Women Voters Call Independent Ballots in 1920
Bridgeport reports ex Secretary McAdoo’s plea to the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association urging that national women voters form an independent bloc. He argues women will vote on merits, not party, shaping future amendments and keeping parties in check while stressing equal rights and duties of citizenship.
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Kaduo
Npon
Woma
America
The
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Sufe
Ossa
NM Goon
Fey Hile
Democratic Party
Ries
Ameria
New York Ratifies Federal Suffrage and Housing Bills
The New York Senate and Assembly, in an extraordinary session, ratified the Federal suffrage amendment and approved housing measures. Delegates announced the Assembly’s readiness to adjourn as the cost of the session was set at 7000 dollars. The package includes bills to aid housing, tax exemptions for state bonds, mortgage lending by savings banks, and remodelling of tenement houses into small apartment buildings.
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New York
Walters
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Ida B. Sammis
Suffolk
Mary M. Lilly
Assembly
Sweet
Smith
Mary Garrett Hay
Woman Suffrage Organization
New York City
Travis H. Whitney
Minight
Joint
Charles Lockwood
King
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Lockwood
Metropolitan
Ase Insurance Company
Charles C. Lockwood
Abram I. Elkus
Reconstruction Commission
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Hylan
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Lockwood Committee
Savings Institution
John J. Murphy
Thaddeus C. Sweet
J. Henry Walters
James A. Fotey
Messia Mikua
Heirsch
Real Estate Board of New York
Real Estate Board
The Vo Cols Run Era Clu Hay Cee
In a brief item the column notes a local vote and naming of a group involved. Readable details mention a run era club and a committee linked to the vote. No further names or places are readable in the fragment.
No Special Session Called for North Dakota Suffrage
Governor Frazier said no special session will be called to ratify the national suffrage amendment. He told Miss Alice Paul that the Legislature will approve the amendment at the first reasonable opportunity.
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North Dakota
Bismarck
N. D
Frazier
Alice Paul
St. Paul
Ohio and Kansas ratify federal woman suffrage amendment
In Columbus the General Assembly ratified the federal woman suffrage amendment and enacted a 1920 presidential elector vote provision if the amendment not in effect. House 75 to 6, Senate 27 to 3. In Topeka the legislature in special session ratified the amendment. Wisconsin Illinois Michigan had ratified earlier.
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Ohio
General Assembly
House
Senate
Topeka
Kan
United States
Special session call on ratification addressed to Legislature
A communication to the State Legislature announces a special session to consider ratification. The notice outlines the session purpose and expected agenda for approving or rejecting the proposed measure.
Anti-Suffrage Party Urges Opposition to Federal Session
The Women Voters Anti-Suffrage Party at 280 Madison Avenue denounces the federal suffrage amendment and the special session as unnecessary and politically driven. They warn of increased federal power, pressure politics, and warn lawmakers of consequences at the polls. The notice was sent to every male member of both legislative houses.
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Madison Avenue
Whitman
New York State
Congress
United States
Hughes
Whit
Will Hays
New York City
Catt
Miss Hay
Kitehouse
Laidlaw
Belmont
Eve Tate
New York
Brooklyn Inquiry Denies Rent Increase Coercion
At Mayor Hylan's request and via Corporation Counsel Burr, David Hirshfield conducted a hearing into a Brooklyn Eagle May report alleging that Abraham G Tonkonogy's name appeared on rent increase notices for 359 St Johns Place. Tenant John F Crotty testified and presented a notice showing an increase from 35 to 50 dollars.
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Hylan
Burr
David Hirshfield
Brooklyn Eagle
Abraham G. Tonkonogy
Brooklyn
Corporation Counsel's
St. John’s Place
John IF. Crotty
Tonkonogy Linked as Agent in Housing Rent Dispute
In court Abraham G Tonkonogy is designated as agent though testimony shows he did not profit from rents. George Tonkonogy father says notices mentioning his son were written by a clerk without his instruction and he had not seen the notices.
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Abraham G. Tonkonogy
Tonkonogy
The
Eagle
Anthony Gould
Ettrick Realty Company
Boris Hershinef
George Tonkonogy
Appeal for Farm Labor Moves to Sustain Harvest
The National Board of Farm Organizations asked Congress to extend the United States Employment Service due to a severe farm labor shortage risking this year’s crop. Dr. George W. Kirchwey urged unemployed New Yorkers to seek farm work, highlighting plentiful opportunities at the Bureau of Agricultural Placements and the high city unemployment since the armistice.
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National Board of Farm Organizations
Congress
United States Employment Service
House
Senate
George W. Kirchwey
State of
New York
Bureau of Agricultural
East Twenty-second Street
Dr. Kirehney
New York City
Boys May Lose Diplomas At Graduation
Two Morris High School pupils face possible forfeiture of graduation diplomas as one is accused of disloyalty and the other’s moral character is questioned. A transfer to De Witt Clinton High School failed to curb objectionable views. School rules require loyalty pledges and good character for graduation, with actions to be decided by the Board of Education.
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Morris High School
United States
de Witt Clinton High School
John L. Tildsley
Ettinger
George J. Smith
Board of Examiners
Hotel Brevoort
George S. Vierick
Emma Goldman
Board of Education
Federal Judges Favor New Court Building at Mulberry Bend
Federal Court judges meeting yesterday adopted a resolution favoring exchanging the Federal Building for a city site at Mulberry Bend. The resolution calls for a new court building with adequate accommodations for the expanding federal courts and offices. Judge Henry G. Ward presided.
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Mulberry Bend
Henry G. Ward
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