New Zealand bill aims to ease cost of living and child support
A proposed New Zealand scheme, already passed by the assembly, would create a government administered fund funded by employers to guarantee living costs for workers' children. Workers earning up to 2000 a year would receive full child maintenance, with payments proportional to average daily employees. no payments for children of workers who are or strike. The plan covers most workers under the stated income.
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New Zealand
Board of Trade
Berlin
United States
South America
Edwin V. Morgan
Brazil
Treasury
Labor leader opposes Cummins bill before Senate
Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor and railroad brotherhood officials urged withdrawal of the Cummins railway oil bill and sought at least a two year continuation of federal control. They pressed President Wilson to retain the roads longer while warning against anti strike provisions and injunctions.
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Washington
Cummins
Senate
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Farmers’ Organizations
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
White House
Wilson
Congress
Gompers
Anderson
Senate Committee
Executive Council
H. Kk. Villa
Pred J. Chamberlain
George P. Hampton
Farmers’ National Council
Sioux Tailoring Co
Fifth Street
Rhode Island Challenges Constitutional Prohibition in Supreme Court
Rhode Island moves to block federal enforcement of the Volstead Act arguing prohibition intrudes on state police powers. Attorney General Rice seeks to file an original bill of complaint with a $5,000 appropriation, contending the amendment was not legally passed and ratification status affects its effectiveness. The case aims to halt federal action in Rhode Island until questions of legality and ratification are resolved.
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Washington
Rhode Island
Supreme Court
Rice
New Jersey
United States
House
Ohio
Sugar seized in libel case to be distributed in Northwest
Three and a half million pounds of sugar belonging to the Utah Idaho Sugar Company, seized December 6 under government libel proceedings, will be distributed immediately in cities across Washington Oregon Idaho and western Montana at a wholesale price of 10 1 2 cents. Telegraph service between France and Germany was interrupted today with no code allowed for several languages.
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Apokane
Wash
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Wesern
Montana
Seaboard
Kanla
Paris
France
Germany
Engineer extracts alcohol from coke in British coal plan
Cleveland report says a local engineer has developed a gas assisted process to extract commercial alcohol and derivatives from coke. If applied to all coal carbonized in Great Britain the method could yield 60 000 000 gallons of ophite annually, potentially transforming the liquid fuel supply.
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Cleveland
Middlesboronet
Moglland
Great Britain
Census to be nearly perfect in 1920 count
Washington reports the 1920 decennial census will be the largest ever, with 87,000 enumerators counting every mansion and hut. The survey asks about ages, birthplaces, occupations, home tenure, literacy, and farm facilities, while assuring privacy and non-use for taxation.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Census Bureau
Sam L. Rogers
Uncle Sam
Bureau of the Census
Maynard Denies Entire Story On Aviator Liquor Statements
Lieutenant Brevin W. Maynard known as the flying parson denies an Anti-Saloon League issued report mischaracterizing his remarks on alcohol and flyers in the trans continental air race. He says his statements were sincere and taken out of context by press and league editors.
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Brelvin W. Maynard
Anti-falcon League
Anti-Saloon League
Baby kidnapping case ends with found infant in hospital
New York critics report 7 year old Leo Arthur Philip Wents, son of Mr and Mrs August Wents, kidnapped last July from a department store baby parking area, believed located in Bellevue Hospital foundlings ward. Mrs Wents identifies the child as her own while Mr Wents plans to adopt. Detectives say the infant with a birthmark behind its ear was abandoned at Grand Central Station in December, tying to the July disappearance.
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New York
Leo
Arthur Philip
Wents
August Wents
Bellevue Hospital Foundlings Ward
Senators Try Again to Ratify Treaty
Washington December 18 unofficial conciliation committee in the Senate seeks a basis for ratification. The team, a Republican and a Democrat, aims to outline a comprehensive proposal with reservations. Leaders Lodge Hitchcock Underwood Knox weigh paths to a compromise amid Article X opposition.
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Wahington
Senate
Lodge
Hitchcock
Wilson
Underwood
White House
Knox
Metattoy
Tonderwood
Foreign Relations Committee
Navy officers to receive wartime pay until peace declared
The House voted to extend wartime allowances for navy officers, providing about $10,000 in extra pay daily until peace is proclaimed by the president. The measure covers commissioned personnel, continuing the pay while hostilities persist.
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Washington
Shooting at Havana Race Track Leaves One Wounded
Former Oriental Park owner H D Brown shot at Havana race track after a dispute. Wounded victim Alaredo Ras, son of Cuban interior secretary Dr Juan Montalve, guarded by soldiers as authorities investigate the incident.
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Havana
Bagbe Havans
H. D. Brown
Oriental Park
Alaredo *Ras
Sonimaw
Juan Montalve
Tuemay
Brown
Eek
End of the World Missed as Planet Alignment Fails
Millions vented disappointment as the predicted planetary alignment failed to end the world today. Astronomers and scientists said the sun and planets would have negligible effect, despite longstanding prophecies from astrologers and various religious cults.
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Stoffler
Mother Shipton
England
Albert F. Porta
Legion seeks immediate action on veterans aid in Congress
Washington dispatch reports American Legion leaders led by Grand Commander Franklin L Ycker urge Congress to pass urgent legislation ensuring veterans receive deserved government support. D'Olier criticizes inadequate current laws and warns against false economies toward disabled veterans.
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Washington
American Legion
Franklin Lycker
Congress
Afr. D'Olier
D Oller
Legionnaires Fault War Risk Laws Inaction Demand Action
Reported by veterans who labeled the war risk and vocational education laws as concrete evidence of inadequacy. They complained they had been unable to secure action at the war risk bureau.
Lane May Resign if Opportunity Offers
Washington reports Secretary Lane denies publicized talk of resignation yet says he may leave the cabinet when it does not burden the president. He cites salary and a tempting private sector offer as motives. The piece notes a union admission unrelated to Lane’s case.
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Prugsta
The
Echo de Taris
Lane
Washington
Laine
Wi!son
Mr. i
the Treasury
McAdoo
Whistle Stuck Triggers End of World Rumors in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on December 18 a stuck whistle at a railroad roundhouse set off a citywide din as sirens and bells rang and residents debated the end of the world. A frightened voice noted the whistles were calling people to church while others speculated on the cause of the disturbance.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Women Unite to Battle Profiteers in National Campaign
Chicago leaders from mayors to fair price officials join Attorney General Palmer in a rally urging women to lead a nationwide drive against high prices. They favor enforcing cost-based pricing, prosecuting gougers, and mobilizing unions and civic groups, with media and film support to spread the campaign.
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Chicago
Mlino
Minis
A. Mitchell Palmer
Congress
Fair Price Commission
Palmer
United Mine Workers of America
Wiliam Hale Thompson
Denver
Addrena
Fair Price
Washington
New Theory in Hansey Mystery Surfaces
Atlantic City, Dec. 18. Prosecutor E C Gaskill says new evidence shifts blame away from Charles White and Mrs Edith Jones in the Billy Dansey case. He cites two unidentified men as the killers and notes Mrs Dansey testified she heard cries while following her son to a field, with alleged later search for him. The Hammonton man and housekeepers may be released soon.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles White
Edith Jones
Billy” Dansey
E. C. Gaskill
Hammonton
White
Gaskill
Sugar Famine Goes to Government Power Extended
Washington December 18 The House action last night approved extending the sugar equalisation board through 1930 restoring wartime powers. The bill reactivates licensing of dealers and authorizes purchase of entire crops or commandeering stocks, placing broad control in the hands of the government as it moves to conference with the Senate.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House
Sugar Equalisation Board
Senate
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