Gambling in Havana Prominent Center of World Gaming
Havana reports point to Walter J. Shannon’s murder tied to gambling profits at Grand Casino. The casino dominates with private clubs and roulette where nightly wagers reach tens of thousands, drawing Americans and locals amid social spectacle. Officers and diplomats consider investigation.
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Havana
Cuba
Walter J. Shannon
St. Hak
Passat Monte Carlo
Shannon
Grand Casino
Wasa
Penin & Occidental Steamship Co
Bank
New York
Harding weighs sales tax plan amid revenue reform debate
Washington January 13. President elect Harding contemplates a sales tax as a key element of proposed revenue law changes. Representative Isaac New Jersey Republican of the Home Ways and Means Committee was summoned to discuss the issue, amid calls by unemployed groups tied to Russian aid.
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Harding
Washington
Isac New Jersey
Home Ways and Committee
Wade sentenced to hang for murder of George Nott
Elwood B. Wade is to be executed May 20 after a jury convicted him of killing George B. Nott and hiding the body in a swamp. Wade smiled on sentencing and claimed affection for Mrs. Nott, wife of the victim, in a case cited as a defiant motive. Water shutoffs affect parts of South Seattle and Georgetown Friday from 9 am to 12 noon.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Elwood B. Wade
George B. Nott
Wade
Nott
Hinton
Ethel
George Nott
Seattle
George Town
Eighth Ava
Duwamish Ave
Duwamish Waterway
Spokanest
Elwood Wade
Berkeley Police Chief Warns Of Resurgent Organized Vice
Berkeley, January 19. August Vollmer, police chief and criminologist, warns that organized vice is rising and threatening to revive debauchery in the United States within a year unless public awareness increases. He cites failed social hygiene funding as proof and notes shifts toward segregated districts as vice expands nationwide.
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Berkeley
Cal
United Prem Today
August Vollmer
United States
Chief Vollmer
Vollmer
Congress
Ite
Missing Relatives Notice From Plain View Texas
J D Bell of Plain View Texas asks Seattle police by mail to locate his sister H Bell 28 owner of Joakum Evening Herald in Texas. The brother says H Bell was in the city on an oil mission.
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J.D. Bell
Plain View
Texas
Seattle
H. Bell
Joakum Evening Herald
Bell
Jotimer Counters Crime Wave With California Assault Statistics
Jotimer argues against a link between crime rises and redlight abatement. He cites California assault counts of 374 in 1919 and 348 in 1920, claiming no increase despite the so called crime wave. He notes Fingland and continental cities with abolished segregated districts support his view.
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Jotimer
California
Fingland
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Lee Eee
Flarence Rockwell
Singing
Frontier Astiuma CO
Nisgera
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