Foreign policy reshapes agenda with wider reforms
The new administration outlines a sweeping legislative program including foreign policy shifts, federal budget planning, and government reorganization. It calls for a merchant marine revival, Panama revision, immigration and alien land rules, veteran policies, and closer ties between federal and business sectors as Italy seeks stabilization and resumed production.
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Kington
Federal Government
Anh Business and
Taboret
Italian Hopes Rise Over Adriatic Settlement
The Italian government shows renewed confidence in international politics as it presses the Adriatic question to a settlement. Rome reports that firmness against the d Annunzio government and Blume actions underscores Italy's firm stance in the crisis.
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Rapallo
Italy
Jugoslavia
Roumania
Rome
d’Annunzio
Blume
Britain Faces a Somber Outlook for 1921
Britain braces for 1921 with unemployment and Ireland as major domestic woes and criticism of government spending. Foreign concerns include Palestine boundaries and Persia, while Russia, Mesopotamia, and Greek tensions complicate policy. Officials expect US talks on oil and trade and delay major settlements until March.
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London
Britain
Ireland
Palestine
France
Mesopotamia
India
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Mercantile Marine
Daniel
NCEE
Mexico to waive silver export duties on price dips
An official Mexico City message says no export duties will apply to silver exported from Mexico into the United States while New York quotes 6e or lower. A sliding scale will be used if prices rise above that level, mirroring actions recently taken on copper exports.
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Douglas
Ariz
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
Legion Moves To Block Mennonite Immigration to Mississippi
The Mississippi division of the American Legion and the national body push to bar a Winnipeg Mennonite migration. Government officials in Washington opened an inquiry into their suitability as citizens after an AP dispatch described the planned relocation to the state.
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Jackson
Miss
Missigesippi
American Legion
Winnipeg
Canada
Washington
State Department
Mississippi
Associated Press
Women Charged in Prohibition Permit Conspiracy
Two women clerks at the federal prohibition director's New York office and three men were arrested on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States by using forged liquor withdrawal permits and mutilated telegrams. Bail set at 100000 for Donegan and 50000 for each co-defendant. investigation continued.
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New York
Federal Prohibition
United States
Mary Perkins
Regina Cassone
Edward Douggan
Brooklyn
Sigmund
Benny) Rosenfield
George R. Stibberson
Donegan
Rosenfield
Prohibition
New York State
Miss Sassoner
New York and Kentucky Company
Mrs. Perking
Antonio Papnanoa
Washington, D. C
Cahill
Pappang
Miss Sassone
Denegay
O'Conner
Bribes Offered to Aid Prohibition Evasion in New York Case
Prohibition officials report bribes up to 850 000 offered to help evade the Volstead Act by issuing false liquor withdrawal permits. Antonin Pappano, who runs a fencing school in the city, was arrested in New York and released on 10 000 bond after arraignment. No evidence yet that bribes were accepted.
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Washington, D
Antonin Pappano
Federal Prohibition Director
New York
Pappano
Love Feast Honors Pat Neff Before Governorship
McLennan County bar members gathered in Waco to toast Pat M. Neff who departs the legal career to become governor on January 14. Speakers praised Neff’s 22 years in law practice and his public and private life.
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Waco
Lex. Vee
McLennan County
Pat M. Neff
Say Prices to Fall
New York December 1 Predictions of price cuts in retail goods next week were issued by J S WREGOV executive secretary of the National Association of Credit Men in a January letter to members. He said retailers did not follow manufacturers and wholesalers in cutting prices and would have been better off absorbing losses to help consumers while purchasing power remained strong.
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New York
Wregov
National Association of Credit Men
Trade demand and buying urged to prevent unemployment
A speaker urged cautious but free buying to keep industries moving and prevent idleness. He warned that unemployment is a serious issue and that a stable price basis requires a free movement of commerce, with consumer restraint hindering confidence.
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Tyegoe
Americans May Be Barred from Djambu Oil Fields
The Hague reports a Dutch bill to grant the Djambu oil concession to a Batavia Oil Company subsidiary, with the Dutch government and Batavia holding majority stock. American interests fear exclusion unless they can invest in the handling company, while the government would still profit and control.
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Hague
Nte
United States
Djamba
East Indies
Batavia Oil Company
Batavia Company
Amsterdam. Handels ' Blad
Batavia
Crs
Dutch East Indies
Djambu
Rte
Monk Eastman Buried in Soldier's Uniform at Brooklyns Funeral
Thousands of mourners, including 27th Division comrades, paid final respects to Monk Eastman alias William Delaney, a former gangster betrayed by crime yet honored for wartime service. He was laid to rest in a Company G 108th Infantry uniform with a victory medal and wound stripes, an American flag draped over the casket.
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New York
Ife
Smith
Monk
William Delaney
Lugth Infantry
Clerk Sentenced in Beaumont for Theft by Conversion
Jeffer son County Clerk Dee B. Walker was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to theft by conversion. He began serving immediately. three other indictments were quashed. Walker resigned after a reported shortage tied to his reelection campaign.
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Beaumont
Tex
Dee
A. C. Walker
Jefferson
State
Walker
el Paso
Prisoner cuts throat in Brunswick post office riot charge
James H H Warren a rural letter carrier at the Brunswick postoffice was arrested Thursday charged with robbing the nails. While questioned in the postmaster Leavy office he drew a knife and slashed his throat from car to car. He rushed from the post office building and fled to a car then to a hospital where doctors said he will recover.
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Dee
James Hh, Warren
Therunswick
Warren
Allen
Pital
Secretary of Labor Declares Radicals Will Be Deported
Secretary of Labor Wilson states that as long as the Russian Soviet government agitates against the United States, its members in the U S will face deportation. He cites evidence of funding insurrection and discusses Martens, a Soviet agent, facing removal alongside others. Wilson defends U S sympathy for oppressed Russians while protecting national security.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Tabor Wilson
Charles Recht
Ludwig A. A. IX. Martens
Russia
Martens
Lable
Recht
Wilson
Russis
Department of “Labor
Strike Averts General Harbor Lockout
New York harbor workers vote to accept arbitration award terms, prompting Masters Mates and Pilots Union to instruct signing with tow boat owners. The decision follows a committee report after talks with tow boat owners and the state industrial commission. The Marine Engineers Union also accepted the award as the other brigades consider their next move.
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New York
William A. Maher
State- Industrial Commission
Mithis
Skeleton Found Near Mullinville Farm In Old Straw Stack
In Mullinville San Antonio area a skeleton in a soldier’s uniform was found in an old straw stack on the Albert Snyder farm. Identification marked on a belt read SR. Wessler. Coroner seized the skeleton and belt and sent them to the War Department for possible ID.
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Mullinville
San
Albert Snyder
Shurgdhy
SR. Wessler
Mc Snyder
War Department
Washington
Little Cotton Picked In Several Regions In Week
Washington, UW. C., Dec. 6r Very little progress was made in gathering cotton during the last week due to continued wet weather in the northeast belt and temperatures too low for picking in the northwest. Some damage to winter track in Texas and tender track in central gulf states. Sugar cane grinding nearly completed in the extreme lower Mississippi valley.
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Washington
UW. C
Weather Bureau
Texas
Gulf States
Prisoner Identified in Deering Bank Robbery Case
Iilly Mann, arrested in Tulsa, was positively identified by two Kansas men as the man who robbed the Bank of Deering weeks earlier, taking about 5000 dollars. The assistant cashier and a merchant victim identified him. Mann pleaded not guilty at the preliminary hearing. bond set at 5000 dollars. awaiting extradition proceedings.
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Tulsa
Oula
Iilly Mann
Deering
Kan
Mann
Bank of Deering
Man Charged with Robbery Extradition Fight In Motion
Descriptions from Deering formed the basis of Mann s arrest by city detectives. Officers at the police station report Mann s clothing contained $111 95 in mixed currency including a $100 bill a $10 bill and a $1 bill.
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Igns
Democrats win Delaware lower house role in Sussex special election
Wilmington report notes Democrats gain control of the lower Delaware legislature. In the seventh district of Sussex county the special election Thursday resulted in Mimer J. Turner, Democrat, winning by about 90 votes. The House stands eighteen Democrats to seventeen Republicans. The Senate remains controlled by Republicans by five seats.
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House Party
Delaware
Wilmington
Del
Dig Triat
Sussex County
Mimer J. Turner
House
Senate
PAYS HUGE DIVIDEND Federal Reserve Bank of New York 1920 profits
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports 1920 earnings of 51.5 million dollars, about 210 percent on capital stock. Dividends to stockholders total about 2.5 million. An additional 11 million was added to profits with reduced surplus, and about 89 million will be paid to the U.S. treasury as a franchise tax. Employees earning $2,500 a year or less received three months' salary as year end bonus, plus service recognitions.
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New York
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
United States Treasury
Trade Agreement Prospects Seen by Italian Envoy
Rome reports Signor Rolandi Ricci newly named Italian ambassador to the United States urged a new economic accord with the United States in an address to the Italo American Association. Ricci will depart for Washington soon. Robert Underwood Johnson, American ambassador to Italy, reinforced the mutual interests and argued for expanded commercial ties.
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Rome
United States
Signor
Rolandi Ricci
Italy
Chursday
Italo-American Association
Signor Ricci
Washington
Robert Underwood Johnson
Alcohol for Fuel Predictions Stir Conference Talk
Chicago reports A Gilbert predicts corn alcohol as motor fuel at the American Society of Agricultural Engineers convention. He says gasoline demand exceeds supply and a bushel of corn could yield 2.6 gallons of alcohol, urging tax relief on fuel-grade alcohol to spur adoption. In Sumter a linotype operator Frank Haddon set a world record of 6 280 ems in six hours using varied point sizes.
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Chicago
A. Gilbert
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Gilbert
Sumter
D. C
Frank Haddon
Gude’s Pepto Mangan Promises Blood Enrichment
An old advertisement promotes Gude’s Pepto-Mangan as a blood tonic that enriches the blood and increases red blood cells. It claims improved energy and vigor within days to weeks, notes two forms (fluid and tablets), and advises consulting a physician if no benefit or deeper illness is suspected.
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Nick
Cude
Balabridge Colbys South American visit seen through changed policy
Santiago Chile reports that Balabridge Colby secretary of state’s South American trip loses some policy significance with a new Republican administration. The piece notes continental interest in inter American relations, amidWilson era ideals fading and questions about Harding policy.
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Santiago
Chile
Bala- Bridge
Colby
South America
Wilson
H. S. Mercuria
Harding
Wes
Times
Take Over of Lynchburg Manufacturers Advised by Creditors
A creditors committee of New York Lynchburg and Richmond bankers was appointed to take over the J obbers Overall Company of Lynchburg and its Blue Buckle Mills of Rock Hill S C after an accounting showed liabilities of 7 56 million against assets of the same amount Readings indicated manufactured goods remained among assets and the move aims at stabilizing the business in Lynchburg and Rock Hill.
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Lynchburg
Blue Buckle Mills
Rockhill
8. C
New York
Richmond
Valued Assets Put At One Point Six Million By Creditors
A fragment notes books valued by creditors committees at 1 600 000 dollars, below the cost price, with the present market prices cited as the benchmark for the assessment.
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Hanil’-Valuddon
Endorse World Court Protocol Signed by Nations
Lonilyn, Dee 81 notes that twenty two nations have signed the protocol creating the permanent court of international justice by the League of Havens. The statute becomes effective when a majority of represented nations ratify it. Portugal, Switzerland, Denmark and Salvador have also signed the protocol for compulsory arbitrations.
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Lonilyn
Dee
Tions
Court of International Justice
League
Havens
League Assembly
Portugal
Switzerland
Denmark
Salvador
Change in Special Delivery Mail Rules
Boston, Dee. 34. Special delivery mail will not require receipts. Postmaster General notified. Such mail will be delivered to the addressee or authorized recipient, or placed in mail boxes with a notice left if delivery cannot be made. Change aligns with expediting mail under a registry system.
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Boston
Dee
Man shoots mother in law in alleged fit of jealousy
In Northamton Missouri Harold B Lewis shot his mother in law Mrs Blanche Craft of Island Falls Maine during a supper at his home on Thursday afternoon. The motive alleged is Mrs Craft butting in on a conversation. Craft was taken to a hospital and may recover. Lewis surrendered to police.
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Haroll B. Lewis
Blanche Craft
Island Falls
Maine
Siice
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