Hylan Aide Scandal Hits City Police Funds Shortages in Schools
The joint legislative committee reports possible misappropriation of over $600,000 from 1918 police games and related tickets. Records are missing or destroyed as captains confess few kept accounts. The probe also outlines severe crowding and lack of new high schools under Mayor Hylan, with 81,000 expected high school students next year across 97,000 seats.
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Hylan
Schuyler M. Meyer
Toiles
Enright
Meyer
J Ie
Leutenant
City of
New York
Denmine Meyer
Apenitiae
Grin
Lange
Legislative Committee
Ware
Miller Pconocks
Court of Appeals
Bpi
Appellate Vision
Supreme Court
Niice Whitaker
Leach
Hizener
Hearst-Hylan-Tammany
Tribune
Evander Childs
Bronx
Julia Richman
Board of Education
Youth Seeks Police Help To Avoid Marriage
Irving inowitz of 478 Grand Street Brooklyn appealed to police to halt an arranged marriage claiming distress and threats of self harm. Lieutenant Twomey advised him to change his plans and avoid the situation.
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Erngoman
Irvinginowitz
Grand Street
Clymer Street
Brooklyn
Twomey
Y M C A Man's Body Found Tied to An Anchor
The body of Bruce S Grennelle, missing since June 27, was found off Far Rockaway with an anchor attached to his ankles. Grennelle, an assistant secretary at the West Side Y M C A, served in the Signal Corps and as a stretcher bearer, studied photography, and worked for Famous Players Lasky before joining the Y M C A. Police consider suicide or possible foul play and will investigate.
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Bruce S. Grennelle
West Side
Swaside Avenue
Far Rockaway
Thomas Finucan
Grennelle
Thomas’ Grennelle
Ling
Parkside Avenue
Brooklyn
Bruce
Young Grennelle
Signal Corps
Syracuse University
Lowell Thomas
Famous Players-Lasky Company
Robert Grennelle
Sparta
N. J
James Duncan
Charles Grey
Frank Addison
James Craig
Ant
Ex-convict killed by posse after abducting family in Hood River
Luther Fagan, freed on parole after serving time for an attempted attack on Miss Louise Watkins, shot T. J. Miller then abducted Mrs. Miller, Pearl, and a boy. Armed posses tracked him to a Thicket near Mount Hood where he was killed. Captives unharmed. Fagan had escaped prison last year and was paroled earlier this year with conditions.
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Hood River
Ore
Luther Fagan
Louise Watkins
T. J. Miller
Miller
Fagan
Oklahoma
State Eugenics Board
Miss Watkins
Siberian border clash reports 500 Coreans killed or wounded
Reports from Japanese military headquarters say a battle on the Siberian border between Japanese forces and Coreans left five hundred Coreans killed or wounded. Several thousand Coreans are alleged to have sided with the Siberian Bolsheviks.
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Seoul
Corea
Associated Press
Siberian
Mellon Urges Senate Delay on Bonus Bill Fight
Secretary Mellon warned Congress of grave deficit danger if the soldiers bonus bill passes. He estimated costs between 1.5 and 5.25 billion dollars and warned it would swell government expenses, raise taxes, and fuel inflation while delaying funds until next year. The exchange followed Senator Frelinghuysen request for a financial outline.
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Washington
Secretary of the
Treasury
Mellon
Congress
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Senate
House
Underwood
Alabama
McCumber
North Dakota
Plank Rider From Sea Identified After Daring Beach Landing
A stranger in a nondescript coat and cap rode ashore on a plank at Long Beach California, signaling for help. Patrolman Monahan detained him and, after questioning, he gave the name Nicholas Zuchlog and claimed residence in Doylestown Pa. He sought work and is held for further inquiry.
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Long Beach
L. A
Cornelius Monahan
America
Monahan
Lynbrook
Justice of the Peace
Neu
Gua Sabo
Sabo
East Tenth Street
New York City
New York Harbor
Nicholas Zuchlog
Main Street
Doyles
Town
Smuts says Irish problem solvable in better atmosphere
London speech by General Smuts, premier of South Africa, after Ireland visit, expresses hope the Irish issue can be resolved within the British Empire. He cites South Africa as an example of overcoming division through forbearance and give and take, and notes America should join in world service.
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Hope
America
London
Associated Press
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
Ireland
General Smuts
Simont
Lem
United Kingdom
South Africa
Sinn
Fate of Briand Regime May Be Settled Today
Washington dispatch says the Fordney tariff bill heads to the House floor with final debate rules set by Ways and Means. July 21 vote date proposed. discussion covers hides dyes cotton and oil with five minute speeches after July 14. Briand ministry in Paris faces possible vote of confidence as Chamber debate looms.
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Tribune
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Fordney
Frear
Wisconsin
Ribure
New York Tribune
Paris
Briand
Bank of China
Senate Foreign Affairs and Finance Committee
Chamber of Deputies
M. Doumer
Clemeneau
Tardieu
Poincaré
Friends of
Luxembourg Pal
Classical Education Advocates Begin 60 000 Survey
Philadelphia July 6 Advocates of classical study announce a three year survey costing sixty thousand dollars to prove better progress in business. Dean Andrew West of Princeton will direct the effort with employer queries on the value of classics. A report shows Greek students leading overall averages across ten years of college entrance exams. Tomorrow Vice President Galvin Coolidge is to speak.
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Philadelphia
American Classical League
Andrew West
Princeton
Dean West
Galvin Coolidge
Wild Woman Captured After Tree Climbing Frenzy
Atlantic City July 6 A distraught woman nicknamed wild creature due to ape like tree movement was pursued by a posse led by Sheriff Malcom B Woodruff and captured. The madwoman, Mrs Mary Isgar of Vineland formerly New York area, fought as she was brought down from a tree and taken to a Vineland hospital.
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Atlantic City
Berry Picke
Malcom B. Woodruft
Mary Isgar
Vineland
Here
New York
Posse
Smuts Reports Irish Armistice Talks to British Cabinet
General Smuts, mediating the Irish dispute, reports Sinn Féin willingness to discuss peace. Optimism grows for an armistice this week and a London peace conference within days. Smuts meets De Valera in Dublin then informs Lloyd George as Cabinet weighs terms and venue.
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Arthur S. Draper
the Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
London
Jan Christiaan Smits
South Africa
Sinn Féin
Smuts
Dublin
Lloyd George
Lord Birkenhead
Homer Greenwood
Ireland
A. J. Balfour
Eamon de Valera
Irish Republic
James Craig
Ulster
Earl Middleton
Sir Horace Plunkett
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