One Year Immigration Ban Debate Hits Congress
The house passed the Johnson immigration bill with 203 for and unknown against, aiming to prohibit all immigration for one year. Wartime law repeal advances as the Volstead bill's fate is debated, while tax law hearings open with Dr. Thomas Adams outlining revenue needs and a 4 billion annual tax level.
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North Dakota
Unfinished Tax Questions Spark Committee Row
Five Democratic committee members would expire March 4. He argued it was unfair to put tax questions before new members who had no chance to cross examine witnesses.
Interstate panel opens hearings on intrastate rate rise denial
Hearings begin in Washington as the Interstate Commerce Commission considers the refusal by seven state railway commissions to let railroads raise intrastate freight and passenger rates to match interstate levels. States named include Ohio Wisconsin Indiana Michigan Nebraska Utah and Florida.
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Fire Claim Two Lives At Lamasky Farm South Of Brighton
Burlington dispatch reports Mrs. Harry Lamasky aged 35 and her sister Miss A Kaska died from burns after a blaze destroyed the Lamasky farmhouse about five miles south of Brighton Iowa. The fire occurred on December 14 as investigators began assessing the cause and extent of the tragedy.
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Dutch and Serbs Break Ties Over Insults to Sects
The Hague reports Holland and Jugoslavia have broken diplomatic relations. The Dutch have recalled their minister from Belgrade and dismissed the Serbian charge d affaires at The Hague. The move follows a series of insults to Dutch sects amid ongoing tensions.
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Miners Wage Cut In Coeur d Alene District
Wage reductions of one dollar a day are set to take effect January 1 in the Coeur d Alene district of northern Idaho. All mines except the Bunker Hill and Sullivan will cut wages to four dollars and seventy five cents per day for miners and muckers.
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Spokane
Wash
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Bloody Battles Fought in Ireland Across the Island
London dispatch reports fierce fighting across Ireland as Cork is laid waste by fire. Sinn Fein attacked Ulster barracks in Camlough Armagh while reinforcements were ambushed at a railway viaduct. Ulster constables burned Sinn Fein hall at Newry. police raided the town. In Ballindooly Longford police barracks resisted. casualties reported on both sides. A martial law patrol was ambushed near Adiake, Longford with deaths and injuries. Two prisoners were seized and houses burned.
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Postmaster General Blames Congress for Postal Deficit
Postmaster General Bu nm releases the 1920 annual postal report showing a $17,270,482 deficit with expenditures at $454,322,000 and revenues $437,150,212. He cites wartime bonuses of about $32,202,000 and predicts a larger deficit next year. The report notes air mail expansion, salary increases, and warns against postal unions influencing staff.
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Fragmented quote on strikes and government warns of menace
A fragment quotes a speaker criticizing a strike and labeling organized labor as a menace to the republic’s welfare in a government context. The text is incomplete and does not provide full names, dates, or locations.
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Yee
Cork outrages probe ordered by British government
In London the government asked Sinn Fein leaders and Irish MPs for evidence on Cork outrages. The Lord Mayor and Sir Hamard were to report whether Crown troops burned buildings in Cork, amid a Commons debate led by Greenwood.
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Appeals For European Relief Aiding Children In Central Europe
The President urges aid for central Europe where about three and a half million children face starvation. He notes that about 30 per child could keep a life-saving aid to orphans and destitute youngsters, with two thirds covered by local distribution efforts and one third sought abroad.
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League accepts plan for international court with flexible arbitration
The League of Nations assembly unanimously adopted a committee plan for an international court that deviates from Root’s model in jurisdiction. It allows optional compulsory arbitration and rejects abolishing arbitration courts, with support from Latin American delegates for obligatory jurisdiction and U S admission without covenant ratification. Military leaders urge Poland to control Danzig as the council considers the issue.
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Nation's Oldest Mason Dies at 114 in Detroit
Abrahmo Kittle, believed to be the oldest Mason in the United States, died at his Detroit home at age 114. He joined the Masonic order in 1827 at Waterford New York.
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Big Eastern Mills Announce Pay Cut Across Mills
Mass and Rhode Island textile centers report wage reductions effective December 20. Pacific mills Arlington mills in Lawrence announce cuts near 22 percent affecting 16 000 workers. New Bedford Cotton Manufacturers announce 2 1 4 percent cuts for about 40 000 operatives. Lowell and smaller mills in Lonsdale Biddeford also announce reductions impacting thousands of workers.
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New Bedford Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
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Pepperell
York
Greeks with bombs taken by Italians day at Milan
Greek prisoners captured in Milan as Italian forces seize a group described as armed by the report. The incident centers on an Italian raid resulting in detentions of Greek individuals amid rising tensions in the city.
Former Greek King Constantine Returns to Athens
Two Greeks carrying passports for Lucerne and in possession of bombs were arrested in Milan, Italy. They allegedly planned to assassinate former king Constantine of Greece, who departed Lucerne today and is en route home to Athens.
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Greece
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George Gipp Dies Notre Dame Star at 25
George Gipp former Notre Dame halfback and 1920 Heisman candidate died in South Bend Indiana after weeks of pneumonia and related complications.
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Evening Journal
South Bend
Ind
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Household News and Local Notices From Chillicothe Area
Mrs C M McEvoy returned home in Chillicothe Illinois after visiting A Pettit. Mr and Mrs Matt Gillespie plan a California trip visiting Los Angeles Long Beach Pasadena and return around March first. Miss Blanche Gordon and her mother travel to California with Mrs Gordon falling ill. Ella Kerr in Long Beach cared for her. Bevins promotes tire savings and weed cabins at right price. Hallmark Wrist Watch sale at Westphal’s jeweler. White Way Garage offers car washing. Ted Eggers horseshoer offers grinding of all kinds.
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California
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Blanche Gordon
Bankers to Learn Short Cuts at Iowa Course
The second annual short course for bankers at the University of Iowa December 21 22 and 23 will cover half the time on income tax law and half on practical banking topics. Topics include uniform credit files model bank by laws scheduling and more. Enrollment of over 600 last year spurred this year’s direct enrollment through the Iowa Bankers Association 710 Fleming Building Des Moines. The five dollar fee welcomes non bankers as attendees.
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