Plan for European relief loans advances in Congress
The Ways and Means Committee meeting in Washington agreed to favor legislation authorizing the Treasury to extend $50,000,000 in credits to Europe. No consensus on specifying recipient countries yet, but next committee meeting may address it. Strong support exists to target Austria’s dire conditions with the funds.
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Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Washington
Treasury Department
Europe
Austria
Public notice of relocation to San Antonio on February 1
A notice states the sender will move to San Antonio on February 1 and will be in Fredericksburg during the last week of each month at the former Llano Road residence for observers to see them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Frederickshore
Llano Road
Birth strike hits Vienna as birth rate falls
Newspapers report a sharp drop in Vienna births with mothers delaying children amid food shortages. In contrast, Austrian provinces with stable food show more births than deaths. Lieutenant Stockton cites Hoover relief aiding 3 million European children.
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Vienna
Stockton
American Children’s Relief
Neue Freie Presse
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Hoover
Baltic
Mediterranean
Hoover Organization
National Prohibition Rules Summary
A historical notice explains Prohibition regulations on liquor storage and use. It details permitted locations and actions such as bonded warehouses and home possession, doctor prescriptions, and guest alcohol in homes. It lists limits like one pint every ten days and cross state movement with permits. It bans purchases nationwide and restricts flasks and transports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Luling Receives Fire Credit for Good Record
Mayor O. T. Greenwood and local fire insurance agents report from the State Fire Insurance Commission that Luling has been granted a 15 percent credit on all policies written in 1920. The town shows a loss ratio of .041 and has maintained this credit since its inception.
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Luling
Texas
O. T. Greenwood
Oil strike reported in Nolan and surrounding counties
Aya Strike Oil in Nolan, San Angelo, Texas, struck Friday in a well in Nolan County. On Bitter Creek, nine miles southeast of Sweetwater, Nolan County Oil and Gas Co. reports a 200 barrel well after tapping sands at 3,300 feet. A drilling near Rising Star in Callahan County, 30 miles north of Coleman, produced an estimated 500 to 1,000 barrels at 3,100 feet.
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San Angelo
Tex
Nolan County
Bitter Creek
Sweetwater
Nolan County Oil and Gas Company
Rising Star
Calahan County
Coleman
Angry Over Increased Price Of Coffins
Health Commissioner Copeland of New York denounces a National Casket Company price rise driven by higher lumber and textile costs. He calls the move shameful and says he will seek federal investigation into the coffin price increase amid influenza deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Casket Company
Copeland
New York
Borah Attacks Air Service Bill in Senate Debate
Senator Borah led a critique of the proposed creation of a separate Air Service Department. Chairman Wadsworth warned of a future war sparked by air battles off the U S coast and urged readiness. Senator Hitchcock opposed the bill as wasteful and argued air control confusion would worsen.
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Borah
Department of Air Service
Wadsworth
Military Affairs Committee
United States
Senate
Congress
Republican Party
Hitchcock
Back of All Trades Department of the Government
Violence erupts as Argentinis campaign opens in Buenos Aires
Unrest attends the start of the March elections for Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies. A bomb exploded at a San Martin Theater mass meeting by opponents of the democrata progresista party, causing panic but no serious injuries. Demonstrators later clashed with radicals marching the streets and attacked a newspaper office.
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Buenos Aires
Chamber of Deputies
Democrata Progresista
San Martin Theater
Radical Party
One
European Financial Structure Said To Be Tottering
A European exchange rate collapse alarms policymakers as Britain and Germany face renewed crisis. The London Times editorials reject artificial currency support, warning it would worsen Europe’s downturn. A Deutsche Bank president in Berlin links German credit collapse to a continental financial crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
London Times
London Daily News
Deutsche Bank
Berlin
France
Bankers Propose U S Relief Plan for Europe
The Administrative Committee of the American Bankers Association proposes Congress appropriate funds to let the United States Grain Corporation or a similar agency buy and export food and necessities to European nations excluding Germany and to Armenia. Commodities would be sold on credit to governments, with Grain Corporation handling distribution.
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American Bankers’ Association
Congress
United States Grain Corporation
Europe
Germany
Armenia
Grain Corporation
New Influenza Cases Jump In One Day In NYC
On January 31 New York City reported 5 002 influenza cases and 851 pneumonia cases, totaling 5 853 new illness cases. The day marked the second highest total of the epidemic period yet deaths from both diseases were lower than the same date in 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Clemenceau Not Wanted in Egypt Telegraphs Warn Egypt
Geneva Feb 3 Egyptian nationalist leader Dr Abdul Said telegraphs Clemenceau not to enter Egypt or to leave at once or risk his life. He accuses Clemenceau of aiding the British against Egyptian liberty.
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Geneva
Abdul Said
Clemenceau
France
Egypt
M. Clemenceau
Exterminating Screw Worms to be Discussed by Texas Sheep Group
San Angelo Texas January 27 The executive committee of the Sheep and Goat Raisers Association of Texas will meet February 9 at Del Rio to review new methods to combat the screw worm among West Texas flocks and to plan support for an early wool scouring plant at College Station Four San Angelo residents serve on the committee.
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San Angelo
Texas
West Texas
College Station
For good commercial printing and quick service
A brief advertisement touts reliable commercial printing and fast service with a contact phone number 40 for orders and inquiries.
Lightning strikes windmill tower in Christoval
San Angelo Texas report says Mr and Mrs James Ford were made speechless for several minutes after a lightning bolt struck a windmill tower in their yard late last week. The bolt grounded without destroying the tower or nearby property. Christoval lies in southern Tom Green County.
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San Angelo
Tex
James Ford
Christoval
Tom Green County
Belgium to Press Demands on Germany at War Trials
Paris report says Belgium will join the Allies in demanding German individuals be tried for violations of the laws of war. The Matin notes additional names will be requested beyond previously published lists.
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Paris
Germany
Matin
Belgium
Notable German Leaders in War Cabinet Speculation
The passage notes Dr Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg former imperial German Chancellor, England demands Admiral von Tirpitz former German Secretary of Marine, Admiral Reinhardt von Scheer ex chief of the German admiralty staff and fleet commander at Jutland, and Prince Oscar of Prussia fifth son of Emperor William.
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Theobald von Bethmann- Hollweg
England
von Tirpitz
Marine
Reinhardt von
Scheer
Jutland
Prince Oscar
Prussia
Emperor William
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Cain City
J. E. Madeley
Gus
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Aya
Nolan
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War and Navy Departments
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