Billion Paid for Bootleg Report Prompts Tax Fight
Washington report says a British American syndicate moved millions of gallons of whisky wine and liquor into the United States last year. Internal Revenue records estimate nearly 1 billion dollars in bootleg profits and government taxes due amounting to about 82 million. Officials discuss enforcement options and a London rumor of organized smuggling with a mother ship and fleet of motorboats.
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Revere
Teall Belle Tomi
United States
Haynes
Prohibition
Canada
Mexico
West Indies
Ashworth
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Florida
Havana
London
Bahamas
Atlantic
Ivey
Internal Revenue Bureau Intelligence Service
Ireys pursuit breaks up western Ohio Pennsylvania crime ring
Ireys team targets a crime ring led by state prohibition officials. So far they have arrested numerous clerks and employees, aiming to seize leaders through these preliminary arrests. A ring in western Ohio and Pennsylvania was swiftly disrupted by Ireys forces.
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Prohibition
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Miners end Howat debate at UMWA convention
Indianapolis Sept 28 A near unanimous vote closed further debate on the Kansas strike cases before the United Mine Workers of America convention after four days of discussion. Supporters of Alexander Howat won a roll call vote to end the proceedings.
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Kansas
United Mine Workers of America
Alexander Howat
Five Die in Italian Riot at Modena
Milan Sept 28 troops fired on a demonstrator crowd of Fascisti at Modena killing five and wounding 25. One wounded was a deputy of parliament.
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Milan
Modena
Pariament
Fight L aunched for Tax on Sales
In Senate a battle over the sales tax began during tax revision consideration. Senator Simmons of North Carolina promised Democratic support and warned against tinkering with a failing machine while inviting Republicans to back amendments. Simmons and Watson debated whether a broad sales or turnover tax should be adopted and under what conditions revenues might require such a tax.
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Senate
Simmons
North Carolina
Finance Committee
Watson
Indiana
UBOAT Sinks In Harbor Of San Pedro
Submarine R G anchored at San Pedro sank at night due to water entering an open torpedo tube. Three crew members believed drowned though one sailor’s quick action cut mooring lines, likely limiting loss. Divers search for any survivors as the vessel rests 35 feet below the harbor floor.
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Cal
San Pedro
Los Angeles Examiner
J. Dreffen
Spaulsberg
California
Examiner
Navy
Camden
Two Marines Search Harbor for R4 Crew Members
San Pedro Cal Sept 28 Two sub Marines from the base search the outer harbor to locate the bodies of two crew members of the R4 believed drowned when the vessel sank in the burner. Naval officials said the disaster office was not known but an investigation would start immediately to determine responsibility.
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San Pedro
Cal
Naval
Tried Sentenced in Two Hours in Inverness Case
Indicted, tried and found guilty by a jury in Inverness on charges of attacking a young white woman. Titman Montgomery, a Black man, was sentenced to the gallows in the Circuit Court two hours after indictment, with execution set for October 25.
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Indignola
Miss
Titman Montgomery
Inverness
Japan Fully Commits Funds to Armament Drive
London reports a Tokyo dispatch says Japan spends nearly all its money on army and navy leaving little for social or economic gains. The dispatch asserts few powerful enough to oppose military policy and notes Tokyo’s growth reflects reverence for military authority.
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London
Japan
London Times
Tokyo
Jobless Favor Higher Wages but Trade Offs Persist
Washington dispatch notes remarks by Roswell F. Phelps and Harry D. Jacobs at the national employment conference. Phelps cites reduced wages as a cause of unemployment while Jacobs estimates 75,000 unemployed former soldiers in New York and urges vocational training to address unskilled veterans. Massachusetts data show 13 applicants per opening now, down from 36 in May, with most unemployed lacking skills or literacy.
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Roswell F. Phelps
Massachusetts Labor Department
National Employment Conference
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Phelps
Harry D. Jacobs
Ex-Service Men's Employment Bureau of
New York
Whelps
Massachusetts
Jacobs
Unemployment Conference Hears Details On Case Load
Ledaux may be heard as officials plan a hearing to gauge unemployment volume. The unemployed will travel to Washington with 50 to 100 workers from Boston New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. Sessions adjourned until October 5 as subcommittees study relief measures and statistics hearings begin to build reliable data for policy.
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Boston
Sedous
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Ledoux
Harding
White House
National Conference On
Subcommittee On Statistics
Two Shot In Belfast Riot Reports
Belfast dispatch says two men were wounded during scattered shootings in the city last night while the eastern district saw quiet. Crown troops held key positions in the disturbed area and a proclamation banning gatherings of three or more in Newtownards road was issued, echoing Riot Act authority.
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Crown
Newtownards Road
China Faces Massive Flood Devastation Across Anhwei Province
Eyewitness Wesley M. Smith reports Anhwei floodwaters submerging area larger than Connecticut. Rail connections between Shanghai and Peking cut as Hungtzu lake bursts its banks. Thousands killed and property losses reach hundreds of millions as refugees cling to embankments amid inundated villages.
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Antwei
Connecticut
Anhwei
Kansu
Vientsin
Peking
Wesley M. Smith
Southern Methodist
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Kiangsu
Hungtzu
Tellef
Agreement to Burgenland Peace Reached in Prague
Dr Edward Banes Czecho Slovak foreign minister returns from Brunon with M Banffy former Hungarian foreign minister and secures Austrian Hungarian accord on Burgenland. Allies may object but agreement would take effect and retire Hungarian forces from western Hungary. Austrian would return Oedenburg to Hungary possibly for economic concessions.
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Edward Banes
Brunon
M. Banffy
Hungary
Austria
Fluungary
Bargenland
Oedenburg
Three Killed in Moro Battle Near Jolo Island
A clash between Philippine constabulary troops and Moros at Arang, Jolo Island, left a Philippine lieutenant and two Moro band members dead. Wounded were one Filipino lieutenant, several enlisted men, and one Moro. Dispatches report the fatalities and injuries.
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Parang
Jolo Island
Manila
P. 1
Philippine Constabulary
Arang
Island of
Jolo
Constabulary
Hungary seeks exchange to free prisoners in Moscow talks
Negotiations between the Moscow soviet and Hungary aim to swap 24,000 Hungarians held in Soviet prisons for 400 Hungarians released from prisons since Bela Kuhn's Red dictatorship era. The talks progress as officials discuss terms in Riga dated September 28.
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Moscow Soviet
Hungary
Red
Bela Kuhn
Budapest
Fatty Arbuckle case opener daunts defense
San Francisco Sept 28 the preliminary hearing gains a blow as Roscoe Arbuckle's murder charge hinges on a hotel maid witness Josephine Keza from St Francis Hotel who testified she overheard a struggle and a woman crying no no and a man answering shut up near Arbuckle's bedroom before Mrs Delmont rapped on the door
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San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty") Arbickles
Josephine Keza
St. Francis Hotel
Farmer uncovers $95,000 in plowed field
Charles Anderson of Bloomington finds $95,000 in bills coins and bonds while plowing one mile north of Normal. The bonds are identified as stolen from the Farmers Bank of Benson on October 8 1920.
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Charles Anderson
Normal
Ill
Benson Bank
Bloomington
Parmers’ Bank of Benson
Explosion at Oppau factory Death toll seen at 1400
Berlin reports Emerson Jennings of the American Commercial association estimates 1400 dead after the Oppau factory blast in Ludwigshafen. The explosion affected Badische Anilin Fabrik operations and caused widespread destruction.
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Berlin
Ludwigshafen
Emerson Jennings
American Commercial Association
Oppau
Badische Anilla Fabrik Company
Cuckoo Eggs Resemble Foster Parents' in Berlin Museum
A note on cuckoo eggs showing striking color and marking similarity to the foster parent's eggs. The Berlin Natural History Museum houses 55 examples that closely mimic the host's eggs, highlighting an uncanny natural imitation.
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Berlin
Costa Rica Uniquely Has More Teachers Than Soldiers
Costa Rica stands out among woolern nations by hosting a higher number of teachers than soldiers. The curious demographic balance highlights the country’s emphasis on education over military force.
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Costa Rica
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