War Dept Losses Debate Looms In Graham Inquiry
Congressman William J. Graham heads a special House committee examining wartime expenditures and sales of war property. He plans to push for a special assistant attorney general to pursue recoveries, citing the Old Hickory powder plant sale where $90 million in plant value yielded only $3.6 million to the government. The sale's negotiator later earned a distinguished service medal for securing the deal at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Graham
Tilinola
War Department
Ja Bually
House
Graham
Secretary of War
Old Hickory
Tenn
Nashville Industrial Corporation
State controls yield ignominious failure in Germany
The food minister told the Reischtag that state regulation checks agricultural production. The bread stuffs department employs about 5,000 officials with annual salaries near 83 million marks, imposing mandatory delivery, price limits, and state import of deficits. Germany must import 2.6 million tons for 1921, costing 5,200 marks per ton, worsening debt and exchange mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Reischtag
Europe
Harding to face Senate in new extra session
The article predicts an immediate extra session after Harding’s inauguration that may merge with a later Congress session. Nominations to committees and the Interstate Commerce Commission will require Senate and committee scrutiny, with Albert B. Cummins noting 30 to 40 major selections awaiting confirmation. Cabinet posts top the list, but confirmations are treated as routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Harding
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Profiteering in Rent Raises Housing Costs Across Cities
The article laments rising rents as populations grow and housing remains tight. It notes rents jumping from 25 dollars to 60 dollars monthly in some cases and questions who is to blame while building material costs fluctuate.
Rent profiteering blamed on wage laws and building slowdown
The piece argues that high building trade wages and scarce house building create rent profiteering. It cites labor laws that pay the poorest worker as much as the best, stalling efficiency, reducing hours, and harming production.
Fordson tractor price cut to 626 in push for demand
Detroit reports Ford Motor Co president Henry Ford announces a immediate price reduction on the Fordson tractor from 790 to 626 dollars. The move, aided by lower material costs and high plant production, aims to spur demand while keeping Ford car prices at wartime levels unless demand rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Fdsel Ford
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Canning as an Industry in Small Towns
The article notes canning as a key industry that markets farm products and employs local family labor, helping build community by circulating money. It highlights canning’s impact on world diets by preserving produce, reducing offseason shortages, and preventing monotony from bread and meat staples.
Reduction on Hay Freight Rates to Missouri River Points
The editors report a $1.60 per ton freight reduction effective February 2 for hay shipments to Missouri river points. Despite limited gains, the saving could total about $60,000 on a 40,000 ton shipment, and growers are urged to ship promptly or contact Jay E. Rice for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River
Jay E. Rice
Col
W. H. May
Sec
Chamber Commerce
Presbyterian Church Services At Public Library
The Presbyterian Church holds Bible school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. A vesper service at 5 p.m. follows, with a Sunday night lunch afterward. Pastor Leon A. Losey and Mrs. Robert Denny lead the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Mator
God
America
Moses
Robert Denny
Leon A. Losey
Harding seeks extra session to confirm cabinet picks
President-elect Harding asks for a special Senate session to March 4 to confirm his Cabinet and other appointments. The move aligns with tradition after a change in administration as about twenty new senators join, with sworn in by March 4. The rapid session would start late March or early April after inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Pastry ad touts best ever treats and bakery goods
A bakery advertises pastry with prices: doughnuts 35c per dozen, tea cakes 50c per dozen, gingerbread 7c, nut loaf $1.00. Orders can be called in to 1236J from 1128 Mrs. R. A. Gould. Also offers a large coal base burner with gas burner attached for sale at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Gould
O. K. Barber Shop Offers First Class Work
When you are in need of first class barber work call at the O K barber shop where first class workmen are employed Fred House proprietor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K
Fred House
Secret societies meeting schedule at Basin area lodges
Evening meetings are held weekly at Fraternity Hall Basin Lodge No. 29 of the K of P. Temple Lodge No. 26 A F A M meets midweek on the second and fourth Wednesdays. Order of Eastern Star gathers on the second and fourth Mondays. Basin Lodge No. 35 I O O F meets every Tuesday evening. Basin Encampment No. 15 I O O F on the first and third Thursdays. Eliza Rebekah Lodge No. 36 I O O F on the first and third Mondays. Basin Camp No. 6686 M W on the second and fourth Thursdays. Royal Neighbor Basin Camp No. 36 meets on the first and third Thursday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraternity Hall Basin Lodge No. 29
K. of P
Temple Lodge No
A. F
A. M
The
Order of Eastern Star
Fraternity Hall
Basin Lodge
Basin
Eliza Rebekah
M. W
Royal
Basin Camp No. 36
Starving Newspapers and the Call for Local Support
A plea that home newspapers struggle while businessmen, bankers, and voters falter in supporting them. The piece warns of radicalism and urges consistent backing to resist threats to American institutions amid looming political battles.
Uniform prices and wartime wage justice pressures
The writer questions if prices profits and wages should stay inflated for railroad workers while farmers and manufacturers suffer. They argue a just adjustment should share losses and warn against setting a precedent of one class bearing no cost in the readjustment to normalcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhoods
Power of Congress
Sunday Church Schedule Lists Services and Reading Room Hours
First Church of Christ Scientist advertises Sunday services at 11 a m and Wednesday evening meetings at 8 p m The Sunday school caters to youths up to age twenty reading rooms in the rear are open daily except Sundays and holidays from 3 00 to 6 00
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paris
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oll of
On’s
Mark H. Smith
Oscar Saenger
Wyoming
the Basin Tailor
Billings Laundry
Morris Dailey Cattle CO
Hyattville, Wyo
Mercer Bros. Land & Live
Paint Rock
Nowood
Clarence Gardner
Big Herms
P.O. Add
Hyuitvills
J. P. Weber
M. D
M. H. Smith
RED Bank Cattle CO
M. B. Walker
Geo. B. McCle
Ian
Ohan
Big Horn Basin
Owood, Wyo
Paris Daugherty
Tensleep, Wyo
Res
DE. V. E. Larrice
Pioneer Building
J. P. Arnott
Wys
DRS, Harris & Harris
H. T. Harris
C. E. Harris
W. R. Tolman
Tatman Mountain
Elk Creek
P. O
L Smith
Shell Creek
Shell, Wyo
Brome & Hyde
Basin State Bank
Basin and Worland
William C, Snow
Office
Pioneer
Bert
Emblem
B. H. Stiles
Manderson
Wyo
Dave Tuttle
Prop
Goodrich
J. R. Goodrich
Thompson Lumber & Hardware Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!