Keep Liquor in Public Hands Urged by Labor Alliance
A labor conference backed a push for nationalizing manufacture and sale of intoxicants in Hanoi. J. H. Thomas urged labor parties to demand state ownership of the liquor trade, calling prohibition an alternative to Brewers’ control and arguing government action must remove drink from private hands.
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Caruigle
Eng
Hanoi
J. H. Thomas
Pariiament
Halfway Men
Thomas
Reorganization Aims to Split Big Meat Packers Roles
Major packing firms expect reorganizing to create new entities while limiting their roles to meats dairy and related products. Armour Swift Morris Cudahy and other giants plan to shed groceries stockyards and retail operations, stating no laws violated and that changes serve livestock producers and public interest amid rising prices.
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Armour Grain Company
Wilson and Company
Packers
Edward Morris
The
Morris and Company
Stremlau Named State Day Inspector
Julius C. Stremlau of Meriden was appointed Prohibition inspector for Connecticut. A well known labor leader, he served as president of the federation of labor and was on the labor committee in the legislature in 1913.
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Washington
Julius C. Stremlau
Meriden
Connecticut
Julus & Stremlau
Federation of Labor
Committee On Labor
Streetcar Service Is Suspended in Salem
Salem Mass December 18 suspension of nearly all trolley service on the Boston division of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company forced thousands to walk to work in below zero weather or ride in crowded unheated buses. Public trustees ordered removal of cars and revoked licenses, creating a citywide transit disruption.
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Balem
Mass
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company
Heverly
Peabody
Obituary for Misa Lalla Toulse Schwarz
Funeral services for Misa Lalla Toulse Schwarz were held yesterday at 2:30 PM at the home of her parents, Charles and [Mrs.?] Schwarz, 828 Pearetreet. The Rev Archibald Campbell of Washington Park MM officiated. Burial followed in Lakeview Cemetery with several tributes and pallbearers named.
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Misa Leila L. Schwarz
Misa Lalla Toulse Schwarz
Charles Schwarz
Pearetreet
Archibald FL Campbell
Washington Park MM
H Woadford
William Woightlander
Backmean
Harry Davidson
Charles Saer
Joseph Jabash
Lakeview Cemetery
New Faces Grafted on British War Victims Arrive
Two British army officers who lost facial features in World War I arrived in New York aboard the Caronia. They testified that their new faces and other features were grafted from other parts of their bodies, presenting a normal appearance.
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York
Caronia
Critics blame Ludendorff for German collapse
Theodore Walff in the Tagablatt contrasts General Ludendorff with Xerxes and argues the revolution stemmed from military failures. He asserts Ludendorff shifts blame to the people, mocks Allied powers, and notes the Entente’s end as the German army’s turn in a cycle of dishonor and collapse.
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Beruin
Theodore Walff
Tagablatt
Ludendorff
Stan
Nerxes
Fudendorff
Kerxes
White and Hiss Jones To Be Released In Danley Case
Hammonton N J December 18 Charles White and Mrs Edith Jones will be released from the county jail at Mays Landing within a week The prosecutor Edmund C Gaskill indicated evidence pointed away from the two and the charges likely will be dismissed Two men seen near the Garla field on October 8 and near the Horgekiller home are identified as suspects in the Billy Daniels disappearance
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Hammonton
N. J
Charles &. White
Edith Jones
Mays Landing
Edward White
Billy Daniel
Edmund C. Gaskill
Charles White
Howard White
White
Atlantic City
Jones
Forer
Bridgeport Man Runs Down NY Policeman
Wthitim H Hallock a Bridgeport merchant living at 2936 Main Street was arrested in New York City after striking traffic policeman Peter Musante on Fifth Avenue. The officer had helped an elderly couple cross, then was hit and dragged to Mt Stuv hospital. Hallock had previously lived at the address but his current whereabouts were unclear.
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Whitim H. Hallock
New York
Mainstreet
Wis
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Peter Musante
Hallock
Mt. Stnut Hospital
First Appropriation Passed By House
The first appropriation of the regular session was approved by the House without a record vote to raise 3,110,900 for the employes' compensation commission and war risk cures. The compensation commission sought 1,250,000, later 1,100,000, and public health service asked 6,000,000 with 2,000,000 granted.
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Washington
Cony S
Employes’ Compensation Commission
AurhRice
Pubs
Health Service
Petrograd Bread Cripples Residents Amid Political Turmoil
In Petrograd the only bread available for months is the duranda made from pressed rye skin, worsening stomach troubles. Exile dealer M. Supolen says the bread is highly irritating while M. Saponen predicts harsher months ahead under blockade. Unemployment is widespread, hiring is hard due to weakened workers, and the propertied class trades assets for food. Bartering spreads in Petrograd, Moscow, and beyond as people exhaust rubles and some join the Communist party for work. Educated people flee to the countryside seeking relief.
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Elelusingyors
Finland
Petrograd
Russia
Moscow
Econtinuucu M. Saponen
Noa
Communist Party
Harvard students show widespread smoking habits says director
The Harvard community reveals that nearly all students smoke, with only a minority avoiding tobacco. Director William H. Greer notes most smokers prefer lighter brands and that it is almost impossible to attend campus events without encountering smoking.
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Boston
Harvard
Plpa
Willam H. Greer
Handshake Ban Urged By Minnesota Health Group
Minneapolis Tuk U WW hits health association urges abolition of handshaking to curb disease spread. Joy Mill recommends the colony salute be substituted.
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Minneapolis—Tuk U
Steel firm seeks injunction against mayor in Cleveland strike
The American Steel and Wire company applied for an injunction to restrain Mayor Harry L. Davis from arresting as suspicious persons men brought from other cities to work in steel mills as strikebreakers. The company charges the mayor with aiding the strikers.
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Sarre DL
Daves Vo
Cleveland
American Steel and Wire Company
Harry L. Davis
Stained Glass Replaced After Paris Church Shelling
The Church of St Jeneviis in Paris reports its stained glass, removed for safety during the German bombardment with a long range gun, has been replaced. The church was struck by shells from Big Bertha on Good Monday, 1918. Vicar Mather Gauthier plans new transept windows depicting incidents of the shelling.
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Paris
St. Jéneviis
Germin
Dog's Grave Triggers Costly Legal Battle in Wisconsin
Concordia Wisconsin six attorneys a special referee and a circuit judge wrestled with the complaint against Dr D O'Brien of Beloit who buried his dog Jack in Kumwoond cemetery The decision went against the doctor who disinterred the body at his pace and buried it in his backyard.
Monopoly of New York Port is Aim of British Says Mayor Hylan
New York December 13 Mayor Hylan charged that British interests seek to monopolize pier facilities in the harbor He cited the $265 000 a year lease of a city pier to the Lackenbach Steamship Company and argued that American shipping interests should have first preference He claimed British interests control many piers built with public funds and urged keeping the port under American influence.
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New York Port
Hylan
New York
Lackenbach Steamship
Treaty Fight Looms Before Christmas Recess
Washington February 18 1939 prospects rose that the Senate peace treaty fight would resume before the holiday recess when the foreign relations committee was called to meet Saturday morning. Leaders hoped for action on Senator Knoxs measure to declare a state of peace while aiming to adjourn Saturday night, though Democratic opposition within the committee could block action.
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Washington
Tec
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Kax
Repubblican
Pennsylvania
Auto propels sewer worker into excavation accident
Philip Naizzucco, 21 Madelina Street, was struck by a car while working on a sewer main at Seaviow and Stratford avenues. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital with head lacerations. driver fled but witnesses recovered license number 1871. The Bridgeport Sewer Construction Company employee remains under observation.
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Seaviow
Stratford Avenues
Lato
Philip Naizzucco
Madelina
Bridgeport Hospital
de Nalzzucco
Bridgeport Sewer Construction Company
Park City Council Confers Two Degrees
The Park City council Knights of Columbus conferred the first and second degrees on a large class at the club rooms on Washington avenue. Rev. Hubert Dahme preached on membership requirements benefits and obligations as preparations for the third degree for about 75 candidates after New Year. A large gathering witnessed the degree work.
Subject Not Maker of Picture Is Winner in Spain
The Spanish courts rule that the subject of a photo, not the photographer, is entitled to the prize in beauty contests. The decision upholds a recent contest where the prize was awarded, though the photographer sought the prize for the pictured winner.
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Spain
Vina
London air ministry reports aviation fatalities rise
London reports show 62,000 passengers carried since May 1 with ten killed. The air ministry stresses that to fly is safer than not to fly, underscoring safety in air travel.
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London
Air Ministry
London Man Extracted After Windpipe Confinement
Adbert reportedly survived three weeks in another man’s windpipe before extraction by a British team. Details are partially obscured in the damaged text but the incident centers on a perilous enclosure and a medical intervention that saved the subject.
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London
Weather Outlook for Northern New England and Nearby Areas
Partly cloudy and not as cold Friday with snow likely Friday night or Saturday in Northern New England and Southern New England. Eastern New York to see cloudy and possible snow Friday, then cloudy Saturday. Atlantic states mainly cloudy with snow in some areas. Temperatures remain unusually low across the region, with varied readings reported from New Haven to New York, Buffalo, and Chicago.
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New England
New York
Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
Athmerkliin
New Haven
Cincinnati
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis
Clovay St. Pawh
Wiushington
Middlebreek Almanac
A. Mn
Criminal of Fame Goes to Poorhouse in Dansville
Alonzo J. Whiteman once a millionaire, state senator and mayor of Duluth, died at 8 in Dansville. He is admitted to the poor farm to end his days, having spent his boyhood there and risen to notoriety before reverses in his later years.
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Dansville
Alonzo J. Whiteman
Milonaire
Duluth
Vouriey
Whiteman
Colds Can't Hang On Father John's Medicine Ad
An old advertisement promotes Father John’s Medicine as a prompt remedy for colds, highlighting no alcohol in the product and urging quick use.
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Father John
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Park City
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American Hardware Stores
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