Public judges to decide Arbuckle return on screen
New York reports officials flooded with telegrams about Fatty Arbuckle's possible comeback after Will Hays pardoned him. Movie owners say public opinion will determine if Arbuckle films reappear, while Famous Players and Joseph Schenck weigh future plans and policy remains unchanged for now.
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New York
Fatty Arbuckle
Will H. Hays
Virginia Rappe
Manhattan
Arbuckle
Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America
Ony
Hays
The
Famous Players
Miss Rappe
Joseph Schenck
Schenck
Chicago Temple to Become World’s Tallest Church
The Chicago Temple, built by the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago’s business district, will be the tallest church globally with a planned total height of 545 feet after the spire is added. Upper floors will house offices.
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Chicago
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Jury Acquits Woman in Mineola Shooting Case
Mrs. Hazel Hirsch was acquitted by a Mineola jury after testifying the shooting of her husband at Miss Deine Davies's home last summer was accidental as she tried to stop him from self harming.
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Mineola
N. Y
Hazel Hirsch
Deine Davies
Hirsch
Two Montreal Boys Die in Snowbank Escape Pair
Two 12 year old boys Roland and Gerald Cutler were found frozen to death in a Morin Heights snowbank while fleeing Montford orphanage to reach their homes. The pair had escaped the orphanage prior to the tragedy.
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Montreal
Que
Roland
Gerald Cutler
Morin Heights
Here
Montford
Forty Hurt in Wreck at Jessup Georgia
Forty people were injured when seven Pullman cars of southbound passenger train No 83 aboard the Atlanta Coast Line derailed between Allen Hurst and McIntosh. None of the injuries were described as serious.
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Jessup
Atlanta Coast Line
Allen-Hurst
McIntosh
Accidental Shooting Frees 11 Year Old in Omaha
Robert Hyde, 11, who was held for the fatal shooting of 3-year-old Billy Ferenstein, the son of Mr and Mrs Max Ferenstein, was discharged after a coroner jury ruled the death accidental.
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Omaha
Neb
Robert Hyde
Billy Ferenstein
Max Ferenstein
Irregulars Burn Two Trains At Castle Bellingham
Belfast Republicans derailed and burned a freight train en route from Dublin to Belfast at Castle Bellingham in County North. A Belfast to Dublin mail train was later derailed and burned at the same location.
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Belfast
Dublin
Castle Bellingham
County North
Vessel on the Rocks Near Kingsville
A large boat lies on the rocks off Kingsville Ontario in Lake Erie. The distress appears in a wireless message picked up by the Detroit News station. Authorities warn of danger and monitor the situation closely.
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Detroit
Kingsville
Ont
Lake Erie
Detroit News Station
News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers
Uncle Sam is willing to pay more than 400 million dollars if due recipients claim it. The House votes 118 to 52 on Green’s tax-exempt securities constitutional amendment, while a 230 million dollar Navy budget and calls for a new disarmament conference pass. Harding plans a March 6 Florida vacation as budget reforms show progress.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
House
House Rules Committee
Green
Fires devastate lodging house district in Cleveland
Fire destroyed a four story Cleveland building causing $100000 loss, rescuing hundreds from lodging houses and threatening the central market district. Four injured, including three firemen. Other items note Boonstra frost bite rescue near Coalville Utah and mining accidents in Christopher Illinois with 21 hurt.
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Cleveland
Central Market District
Legion Urges Dues to Support Independent National HQ
Maj. Gen. Robert Tyndall, newly named national treasurer of the American Legion, urges members to pay dues early to keep posts financially independent. He highlights a long career from 1897 through World War I and now commands the Thirty-eighth National Guard division while promoting relief, Americanism, and other measures.
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Létion
Robert Tyndall
Indianapolis
Tyndall
General Tyndall
Legion
Porto Rico
One Hundred and Fiftieth
Forty-second
Thirty-eighth
Nationa Guard
Casper Man Leads Veterans to National Command
Chiles P. Plummer of Casper Wyoming national vice commander of the American Legion embodies Western WWI resolve. He left a four gallon hat for a campaign hat and spent twenty two months in service as captain of artillery in the One Hundred Sixteenth ammunition train. He organized the George Vroman post at Casper and became its first commander. He worked to aid disabled ex service men, earning national recognition and rise to national executive committeeman and vice commander. He is a lawyer educated at the University of Illinois and a fraternity brother of Alvin M. Owsley Legion commander.
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Chiles P. Plummer
Casper
Wyo
American Legion
Plummer Chiles Plummer
Third Wyoming Infantry
France
George Vroman
Legion
Plummer
University of Illinois
Alvin M. Owsley
Legion National Comander
In Bad Shape on Legion Weekly Gossip
The professor confesses marital tension after an awkward remark. His friend questions the situation as the professor reveals his wife suspects a double life following a remark about calling her dearie.
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Dearie
America
Legion Weekly
Appointment for Mrs Hobart as welfare chairman
Mrs Lowell F Hobart former president of the American Legion Auxiliary has been named chairman of the Auxiliary committee on welfare and hospital relief in a recent appointment.
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Joseph Pilsudski
Poland
Warsaw
General Sikorski
Hobart
Lowell F. Hobart
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Legion Leader I Earle Cocke of Georgia
I Earle Cocke of Dawson Georgia national vice commander of the American Legion champions rehabilitation of disabled veterans and sound financial policies. A founder of Georgia’s Legion and state executive committee member he helped Georgia post the largest membership gain in 1922. Cocke served in World War I and later held editorial roles with Macon News and Athens Banner before becoming a farmer and real estate man.
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I. Earle Cocke
Dawson
American Legion
Cocke
Georgia Department of the Legion
Georgia
New Orleans
University of Georgia
Eleventh District Agricultural College
Gordon Military College
Gerardmer
Vosges Mountains
Honorary Belgian Veterans Legion honors two Americans
Clarence J. Bourg of Louisiana and Mayor Robert Mouton of Lafayette received honorary membership in the Belgian Veterans Legion at the Interallied Veterans association convention in New Orleans. Only five honorary members exist.
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Louisiana
Belgian Veterans’ Legion
Clarence J. Bourg
Louisiana American Legion
Robert Mouton
Lafayette
Belgian Ex-Service Boys Honor Louisiana Hosts in New Orleans
The Belgian delegation was hosted by Louisiana ex service men at a New Orleans gathering. Presentation was made by M. Joseph Janne assistant minister of labor for Belgium and Belgian Legion commander. The diploma and badge will be presented to Americans by King Albert in Brussels in 1923.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
M. Joseph Janne
Belgium
King Albert
Brussels
Radio talk on rehabilitated ex service man in Atlanta
A United States Veterans' bureau broadcast titled Possibilities of a Rehabilitated Ex-Service Man was heard in Atlanta under Joe Sparks new American Legion rehabilitation committee chair. About 200 veterans in a Cookeville Tennessee training school listened from 300 miles away.
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United States Veterans’ Bureau
Atlanta
Joe Sparks
American Legion
Cookville
Tenn
Dealer's Lifetime Car Claim Sparks Fear
Dialogue shows Drake worried about a dealer who boasted a lifetime car life, prompting Blake to question his fear. The exchange hints at doubt over a used car purchase and its implied promises.
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Blake
Jim
Drake
American Legion Weekly
Getting Rid of the Evidence
A courtroom dialogue from the American Legion Weekly features a prisoner admitting a knife was hidden to avoid police discovery after an assault. The exchange highlights the tension between crime and concealment as authorities question the defendants.
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American Legion Weekly
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