Housing work protests Senate halt on projects
Secretary Baker and delegations from seven cities appeared before the House public buildings committee to protest a Senate joint resolution directing suspension of all United States Housing Corporation projects not 75 percent complete. He argued no major job cuts would occur for at least another year and urged extending housing projects instead of stopping them. Bridgeport Connecticut and Newport Rhode Island were represented.
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Washington, Jan
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House Public Buildings Committee
Senate
United States Housing Corporation
Washington
Congress
Bridgeport
Citizenship Granted to 162402 Service Members
Washington January 8 162402 soldiers and sailors were conferred full citizenship up to January 1 under the act passed last May according to the bureau of naturalization report.
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Congress
Bureau of Naturalization
Don’t Torture Your Child Mothers See Castor Oil Ad
An advertisement urges mothers to avoid castor oil and calomel for children and promote Cascarets as a safer candy tasting laxative. It touts Cascarets as gentle on the liver stomach and bowels and appealing to bilious sick kids.
Legislation Aims to Halt Return of Railroads to Private Control
Washington January 8 Congress will consider a bill to stop President Wilson from resuming private management of railroads. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clark told the Senate committee that most commission members favor depriving the President of this power to control railroads in the near term.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Interstate Commerce
Clark
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Commission
Senator Cummins Pushes Resolution on Railroad Control
Senator Cummins of Iowa announced a resolution to take the President’s authority to return rail lines at will, aiming for Congress to have time to craft suitable railroad legislation. Intersta te Commerce Commissioners McChord and Woolley dissented from limiting the President’s discretionary power, while Commissioner Clark argued private operation is more efficient. McChord defended the commission against claims its rate refusals hurt railway credit, noting railroads’ operating income tripled from 1891 to 1917 reaching 1 069 000 000 in 1917.
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Iowa
Congress
Interstate Commerce
Cc. C. McChord
Robert W. Woolley
Clark
McChord
Commission
Railroads prosper despite dividend and income shifts say official
Commissioner McChord notes dividend yields fell from 6.85 to 6.78 percent while the average income per mile of fine rose from 2056 to 4632 dollars. The income to cost ratio slid from 8.77 to 5.27 percent, yet net income relative to cost shows railroads in strong position according to the official assessment.
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Asia Minor Needs Food Aid Drive Planned for $30,000,000
New York dispatch reports a relief drive to aid persecuted Asia Minor peoples. Herbert Hoover says funding is needed to place the committee under the interallied world relief organization and secure shipments. A flour cargo is being allocated, with more supplies to follow once finances are raised.
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New York
Committee For
Herbert Hoover
Interallied Food Administration
Asia Minor
Europe
Germans Violating the Armistice, Says Foch
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Foch at the Armistice Commission meeting accusing Germany of leaving arms with Bolsheviks as they evacuated Poland and the Baltic provinces. He warned Germany would be held responsible for the Bolshevik faction's damage.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Poland
Baltic
Germany
Cabinet Reorganization Approved by China’s Chin Nan Hsun
The Chinese Parliament approved a cabinet reform led by acting premier Chin Nan Hsun. The reshuffle adds new ministers of finance and war and reorganizes key departments.
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Pekin
Associated Press
Chin Nan-Hsun
Finance
War
Five Socialist Leaders Convicted in Espionage Trial
Jan 8 in Federal Court five Socialist leaders were found guilty of conspiracy to violate the espionage law. Victor Berger Adolph Germer William Kreuz Irwin St John Tucker and J Louis Engdahl face 1 to 20 years in prison and fines up to 10000. Judge Landis will set punishment later.
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Chicago
Victor JL. Berger
Milwaukee Leader
Adolph Germer
National Socialist Party
William PF. Kreuz
The
Young Socialist
Irwin St. John Tucker
J. Louis Engdahl
American Socialist
United States
K. M. Landis
United States Supreme Court
Long memory aids arrest in 1911 robbery case
Giovanni Scavenepico testified before Judge Creed about being chloroformed by Vincenzo Montefusco in March 1911 and losing an $80 watch and chain. Scavenepico's keen memory helped police locate the thief, who was found guilty and held in $2000 bonds for the grand jury.
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Giovanni Scavenepico
Montefusco
Scavenepico
Creed
Battery D Honors "Mother" of the Unit with Gifts
In New Bedford on January 8 Mrs. William H. Anthony, famed as the "mother" of Battery D 1024 Regiment, received a loving cup and silver candlesticks from the battery families. The gifts honor her longstanding care for the men from organization through overseas service. The cup bears her name and the candlesticks are engraved with an A.
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New Bedford
William
Anthony
Prohibition Amendment Ratified By House 120 to 22
The prohibitory amendment to the federal constitution was ratified by the House today by a vote of 120 to 22. The measure now goes to the Senate for consideration, scheduled for Thursday.
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Augusta
House
Senate
Lenine Arrested by Trotzky in Bolshevik Split
Copenhagen dispatch reports Nikolai Lenine, Bolshevik premier of Rus a, arrested on orders of Leon Trotzky minister of war and marine who has declared himself dictator. The action followed a rift over reforms and a push by Lenine for a coalition with the Mensheviks.
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Nikolai Lenine
Rusa
Leon Trotzky
War and Marine
Moscow
Gothenburg
Sweden
Trotzky
Lenine
Mensheviks
German 10 Million Marks Sent to U S Forces in January
Ten million marks arrived in Coblenz today from Berlin as the first January payment of 25 million marks due for the American army of occupation. The shipment brings total marks turned over to American authorities to 64 million for current occupying force expenses.
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