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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
1
In Newbern North Carolina the profit sharing plan at the Newbern Iron Works collapses as workers see a 20 percent wage drop after a four week 76 cents an hour scale. A one day strike followed and officials warn the plant may close without concessions.
President Brum entertained Secretary Colby and United States minister Jeffrey with Uruguay’s Buero at a private luncheon at the Presidential residence. Military and naval officers accompanying Colby were hosted at the ministries. Colby departs for Buenos Aires tomorrow.
Colonel George C Rickards of Oil City Pennsylvania was named by the President to lead the militia bureau in the War Department. He will assume duties tomorrow and will hold the rank of Major General becoming the first National Guard officer to hold this post.
Boston reports another deportation of alien radicals to Russia planned for January 15. Assistant District Attorney Goldberg said Assistant Secretary of Labor Louis Post notified him that all arrangements are concluded.
Washington D C Dec 30 The southern members of the House census committee challenged Walter F White assistant secretary of the NAACP after he charged that many white communities are lawless They defended their sections insisting witnesses may be heard but not allowed to scandalize the South.
Jackson Mississippi December 30 reports say efforts to compromise the anti trust suit filed by the State revenue department against 165 fire insurance companies failed after a series of conferences demanded by a local underwriters committee led by R B Kennington.
Wireless distress signals reported today from the freight steamer Dauperu about 670 miles east of Norfolk. The message said she needed fuel oil and water.
New Haven Conn Dec 30 Two thousand men will be laid off next week as the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad undertakes further reductions due to sharp declines in business. City, state and railroad officials confirmed the plan amid ongoing cost cutting.
Police found a man believed to be W. F. Meadows of Tulsa and a woman thought to be his wife with fatal bullet wounds after breaking into a locked hotel room in Jacksonville Florida. A warm revolver lay between them, indicating a self inflicted tragedy.
In Kankakee Illinois two twin brothers Moses and Jacob Scott aged 24 led a hold up of the New Orleans Chicago flyer on the Illinois Central. One twin was killed in a clash with police and railroad detectives at Aroma Park. The other surrendered. Police recovered several hundred dollars and several thousand dollars worth of jewelry from the scene.
The Oxford Cambridge team defeated Cornell Hill and Dale runners in a Roehampton cross country race.
Paris notes a hopeful start to 1921 due to bumper crops, rebuilt northern departments, coal supplies, and plans to cut military service. Germany reparations, Turkish mandates, and postwar treaties loom as ongoing concerns. Unemployment rises with 300,000 idle workers as industries falter in key regions.
Washington December 29 The sundry civil bill totals 383 611 000 a sharp cut from the government request and below last year’s appropriation The Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation face a 147 000 000 reduction The Justice Department enforcement grant of 300 000 for the national prohibition act is wholly eliminated.
Washington D C December twenty ninth A total of 573964000 dollars was recommended by the House Appropriations committee for the post office department for the fiscal year 1922. The amount is about eleven and a half million less than was asked for.
President Wilson marked his sixty fourth birthday in Washington with many congratulatory messages. Two daughters, Miss Margaret Wilson and Mrs. W. G. McAdoo, joined him along with Dr. Stockton Axson. Tonight Mrs. Wilson and the daughters attend the wedding of Miss Marjorie Brown, a President cousin.
Federal prohibition agents from Chicago arrested over fifty suspects in Hurley, seizing liquor after a wild night of low prices. A second dispatch says 48 agents head to Hurley with 38 warrants to arrest bootleggers as the town is described as a wide open spot in the north woods.
London newspapers urge a conference among the United States Britain and Japan to restrict naval armament. The Times argues U S belief that Britain must aid Japan in war with America is false and recalls the 1914 peace treaty with Japan noting Britain notified Japan of the exemption.
Warsaw report says formal notice to Lithuania confirms the Vilna Dvinsk railway remains Polish. The League of Nations commission will oversee a plebiscite only west of the line, leading Lithuania to abandon a Vilna district plebiscite plan.
Geneva December 30 The Council of the League of Nations requests the League of Red Cross Societies to furnish personnel and materials to protect the health of the international force bound for Vilna to supervise the plebiscite determining sovereignty of the town.
Cork on December 30 reports armed civilians ambushed a police patrol in Middleton, Cork, killing one officer and wounding several. A separate ambush on the Cork road is believed to have wounded a soldier.
Three members of an armed group wounded a deputy sheriff and four searchers near Seale Alabama were captured by a posse led by Sheriff Ragland near Pittsview. The sheriff moved toward Seale with the prisoners. No fatalities occurred during the gunfire. Authorities worry about transporting the suspects safely.
The F-5L squadron leader headed a group of fourteen seaplanes that departed North Island naval air station at 8 30 this morning on the first leg of a proposed flight to Panama Bay.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 29. The President refused a $150,000 offer from a syndicate to write an article of his own selection. The decision was announced in the capital.
Havana reports that legislation to resolve Cuba s financial difficulties is ready for submission to Congress. The moratorium decree that expires tomorrow is expected to be extended to allow time for enactment of the new measures.
The mine assessment bill, investigated by Senator Ashurst yesterday, was sent from the White House to the President. It had been referred to the Interior Department where Secretary Payne and Assistant Secretary Vogelsang recommended signature. Western congressmen urge immediate presidential approval.
Thomas County moves into a new term with bonds filed for all officers. Sheriff Gordon E Davis and Deputy H L Kemp join a refreshed board of commissioners alongside reappointed and retiring members. New coroner J D Cooper and county surveyor Ashton Stanaland assume duties as the board reshapes county administration.
Tours reports the right wing of the Socialist Party declaring itself a socialist party of France. Its leaders gain control of much of the party funds and of the newspaper Humanite, held in the name of Deputy Marcel Sembat and other socialists but in reality owned by the party.
Washington D C December 30 The President vetoed joint resolutions that would suspend the Clayton act clause barring common carriers from dealing with firms with interlocking directorates, except for limited contract dealings. He said the act's principle is sound and carriers have time to adjust.
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