Civil bill cut by Congress in major spending cutbacks
Washington reports a sundry civil bill totaling 383.6 million dollars, far below the requests, with the biggest cut of 147.9 million slashing the shipping board emergency fleet corporation. Prohibition enforcement funds were wiped out, while several departments face deep reductions as the bill aims to prewar austerity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
Department of Justice
Alaska
Mississippi River
Panama Canal
Immigration Service
Employment Service
Reclamation Service
Public Health Service
Bureau of Mines
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
National Home
Government Printing Office
National Park Service
Shipping Board
Hwaiian Islands
United States
Oregon Budget Includes 45 Million Expenditure Plan
Salem December 29 The budget estimate of expenditures for the state shows a total of 456,377,340 to be met by state treasury receipts from bond sales for road and highway construction license fees inheritance tax corporation licenses and taxes on insurance premiums and licenses for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
Journalists urged to standardize courses at journalism convention
At St Louis on December 29 the fourteenth annual convention of the American Association of Teachers of Journalism opened with calls for standardized programs. President H F Harrington of Hindis University argued training should raise professional status and meet press needs through thorough classroom instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
At. Louis
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
H. F. Harrington
University of Hindis
Uncle Joe Cannon Sets Longest Service Record in Congress
In Washington the house honors Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois for a new record in congressional tenure. Speaker Champ Clark and others laud his career while Cannon jokes that the ceremony feels like a wake and notes events from 1872 the year he first won election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Joseph G. Cannon
Ilinois
Congress
Joe
Champ Clark
Missouri
Gillette
Clark
Jim Mann
Rainey
Mondell
Claude Kitchin
Nick Longworth
Palmer seeks funds to boost prohibition enforcement
Attorney General Palmer urged the House Appropriations Committee to provide 390000 for prohibition enforcement saying violations are rising. Through September 30, 1920, 17566 arrests were made with 10848 cases recommended for prosecution. the committee did not include the request in the sundry civil bill and rejected a reward provision for information on liquor smuggling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Palmer
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Justice
Arraignment Begins for Hurley Liquor Raid Suspects
Fifty seven men arrested in a Hurley Is raid face federal prohibition charges in Ashland. Sixty seven detainees arrived from Hurley, including thirty eight saloon owners and bartenders and nineteen patrons. Agents led by Joseph Callahan helped execute the surprise operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
Hurley
United States
Harmog Pea
Walter A. Cate
Joseph Callahan
Chicago
Labor Party Resolution Demands Judicial Inquiry on Ireland
London December 20 AP A special Labor Party conference deplored the Irish crisis and backed an immediate judicial inquiry into reprisals as outlined by the labor commission. The resolution calls the government to disprove the commission’s statements and to act against those found guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Labor Party
Ireland
Labor Commission
Parliamentary
Laborites
Manchester
Fed- A. G. Gomera
Sheirmas
Rem Be Commission
Great Britain
Pro-German Brings Damage Suit in Federal Court
F. F. Tennigkeit of Audubon Iowa sues Sheriff B F Wilson and three bondsmen in federal court seeking 80000 damages. He claims he was nearly lynched in December 1919 by a mob that resented his alleged German sympathies and refused to join war activities and that Wilson failed to protect him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Fred Tennigkeit
Audubon
B. F. Wilson
Audubon County
Pare
Iecember
Germany
Wilson
Governor-elect cancels inaugural ball in Helena
Missoula dispatch says Governor-elect Joseph M. Dix canceled the planned inaugural ball for Helena next week, calling it wasteful at five dollars a ticket. He and his family will depart for Helena tomorrow and take part in the inauguration Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Mont
Joseph M. Dixon
Helena
Noted Scientist Perfects Simple Device for Distant Bodies
Prof. A. A. Michelson of the University of Chicago disclosed the first successful experiments at Mt. Wilson California on a telescope device to measure distant stars. The method yields Alpha Orionis diameter about 300 million miles with precise fringe measurements and uses adjustable slits to compute stellar size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Des
Mt. Wilpon
Calif
A. A. Michelson
University of Chicago
Can Physical Society
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Prof
Michelson
Orion
Mishelson
California
Borah Proposes Naval Arms Reduction Plan
Senator Borah announced a special meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to consider his resolution for reducing naval armaments. He seeks a treaty with Britain and Japan and hopes for favorable committee action, limiting the scope to naval construction despite calls to widen the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Idaho
Britain
Japan
Borah Guit
Lodge
Massachusetts
Clarke
Chamber
Mr. Young
Pocatello
Salt Lake
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tolaho
B m
Northwest
Nupent
Smith
Banks
Secretary Daniels to miss joint fleet maneuvers
Secretary Daniels will not witness the Atlantic and Pacific fleets joint maneuvers at Panama Bay and off the South American coast next month due to hearings on the naval appropriation bill. The Atlantic fleet will rendezvous off Norfolk January 5 and proceed to Panama Bay, while the Pacific fleet sails from a morerous near San Diego January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniels
Panama Bay
South America
Norfolk
San Diego
Alaska Volcanic Eruption Could End World
Chicago dispatch reports Dr. Robert Furinges told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that a series of eruptions from Mount Katmai in Alaska, similar to the 1912 event, could trigger a new ice age by lowering Earth’s surface temperatures. He cited National Geographic’s Mt Katmai expedition led by Dr. Grigga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mt. Katmai
Alaska
Robert Furiges
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Grigga
National Geographic Wor
Mt. Katm
Postoffice funding trimmed but still up from this year
The House Appropriations Committee recommended 573,9964,721 for the Post Office Department for the next fiscal year, about 11,442,181 less than requested but 69,630,021 above current funding. Increases target postmasters clerks city carriers wages and rail and mail transportation, with changes across multiple programs and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Third Clase
Young Bandits Grief After Hold Up Endgame
In Aroma Park Illinois two youths Joseph and Jacob Scott aged 24 are killed or captured after a hold up on the Illinois Central railroad near Kankakee. The twins attempted escape with Jacob dying after a gunfight with detectives aboard a Big Four train. They reportedly robbed passengers of cash and jewelry valued around 1500 dollars and six dollars in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Ills
Arpes
Kate
Aroma Park
Here
Illinois Central Railroad
Joseph
Jacob Scott
Jacob
Sons of
Greenville
Gliman
Newsbby
Willows Calif Dee 29 Ares sortase? arouses town
A disturbance in Willows California at 2 15 this morning prompted a town wide reaction though initial reports say no damage occurred. Exact details and cause were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willows
Calif
Dee
Disorders erupt at Venizelos name day ceremony in Athens
In Athens at the Church of St. Theodore during Venizelos name day services clashes broke out with Greek army officers allegedly threatening a priest. Several persons were arrested and later released as Patria hailed Greece enduring its cavalry and Venizelos likely to return despite cabinet alarms over 20 000 Wrangel Bolshevik troops said to be pillaging Thrace for food. King Constantine slight illness is noted as crowds gather at the palace and Princess Anastasie, wife of Prince Christopher, is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Wrangel
Gallipoli
Thrace
Constantine
Pala
Aanastasie
Christopher
Erratic Poet Gabriele D Annunzio Yields Power in Fiume Truce Near City
Rome reports indicate general agreement at Abbazia with General Ferrario and Caviglia on recognizing the treaty of Palio. Fiume mayor Riccardo Giganti and defense official Captain Host Ventari consent to conditions, while D Annunzio surrenderes all powers to the Fiume communal reeet and a conference to arrange hostilities is set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Palio
Abbassiahe
Richardo Giganti
Fiume
Host Ventari
Caviglia
Gabriele d’Annunzio
Fiums
d’Annunzio
Fighting at Fiume Paused Amid Negotiations
Paris reports fighting between Italian government troops and Captain Gabriele d Annunzio's legionnaires near Fiume has been suspended for a time. Negotiations with General Fee Ferare were under way to terms of possible capitulation. Duke of Oeste and Vicari were said to be en route to join talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Fiume
Ganoenungio
Legionaires
Fee Fereare
Abbazzi Postents
Agua
d’Annunzio
Duke of
Conference at Abbazzia and Milam diped to aes
London dispatch reports a conference began at Abbazzia at 2 yesterday afternoon. Milam moved to the aes as the session opened at five o clock last evening. The message notes term details for the copie on of Fium clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbazzia
Milam
Ted
Aes
London
Fierce Fighting West of Piumbe Near Fiume
Report from Rome describes intense combat west of Fiume as Italian Alpini press from Castra toward the public gardens. Shelled damage and machine gun nests among surrounding houses slow advance while counterfire from a pursuing armored car inflicts casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Fiume
Castra
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oregon
Uncle Joe Cannon
Congressman Cannon
Montana
Orionus
Orb
Bill
Union Pacific
J. T. Young
Yee Chamber
Bannock Hotel
F. W. Robinson
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Atill
Con
F. Robinson
J. A. Reeves
Young
State
Public Utilities Commission of
Naval Arma
Coast Town
Venizelos
Prince
Piumbe
Major
Alpini
Tos Paini
Dambara
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!