Fire Board Debates Inspectors and New Truck Request
The fire department seeks four inspectors and a new motorized ladder truck as part of a 7 200 and 14 200 budget addition. Burnham opposes both, proposing existing staff handle inspections. Dawe and others favor the new truck. The board weighs which item to grant amid overall budget cuts and fiscal restraint.
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Sha Pv- Mee
Fre
Charities
Board of Apportionment
Fire Department
Dawe
Arc Board
William £. Burnham
Board of Apportionjment
Ar. Dawe
Fire Board
Thre
Burnham
Finnegan
Cassidy
Noon
Graft probe widen to higher ups in New York case
In New York on February 3, former Governor Whitman and assistant Arthur M. King said the graft inquiry will shift to officials higher up in a city contracts scheme. The focus is sewer construction contracts in Brooklyn and involves men not tied to the city administration, with broader notes on police graft and stolen automobiles flagged by prosecutors.
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New York
Whitman
New York Ori Ity
Arthur M. King
Brooklyn
Stalf
City to aid 300 of unemployed start next Monday
Bridgeport officials discuss a $2,000 plan to buy mana soup for malnourished children in six grammar schools. A survey shows 28 percent undernourished, regardless of class. Construction work will begin on Summit avenue, with 506 Hillside home workers moved to north end streets to lay foundations and ash top-dress for durable roads.
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Bridgeport
Board of Hducation
Board of Apportionment
W. H. R. Emerson
Boston
Hillside Home
Summit Avenue
Chharitla Department
Angus P. Thorne
Charites
Hiltelde
Sumnili Ayanve
Charities Department
Public Works
Courtade
Bridgeport Budget Compared With New Haven Near Half Million
Figures from John B Wynkoop assistant secretary of the board of Education show Bridgeport will spend about 189553.74 less than New Haven for operating and maintaining schools next year. An appropriation of 236383.43 for New Haven plus 225690.23 for repairs and improvements is noted. The Bridgeport budget request totals 4514204 but may be limited to 1709009 after agreement with the Apportionment board. Last year Bridgeport spent 1206143.62 while New Haven spent 1685975.84.
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Wynkoop
Board of Education
Elm City
Bridgeport
John B. Wynkoop
Elmer H. Havens
New Haven
Beard
Aparitionment Board
New Heaven
Board of
John B. Wynkoup
Board of Apportionment
Fia
Lew Raven
Estimated Profits Of Mines At 200 Per Cent
Profits of mining companies in the Pocahontas coal field West Virginia were estimated at up to 200 percent on investment for 1920. Names withheld after debate. Senate panel would keep cost and profit details secret for business reasons. Wording to designate firms to be supplied by Wing of the FTC.
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Washington, Pap. T
Pocahontas
West Virginia
Senate
J. D. A Morrow
National Coal Association
Calée
Senator LeFollette
David TL. Wing
Federal Trade Comission Statistician
Dawes Denounces House War Probe in Heated Terms
In Washington Dawes scorches Congressional war probe methods while denying any generals not at the Armistice theater. He attacks waste of government funds and mocks questioning as unworthy. The hearing ends with clenched remarks, a raucous room, and praise for blunt candor from Dawes amid tense exchange.
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Dawes
Washington
Tab
Charles G Dawes
J. Mart
Aten
France
Cie
Mr. Dawes
Johnad
France criticised for pact without America
Briand seeks new pledge as government gains expected big vote of confidence in the chamber today. Tardieu launches attack urging Paris to wait for expression from the United States at the conference.
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France
America
Chamber
United States
Germany taxed less than France and Britain
A Brussels conference briefing shows per capita taxes for the current year: Germany 599 marks about 7.80 dollars, France 320 francs about 28.05, Italy 0.84? and Great Britain 22 pounds about 83.37, indicating Germany bears a lighter tax load than its counterparts according to delegations of experts.
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Paris
Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Brussels
Great Britain
New York
Paris approves government declaration on Pear decisions
The French Chamber and Senate gave their approval today to the government’s declaration regarding the Supreme Council’s decisions at Pear. The move marks formal acceptance by the legislature of the executive’s stance on the Paris matter.
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Chamber
Senate
Supreme Council
Paris
Associated Press
House Approves Army Maintenance Bill For 150000
Washington Feb 3 The House backed an appropriation to fund a regular army of 150000 for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Amendments to cut officers and raise pay limits failed as lawmakers debated strength and structure. The bill provides 72873 for enlisted pay and 149 million overall, with further votes on officer numbers and discharge provisions.
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HOUSE
Washington
Pmaale Atimuslange
Congress
Johne
South Dakota
Wingo
Pemnorat
Arkansas
Anthony
Kang
Greene
Vermont
Stings
Oklahoma
War Department
Peesinita
Democrat
Texas
Britain Urged to Delay Battleship Program A Year
London reports a draft imperial defense sub committee recommendation to pause a major shipbuilding program for twelve months to allow talks among the United States, Japan, and Britain on curtailing navies. Officials also seek time to test a revolutionary new warship design. Australia and Canada monitor closely as Millen asserts a policy to keep the island continent white by denying Japanese citizenship.
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Robert J. Prow
London
Fec
Imperial Defense Sub-Committee
United States
Japan
Great Briwin
Tyne
Admiralty
House of Pnmmons
Australia
Canada
D. Millen
Melbourne
Millen
Pacific
Austria
Thirty Eight New York Inspectors Tied to Graft Probe
A mass graft probe centers on thirty eight New York Customs inspectors accused of involvement with smuggling liquor, jewelry, and silks. Reports mention suspects John Kuceurnskas and Josef Cherniak of Milford, with Cherniak entangled in a separate atrocity case. A Milford suspect faces potential death penalty. relief funds rise for a slain woman’s family as locals donate.
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NEW York Custom House
John Kuceurnskas
Josef Cherniak
Milford
Istely
Au Cme
Irish Fighting Fatal to Eighteen Police Ambushed Near Ross
A large Sinn Fein group ambushed two police units near Barentia close to Rossarberry, prompting a fierce rifle battle. Nine police and nine civilians killed. ten police and twenty-two civilians wounded. Reinforcements turned the tide, six attackers dead and one wounded. The home of Justice of the Peace Thomas King was seized and used briefly in the raid before authorities regained control. A separate incident saw two armed men rob a Dublin taxicab and threaten a railroad employee.
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London
Vyarious Perta
Treland
Hkilled
Woundad
Sinn
Burgstia
Rossearberry Barracks
Rossaarberry
Clonakultyst
Southwestern Railroad
Dublin
Brindell Found Guilty in Extortion Case
Robert P. Brindell president of the Building Trades council was convicted by a New York jury of extortion from a builder. He was remanded to the Tombs awaiting sentencing likely to a 15 year term. The jury deliberated 1 hour 20 minutes after being instructed to consider only the Aronson transaction.
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Building Trades Council
Tombs
York
Robert P. Brindell
Building Trades’ Council
Justice McAvoy
Brindell
Tombs Prison
Supreme Court
Max Aronson
Aronsonn
Aronson
Erons
Untermyer
Srindell
BrindeleanicHon
Estor
War hero Craven killed in Sinn Fein attack in Dublin
District Inspector Francis Worthington Craven, veteran naval officer and holder of American Distinguished Service Medal and Navy Cross, dies in the Sinn Fein assault in Dublin. He once commanded the destroyer Mounsey and saved 600 American soldiers from the sinking transport Otranto off Scotland in October 1915.
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Dublin
Francis Worthington Craven
Mounsey
Inspector Craven
Navy
Royal Irish Constabulary
Wilson
Craven
Chatfaim
England
John Dibble
United Kingdom
Otranto
Tslay Island
Davidson
Qtranto
Telegraph Publishing suspends New London morning paper
The Telegraph Publishing Company announced a temporary suspension of the New London morning newspaper's publication amid reorganizational proceedings. The paper failed to appear this morning as the situation unfolds and a restructuring plan is in progress.
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New London
Telegraph Publishing Company Today
Pen G
Belgian Border Activity Signals Allied Mobilization
Reports from Berlin indicate heightened Belgian border activity with more trains moving toward the frontier. The sight is interpreted as a sign that the Allies intend mobilization and to widen the occupation zone to pressure Germany on reparations.
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Horlin Fair
Berlin
Port Collector Says Conditions Deplorable At New York Port
New York February 4 evidence points to graft among port customs staff with an internal drug smuggling ring alleged. Port Collector Pyron C Newton admitted to recommended dismissals for eight inspectors as investigations reveal widespread discretion failures and bribe-taking postwar. Officials say losses to the government could be substantial and the inquiry points to a general culture of gratuities.
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NBW
York
New Tone
Federal Grand Jury
Earl Barnes
Torney
Pyron C. Newton
Aeport
Washington
Newton
Customs Service
Morando Re-Arrested On Federal Bench Warrant
Morando, 33, was re-arrested at his home on Best Main Street by Secret Service operatives overnight. Taken to New York this morning, the federal bench warrant seeks extradition after a bond of 3 dollars was allegedly jumped to evade trial on the charge in a New York court.
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Morands
Brogmereet
Wheeler
Voccatin
Secret Service
New York
Morando 4A
Trian
Debate on Tariff Bill Moves Toward Final Vote Date
Washington Feb 3 tentative agreement neared for a final vote on the emergency tariff bill as McCumber secured a second reading and leaders from both parties discussed a date. A probable February 15 vote was discussed with hopes of unanimous consent and further maneuvering noted among Senators Tupper Robinson Florida Tennessee Arkansas and others as the chamber debated the measure.
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Washington
Peb
Senate
McCumber
North Dakota
Chamber
Senate Tomorrew
Qt Soul
Tupper
Kansas
Metsher
Demaverst
Florida
McReliare Democrat
Tennessee
Robinso Temocrat
Arkaness
Pri
Robinson
Archene
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Contiz
Hillside
Thorne
Iridgeport
Calder
Pocahontas Fields
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Hoftson Nd Seliver
Contractors Builders
Hartford
Ameta
Taalip Hoftsor
Gen. Pershing
Briand
Tardiey
Saventeen
New Britain
L. Petrauskas
New Hritein
Sinn Fein
Byron C. Newton
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