brooks wins divorce from Baddie Sutherland
Louise B. Sutherland known on stage as Louise Brooks obtained a divorce from film director A. E. Sutherland known as Baddie Sutherland. She charged extreme cruelty in Los Angeles on June 20.
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Los Angeles
Louise B. Sutherland
Louise Brooks
A. E. Sutherland
Baddie Sutherland
Remus Returns to Cincinnati After Escape Trial
George Remus steps from the Lima State Hospital for the Insane into a Pullman car in Cincinnati and walks to a taxicab amid reporters. He proclaims relief at being free, calling his life simple and claiming to work in the hospital garden, while wearing a Palm Beach suit and a tan from confinement.
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Remus
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Caliph
Eden Park
Lima State Hospital
Ramola
Debonair
George Remus
Imogene
Central Union Station
Charles H. Elston
Palm Beach
Rajah of
Rum
Plan for Pocahontas coal combine sparks merger move
New York World News Service reports plans to merge 35,000,000 tons a year of West Virginia and Virginia smokeless fuel producers into a single company with capital above 200 million dollars. The meeting at the Waldorf Astoria, chaired by Isaac Mann, aimed to cut waste and costs while awaiting director approval and price terms.
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New York World News Service
New York
United States
West Virginia
Virginia
Waldorf-Astoria
Howard Evanson
Samuel Taylor
Pittsburgh
Rockefeller
Pocahontas
Isaac T. Mann
Pocahontas Fuel Company of
Mr. Mann
R. H. Knobe
General Coal Company
Philadelphia
Thomas B. Davis
Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Company
Boston
W. B. Tams
Gulf Smokeless Fuel Company
Tams
W. Va
R. H. ‘Gross
New River Company
McDonalds
R. C. Hill
Hoover Begins Formulation of Lamp Campaign Plans
The Republican campaign organization focuses on Hoover time as he hosts a committee meeting in Washington. Officials and a partial program are outlined for tomorrow’s session with Secretary Hoover and Senator Curtis of Kansas addressing members. Possible naming of Work as National Chairman and Fort as secretary are discussed along with Pomeroy as vice chairman amid a behind closed doors meeting.
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Washington
Republican Presidential Campaign
Hoover
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Curtis
Kansas
Work
Interior Department
Edge
Rep
N. J
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Three Boys Die in Fireworks Blast in Wilmington
In Wilmington Delaware a brick dwelling and store exploded killing Herman Fieldstone 15 Jane Forrest 12 and Amerson Mc Mahon 16. Mrs Jennie Fieldstone mother of one victim was injured and reported fireworks were stored in the building on Shallcross avenue and Scott street at the time of the blast.
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Wilmington
Del
Herman Fieldstone
Jane Forrest
Amerson McMahon
Jennie Fieldstone
Shallcross Avenue
Scott Street
Bitter Fight for G. O. P. Control in Local Primary
Charges and counter charges fly between regular Republicans led by Edward D. Schorr and the Citizens Republican Committee led by Herbert Shaffer over Precinct Committeemen for the August 14 primary. Disputes include residency, a lunacy finding, and signatures. Board of Elections will hear all charges Friday morning.
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Citizens Republican Committee
Edward D. Schorr
Herbert Shaffer
Republicans
Board of Elections
Schorr
Vast Arctic Disappearance Deepens North Country Seer’s Search
At Spitzbergen on June 20 Gen. Nobile and five crew members were found and fed after the Italia crisis, while Roald Amundsen and Rene Guilbaud remain missing for two days. A seaplane pilot Maddalena finally located Nobile and dropped food, lifting hope that rescue is near. Amundsen’s fate remains uncertain as silence and rumors spread about Advent Bay and possible approaches to Northeast Land.
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Roald Amundsen
Rene Gutbaud
Tromsoe
Nor Way
Spitzbergen
Riiser-Larsen
Luetson Holm
Maddalena
Savoia 55
Gen
King's Bay
Amundsen
Guilbaud
Lief Dietrichsen
Advent Bay
King’s Bay
Svalbard
Norway
Citta di Milano
Arctic
Rene Guilbaud
Barents Sea
Northeast Land
Lincoln Ellsworth
Kings Bay
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Central
Schneller
Grand Hotel
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