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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1920
Page
25
U S trade balance for the current eleven months shows 17 billion dollars in favor of the United States with exports reaching a record 74 190 849 while imports rose to 91 883 010 in the year ending June 30 1916 and further gains expected as the war continues.
In Paris on June 22 the Frank Jay Gould Edith Gould divorce case opened. Gould's attorney sought an absolute divorce on multiple grounds while Edith Gould's counsel argued French courts lacked jurisdiction as she resided in the United States. The case follows a 1919 Paris decree and Gould petitions further action in New York.
Joseph Marinelli of Brooklyn was sentenced to five years in state prison after beating informer Nicholas Placanica in the Brooklyn County Court cell room following Placanica’s guilty plea to petit larceny. Ambulance staff treated Placanica’s wounds. The pair were believed tied to burglaries in South Brooklyn including a $1,500 dress theft from Elizabeth Werner.
About 400 to 500 workers from the Board of Education Police and Health departments started a census check in 112 Manhattan districts under Mayor's committee chair Dr Frank J Monaghan. Enumerators will report figures to the Health Department for tabulation and possible expansion if errors justify it.
The Department of Justice disapproves of rationing sugar at hotels and restaurants and prefers serving from open bowls. A telegram to Chairman Sherburne of the State Commission on Necessaries of Life notes policy would not revert to wartime rationing.
Hudson River Valley growers traders and exporters warn that speculation rather than actual shortage is raising sugar prices threatening fruit and berry preservation. They urge an immediate sugar embargo and fair distribution to housewives and canners, noting government action and a proposed rationing system in place.
Judge Malqueen in General Sessions sentences three young men for grand larceny in the first degree. William Keyes James Murphy and John Collins stole $1400 in goods from Abraham Edwards haberdashery on April 14. Keyes gets ten years Sing Sing Murphy four to ten years Collins to Elmira Reformatory.
The Florida department of the American Legion adopted a resolution opposing cash bonus legislation in any form. The vote tally reported was 84 to an unclear opposing total, reflecting a decisive stance by the state organization.
Two suspects fled after assaulting Ralph Cherry a 17 year old clerk at 480 Fifth Avenue near 18th Street. Cherry was stabbed but treated and released. Patrolmen Haviland and Wilkingon arrested Joseph Gardella at Broadway and Seventeenth Street and Frank Salino after a subway stop at 18th Street and Fourth Avenue.
Surrogate vuuuan heard arguments over 17 million in Captain De Lamars bequests to Columbia Harvard Johns Hopkins and the poor association claiming they exceed state law. Estate valued near 29 million at death rising to 32 million with a 10 million trust for Miss Alice Antoinette.
Mer rick W Chapin, former teller at the Pheniy National Bank, returned to Hartford after his five year sentence for stealing $44000 was commuted by President Wilson. He pleaded guilty to stealing the funds. About 400 private stills have been seized in Kansas by Federal agents in the last year, says prohibition officer Dudley Doolittle.
A June earthquake centered near Huntington Lake caused about 150000 dollars in damage across Los Angeles and Inglewood. Twenty one Inglewood businesses were demolished and many homes damaged, with one fatality from heart failure during a Venice auto incident.
In Lincoln Nebraska on June 22 the report notes delegates selected for a Chicago convention. Calderon is named as a new ambassadorial candidate linked with La Follette and Bryan. Johnson and La Follette are said to support a third party effort and seek U.S. recognition for the Verandocan government.
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