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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
2
The article outlines a general revenue shortfall totaling $2,815,000 with expenses surpassing income by over $400,000. It references budget cuts, local aid reductions, and unclear figures tied to Lavon and surrounding districts. It notes adjustments by Vilson and Oliver in a municipal context with various names appearing amid fragmented text.
A rambling Arkansas wire service style page notes wartime actions and local events. It mentions a distillery case led by authorities, early 1919 cotton gins totals in Clark County, court commissions and the influenza era telemedicine, election prep, and state business from Camp Pike to Camp Pike’s supply, with officials like Judge Lyman Reeder and Secretary J Terral cited amid school restorations and gas shortages.
Newton and Ponder preside as officers selected for the legislature along with a broad slate of clerks and assistants. The temporary House organization was agreed upon, with Newton of Milaski for permanent speaker and succession plans noted amid wartime policy unity. Changes included officers from Lawrence, Gray, Yell, Logan, Nevada, Pulaski, Miller, and Phillips counties.
A large crowd gathered before the grand duchal palace in Luxembourg to demand abdication of the grand duchess and the proclamation of a republic. A Committee on Public Affairs has been appointed to pursue the change.
Robbers entered the Middleton bank and the Hoffman mill at Middleton Wisconsin taking a rumored eighty thousand dollars in booty.
A fragmented foreign dispatch reports Allied plans to divide German passenger vessels and convert ships for transport. It notes France’s exclusion from the arrangement, and mentions twelve large freight ships seized to be used as troop transports with capacity for about 19 000 to 20 000 soldiers bound for the war zone. Local briefing highlights a panel discussion on wartime production and labor, referencing Britain and the United States coordinating strategy.
The APAN group seeks to keep German possessions in the Orient within the peace conference. Officials in Washington discuss limitations on German settlements and the future of key territories such as Kio Chau and Tsing Ta. The plan to adjust spheres of influence includes Russia and Japan while avoiding full colonial realignments.
Court rules state statutes banning even small quantities for personal use are invalid when interpreted as conflicting with federal interstate commerce power. Justice McReynolds concurs, labeling Reed amendment an overreach, while Justice Clik dissents. Lower court had dismissed indictments as intrastate. ruling reverses, case to proceed under federal law.
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