Three Boy Soldiers From New Jersey
A Polish field report details how Roman Szechowski age eleven and John Duraczinski aged twelve ran away from school to fight in France and Poland. Their friend Wisniewski recalls their escape aboard a 1917 transport, their battlefield acts, and the deaths of two boys while fighting Bolsheviks and German forces.
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New York
Romain Szechowski
Chicago
John Wisniewski
America
Roman Szechowski
Champagne
France
Tisniewski
Canada
Wisniewski
Duraczinski
Newark
N.J
Gdansk
Danzig
Wwe
Roman
Johnnie
Poland
Lemberg
Warsaw
Rowan
Phous Roman
Meat Prices Fall as Lent Approaches Says Packers
Chicago February 5 United Press reports Armour & Co officials say meat prices drop due to high cattle supplies and weakened retail demand. With Lent near, retailers reduce stocks and consumers see lower costs. American Institute of Meat Packers notes meat once $1 in October now costs 86 cents.
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United Press
Chicago
Drop
Armour & Co
American Institute of Meat Packers
Milwaukee Cafe Man Draws Two and Half Years in Bribe Plot
A Milwaukee man connected to a cafe bribe scheme received two and a half years in federal prison. The case involved a stay of 15 days to prepare an appeal and bonds set at 23.05 percent as part of the sentencing. Federal Judge presiding.
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Milwaukee
I Milwaukess
Fepha A. Buda
Ixo Ang Au Beni Cafe
Federal Judge Department
Genie Q
Wis
John Pszychocki
Backus
American Killed in Uprising in Durango by Arieta Brothers
An American citizen, R. B. Case, was killed in Durango Mexico during the uprising led by the Arieta brothers. Case was shot after refusing to be disarmed in the Pilones money district while his wife was wounded in the arm. The state department confirmed the incident.
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Washington, D
Durango
Mexico
Arieta Brothers
State Department
R. B. Case
Pilones Money District
Case
Iowa Jurist and Educator Write Patriotism Textbook
Judge Martin J. Wade and William F. Russel coauthor Elementary Americanism the Short Constitution, a new textbook for teachers. It emphasizes the bill of rights, law over men, and the duty of citizens to uphold liberty, with annotations by Charles H. Meyernitz and aims to inspire patriotism in students and teachers alike.
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United States
Martin J. Wade
Iowa
William F. Russel
College of Education
University of Iowa
Charles H. Meyerndlz
State Teachers College
Public Schools of
Wade
Yester
Egypt
Tiber
Rome
Bad Booze Haunts Mason City Imbibers
Mason City reports bootleg liquor causing near deaths and serious illness among residents. Doctors tie the outbreak to a sealed batch of moonshine that led to paralysis in two prominent citizens, with others also hospitalized.
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United Press
Mason City
Lamont Has Not Yet Received Mexico Invitation
Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan & Co said he had not yet received an invitation from the Mexican government to head the refunding of foreign debt. He would not comment until seeing any invitation. Ignace Paderewski sailed from Havre, France, to New York as a famous pianist and former Polish premier. The Mafia originated in Sicily in the middle ages.
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Lamont
Mexico
United Press
Washington, D. C
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Paderewski
U. S
Havre
France
Ignace Dan Paderewski
New York
Banker Beaten Carried to Coast by Bandits
O M Harrill a Bank of Houlka Miss president recalled three months of memory loss after a beating. He said bandits hit him in Memphis, robbed him of 600 dollars, then carried him across the country while his mind was hazy. He nears Los Angeles where nephew C Reed will escort him home when able.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Harrill
Bank of
Memphis
Mountand
C. Reed
Houlka
Mrs Harding Buys Simple Gowns in Blue for Spring
Mrs Warren G Harding, future first lady, shops in New York selecting simple, conservative daytime garments. She favors one piece dresses with matching hats and wraps, blue as the popular color, gray and green less common. No jewels bought. shopping six days has fatigued her though she keeps final tailoring appointments.
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Associated Press
New York
White House
Warren G. Harding
Altho
Harry S. New
Prisoners Loot Jail Whisky in Breaknight Larceny
In Steubenville, 14 prisoners used a broom handle and wire to pick the bull pen lock, stole 14 quarts of whisky, and attempted a jailbreak. They were found amid empty bottles with charges of drunkenness, disorderly conduct, attempted escape, jail breaking, and theft.
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United Press
Steubenville
Liberty
Bull Pen
Slayer of Aviators Carried in Airplane to Answer to Crime
Jose Ruiz, a Mexican charged in the murder of Lieuts Connelly and Waterhouse, was moved by airplane from La Paz to Tia Juana due to a venue change. The August 1919 killings near the Mexico border shocked Rockwell Field, San Diego, with bodies found two weeks later 206 miles south. A San Diego Fuerza capture was also reported in connection with the case.
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Calexico
Cal
Jose Ruiz
Lieuts
Connelly and Waterhouse
la Paz
California
Tia Juana
Ruiz
San Diego Fuerza
Mexico
Army
Intelligence
Air Services
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Detective Arrests Son in Drug Store Holdup
Minneapolis February 5. Detective John Stavio arrested his son Clarence Stavio as a bandit suspect in yesterday’s failed holdup at a local drug store. One of two paired bandits slugged a druggist and shot a porter. The father believes his son is innocent. neither victim positively identified him.
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Son
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
John Stavio
Clarence Stavio
Stavio
Stavlo
Ghost ship Carroll Deering wrecked on Diamond Shoals
Wreckers tried to dismantle the deserted Carroll Deering after it grounded on Diamond Shoals off Norfolk. The schooner lay wrecked with sails set, crew missing and only gulls and the ship's parrot aboard. Captain Merritt of Bath, Maine, was named in reports.
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United Press
Norfolk
Carroll Deering
Merritt
Bath
Captain reports crew feared lost after wreck at sea
The captain said on the 19th day he feared the crew had been lost. He could not understand why the crew abandoned the ship as it seemed in grave danger when it drove aground here. Merritt, who came from Maine, learned of the wreck after contact.
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Mer
Merritt
Maine
Caruso to Seek Voice Recovery in Italy
Enrico Caruso plans a spring departure to Italy to attempt restore his famed voice. After pleurisy on Christmas Day he remains confined at the Hotel Vanderbilt and will move to Atlantic City within three weeks to rebuild strength.
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United Press
New York
Enrico Caruso
Italy
Vanderbilt
Atlantic City
Anglo Russian Trade Pact Off Report Says Paper
London reports that Moscow newspaper Investia quotes Berlin dispatch claiming Anglo Russian trade talks broke over Britain’s demand for no propaganda in Persia or Afghanistan. The dispatch says accepting such demands would amount to recognizing a British sphere of influence in those regions.
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Associated Press
London
Moscow
Investia
Exchange
Berlin
Great Britain
Persia
Afghanistan
Russia
Husband Shot Dead by Brother-in-Law in Pueblo
Francis Dolan, 28, was shot and killed at the home of his brother-in-law D. T. Ramey in Pueblo after entering to confront him. Ramey, who had moved from Wichita, Kan., said Dolan threatened his wife, Mrs. Ramey, and fired in self defense. The incident occurred February 5 in Pueblo.
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United Press
Pueblo
Colo
Francis Dolan
D. T. Ramey
Ramey
Dolan
Buried Watch Fails to Rouse Dead Man
Miami Florida February 5 Joe Thomas an aged colored man faced charges for failing to honor a contract to recover the late husband of a woman and return his watch. She paid $15 and the watch for the job but Thomas buried the timepiece to rouse the sleeper. The court bound him over for possible false pretenses as authorities discuss enforcement of prohibition and potential leadership changes.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Joe Thoms
Thomas
No Dry Lid Tilting Under Harding Rule Close Friends Claim
Fort Pierce, Fla. Feb 5 A dry regime under the Harding administration was predicted by those close to the president elect They all agreed there would be no tilting of the lid so long as the Volstead Act remains unchanged and somei
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U.S
Fathers of the Republic
Marshall
United Press
Fort Pierce
Fla
Harding
Cement Quiz Rumor Again Grabs Space
Des Moines reporters note a sweeping Iowa senate inquiry into cement and steel firms. Senators allege price fixing and Sherman act evasion by readymaterials corporations, urging state investigation into suspected anti trust activity.
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United Press
Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
Read
Stop Sale of Land for Ship Board Injunction Granted
Harrisburg Pa Feb 5 A preliminary injunction restrains Secretary of Internal Affairs Woodward from issuing title for a five acre tract at Hog Island to the Shipping Board. Charles N Black of New York, claiming title, alleges he paid 110000 for the land and that it was conveyed to the board for 82380. Hearing set for Feb 1 to examine title claim.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Sretary
Sitle
Hog Island
Wickersham
Dauphin County
Are Iwiuuclivo
Ovleius
Charles N. Black
New York
Shipping Board
Black
Confessed Killing Chicago Policeman by McBride
Eddie M Bride, ally of Eddie Morris, confessed to police he was with Morris the night Policeman John Mullen was shot at a palm garden but said he did not see the shooting.
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United Press
Chicago
Eddie M. Bride
Eddie Morris
John Mullen
McBride
Morris
Mullen
Palm Garden
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Caruso
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Kramer
Wayne B. Wheeler
Ohio
Ian
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Regal
Waterloo
Buick CO
West Fourth St
Plaza Theatre
Messalines
Cheney’s Foulards
Cinderella
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