Death of Director William Desmond Taylor Stirs Hollywood
Los Angeles reports detail the inquest into the shooting death of William Desmond Taylor misidentified as William Deane Tanner. The probe centers on his love life with Mabel Norman Mary Miles Minter Neva Gerber and others as possible motives and clues.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
William Desmond Taylor
William Deane Tanner
Taylor
Mabel Norman
Mary Miles Minter
Neva Gerber
Edna Purviance
Douglass McLean
Times
The
Monrovia
Ida Deane Tanner
Chicago
New York
Arms Conference Ends With Ratification Of Far East Treaty
The Washington meeting closed with approval of the Far Eastern treaty based on Root's four points and open door for China. Delegation leaders praised President Harding while Admiral Balfour urged respect for settlements in the Far East as the final entry nears. A new Chinese tariff treaty was also presented.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Balfour
China
Far East
Root
Seven Chicago Officials Indicted Over City Newspaper Plant
Indictments returned against seven current and former Chicago officials charging civil service violations through press subscriptions and picnic tickets tied to a city backed political paper. Evidence suggests employees were coerced to subscribe or buy tickets under threat of job loss.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Civil Service
William Hale Thompson
Cook County
Sixth grade level intelligence claim shocks Oregon crowd
Dr. Herbert Willett of the University of Chicago told the Oregon agricultural conference that the average intelligence of Americans equals a sixth grade pupil. He claimed the United States ranks sixth among nations in literacy and warned of tankers in literacy impacting global standings.
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Associated Press
Corvallis
Oregon
United States
Herbert Willett
University of Chicago
Oregon Agricultural Conference of Japan
Funeral for Margaret Elizabeth Petty Tomorrow
The funeral for little Margaret Elizabeth Petty will be held tomorrow at 11 o'clock from the Christian Church, correcting the previous announcement.
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Margaret Elizabeth Petty
Christian Church
Grand jury probes Harlingen conspiracy over Udarte shooting
Brownsville Texas February 4 grand jury begins an investigation into an alleged conspiracy by 26 men living near Harlingen linked to the fatal shooting of Manuel Udarte a Mexican citizen authorities say the case involves a planned act leading to the death.
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Brownsville
Texas
Harlingen
Manuel Udarte
Propose Beer Tax To Finance Soldier Bonus
Washington February 4 three financing options for the soldier bonus were presented to the house ways and means committee. They included a 2.60 percent beer tax an increase in inheritance taxes and sale of refunded British bonds.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Teague Texas Martial Law Raids Probe Bootleg Stills
Teague Texas February 4 The martial law crackdown in Freestone County expands as military search teams sweep bottoms and timbered ravines for stills and bootleggers. About 60 prisoners were captured in raids yesterday and moved to camps at Winter Garden Teague and Fairfield under guardsmen.
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Associated Press
Teague
Texas
Freestone County
Wolters
Winter Garden
Fairfield
Mexico to send 25 students to European universities
Mexico will send 25 students to principal universities in Europe, mainly in Germany, with government funds approved for this purpose. Currently ten alumni and faculty of chemistry and science are studying in Germany.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Europe
Germany
Excelsior
Mexico City
Prisoner Recaptured After Fort Worth Jail Break
Fort Worth Texas February 4 one escapee from the Decatur jail break was recaptured this morning another fugitive weighing about 200 pounds remains at large. Authorities say the opening in the jail wall had to be enlarged to permit the escape. The man has not been caught.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Decatur
Rail Train Buried By Avalanche Kills 110 At Itoigawa
A Japanese avalanche at Itoigawa station kills 110, mostly farmers, with many injured. Railway workers and medical teams rush to clear tracks and aid the survivors. relief is dispatched from Nagano.
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Tokio
Itoigawa
Nagano
Nagaro
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