Five Die in Sing Sing Chair in Four Bronx Youths Case
Five young men, four Bronx residents and one upstate youth Howard Baker, were executed at Sing Sing for murder after a failed last appeal. Witnesses describe their calm departure to the chair and final statements as relatives mourn outside in the rain.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Cashin
Cassidy
Mary
Joseph Asefof
Warden Lawes
Bronx
New York
Upstate
Howard Baker
Wiliam DeGreff
Walcott
Baker
Ida Pemberth
Thomas J. O'Neill
McLaughlin
Milano
Five Unions Back Cloth Workers Fight in Boston New York
The Needle Trades Alliance and five major unions with about 500000 members pledge full support to idle clothing workers in Boston and New York. They condemn the Clothing Manufacturers Association for breaking ties with unions and returning to piece work.
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Needle Trades
New York
Needle Trades Alliance
Boston
Clothing Manufacturers’ Association
Western Union Demands Prepayment for Congressional Messages
The Western Union Company informs Congress it will refuse to deliver official messages from members outside Washington unless payment is made in advance. The notice, effective at the start of the new year, was sent to House members by Clifford Ireland, chairman of the accounts committee.
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Western Union
Washington
Western Union Company
Congress
Clifford Ireland
Tinois
Committee On
Immigration ban trimmed to one year in House debate
The House reduced the proposed immigration suspension from two years to one year by an 87 to 25 vote, with backing from Rep Mann. Debate indicates strong opposition remains and possible delays as Senators consider restrictive bills. Amendments allow six month entry for ministers officials businessmen students and tourists and permit naturalized aliens to petition for wives and blood relatives during the ban.
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Washington
House
Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
Representative Mann
Sterling
Dillingham
Knutson
Spain
United States
Europe
Ellis Island
Socialist Miller elected vice president at National Council
Berne reports Gustavo Miller a Socialist wins the vice presidency of the National Council, a historic first for the party. Elsewhere in world briefs, Texas bans Sunday motion pictures and baseball admissions, the Sulu Islands clash leaves dozens dead, Solonikoff orders troop moves in Turkestan, Ireland enforces martial law, and Montreal records its first leprosy case in eight years.
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Berne
Switzerland
Guastave Miller
National Council
Austin
Tex
Texas
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Manila
Sulu Islands
Philippine Constabulary
Berlin
Solonikoff
Polshevik
Turkestan
Pamir Range
Afghanistan
London
Ireland
Dublin
Montreal
New Tax Plan Aims to Raise 4 Billion in Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury Houston urges revision of tax laws to yield 4 billion annually through higher rates on corporation profits income above 3 000 dollars and 5 000 to 10 000 brackets while repealing excess profits tax. He proposes luxury tax rises and lists potential new levies including gasoline tax and a motor vehicle license, among others, to offset removed taxes. The plan targets revenue through fiscal 1923 and beyond without reducing total intake.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Houston
Congress
Hardings
Passaibie
Textile workers face out. 22 per cent needed to stabilize
A conference of textile manufacturers forecasts a 22 percent decline in New England and New York mills. About 75 percent of the industry, including cotton and woolen makers, was represented at the meeting. The industry employs roughly 300,000 workers in its mills.
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Boston
New England
New York
Arson Blamed on Reds Across Six Week Fires Near Uniontown
County officers allege Russian Soviet government agents among foreign-born workers in Uniontown area provoked a six week spree of arson. Fires destroyed schools churches stores residences and mines causing about four million dollars in losses.
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Uniontown
Senators Warn of Massive 1921 Treasury Deficit and Budget Plunge
Senator McCumber on the Senate floor warned of a treasury deficit exceeding 1.2 billion dollars, likely over 2 billion by June 30, 1921, urging blanket cuts and abandonment of new projects to restore fiscal stability. He pressed for timely relief measures for agricultural collapse and inventory losses while detailing the December 15 tax instalment forecast.
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Washington
Senate
McCumber
North Dakota
Committee On
Finance
Treasury
Senate Committee
McGumber
Committee On Agriculture
War Finance Corparation
Finance Committee
House
Inaugural Committee Appointments for President-Elect Harding
Vice-President Marshall names Senators Knox Pennsylvania Nelson Minnesota Overman North Carolina to chair the joint congressional committee handling Harding’s inauguration arrangements. Kahn California notes in the house that war avoidance remains the aim in Japan questions and that agitators could trigger conflict. Pension Bureau reports 1920 disbursements at 213 million, down 9 million from 1919, with Civil War pensions listing 27,871 deaths in 1920 and 243,520 soldiers and 290,100 widows on rolls. World War survivors not listed. Senate election inquiry also weighs Henry Ford’s challenge to Newberry’s seat.
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Knox
Pennsylvania
Nelson
Minnesota
Overman
North Carolina
Marshall
Senate
Joint Congressional Committee
Harding
Kahn
California
House
Japan
Pension Bureau
Senate Committee
Henry Ford
Newberry
Michigan
Statehouse reform eyed to cut waste in NJ legislature
Senator Whitney proposes reorganization of legislative staff with merit-based appointments and civil service to slash excess payroll. He cites Wisconsin as a model and argues current clerks and stenographers are overpaid and underused, urging immediate action.
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Trenton
New Jersey
Whitney
Joint Appropriations Committee
Wisconsin
Mr. Whitney
New York
Pennsylvania
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J. P. Coombs
Brooklyn
Florida
American Commission For Relief In
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Angola
Coombs
One Hundred and Sixth Engineers
A. BE
World News
Huston
Secretary of Treasury
Joseph C. Pelletier
Order of St. Gregory
Knights of Columbus
Pop. Benedict
Pelletier
Statehouse
System OF Management
Jersey
Calvin N. Kendall
State Board of Education
Kendall
Department of Public Instruction
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Hudson County
Commissioners of Education
William J. Bickett
Federated Boards of Education of New Jersey
State House
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