Today -100: December 1, 1924: First the dance hall, then the gambling hell, then the vice resort...

The Egyptian government accepts the rest of Britain’s demands, including preserving the powers of British financial and judicial “advisers.”

German Minister of the Interior Karl Jarres bans wireless broadcasts of election speeches, leaving the radio “reserved for higher things in life and unsullied by political strife.”

Chicago Mayor William E. Dever complains about newspaper criticism of his focus on suppressing gambling, booze running, and other vice, going full after-school special: “In them the criminal gets his schooling. First the dance hall, then the gambling hell, then the vice resort, and by that time there is a desire for money, and the only way to get it is to take a gun and go out and hold up a respectable citizen.” He also complains about the positive coverage of the late florist-mobster Dion O'Banion.

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