Truant in Woman's Clothes Suspect in Tesmer Case
The Chicago police detain Freddy G Thompson aka Frances Carrick alias Mrs Carrick, a confessed disguise artist linked to the Richard Tesmer holdup and murder. Marie Clark, Thompson’s companion, is questioned as investigators note Thompson’s shift from alibi to denial while preparing to enter a new disguise.
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Chicago
Fred G
Thompson
Richard G. Tesmer
Detective Bureau
Michael Hughes
Frances” Carrick
Tesmer
Freddy
William Cusick
Marie Clark
Strike's End Halts $179 Million Tieup
The brick layers' strike ending after Mason Builders' Association agreed to a $12 a day wage for two years ends a disruption affecting about $175,000,000 in metropolitan construction. The settlement followed a conference with the Building Trades Employers' association and the union, and construction is expected to resume in a few days.
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New York
Bricklayers
Mason Builders’ Association
Mason Builders
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Weeks hints Ford nomination possible via primary
Providence June 21 Secretary of War Weeks at Brown University hinted Henry Ford could be nominated if a presidential primary reflected public choice. He attacked direct primaries as not improving government and warned such a system could favor wealthy figures lacking essential qualifications for the presidency.
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Providence
R. I
Henry Ford
War Weeks
Brown University
Weeks
oFrd
Detroit
Harding
Ford
Heat Wave Ravages Cities Across the Northeast and Midwest
United States weather officials forecast cooling by evening as heat deaths rise. Boston and Philadelphia report multiple fatalities while Chicago Cleveland and other cities tally rising tolls. The highest readings reach 98 in Philadelphia and Harrisburg with 86 in Boston.
Labor Shortage Pressures US Employers in 1921
Washington reports a labor shortage of 600000 men facing large employers due to improving industrial and agricultural conditions. The unemployment crisis from 1921 has vanished and all jobless are now back at work, according to United States employment service data.
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International News Telegraph and Cable Service
Washington
United States Employment Service
Primrose Stripping Plant Change Hands in Major Deal
Indiana and Ohio Coal company buys Primrose stripping plant, 700 acres, machinery, and other equipment for about 350000. G W Dixon named superintendent. plant stays named Primrose strip mine under Modern Fourth Vein Coal company with offices in town led by Thomas Williams. Plant south of city to operate about two more years.
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New Purchase
G. W. Dixon
Primrose
Indiana & Ohio Coal Company
Linton
Jasonville
Primrose Company
Indiana and Ohio Coal Company
John Williams
Cadiz
Thomas Williams
Chas. Wenner
Ohio
Fourth Vein Coal Company
Thos. Williams
Red Cross Offers Full Aid to Italian Mount Etna Eruption Victims
Washington June 21 The American Red Cross announced its full services to assist the Italian government in relief efforts for residents of towns struck by Mount Etna's eruption.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Mount Etna
Harding Grants Wide Range of Pardon and Commutation
President Harding ordered immediate release of more than a score of federal prisoners while keeping almost as many detained. He acted on 158 cases with 30 conditional and 14 unconditional commutations, one full pardon, and 27 restored civil rights. 82 applications were denied including a group of 20 IWW members. two Sacramento convicts were deported after conditional deporation.
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Harding
Department of Justice
Industrial Workers of the World
Sacramento
Cal
Chicago
Leavenworth
Wichita
Kas
Weather Report Forecast For North Central Regions
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with probable local thunder showers in north and central portions. Continued warm temperatures and humidity in the forecast.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Time payment car sales called menace by speaker
Byron De Forest of Great Falls Montana told delegates at the Retail Credit Men's National association meeting in Milwaukee that permitting buyers to pay for automobiles on time creates dead beats and that pleasure cars sold to those who cannot afford them pose the worst menace today.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Byron de Forest
Mont
Retail Credit Men’s National Association
Ku Klux Klan Demonstration Planned in Vincennes
Newspaper ads and hand bills announce a Klan demonstration in Vincennes Ind with a street parade and public speech at Harrison Park tonight at eight o clock The event is scheduled to begin with the parade and feature a public address at the park Charlottesville?
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Vincennes
Ind
Harrison Park
Savannah Quiet as Troops Guard Jail
Savannah Georgia faced a state of insurrection with Brigadier General R J Travis placed in command after a mob of over 2000 gathered at Chatham county jail to free Walter Lee a Negro charged with assault. Guards mounted machine guns and fired rifles as water hoses failed to disperse the crowd leaving one dead and several wounded.
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Savannah
Chatham County
Walter Lee
R. J. Travis
Lewis T. Pope
Thomas W. Hardwick
Miners Object to Detectives at Vigo No 28 Mine
The Terre Haute Post reports ill feeling at Vigo Mining company mine 28 over a member of the local union allied with the Horse Thief Detective Association. Miners refused to work Monday when the detectives appeared and feared trouble if the detective miner returns. They say the group acts as a state constabulary and could be used during a strike. Similar unrest is said to be brewing in other fields.
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Terre Haute
Jasonville
Vigo
Horse Thief Detective Association
Adams Moves to Oppose Harding on World Court Policy
Washington report says John T. Adams Republican National Committee chairman has begun a campaign against President Harding’s world court partnership plan. He plans statewide conferences with committeemen, including Massachusetts leaders, to rally opposition and possibly resign if he fails to unite the party.
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John T. Adams
Republican National Committee
Harding
Adams
International Court
Republican National
Senator Lodge
War Weeks
Republican
Frank A. Munsey
New York Herald
Mr. Munsey
Louisville
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Pacific
Senate
Harding greeted by Vincennes crowd
Thousands of people gathered at the Baltimore and Ohio depot in Vincennes as the presidential special stopped briefly at 11 o clock. From Seymour the president drew crowds at each station along the Indiana route, despite the train’s planned path being largely unknown.
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International News Telegraph and Cable Service
Vincennes
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Seymour
Indiana
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