Britons Send Seven Hurt As Brooklyn Apartment Explodes
A blast rocked an apartment at 87 Third Avenue South Brooklyn late last night injuring seven, two fatally. Victims include Tony Mascarelli owner of a café and several Corgenson family members. Patrolman Cole aided rescue efforts as fire and police battled ensuing chaos.
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Tony Mascarelli
Third Avenue
Brooklyn
King’s County Hospital
Mariascello Masco
Maccarelli
King's County Hospital
Eliza Corgenson
Norwegian Hospital
Janet Gorgenson
Arthur Corgenson
Corgenson
Wien
Harry Skogland
Andrew Cole
Resignation Sent Newton By Untermyer
Samuel Untermyer chief counsel to the Lockwood Committee on Housing tendered his resignation as Special Deputy Attorney General in charge of prosecutions tied to the committee revelations. He said fines rather than prison sentences hinder public usefulness and he would not act as a collection agent for the state while anti trust prosecutions await legislative backing.
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Samuel Untermyer
Lockwood Committee
Tousing
Newton
Untermyer
Shekels
Eh Avo Olay
91 000 Killed on U S Highways in 19 Months
At Yale Manon laboratory conference William Phelps Eno urged standardized highway traffic regulations for all communities. He compared 44,000 military deaths to 91,000 highway fatalities in the same period, noting many are school age children and criticizing untrained local enforcement.
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New Haven
Conn
William Phelps Eno
Washington
Manon Laboratory
Yale University
United States
Eno
Plane theft ends with crash and arrest at Mitchel Field
Aviation Post at Mitchel Field reports a theft of a JHD Curtin biplane by William K. Dounnlard and Stephen W. Ceuti yana, who fled to a mud flat after stalling the aircraft. They were captured, charged with burglary, and held on $2,000 bail by Justice of the Peace Neu of Lynbrook. Both men, Californians and former West Point cadets, claimed exomedical studies failures. The plane had previously been used in exhibition flights at Ocean Side Corp. Last week the aircraft wrecked during a prior flight. First Lieutenant John P. Roulot of Mitchel Field filed the charge.
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Airpiaus Vserwe Aevenne
ATMY
Mitchel Field
Long Island
Jhd Curtin
William K. Dounnlard
Stephen W. Ceuti Yana
Justice of the Peace
wing @ De Haviland
Ocean Side Corporation
John P. Roulot
British Troops Quell Disorders in Alexandria Riots
Riots in Alexandria leave at least 37 dead and 51 wounded as British troops hand control to Egyptian police. The fighting, blamed on Greeks and natives, spread across districts with looting and arson. Several hundred injured reported. several Europeans feared among the dead.
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Alexandria
London
Associated
Policr
Balconica
Times
Cairo
Anactaaia
The
Londonnes
Funeral Trust Worbids Sunday Burial of Heroes
Chicago investigators uncover an undertakers trust aiming to ban Sunday burials after two war heroes Lieutenant Joseph B Fast and Sergeant Hazen A Vaughn were killed in action. Despite a ban by the Chicago Motor Liverymen's Association, fraternal volunteers supplied cars and the two funerals proceeded on Sunday. The trust allegedly adjusted pricing to enforce the schedule and sought adherence to the no Sunday burial rule.
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Chicago
Tribune
Olainteer
Joseph B Fast
Hazen A. Vaughn
Prunes
Chicago Motor Liverymen's Association
Ordinn
Lone Tan
Wis
Harding Pledges Peace as Nation Mourns War Dead
President Harding, moved by rows of American war dead, vows peace and pledges not to provoke. In New York, the Mayflower salute and a busy day for the President include a harbor wreath, a city tour, and official ceremonies honoring 5115 coffins at the army pier.
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Vronch
Hobden
United States
Harding
Life Nation
Fort Lafayette
Teland
Tuvey
Nin Feet
Hylan
New York City
Washington
New York
Central Pak
Fifth Avenue
West Twenty-fourth Street
Twenty-third Street
War Weeks
Interior Falls
New
Indiana
Calder
Sawyer
George B. Christian
Warren Harding Christian
Army
Hardings
Sherrill
P. W. Galbraith
American Legion
Hudon
Hoboken
Lackawanna Railroad Company
Scranton
Governor's Island
New Jersey Fork
Army Pier
Uwardine
Fin Jeide
Reguliia
Herbert Shipman
Sufagen Bishon-elect
En Page
Actor Cyril Scott's Wife Hangs Self in Queens Home
Mrs Louise Kis sing Scott, 52, wife of actor Cyril Scott of Bayside Queens, died by hanging from a second floor banister. He found her minutes after he left for papers. Doctor ruled suicide. She had fought grief since her mother's death and had a history on stage, including Sindbad the Sailor and The Crystal Slipper.
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Fourth Avenue Station
Third Avenue
Maccarelli
Maniscelle
King's County Hospital
James A. Gillan
Th A
Cyril Scott
Bell Avenue
Bayside
Queens
Louise Kissing Scott
Scott
Philadelphia
Mr. Scott
Aida Johnson Young
Century Theater
Night “Watch
Pringe
Augustin Daly
David Belasco
Lnte
Charles Frohman
House Adopts Tariff Bill by 245 to 97 Vote
The House approved the conference report on the tariff bill by 245 to 97, sending the measure to President Harding for signature. The act raises duties on farm products and manufactured goods, preserves wartime import controls, and adds penalties to curb foreign dumping. Opposition was limited, with a few critics arguing limited farm benefits, while Canada and other nations warned of possible retaliation.
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House
Washington
Congress
Senate
White House
Harding
New York
Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
Canada
Europe
Fordney
Ways and Meany Committee
Sach
Samatitan
White lamb found afloat near Battery under weight of sea
A white lamb marked Mary in Fed letters was found adrift in a wooden box off the Battery by Captain William Wilson of the Velox. The lamb was rescued by Marine Division Sergeant Smith and fed by Patrolman Louis Delg, showing signs of recovery by midnight.
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Willian Wilson
Velox
Wilwon
Schoolboys stage masked Ku Klux Klan trial in Akron
In Akron Ohio during May eighty year old Martin of Greensburg is said to have beaten his wife and two children. A crowd of masked schoolboys gathered in the street after hearing screams and conducted a mock trial branding him as community adulterer. He was convicted and jailed as Summit County's oldest inmate.
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Akron
Ohio
May Martin
Greensburg
Martin
Summit County
Understanding Era of Government and World Relations Speech
President Harding pledged the United States would be strong for war or peace and urged an era of understanding between government and people and among nations. He spoke at Hoboken and at the Astor Hotel lunch, warning against isolation and stressing Allied debt funding, cooperation among agriculture labor and business, and restraint in government meddling. Vice President Coolidge joined the anniversary dinner, highlighting safeguards of democracy and the need for practical budget measures.
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Harding
United States
Hoboken
Taft
Elihu Root
Alten B. Parker
Astor Hotel
Academy of Political Science
Commodore
New York
America
Sheaid
Europe
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Washington
Coline
Aie
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Millerand
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Nore
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Peetemont
Inter-Allied Commission
Find & Means
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Great Britain
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Giles
Upper Sicsia
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Main Seal
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Texas
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Wife Beater
Hoboken Pier
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