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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
6
Two masked men robbed the Milwaukee railroad station in Canton South Dakota forcing telegraph operators L A Sandquist and A C Hoff to lie down. They escaped in an automobile with three mail sacks and 77 dollars in cash from the drawer.
Eight men killed and three injured in a cascade of blasts at Grasseli Chemical plant in Sinnamahoning Pennsylvania. Three loading houses and a building were blown apart, with ignition starting in a powder room where all workers perished. cause likely unrecoverable. In Alabama, eleven miners died at Acmar No 3 mine of Alabama Fuel and Iron in St Clair county per the Birmingham bureau of mines report.
Rep Johnson exposes a clash in Washington as Speaker Gillett rules his claim of suppression does not grant privilege, blocking a floor vote on a resolution to investigate alleged laxity by the Justice Department in prosecuting war fraud cases.
Milwaukee's Victor L. Berger, twice denied a House seat after war espionage conviction, will run as socialist candidate in Wisconsin's Fifth District following a referendum to choose congressional nominees for the upcoming election.
Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees was declared ineligible to play until a complete investigation of his dispute with umpire Hildebrand. The incident began with an argument that led to Ruth being ejected and climbing into the stands amid fan boos in Chicago.
Mrs. M. A. Jergensen, 35, mother of two, is jailed in Tulsa County for the murder of her husband Dr. M. A. Jergenson who recently sought a divorce.
Acting Postmaster General Bartlett reported to President Harding that 49 of 460 New York registry division employees have criminal records and were dismissed. The inquiry also tied to arrests of seven workers, helping to stop a $2,000,000 postal robbery plot and a large registry division heist. Bartlett ordered fingerprinting for all 15,000 New York office staff. Both Bartlett and Postmaster Morgan were fingerprinted.
A mob of 50 or 60 stormed the Wilkinson county jail in Irwinton Georgia and abducted Jim Denson a Black man awaiting execution for confronting a white woman. A guard and a mob member were slightly hurt. The mob rope was placed around Denson neck and he was driven away in a car. No trace found by sheriff deputies.
Houston report notes the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen approved a motion to enter politics in cooperation with other labor groups. Previously political activity was banned by the organization’s laws.
St Peter Minn The Minnesota conference of the Lutheran Augusta na synod closed its annual convention by voting to use English in all business sessions from now on. The body organized 64 years ago has conducted its affairs in Swedish.
In Broken Bow Nebraska the coroner's jury reported John Wilson was killed by his brother-in-law B F Palin. Wilson's wife and Palin were brought to town as Palin claimed the shooting was in self defense.
The Department of Justice announced President Harding commuted the sentences of Joseph G. Gordon Albert H. Wehdé and George P. Boehm all of Chicago for war time offenses. The commutations take effect immediately.
Official figures show 98 missing and 242 saved from the British steamship Egypt after a collision with the French Seine off Ushant. Among the missing are American women Mrs M L Sibley and Miss W M Boyer, missionaries bound for India. Cap Iracon, nine miles away, responded to distress signals.
Gasoline dripped through the ceiling of the Maurice club at Broadway and Fifty-first street, exposing alleged arson preparations on a large scale. The Ming Toy bootery, linked to Abe Attell and E. M. Tausend, was soaked in gasoline with rags, shoe boxes, and papers saturated around the shop. A five gallon can wrapped in oil soaked papers lay near an open desk.
Swarms of police swept through Ulster arresting several hundred Sinn Feiners including many Irish Republican Army officers. The northern government said the operation aimed to crush the republican army and the Irish Republican Brotherhood and all Sinn Fein groups across six counties. Most detainees were taken from bed.
The department of commerce reports April output of passenger cars at 196 521, up 30 percent from March. Truck production reached 21 944, versus 19 449 in March, with both totals the highest for any prior month.
Belfast report says W. J. deH Twa, Ulster Parliament member, was shot on the way to business. Sir James Craig, Premier, issued a manifesto calling a special cabinet and legal authorities meeting and spoke of just retribution.
San Francisco performer Wesley May died from injuries after a parachute drop went wrong. He allegedly released at about 50 feet to avoid a tree, striking a tombstone in a cemetery after the fall.
Xi and Leonora Lott reported dead in Cedar Rapids oil stove explosion. Dorothy Collins wins estate suit for $250,000 in Lima. Iowa City seeks veterans hospital. candidates named from Des Moines Knoxville and Fort Dodge. John Snyder killed by accidental revolver discharge. Elizabeth Rohrback appointed assistant state supervisor in South Carolina health department. Jefferson highway petitions for primary road status. Edward Novak commits suicide after shaving and kissing wife. Edna Thompson dies by poison at 17 in La Porte City. Judge Seneca Cornell proposes men only one term and women next term. Relatives in Pella learn of deaths in Flagstaff home fire. M. H. Donaldson to teach economics in Manila. Iowa road spending shows $38,741,627.53 in 1921. R. C. Jewett jailed 15 years for forgery. Dr. D. E. Cutler first to claim land in Mitchell County. 1922 state fair posters issued. American Legion post formed at Primghar. Dale Miller kills daughter then himself. Ames Grinnell theater owners face Sunday movie bans. high court rejects restraining orders. full bench hearing June 20.
A cherished World War relic, a pillar from the altar of a Belleau church near Chateau-Thierry, is now at the American Legion national headquarters in Indianapolis. French villagers sent the damaged pillar as thanks to American regiments, and it is preserved under French and American flags.
Rob ert R. Roberts of Youngstown Ohio former vice commander of the Ohio American Legion is named by the state sinking fund commission to administer a 25 million dollar payment plan for nearly a quarter million ex service men. Ohio offers ten dollars per month of service up to a 250 dollar maximum with a total of 83 million dollars yearly in related benefits noted.
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