Nationwide ring foils mail thefts exceed six shipments
Lawmen say a national gang with inside access to currency shipments by Federal Reserve and post office divisions conducted six registered mail robberies worth over 6 million dollars in nine months. Investigators linked suspects to a Dearborn Street hold up and an Union Depot theft, while abandoned pouches and money wrappers indicate a haul between 500000 and 750000 dollars.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve Banks
Washington
Dearborn Street
Sullivan
Ind
Hays
Indianapolis
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Hughes
Dearborn
Eddie McBride
John McEloy
John Mullen
Post Office
Oliver Brown
Bellevue
Cecil Millar
Tommy” Shupe
Federal Reserve Bank
Harding to See Morgan on Railroad Crisis
Washington J P Morgan arrived in Washington to confer with President Harding on the railroad situation. Warren S Stone president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers urged the creation of regional boards of adjustment to handle congestion of work before the Railroad Labor Board.
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Washington
J. P. Morgan
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
Warren S. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Nebraska towns vote against Sunday baseball and shows
Omaha reports Nebraska municipalities largely reject Sunday entertainment and sports. Ashland Lexington York and Broken Bow voted against Sunday baseball while York Lexington Hastings ledgered majorities opposing Sunday motion pictures.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Ashland
Lexington
York
Broken Bow
Hastings
Senate Peage Plan Outlined by New Indiana Senator
A new national policy for world affairs was outlined by Senator New of Indiana. The plan, to be adopted by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with the Knox resolution for a separate U S Germany peace, rejects the Versailles Treaty and the League Covenant and rejects joining any entangling alliance. It states the United States will consult with affected powers to remove threats to its peace and freedom and will cooperate with chief co-belligerents to defend civilization. Rene Viviani, French envoy, was assured the policy should be understood by France at a McCormick dinner.
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New
Republican
Indiana
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Knox
United States
Germany
Senate
League of Nations
America
Association of Nations
Harding
Europe
Rene Viviani
France
Immigration limits urged by Major General Wood at luncheon
San Francisco report notes Major General Wood urges immigration limits to assist assimilation. Other items include officials in Indianapolis flooded with appeals to return Grover Bergdoll to serve his sentence, Nebraska lawmakers legalizing Christian Science practice, and a Kentucky bankers reward for bank robbers. A Russian plan to end nationalization and a London update on coal talks accompany a Marietta tragedy where a pastor killed himself after confessing to his daughter's death.
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Wood
Indianapolis
American Legion
Grover C. Bergdoll
Lincoln
Nebraska House
Louisville
Kentucky Bankers’ Association
New York
Charles F. Murphy
William R. Hearst
John F. Hylan
Chicago
New York Central Railroad
Railroad Labor Board
London
Central
Stockholm
Lloyd George
Marietta
Ohio
Esther Mindling
J. H. Mindling
United States Objects to Yap Mandate in Four-Power Note
Secretary Hughes releases identical notes to Japan Great Britain France and Italy demanding equal voice in disposition of mandates over former German territories The note cites President Wilson opposition to Japan's control of Yap and asserts US rights cannot be ceded without a treaty The message emphasizes no authority of the League of Nations to bind the US and seeks fair treatment by all Allied powers.
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Yap
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Supreme Council
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Department of State
Five Unions Offer Plan to End Rail Worker Disputes
Leaders of five mechanical unions representing about 500,000 railroad shop employees sent President Harding a telegram outlining a plan to end disputes. They stated the terms under which they would consent to abrogate national agreements now before the Federal Labor Board.
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Chicago
Harding
Federal Labor Board
Milwaukee Non-Partisans win in city election
Milwaukee The Non-Partisan League ticket swamped the Socialists in the school board and judicial elections. Mrs Victor Berger was the only Socialist elected, joining the School Board while Non-Partisans won an alderman at large and five judges. Women voters credited for the victory.
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Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Trial Reveals Fear Motivated Killing Of Farm Hands
In Newton County Georgia Clyde Manning testifies that John Williams ordered Black farm workers chained to rocks and drowned after federal probes into peonage. Manning says Williams threatened lives, saying it was their necks or his. The case centers on Williams and his son facing charges with defenses seeking to limit testimony and raise appeal grounds.
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Covington
Clyde Manning
Jasper County
John
Williams
Newton County
Manning
Johnny
Lindsey Peterson
Peterson
John B. Hutcheson
Green F. Johnson
Washington Latest Events Report on Hoover Plan and Policy Shifts
The article notes Herbert Hoover's first month as secretary of commerce and a plan to consolidate wire and radio services to save millions. It covers Attorney General Daugherty warning business of strict law enforcement, talks among Lodge Knox and George Harvey on diplomacy, and President Harding's discussion with the Women's Peace Society on arms reduction. It ends with Indiana's black population rising 34 percent from 1910 to 1920, far outpacing white population growth.
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Department of Justice
Daugherty
Lodge
Knox
George Harvey
Great Britain
Hughes
Senate
United States
Germany
Harding
Women’s Peace Society
Indiana
Governor Edwards Signs 1921 22 Budget and Vetoes Jitney Law
The governor signed the annual appropriation bill totaling about 16 million dollars for 1921 22, the first time since 1895 such a bill was enacted early. He vetoed the jitney regulation measure and a companion prohibition bill while nominations for several state posts were forwarded for senate concurrence.
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Edwards
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Waldwick
Bergen County
Ramsey
New Jersey Reformatory
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Hobart
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Assembly
Mackay
Hershfield
Rowaland
Nelson
Runyon and Simpson
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