Oppau Blast Leaves Town Destroyed. Thousands Dead
Berlin reports Oppau in Baden Palatinate utterly destroyed by a Badische works explosion and fire. About 1,000 killed and 800 injured, with hundreds more hurt. damage pegged at 150 million marks. Gas clouds, heat, and fumes hindered rescues as hospitals were improvised in neighboring cities.
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Berlin
Oppau
Kilne
Palatinate
Badleche Chemical Works
Oppan
University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg
Lieter
Badhache
Works
Badische -Anilin Soda Fabrik Chemical Manufacturing Plants
Ince World
Arbuckie Confessed to Grand Jury Says Manager
Al Semnacher, Virginia Rappe's manager, testified before the county grand jury in Los Angeles that Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle admitted injuring Rappe the morning after his San Francisco party. Semnacher's sworn statement, telephoned to San Francisco Prosecuting Attorney Brady, claims the admission could have caused her death.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Roscoe
Fatty”) Arbuckie
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckie
San Francisco
al Semunacher
Miss Rappe
Semnacher
Brady
Geary J. S declared insane in Chicago court
Gene Cleary was declared insane by a criminal court jury in Judge Kersten's division. He faces delivery to a state asylum for the alleged crime committed in Chester last November, with the case proceeding under local judicial procedures.
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Chicago
Gene" Cleary
Noted French Flyer Killed in Etampes Race Elimination
Etampes France Sept 24 Captain Bernard de Romanet celebrated French aviator and holder of the world speed record for one kilometer was instantly killed during elimination races for the Deutsch de la Meurthe cup.
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Bernard de Romanet
Etampes
France
Congressman Peter Tague Calls for Klan Inquiry
Massachusetts congressman Peter F. Tague, a Ways and Means member, joins several colleagues in demanding an official inquiry into Ku Klux Klan activities.
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Peter F. Tague
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
State department guards Russian interests at Far East talks
Washington reports assurances that legitimate Russian interests will be guarded at the armashept and Far Eastern conference. The reply to Chita officials was conveyed through the American minister at Peking with observations on Russia's position. The United States has not recognized the Far Eastern republic. consul John Caldwell is in Chita for temporary service, not recognition.
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Washington
State Department
Far Eastern
Chita
Peking
United States
Russia
China
Far Eastern Republic
Chita John Caldwell
Caldwell
Home Brewing Forbidden Under Federal Prohibition Rules
Washington reports the Treasury prohibition unit issued a detailed statement declaring home production of beer wine or spirits illegal even for private use. It bans making any intoxicating beverage at home without a permit and selling brewing supplies to unpermitted individuals while nonintoxicating fruit juices remain legal to make.
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Washington
Prohibition Unit
Treasury Department
Joker in Prohibition Ruling Spurs Home Brew Hope
Washington readers learn of a so called joker in Prohibition Commissioner Haynes ruling on home manufacture of intoxicating liquor. Senator Shortridge of California investigated and said the ruling does not prohibit home brew, noting the ban lacks a clear definition of intoxicating liquor.
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Washington
Prohibition
Haynes
Shortridge
California
Burn bust of ex Kaiser at Witmersdorff tale in German unrest
In Berne on September 20 a Tannenburg anniversary gathering at Witmersdorff was disrupted by socialists and communists who forced a nationalist band to play revolutionary songs and to Bremen, where they burned a bust of ex Emperor William and a banking monarch in the market. Meanwhile in Washington on September 21 the Department of Labor reported 121,774 skilled immigrants arrived in the last fiscal year, up from 9,967.
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Berne
Witmersdorff
Tannenburg
East Prussia
Bremen
Wiliam
Washington
Department of Labor
Senator Borah Fights Treaties Over European Contingency
Washington September 23 Senator Borah leader of the irreconcilables opposed to the Versailles settlement explained his view to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as it began action on the German Austrian and Hungarian pacts. He warned ratification would pull America into European entanglements and keep troops in Germany for decades while embedding American representation in European reparations affairs. The eight-member committee met with absent Hitchcock Knox and others. action may come within days, with no floor date set.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harding
Borah
Rep
Idaho
America
Reparations Commission
Europe
Johnson
California
Brandegee
Connecticut
Shields
Tennessee
Renate
Pomerone
Ohio
Swanson
Virginia
Helf
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate
Family of Three Murdered in Dowagree Michigan
In Dowagree Michigan a family tragedy ends in three deaths William Monroe age 48 his wife Mary 44 and daughter Neve 17 beaten to death with a wall studded club in their home on the town's western edge Adith 12 was struck and lies unconscious at Lee Institute The crime likely happened Saturday night and was not found until Sunday
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Dowagree
Mich
William Monroe
Mary
Neve
Thin Town
Adith
Lee Institute
Mail flyer sets new one man flight record
Omaha air mail pilot Dean C. Smith flew from Omaha to Chicago in 2 hours 54 minutes averaging 143 miles an hour to set a one man flight record for the 425 mile trip. The record follows an earlier flight to Iowa City and references pilot Christensen, now deceased.
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Smith
Omaha-Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Dean C
Chicago
Iowa City
Christensen
Allies threaten Hungary over Burgenland withdrawal
Paris dispatch reports the council of ambassadors warning Hungary it must withdraw from Burgenland or West Hungary awarded to Austria by the Treaty of Trianon, or face forceful expulsion by the Allies.
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Burgenland
Paris
West Hungary
Austria
Trianon
Alles
Senate tax revision faces party clash in senate
Washington sept 21 strong opposition organized in the senate to key features of the senate finance committee tax revision program. Democrats with Republican help oppose repeal of the excess profit tax and cut in income surtaxes to 32 percent. they plan a determined fight supported by senators Lafollette borah kenyon Johnson of California and others who say relief favors big business over small taxpayers.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Simmona
Caroling
Finance Committee
LaFollette
Borah
Kenyon
Johnson
California
Ban on Food Drafts Stuns Relief Effort
Washington reports the Soviet authorities refused to permit the American Relief Administration to total the food draft system used in European relief. The draft plan, once used to aid Poland Austria and Serbia, allowed U S residents with relatives abroad to purchase drafts on warehouse food supplies for famine areas.
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Washington
American Relief Administration
Hoover
Poland
Austria
Serbia
Bandits Raid Bloomfield Distillery in Broad Daylight
Twenty masked gunmen overpowered two guards at B MacClaskey & Sons distillery near Bloomfield Kentucky. They bound staff with telephone wire, blindfolded them with curtains, and fled in seven touring cars with eighty eight cases and three barrels of whisky. They also took fifty five dollars in cash and a pistol from a guard. The distillery lies within a quarter mile of Bloomfield's business district.
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Bloomfield
B MacClaskey & Sons
Bloomfeld
New Mexico Bars the Japs Amendment Wins Statewide
New Mexico adopts a constitution amendment barring aliens ineligible for citizenship from owning land or holding land leases. Early returns indicate the measure carried, prompted by reports that Japanese might try to gain footholds in the Rio Grande valley.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Funeral plan for unidentified Navy hero at Arlington
Washington announces a unique burial for an unidentified World War I serviceman at Arlington National Cemetery on November 11. An Army Navy joint escort including field artillery cavalry infantry marines and guards will accompany the body. Eight general officers and four admirals will be pallbearers with nine body bearers drawn from regular and naval forces. Special mourning invitations go to medal honorees and veteran groups, with an in-state procession format to Washington from the Capitol. President Harding will deliver an oration at the amphitheater as minute guns fire from Fort Myer. The unidentified body will travel aboard the battleship Olympia to conceal identity, to arrive at the Washington Navy Yard after dark on November 9.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Weeks
National Guard
Bmarine
Denby
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
American
Legion
Atate
Ington
Harding
Phi Oy
Charles
Henry’ Bress
Fort Myer
Capitol
Arlington
United States
Olympia
Dewey
Manila Bay
Washington Navy Yard
Dutch Mob Hollands Queen Opens Parliament in Turmoil
Queen Wilhelmina opened Parliament in The Hague amid street demonstrations and disorder aimed at demanding the release of Groenenodaal who refused military service. Police arrested several would be disruptors as anti-government chants echoed in the palace area and inside the throne speech was muffled.
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The
Hague
Wilhelmina
Groenenodaal
Leonard Wood Seen as Philippine Governor General Nominee
Washington Sept 28 Gen Leonard Wood was named by President Harding as governor general of the Philippine islands. Wood had been under consideration for weeks and had spent months in the Philippines investigating for Harding. He was expected to assume the governorship for one year once his nomination was confirmed.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Harding
Philippine Islands
Wood
Hex
Philippines
French Welcome Pershing Guest at Paris Event
Paris dispatch says the French government requests Gen John J. Pershing as a guest of honor in a forthcoming ceremony. The announcement notes the visit would underscore Allied unity amid ongoing Franco American cooperation.
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Paris
Brench
Gen
John " Pershing
Fragmentary note on medical care and hospital case
A fractured OCR fragment mentions a surgeon, hospital, and a casualty or case context. Readable elements point to a medical setting but lack clear names, dates, places, or outcomes. The item appears to document a surgical or hospital event in incomplete form.
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Defore
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