Oppau blast devastates German chemical works city
A massive explosion at Badische Chemical works in Oppau Baden destroyed the town, killing about 1,000 and injuring hundreds. Fire, gas clouds, and heat hampered rescues as hospitals were improvised in nearby cities. Special trains from Heidelberg aided emergency efforts.
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Oppau
Rhine
Palatinate
Badische Chemical Works
Recce
Oppan
University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg
Badische Works
Debria
Erdische Anilin Soda Fabrik
Arbuckle confession alleged in serious attack case
Al Semaacher, Virginia Rappe's manager, sworn to a county grand jury that Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle admitted the injuring blow after Rappe's death following his San Francisco party. The statement was telephoned to Prosecuting Attorney Brady in San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Roscoe
Fatty”) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
San Francisco
al Semaacher
Miss Rappe
Semaacher
Brady
Geary declared insane by jury in murder case
Chicago September 24 Gene Geary convicted of murder of Murry Beck Weard was sentenced to hang but judged insane by a jury in Judge Kersten's Criminal Court branch. He will be committed to the state hospital for the criminal insane.
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Chicago
Gene Geary
Yuune Peurin
Murry Beck- Weard
Kersten
Branch O
Criminal Court
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Noted French flyer killed in Etampes race
Etampes France Sept 24 Captain Chernard de Romanet famed French aviator and holder of the world speed record for one kilometer was instantly killed here while taking part in elimination races for the Deutech de In Meurthe cup.
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Etampes
France
Chernard de Romanet
Congressman Peter F Tague Demands Inquiry Into Klan Activities
Massachusetts Congressman Peter F Tague on the Ways and Means Committee joins a second lawmaker in demanding a full inquiry into Ku Klux Klan activities. The move signals rising congressional scrutiny and calls for transparency about extremist groups.
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Peter F. Tague
Massachusetts
Waya and Means Committee
Ku Klux Klan
America safeguards Russian interests at armament conference
The State department said legitimate Russian interests would be guarded at the armament and Far Eastern conference. A message to Chita conveyed U S views on Russia's position after China asked that its Far Eastern republic be admitted. The United States has not recognized the republic, and John Caldwell was sent to observe developments in the region.
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Washington
State Department
Chita
Peking
United States
Russia
China
Far Eastern
Department
Chita John Caldwell
Caldwell
Home Brewing Is Forbidden Across Nation
Washington announces Treasury prohibition unit ruling banning the manufacture of intoxicating beer wine or spirits at home even for private use without a permit. It also bans making any beer or wine with alcohol content or selling hops to unpermitted home brewers. Nonintoxicating fruit juice making remains prohibited without a permit.
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Washington
Prohibition
Treasury Department
Joker in Prohibition Ruling Sparks Home Brew Hope
Washington readers credit a so called joker in the Prohibition Commissioner Haynes ruling that home manufacture of intoxicating liquor is illegal but not defined. Senator Shortridge of California investigated and said the ruling does not prohibit home brew. The issue turns on what constitutes intoxicating liquor and whether home production is banned without a clear definition.
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Washington
Prohibition
Haynea
Shortridge
California
Haynes
Burn Bust of Ex Kaiser at Wilmersdorf Riot
In Wilmersdorf a Tannenburg commemoration parade by nationalists was halted by socialists and communists who forced the band to perform revolutionary art. The radicals then led the band to Bremen where ex emperor William banners were burned in the market. Separately, the Department of Labor reported 131 774 skilled immigrants arrived in the fiscal year ending last June, up from 60 087 a year earlier.
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Berne
Wilmersdorf
Tannenburg
East Prussia
Bremen
William
Washington
Department of Labor
Senator Borah Fights New World Peace Pacts
Senator Borah leads the irreconcilables in opposing the Germany Austria and Hungary pacts cited as reintroducing Versailles provisions. He warned ratification could commit the U S to troop redeployments in Germany and imply long term American influence on European reparations, amid a divided Senate committee session.
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Woabington
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harding
Borah
Idaho
America
Boreh
Reparations Commission
Europe
Pointa Imfiresa Senatore
Johnson
California
Brandagee
Connecticut
Shields
Tennessee
Pomerone
Ohio
Swanson
Virginia
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate
Family of Three Murdered in Dowagiac Manse
In Dowagiac Michigan on September 21 a family of three was beaten to death with a wall-studded club in their home on the town’s western edge. William Monroe aged 48 Mary Monroe aged 44 and their daughter Neva aged 17 were killed. A second daughter Ardith aged 12 was struck in the face and remains unconscious at Lee Institute. she may die. The murders were found only yesterday.
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Dowaglac
Mich
Wiliam Monroe
Mary
Neva
Ardith
Lee Institute
Mail flyer sets new air record from Omaha to Chicago
Omaha Sept 24 Dean 8 Smith an air-mail pilot set a new one man flight air record from Omaha to Chicago covering 426 miles in 2 hours 64 minutes averaging 14 miles an hour behind the year’s record. The feat came after prior trips by Town City and Pilot Christensen now dead.
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Omaha
Chicago
Neb
Dean
Smith J
Town City
Christensen
Deld
Allies to War on Hungary in Burgenland Bid
Paria, Sept 24. Hungary must withdraw from Burgenland or West Hungary assigned to Austria by the Trianon treaty, or be expelled by the allies, council of ambassadors here declares.
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Paria
Hungary
Burgenland
West Hungary
Austria
Trianon
Tax Revision Faces Senate Fight Over Key Provisions
Washington, Sept 21 The Senate Finance Committee tax revision program meets strong opposition organized in the Senate. Democrats with some Republicans oppose repeal of the excess profits tax and the income surtax cut while favoring 60 percent retention of freight and passenger taxes. Senator Simmons Minnesota? Carolina minority report signals a determined fight to strike key features as Republicans including La Follette Borah Kenyon Johnson of California and others plan opposition.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Simmons
Carolina
Bensters LaFollette
Borah
Kenyon
Johnson
California
Soviet bars food drafts relief plan in United States
Washington report says Soviet authorities refused to allow the American relief administration to install the system of food drafts used elsewhere. Drafts would let U S residents send drafts on warehouse food abroad to relatives in famine districts, a method Hoover's organization used in Poland Austria and Serbia.
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Washington
American Relief Administration
Poland
Austria
Serbia
Hoover
United States
Bandits Raid Distillery in Bloomfield Kentucky
Twenty masked gunmen overpowered two guards at BE McClaskey & Sons distillery near Bloomfield. They bound guards with telephone wire, blindfolded them, and escaped in seven touring cars carrying eighty eight cases and three barrels of whisky. A guard lost 55 dollars and a pistol. The distillery lies a quarter mile from Bloomfield's business center.
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Bloomfield
BE. McClaskey & Sons
Dsiilery
Satso
New Mexico Adopts Land Ownership Amendment
New Mexico has adopted a constitutional amendment barring land ownership or leases by aliens not eligible for citizenship. Incomplete returns from Tuesday’s election indicate the measure carried. The move followed reports that Japanese interests sought footholds in the lower Rio Grande valley.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Unidentified World War I Soldier to Lie in Arlington
Washington accepts a grand funeral for an unidentified WWI enlisted man to be buried at Arlington on November 11. The ceremony includes a 5,000-strong escort of field artillery, cavalry, infantry, marines, sailors, National Guard, and the Marine Band with eight generals and four admirals as pallbearers. The body will be transported on the battleship Olympia and arrive at the Washington navy yard after dark.
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Army
Arlington National Cemetery
Weeks
National Guard
Marine Band
Denby
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
American
Legion
Ax Woxton Amphitheater
Tegular Ang National Guard
Harding
Charlory’ Brent
Fort Myer
Capitol
Arlington
United States
Olympia
Dewey
Manila Bay
Washington Navy Yard
Dutch Mob Hollands Queen Open Parliament in Turmoil
The Hague September 21 Parliament opened by Queen Wilhelming amid street disorder as demonstrators protested for Groenendaal released from military service. Several protesters near the royal carriage were arrested and anti traitor shouts rang in the hall during the throne speech.
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the Hague
Wilhelming
Groenendaal
Permament
Wood Named Governor General of Philippine Islands
Washington Sept. 23 Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood was nominated by President Harding to be governor general of the Philippine Islands. The selection, announced weeks ago, followed Wood’s months in the Philippines investigating confultions and is expected to take effect for one year once confirmed.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Harding
Philippine Islands
General Wood
Bat
Philippines
French Welcome Pershing In Paris Rooms Reserved For Guest
Paris reports the French government asks General John J. Pershing to stay as its guest while in France. Rooms are reserved at the Hotel Grillon, the former peace commission headquarters, for Pershing’s arrival. Marab Franchet de Zaperey, appointed to greet him at Havre on Wednesday, departed with his staff.
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Paris
John J. Pershing
General Pershing
Grillon
American Peace Commission
Marabel Franchet de Zaperey
Havre
Fragmented society musings mix in odd journal entry
A garbled, fragmentary text blends symbolic phrases about hearts, women, and music with unclear names and places, yielding a puzzling historical newspaper fragment focused on emotion and culture rather than clear events.
Not A Casey For Surgeon After The Crash
Fragmentary OCR depicts a garbled scene in a hospital setting with a surgeon, a medical student, and a consumptive ward. Characters discuss a crash, a rat, pavement, cribs, and torn items, but most dialogue is incomplete and unclear.
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