Chicago Church Lies Unconscious Facing Death Row
Chicago reports reveal doctors and psychologists claiming Harvey W. Church has entered a self induced mental death through willpower and hunger strike. They say he is mentally dead though alive, awaiting execution with guards describing the scene as a grim, endless vigil in his death cell.
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Church
DEATH
Chicago
Zi Iarvey W. Church
Cook County
Sgn
Norimen Copeland
Juli
Wesley Westbrook
Bey
Hin
William Morris
Westbrook
Gourd Bool Bertie
Charet
Priest named first Catholic diplomat to Morocco post
Joseph M. Denny a Marion priest is appointed by President Harding as consul general to Morocco. This marks the first time a Catholic priest serves in an American diplomatic post.
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Joseph M. Demty
Marion
Harding
Morocca
Labor union seeks repeal for wine and beer under Volstead act
The American Federation of Labor executive council asks modification to permit manufacture and sale of light wines and beer, arguing for a reasonable interpretation of the eighteenth amendment to spare the public from fanatical enforcement. Jans B. Sheehan, 57, a New York lawyer active in politics, dies of pneumonia at his Winter Park winter home.
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Executive Council of American Federation of Labor
Washington
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
United States
Orlando, Fla
Jans B. Sheehan
New York City
Winter Park
Here
Oll
Business Grows Says Dans Review
New York reports a further moderate expansion in business volume despite holiday disruption. Uniformity varies but conditions show clearer improvement across branches with signs of gradual revival in iron and steel and other sectors. Seasonal expansion lowers unemployment slightly, while strikes delay gains and wage concessions ease tensions.
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New York
West
Iiron and Steel
Udd
Tag Aero
Trotsky Reviews Moscow Red Army Parade Amid Warnings
In Moscow Trotsky reviews the Red Army at a vast Kremlin parade while warning that postponing the Geneva conference could risk a spring clash. He urges fortifying forces and hints at a broader struggle between capital and labor. The gathering also notes prewar echoes and German communist voices among onlookers.
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Moscow
Fei
Leon Trotzky
Getoa
Ams
Kremlin
Trotzky
Aff
Nicholas
Wis
Whiskey Runner Seized by Cutter Near Cape Charles
The motor schooner Emerald of Digby Nova Scotia was seized by the coast guard cutter Manning nine miles southeast of Cape Charles lighthouse. Cargo of 1400 cases of liquor bound for New York, crew led by captain Joan Alen Withaing taken into custody for examination.
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Portauouth
Emerald
Digby
Nova Scotia
Coast Guard
Cape Charles Lighthouse
New York
Joan Alen Withaing
Virginia Waters
Levett
Manning
Chesapeake Bay
Mavning
Naorsau
St. Merre
Lhesehooger
Fereign Manfest
Treasury Department
Harding Wins In His Fight For Treaty Ratification
President Harding scored a sweeping victory as the foreign relations committee reported the four power Pacific pact without drastic reservations. The committee also approved the naval treaty and other accords, while irreconcilables failed to block ratification prospects.
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Washington
Harding
Senate Republican
Foreign Relations Committee
Borel
Joleen
Kelloy
Wilkes
Parmerenie
Fragmented note on ship cargo and landing ideas
A damaged fragment suggests a ship carried 1 025 onsen of Higuer with most in rusks. Captain Scott believed the cargo aimed for the United States coast. The text mentions Lyons cookies and unclear attribution to Sout.
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Higuer
Rusks
Scott
United States
Silent cave dwellers near the Carpathians shock researchers
Berlin reports a million strong polyglot community at the foot of the Carpathians, 70 percent illiterate, living in rock caves within a 14 000 square mile region. The population comprises Ukrainians Magyars Slovaks and Jews once under Austro Hungarian rule. They largely abandon primitive tools and live in cave dwellings.
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Berlin
Carpathian Mountains
German Vessel at Dock in New York Harbor
The North German Lloyd steamer Seydlitz, first of two to arrive in eight years, enters New York harbor amid cheers. Police escort, tugs, and a crowd of German Americans welcome the ship, though admiration is tempered by comparisons to earlier liners like George Washington and Homeric. Captain Frederick Rehm leads a proud voyage back under the German flag.
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New York
New York Harbor
Hoboken
Seydlitz
America
Lloyd
Seydlit
North River
Hose
Hylan
Bridges Threatened by Ice Jam Landslide Risk
Engineers fight a 15 mile ice jam to save bridges as threats from flooding and ice continue to endanger road and rail crossings along the waterway. Local crews monitor rising conditions and deploy containment measures to prevent structural damage.
Suffrage Upheld by Supreme Court Decision Valid
In Des Moines Iowa engineers fight a fifteen mile ice jam to save seven Des Moines river bridges. Dynamite is used at dangerous points to start the ice moving as floods threaten the structures and nearby areas.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines River
Supreme Court Clears Leser Maryland Case
The United States Supreme Court today affirms the validity of the appeal in the Oscar Leser case and related Maryland citizens. Justice Brandeis writes the decision.
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United States Supreme Court
Justice Brandeis
Oscar Leser
Maryland
Gold Island Maps Offered for Treasure Rumor
Augusta Maine February 27. Maps and charts of any island in the South seas said to hide treasure worth sixty million dollars are in the possession of Mrs James Throwi widow of a veteran seaman. Frederick Mason a newspaper correspondent has offered to obtain them for Prof Homer St Dill of Town University. Captain Brown said he helped move the treasure in 1850 from its original island then buried on another isle near Panama.
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Augusta
James Throw i
Frederick Mason
Homer St. Dill
University of Town
South Sepa
Real Life Worth Beyond Wealth and Work
A reflection on money as a tool rather than a goal. The speaker argues wealth alone fails to improve human welfare and urges pursuing life with real purpose beyond monetary gains.
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Dan
Trotsky
Army Ai Moscow
Kremin
Bill Haywood
Clara Zetkin
Geren Secigilnet Ham LD
Haywood
T W. Wit Katayama
Bela Kan
Third Internationale
Herr Wotcke
Senate
Sonce
Borah
China
Brattegee
Jr Hiarding
Johnson
Moses
Shields
Pomerene
Cave
Lyon's
Polygist
Dock Inn
Supreme Court
The
Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Gold Island Maps
Mrs. Magaret Sanger
Margaret Sang
Japan
Tokio
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