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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1919
Page
5
The premier plans informal meetings next week to hear Irish Americans on the Irish question. Officials say he aims to avoid meddling in Dominican affairs and seeks cooperation from Irish representatives, with U.S. officials distributing the stance.
Paris dispatch reports that Allied delegates remain confident Germany will accept terms or face consequences. Marshal Foch leads forces in readiness, German fleet subs and ports cleared, and fourteen points seen as achievable. Allies insist Germany must compensate for wartime damage despite German propaganda claims.
Washington announces a decentralization plan to reform the Shipping Board operations. The scheme sets direct relationships with managing and operating rents, expanding export and import access, and distributing offices from Washington to Atlantic Halifax and New England regions with district agents in Boston and Halifax.
Battleship New Jersey docks at Commonwealth Pier in Boston bringing 1,187 officers and men for Camp Devens after a diphtheria scare shuts down passes. Major General Clarence R. Beech visits to greet the crew as the ship berths amid welcoming cheers. German delegates told to reach Versailles by April 28 as peace talks open. Bechs advance into Hungary noted.
New York April 23 The general list opened narrow but soon steadied with a firmer tone. Steel common surged from 99 3 8 to 101 3 4 in heavy demand, lifting many shares as rail and industrial issues followed. Marine and oil groups were volatile with Royal Dutch gaining, while some grains and coking stocks eased later in the session.
Market notes show cotton slipping despite steady late trade as bearish week ahead and weak English cables limit gains. Prices mixed with futures ranges in May July and September contracts. Lead and spelter markets move solid with spot and near dates trading around 4 3/4 to 6 1/2.
The article explains a new tax law targeting profits of businesses employing underage workers. It sets age limits, daily and weekly work hours, and specific restrictions. It imposes a 10 percent tax on net profits for firms using underage labor, with enforcement by a child labor tax division within the material revenue bureau. It also notes tax return timelines and exemptions for certain canning clubs.
Within an hour two bombs exploded in different parts of the city last night, destroying mill workers homes. The first blast ripped a stair off a corner house as families slept, while in a nearby courtyard dynamite shattered windows for miles, blowing out a side wall and shocking residents.
Hartford April 23 Connecticut total Victory loan subscriptions to noon today stood at 8 86 million with today’s additions at 2 611 million. Largest gifts were 1 million from Connecticut Savings Bank and 1 million from New Haven Savings Bank both in New Haven. East Hampton surpassed its quota by 1 000 with 57 000 against 56 000. Burlington led excess subscriptions at 9 500 over a 500 quota.
Under Dr Charles A Rosewater chief of City Narcotic clinic ten men drank ten steins apiece of 2 75 percent beer. They were examined and found not affected. The beer was free and testers were readily found.
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