Rogers exposes Bahama liquor smuggling into the United States
Representative John Jacob Rogers says a State Department report shows a large organized liquor smuggling operation from the Bahamas into the U S. Two million gallons have entered since prohibition, with a British fleet and island officials implicated. Rogers discusses potential island acquisitions for defense and enforcement, noting naval obstacles and possible impacts on prohibition.
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Washington
Bahama Islands
United States
John Jacob Rogers
Rep
Mass
House
State Department
Secers
Islind
Rovers
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Rogers
Great Britain
Miller Convicted of Boodling in State Licensing
Chicago January 29 William H F Miller a former member of Governor Small cabinet headed the department of registration and education and was found guilty of selling physicians and pharmacists licenses to unfit persons raising exam grades and selling questions in advance of state examinations The jury fined Miller $1000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William H.F. Miller
Lundin-Thompson
Small
Department of Registration and Education
Miller
Two Killed in Indiana Riot at Dance Hall
In Blanford Indiana on January 29 Sheriff Merry Newlin was shot in the shoulder and two people were killed by deputies with another wounded during a riot at a local dance hall sparked by gunfire from a store operated by colored persons. The sheriff was called to the scene after three shots were fired through the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanford
Merry Newlin
Betrothal of Pola Negri and Charlie Chaplin
Pola Negri has capitulated and announced the betrothal to Charlie Chaplin. The famous pair are described amid public confusion as Chaplin blushes and Pola asserts their engagement.
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del Monte
Jom
Pola Neggri
Charlie Chaplin
Filn
Russians and Turks Sign Military Pact in Lausanne
The Tribuna reports a Moscow Angora military pact signed by foreign minister Ismet Pasha at Lausanne, citing a reliable source. The Matin dispatch confirms the agreement amid ongoing wartime alignments in 1930s era diplomacy.
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Paris
The
Tribuna
Jelycrade
Moscow
Angora
Ehiteheringid Ismet Pasha
Lausanne
National Guard Recommended Peace Strength 250000
A joint committee of regular army and National Guard officers advised Secretary Weeks to set the National Guard’s peace strength at 250000. The proposal aims to stabilize force levels and readiness across units nationwide.
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National Guard
Washington
Regular Army
Weeks
Irish Rebels Wreck Trains in County Wexford Strike
In County Wexford Ireland on Saturday night Republicans captured four trains and piled them in a mass of twisted steel. The dramatic raid marks one of the republics most spectacular railway wrecks as authorities report the incident near Dublin.
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Dublin
Ireland
County
Wexford
Lenroot Rural Credits Bill Faces Senate Debate
Senator Lenroot defended a $60,000,000 government aid plan to create a revolving fund aimed at extending up to $660,000,000 in farm credits. The Senate approved two supply bills totaling $12,704,950 for the legislative department and $24,496,000 for the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Legislative Department
District of Columbia
Warren
Senate Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Jones
Commerce Committee
Brookfart
Iowa
Lenroot
Living Cost Still Away Up In December 1922 Figures
Washington figures from the bureau of labor statistics show the national cost of living in December 1922 was 69.5 percent above December 1918, 2.8 percent lower than December 1921, and 1.9 percent higher than September 1922.
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Labor Bureau
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
964 U. S. Vessels Tied Up At Year Start
The Shipping Board reported a fleet of 1,379 vessels totaling 9,846,611 tons, with 415 ships in operation and 964 tied up at the start of the new year.
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Vathe
The
Shipping Board
France Will Not Leave Ruhr Until German Reparations Paid
General Weygand told reporters in Düsseldorf that France will keep the Ruhr under cordon until Germany shows good will in paying reparations. He said France has offered every courtesy but the Germans refuse to commit, showing only bad faith.
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London
France
Ruhr
General Weygand
Duseldorf
Sanford Nomination Considered by Senate Subcommittee
Washington, Jan. 27. Senators Nelson, Colt and Shields were named to a subcommittee to study President Harding's nomination of Federal Judge I. B. T. Sanford of Tennessee for the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Washington
Nelson, Colt and Shields
Harding
T. Sanford
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Bill for vice presidential mansion in Sixteenth street home
Senator War ren introduces a bill authorizing acceptance by the government of a $500,000 marble house on Sixteenth street offered for a vice presidential residence by Mrs. J. B. Henderson.
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Washington
Warren
Sixteenth Street
J. B. Henderson
State of Siege Declared as Riots Roil Treves
Paris reports a state of siege in Treves Rhineland after Friday riots injuring French soldiers and officials. Algerian Spahis used sabers and German clashes spread to Dusseldorf as French troops assume martial law duties.
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Dusseldorf
Paris
Treves
Rhineland
Frrench
Lgurgomaster Schmidt
Dexle
Greutzner
Rhenish
Prussia
Simon
Ruhr
Germany
Boyden
Louis Barthou
Ireneh
Sfrance
Commission
Office-Holding Class Grows With Tax Burden Says Rainey
Urbana Illinois January 26. In a farmers address Congressman Henry T Rainey notes federal taxes rose from 46 cents per capita to 330 and claims the office-holding class may exceed that of three European nations. He cites 8 350 000 on federal and state rolls with dependents bringing taxed supporters to about 15 000 000 while 30 000 000 work in productive labor.
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Urbana
Ill
Henry T. Rainey
Tunney
French Troops Battle Mobs in Ruhr Region
French troops clashed with mobs in Essen and Dusseldorf as General Weygand prepared plans to isolate occupied areas. French dragoons fired on crowds injuring a lieutenant in Dusseldorf while a German was shot. machine guns and mounted police dispersed demonstrators in Essen.
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Essen
Ruhr
Rhineland
Ifrench
Dusseldorf
Weygand
Marshal Foch
Germany
Leutenant
Manager and $50,600 Gone in Pittsburgh Theft Case
A general alarm for the arrest and a charge of grand larceny was issued for Mortimer FE Lautman, general merchandise manager of Kaufmann Bros., after he vanished in New York with about $50,600 from the Pittsburgh store.
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New York
Mortimer FE. Lautman
Kaufmann Bros
Pittsburgh
Two Young Travelers Die From Shot Wounds Near Memphis
Mrs. Ruth McElwain Tucker twenty and Duncan Waller nineteen a traveling salesman from Mayfield Kansas were found shot to death on a remote road several miles east of Memphis Tennessee authorities investigate motive and identify suspects as possible homicide.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ruth McElwain Tucker
Duncan Waller
Mayfield, Ks
Three Boy Scouts Die as Gun Explodes Dynamite
West Palm Beach Florida January 29 three youths were killed and five others were injured when a shot fired into dynamite kept in a knapsack caused a blast. The incident occurred while the group was near the area for safekeeping the explosive.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
U S Market Report for Week Ending January (Historical Data)
Washington reports weekly market figures across grains live stock and dairy. Chicago cash prices show No 2 red winter wheat at 1.30 and No 2 hard winter at 1.16 while corn ranges and various oats and feeds are itemized by region and grade. Dairy butter and cheese prices are listed with Wisconsin market quotes for primary products.
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Washington
Uialn
Chicago
Iowa
North Dakota
Kansas
Timothy
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Prairie
New York
Texas
O. B
Baldwin
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Roosevelt Estate Worth 981 171 Revealed In Court
In New York on January 26 details of Col Theodore Roosevelt estate were filed in Supreme Court in an accounting by Edith I Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr and George Emilen Roosevelt as executors and trustees. They report receiving 801 171 after his death not counting 180 000 Sagamore Hill real estate value. The remainder was in personal property.
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New York
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Edith I. Roosevelt
Theodore
George Emilen Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Grand Jury Indicts Lundin and 20 Others in School Board Conspiracy
Chicago reports Fred Lundin a former political ally of Mayor Thompson and Virtus Rohm among twenty indicted by a special grand jury for conspiring to defraud the school board. The alleged scheme centers on school insurance contracts via Rohm agency and Southern Sureties, in which both Lundin and Rohm held stock.
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Chicago
Fred Lundin
Thompson
Lundin
Virtus Rohm
Rohm
Southern Sureties Company
Mr. Rohin
Cough relief testimonial from Goshen Indiana
Mrs Eliza Teeter credits Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery with restoring her health after a year long cough and two sisters died from tuberculosis. She reports lasting recovery and gratitude, and notes she has not coughed deeply for about twenty years. The ad invites readers to seek confidential medical advice from Dr Pierce in Buffalo New York.
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Goshen
Ind
Dr. Pierce
Eliza Teeter
Middlebury St
New Chicago Post Office Plan Hints at Large Chicago Fancy
Postmaster General Work and Secretary Mellon may soon recommend a new 10 million dollar Chicago post office. The report should reach Congress within two to three weeks. Prague prepares for an international industrial fair from March 11 to 18 with over 2 500 Czechoslovak firms in 18 groups.
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Work
Mellon
Congress
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Chicago
Prague
Finnish government to build powder plant in Ablbacka
Washington January 29 report states the Finnish government will erect a powder factory funded by about 296 928 dollars. Consul Davis at Helsingfors reports the plant will be located at Ablbacka.
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Washington
Davis
Helsingfors
Ablbacka
Diamond Dyes advertisement promises easy home dyeing
An old advertisement promotes Diamond Dyes, claiming simple directions for dyeing sweaters, skirts, coats, and fabrics. It guarantees no spotting fading or running and instructs buyers to specify wool silk linen cotton or blends when purchasing.
The Stellar Universe and its pearly white ground
Astronomers debate the cause of a bright pearly ground in space speculation ranges from millions of suns to the presence of nebulous matter scattered through the universe. The wording reflects a historical astronomy discussion on cosmic brightness.
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Reluses
U.S
State Department—Island
Indiana
Pola and
Charlie TG
Guips
Miss Negri
DR. M. ©. Whitaker
M. C. Whitaker
Columbia University
Perkin
U. S
Berlin
Rhine
Congressman Rainey
Mortimer E. Lautman
William J. Graham
William J. Grahan
Illinois
Frank Mondell
Wyoming
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Chicago School Board
Mrs. Eliza Teeter
Garfield
Hessig-Elli
Teun
Moore Monument Co
Sterling, Ill
the Centaur Company
New York City
New Chicago
Post Office
Bayer
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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