War Wealth and Waste in Public Ship Profits and Tariffs
The Telegram argues government errors in wartime shipbuilding and cost plus contracts. It highlights losses from wooden ships and spruce service, condemns profiteering, and links tariff debates to Republican and Democratic stances. It notes peanut growers in North Carolina and Virginia seeking tariffs and war finance support, urging voters to express opinions at the polls.
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Portland
Oregon
Shipping Board
Northwest
Victor Hugo
Waterloo
America
Kitchin Opponent Forges Peanut Loan In North Carolina
In Scotland Neck North Carolina home of Congressman Kitchin peanut growers form an exchange to seek a 5 million dollar loan from the War Finance Corporation to aid the peanut crop in North Carolina and Virginia. The piece argues Kitchin favors free trade yet U S imports huge peanut quantities, questioning his protectionist stance and calling for nationwide tariff principles.
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Washington
Scotland Neck
North Carolina
Ki Chin
House of Representatives
War Finance Corporation
Virginia
St! Kitchin
United States
Orient
Kitchin
Yankee shrewdness in cotton deal aids Czech mills
A Czechoslovak delegation sought to buy 10,000 bales of raw cotton monthly for eight months for Czech mills. To secure payment amid financial strain, an American mill was pledged as security and fully equipped with American textile machinery. The arrangement aims to move southern cotton to Czech mills and boost American machinery sales, improving trade balance.
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Washington
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Hughes
Czechoslovak
Sia
South
United Western Front for Reclamation Unity
A Boise Idaho based reclamation group led by Governor Davia calls for a united western front. Senators and representatives from the twelve western states should act as a block to gain Congressional support for irrigation and land reclamation efforts, backed by broad public sentiment and regional cooperation.
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Congress
Great Western States
West
Boise
Idaho
Davia
State Examiners Dickinson and Talbot Inspect County Offers
Cheyenne authorities report that state examiners Dickinson and Talbot completed a survey of county offers last Saturday.
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Dickinson and Talbot
Cheyenne
Wyoming Legion conference acts on adjutant plans
Casper reports the Wyoming state executive committee closed its two day meeting without a definite adjutant and field secretary appointment for the American Legion. D W Ogilbee received broad authority to reorganize state headquarters while considering Ferris law re enactment for homestead filings and a tax exemption stance for conscientious objectors who refused service.
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Casper
American Legion
Wyoming
D. W. Ogilbee
Cesper
Legislative Committee
United States Reclamation Service
American Bankers Open 47th Convention in Los Angeles
The American Bankers Association opened its forty-seventh annual convention in Los Angeles with John B Drum of San Francisco delivering the opening address on The Situation Today a Countrywide Economic Survey. John H Puelycher of Milwaukee spoke next as reports from councils and officers followed. A plan for a comprehensive banking advertising campaign in 1922 was urged by Francis H Sieson. The report noted debate over a tax on bank deposits and discussed the establishment of savings departments in national banks to aid housing, with a suggestion that Section 24 of the Federal Reserve Act could broaden bank powers to lend on real estate.
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Los Angeles
American Bankers’ Association
John 8. Drum
San Francisco
John H. Puelycher
Milwaukee
Association
Francis H. Sieson
House
General Counsel
Ways and Means
Savings Department of National Banks
Federal Reserve Act
Fraudulent Securities Probe Prompts Federal Regulation Efforts
A quoted passage notes an accusation of fraudulent securities and says the speaker cooperates with investment bankers in seeking federal legislation to regulate the alleged abuses. The text highlights a push for stronger oversight.
Monster 600 Pound Grizzly Brought Down Near Casper
Casper October 18 Fred Van Gorden city councilman and Ash Williamson brought a 600 pound grizzly eight feet long in the Muddy mountain country southeast of Casper. The bear charged Williamson after a near hand to claw encounter. A first shot struck the skull, the second hit an eye and throat, dropping the animal.
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Casper
Wyo
Fred van Gorden
Ash” Williamson
Williamson
Brain
Notice for Publication Roy R Smith Homestead Entries
Department of the Interior Buffalo Wyoming office issues notice for Roy R Smith of Colorado Springs Colorado. He filed homestead entry No 09790 on September 21 1916 covering sections 11 13 and 14 in Township and Range. A second entry No is noted with June 9 1921 date for additional land.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Buffalo
Wyoming
Colorado Springs
Colo
Notice of final three year land proof in Basin Wyoming
A filing by a land claimant in Basin Wyoming seeks final proof to establish ownership of surveyed land in township 49 north range 88 west. The proof will be taken before the Basin clerk of court with witnesses O W Stid M H Smith both of Basin Wyoming Samuel Hyatt Hyattville John J Smith Manderson and James D Gallup register. The testimony is set for October 24 1924 in Colorado Springs Colorado.
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Township
Range
6Th Principal Meridian
John L. Landfatr
Basin
Wyoming
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Conress
Kitchen
Czechlovakia
United Front
Next Ear
Mr. Patton
Roy R Smith
Nadler
Rexall
Mall
W. H. May
Colorado
Wigton’s
Goodrich
J. R. Goodrich
Nebraska
The
Great Western Sugar Co
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