Prohibition Agents to Target Chicago Breweries
Prohibition Commissioner Richardson said agents under Col. Nutt will arrive in Chicago to shut down breweries violating the dry law. He added the government will not interfere with home brewing, focusing on suppressing the source of booze rather than individuals, and a local shakeup is planned.
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Chicago
National Prohibition
Col
L. G. Nutt
Richardson
Kramer
Washington
Prohibition Department
Last Missing American Soldier Found Near Le Cateau
The body of the last missing American soldier was found near Le Cateau, buried in a shell hole in a French wheat field. Leaders in the Paris colony suggest burying the unknown soldier at the foot of the Washington Monument, near the Arch of Triumph.
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Paria
le Cateau
Paris
Washington Monument
Pollu
Arch of Triumph
Unknown Warrior Interred at Westminster Abbey
Unknown Warrior laid to rest in Westminster Abbey as crowds gathered for a solemn ceremony marking the first national tribute to the anonymous fallen. Military officials and dignitaries attended the interment expressing prayers for lasting peace.
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Westminster Abbey
Reprisals Reported in County Galway Burns and Shootings
Reports from Dublin say County Galway suffers reprisals by the British forces. Several hamlets are burned and many people said killed by shooting as clashes intensify in the region.
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Dublin
County Galway
Ini
Iary
Lenin in Russia Rest Ordered by Bolshevik Premier
Copenhagen reports Nikolai Lenin Bolshevik premier of Russia is ill and has been ordered to take a long rest. Helsingfors dispatch notes rumors of Lenin's illness have circulated for weeks.
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Copenhagen
Nikolai Lenin
Russia
Helsingfors
Lenin
Schwab Charge Not Charged to Shipping Board
Walsh committee heard that a $200,000 claim tied to Charles M. Schwab was not charged to the shipping board or navy. Martin a.s testified the item was charged to Bethlehem Shipbuilding's profit and loss, and Gillen said auditors found nothing improper.
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New York
Walsh Congressional Committee
Shipping Board
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Navy
Martin A.s
Payne
Chicago
Senate Act Cuts Army to 175000 Men Passes Senate
Washington jan 24 the kahn bill reducing the army to 175000 men passed the senate without a roll call after earlier house passage and a quick action decision. the resolution now goes to the president and a veto is predicted by observers.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States saved by prohibition says league
The Anti-Saloon League reports Americans saved over 1 billion dollars in 1920 due to prohibition. Whisky consumption dropped to 5,581,553 gallons and beer to 9,231,280 barrels, with overall alcohol down 4,841,736 gallons. The league urges use of a temporary injunction provision under the Volstead act to reduce federal liquor cases and congestion. Judge Landis fined a liquor dealer $1,000 and jailed him for a court order violation, urging stronger backbone from judges and district attorneys.
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Washington
United States
Anti-Saloon League
Legal Department of the League
Landis
Wilson urges major powers to back Russia safeguards
President Wilson via the League of Nations proposes a public pledge by great powers to shield Russia from aggression. He argues Armenia and the wider Caucasus reflect a larger Russian problem requiring full cooperation to advance pacification and Armenian independence. The message, dated January 18, was released by the State Department through Norman H. Davis to Paul Hymans.
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Washington
League of Nations
Wilson
Russia
Lloyd George
Constantinople
Armenia
Soviet Russia
Caucaasus
State Department
Norman H. Davis
Paul Hymans
Assembly of the League
Tloyd George
Women on Rockefeller Board Sees New Appointments
Norma Stow of East Hartford Conn and Miss Stought of Barnard College are named to Rockefeller Foundation positions. Stow becomes secretary while Stought is to become China medical secretary following careers in medical and educational relief work. Stow joined the foundation in January 1918.
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Rockefeller
Yes
Miss
Rockefeller Founda Reery
Kk. Negleston
New York
Norma Stow
Mise
China Medical
East Hartford
Conn
Rockett Foundation
Tien
Barnard College
Miss Jon
Educal
Relief Society
New
Air patrols to curb liquor runners on three borders
Airplane patrols will be active along three borders to combat liquor smuggling. Coast Guard plans a flying customs service as millions in revenue are smuggled, according to officials in Washington.
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Coast Guards
Washington
Ashworth
Man Shot to Death Near Capitol in Washington
Detectives hunt an automobile driver who shot and killed Frederick Sehnurr on a brightly lit street near the Capitol. The killer halted, fired at close range, then pocketed the pistol and drove off after the murder was witnessed by Mrs. Henry Schildroth who mistook the victim for her brother.
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Washington
Frederick Séehurr
Capitol
Schnurr
Sehnurr
Henry Schildroth
Piez Defends Emergency Fleet Work as Life-Saving War Expense
Charles Piez, former director general of the Emergency Fleet, told the Walsh committee that much criticism of Shipping Board management was false. He called the wood ship program a legitimate war expense and urged junking the wood ships and charging off the cost, while noting much of the steel ship cost should also be written off. He urged greater separation of the Emergency Fleet from the Shipping Board and outlined reforms to resolve overlap in rate making and regulation.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Charles Piez
Chicago
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Walsh Committee
House
Pies
Martin J. Gillen
Gitlen
Viex
Piez
United States to control unsold fleet assets and routes
The proposal places maintenance of unsold fleet portions and route decisions under U S control, with delegation to a fleet corporation. It would appoint trustees and a president, two trustees to be among seven Shipping Board members. The board would gain regulatory functions to support an American merchant marine, though testimony claims these measures harm public interest.
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United States
Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
American
Girl Scouts Reelect Chief At National Council Conference
Mrs. Arthur O Choat of New York was reelected president of the National Council of Girl Scouts at the close of the seventh annual convention. Other officers named include Mrs. James J Storraw of Boston and Mrs. Herbert Hoover of New York as vice presidents, Mrs. Nicholas F Brady of New York as treasurer, and Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin of New York as director. The organization announced Mrs. Warren G Harding will be honorary president succeeding Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
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Cincinnati
Arthur O. Choat
New York
National Council of Girl Scouts
James J. Storraw
Boston
Herbert Hoover
Nicholas F. Brady
Jane Deeter Rippin
V. Everit Macy
Douglas Campbell
Warren G. Harding
Woodrow Wilson
Omaha business man slain
Adrian P. Barstow twenty six son of a Lincoln grain dealer and prominent in business circles was shot and killed at midnight as he neared his father's home in Lincoln Nebraska Returning to his car he was shot twice one bullet entering his eye and another his abdomen A neighbor saw a man on a bicycle ride away The slayer is believed to be an enemy or holdup man longer form details not available
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Lincoln, Neb
Adrian P. Barstow
Lincoln Crain
Barstow
Five Pupils Killed in Breslau Panic at School
A Breslau school during a fairy tale lecture saw five children die and twelve others seriously injured in a chaotic rush to exit. Police and rescue teams responded to the scene as authorities began investigations into the deadly panic.
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Breslau
Perlin
Anti-Jap Campaign Planned by California Exclusion League
San Francisco January 24 An emergency drive to raise 200000 to fund a statewide campaign against the Japanese menace will begin February 7. League executive chairman John S Chambers says Buddhist propaganda backed by Japan has surfaced in a Christian crusade. he argues pagans are incompatible with American values and assimilation.
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San Francisco
California Exclusion League
Jolbn S. Chambers
League
Net Result of Effort Last Night Held Up Chicago and Alton Train
The Chicago and Alton train was held up last night but could not gain access to sleeping cars. No injuries were reported as conductors redirected passengers to available accommodations.
Explosion Kills 25 After Spark Ignites Gas Car
Special report from Chicago describes a deadly blast when a spark from a workman’s chisel ignited gasoline in a car. A train bound from Kansas City to Chicago was held at Pleasant Hill Missouri as the incident unfolded. Bandits secured nine dollars from a fireman before escaping.
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The
Evening Journal
Chicago
Chicago and Alton
Kansas City
Pleasant Hill
Gasoline Explosion Injures Twenty-Five in Memphis Incident
A gasoline explosion in Memphis causes a fire and injuries to twenty five people. A car repair sparked the blast and a section of the vehicle was destroyed.
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Evening Journal
Memphis
Tenn
Paris Razes Defense Walls to Shape New City Playgrounds
Paris reports twenty miles of old fortification stone from near the moat is being repurposed into homes public buildings schools and industrial plants in devastated France. The filled-in section now hosts a model playground laid out by the Junior Red Cross.
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Paris
France
Red Cross
Pardon Board Abolished by Texas Governor Neff
Governor Pat M. Neff of Texas abolished the state board of pardons declaring pardons had been granted too freely in the past and that the governor alone should hold the pardon power. He said the law vested in the governor is a good one and cites past excesses in pardons.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
State Board of Pardons
Pat M. Neff
Neff
Seal Slaying Law Lifted for Labrador Hunt Season
St Johns Jan 24 The Newfoundland government suspended all restrictions on killing seals for one season to provide employment for idle men. The rule change covers seal herds on ice floes along the Labrador coast and the mouth of the St Lawrence river during the upcoming annual hunt.
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St. Johns
N. F
Labrador
St. Lawrence River
Newfoundland
Hiccoughing Epidemic Reaches English Towns
London reports an imported hiccough outbreak from Paris now spreading to English towns. Paris doctors link it to the earlier sleepy sickness. Local hospitals record numerous cases and several deaths.
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London
Paris
England
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