Billion Dollar Blunder Refutes Sugar Policy Critique
Harper's Weekly accuses President Wilson of ignoring urgent pleas from Mr. Hoover and the Sugar Manufacturers Association to buy the Cuban sugar crop in 1919, arguing the delay cost Americans billions in living expenses. It cites July 1919 to August 1919 memos and notes the Cuban offer was withdrawn after months of silence.
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Tinkham
Massachusetts
United States
Wilson
Hoover
Paris
United States Sugar Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago
Sugar Equalization Board
Tumulty
White House
Sugar Manufacturers’ Association
Mr. Hoover
Harper's Weekly
Republican stand Tories save half a billion on army plan
Washington reports the Republican Congress approved a smaller army than the Democratic plan, saving about 592 million plus avoiding compulsory training costs. Officials say 2.0 billion yearly would be needed for overseas policing, while the new force costs roughly 660 million annually.
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Washington
Republian
Congress
William BE. Andrews
Secretary of War
Federal
Europe
League of Nations
Republican Congress
For Rent Two Apartments for High Grade Housekeeping
For rent two apartments in a commercial hotel area seeking tenants with high housekeeping standards. Republican for job printing duties available in the same block.
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Commercial Hotel
Republican
Warren G Harding founder and newspaper man in Marion
Uncle Ted tells how Warren G Harding grew up on a Ohio farm in Morrow County and built a career as a newspaper owner and publisher. He describes his hard work ethic, early schooling, and hands on skills from cutting trees to repairing presses.
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Senator Harding
Jack
Mr. Harding
Warren G. Harding
Blooming Grove
Morrow County
Ohio
George T. Harding
Marion
Senator
Harding
Scotland
Connecticut
Wyoming Valley
Pennsylvaia
Warren
Phoebe Dickerson
van Kirks
Alert
Liberty
Ruth
Nuch
Ohio Central College of Iberia
Marion, Ohio
Star
The
Star Today
Warren A.hardding
Rejuvenation at Fine Chautauqua July 9 14
The Wales Chautauqua Players staged Rejuvenation a three act comedy blending politics woman suffrage and prohibition with an elixir of youth. Led by Madeline Armistead the production drew praise from the Daily Beacon Paris Illinois for its witty portrayal of an eighty year old seeking youth and near governors.
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Wales Chautauqua Players
New York
Wales
Madeline Armistead
Daily Beacon
Paris
Finois
Cupid
Wyoming Highway Surveys Aim for Permanent Route System
Cheyenne reports statewide progress on surveying 1400 miles toward a 2000 mile permanent highway network. Surveys target best routes to avoid snow, minimize mileage, and sustain year round travel with direct lines, rights of way secured. Construction totals about 4.5 million dollars along permanent locations.
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Cheyenne
State Highway Department
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Basin Republican
Clara Vaughan
Bintertaif
Lindsay-Frost Company
Chautauqua
A.C. Zehner
Arthur K. Peck
Cheney Concert Company
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