Nesbit Named Commissioner of Military and Naval Insurance
Dr. Charles E. Nesbit of Washington is appointed Commissioner of Military and Naval Insurance under the October 6 military insurance act. The act directs the government to expend large sums via the Wary Risk Insurance Bureau to care for disabled service members and to provide up to 10,000 in insurance in case of death or disability, with the government assuming the risk. Nesbit urged government insurance as private firms raised rates for soldiers and sailors.
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Military Insurance Act
Charles E. Nesbit
Washington
Wary Risk Insurance Bureau
Nesbit
No Gum During War at Huntingdon PTA Meeting
At a quectine of the Huntingdon High School Parent Teachers association teachers and parents adopted resolutions urging students to abstain from chewing gum during the wartime period.
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Huntingdon
Wuntingdon High Schoel Parent-Teachers’ Association
Wir
New York Sees Sharp Drop in Drinking Amid War Demand
New York officials report a large decline in drunkenness due to labor demand from the war and indirect prohibition. Arrests for intoxication fell from 1522 in February to 969 in August, and Bellevue Hospital’s psychopathic ward has fewer alcoholic patients than in its history. Similar drops are noted in other hospitals with war as the major external influence.
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New York
Boards of Finebriety
Bellevue Hospital
Constitutional Prohibition Fails in Iowa Vote Margin
Des Moines Iowa November 21 1930 official canvass of October election shows constitutional prohibition defeated by 932 votes with 214693 for the amendment and 215625 against
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Executive Council
Argentina Strike Settled in Buenos Ayres
The railway men strike on the western and state railways has been settled signifying an end to the work stoppage in Buenos Ayres.
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Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Michigan Tax on Private Tank Cars Upheld by Supreme Court
The U S supreme court sustained the dismissal of injunctions by Germania Refining of Rouseville Pa and Independent Refining of Oil City Pa to stop Michigan from taxing private tank cars shipped from Pennsylvania refineries for years 1906 to 1909.
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Washington
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Germania Refining Company
Rouseville
Independent Refining Company
Oil City
Chicago May Bar Cabarets Move Sought by Council
Chicago November 21 The council's sense committee has favorably reported an ordinance aimed at abolishing the modern cabaret.
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Chicago
Council
Poison Kills Two Children in Baltimore Square
Mrs. Edwin A. Skinner, 54, who had escaped from Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, gave poisonous tablets to her two sons aged three and five after kindergarten and swallowed poison herself. Edwin A. Skinner Jr. died the next night and Craig died an hour later. The children were found unconscious in a public square. the mother was conscious and said she wanted to take them with her and is not expected to recover.
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Baltimore
Edwin A. Skinner
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
Edwin A. Skinner, Jr
Craig
War Gardens Worth 875000 in New York City
New York reports back yards and vacant lots in the city grew 875000 worth of produce during the last summer. Mayor Mitchells committee on war gardens says the figure covers committee directed activities and many other gardens lack figures. The panel cites 1035 acres in large plots and 11881 small gardens as part of the national food campaign.
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New York
New York City
Mitchel
Foundress of Carthage in Phoenician legends
Legends say Dido founded Carthage, a Phoenician colony on Africa's northern coast. The tale places her as daughter of Tyre’s king, with Pygmalion as her husband’s killer and rival wealth, though the story is wrapped in myth and ancient lore.
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Carthage
Phoenicians
Africa
Fem
Dido
Tyre
Pygmalion
Bluffing U Boat Captain Fears Explosion Prompted by Sight
An American freighter crewed by a German submarine sighting prompt the captain to light fires on hatch tops as the U boat neared. The submariner then submerged, deciding to keep distance when the ship reportedly carried explosives. The freighter later continued toward port.
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Atlantic
All Fish “Gold Fish” Now Prices Rise
Chicago reports that meatless days have driven a 50 percent jump in fish prices. The state food controller will investigate and set a fair price. Retailers’ prices vary widely, but all are high as complaints mount.
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Chicago
Red Light District Closed by Mayor Order Near Fort Thomas
Cincinnati officials announce the closure of the congregated red light district at midnight in line with government wishes to shut segregated districts within five miles of an army post. Fort Thomas, Kentucky, lies a little over four miles away.
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Cincinnati
Pucita
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Spain Bars U. S. Planes In Neutrality Move
Madrid issues a special warning that Spain would regard any flight of American airplanes over its territory as a violation of neutrality and would instruct the military to intercept such aircraft.
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Spain
U. S
London
Madrid
Motorcycle Officers Guard President Wilson On Auto Rides
Secret Service agents and motorcycle officers form the immediate bodyguard as President Wilson travels the capital. The image shows A. L. May on the left and A. L. Peck on the right waiting outside the White House grounds.
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Wilson
United States
Washington
Secret Service
White House
A. L. May
A. L. Peck
Switzerland Neutrality Praised by U S Envoy
United States Minister to Switzerland Pleasant A. Stovall says Switzerland remains genuinely neutral and deserves every courtesy. He is in Washington on his first home visit in four years and aids efforts to facilitate Swiss imports of food from the United States. The envoy asserts Switzerland is one of Europe’s few truly neutral nations. The report also notes a Russian exile who had worked for a New York paper and later returned to Russia after the Czar’s abdication.
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Russia
Kerensky
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
New York
Petrograd
Trotzky
Lenine
A. Stovall
United States
Washington
Switzerland
Europe
Hrewerensky
France
Spain
Bronx
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A. B. Chase
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