Fears House May Cripple War Finance Corporation
Washington March 1 The efficiency of the War Finance Corporation would be reduced if the House amends the bill to cut the financing volume from 4.7 billion to 4.0 billion The railroad financing in prospect exceeds the revolving fund of 500 million and the agency may assist owners unable to secure securities The New Haven case illustrates notes likely to be handled through provisions in the pending finance bill Authorization for a larger fund is expected to be requested
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
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Vinanco Corporation
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New Haven
House
Senate
Rings Bank
Rheumatism and Its Sudden Pains
The piece humorously explains rheumatism as a long lasting illness with shooting pains in bones, often striking unexpectedly. It notes attacks occur without warning, even hindering statesmen from voting on prohibition or woman suffrage, and whimsically compares the ailment’s suddenness to an intruding headache.
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Ty Cobb
Bonny
Iim
German Graft Scandals Shake Berlin Stock Exchange
A Vorwaerts dispatch from Aurich reports a graft scandal at Daimler munitions factories under Reichstag investigations causing a stock panic in Berlin. Daimler stock plummeted about two thirds with many war stocks falling as the public fears widespread graft and possible prosecutions by the German treasury.
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Washington
Ac‘lings
Aurich
Vorwaerts
Bdaimler
Budecht Comm
Reichstag
Berlin Stock Exchange
Daimler
Banks May Loan on Liberty Bonds
Washington March 13 the Senate banking committee ordered a bill to permit banks to make loans on Liberty bonds not exceeding 50 percent of their capital and surplus. The proposal aims to expand lending backed by Liberty bonds as collateral.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Army Abandons Draft Drug Addict Treatment Plan
Washington reports army medical officers decided that compulsory treatment of drug addicts among the second draft may be impracticable. They say the medical corps cannot undertake such a scope while forces are strained to meet possible needs of fighting troops.
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Washington
Perbahlly
Government Employees Seek Ten Dollar Monthly Raise
Washington reports an amendment to the executive legislative and judicial appropriation bill to raise salaries by ten dollars monthly for government workers earning 480 to 2000 dollars annually. The measure failed in the House, excluding postal and Panama Canal service or part-time workers.
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Washington
House
Speed Up Wooden Shipbuilding to Accelerate Cargo Fleet
Washington reports renewed efforts to hasten wooden ship production. Southern yards may use smaller timbers to cut Pacific coast timber needs, while a circular from James O Heyworth urges new construction methods to employ more men per ship. The goal is doubled output in six months through district cooperation.
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Washington
Shipping Boards
Southern
Pacific Coast
James O. Heyworth
Woo Ship Construction
Thirteen Montenegrins Cleared in Draft Conspiracy Case
In Indianapolis thirteen Montenegrins charged with conspiring to obstruct U S military preparations were found not guilty after Judge A B Anderson directed the jury to render verdicts of not guilty The defense argued the government failed to prove obstruction of enlistment The defendants allegedly clashed with Montenegrin commission members Ivanovich and Moukmirovitch over Balkan politics And a brief note mentions salt used to clean dress uniforms
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States District Court
United States
A. B. Anderson
Milosh Ivanovitch
George Monkirovitch
Montengrin
Deaths in the Army Dam Week Ends March 8
Washington reports 156 deaths in the U S regular army national guard and army for the week ending March 8 an increase of three from the prior week. Regular army totals 60 deaths national army 64 guard 42. Illness trends show mania cases down in the guard and regular army while measles rise in camps. Meningitis declines in camps.
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Washington
Regular Army
Guard
National Army
Thelonal Guard
Na Guard
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