High Government Chiefs Benefit From 200 Million Tax Refunds
Records show 200.9 million in refunds paid by the treasury department over three years. Beneficiaries include Mrs. Adelaide Blair, Secretary Weeks, Gulf Refining Co, and William Rockefeller, with large sums paid to Cudahy Packing, Sears Roebuck, and Procter & Gamble. No proof of wrongdoing found, but calls for broader inquiry rise.
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International News Wire
Washington, D. C
Impstus
Revenus Bureau
Special Couzens Committee
Treasury Department
Adelaide. Blair
Internal Revenue
David H. Blair
Tennessee
Cauzens Committees
McKear
International News Service
Gulf Refining Company
McKellar
Blair
William Rockefeller
Treasury
Cadahy Co
William D. Hunt
Boston
Cudahy Packing Company
Chicago
Cudahy Company
Edwin H. Vere
Pennsylvania
Eiven
Procter & Gambie
Cincinnati
William C. Procter
B.G. Stillman
New York
Zenas Crane
Rodman Wanamaker II
Philadelphia
Richard J. Reynolds
Winston Salem
N. G
Tobacco King
Adolphus Forsitman
Passiac
N. J
Sears-Roebuck Company
Northwest Steel Company
Portland
Ore
E. St. Dupont de Nemours Company
East Coast Car Ferry Company
St. Augustine
Pla
Singer Manufacturing Company
Maas & Waldstein
Southern Pacific Company
Locomobile Company
Bridgeport
Carnegie Steel Company
Pope Pius XI Denies Arteriosclerosis Rumor
Reports of Pope Pius XI suffering arteriosclerosis are denied by the pontiff as a senate committee investigates Attorney General Daugherty's actions. Testimony requests target Secretary of War Weeks and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, with Prohibition Commissioner Haynes also summoned.
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Pius XI
Senate
H. M. Daugherty
John Weeks
Treasenrer
Andrew J. Mellon
Roy Haynes
Prosecutor Seeks Eight Years for Hitler and Two for Ludendorff
Munich March 21 The trial of General Ludendorff Adolf Hitler and co defendants in the November putsch neared a close. Prosecutor Stengel demanded eight years imprisonment for Hitler, two for Ludendorff, and one to six years for others. He urged fortress confinement for political offenders with some freedoms.
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Munich
Ludendorff
Adolph Hittler
Stengelin
Hittler
Ludendorf
Fairfield Sioux City Win Morning Battles at Boone
Fairfield and Sioux City split morning games in Boone Iowa taking a 15 to 14 win for Fairfield over Mason City and Sioux City defeating Council Bluffs 25 to 13. The final round of the state tournament continued with these results and lineups listed for Mason City and Sioux City.
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Fairfield
Sioux City
Boone
Sioux
City
Mason City
Council Brnffs
Council Bluffs
Pairfiala
GRIEF
Dad Mann
McGill
Love leads note French criminal from off duty
United Press reports in Marseilles that Paul Camelleri, linked to the Shattuck jewel raid in New York in 1922, was captured after detectives tracked his sweetheart. He resisted but was overpowered, admitting he stayed to see her one last time. Camelleri had recently escaped a jail breakout with another prisoner, firing over guards.
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United Press
Marseilles
France
Paul Camelieri
New York
Camelleri
Camelieri
South America
Jennings to Tell of Million That Bought Harding Presidency
Al Jennings once a train robber now an evangelist and politician says he will testify before senate oil investigators about a one million dollar cash payment that bought the nomination of the late President Harding. He spoke to the Long Beach Telegram before departing for Washington.
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Jennings
Harding
Associated Press
Long Beach
Cal
al Jennings
Senate
Washington
Victims of Tragedy in Wyoming Buried at Fairfield Today
Triple funeral services were held in Greenfield Iowa for Mr. Fred Van Gorden his wife and their son Arthur victims of a Casper Wyoming shooting. Van Gorden a Casper real estate agent was killed by officers during an attempted arrest after authorities say he murdered his wife and son and dumped their bodies in a creek near Casper. Friends attribute the tragedy to temporary insanity caused by financial difficulties. Mrs Van Gorden's parents reside here.
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Greenfield
Fred van Gorden
Arthur
Casper
Wyo
van Gorden
Douglas
Railroads Protest Western Demands for Rate Reduction
Western railroads challenge state calls to cut rates on grain products and hay in Washington. Counsel warn that earning power would shrink, jeopardizing railroad financing and the ability to provide transportation if rates are reduced amid wage demands.
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Washington, D. C
Western Railroads
Western District
Hospital planned on Larrabee farm near Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Iowa March 21 Lutheran hospital directors announce building on the Larrabee farm site west of the city. Ground will cost 500 dollars per acre. City will pave access and the Chicago Great Western railroad will add a spur to the completed hospital. Fund drive continues.
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Fort Dodge
Lutheran Hospital
Bboard of Directors
Larrabee Farm
Chicago, Great Western Railroad
New Klan Burns Cross in Ohio Town
In Youngstown Ohio on March 21 a claimed "new klan" burned a fiery cross to celebrate its organization. The group calls itself the Loyal Legion of Lincoln and claims to be the first of its kind in the area.
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Burns Cross
Ohio Town
Youngstown
Loyal Legion of Linco
Courier delivery deadline and refund contact note
The notice instructs that the Courier should be delivered before 5 30 p m. If the paper is not received by that time due to courier error or other causes, readers should Phone 5100 for a replacement copy. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Janitor Implicated as Murder Suspect in Zoe Wilkins Case
Kansas City March 21 United Press reporting investigators tied a janitor, Davis, to the murder of Zoe Wilkins after witnesses identified the knife used in the slashing. A unnamed woman last with Dr. Wilkins, and Dr. Hayworth corroborated the sequence, noting a crash of glass and a door locked when the victim was attacked.
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United Press
Kansas City
Marcel
Zoe Wilkins
Davis
Altho
Tolley G. Hayworth
Dr. Hayworth
Dr. Wilkins
Singer
Drinking Pitch Seized En Route to Sioux City
Prohibition agents reported seizing a $75,000 shipment billed as roofing pitch in Chicago. The cargo was on its way from Camden, New Jersey, bound for Sioux City and related to a crackdown on illicit alcohol during Prohibition.
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Sioux City. In
Chicago
Camden
N. J
Rockefeller Sinks 21-Foot Putt in Rain at Par Three
In Ormond Beach Florida Marcel Rockefeller recovered from a bogey with a 21-foot par three putt amid rain. Playing with A W Callaway Phil Adelphia J ily Wood and Mrs J D Warner, he faced pressure as a film crew captured the moment during the round yesterday.
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Rockefeller
Ormond Beach
Fla
Marcel
John
Galfers
A.W. Callaway
Philadelphia
J.ily Wood
Chicago
J. D. Warner
Bridge
Gods Defy Gov't and Stay in Tegucigalpa
The United States will keep 167 sailors and officers in Tegucigalpa to shield Americans and property until Honduran authorities can provide adequate protection. The de facto government demanded their return, warning it would not assume responsibility for any outcomes if U S forces remained.
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Cbr
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Frank Morales
United States
Bergdoll Seeks Official U S Guard on Return
Eberbach Germany March 21 Bergdoll insists an official U S guardian must accompany him home to face draft evasion charges. He says he would stand trial almost anytime, recognizing a maximum sentence of one year, but plans to remain in Germany without such assurances. He also questions certain newspaper representations.
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Eberbach
Germany
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
United States
Philadelphia
Pershing Seeks Material for World War Book
Paris reports Gen. John J. Pershing, incognito, inspecting former battlefields in northern and eastern France to gather data for a forthcoming World War book. He was covertly active in small towns and was received by Premier Poincare today.
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Paris
John J. Pershing
Elds
France
Pershing
Poincare
Armed Bandits Raid Homes in Davenport
Two men raided homes in Davenport in broad daylight. One man held Mrs Custer at gunpoint while the other searched the house and escaped with valuables in an automobile. The same two robbers had earlier held up another Davenport home yesterday.
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Davenport
Custer
Anita Stewart Denies Marriage Rumor
Los Angeles March 21 film actress Anita Stewart said there is no truth in a Cocoa Florida story that she married Montgomery Alaman. She maintained her professional reputation and clarified the rumor as unfounded.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Anita Stewart
Today
Cocoa
Fla
j _ Alaman
Florida
Miss Stewart
Classified Ads Reorganized To Aid Readers
Advertisements once filed under Bor Sale Miscellaneous are now reclassified for quicker access. The daily paper notes 17 000 families in its circulation consult the classified page to fill their wants.
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T ‘Abit
Pznge
Sinclair Lawyer Challenges Right To Question Him
Sinclair counsel Martin W Littleton fought to block the oil committee from compelling testimony by Harry F Sinclair claiming the Walsh resolution ends the committee jurisdiction and that fairness requires not forcing him to testify while fraud charges are pending. The Senate debate followed as lawmakers pressed to decide the panel's power to compel witnesses.
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Associated Prensy
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Oil Committee
Congress
Sinclair
Martin W. Littleton
Sinclair Counsel
Walah
Rome
Sineclair
Iefan
Walsh
Littleton
Lhh
Senate
Spencer
Missouri
Government
Senator Walsh
Senaior Walsh
Whisky withdrawal bribes of $15 a case split by officials
Washington March 21. John Goroni president of Alps Drug Co New York told the Daugherty committee of illicit whisky withdrawals in 1921 involving about $296000 in payments. He described a network where $15 a case went to a prohibition director and others, including Howard Mannington Attorney General friends, Jesse W Smith, Will A Orr and Owen Murphy. He said $1000 bills and large sums moved among drug firms dealers and witnesses, with calls for Mannington to be produced. The testimony outlined a complex graft scheme linking drug firms to officials and associates.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wisky
Paymenta Ags
John Goroni
Alps Drug Company
New York
Daugherty Committee
Goroni
Howard Mannington
Hil Daugherty
United States
L'Esperanto
Will A. i Orr
Owen Murphy
Mannington
Coroni
Orr
Jesse W. Smith
Daugherty
Dawes
Europe
Wheeler
Howland
Ashurst
Hart
William A. Orr
Wass
Howard Mannington, &Riend
Tittle Green
Paul Lundy
Bil Orr
Washington
Jesse Smith
Bill Orr
Smith
Goron
Prohibition l
Owen B. Murphy
Columbus
Tha
T’gorons
Thomas B. Felder
Felder
Geroni
John Lynn
Murphy
Bootlegger Sells Daughter to Pay Fine in Iowa Court
Cedar Rapids reports a district court grant of marriage punishment to Blanche Kel, a minor, after she claimed her father sold her to Peter Kriz for 400 to pay a bootlegging fine. Kriz, from Clinton, tied to an unhappy marriage, and the girl-wife testified she did not love him.
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Cedar Rapids, Inc
Peter Kriz
Blanche Kel
District Court
Kriz
Clinton
Brief telegraph notes from across the nation
Nashville reports the death of Captain A Dile, last Jefferson Davis bodyguard survivor. Memphis notes a derailment injuring nineteen. In 70 citizens clash, 69,000 bonds set. Washington cites income tax on a Cleveland draft evader. New York church and Ford plant facility debates. London reports Prince of Wales improving after injury.
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Nashville
Feam
Dile
Jefferson Davis
Memphis
Renn
Hock Island
Challa
Mersin, Jr
Ku Klux Kloon
Antiklan
Washington, D. G
Grover Cleveland
Bergthall
Maryland Internal Revenue District
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
London
Prince of Wales
Bob Haired Blonde in Decollette Gown Captured as Holdup
In New York on March 21 a bob haired woman known as Betty Santos was captured after a Manhattan holdup attempt on a tailor. Police identify her as Albert Guimares’s wife, linked to Dorothy Keepan alias Dot King, a murder suspect from last spring. She wears a decoilette gown, pearls, thick coat, silk stockings, and spirans and defended herself with smoking during questioning.
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New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Londe
Albert Guimares
Dorothy Keepan
Dot King
Eke
Betty Santos
Polce
Blizzard Blows Through Midwest As Spring Arrives
The fresh spring day opens under a Midwest blizzard with four to 16 inches of snow. St Louis records the worst wire and traffic outages, Oklahoma reports 16 inches, Chicago endures four inches of snow and slush. Snow further promises to spread to Indiana Michigan and northern Illinois as the storm moves east.
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St. Louis
Oklahoma
Associated Press
Hicago
Mid- West
Lineis
Paris
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Mellon
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The
Hague
Holland
Russia
Jonkheer van Mkarnebeek
States General
America
Wyoming
Neagro’s
U.S. Guard
Daugherty Investigation Committee
U. S
Bob Haired
Holdup
Midwest
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