American Legion urges passage of adjusted compensation bill
National Commander Hanford MacNider says the adjusted pay plan originated with Congress and should be carried out to aid veterans via farm and home aid training land reclamation and insured coverage. He argues cash payments are limited and financing will boost consolidation of services and community activity without excessive government cost.
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Hanford Macnider
The
American Legion
International News Service
Washington
Congress
Legion
Veterans’ Services
le Sion
Bank Robbers Captured at Columbus
Police captured three of the five alleged highwaymen after a daylight holdup at the Hilltop Citizens Trust Bank on West Broad Street. About $3,011 in cash, $6,900 in liberty bonds and $53,735 in non negotiable notes were stolen. The trio James Dunlap, 36, Charles Provence, 32, and George Richmond, 29, were nabbed at 271 Dakota Avenue. a fourth bandit and the getaway car remain at large.
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Columbus
Citizens Trust and Savings Bank
West Broad Street
West Side
Dakota Avenue
James Dunlap
Charles Provence
George Richmond
Provence
George “Red” McGahn
Richmond
Harry Lutz
Chicago
South Columbus
Parsons Avenue
Frank Wilson Answers Call
The death of Frank Wilson aged 53 occurred at an early hour at his home 218 Gates avenue after a stroke or paralysis. He had been ill for months and unable to work as a machinist with the National Tube company. He is survived by his wife and daughter Mrs Freeman Drought. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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Frank Wilson
Gates Avenue
Wilson
National Tube Company
Freeman Drought
Building Permits Hit Lowest February Total in a Year
Building permits remain light with February activity totaling only two dwellings, five small garages, two small store buildings and minor repairs. The estimated improvement cost is $17,250 the smallest in a year.
Alimony Granted in Hoffman Divorce Suit
Frances Hoffman sues Albert Hoffman for divorce and alimony claiming gross neglect and cruelty. She alleges he sought to abandon their seven months old daughter and has complained about the birth. The court already ordered alimony of 310 per week, which he agreed to pay.
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Frances Hoffman
Albert Hoffman
Husband sleeps as wife is murdered in Texas home
Mrs. Bessie Marschell, 40, was found dead in bed with a bullet through her head in San Antonio. Her husband Henry Marschell, a park employee, was asleep beside her. Officers found a 30-30 rifle with one shell discharged in the yard and held Marschell for investigation.
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San Antonio
Texas
Bessie Marschell
Henry Marschell
Marscell
Robbery at Graves House Seeks Jewelry and Liquor
Police pursue robbers who broke into Henry Graves III residence and stole jewelry valued at $105000 along with liquor. Other dispatches note Representative Herrick demanding McDowell’s withdrawal from Blackwell postmaster nomination. Urban Dipuccio fined for selling wine. authorities report a grape wine pitcher seized.
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Ardsley-On-Hudson
N. Y
New York City
Henry Graves III
Builders and unions seek peace in Cleveland construction war
March sessions show glaziers accept 75 cents per hour instead of 80, plasterers set at 1.04, others deadlocked over wage reductions as carpenters remain in dispute and sessions continue in secret to avert work stoppage.
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Cleveland
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Building Trades Councils
Glaziers
Carpenters
Indians Face Blizzard Hunger In Michigan Snowbound
Traverse City reports isolate districts cut off by heavy drifts with relief trains late. Indians near Suttons Bay reportedly rely on dogs for food as nearby settlers use cattle meat. towns brace for days without aid as rail lines remain blocked and snowbound roads hinder relief efforts. In Texas, the coldest winter spell brings snow from Panhandle to Rio Grande valley with livestock and crops at risk.
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Traverse City
Mich
Grand Rapids
Sutton’s Bay
Antrim County
Dallas
Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Armory at Delaware Destroyed by Fire
Fire destroyed troop D Ohio national guard cavalry club house six miles south of Delaware. Loss estimated at 10000 with 5000 building and 5000 equipment and furnishings. partly covered by insurance. Origin believed in kitchen stove. caretaker Andrew Currley spotted flames. Captain Eli Young led troop comprising Delaware and Ohio Wesleyan university students.
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Delaware
Ohio National Guard Cavalry Club
Here
Andrew Currley
Currley
Eli Young
Ohio Wesleyan University
Lawsuit seeks sale of Lorain properties in two judgments
Dimetro Dubonovitz of Lorain sues Tamko Los et al to recover $849 and asks the court to order sale of two Lorain lots. Frank Poszke of Lorain seeks $450 judgment from Leda Sandre on a note.
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Dimetro
Rooster Attack Blinds Girl In Pittsfield Yard
Five year old Rose Marie Harvolk was attacked by a White Leghorn rooster in her Pittsfield yard. The spur pierced her left eye through the eyelid. doctors fear sight loss though the eyeball remains intact. She is hospitalized at Memorial hospital.
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Rose Marie Harvolk
Memorial Hospital
Pittsfield
Chicago drug stores face probe over whiskey sales
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes warned of a wholesale cleanup of Chicago druggists unless they showed more caution in filling prescriptions for whiskey. Prohibition Director F. Gregory reported that many druggists were selling whiskey on forged prescription blanks and efforts were underway to halt the practice.
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Washington
Chicago
Prohibition
Haynes
5. F. Gregory
Excludes Russia From Conference Over Debts
London report says Russia will be barred from the proposed Central International Corporation for the reconstruction of Europe because it repudiated foreign debts. The plan would allow subsidiaries. the Soviet Union may join later as a paying member. James Grant Forbes observed for U S bankers during Cannes talks ahead of the supreme council meeting.
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London
Russia
International Corporation
Europe
S. S
Central International Corporation
James Grant Forbes
United States
Allied Economic Experts
Supreme Council
Cannes
DeValera Faction Presses Obstruction in Dail Debate
In Dublin on March 1 adherents of Eamonn DeValera continue obstructionist tactics as debate resumes in the Dáil Eireann. They attempt to regain momentum after yesterday’s defeat of a resolution to censure Arthur Griffith, president of the Dáil, described as a moderate.
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Dublin
Eamonn DeValera
Dail Eireann
Arthur Griffith
Dall
Griffith
New York Pressmen Accept Arbitration and Return to Work
March 1 members of the New York Web Pressmen's Union Number 25 to return to work after a five hour meeting. They voted to abide by Judge Martin T. Monton's arbitration award last week and will seek modifications to terms affecting working conditions. New York morning papers resumed printing in eight page editions instead of the usual large size.
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New York
New York Web Press
Newspaper Publishers Association Today
Martin T. Monton
Woerkims
New York Morning
Pueblo Fire Destroys Grand Opera House and Nearby Stores
A blaze in Pueblo Colorado early today wiped out the Grand Opera House and several shops in the business district with losses around 600000. The federal building housing the post office was briefly endangered as walls and the tower collapsed and saved many firemen from harm. Separately at Washington the naval academy's morale worsened as threats to deny commissions and dismiss many midshipmen emerged from Admiral Wilson.
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Pueblo
Col
Federal
Washington
Mar
United States Naval Academy
Admiral Wilson
House Naval Affairs’ Committee
New Day Agent for Coast 10 Starts Cleanup
Appointment of F Rutter to succeed E F Mitchell as prohibition Commissioner Haynes. Rutter en route to San Francisco. formerly stationed at Philadelphia. Haynes conferred with J E C Yellowley, recently back from San Francisco, on enforcement conditions on the Pacific coast.
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Washington
F Rutter
E. F. Mitchell
Haynes
Rutter
San Francisco
Philadelphia
J E. C. Yellowley
Pacific Coast
Debates on Yap treaty loom for possible ratification vote
March 1 reports from Washington describe a long Senate debate over the Yap treaty with a bare chance of a ratification vote that evening. Other dispatches note minister Dicesaro's resignation from the Facta cabinet over undersecretary appointments, and U.S. troops remaining in Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein as forces withdraw from Mayen and Andernach. Ireland faces a potential general postal strike that could cut communications. Secretary Fall urges a $150 million Imperial Valley irrigation project to reclaim 2.5 million acres and reduce floods on the Colorado River. A Georgia senator introduces a bill to extend the federal warehouse act for licensed agricultural storage. Congress considers maintaining draft evaders’ military status to pursue deserter prosecutions. Walter Schmidt & Co. insolvency suspension is announced on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Washington
Imperial Valley
California
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Colorado River
Senate
Harris
Georgia
Abandon Special Tax Plan To Fund National Soldier Bonus
Washington officials report Republican leaders in the House will abandon special taxes and foreign bonds to finance the soldier bonus. A new plan centers on an insurance feature with minimal cash payments for at least two years, aiming to ease treasury drain while aiding needy veterans. A House Ways and Means panel, including Fordney and Greene, will craft the measure for swift submission, with President Harding approving a cash-restricted amendment for certain veterans.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Fordney
Michigan
Greene
Vermont
Hawley
Town
Threadway
Massachusetts
Copley
Illinois
Republcan
Hamilton Fish
New York
White House
Harding
Fish
Winae
Marion County Clerk Richard V. Sipe Arrested on Embezzlement Charge
Indianapolis March 1 Richard V Sipe Marion county clerk was arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement after a shortage of about 140000 was found in his accounts The warrant specifies embezzlement of 35000 Bond set at 10000 but Sipe said he would not ask anyone to post bond
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Indianapolis
Ind
Richard V. Sipe
Marion County
Sipe
Question Six Held in Taylor Murder
Los Angeles police pursued new leads in the William Desmond Taylor murder case as six men remained under suspicion and Mrs. John Rupp gave a statement at Wilshire station. Detectives reexamined alibis while reviewing Rupps background and possible ties to a bootlegging motive. Mabel Normand, the last person seen with Taylor, was again questioned to clarify whether any guest besides Normand shared drinks that night.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Desmond Taylor
John Rupp
Lynch
Wilshire
Taylor
Gotro Arrested for Embezzlement in Local Case
Thomas Gotro of this city returns from a Florida trip and is arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement. He allegedly stole 117 dollars from employer Carl Swiers, part of life insurance proceeds for Gotro’s father. Gotro pleads not guilty. bail set at 1000 dollars.
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Thomas Gotro
Florida
Backus
Fourth Street
Gotro
Carl Swiers
Swiers
Gotto
Redington
Lloyd George Threatens Resignation Over Coalition Obstruction
London report notes Premier Lloyd George, angered by obstructionist tactics of anti coalition elements, threatens to resign. The press cites internal strife within the coalition as the source of the crisis.
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London
Lloyd George
Coalition Party
Police Court Fines Decline in February Report
February police court fines declined with total collections of 804.25. Of this amount 784.80 covered fines and costs, 10 came from vendors licenses, 3 from building permits, and 6.45 from miscellaneous sources, per police clerk Grant Schrock.
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Grant Schrock
West Street Home Burglarized. Mrs Gozunterman Loses Cash
Mrs. Freda Gozun of 136 West Street returned home to find $16 missing after a burglar smashed a front plate glass, then fled. Police could not locate the intruder despite searches. In Westerville a separate report notes Ernest Cherrington announcing plans for speeches on foreign aid and world wide prohibition.
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Freda Gozun
West Street
Gozunterman
Westerville
Ernests
Cherrington
World League
Ism
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Manuel Herrick
Oklahoma
Thomas H. McDowell
Blackwell
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Judee Sawiski
Hig Place
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Lucie
Ar Abe At
Rooster
Colorado
Coast 10
Bulletins
Rome
Dicesaro
Facta
Coblenz
Army of Occupation
Mayen
Andernach
Rhineland
Ehrenbreitstein
Ireland
Walter . Schmidt and Company
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Mar. I
Harold Louterbach
Roscoe
Fatty’ Arbuckle
Louderback
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