House to Grow to 483 Seats Under Census Bill
The House would expand from 435 to 483 members under a new census reapportionment bill reported by Census Committee Chairman Siegel. The measure sets one representative per 218 979 inhabitants and adds seats to Alabama Oregon and others, with no state losing representation. A concurrent constitutional amendment would cap future House size at 500.
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House of Representatives
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Wisconsin
Air crash at Carlstrom field claims two cadets lives
Lieutenant Raymond Brandi of Grand Rapids Michigan and Cadet A C Pool of Richmond Center Wisconsin were killed when a stunt plane crashed and burned at Carlstrom aviation field on January 6.
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Raymond Brandi
Grand Rapids, Miah
A,c. Pool
Richmond Center
Wis
Carlstrom Aviation Field
Dorchester Mothers' Club Leads Youth Welfare Efforts
The Dorchester Mothers' Club at Dorchester High School numbers over 200 members and runs weekly meetings. Led by President Mrs. William R. McCarthy, the group supports education, philanthropy, and community welfare through dancing classes, chaperoning dances, children friendly movies, an Americanization drive, and neighborhood events.
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Dorchester
Dorchester High School
William R. McCarthy
Mothers’ Club
Lost Husband Is Murderer
Hartford report says Mrs. Helen Mulford hunted for four years for her husband Raymond Mulford who married then left her and is on trial in Buffalo for killing pawnbroker Abraham Yellen. In Palmer Mulford shot a police officer during a break in. Buffalo confirms Mulford convicted of first degree murder in Yellen case. death sentence postponed pending other trials.
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Helen Mulford
Raymond Mulford
Mulford
Buffalo
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Abraham Yellen
Palmer
Mass
Marcus
Floyd E. Stover
Harold Webber
Franklin’s early fire service ties and a secret vote
The piece recounts Benjamin Franklin as a boy observing Boston’s first fire company in 1717 and later founding Philadelphia’s Union Fire Company. It details his efforts to fund defense through a lottery, the eight voting Quakers, and a covert plan to buy a cannon as a fire engine if the lottery failed.
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Boston
Union Fire Company of
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Junta
Louisburg
Association For Defence
Union Fire Company
Oregon Woman Seeks Mother's Release From Moshav Zekeinim
Mrs. Fannie Kotsen Bloomberk of Portland files a habeas corpus petition in the Oregon Supreme Court seeking the release of her mother Mrs. Minnie Kotsen from the Hebrew Ladies Moshav Zekeinim Association Home for Aged. She says her mother is unlawfully detained and vows to care for her and post bond to avoid public charge.
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Minnie Kotsen
Boston
Hebrew Ladies Moshav Zekeinim Association
Home For
Fannie Kotsen Bloomberk
Portland
Ore
Supreme Court
Oregon
Milk price drop in Brookline and Back Bay stores
The Commission on the Necessaries of Life reported that two Brookline stores and one Back Bay shop reduced milk prices to 17 cents per quart after consumer complaints about 20 and 22 cents.
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Brookline
Back Bay
Commission On the Necessaries of Life
Fire causes 150000 damage on Belfast wharfs
A blaze on January 6 damaged about 150000 dollars worth of property at the Consumers' Fuel Company wharf in Belfast. The fire spread to the adjacent Pejepscot Paper Company pulp wood discharging plant on the neighboring wharf.
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Belfast
Consumers’ Fuel Company
Pejepscot Paper Company
Model paper plant at Pejepscot ruined by fire
The paper company's plant with three large motor plants used to discharge pulp wood from Canada was put out of commission. Local management quotes losses above 100000 dollars, insured. The report notes high funnel shaped collars on many French dresses observed in the same issue.
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Canada
Pejepscot
Dallinger Seeks Russia Information for Trade Insight
Representative Dallinger of Massachusetts introduced a House resolution asking the Secretary of State to provide information on conditions in Russia and the potential for trade with that country.
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Washington
United News
Dallinger
Massachusetts
House
Russia
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