Post war plans for Ireland outlined by MacPherson
Dublin February 25 James Jan MacPherson chief secretary for Ireland told a deputation of Irish municipalities that reconstruction housing and health were under study. He cited an interim 250000 pound grant for demobilized soldiers and war workers and said any British national scheme would be applied to Ireland.
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Dublin
Montreal
James Jan MacPherson
Ireland
The
Great Britain
Ireland to be treated equally in UK housing and land schemes
The secretary stated that Ireland's housing scheme proposals were advanced by the treasury and may cover the gap between economic value rentals and reasonable rents fixed by the local government board. He noted plans to use the new British health bill to benefit Ireland and to extend proportional representation to all local elections for better local administration.
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Ireland
Treasury
Governmen Board
Ministry of Health
MacPherson
United Kingdom
Soviet Regimes Bath Quota Ordered For Parisi Refugees
Paris Feb 23 The Moscow government now fixes how many baths per person in public and private facilities, dividing refugees into three categories with two baths a month for some, one for others, and none for a third group. Food costs are declared prohibitive as famine and medicine shortages plague Moscow, while Lenine reportedly has ample food with a monthly fruit and vegetable bill of 60 000 rubles.
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Paris
Moscow
Russia
Tremier Lenine
Lenine
Huns Push Propaganda Aims at Peace Conference
Paris dispatch notes the Matin says German propaganda bureaus spread alarmist reports about Germany. The aim is to influence the peace conference decisions by stirring fear of Bolshevism.
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Paris
Havas
Germany
Matin
A Tew Shifts for Homer in Shorty Story
Sewell Ford presents another amusing Shorty tale titled A Tew Shifts for Homer in the Boston Post Sunday Magazine for next week.
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Sewell Ford
Homer
Boston Post
Dorchester Man Hatches Record Breaking Egg
Charles J. Tuite of 31 Bicknell Street Dorchester produced a record breaking egg in his first winter with hens weighing 4 pounds 12 ounces and over eight inches in circumference from a Rhode Island Red. The egg contains about 500 calories and yields as much froth when beaten as three ordinary eggs.
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Charles J. Tuite
Bicknell Street
Dorchester
Rhode Island
Tuite
Bolshevists Try to Enter Paris with Refugees Halted
Three Bolshevik agents attempted to slip into France with a group of 60 French refugees who reached Paris on Sunday. They were not allowed to proceed and are held at the port. The group reportedly carries 1,500,000 rubles in cash.
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Paris
Russia
France
Prohibition Bill Declares Dry Panama Canal Zone
Washington Feb 25 Senate passed a bill that prohibits importations of intoxicants or narcotics in the Panama Canal Zone. The zone is already dry by presidential order and the measure now goes to the House for action.
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Washington
Panama Canal Zone
Senate
House
Boston & Maine Hearing Adjournment Sought by Minority Stockholders Leader
Conrad W. Crocker representing the Boston & Maine Minority Stockholders Protective Association urged an adjournment before the Public Service Commission regarding the petition to complete the company's reorganization. He warned of a lengthy legal battle over plans to consolidate several New England roads with the Boston and Maine.
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Conrad W. Crocker
Boston & Maine
Boston and Maine consolidation hearing adjourned amid note questions
Mr. Crocker urged a two week adjournment or a special commission on the vacancy caused by Eastman. He cited 15000000 in notes, under receivership, and warned a deadlock with two members. George Mayberry presented consolidation signatures and notes. hearings continue with Woodward Hudson present and March 4 session in New York slated.
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Crocker
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston & Main Railroad
Mr. Crocker
Frederick J. Macleod
Verett TE. Stone
Boston & Maine
Williams. Trowbridge of
Newton
Mayberry
Sle
Woodward Hudson
Maine
New Hampshire
New York
Teachers Association to Sue Newburyport over Withheld Salaries
The Newburyport Teachers Association authorized their attorney to sue the city for salary deductions during January illness. Ernest Averill, principal of Currier School, will file the suit in his name with other teachers assigning their claims to him.
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Newburyport
Newburyport Teachers’ Association
Ernest Averill
Currier
Brand Whitlock Honored by Liege City Freedoms Conferred
The city of Liege has granted Brand Whitlock American minister to Belgium the freedom of the city and made him a burgher in ceremonies at the Hotel de Ville according to advices to the State Department.
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Washington
Liege
Belgium
Brand Whitlock
Hotel de Ville
State Department
To Close 15 Hospitals Washington Feb Surgeon General Ireland
Surgeon General Ireland announced plans to close 15 hospitals in Washington state today. The statement indicated budget pressures and service cuts as the rationale for the drastic step affecting several communities and healthcare access.
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Washington
Ireland
Army camp abandonments lead to hospital base closures
As a result of abandoning several army camps and concentrating sick and wounded soldiers in city hospitals, authorities decided to discontinue 15 base hospitals.
Secretary of Trade Commission Resigns in 1916 Move
Leonidas L. Bracken resigns as secretary of the Federal Trade Commission after serving since its 1915 founding. He will return to law practice in Muncie Indiana.
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Trade Commission
Washington
Leonidas L. Bracken
Federal Trade Commission
Muncie
Ind
Roosevelt vignette on loan securities
Senator Kenyon of Iowa urged placing a Theodore Roosevelt vignette on Victory Loan securities as a fitting tribute. He suggested offering an amendment to the bond bill when reported to the Senate.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Kenyon
Iowa
Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
Vic
Fishermen seek higher shares in trawler crews dispute
Labor board settles a wage dispute between Bay State Fishing Co and Gloucester’s Gorton-Pew, boosting captains’ and mates’ percentages to three and two percent respectively while keeping wages unchanged. Crews to receive increased pay March 15 as oilers and helpers pose no major issues.
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Bay State Fishing Company
Gorton-Pew Fisheries
Gloucester
War Labor Board
Labor Board
Open Trade With Greece Authorized by War Trade Board
The War Trade Board authorized virtually unrestricted trade with Greece today, marking a broad relaxation of wartime controls during the ongoing conflict. The action aims to facilitate exchanges and supply flows between the two nations amid broader Allied economic measures.
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Washington
Greece
The
War Trade Board
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