Senate probes federal salaries and wartime assets
Washington lawmakers demand information on excessive pay at Federal Reserve banks in New York and Chicago as the Court of Claims reconvenes over World War I era cases. President Harding plans to attend Shriners events in San Francisco next June amid national unemployment talks and financial policy debates.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Chicago
Harding
Shriners
Imperial Council of the Order
San Francisco
United States Court of Claims
Minority Report
Giants
Yankees
Illinois Aims to Sue Former Treasurers Over Public Funds
Springfield reports Attorney General Brundage will file civil suits to compel restitution of interest on public moneys held by former state treasurers. Gov Small and Lieut. Gov Fred E ling face trial. bondsmen for treasurers also targeted. Trial set for Nov 1, with many state officials expected to testify.
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Brundage
Gov
Small
Fred E.ling
Andrew Russel
William J. Ryan
Downstate
Hinsdale
Ilinois
Henry
Illinois
Neil
Pennsylvania
Waukegan
Vernon Curtis
Chris
Lake County
State Division of Highways
Jacksonville
Illinois State Conference of and Correction
Illinois Stat Welfare Conference
Peoria
Rockford
Fastern Star
Masonic
Maco
Rockford Motor Club
Galesburg
Chicago
Elmer BE. Beach
Grand Lodge of Illinois
Free and Accepted Masons
Daniel F. Fitzgerrell
Normal
Mlinsigs Farm and Grain Dealers’ Association
LaSalle
Stephenson County
Connersville
Ind
Duquoin
Kelley
Cleve Martin
Decatur
William R. McCauley
Olney
American Legion of Ilinois
Charles W. Schick
Navy
Frederick Pond
Armour Post
H. D. Reed
Taylor
Kansas City
W. L. Kelly
Shelbyville
Milton J. Foreman
A. A. Sprague
A. L. Myers
A. A. Pahtelis
George Bring, Jr
John A. Hartman
de Witt Cleland
Thomas K. Davey
William P. Simons
Andy Rogers
Springfield Gas and Electric Company
Automobile Department
Secretary of State
Adjt
Frank §. Dickson
Robert M. Medill
Mines and Minerals
Illinois Agricultural Association
Farmers’ Organization
Farm Bureau
George Arnold
Elgin
A. B. Price
State Utilities Commission
Kankakee
D. M. Morris and Son
Belvidere—Independent Milk Producers
Boone County
Belvidere
John Boyle
Dekalb
Boyle
Frank Lohman
Sandwich
Delevan
Hopedale
Tazewell County
Tazewell County Farmers’ Institute
Mount Sterling
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Urbana
Champaign
University of Milinois
W. L. Abbott
Board of Trustees
Rail Strike Looms Over U S Transport System
Chicago October 18 1922 A wage strike threatens national rail service with 500000 shopmen set to join. First walkout October 30 on 16 roads across 42 states risking a four day nationwide tie up. Leaders say mail trains may halt while some lines try to keep moving.
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Washington
Harding
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Interstate Commerce Commission
International & Great Northern
Texas
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paw
Chicago & Northwestern
Pennsylvania
Missouri Pacific
Southern Pacific
Atlantic & Pacific Lines
Southern Railway
Louisville & Nashville
Chicago Great Western
St. Louis Southwestern
Northern Pacific
Rock Island & Pacific
Seaboard Airline
Virginia Railway
Big Four Brotherhoods
Switchmen’s Union
Samuel M. Felton
Mr. Felton
B.M. Jewell
Railway Employees’ Department
the American Federation of Labor
B. M. Jewell
Railroad Employees’ Department of the American Federation of Labor
Work for the Unemployed Urges Road Building Plan
Washington reports 300000 to 350000 men will gain road building jobs over six months as the Department of Agriculture surveys a federal highway bill. Funds totaling 165 to 200 million dollars are expected to be appropriated for road construction, with passage anticipated in congress within days.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Congress
St. Louis German Paper Quits Its Daily Run
Amerika, a German daily founded in 1872, will publish its last issue on October 30 and shift its semiweekly edition to a weekly schedule thereafter.
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St. Louis
Amerika
Sure Relief and the Ruling Passion
A Judge cartoon depicts dockworkers unloading anvils for two cents per item. Jose-Cap'n asks how much he earns carrying two anvils, receives two cents each, but the plank breaks and he falls into the river with the heavy load. He pleas for a rope before dropping the anvils and losing his earnings.
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Jose
Knocking the Doctors at a Washington Dinner
A Washington official ridicules physicians at a public dinner saying radicals kill you and conservatives let you die. The quip targets the medical profession and reflects political scorn toward medicine.
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Washington
Bayer Aspirin Directions Ad Verifies Safe Use
An advertisement urges taking aspirin only as directed by Bayer and following package directions. It notes the Bayer Cross stamp as a sign of genuine Aspirin prescribed for over twenty-one years.
Workingmen’s Carelessness Accidents in Steel Plants
A report on United States Steel plant accidents shows only five per cent from machinery and most from hand labor. It claims half of hand labor incidents could be prevented by workers. Analysis of 100 accidents found 90 per cent preventable by victims. Also notes ten million acres in Australia converted to wheat.
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United States Steel Corporation
Australia
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