Chicago mobilizes bid to end organized crime
Colonel Robert Isham Randolph takes command of a city wide effort with a committee of 100 leaders and a secret inner group to fight crime. The plan enlists millions from Chicago business interests to fund investigators and prosecutions aimed at cleaning the city within six months.
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Chicago
Robert Isham Randolph
George Washington
Col. Randolph
Hick Booze
Chicago Association of Commercce
Taft Improves Slightly, Reports Say
Washington February 22 AP Dr Mvaneis Wagner said Taft was a little better and had a very comfortable night as the former chief justice battles circulatory impairment and heart trouble without a recurrence of his bladder complaint The update marks the first sign of recovery after several days of poor condition.
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Washington
Mvaneis Wagner
William Howard Taft
Sandino Plans To Leave Mexico City
General Augustina Sandino and his staff, except one jailed, will depart Mexico City soon for Merida Yucatan via Vera Cruz. He has been in Mexico City weeks after arriving from Yucatan where he set up a temporary home.
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Mexico City
Augustina Sandino
Merida
Yucatan
Vera Crug
Ile
Message from Urban Diteman Believed Found
A bottle message claimed to be from Urban N. Diteman of Billings Montana Almerta airman lost at sea last October was found by a schoolboy Frederick Slater in Bantry Ireland The note warned of sinking fast in the Atlantic and urged fighting head winds The message echoes prior hoaxes about lost planes or ships and Diteman once set out from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to fly to England before vanishing The Ditemans home is listed as Portland Oregon
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Bantry
Ireland
Urban N
Diteman
Billings
Mont
Almerteda
Atlantic
Fredérick Slater
Eid
Atlante
F. Diteman
Harbor Grace
N. F
England
Portland
Ore
Sailor Baker Confession Sparks Police Puzzles in Detroit
Detroiter James Baker, a 25 year old sailor and amateur toxicologist, admits slayings to learn about poisons and to enjoy the sight of agony. Police doubt the full account, noting only the Guggenheim watchman case has any hint of confirmation. They fear other killings may be fantasies while mildly inclined to believe poisoning claims.
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Detroit
Mich
James ‘Baker
Baker
Paisone
Henry S. Gaw
Guggenheim Laboratories
New York
Gypsy musician Bela Radicz dies at 63
Bela Radicz known as King of Gypsy musicians has died at age 63 in Budapest His career spanned Europe and America with his traveling band and performances across multiple continents He achieved international fame during his lifetime through extensive touring and collaborations
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Budapest
Hungary
Bela Radicz
Radicz
Europe
America
Oil Merger Planned To Create Second Largest Company In The Nation
New York February 6 1922 The planned merger of Standard Oil Company of New York and Vacuum Oil would form General Petroleum Corporation to acquire their assets The combined market value would be about 1.1 billion dollars placing it second to Standard Oil of New Jersey at about 1.5 billion The move awaits court approval and possible equity proceedings by the government.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
United States Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
Vacuum Oil Company
Gov
Ernment
General Petroleum Corporation
Standard of New York
Standard of Company of New Jersey
Washington Birthday Observances Across Nation Mark 198th Year
Thousands pay homage to George Washington on his 198th birthday as government leaders, including President Hoover and Governor Pollard, attend parades in Virginia and ceremonies across army posts and ships. The Senate read Washingtons Farewell Address as departments close under the patriotic observances.
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George Washington
Washington
Ferb
Apd
George “Washington
Choth ‘Halls
Congress
Hoover
White House
Pollard
Virginia
Hurley
Wother
Alexandria
Senate
Wildless
Vandenburg
Republican
Michigan
Curtis
Hoover Proclaims Covered Wagon Centennial
President Hoover announces a national observance from April 10 to December 29 to mark the centennial of the first wagon train from St Louis to the Oregon country. He urges nationwide remembrance of the westward expansion and its role in American civilization.
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Washington, Reb
Hoover
Sts
Louis
Missouri
Oregon Country
United States
Congress
National Guard Pilot Dies In Airplane Crash
Baltimore reports Captain Lyman Patterson of the Maryland National Guard died from injuries from a test flight crash at Logan Field yesterday afternoon. Charles W. Curnap Jr. remains critically injured at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Harris E. Kirk Jr. slightly improved, and Thomas L. Kane listed as very good.
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Baltimore
Lyman Patterson
Marytang
New Comet Discovered Near Earth by Bergedorf Observatory
Hamburg February 32 The Bergedorff Observatory announced a new comet of the tenth to eleventh magnitude. It appears relatively close to the earth and moves with great rapidity according to AP dispatch.
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Hamburg
Bergedorff Observatory
Colorado Senator Phipps Opts Out of Re election
Senator Phipps a Republican from Colorado told colleagues on the senate appropriations committee he will not seek re election this year.
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Washington
Senator Phipps
Colorado
Senate Appropriations Committee
Chicago Cleanup Arrests Continue
The second week of an uninterrupted police campaign against crime ends with another batch of arrests. George Barker, a known gang figure, is among those recorded. In the 24 hours ending at midnight, 706 arrests were logged, 47 of which had prior police records. Detectives say gang members seem wary of weapons and jail.
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Chicago
George
Ted) Barker
Fliers Bring Bodies From Arctic Lagoon for Return to U S
Commander Slipenev of Russia transported the bodies of Carl Ben Etelson and Mechanic Karl Borland from a lagoon 90 miles southeast of North Cape in Siberia. The two men died in an Arctic mission and were moved toward American soil for burial amid 50 degrees below zero conditions.
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North Cape
Siberia
Point Barrow
Alaska
Slipenev
Carl Ben Etelson
Karl Borland
Californians Agree on Mater Division of Water
California water users line up behind a Boulder Canyon dam plan settling the division of 1.4 million acre feet of firm water. Imperial Irrigation District and allied agriculturals will receive 3.85 million acre feet, with 550,000 to the water district, plus class B water allocations to the district and agricultural interests.
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Los Angeles
California
Boulder Canyon
Colorado River
Metropolitan Water ‘District
John J. Bacon
San Diego
Colorado River Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Bacon
Boulder Dam
Imperial Irrigation District
Mexican Anthem Triggers Flores to Fire at Rubio
Daniel Flores told reporters the closing strains of the Mexican national anthem prompted him to shoot at President Pasqual Ortiz Rubio. He said the crowd joined in singing as the band played and he fired when the words "Mexicans, at the call of war, seize your swords and bridles" reached him.
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Mexico City
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Daniel Flores
Flores
Boy Scout Saves Two From Drowning in River
In Mandan North Dakota on February 22 1940 12 year old Boy Scout John Dewey saved 8 year old Forrest Marvin after a duck boat overturned in the Heart River. Forrest and his father W P Marvin were in the water before the rescue.
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Mandan
N. D
Heart River
John Dewey
Forrest Marvin
Forrest
W. P. Marvin
Coast Guard Seizes Vessels and Grain in Atlantic Incident
In the Atlantic off Long Island shore the Coast Guard destroyer seized two commercial vessels and two thousand cases of guerr. The British schooner Isabel H. and the American Mohawk, a gasoline boat, were among the seized craft. Also reported are a health-related homeward departure of Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones and disaster reports from Italy and Greece including avalanches and floods affecting residents, with casualties and preparations for aid.
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New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island
Isabel H
Mistaken for wine poison kills four Lyons youths
A Nebraska incident left four young men dead after a midnight spree as they drank radiator anti freeze they believed was wine. Lawrence Kohlmeier 24 Nelson Jarvis 20 Leon Jarvis 18 Hollis Cleveland 17 died. Reuben Roberg 22 survived with critical injuries.
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LYONS
Neb
Lawrence Kohlmeier
Nelson Jarvis
Pool Hall
Leon Jarvis
Hollis Cleveland
Lyons High School
Reuben Roberg
Sutvivess
Horst Body Is Still Unsound
In Wooster Ohio on February 22 AP reports that Melvin Horst who disappeared from his Orville home on December 27 1928 remains a mystery. The confession of Charles Hannah 61 that he killed the boy is challenged by Donald also in custody who says the slaying could not have occurred as Hannah described. Donald’s latest statement corroborates Hannah but leaves authorities puzzled about the case.
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Melvin
Queen Mary To Host Wives Of Naval Delegations
Queen Mary will entertain wives of members of all five naval delegations at a tea party at Buckingham Palace next Thursday February 27. Invitations were sent today and surprised many observers. The queen was not in London at the conference opening when King George received the delegates.
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London
Mary
Buckingham Palace
George
Morrow Plans Early Return From Conference
London February 22 AP Ambassador Morrow a busy member of the American naval conference delegation is devoting attention to returning to Mexico after the conference ends league reports indicate.
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Morrow
Mexico
London
American Naval Conference
Arizona Postmasters Meet to Reorganize Association
Thirty postmasters from Arizona cities gathered in Tucson to reorganize the Arizona Postmasters Association, which has been active for several years.
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Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
Arizona Postmasters’ Association
Japanese vote shows Minseito victory in parliament
Returns from rural districts as of 11 30 tonight show the Minseito winning 227 seats in the House of Representatives compared with 124 for the Seiyukai. Proletarian and other parties hold five and ten seats respectively. The dissolved parliament had Seiyukai with 237 of 466 seats and Hamaguchi’s Minseito 173.
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Tokyo
Minseito Party
Hamaguchi
Japan
House of Representatives
Seiyukai
Minseito
Hamguchi
Auto Fatality List of Arizona Mounts
In Phoenix Walter Atkinson an 8 year old boy died from injuries after being run down by a motorist. The death marks the 18th automobile fatality in Arizona since January 1. In Glendale Baptiste P G Bigando of Jerome died instantly when the car he rode in with Tony Vrthniek of Jerome overturned on a curve northwest of the city. Both men were miners en route from Jerome to Miami. It was the 19th Arizona fatality since January 1.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Walter Atkinson
Glendale
Baptiste P. G. Bigando
Jerome
Tony Vrthniek
Miami
Arizona
Inquest Held For Airplane Victims
Chicago February 22 AP A six pilot jury was empanelled for the coroner’s inquiry into the deaths of Captain Joseph Donnellan and Richard King, who died in a plane crash from about 200 feet yesterday. Donnellan a Canadian Royal Flying Corps veteran helped attempt the 1926 We Will flight from Chicago to South America, reaching only Cuba.
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Chicago
Joseph Donnellan
Richard King
Donnellan
Royal Flying Corps
South America
Ile
Cuba
Cardinal Perossi Dies At 68 In Vatican
Cardinal Perossi secretary of the consistorial congregation dies in Vatican City at age 68 after a general blood infection.
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Vatican City
Cardinal Perossi
Consistorial Congregation
Five Burned at Oakland Fire Claims Four Lives
In Oakland California a blaze swept the Webster House killing five unidentified persons. Lizzie Ginsberg a chamber maid is missing while seven others were injured. Firemen and police search the smouldering ruins for further victims.
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Oakland
Cal
Lizzie Ginsberg
Webster House
Webster Street
Fifth
Detroit man poisoning kills three granddaughters
Jesse Waite, 51, fatally poisoned his three granddaughters Alme 4 Vernal 6 and her sister Truth 6 and then killed himself in his Cadillac Boulevard home. Hetty 8 is critical and Waite, also injured, is jailed on homicide charges.
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Detroit
Jesse Waite
Cadillac Boulevard
Alme
Vernal
Truth
Hetty
Waite
Explosion Fire Ends Four Youths' Lives in New Castle
Four young men were burned in an explosion and fire that destroyed a small storage facility in New Castle Pennsylvania. The blast caused immediate fatalities and left authorities to determine the cause as investigators begin work on Page Six.
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New Castle
Duke of Alba Named Minister of State in Berenguer Cabinet
The Duke of Alba, acting as minister of Public Instruction, was appointed minister of state in charge of foreign affairs. A royal decree in the Official Gazette adds the ministry of state to Berenguer’s cabinet. Alba is expected to move from education. Tapia may replace him at Madrid University’s medical school.
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Madrid
Duke of Alba
Berenguer
Ministry of State
Damaso Berenguer
Antonio Tapia
School of Medicine
Madrid University
Injured box er Bobby Laselle rests in Prescott hospital
Bobby Laselle of Venice California the box er injured in an automobile accident near Ashfork was reported resting easy at a Prescott hospital today in Arizona.
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Prescott
Ariz
Bobby Laselle
Venice
Cal
Boxer
Ashfork
Prescott Hospital
Edison Eyes Florida Pink Wood For Paper And Insulation
Thomas Edison shows interest in a Florida grove of pink trees near his winter home as a potential source for paper pulp and insulating material. Experts describe the wood as corky when alive and hard after death, prompting Edison to study samples amid his rubber and goldenrod experiments.
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Edison
Florida
Fort Myers
Fla
Thomas A. Edison
South Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Persone
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Melvin A. Traylor
First National Bank of Chicago
Traylor
Horst
Minseitos
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