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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
3
Local officials and police will assist across towns to ensure compliance with liquor laws. Kramer stated agents will patrol and take precautions to prevent violations as special instructions are issued to guide enforcement.
The end of surrender period under martial law in Ireland was marked by an attack on a police patrol at Middleton near Cork. One constable was killed three were seriously wounded and three slightly injured. Casualties among the attackers were not learned.
Senator Phillips C. Knox said after a conference in Marion Ohio that Harding intends to ignore the league of nations entirely in his international program. Knox named Pennsylvania as the source of the assertion and framed the plan as a major policy stance.
The United States has extended eight billion dollars in various forms of credit to European nations to support reconstruction efforts. This aid targets rebuilding infrastructure and stabilizing economies following the devastation of war.
Early use of the Sunday blue laws in Wilmington results in the arrest of 13 card players. Officials admit the players were not gambling but the old statute bans card playing on Sundays, a law not enforced for years.
British government figures show 2,697 people killed by wild animals in India in 1919, up 473 from the prior year. Snake bites caused 26,274 deaths, compared with 22,000 in the year before. Italy counters illiteracy by opening 2,000 new schools.
New York on December 30 saw a banquet where boiled rice was served at $1,000 per plate to about 1,000 wealthy attendees. White bread and cocoa accompanied the dish, a menu identical to that given to starving European children. The event was organized by former President Herbert Hoover as chair of the relief effort.
President Wilson sent to Congress a veto of the bill suspending for one year section 10 of the Clayton act. The measure would prohibit railroads from purchasing equipment from companies with any railroad official interest. The veto relates to relief efforts aiding European children in war-stricken lands.
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