Budget Dawes Quits as Lord Takes Budget Director Post
A year into budget reform General Dawes steps down as director to be succeeded by Brig. Gen. H. M. Lord, veteran of the Spanish-American War and former chief of finance. Lord, 61, will steer the budget bureau under President Harding, with Dawes advising from Chicago. The piece outlines how the budget system shifts responsibility to the President and details the congressional process for approving funding.
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H—il
Maria” Dawes
Uncle Sam
H. M. Lord
War Department
General Dawes
Harding
Budget Bureau
Chicago
General Lord
Uncle
Cickens
United States of America
Dawes
Lord
United States
Congress
Martin B. Madden
Illinois
Appropriations Committee
House
Department
Committee On Appropriations
Senate
Executive
Secretary of the Treasury
National Transportation Institute Planned in Washington
Endorsements from President Harding and top lawmakers push forward a Washington institute led by Edgar N. Clark. A $1,006,000 fund from shippers and railroads backs the project to study and teach the true principles of transportation and its regulatory impacts.
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ITH
Harding
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
National Transportation Institute
Edgar N. Clark
Bird M. Robinson
American Short Line Railroad Association
Representative Anderson
Minn
Joint Commission of Agricultural Inquiry
Donald D. Conn
Congressional Commission
Robinson
Say complaint about a weighing machine and Hugo funeral note
A stranger accuses a drug store scale of being out of order while a clerk dismisses the claim. The text then recalls Victor Hugo’s extraordinary 1885 Pantheon funeral in Paris, with three huge floral wagons and a worldwide outpouring of telegrams and about one million mourners.
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Victor Hugo
France
Pantheon
Lord Tennyson
England
National Research Council studies pilot selection methods
The National Research Council funds vestibular and psychological studies to refine aircraft crew standards. A committee led by Dr J Gordon Wilson, with members including Dr Knight Dunlap and Dr Carl Seashore, will synthesize field, clinical, and lab data to guide flight qualifications used by the Army Air Service.
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J. Gordon Wilson
Raymond Dodge
F. H. Pike
National Research Council
Almond Candy Prices Rise as Senate Approves Higher Almond Duties
Senate approved increased duties on almonds amid candy industry concerns. Vote 37 to 13. New rates set at 5 cents per pound unshelled and 15 cents shelled, up from 4 and 12 cents. Walsh warns of broader tariff impact on nuts and flavor materials, citing $3.16 million yearly tax on candy makers and bakers.
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Senate
Walsh
Massachusetts
McCumber
Johnson
California
Senator Walsh
Liz
Boston
Borah Calls to Trim Washington Waste in Shipping Board
Senator Borah proposes reducing the United States shipping board from seven to three members, saving $48,000 yearly in salaries. He denounces high pay as waste and pledges more economy measures to end soft jobs and unnecessary offices, claiming a broader potential saving of a million dollars annually.
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Raltic
Washington
Senator Borah
Shipping Board
United States Shipping Board
Edgeworth Tobacco Sample Offer To Pipe Smokers
A vintage advertisement invites pipe smokers to test Edgeworth tobacco with free samples sent by Jus & Brother Co. Address requests to 46 South 21st Street Richmond Virginia. Retail merchants are offered prepaid plug slice or ready rubbed options via Larus & Brother Co.
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Edgeworth
Jus & Brother Co
South 21St Street
Richmond
Virginia
Dyeworth
Larus & Brother Company
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