Tough job to enforce prohibition, says official
Washington hearings reveal Internal Revenue Service needs about 7.9 million dollars for next fiscal year to pursue bootleggers. Assistant Commissioner Meyers warns enforcement faces the toughest proposition as officers risk bribes and hunger temptations while stockpiles of spirits dwindle. Commissioner Williams notes pay struggles in attracting the right men amid widespread alcohol violations.
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Tella House
Washington
Trevenue
Fad F. Meyers
Internal Revenue
House Appropriations Committee
Wnn Mande
Meyers
Bureau
Mock Heroics on Irish Travel Sparks Comment
Sir Hamar Greenwood ridiculed Eamon de Valera and Cork mayor Peter J. Mace Swiney for alleged dramatic escapes to the United States. He said de Valera could have sailed first class on the Aquitania and that Dail Eireann members, except murder and arson linked, are free to travel.
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London
Eamon de Valera
Dall Eireann
United States
Peter J. Mace Swiney
O’callaghan
Cork
Ireland
America
Hamar Greenwood
de Valera
Cnme
Hamar
Dail Etreann
O'Callaghan
War Mask Danger in Peace
Washington reports warn that an army gas mask once credited with saving soldiers in France is endangering miners in United States industry. Dr. F G Cattrell, director of the bureau of mines, cautioned that miners and rescue workers continue to use army masks despite repeated department warnings, as the devices prove ineffective in typical mine disasters.
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Washington
France
Lfe
United States
F. G. Cattrell
Bureau of
Mmines
Department
Cottrell
Michigan State Police Raid Five Gambling Venues
In Mont Clemens Michigan state police raided five Elgar avenues poolrooms and soft drink parlors and seized gambling paraphernalia including punch boards and slot machines. Authorities valued the contraband at several hundred dollars and confiscated multiple devices in the operation conducted in January.
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Michigan
Mount Clemens
Mont Clemens
Mich
Jan
United States Posts Trade Surplus for 1920
Washington on January 5 reported the United States closed 1920 with a trade balance in its favor of 2 722 055 000 dollars. Commerce Department officials announced exports around 8 197 008 468 dollars and imports about 3 400 000 000 dollars. December exports likely exceed 875 000 000 dollars with imports near 820 000 000 dollars.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Russia Soviet Pushes Lenine Terror Policy
Washington reports from Moscow indicate a new terror abroad policy by the Russian soviet. Lenin is quoted urging strikes worldwide and agitation to boost relations with Russia while keeping bourgeois enemies busy at home. He also warns of spies entering Russia to foment revolts against the Bolshevik government.
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Washington
Moscow
Nikolai Lenine
Communist Committees of
Europe
Russia
Leninerg
Soviet Russia
Bolsheylet
Eating of Marines Verified
Washington reports confirm that three Marines were eaten by Haltian cannibals and many others were tortured to death. Naval Board of Inquiry records disclosed two months after investigation began. Lieut. J. H. Craige, aide to General Lejeune, stated three Marines were eaten.
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Washington
Naval Board of Inquiry
H. Craige
Lejeune
Marine Corps
Move for Socialist ouster in Albany legislature
In Albany on November to January 7 four resolutions were introduced asserting the ouster of three Socialist members of the assembly. No debate occurred as all measures were sent to the Judiciary committee. Senate and assembly named new leaders this year with Senator Clinton Ti. Lusk as temporary president and T. Edmund Maetold as assembly speaker.
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Albany
Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Clinton Ti. Lusk
Edmund Maetold
Jefferson
Five Thousand Stage Actors Idle in New York
Five thousand actors and actresses are unemployed in New York as road companies fail nationwide. Actors Equity Association reports it is undertaking to assist the distressed performers stranded at distant locations.
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New York
Jan. C
Actors’ Equity Association
Seven Die, Others Wounded in German Riot
Berlin report says seven killed and twenty two wounded as police fire on demonstrators following a communist march. A man named Hort was shot while attempting to escape, amid unrest tied to a clash between communists and police.
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Falsberg
Berlin
Florens Comimunists
Asmied Hortinn
Farm Aid Bill passes. revived war finance corp now law
Washington Jan 6 The war finance corporation was revived as a law after House readoption over Wilsons veto. Senate override 88 to 5. House vote 250 to 86 with 3 present. 17 Democrats and 40 Republicans sustained the veto. Bond issues to fund loans and initial book balance about 375 million. Debate touched reapportionment, civil rights, and grain market hedging with hearings on proposed taxes on speculative trading.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
House
Wilson
Senate
Mondell
Feader
Treasury
House Census Committee
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Congress
Supreme Court
Silegel
Witess
Gag
Larsen
Dem
Georgia
Ree
Texas
Tickham
Inter
Clark
Florida
House Agricultural Committee
Iey
Chicago Board of Ttate
Retired House Chaplain Emeritus Honored
Washington January 7 Rev Henry N Cowden longtime House chaplain who is blind was retired after more than twenty years of service. The House unanimously granted him a twenty five dollar monthly allowance for life and named him chaplain emeritus of the House.
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Washington
Henry N. Cowden
House of Representatives
Tan
House
Air speed record broken by pilot Tuck Knight
Salt Lake City reported that mall airplane pilot Tuck Knight shattered records flying from Salt Lake City to Treck Springs, Wye. The trip followed a radio message from Rock Springs and ended at the total landing field.
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Salt Lake City
Tuck Knight
Mall
Treck Springs
Wye
TOR Inilestname Corp
Rock Springs
Cannibal Attacks Kill Marines in Haiti Report
Naval inquiry details show at least three U S Marines killed and eaten by cannibals in Haiti within fourteen months. Testimony describes moon feast rituals by Cocos high priest Cadeus Bellegarde and the brutal fates of Privates Morris and Lawrence and Sergeant Muth amid ongoing patrol clashes and local terror.
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Washington, Jac
Haiti
Naval Board of Inquiry
Basilan
Cutell
Cadeus Bellegarde
Cocos
Clarence EB. Morris
Marine - Aviation Forces
Sergt
Lawrence Muth
Harry Lawrence
Finnish Exiles Settle on Farm in Ontario Colony
Ottawa Ontario January 7 Oscar Tokol once premier of Finland and leader of a group banished from their homeland has taken a farm at North Temiskaming Ontario. He is with thirty nine fellow exiles banished from Finland. Tokol who was president of the Finnish parliament during Kerensky era in Russia was ousted after the revolution and became a political refugee. The men have formed a small community at North Temiskaming and were sent to Canada with farms provided by the British government.
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Ottawa
Ont
Oscar Tokol
Finland
North Temiskaming
Tokol
Kerensky
Russia
Canadas
Hebrides Sland Votes Dry in Prohibition Polls
Stornoway Scotland January 6 The island of Lewis the largest in the Outer Hebrides voted dry in prohibition polls with 720 for total abolition 149 for no change and 5 for license limitation Licenses on the island will be annulled next May Lewis is a rural island rich in ancient Druidic structures and ruined fortresses.
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Stornaway
Scotland
Lewis
Hebrides
Lewse
Irish curate sentenced by court martial to two years
Waterford Ireland Jane a Catholic curate of Cullan P H Dela hupty has been sentenced to two years at hard labor by a court martial for possessing seditious literature and documents.
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Qiven
Waterford
Ireland
Jane
Cullan
P. H. Delahupty
De Valera Lands in Ireland Confirmed
Dubin reports confirm that Eamon de Valera has landed in Ireland on June 5.
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DE Valera
Ireland
Dubin
Eamon de Valera
Plea to Harding to delete covenant from peace treaty
Washington January 6 Senator King of Utah introduced a resolution urging elimination of the covenant from the peace treaty and urging ratification of the amended treaty. The measure argues the United States should avoid delaying peace terms while some favor revising the league to retain a form but with objections removed. Acknowledges opposition in the Senate to agreeing to league articles as written while noting support for ratification with specific exclusions.
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King
Utah
Council of the League of Nations
Harding
Association of Nations
League
Srar
Danzig
United States
Covenant
Washington
Dem
United Astates
Germany
League of Nations
Big London bank closes after payment suspension
London, Jan 7. The British American Continental bank suspended payment. It is believed the bank advanced money on produce, chiefly Canadian, and could not realize during the current trade stagnation. The bank was formerly Hannevig's bank, Ltd, expanding last September to handle growing business with the continent and the United States. The bank has authorized capital of £2,500,000.
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London
Continental Bank
Hannevig’s Bank, Ltd
United States
Italy Suspends Passports to U.S. Immigrants
Washington reports the Italian government has halted the flow of passports to Italian subjects seeking entry to the United States. The decision delays visa issuance and clarifies which immigrant classes are being prioritized, per guidance to the State Department from Rome.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Stunt flight crash kills two at Arcadia field
Lieutenant Raymond Brandt of Grand Rapids Michigan and Cadet A C Pool of Richmond Center Wisconsin died when an airplane performing stunt maneuvers crashed and burned at Carlatrom aviation field Arcadia.
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Fig
Raymond Brandt
Grand Rapids
Mich
A. C. Pool
Richmond Center
Wis
Carlatrom Aviation Field
Envoy to Cuba Sails for Talks with Menocal
Washington announces Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder has sailed for Havana by direction of President Wilson to confer with President Menocal on the situation in Cuba.
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Wilson
General Crowder
Menocal
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