World war era briefings and policy moves feature in capital notices
Joseph P. Tumulty plans to enter law practice in Washington after March. A resolution by Representative Begg seeks repeal of the Underwood tariff and reenactment of Payne Aldrich schedules. Poindexter bill makes interstate commerce interference a felony. naval committee weighs Britain Japan US strengths. Seizures target moonshining in West Virginia and oil regions. Seaplane group heads to Panama for winter maneuvers. Bandits loot Metuchen post office and AmEx offices with boxcars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Tumulty
Wilson
Washington
Representative Begg
Senate
House Naval Committee
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Admiral Coontz
Naval Operations
Daniels
Congress acts on emergency duties for agricultural imports
A tentative agreement among Senate Finance Committee Republicans and House Ways and Means Committee members aims to rush emergency legislation imposing protective duties on agricultural imports through Congress. George L. Storm, returning from Europe, says U.S. business would gain first shot at world trade. Government supervision of coal production and distribution is urged to curb profiteers. William H. Hitchcock of Boston named receiver of Avery Chemical Company, assets about 700000, liabilities 400000. The Irion League of New York, led by Louis Horowitz, seeks national control via open shop principles in Philadelphia and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
George L. Storm
Europe
Senate Committee On Production and Reconstruction
Senate
William H. Hitchcock
Boston
Avery Chemical Company
Tewksbury
Anderson
Edgar D. George
Plainfield
N. J
Various Early 1920s USA News Highlights
Refined sugar priced at 8 cents the year's low. Buffalo hog quotes hit a new low since 1916. Wilson to buy Fairbanks home in D C for residence after presidency. Governor Smith favors transferring electrocution control to a state pardons board. Germany sent $3,803,484 in toys to the U S this year. Calder Committee to continue building investigations. counsel authorized. FTC says fifteen sugar firms refused to provide requested data. Back Bay Hockey Club plans an all-wemale ice hockey league with teams from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Dempsey defeats Brennan at Madison Square Garden after a brutal twelve-round bout. George Gipp dies of pneumonia in South Bend. NL clubs used 27,924 baseballs in 1920, up 10,248 from 1919.
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Buffalo
Wilson
Fairbanks
Washington
White House
Smith
Senate
Calder Committee
House
Federal Trade Commission
Back Bay Hockey Club
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Jack Dempsey
Brennan
Jack
Dan Morgan
Harry Stout
New Orleans
Jack Britton
Denny
National League
New York
John A. Heydler
Heydler
Metropolitan Golf Association
United States Golf Association
Western Golf Association
John R. Gentry
Nashville
Tenn
Bill Brennan
Chicago
Madison Square Garden
Dempsey
George Gipp
Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Foreign Labor party submits Irish peace plans to Lloyd George
The Foreign Labor party files its Irish peace proposals with Prime Minister Lloyd George requesting an immediate truce in Ireland. The report also notes global diplomacy developments and regional incidents including a Dublin assassination and international engagements.
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Labor Party of
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Ireland
Bulgaria
Finland
Costa Rica
Luxembourg
League of Nations
Armenia
Latvia
Esthonia
O'Sullivan
Royal Irish Constabulary
County Cork
Dublin
Peking
Budapest
Giolliti
Italy
London
Andre Lefevre
Flaminius Raiberti
Financial Commission of the
Chamber of Deputies
Hugh C. Wallace
France
Wilhelm Mayer von Kaufbeuren
Germany
Mexico
China Wins Seat on League Council Amid Austria Admission
The League of Nations elected China to the council, replacing Greece, after a prolonged vote. Austria was admitted as a non permanent member amid a rare clash between Italy and France, with Koo actively pushing for China’s strengthened role against Japan over Shantung. France and England supported China, while Belgium’s vote helped tilt the outcome.
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Geneva
Assembly of the
League of Nations
League
Austria
Guiseppe Motta
Switzerland
Rene Viviani
France
Ching
Wellington Xoo
Japan
Koo
Shantung
China
Baron Hayashi
Spain
Brazil
Belgium
Greece
Columbia University
Assembly
North
South America
Europe
A. J. Balfour
Hayashi
Tey
England
Balfour
Railroad labor board path chosen in disputes
Chicago report says railroad owners must meet with employees to settle differences. If no agreement is reached they must jointly refer the dispute to the United States Railroad Labor Board. The ruling follows tensions at the Norfolk and Western railroad between workers and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Labor Board
Chicago
United States Railroad’ Labor Board
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Five thieves kill jeweler in bold Fifth Avenue burglary
Three robbers burst into a jewelry firm on the eighth floor of a Manhattan office building in the Fifth Avenue shopping district. Edwin W. Andrews was shot dead while three other men were bound. The burglars escaped with jewels valued at 200000 in a daring crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifth Avenue
Edwin W.andrews
Stone Ring Pleads Guilty and Faces Heavy Fines
Thirty members of the New York Cut Stone Contractors' Association pled guilty to a conspiracy in restraint of trade. Individuals and firms were fined 2,500 dollars each, with two cases at 5,000 dollars. The announcement ties to the Lockwood Housing Committee inquiries and broader antitrust actions in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cut Stone Contractors’ Association of
Lockwood Housing Committee
Abraham Kaplan
United States
Caffey
Samuel Untermyer
Lockwood Committee
National Erectors’ Association
Industrial Workers of the World
Charles E. Cheney
New York Cut Stone Contractors’ Association
Justice McAvoy
Supreme Court
Washington Breezes Signal Fiscal Tightening and Political Shifts
Senator Warren warns taxes will rise and liberty bonds fall in value unless the treasury drain from appropriations is halted. House Republicans back a reapportionment bill lifting seat count from 435 to 483. President Wilson negotiates a 150000 dollar Washington home purchase at 2340 S Street NW. War Finance Corporation revival faces a committee battle. Rear Admiral Strauss to lead the Asiatic Fleet as commander-in-chief with admiral rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Appropriations
Warren
Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Wison
S Street
Henry P. Fairbanks
War Finance Corporation
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Miral Strauss
Asiate
Calder Investigating Committee Opens Broad Building Graft Probe
The Calder inquiry gains authority to hire counsel and expand to housing, reconstruction, and coal industry concerns. Senator Thomas of Colorado condemns Bethlehem Steel's open shop stance and denounces a national pattern of coal and material price manipulation by a few firms, unions, and builders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Calder
Senate
New York
Lockwood Committee
Thomas
Colorado
Bethelhem Steel Company
Grace
Bethlehem Steel Company
New York Legislative Investigating Committee
Untermyer
Allies to Extend First Indemnity Payment Time
Report from Brussels states Allies will grant Germany a longer period to make the initial indemnity payment following an expose of Germanys dire financial condition by Herr Havenstein. The decision is attributed to the influence of international financiers who assessed the ongoing crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Germany
Herr Havenstein
Poindexter Bill Prohibits Railroad Strikes in Senate
Washington officials report the senate passed the Poindexter bill without a roll call or debate with few senators present. The measure bans interference with commerce by forbidding railroad strikes and mirrors the Cummins railroad bill’s anti strike provisions.
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Washington
Senate
Liquor Withdrawals Triple Legal Limit Highlighted in Hearing
Prohibition Commissioner John F. Kramer told the House Ways and Means Committee that 29.2 million gallons of liquor were withdrawn from bonded warehouses this year, about triple legitimate volume under Volstead. He urged concentration of stock in fewer warehouses for enforcement, noting many facilities lack guards and most liquor sits in four Kentucky warehouses.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Prohibition
John F. Kramer
United States
Presont
Kramer
Representative Green
Iowa
Treasury
Houston
Internal Revenue Bureau
The
Anti-Saloon League
Temperance Organizations
Kentucky
Representative Garner
Texas
Representative Wilson
Connecticut
World News Snapshot From 1920s Dispatches
Marion J Bryan and Senator Heed pressed Senator Harding on League of Nations options. Texas cotton growers plan direct shipment to Germany. Fred W. Davis to retire January 1 and move to Germany. International Fur Exchange warns on pelts prices. Berlin bans cake baked goods for holidays. Edmund Schulthess named Swiss president for 1921. Over 20 000 workers idle as Independent steel plants halt due to weak orders.
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Marion
William J. Bryan
Heed
Missouri
Harding
League of Nations
Austin
Tex
Texas
Germany
Fred W. Davis
ST. Louis
International Fur Exchange
ERLIN
Reichstag
Geneva
Edwund Schulthess
Switzerland
Youngstown
Ohio
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Borah
Logan County
W. Va
Air Division
Atlantic Fleet
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Colon
Panama
House Judiciary Committee
War Department
Blanton
Metuchen
American Express Company
Nation’s Business
Irion League of
Louis Horowitz
Thompson-Starrett Company
Iron League
Paul Starrett
Horowitz
Viviani
Kill Jeweler
Dorothy Kellogg
Mount Holyoke
N. Y
Sarah Streeter
Mount Holyoke College
Stone Ring
Association
New York City
D. M. Goodacre
L. M. Goodacre
Fillmore
Lincoln
Navy
World News
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