Fight on Rum Plot Expands as Aid Lists Dismissals
Assistant U S attorney J McCoy was assigned to assist Federal Prohibition Director Ralph Day in blocking liquor withdrawal and forged permits. Eight to ten government clerks and new Washington deputies arrived to probe 10,000 cases of forged permits. McCoy’s role shifts to personal counsel as Prohibition Director seeks stronger enforcement of denatured alcohol laws and seizes alcohol stock tied to barbers’ supply claims.
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Efor J. McCoy
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A. Day
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Federal Prohibition
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Fete Hanselé
Jose To
Cerone
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Dax
Oriental Company
Brooklyn
Wade Up
Lcense
Run
Lust
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Ihiten Lassen
Sixth Ave
Amsterdam Avenue
Families Flee Homes as Oil Burns at Greenpoint Plant
A large oil fire at the Standard Oil Greenpoint plant injured four firemen and forced residents to evacuate about 1,600 barrels of oil released by a ruptured valve. Explosions and escalating flames driven by agitators threatened nearby tanks as workers diverted oil to external tanks and families carried belongings from burning homes into the street.
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Blisspass
Relief
Harding Hunting Method To Dry Up Wet Cities
AINGTON Jan 18 President is concerned over prohibition enforcement but no definite policy decided to secure higher compliance with the law. White House comments note remarks on municipal flouting of prohibition and indicate consideration of a policy to strengthen law enforcement as keystone of government.
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Aington
White House
Jem
New Party Born at Albany To Aid Hearst Senate Boom
Albany June 1 a new political party arose to back Randolph Hearst as a path to the Senate. The Political Union for Progress in Government aims to leverage initiative, referendum, recalls and allied reforms. Leaders say its purpose is to support Hearst without nominating him for governor or other offices.
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Albany
Hearst Senate
Dianne Albany
William
Tehuna
Randolph Hearst
Renine
Independence League
Union For
Prosrese
Aav Reilly
Mc Oreity
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Charles ¥. Murphy
Senate
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Mr. Hearst
Political Union For Progress
United States Senate
Hearst
Independenes League
Murphy
Tammany Organization
Tammany
al Smith
City Transit Board Eyes Subway and Bus Growth Plan
The Board of Estimate debated transit policy urging subway and bus expansion over elevated lines. Commissioner Whalen asked for 25 million in city stock to fund 500 buses, detailing costs and projected net annual city income as legal barriers to operation fade. The mayor and others pledged continued scrutiny of transit authorities and insisted on not being browbeaten into bus subsidies.
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Bronx
Queens
Richmond
Birgelmann
Brooklyn
Hisses Incorporated
Hyluns
Charles Is Craig
Transit Commission
Port Authority
Whalen
Department of Plant and Structures
Whalen Gay
Official Concedes Defeat in Garment Strike Fallout
Officials of the Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Protective Association announced after a meeting in Settes to Stere or Commerce Hoover and Secretary of Labor Davie that they would resume operations under the old injunction terms while awaiting a federal investigation. Benjamin Schlesinger of the ILGWU claimed victory for the strikers in public opinion, and officials indicated the fight continues, with delays in serving injunctions cited as a tactic.
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Ieash
Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Protective Association
Settes
Stere
Commerce
Hoover
Davie
Schlesinger von Wight
Assortation
Benjamin Schlesingar
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Washington
Ma Schlesinger Last Wight
Kings Prosecutor Proposes Tattooed Brand for Alien Criminals
Kings County District Attorney John E. Ruston urged the Kings County Grand Jurors Association to brand alien criminals with a tattoo after conviction to prevent them from returning under new names post deportation. He favored forearm placement.
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John E. Ruston
Kings County
Kings County Grand Jurors Association
Brooklyn
Parole Board
Herbert N. Warbasse
Police Department
Stephen S. Tuthill
Ford Offers to Buy Entire French Navy
The French government asked Henry Ford by cable to consider purchasing battleships. Ford replied he would only buy the entire French navy, not job lots, and said no reply had been received. French delegation headquarters denied any such offer had been made.
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Washington
Associated Press
Henry Ford
Ford
Griffith Seeks to Halt Rail Strike
Dublin dispatch reports William Griffiths government seeks to avert a railway workers strike by year end. Sinn Fein volunteers guard departure trains while a Welsh Free State provisional government looms. Grifith meets industrial leaders without reaching accord as Irish political scene shifts with De Valera and Collins in talks.
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Draper
Turk Iribuna
Dublin
South Ireland
Holand
Fumon de Valera
Vn We ‘Sh
Trish
Welsh Free State
South Reland
Hume Hale
Hense
Ne Valera
Elmetud
Lenrge
England
Grifith
Grifithy
William Goulding
Thorat
Mae
Lylis
Eno RS Tate
Ireland
Rom
Higir Rifles
Sinn
Kingstown
Home
Old Ireland
Sinn Fein
de Valera
Michael Collins
Sinn Peinera
Riots In Madras mar Prince of Wales arrival
Rioting accompanied the Prince of Wales visit in Madras with police armored cars and several casualties. A death was reported as a rioter shot by theater staff. Gandhi supporters were blamed for opposing the prince’s greeting as crowds clashed near Government House and the Tripilgane district. Troops patrolled the streets amid the chaos.
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India
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Associated Press
Prince of Wales
London
Bombay
Daily Mail
Gandhi
Government House
Fror
Triplienane
Lord Ripon
Poincare Regime Seen Ending Supreme Allied Council
Paris dispatch notes Raymond Poincare’s control of the French government is expected to spell the end of the Supreme Allied Council. The incoming leadership favors Parisbased decisions and old style note exchanges between capitals, avoiding carnival cities and social diversions.
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Supreme Allied Council
the Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
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Raymond Poincare
Cabinet backs New York post office site delay plan
Washington dispatch reports Cabinet discussion on New York postal needs and a proposed new building. Postmaster General outlined tentative plans while activists push for relocation from City Hall Park. Reparations talks meanwhile open after Allied commission grants Germany provisional delay with conditions.
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Raeson
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Cabinel
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Tabor
Commerce
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City Hall Park
Henry Collins Brown
Valentine's Manual
Citizen's Postal Committee
William Fellowes Morgan
Michael Fried Sain
Alfred Smith
Darwin P. Kingsley
Glavency Kelsey
Hay
Aftea
Citizens’ Committee
Daugherty
New Yorkity
United States Courts
Board of Estimate
Citizens’ Postal Committee
Center
Worth
Leonard
Baxter Streets
Man Arrested in Hilton Store Robbery Laughs at Bail
Charles Humberg was arrested Thursday night while fleeing police after a suspected attempt to rob the Hilton Company store at Broadway and Worty Eighth Street. Held in $10,000 bail, he smiled through questioning and court proceedings, raising questions about his condition. Magistrate Renaud set the bail for grand jury action as Humberg remained amused and silent.
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Hilton Company
Broadway
Worty Eighth Street
West Side
Renaud
Harding Plans Work For the Unemployed
Washington January 13. The President and Cabinet discussed seasonal unemployment and the hardships it causes in various localities. The Executive announced plans to write to department heads supervising public works, urging relief measures and urging initiation of first steps in road and bridge projects where feasible.
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Tribone
Washikolon
Washington
Berlin Deposits Reparations Funds in New York Bank
Germany, despite a declared inability to meet the January 16 payment of 600 million gold marks, begins paying dollars at the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The action follows reports from abroad of a moratorium and designates the New York bank as the Allied Reparations Commission depository.
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M. Dubois
France
Reparations Commission
Germany
Rathenau
Walter Ruthenau
Genoa
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Allied Reparations. Commission
Woman by Sprint Traps Thief in 42d Street
Mrs. Theodore Blanche of Rye New York chased a thief who had grabbed her fur coat from her sedan near 42nd Street. Detective John Barron tackled the robber, identified as James Hampton four years old, after a public pursuit. Hampton had been released from Sing Sing two months earlier for larceny, the coat valued at $500.
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Rye
Fifth Avenue
Blanche
James Hampton
East Fitz Street
Hampton
Sing Sing
Lloyd George Seeks European Peace Pact At Genoa
Premier Lloyd George outlines a plan for a pan European peace pact to be formed at Genoa in March inviting Russia Germany Italy and other nations to join in a European brotherhood. He stresses honoring Versailles ties with France and Britain and aims to reduce armaments and end aggression. A broad Anglo French accord is also discussed with Italy and The United States noted in context.
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Paris
Raymond Pomeare
Tabine
Hriand’s
Poincare
Russia
Germany
Ayers
Cannes
Wilbur Forrist
Tribe
Lloyd
Loyd Geerer
Millerand
Taymond Poincare
Tew
Lloyd George
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European Brotherhood of Nations
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England
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United States Senate
Great Britain
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Britain
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