Former pastor confesses linked to Mount Vernon mail robbery
Guy Kyle former pastor of the Free Methodist church of Mount Vernon Illinois confessed after police grilled him and after $183,500 of the $212,000 stolen in a mail sack robbery was recovered. He is believed to be the brains of the gang that lifted four registered mail sacks from a truck behind Mount Vernon post office a week earlier.
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Chicago
Guy Kyle
Free Methodist Church of
Mount Vernon
Til
Mounternon
Robbery Gang Leader Reveals Hidden Loot in Kyle Garage
Federal officers in Chicago pursued clues after ex pastor Kyle Le Stubborn, nicknamed the gang brains, led inspectors to his garage and home attics where $180,000 of a $212,000 mail pouch was found along with $5,800 in bank notes. Authorities seek more non negotiable securities and names of accomplices. Kyle, 46, married with a wife and two children, says he was in on the job.
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Kyle
Hitchcock, Gould and
Ridder
Hitchcock
Chicago
Guy Kyle
Mount Vernon
Middle West
Lawton
Mich
Michigan Central
Union Pacific
Omaha
Des Moines
Ministry
Mount Vernon Mall
Downstate
Williamson
Opera Star and Sioux Chief to Sing for Indian Fellowship
Cyrena Van Gordon will sing Indian and American songs at a concert by the Indian Fellowship League on Wednesday evening with Chief Buffalo Bear of the Sioux also performing. Proceeds support an endowment to promote understanding between Indian and white races, the league’s aim since its founding after the American Indian day encampment at Deer Grove last September.
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Chicago
Cyrena van Gordon
Indian Fellowship League
Buffalo Bear
Deer Grove Forest Preserve
Ten Killed in Italian Riot at Castellammare di Stabia
Naples reports a city riot against bolshevist city officials at Castellammare di Stabia left 10 dead and 60 wounded. Red guards allegedly fired on the crowd at the railway station as bolshevist councillors arrived.
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Naples
Castellammare di Estabia
Rockefeller Gives 1 Million to European Relief
John D Rockefeller Jr donated 1 000 000 dollars to aid starving European children the largest single contribution to the fund. President Hoover announced after a dinner for Rockefeller's Bible class in New York Friday night. The report notes relief effort details and mentions medical aid provisions.
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New York
John ©. Rockefeller, Jr
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Rockefeler
Dublin Women Urge United States Mediation in Ireland
Miss Toute Bennett and Miss Katherine Mary Townsend of Dublin testified before the Inquiry Into conditions in Ireland. They urged US mediation to settle the Irish crisis and condemned British rule as oppressive to Irish industry and self government, urging neutrality and peace. Rebels ambushed in Drumcondra left one dead and six captured as violence surges around Dublin and beyond with reports of Cork curfew, assaults, and arrests.
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Washington, Jan
Toute Bennett
Katherine Mary Townsend
Dublin
Ireland
Miss Bennett
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Annot Robinson
Ellen Co. Wilkinson
Eds
United States
England
Drumcondra
Binn Fenners
Charles M. M’cann
Thomas Lawless
Crown Forces
Glenwood
County Clare
Tobias Sullivan
Sullivan
Listowel
Sir Edward Strickland
Cork
Poriroc
Tipperary
Cork lord mayor to surrender parole in Norfolk voyage
New York on January 22 reports Lord Mayor O Callaghan of Cork Ireland will travel to Norfolk Virginia to cancel his parole and surrender himself, declaring the action publicly.
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Cork
New York
Idayor O'Callaghan
Ireland
Norfolk
Cruel to Girl Six Sent to Workhouse
In Logan Ohio Frances Keck six years old was locked in a closet fed crusts and given only an old coat for bed. Testimony at her father Charles Keck and grandparents Charles and Francis Keck trial. Judge Stockton fined the grandmother five hundred dollars and one year in the workhouse, the father two hundred dollars and one year, the grandfather one hundred dollars.
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Logan
Ohio
Frances Keck
Charles Keck
Francis Keck
Stockton
Still Another Murder in Chicago Chinatown
Chicago January 22 police probe another Chinatown homicide. Willie Lee Tai, once a wealthy Crisma proprietor, was found shot in an abandoned cellar. Investigators report no talks from witnesses as they seek to solve the fifth murder in two months.
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Chicago
Chinatown
Sinia’ Tor
Willie Lee Tai
Crisma Law
Wild Man and Wife Captured Near Lux
Albert Parsons aged over seventy known as a wild man was captured near Lux after fleeing floodwaters in the Leaf River region. He and a desperate looking wife with a two year old child were found in a derelict cabin and taken to the county poor farm at Ellisville by Sheriff Welch.
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Laurel
Leaf River
Lux
Albert Parsons
Parsons
W. E. Welch
Ellisville
Mrs Peete Calm At Murder Mansion In Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on January 22 Mrs Louise Peete walked with her jury to the Catalina street home to confront the death chamber where Jacob Denton lay buried for three months. The defendant remained composed as experts compared the tomb with trial exhibits, while Denton’s body stayed in the wooden crypt below.
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Los Angeles
Louise Peete
Jacob C. Denton
Catalina Street
Denton
Mra. Peete
Frank Stoddard
Naval court of inquiry closes on Rockaway balloon raid
The naval court of inquiry investigating the May 3 balloon raid from Rockaway into Canada ended Friday after Lieutenants Walter Hinton and Louis River testified briefly.
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Rockaway, N. H
Naval Court of Inquiry
Naval
Rockaway
Canada
Walter Hinton
Louis River
Oil price cuts echo through Houston market
Houston, Texas reports a 16 cent oil price cut affecting local markets. Analysts note stabilization efforts by distributors and oil firms as price trends ripple to nearby stations. Local businesses anticipate mixed consumer effects and gradual normalization in supply chains.
Nebraska Senate Rejects Capital Punishment Bill
Lincoln Neb Jan 22 The Nebraska senate 20 to 7 rejected repeal of capital punishment as the house approved a staff lobbyist registry measure and other bills. Nonpartisans push a wide open primary while teachers lose certificates for resignations. Committees reshuffle speaker Byrum names members amid possible redistricting if congress limits membership. Cronin leads a stalled governor’s secretary investigation with no objections found.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Senate
House
Secretary of State
Senate
Nonpartisan Leaguers
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Byrum
H. K. Frantz
Magle
W. L. Randall
Omaha
Walter Sundquist
Walthill
George A. Williams
Fairmont
George M. Wallace
Orleans
George C. Snow
Chadron
A. M. Byrum
Bloomington
Congrede
Nebraska
McKelvie
Cronin
Holt
Miss Garden Names Geo Spangler Manager
George Miller Spangler, manager of conventions for the Chicago Association of Commerce, was named business manager of the Chicago Opera Company in a Friday night announcement by Mary Garden. The appointment comes as the opera company prepares its annual engagement season starting Saturday.
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Miss Garden
Geo. Spangler
Chicago
Leorge Miller Spangler
Chicago Association of Commerce
Chicago Opera
Mary Dard
Eve Des
Ite
Princess Cantacuzene Defends Russia Policy at Brooklyn Meeting
Princess Cantacuzene, Countess Speransky and granddaughter of Gen. U.S. Grant, faced heckling at the Brooklyn Academy of Music while arguing against bolshevism in Russia. She cited German influence, bolshevik manipulation, and Russia’s failed promises, noting executions of refugees supporters and harsh industrial conditions.
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New York
Cantacugene
Speransky
Grant
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Hkuasia
Russia
Ludendorff
Germany
Lenin
Trotsky
Rusela
Former Kaiser to Settle in Brazil After Visit to South America
Rio de Janeiro reports Otto Frienderich, ex-servant at Amerongen and crewman aboard the Bremerhaven, says former Kaiser William plans to live quietly in South America, likely Brazil, once the former Kaiserin recovers. Frienderich notes William spoke of settling in Brazil and Brazil is among four German ships arriving in Rio after the war.
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Rio
Amerongen
Rio de Janeiro
Kaiser William
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Otto Frienderich
Bremerhaven
Herr Frienderich
Hohenzollern
Koch, Sr., Pioneer of Remsen, Dies at 82
Henry Koch Sr a longtime Remsen resident died Thursday night at his daughter Mrs Henry Martens Bridgewater Iowa at age 82 He came to Remsen over 30 years ago His wife died about a year ago Survived by three sons Henry Fred and William Koch and two daughters Mrs Martens and Mrs Frank Relf The body was brought to Remsen for burial.
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Remsen
Henry Koch
Henry Martens
Bridgewater
Mr. Koch
Henry
Fred Koch
William Koch
Ogilvie
Minn
Martens
Frank Relf
Bkagle Grove
Movie reformer harps on Chaplin scalp film in Chicago
Chicago observers report Timothy Hurley, head of the city’s motion pictures commission, pressing for stricter censorship after Charlie Chaplin’s film shows a mother discarding her baby and Chaplin’s character rescuing it while teaching it to break windows. He would ban depictions of vamps, wild wearers, and related personas, and objects to scenes highlighted in divorce columns.
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Cicago
Charlie Chaplain
Timothy D. Hurley
Commission On Motion Pictures
Charlie
Hurley
Davis to be hanged for Redding marshal's death
Arthur C. Davis of Sharon Pennsylvania confessed the slaying of Marshal J W Hieves of Redding California. He was en route to the penitentiary Friday to await execution on March 25.
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Redding
Cal. Jay
Arthur C. Davis
Sharon
J. W. Hieves
Explosion kills three at Curtis Hay ordnance depot
Three men died in an explosion at the Curtis Hay army ordnance depot after days of large grenade handling. Authorities report the incident as a fatal accident with the number of casualties confirmed.
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Baltimore
Priday
Army Ordnance Depot
Curtis Hay
France awards American woman highest tribute
A French official photo accompanies a report on France bestowing its highest tribute on an American woman, signaling formal recognition of her contributions. The article notes the grateful reception and the ceremonial context of the award ceremony.
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France
Nickel Loaf Held Impossible But Andrews Sells Em
New York January 19 AP report shows Andrews Inc a small Italian bakery selling hundreds of 12 ounce loaves at a nickel each despite wholesale bakers claiming a 1 cent loaf is impossible. Andrew Piccarillo says demand exceeds production. deputy markets commissioner Weltmiller backs bakers' view.
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New York
Associated Press
Wholesale Bakers’ Association
Andrews, Inc
Andrew Piccarillo
Louis Reed Weltmiller
Behind the Scenes Woman Writer Plays Larger Part
A London Express piece reflects on women shaping fame and fate in theatre. It argues women are the true authors of existence, guiding male performers, enduring neglect, and choosing creation over voting, even as many men claim the spotlight.
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London Express
Tariff ware and markets urged by American farmer
The Chicago Daily News argues that tariff ware does not open markets or stimulate commerce, and asserts that what the American farmer and the nation need are more markets and more customers.
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Chicago Daily News
America
Late Clyde Fitch and the Rice Phrase Joke
The Detroit News recounts Clyde Fitch the playwright a noted rice phrase collector who stayed at a Hudson Valley country hotel for dinner. A waitress replied with a pun about beefsteak and “all over with” prompting Fitch to ask what was all over.
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Detroit News
Clyde Fitch
Hudson Valley
Fitch
Impressive funeral services for Langdon Navy officer
Manila reports impressive religious and military ceremonies held yesterday for Naval Lieut Warren L Langdon of U B & Albany recently shot by a Japanese sentry Russian and Japanese officials attended per Vladivostok dispatch. ceremony included officials from Russian and foreign parties.
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Manila
Warren LL Langdon
U. B. & Albany
Vladivostok
Siberia
Sugar Beet Growers of Owa Demand Tariff
Iowa sugar beet growers appear before the House ways and means committee urging protection for beet sugar. Represented by R. E. Moore of Mason City and B. S. Terwilliger of Garner they say 3,000 acres in northern Iowa are devoted to beets and the industry will be protected by tariff.
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Washington
Iowa
House
Wise and Means
RE. C. Moore
Mason City
Terwilliger
Garner
Simon Threatens U3 No Allies On Russian Trade
Berlin reports Foreign Minister Von Simon warned the United States and allies that Russia trade will not resume without Germany’s consent. He blamed Russia for stalled German relations and cited railway failures and Entente border barriers as obstacles. He said political ties remain impossible until Mirbach’s murder is addressed, while stressing Germany aims to pursue economic contacts with Russia at the earliest possible moment.
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Berlin
United States
Russia
Germany
von Simon
Reichstag
von Simons
England
Count Mirbach
Assassination Attempt on Kemal by Turkish Officer
In Constantinople Mustapha Kemal narrowly escaped a three shot assassination attempt by Lieutenant Chousni, a flying officer, who fired at him. The officer was arrested and extraordinary precautions were taken to protect Kemal.
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Athens
Mustapha Keme
Chousni
Constantinople
Kemal
Yankee firms loan Belgium thirty million dollars
New York January 22 Morgan & Co and the Guaranty Trust Company announced a new twenty million dollar loan to Belgium to be issued in two year bonds at five percent. The arrangement was disclosed here Friday night by Morgan & Co.
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New York
Belgium
Morgan & Co
Guaranty Trust Company
5-Cent Bread Loaf Seen As War-Era Price Benchmark
Washington reports indicate the five cent loaf, about 10 ounces, is a muted throwback to prewar 16 ounce loaves. Government experts say price declines in wheat and flour may lift bread back to five cent levels, though a pound of bread may take years. Chicago bakers say a six cent loaf is impossible due to flour shortages and rising costs.
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Washington
Kovernment
Joh. Shollendberger
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Chicago Hakers
Wiity
Canadian Nelegate Speaks for League in New York Banquet
New York notes reflect N. W. Rowell Canadian delegate to the Geneva assembly praising the League of Nations as viable and capable of sustaining world peace. About 609 members of the Canadian Club of New York attended a banquet at the Balt tote in his honor.
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New York
League of Nations
N. W. Rowell
Geneva Assembly
Canadian Club of
Balthore
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Kaiser
HY. Koch, SR
Remsen, JA
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Cornelus Stevenson
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Langdon
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