( A Clip of how the Massacre took place)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place on February 14th, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois at 10:30am in broad daylight.The massacre is related to a criminal
gang rivalry between Al ‘Scarface’ Capone's gang and George ‘Bugs’ Moran's gang. Now this attack was far from random, the North (Moran) and the South (Capone) Chicago gangs had been involved in a war for years that had 200 casualties previous to this incident including mob leaders such as Dean O’Banion and Hymie Weiss. The Massacre would mark the end of the battle for power between these two enemies.
The motive for the attack could be traced to when Jack ‘Machine Gun’ McGurn survived a hit ordered by Bugs Malon as one of his first acts of becoming the Northern Leader. He decided to plan his revenge, and he did so extremely carefully. Confiding in very few, his operation included that the gunmen were to be dressed as police officers so that Moran’s thugs did not recognize the foul play. McGurn stole two police uniforms as well as two patrol cars as the perfect props. The day before the massacre, McGurn instructed a local booze hijacker to contact Moran (since the main business of the mafia was illegal liquor distribution). The hijacker would tell Moran he had obtained a shipment of Old Log Cabin whiskey which he would sell for the bargain price of $57 per case.
Witnesses state they saw four men enter a garage on the North Side of the city, two of them dressed as police officers during the day. Since Moran’s guys thought that they were involved in a police raid, they complied with the “officers’” orders when they were told to turn in their weapons and to line up and face the wall. There was gun fire heard and then the four men exited calmly, the two dressed as police escorting the other two at gunpoint. Police later discovered the bodies of the men who had been shot with Tommy guns and other weapons. There was apparently 150 bullets sprayed at the seven members of Moran’s gang, each having at least 15 bullet wounds.
It is likely that Al Capone was responsible for the brutal attack, however he was never held accountable for it nor did he ever admit to any involvement as he was in Florida at the time of the massacre. No one was ever tried or convicted for the murders.
-This is ranked number five because of the major impact it had on the city of Chicago as well as gang activity in the future. As stated previously, this murder ended the long and drawn out gang war in Chicago. The innocent civilians could finally walk around their city safer and have some closure that there was less corruption around them. Gang activity has always been extremely shady, with most hits going unnoticed or untrakable by local police. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is so astounding because this was not just the killing of one rival member, but of seven and there was still no one tried.
gang rivalry between Al ‘Scarface’ Capone's gang and George ‘Bugs’ Moran's gang. Now this attack was far from random, the North (Moran) and the South (Capone) Chicago gangs had been involved in a war for years that had 200 casualties previous to this incident including mob leaders such as Dean O’Banion and Hymie Weiss. The Massacre would mark the end of the battle for power between these two enemies.
The motive for the attack could be traced to when Jack ‘Machine Gun’ McGurn survived a hit ordered by Bugs Malon as one of his first acts of becoming the Northern Leader. He decided to plan his revenge, and he did so extremely carefully. Confiding in very few, his operation included that the gunmen were to be dressed as police officers so that Moran’s thugs did not recognize the foul play. McGurn stole two police uniforms as well as two patrol cars as the perfect props. The day before the massacre, McGurn instructed a local booze hijacker to contact Moran (since the main business of the mafia was illegal liquor distribution). The hijacker would tell Moran he had obtained a shipment of Old Log Cabin whiskey which he would sell for the bargain price of $57 per case.
Witnesses state they saw four men enter a garage on the North Side of the city, two of them dressed as police officers during the day. Since Moran’s guys thought that they were involved in a police raid, they complied with the “officers’” orders when they were told to turn in their weapons and to line up and face the wall. There was gun fire heard and then the four men exited calmly, the two dressed as police escorting the other two at gunpoint. Police later discovered the bodies of the men who had been shot with Tommy guns and other weapons. There was apparently 150 bullets sprayed at the seven members of Moran’s gang, each having at least 15 bullet wounds.
It is likely that Al Capone was responsible for the brutal attack, however he was never held accountable for it nor did he ever admit to any involvement as he was in Florida at the time of the massacre. No one was ever tried or convicted for the murders.
-This is ranked number five because of the major impact it had on the city of Chicago as well as gang activity in the future. As stated previously, this murder ended the long and drawn out gang war in Chicago. The innocent civilians could finally walk around their city safer and have some closure that there was less corruption around them. Gang activity has always been extremely shady, with most hits going unnoticed or untrakable by local police. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is so astounding because this was not just the killing of one rival member, but of seven and there was still no one tried.
The Young Plan was a program for settling German reparation debts after World War I written in 1929 and formally adopted in 1930. It was presented by the committee headed by American industrialist Owen D. Young.
The German reparation sum was at a theoretical total of 132 billion, but a practical 50 billion gold marks. After the war, Germany was in such a poor state that they could not start the rebuilding process let alone pay back the money owed to Britain and France for losing. The Dawes Plan (1924) was put into action by the United States. It entailed that the United States would give Germany loans to kick start their economy. Germany would then repay Britain and France which then the two countries would resume trade and payback debts to the US. After a few years, it became apparent that Germany would not willingly meet the annual payments over a indefinite period of time. The Young Plan reduced further payments by about 20 percent
Although the theoretical total was 112 billion gold marks, equivalent to US $8 billion in 1929 (Us $110 billion in 2014) over a period of 59 years, which would end in 1988, few expected the plan to last for much more than a decade.
-This is ranked number six because of the international and internal effect it had on the United States. The United States took a huge loss monetarily after World War I (even though the economy was in a good place) when the countries that they loaned money to, Germany, Britain, and France, could not pay back their reparations. The Young Plan wanted to help Germany payback their loans faster so that the US could regain some of its money back. This would have made difference for citizens during the Great Depression. Plus the Young Act involves the US with Germany and their relationship is put at risk at the start of World War II.
The German reparation sum was at a theoretical total of 132 billion, but a practical 50 billion gold marks. After the war, Germany was in such a poor state that they could not start the rebuilding process let alone pay back the money owed to Britain and France for losing. The Dawes Plan (1924) was put into action by the United States. It entailed that the United States would give Germany loans to kick start their economy. Germany would then repay Britain and France which then the two countries would resume trade and payback debts to the US. After a few years, it became apparent that Germany would not willingly meet the annual payments over a indefinite period of time. The Young Plan reduced further payments by about 20 percent
Although the theoretical total was 112 billion gold marks, equivalent to US $8 billion in 1929 (Us $110 billion in 2014) over a period of 59 years, which would end in 1988, few expected the plan to last for much more than a decade.
-This is ranked number six because of the international and internal effect it had on the United States. The United States took a huge loss monetarily after World War I (even though the economy was in a good place) when the countries that they loaned money to, Germany, Britain, and France, could not pay back their reparations. The Young Plan wanted to help Germany payback their loans faster so that the US could regain some of its money back. This would have made difference for citizens during the Great Depression. Plus the Young Act involves the US with Germany and their relationship is put at risk at the start of World War II.