Goldman to be deported to Russia within ten days
Emma Goldman plans to waive appeal and be deported with Alexander Berkman and about 80 other Russian radicals. Harry Weinberger forwarded formal notice to Attorney General Palmer, who said the notice is necessary and would go to the Supreme Court if sent to the Department of Justice. Goldman says the government should deport her within the ten day limit and that she intends to organize a Russian Friends of American Freedom in Soviet Russia.
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New York
Harry Weinberger
Emma Goldman
Russia
Alexander Berkman
Palmer
Weinberger
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Friends of Russian Freedom
Bill to Sell Government Housing Facilities and Abolish Housing Bureau
Debate centers on abolishing the United States Housing Bureau and transferring its properties to the treasury for sale to private buyers. Profligate expenditure accusations emerge as a Senate investigation probe looms for DOJ prosecutions. Philadelphia reports a British contract to Pusey and Jones for three 8,500 ton oil tankers under the American flag.
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United States Housing Bureau
Treasury
Housing Bureau
Senate Public Buildings Committee
Department of Justice
Philadelphia
Pusey and Jones Shipbuilding Company
Gloucester
House Votes to Sell Housing Facilities to Ease City Congestion
Washington December 18 The House passed the measure without a dissenting vote and sent it to the Senate to authorize selling housing facilities to relieve congestion in cities.
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Washington
House
Senate
Prosecutor denies release in murder case as new evidence found
Atlantic City prosecutor Edmund C. Gaskill said he has not released Charles White or Edith Jones and that new evidence could lead to further arrests. He noted investigators are pursuing two men seen near Folsom swamp around November 10 who may hold key information about Billy Dansey’s murder.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Edmund C. Gaskill
Charles 8. White
Billy Dansey
Edith Jones
Mr. Gaskill
Folsom
Engineers Work For Doughboys Length Of France And Germany
Colonel Edgar Jadwin outlined American Expeditionary Force construction in France describing houses and buildings, 8,367 miles of highway, and 55 000 board feet of cord wood cut for fuel. He spoke before the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce detailing wartime engineering feats.
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Pittsburgh
France
Germany
Edgar Jadwin
Chamber of Commerce
Jadwin
Miners' Board to Be Announced by President Today
Washington reports that a three member commission to survey wages and conditions in the coal fields will be announced today. The president aims for a final adjustment to set a model for future wage disputes and place the system on a new footing to foster industrial peace. The trio—operator, miner, and public representative—will receive a defined scope and coverage for their recommendations. Labor leaders have long argued arbitration favors employers or the state and distrust the process.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Crooked Insurance Must Go Says Donaldson at Rotary
Philadelphia December 18 Thomas B Donaldson Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner told Rotary Club at Bellevue Stratfort that the Insurance Commission is a public benefit not a political adjunct He cited 80000 agent license applications since 1919 and urged full questionnaires for all applicants to curb crooked insurance companies and avoid crookedness
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Philadelphia
State Insurance Commission
Thomas B. Donaldson
Pennsylvania
Rotary Club
Bellevue-Stratford
Liquor Interests Claim $400 Million Loss From Prohibition
Levy Mayer chief counsel for middle west distillers says wartime prohibition costs total 400 million dollars. He notes a lawsuit to recover the amount will be filed in the Court of Claims in Washington, separate from forthcoming constitutional prohibition cases to be argued before the Supreme Court.
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Chicago
Levy Mayer
Middle West
United States
Court of Claims
Washington
Mayer
United States Supreme Court
Mrs. Jennie D'Olier Dies After Fall in Home
Mrs. Jennie D'Olier aunt of Franklin D'Olier, national commander of the American Legion, fell down steps at her Philadelphia home. She died soon after. cause given as heart trouble rather than the accident per Dr. John P. Turner.
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Jennie D'Olier
Philadelphia
Jennie D’olier
Franklin D'Olier
American Legion
John P. Turner
Terrible Terry on Trial in Federal Court
Margaret Murray nicknamed Terrible Terry testifies in a Federal Court trial, alleging William Snyder threatened to kill her and carried a knife to silence her if she revealed details about a gang of counterfeiters. Elizabeth Weldy rescues her one year old daughter from a couch fire caused by stove polish explosion.
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Terry
New York
Margaret Murray
William Snyder
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Weldy
Elizabeth
Cant Silence Faywood and Haywood Meet in Detroit
Federal Judge Landis said he could not stop radical labor leader William D Haywood from attending a Detroit meeting planned for next Sunday. The Detroit American Legion post had asked an order to forbid the gathering. A separate item notes Capt Clarence Wiener shot himself at the Hotel Imperial New York and blamed punishment of his uncle for the act.
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Faywood
Chicago
Federal
Judea
K. M. Landis
William D. Haywood
Detroit
Snda
Terion Post
Tadee Landis
Wifner
Philadelphia
Clarence Wiener
Hotel Imperial
New York
Hannaffer
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Holsum Bread
Schmidt
Donaldson
Rishel
Victrola
Cheney
Oneida
Vernon
Berlin
Toyland
Thor Electric
Christmas Club
Market Street
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