New Wise Plan Proposed for U.S. Immigration
Senate immigration committee heard Harry A. McBride of the State Department outline a plan to regulate immigration. A national commission would oversee visas and coordinate with State and Labor departments to direct immigrants to areas of need using a passport vise indicating occupation and destination.
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Washington
United States
Senate Immigration Committee
Harry A. McBride
State Department
Major Astor Defeated in British Bye Election
Dover England January 13 Major J J Astor youngest son of Viscount William Waldorf Astor lost the Dover Kent bye election caused by Lord Duncanons elevation to the Lords Sir Thomas Polson Independent won with 13917 votes against 10817 for Major Astor Coalition Unionist Supporters note the contest reflects shifting political alignments in postwar Britain.
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Dover
England
J. J. Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Kent
Lord Duncannon
House of Lords
Thomas Polson
Major Astor
Postponed Cathedral Young Men’s Catholic event rescheduled
Officers of the Cathedral Young Men’s Catholic Association announce the Sunday evening entertainment in the Cathedral School hall at Malden street and Harrison avenue is postponed to Monday evening January 1 percent. Rev. Thomas J. McDonough serves as spiritual director of the association.
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Cathedral Young Men’s Catholic Association
Cathedral School Hall
Malden Street
Harrison Avenue
Thomas J. McDonough
American Ships Seek Liquor Sale Beyond Three Miles
American passenger steamship officials asked the House judiciary committee to modify the Volstead act so liners can sell liquor to patrons beyond the three mile American limit. They warned they cannot compete with foreign registry ships without access to this trade.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Shipping interests duel with dry law at hearing
Representatives and shipping executives argued the impact of prohibition on American maritime power. Wayne Wheeler warned that world dry laws were inevitable, while P A Franklin of International Mercantile Marine warned the merchant fleet faced death if liquor sales abroad remained banned. A Quarles warned shipowners would be psych ward subjects without equal global competition. Others sought only overflow travel.
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Dyer
Missouri
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Seven Seas
Great Britain
P. A
Franklin
International Mercantile Marine
Merchant Marine
Palmer
A. Quarles
United States Mail Steamship Company
Half Century on the Locomotive in Concord
Frank E. Burleigh of Concord has spent nearly fifty years on a Boston and Maine locomotive on the White Mountain division. He began as a fireman in June 1871 on the Concord Plymouth line, became an engineer in 1874, and has continuously driven an engine, mostly on the north bound paper train and the southbound return.
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Concord
N. H
White Mountain
Boston & Maine Railroad
Frank E. Burleigh
Mrs. Harding Far From Well Ahead of White House Move
Marion January report says Mrs. Harding has been attended daily by Dr. C E Sawyer while preparing to close her home and travel to Washington New York and Florida. Friends believe the White House social life will hinge on her health.
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Marion
United News
Washington
New York
Florida
Mission Hill Legion Nominates Tonight
Mission Hill Post of the American Legion will meet at the Comins School hall in Roxbury Crossing at Tremont and Terrace streets tonight to nominate officers.
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Mission Hill
District post to plan drive for new clubhouse
The meeting will nominate officers to succeed current post officials and form district teams to fund completion of the Mission Hill clubhouse. Lieutenant John J. Riley will preside.
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Mission Hill
John J. Riley
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Sears-Roebuck & Co
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Mass
Victrola Outfit
Tremont and
Beacon Streets
Jan Tion
Coats
McBride
Postpone Entertainment
Europe
Ottawa
Canadian Navigators’ Federation
Adamson
A. Mogolevsky & Co. Furrier Manufacturing
W. 29Th St
Tremont St
Eliot
Mrs. Harding
White House
Mission Hill Legion
Bovinine
the Bovinine CO
W. Heusen St
Ceylon
Importers Branch Ltd
Washington Street
Washington St
Blackstone St
Houghton & Dutton CO
Scar
McKay
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