Raids Sweep Across Major Cities Seizing Reds
The U S government through the Department of Justice launched a nationwide crackdown led by Willian J Flynn targeting radical leaders and suspected communists. Raids hit New York Philadelphia Chicago Detroit and Los Angeles as thousands faced arrest warrants amid deportation efforts.
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Bemrpenis
Communist Party Party
Mary Pickford to be freed from matrimonial ties soon
Reno reports Mary Pickford and Owen Moore arranging a divorce in New York. The attorney William H. Sheldon, son of Reno, announced the couple met and completed divorce plans. Moore had alleged a clash with Douglas Fairbanks earlier.
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Owen Moore
William H. Sheldon
New York
Prohibition Enforcement Call Marks Dry Law Sunday
Washington Jan 2 Commissioner Roper urged national action as January 18 the first Sunday after prohibition takes effect is celebrated as Law and Order Sunday He said enforcement will be strict and nationwide to set a standard for observance and moral responsibility in upholding the law Mount Clemens Mich Attorney General Groesbeck assumes charge in murder probe of J Stanley Brown with a secret court of inquiry to aid prosecutors and potential warrants in the case
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Spd
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Internal Revenue
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Emi Diviniun
Mount Clemens
Mich
Alexander Groesbeck
Michigan
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Lloyd Prevost
Young Brown
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Congress
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American Bankers’ Association
Chicago
Transportation Board
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Ar gonne sector praised by Gen Perabing to veterans
Gen John J. Perabing told World War I veterans in Lincoln Nebraska that the Argonne was the toughest and most important sector to break through and that American troops earned the right of way after proving they were the best soldiers in Europe.
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Lincoln
Neb
Argonne
John J. Perabing
Europe
New York Records Homicide Cases in 1919
New York statistics from the district attorney's homicide bureau show 208 homicide cases in 1919. Of these, 134 went to trial and 72 were dismissed by the grand jury, setting a new city record surpassing the prior 191 cases.
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New York
District Attorney's Office
Bolshevik Advance Redefines Russian Front in 600 Mile Crisis
London reports show Denikine retreat widening along a 600 mile front as Bolsheviks push from the Donets coal basin toward Lugansk and Novaya. Trans-Caspia pressures mount with Djebel station seized and Kolchak diminishing in Russian military affairs. Estonian armistice talks yield notable gains for Estonia in key guarantees.
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Mery
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Central Asia
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Dorpat
Exthonians
US General Barry Dies After Sinking Hoisted From Sea
Major General Thomas H. Barry former commander of the Department of the East died at Walter Reed Hospital from uraemic poisoning after three weeks of illness. He was retired from the army in 1906 and had been aboard the schooner Hi Army which foundered off Lundy Island in a storm. The vessel sank on Christmas Day with most of the crew presumed drowned.
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Walter Reed
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Wales
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Army
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Rio Janeiro
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American steamer Lake Gretna Seizes at Sea Protests Treatment
The captain and crew of the American steamer Lake Gretna, arriving from New York, protested the seizure of arms on board in Cork. They said they had not faced similar treatment in Dublin or Belfast where the ship had previously called.
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Lake Gretna
New York
Dublin
Belfast
Estonia Signs Armistice Sealing Brief Soviet-Russian Accord
Dorpat January 3 The Soviet Russians and Esthonians signed a seven day cease fire after a month of talks. The protocol includes a temporary boundary adjustment and military guarantees with recognition of Esthonian independence.
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Hsbhonia
Moscow
Russia
Berlin
Washington
Paris
London
German war dead reach fifteen hundred thousand in battle
Berlin reports official statistics listing 1 500 000 Germans killed in battle with no include for those in prison camps. Other items note a bank robbery in Gary Indiana, a doctor gift from John D Rockefeller to Canada, a divorce suit in Indianapolis, and Commodore Reah Frazer's death in New York.
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Borden
John D. Sr
Ottawa
Robert Borden
John D. Rockefeller
Bank Hold Up Net $10000 In Gary
Four fashionably dressed young men robbed the Farmers and Merchants bank in Highlands Gary Indiana and escaped with ten thousand dollars. A coroner's jury in Louisville could not determine who killed Elizabeth Ford Griffith a seventeen year old in the physician's office. Panama canal trade in 1919 set a record with thousands of ships and immense net tonnage. The U.S. Shipping Board captain died in Havana fire. Kerensky in a London beanery as his secretary reports. Victor Berger attacks the American Legion calling it the catspaw of capital.
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Christopher Hi. Schott
Elizabeth Ford
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Indiana Bank
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Ind
Parmers and Merchants’ Bank
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Hammond
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
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Louleville
Elizabeth Ford Grifith
Christopher G. Schott
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Panama Canal
Armistice Prospects and Rail Legislation Debate Worldwide
A sweeping review notes mixed progress in the U S Senate over ratification of a treaty noncomittal to reservations while Paris faces German power limits and troop withdrawals. It covers labor rail bills, industrial conference plans, and reactions to Bolshevik threats, with emphasis on Japan Britain Italy and the United States posture.
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Edward W. Pickard
United States
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Pomerene
Lodge
Supreme Council
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Upper Silesia
Germany
Hungary
Austria
Exposed Plots Of Rebellion By American Communists
Justice department disclosures outline radical plans to overthrow the U S government and seize power. Documents allege the Communist Party and Communist Labor Party would form the Soviet basis, disrupt unions, and trigger mass strikes to replace the U S government with a communist state.
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Jan
Department of Justice
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Communist Labor Party
Exista
United States
Bureau of Immigration
Socialist Party of America
Communist International
Bolsheviks
Communist Party of America
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Chinese Remain in Sonora Despite Deportation Demands
Mexican officials say Sonora will not expel Chinese under state labor law. The Chinese legation and Mexico's foreign office say federal forces would intervene if deportations were attempted. The Supreme Court debated constitutionality of the Sonora law, with reports of a ruling upholding it, though the formal announcement is withheld.
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Mexico City
Sonora
Legation
Supreme Court
Kaiser's Royal Signs Persist in Germany Report
Vorwärts reports a flood of protest letters from across Germany failing to remove royal and Kaiser signs. Only southern regions have altered inscriptions. Berlin and Charlottenburg police stations remain marked royal amid a broader reluctance to erase royal nomenclature. A wedding gown from 1827 is found in Findlay, Ohio, in good condition, prompting Mrs. Mitchell to recall her mother's marriage details.
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Germany
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Vorwaerts
German Empire
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Patent Office
Findlay
Churchill Warns of Peril from Bolshevism and Islam
London reports Winston Churchill at Sunderland warns of new forces in Asia Minor and fears Bolshevism uniting with Turkish Mohammedanism. He says civilized peoples cannot accept Bolshevism as it destroys freedom and self-determination. Maxim Litvinov noted Bolshevists are not a majority.
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Jen
Winston Churchill
Sunderland
Asia Minor
Great Britain
Churchill
Maxim Litvinof
James O'Grady
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Gasoline and kerosene prices rise one cent a gallon
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announces an immediate one cent per gallon increase in gasoline and kerosene prices due to higher crude costs. The move affects all retailers and comes as the fuel market faces tighter supplies.
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Standard Oi Company
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