Legislative notes on McKelvie code bills and related measures
The Nebraska legislature debates Governor McKelvie's administrative code bill S. F. 2, with Senate support and House opposition on centralized tax and assessment powers. Key items include boxing bill passage, road and municipal court term extensions, county bond measures, and allocations for soldiers, a state capitol project, and National Guard support.
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Lincoln
McKelvie
House
Senate
King of
Tie biJl
Secretary of Finance
Dorn
Stout
Boll
Tanite
Barton Green
Tower Legislative House
Porter
Omaha
House Committee
Friends
Gnc
Drisen
Third Reading House
Reading House
Douglas County
Nebraska
New York City
Maude Ganson
State Normal School
Kearney
J. M. Tizor
Industrial School For Boys
State Capitol Commission
Capitol
State Supreme Court, Library and Historical Society
Taylor
Siman
Nebraska National Guard
Andi
Osterman
Nebraska News Highlights Local War, Politics and Weather
Nebraska items report Connor election by write-in for Blair mayor, centennial parades in Omaha with 15 bands and 20 000 Odd Fellows, baptism for Fatherless Children of France fund drive List of Nebraskans backing the orphan program includes many town leaders. Tornado damages Omaha west side. insurance says 7 percent of homes had tornado coverage. Weather and hail storms hit eastern Nebraska. property damage noted.
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Germany
Nebraska
Otve
Cass
Douglas
L. I. Frisbie
University Place
C. W. Watson
Woomen
Havelock
Lincoln
Rachel Conway
Farale
Nebraska Base Hospital No.9
American Expeditionary Forces
Omaha
Fremont
Nebraska Bankers’ Association
Parent
Tecumseh
Columbus
North Platte
Crawford
Auburn
Table Rock
Father Tomanek
Lynch
Hot Springs
Ark
Society of
Fatherless Children of
France
H. W. Abts
W. M. Alden
Hyannis
Jno
F. Boyd
Neligh
T. Bressler
Wayne
Col. C. F. Coffee
Chadron
F. J. Dworak
Ord
J. FP
Hleine
Hooper
BE. J
Hested
Fronthier County Farm Bureau
Broken Bow
Clay Center
C. H. Pillasch
Friend
Union Congregational Church
Garland
Seward County
Miller
Barta
R. E. Holland
Buffalo
Butler
Dawson
Dodge
Platte
Keith
Aurora
Iamilton County
FE. D. Ebersole
Wakefield
Army of Occupation
MckKelvie
Munger and
Wade
Nebraska Railway Commission
Burleson
F. A. Brewster
Beaver City
Curtis
Brewster
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Baker
McKelvie
War Department
Washington
Red Cloud-Holdrege Oil Com Company
Blue Springs
Gage County
Beatrice
Regina Connell
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Palmer vows against clemency for Debs defying law
Attorney General Palmer said he would oppose clemency for socialist leader Eugene V. Debs, convicted under the espionage act for a 1918 Canton speech urging wage earners to resist the war effort. He warned inaction would harm justice and law enforcement while pledging firm action against any general strike or interference with court mandates.
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Washington
Palmer
Eugene V. Debs
Debs
Hugene
Canton
Ohio
Builders Face Record Season
Washington A reports a revival of public and private building nationwide, led by the West. Henry T. Teague says 1919 will see immense road and public works, with New Orleans and South Bend noted for major projects. Private contracts rise sharply in February across New England and the West, signaling easing costs and a booming construction year.
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Washington
Middle West
Henry T. Teague
United States Department of Labor
Teague
Atlantic
Pacific
New Orleans
Mr. Teague
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
Newark
N. J
J. L. Bamberger
Kansas City
Sioux City
Terminal Grain Corporation
Allentown
Detroit
Mich
Cleveland
New Haven
Conn
Grace Hospital
Evanston
Ill
Chicago
Portland
Ore
Department of Labor
Division of Public Works and
Poles Worried Over Danzig Question Reopening
Ignace Jan Pederewski Poland premier says Poles bitterly disappointed by the Danzig issue reopening. Warsaw telegrams show anxiety over Poland's independence from Prussia and access to a Baltic port through Danzig, fearing serious consequences without assurances.
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Paris
Ignace Jan Pederewski
Danzig
Warsaw
Poland
Prussia
Money for Everybody in United States
Money circulating in the United States this month is enough to give every man woman and child 54.56 dollars. The total money available to pay bills is 5 847 363 641 dollars. Population is estimated at 107 166 000, up 44 000 since March.
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Washington
United States
Pasadena Millionaire Sentenced for Hoarding Sugar
Hulett Merritt of Pasadena was sentenced in the U S district court to five months in jail and a five thousand dollar fine after conviction of hoarding sugar in violation of war food restrictions.
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Los Angeles
Hulett Merritt
Pasadena
U. S. District Court
Holland Faces Soap Shortage Amid Poverty in The Hague
In The Hague Holland the city faces a soap shortage with families of one to three granted about one cake every two weeks. Toilet soap remains unavailable to individuals earning under 480 dollars annually.
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Holland
Hague
Whole Sibert family in was Washington
Maj Gen William L Sibert director of the US Army chemical warfare service, built the Gatun dam in Panama and led the first expeditionary forces to France. His five sons also served with notable records in various branches, reflecting a prominent military family from Alabama.
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Washington
William L. Sibert
Chemical Warfare Service
United States Army
Theodore Roosevelt
Sibert
Army and Navy Club
Army
Siberty
Alabama
America
Gatun
Panama
France
Pershing
Ahi
Gadsden
Ala
University of
West Point
Franklin C. Sibert
I. F
Iron Point
William Oo
Chemical Warfare Service A
U. 8 S
University of Virginiate
Harold
Corps of Engineers
D. C
Cornell
Edwin L. Sibert
Werfield Artillery
D. Sibert
A. Eksia
Federal Reserve Board Summaries Readiness for Readjustment
The Fed released summaries from its agents nationwide showing large stockpiles and softer demand with price declines. In Philadelphia district responses indicate inventories above normal, war work and civilian orders split, widespread wage and labor shifts, and mixed expectations for re employment and efficiency as firms report lower raw material costs.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Philadelphia
Wilson Moves George Washington Toward French Port
President Wilson orders the transport George Washington to a French port. Officials view the move as a preliminary step to pressing for an early peace conference agreement.
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Paris
Wilson
George Washington
German Austria Wavering Washington Advises on Revolution
Reports indicate Vienna communications suggest German Austria faces a possible communistic revolution. Washington sources note tensions rising as advices filter through indirect channels from Vienna.
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Austria
Washington
Department
Vienna
Pershing to Visit Rome in May as Guest of Italian Government
General Pershing accepted an invitation from the Italian government to visit the King in May. He will be accompanied by a former American ambassador to Rome.
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Pershing
Italy
Rome
General Pershing
Utah Women Boycott Butter in Salt Lake City
The federation of women's clubs calls for a drastic boycott of butter in Salt Lake City until prices drop substantially. Local women organize a campaign to protest the cost of butter in the city.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Allies press Odessa evacuation amid Paris Bolshevik pressure
Paris pushes hard against Bolshevik influence as Allied forces step up pressure on Russia. The great Black Sea port of Odessa faces imminent evacuation as Allied operations intensify and forces prepare to withdraw under mounting political strain.
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Russia
Paris
Odessa
Black Sea
Troops Express Sympathy for Soviet Cause in Munich
Reports from Munich indicate troops show public sympathy for the Soviet idea while declaring neutrality and a pledge to prevent rioting. Public gatherings reveal enthusiasm for the Soviet cause amid tensions and political statements.
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Avarish
Radibaia
Munich
Boy crawls two miles for help after horse crushes leg
Roland Devore sixteen years old crawled two miles to a neighbor for aid in freezing conditions after his horse fell and crushed his leg. A foot of snow lay on the ground and bitter cold, with the youth dragging himself by his arms and the unbroken leg to survive.
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Pueblo
Cole
Roland Devore
First Woman Candidate Seeks Maternity State Support
Buenos Aires reports Dr Juli eta Renshaw the first woman candidate for Argentina's chamber of deputies declares maternity should be a state function if elected. She argues the state must support fraternity as a public duty rather than charity.
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Buenos Aires
Senora Julieta Renshaw
Chamber of Deputies
Renshaw
Hymn From Unexpected Source Attributed to Addison
A noted lyric hymn The Spacious Firmament on High is attributed to Joseph Addison a chief secretary for Ireland though his other writings might not suggest such authorship. The article highlights the surprise of a remarkable hymn arising from an unlikely source.
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Ireland
Joseph Addison
German Women to Fight as Militia on Eastern Front
Frau Broenner a noted authoress and publisher plans to organize East Prussian women into a militia to resist Bolshevik forces rumored to number 1,000,000. She left Weimar where she attended the German art assembly and returned to Koenigsberg asserting men cannot withstand Bolshevik hordes.
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Berlin
Frau Broenner
Uoun
East Prussia
Broemer
Weimar
Art. Assembly
Caught Greased Pig in Oil Pool Grows Local Oddity
Dallas officers Anderson and Isbell pursued a stolen pig turning up in a crude oil pool. The pair corralled the creature and returned it to its rightful place, marking a curious arrest with an unlikely animal rescue.
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Dallas
Tex
Anderson
Isbell
They Can't Live on $18.00 A Misplaced Family Appeal
The report details the Scott family headed by widow Mrs Robert Scott seeking higher income from an estate to support their two sons aged 18 and 14. It notes the widow's claim that current funds totaling 18 000 do not cover costs as the boys enter college and face rising expenses.
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New York
Robert
Harold
Robert Scott
Scott
Modifying the Demand in New Haven League Sermon
The preacher cites the Scriptural tithe as ten percent of a person’s possessions. He suggests contributions may be adjusted to a sixth or a fourth of means if full tithing is unaffordable.
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New Haven
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