Prohibition Legislative Debate Shapes Future National Policy
The capitol crowd watches a heated session as inhibition advocates push for a strict national prohibition act. Debate centers on enforcement powers, penalties for advertising intoxicants, and potential conflicts with state laws. A key Jones bill on intoxicating content faces Senate Judiciary scrutiny as lawmakers seek a unified stance.
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Congress
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Enit
Senate
United States
Senate Judiciary Committee
Comitt
America
Scarcity of Unskilled Labor Plagues Connecticut BOR
Federal employment director David Elder reported widespread shortages of unskilled labor across Connecticut. Offces noted unfilled requests totaling about 200 in Hartford and 300 statewide, with gaps in Branford and surrounding towns. Mechanics clerks and machine operators also unable to work at common labor, reflecting a broad labor surplus in some crafts and shortages in others.
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David Elder
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Hartford
Haven
Waterburyn
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Went
Thief At Gate Cries For Clarity At Police Station
A garbled report from Sydney bulletin details a thief entering a police station in a distressed state. The suspect demanded explanations while an officer attempted to restore order and understand the confrontation. The scene underscores a chaotic incident amid routine police duty.
War Savings scalpings cracked by Connecticut law
Governor signs a measure to curb War Savings stamp scalping, defining sales below guaranteed cash value as offenses. Violators face up to 200 dollars in fines or six months imprisonment, enforced by state and city police, focusing on Ansonia Bridgeport Waterbury New Britain New Haven where foreigners and others were swindled of thousands.
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War Savings Movement
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Ansonia
Bridgeport
Waterbury
New Britain
New Haven
Honor for Salvation Army Head Proposed in Senate
Washington May 24 A senate resolution urged Miss Evangeline Booth to receive honorary colonel rank in the U S Army in recognition of Salvation Army work in France and Belgium. Senator Watson praised the organization’s wartime service noting booths began with a $25,000 loan and 20 workers, expanding to 1120 workers and 410 huts behind the trenches by armistice.
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America
Salvation Army
France
Belgium
Senate
James E. Watson
Indiana
Evangeline Booth
United States
United States Army
Committee On Military Affairs
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Training for veterans discourages vacations at reeducation schools
Washington reports the Federal Board for Vocational Education prefers continuous training for returned soldiers to secure early wage earning employment. Vacations with pay are allowed only for those in institutions where courses pause or where medical rest is needed. On the job trainees get no paid vacation unless a medical officer approves it. Seed GOING AFTER TRUSTS signals international action.
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Washington
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Kidnapped aviator on trial as deserter in Carlisle
Nace a 24 year old field artillery expert alleges he was kidnapped by Rudolph Greghoen and Louis B. Newman at Mineola to obtain his invention plans. He is an aviator and marine engine machinist, with cross examination at a general court martial underway after months of federal inquiry. Officers at Fort Storey corroborate parts of his sea escape tale. A note Nace says he tossed from a car during capture was recovered by camp authorities. He previously worked in Rockford Connecticut Brooklyn New York and is charged as a deserter with a complex motive and contested story.
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Field Artillery
Carlisle
Pennsyl
Nace
Rudolph Greghoen
Mineola
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Louis B. Newman
Fort Storey
Rockford
Ee Conn
Brooklyn, N. Y
Strawberry festival and town notices cover busy day
The Portland Methodist church held its annual strawberry festival in the church parlors. Miss Florence Gaines met with the Free Mission chapel society. Memorial day plans include a procession and review by city officials. A New England Order of Protection lodge to start in two weeks. An autograph book memorializes a long list of dead contributors. Warren Shailer, 80, died in town. he was father to H Oscar Shailer of Goodyear Rubber Co.
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Society of the A Free Mission Chapel
Florence Gaines
Colchester Rubber Co
Pettipaug
Essex
Kemp
New York
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Common Council
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Broaddown Church
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New England Order of Protection
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Warren Shailer
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Goodyear Rubber Co
Hotel planned near Chateau Thierry by New York men
A group of 24 New York hotel men proposed building a coster hotel near Chateau Thierry in France to house American servants. A former Marine who fought at Chateau Thierry wrote an offer to provide “hop bells” for the venture.
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