Harding loosens rules for choosing postmasters
President Harding issued an executive order relaxing civil service rules for first, second, and third class postmasters. The change allows hiring from any of the top three on the eligible list rather than the single highest scorer, affecting about 13,000 post offices and urging Congress to extend classification to all classes. The order also sets criteria emphasizing business training, experience, and efficiency over pure academics.
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Washington
Wilson
Harding
White House
Barding
Congress
Civil Service
Less Costly Plumbing Barred by Masters in New York
Testimony shows a wash bowl that saves 50 to 60 percent labor was barred from new buildings by the Master Plumbers Association. Anthony Joyce, a manufacturer salesman, testified city approval exists but installations are limited to Brooklyn and Queens. The committee read an agreement between the Master Plumbers Association and Plumbers Union granting power to block installation of the device.
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New York
Master Plumbers’ Association
Joint Legislative Committee
Anthony Joyce
Brooklyn
Queens
Samuel Untermyer
Plumbers’ Union
Classified Advertisements Index and Listings
A fragmented index of advertisements across banks railways and shops. Entries include National City Co Union Savings Bank and Trust Co Western Bank and Trust Co Cotte Graul Phonographs Harry R House Automobiles Hathaway Rubber Stamps Hewitt Mackenbach specialists Miller's Rug and Drapery Shop and Shillito's among many others.
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National City Co
Harry R. House—Automobiles
Hathaway
Hewitt & Mackenbach—Specialists
Asin Wladhisdineas Binbadoeet
Miller’s Rug and Drapery
Amusements
Aneregeses Ceses Pag Art Museum
Beseopes
Bso Cseceee
Claremont Dansant
Obhedwee Rams Keotmiamity
Guarantee Deposit Co
Liberty Banking and Savings Co
Ectiot
People’s Bank and Savings Co
Pinkham
Pogue
Powell & Clement—Bicycles
Rogers Woman's Shop
Shillito’s
Standard Oil Company
Swift Laboratory Oil and Coal Co
Wilson's Paint Store
MC A—Educationa
Whitewash charge at Bergdoll inquiry hits Hunt
The House Investigating Committee grappled with claims Colonel John E. Hunt was whitewashed at his court martial over handling of Grover Bergdoll. Rep. Johnson pressed for full records citing prosecutorial tactics and potential missteps in guarding Bergdoll during a gold-hunt in Maryland.
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Commander Hunt
Governor’s Island Barracks
House
Washington
John E. Hunt
Governor’s Island
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Maryland
Hunt
Representative Johnson
Kentucky
Johnson
Judge Advocate
Sherburne
Harris
Hagerstown
O’hare
Peters
Judge makes Crockett prove speed in court
Lima Ohio May 10. Judge Emmet Jackson forced Charles Crockett to demonstrate his car’s speed. Crockett denied 30 mph. the judge entered the car, had him step on it, and the speedometer read 42 mph. The court fined Crockett $10 and costs.
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Lima
Criminal Court
Emmet Jackson
Charles Crockett
Jackson
Crockett
Two Upholsterers Union Officials Found Guilty
In Chicago on May 10, two of three Upholsterers' Union officials were found guilty of inciting sluggings and bombings during the 1919 1920 strike. Edwin E. Graves and Roy Hull were convicted and sentenced to one to five years in prison plus fines of 2600 dollars each. Rudolph Krueger was acquitted. The trial featured testimony from Sam Fisher claiming payments for sluggings and bombings.
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Chicago
Edwin E. Graves
Boston
International
Roy Hull
Rudolph Krueger
Graves
Sam Fisher
Fisher
Clarence Darrow
Indictment of Father Who Killed Son Quashed
Chicago May 10 A manslaughter indictment against Frank Piano Sr who confessed killing his 18 year old son Frank Jr to save the boy s soul was quashed. He had said the son ran away with a gang and he shot him to spare him from a life abroad. Officials noted the state may reindict if needed.
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Chicago
Frank Piano, Sr
Frank, Jr
s.Zzlame
Piano
Abe Attell Arrested in New York Ball Scandal
Abe Attell former New York pugilist indicted in 1920 over the Chicago baseball scandal was arrested in Times Square on a fugitive from justice charge bail set at 1000 dollars hearing scheduled on writ of habeas corpus Detective Coy delivered arrest papers before Supreme Court Justice McAvoy Attell’s surrender arranged by his attorney also in New York Giants case James Shields testified that Benny Kauff and Jess Barnes were involved in automobile theft and stripping a car’s identification plate
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New York
Abe Attell
Chicago
Attell
Canada
James J. Coy
McAvoy
Times Square
Coy
James Shields
Benny Kauff
New York Giants
Kauff
James F. Brennan
Jess Barnes
Shields
Brennan
Six year old boy found after wanderlust spasm ends
Six year old Michael Clementi known as the hop a wagon runaway was recovered after his forty fifth episode. He disappeared from home weekly for ten months and reappeared at the Coney Island Police Station before being returned to his parents and sent to school.
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New York
Michael Clementi
Mike
Papa Clementi
Coney Island
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Merchants and Miners Steamer Burns at Baltimore Dock
The Persian of the Merchants and Miners' Transportation Company burned partly at Baltimore Dock after arriving from Boston. The Ontario and Kershaw were towed out to safety. Fire began in the forward hold and an electric wire may have sparked it. Loss amount undetermined.
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Baltimore
Persian
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company
Boston
Ontario
Kershaw
Street Car Stopped as Mob Attacks Strikebreakers in Baltimore Riot
In Baltimore on May 10 a mob of 300 mariners and supporters stormed the Custom House area aiming at negro strikebreakers hiding in the Federal Building. Police dispersed the crowd after assaults, with several strikers targeting the doomed carriage and surrounding streets.
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Baltimore
Custom House
Federal
Henry
Government blamed for backing ship owners against unions
The District Council of Marine Engineers Beneficial Association accused Chairman Benson of the Shipping Board of backing ship owners in their battle with unions. They urged Congress to take action on the dispute during the May 10 session in Washington.
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Washington
Benson
Shipping Board
District Council of Marine Engineers
Congress
Mobile Branch Accepts Shipping Board Wage Settlement
The Mobile branch of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association voted to accept the terms set by the United States Shipping Board to settle the wage controversy. Galveston and Pensacola also voted yes on the proposition.
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Mobile
Ala
Shipping Board
Mobile Marine Engineers
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
United States Shipping Board
Galveston
Pensacola
Arbitration end braces Ohio streetcar wage dispute
The Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company and its conductors and motormen reached a near settlement after hours of talks. Governor Harry L. Davis and Judge Henry Harter of Canton will appoint a third arbitrator. A vote on the agreement is set for tomorrow, with resumption of car service likely Thursday. The union and company will name their own arbitrators.
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Akron
Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company
Harry L. Davis
Henry Harter
Canton
Davis
Herman Witter
Union
Air Hero McGilvary Found Dead in Boston After Business Reverses
Captain Paton McGilvary a noted bombing raid hero with Italian forces in WWI was found shot at the rear of a Boston garage. Medical Examiner says death by own action amid business losses and depression. Born Berkeley 35, Wisconsin 1916 graduate. Italian War Cross recipient.
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Boston
Paton McGilvary
McGilvvary
New England
Leary
McGilvary
Four Cleveland Girls Charged With Immoral Dancing
Four Cleveland girls Esther Schackhter Amie Schultz Mildred Drotar and Peggy Drotar were arrested in Lorain Ohio today and charged with giving an immoral dancing exhibition recently. They are being held for Lorain authorities.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Lorain
Esther Scahackter
Amie Schultz
Mildred Drotar
Peggy Drotar
Bank Robbery Strikes Stockyards Bank in Wichita
A robber entered the Stockyards Bank in Wichita and forced the cashier to open the safe. The thief escaped with 12000 dollars in cash and Liberty bonds.
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Wichita
Ken
Senate Debates Harding Policy With La Follette Resolution
Senate introduces La Follette resolution condemning Harding's appointment of American reps to allied European councils. It urges no US participation in foreign councils unless tied to war pledges and opposes Versailles League approval, citing Ireland and imperialist concerns.
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Washington
Harding
Europe
Senate
LaFollette
Wisconsin
United States
League of Nations
Treland
India
Ireland
Harrison
Democrat
Mississippi
Sand
William Allen White
Kansas
Hoover
Department of Commerce
White
Moonshine Raid Leads Officers to Corn Mill and Dens of Liquor
Patrolmen Wright and Dixon traced whiskey fumes to 2001 Central Avenue where three mash barrels six gallons of corn liquor and a copper still were found. A second raid at 806 Dayton Alley yielded forty five gallons of home brew whisky and a still. Jesse Van Hook at 6110 Madison Avenue faced charges after police seized thirty bottles of home brew from his poolroom.
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Wright and
Dixon
Fifth District
Central Avenue
Linn Street
Dayton Alley
Jesse van Hook
Madison Avenue
Haindenrich
Odgers
van Hook
Polish Insurgents Cross the Oder Capture Kosel After Hard Fight
Insurgent Polish forces crossed the Oder and seized Kosel after heavy combat. Civilians flee in panic as the French control officer sought refuge in Kosel barracks. Reports say casualties occurred at Krandrzin station during Polish expulsion of Germans after days of fighting. German patrols crossed the Oder, seized six Poles, one executed for killings. Italian troops report heavy losses and arming of German citizens for defense.
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Opplen
Upper Silesia
Associated Press
Oder
Kosel
Inter-Allied Commission
Krandrzin
Breslau
Tug Conestoga Found After Long Overdue Sighting
The United States fleet tug Conestoga once listed as long overdue near Honolulu has been sighted by a mine sweeper. The vessel left San Francisco Bay on March 27 for the Hawaiian Islands and had not been heard from until today.
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Honolulu
T. H
United States
Pacific Coast
Navy
San Francisco Bay
Hawaiian Islands
Proposal to Buy Flat Building for Disabled Veterans
A movement proposes purchasing an apartment building to lease to disabled ex service men with families at carrying charges. Mrs. Andrew Foppe announced a donor pledge of 22,000 dollars, with the balance to be raised by subscription. The effort aims to ease housing for veterans with low government incomes and reduce crowded living conditions.
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Andrew Foppe
The
Mothers of Democracy
Ex- Service Men’s Welfare Committee
Red Cross
Foppe
United States Public Health Bureau
War Risk Insurance
Federal Board of Vocational Training
Cincinnati University
Employment Bureau
Robert Bentley Post
American Legion
War Auxiliary
Bentley Ost
Gold Seekers Spurn Osmiridium In Papua River Dig
Gold diggers along a Papua river dismissed a bluish gray flake as worthless while seeking gold. Two and a half pounds of osmiridium sold in London for about $6 000, eight times the value of the same weight in gold, at $200 per ounce, highlighting the metal’s hidden worth.
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London
Papua
British New Guinea
Lead price raised by American Smelting to five cents
New York May 10 The American Smelting and Refining Company advanced the price of lead from 4.75 to 5 cents a pound today signaling a higher market rate for the metal.
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New York
American Smelting and Refining Company
Tragic Death of 6 Year Old Roland Hanna in Lockland
Roland Hanna aged six failed to return after school prompting his father Harrison Hanna to alert police. After a three hour canal search, bodies were recovered in eighteen feet of water at the upper locks.
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Roland Hanna
Harrison Hanna
Arlington Avenue
Fox Paper Company
Lockland
Wagner and
Sharpshair
Marshal Butler
Ellard Price
Roland
Arlington. Ke
Edward Sharpshair
Amos It. Heer
Vorhis Undertaking Establishment
Bumpers 3 Talk Divides Labor Standpoints
H L Van Matre of the Chamber of Commerce criticized Samuel Gompers and organized labor while endorsing the open shop as beneficial to the public. John L Lewis urged coal buyers to stock up as Central Coal Producers seek talks amid wage disputes with miners.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
H. L. van Matre
Chamber of Commerce
Gompers
van Matré
Organized Labor
Organized’ Labor
van Matre
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Central Coal Producers’ Association of Pennsylvania
Producers’ Association
Germany Accepts Allied Ultimatum and Frames New Cabinet
The Reichstag voted 321 to 175 to fulfill Versailles terms. Dr. Wirth forms a makeshift coalition including Centrists and Majority Socialists to avert Ruhr occupation and begin disarmament and war crimes trials. The cabinet faces conservative scrutiny as it promises quick action on allied demands.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
Reichstag
Dr. Wirth
Ruhr
Wirth
Mathias Erzberger
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Allies
Edistag
Gustav Bauer
Treasury
Herr Brauns
Herr Schiffer
Robert Schmidt
General Groener
Herr Giesberts
Andres Hermes
George Gradneur
Saxony
Herr Gessler
Herr Silberschmidt
Democratic Party
Fehrenbach
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