Nine grenades found in Chicago coal car prevents Fourth of July plot
In Chicago a Douglas Coal Company yard discovery of nine hand grenades, heavily charged, follows a Washington report that the city is a terrorist hub. Police and Army Intelligence Bureau investigations focus on radical plots while officials prepare for possible retaliatory actions and heightened security.
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New York Times
Chicago
Washington
Douglas Coal Company
Garrity
Army Intelligence Bureau
Philip J. Marry
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Reds
Cleveland
Army
Thomas Egan
Speialist
Police Department
Joseph Soreilo
Wellington Street
129Th United States Infantry
J. C. Barenek
Coal Company
United States Army
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Cexton
Penn
Douglas
New York
A R R A I G N P H I L A D E L P H I A R E D S
Two bomb suspects Paul Olsen and John Winter, both 27 and aliens, are held without bail in Philadelphia as detectives present a bag of 125 steel jacketed cartridges, city maps, tactical literature and two suspicious liquid phials. Bomb squad aims to trace their movements before explosions.
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Philadelphia
Paul Olsen
John Winter
Mahoney
Camden
New York
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
More Clues in Bomb Plot From Flynn Return
William J. Flynn head of the Bureau of Investigation returned from Washington and said the public may rest assured that we now have something most tangible to work on. He expects results soon as the case moves forward with new clues and evidence.
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Palmer
Cne Flynn
Flynn
Himsel
Offley
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
New York
United States Secret Service
Sethecks
Ieenis Island
William J. Flynn
Department of Justice
H Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Bills aim at radical agitators with death penalty proposals
Washington dispatch reports June 13 that Representative Aswell of Louisiana introduced bills to criminalize actions by non citizens attempting to destroy life or property with an infernal machine or other means. The measures would impose the death penalty upon conviction and include alien deportation provisions for wartime deserters or those who advocate disrespect of the flag.
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Washington
Aswell
Louisiana
United States
Funeral of Rosa Luxemburg in Berlin Passes Quietly
Rosa Luxemburg's funeral in Berlin proceeded without incident. Communist delegations with red armbands attended as Independent Socialist leaders gave speeches. The planned strike by the greater Berlin Soviet failed to materialize.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Rosa Luxemburg
Karl Liebknecht
Greater Berlin
Kansas Seeks 100000 Farmhands for Wheat Harvest
Assistant Secretary Clarence Ousley reported from Kansas City that Kansas needs 100000 laborers to harvest a record wheat crop. He warned success hinges on securing workers within the next few days to save about 200000000 bushels of winter wheat statewide.
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Washington
Clarence Ousley
Department Today
Kansas City
Kansas
Ousley
Synagogue Drives On Toward $500000 Goal
The Institutional Synagogue pushes a multistage campaign aiming to raise $500000 for a new building at 37 to 43 West 116th Street. With about $67000 raised so far, 2000 workers are planned to canvass. tomorrow 100 volunteers will target the Bronx Exposition and Amusement Park for funds as park officials promised cooperation.
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West 116Th Street
Bronx Exposition
British Decorate Gen Cronkhite For War Service
Major General A Cronkhite who led the 80th Division in France received the Cross of Knight Commander of St Michael and St George from the British Government in a Richmond Virginia ceremony on June 13.
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Gen. Cronkhite
Richmond
A. Cronkhite
France
St. Michael and St. George
Prison Forgery Plot Ties Chicago Officers to Ring
Secret Service says forged checks totaling about 100000 were printed at Fort Leavenworth prison using a print shop run by inmates. Five Chicago arrests linked to the scheme and claims that high ranking officers aided the operation, with papers forged to circulate counterfeit Treasury and private checks.
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New York Times
Chicago
Fort Leavenworth
Peter B. Trautzberg
Secret Service Office
United Fruit Company
CC. Skelton Williams
John Skelton’ Williams
United States Treasury
Mississippi
Drautzburg
John Smith
Grocer
Waco
Tex
Forger Ring Tied to Checks Near Chicago
Police say arrests include Robert Jones and Charles Maas of 168 West Hill Street along with Arthur Mathe son O BE Wilson and Alphonzo Jones. Maas, a barracks printer, confessed to forging government checks under threats of death as part of an investigation that began three months ago after two Leavenworth escapees were captured with forged signatures. Drautzburg later arrested Obert Kones, who had escaped from the barracks and provided the subsequent tale.
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Chicago
Robert Jones
Charles F. Maas
West Hill Street
Arthur Matheson
O. BE
Wilson
Alphonzo Jones
Maas
Leavenworth
Army
Drautzburg
Obert Kones
Defense Pushes Ford Libel Trial Into New Phase
In Mount Clemens Michigan on June 13 the Ford libel suit against The Chicago Daily Tribune moves into a new defense phase next week. The Tribune witnesses described border unrest and antiwar sentiment amid coverage of the Columbus raid and Santa Ysabel massacre, with testimony to challenge pro German bias and Ford’s war views.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
The
Tribune
United States
Ford
Arthur Ravel
Columbus
N. M
Maura T. Ritchie
Susan A. Moore
Thomas J. Holmes
Santa Ysabel
Sane S. Gellbert
Detroit
John H. Moore
el Paso
R. P. Johnson
Floyd ‘Ahbone
Foreien
Paris
Gibbons
Senate to Hear Ford Newberry Election Controversy
June Dillingham convened the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee to consider a resolution by Senator Pomerene of Ohio for an investigation of the Ford Newberry election contest. The panel will discuss whether to launch formal inquiry into the contested race.
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Washington
Dillingham
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Pomerene
Ohio
Bank Messenger Foils Hold Up in City
Detective Sergeant Thomas Donohue and three detectives arrested four men at Sixty-sixth Street and Amsterdam Avenue. A gun was drawn but overpowered. Officials said arrests may relate to eight robberies near West Sixty-eighth Street. two suspects named William Johnson and Dennis McGowan confessed.
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Thomas Donohue
Sixty-sixth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Donohue
Ryan
Walsh
Sixty-eighth Street
West Sixty-eighth Street
Colonial Bank
William Johnson
Dennis McGowan
Jury sworn for Wilkins murder trial in Mineola
The jury to try Dr. Walter Keene Wilkins for the murder of his wife Julia Was was completed at 12 25 this afternoon in Mineola Long Island. The twelve jurors include Edward Partes foreman Richard Soper Daniel Smith Edward Deurtje William Bartow William Van Velson J C Prince William Fletcher Chauncey Baker Joe Hayden Frank Hunt Paul Flindner and others. The court adjourned to Monday morning after District Attorney Weeks requested an adjournment due to an appointment.
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Mineola
LL. J
Walter Keene Wilkins
Julia
Weeks
Edward Partes
Central Park
Richard R. Soper
Oceanside
Daniel I. Smith
Oyster Hay
Edward 8. Deurert
Curtiss Aeroplane Company
Bellmore
William J. Bartow
Spector
Curtiss
Freeport
William van Velson
Hempstead
J. ¥. C. Prince
New York Telephone Company
Baldwin
William Fletcher
Valley Stream
Chauncey Baker
Joe
G. Hayden
Oral Park
Frank B. Hunt
Bellinore
Agricul
Paul W. Flindner
Malverne
Page & Shaw Candy Empire Expands Overseas
The Page & Shaw candy firm markets a new international footprint with Page & Shaw Chocolate Co in Cambridge and Canada’s Montreal factory. It reports long term leases for Paris and London stores and seven outlets in New York City plus a Diedre London shop near St James Palace. The firm touts one quality chocolate coating and top-grade confections as its growth strategy.
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League of Nations
Page & Shaw
Page & Shaw, Inc
America
G Real International
France
Paris
Colin
Armistiian
Lage & Shaw, Inc
London
Rochester
New York
York City
Canada
Wis
Als
Nun
Montreal
Page & Shar
Is Died Dilly
Dover Street
St. James Palace
Prince of Wales
Duke of Devonshire
Buckingham Palace
Queen Alexandra
Parris
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