Farmers Want Bankers Called Deflation Probe
Washington report on a Joint Congressional Commission of Agricultural Inquiry inviting former Comptroller John Skelton Williams and Federal Reserve officials to testify. The panel, led by C. S. Barrett, seeks to determine if the Fed or other agencies caused deflation in farm and related product values and will hear from steel, coal, and banking leaders. Maurice McAuliffe of Kansas blames artificial industry conditions for the downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Skelton Williiams
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Joint
Congressional Commission of Agricultural Inquiry
C. S. Barrett
National Board of Farm Organizations
National Farmers’ Union
Anderson
Williams
Wall Street
Barrett
Commission
Maurice McAulfffe
Kansas
McAuliffe
Mr. McAuliffe
Geizel
Justice Trenchard
Monmouth County Court of Common Pleas
Somers & Somers
Ella H. Clement
Brooklyn
Army Planes Sink German Destroyer Near Virginia Capes
In a joint Army and Navy bombing test off the Atlantic coast, about fifty Army planes three Army blimps and seven naval planes attacked the former German destroyer G-120 sixty miles east of Cape Charles Virginia. The ship sank in fifty fathoms after twenty minutes from the first hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Henderson
Virginia Capes
Crowninshield
Cape Charles
Virginia
Atlantic
Langley Field
Hampton Roads
Pomona Sunday amusements ban declared unconstitutional
California judge Rules Pomona ordinance closing Sunday amusements unconstitutional. He states the measure is class legislation because it allows churches to collect at services, effectively an admission fee, while denying equal privileges to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Los Angeles
Pomona
Here
Burnell
Dining car prices fall with postwar cuts
T A Dempsey president of the American Association of Dining Car Superintendents says dining car prices have begun a downward trend. He notes a 25 percent reduction since the war and expects further cuts as food prices drop in grocery stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
T. A. Dempsey
American Association of
Mr. Dempsey
Senate Recommits Bonus Bill in Senate turmoil
Washington scenes of disorder marked the vote on the soldier bonus bill as it was recommitted to the Finance Committee by 47 to 29. Eight Democrats supported recommittal, nine Republicans opposed. roll call includes many prominent senators and absent members paired in support or opposition. A bid to instruct a January 1, 1922 report failed 69 to 1.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Ball
Del
Borah
Ida
Ida.), Brandegee (Conn.), Calder (N. Y
Cameron
Ariz
Cummins
Curtis
Xan
Dillingham
Edge
N. J
Ernst
Fernald
Frelinghuysen
Gooding
Hale
Kellogg
Minn
Kenyon
Keyes
N. H
Knox
Lodge
Mass
McCormick
McKinley
Ill
McNary
Ore
Moses
Nelson
News
Ind
Nicholson
Cal
Norbeck
S. D
Oddie
Nev
Penrose
Poindexter
Wash
Shortbridge
Smoot
Utah
Stanfield
Sterling
Wadsworth
N. Y
Warren
Wyo
Watson
Weller
Willis
Dial
S. C
Glass
King
Myers
Mont
Simmons
N. C
Washington News Briefs Include Postmaster General Hays Plan
Postmaster General Hays aims to raise the special delivery letter rate to 25 cents while promising better service. Attorney General Daugherty updates on the Justice Department’s nationwide building industry probe with District Attorney Hayward of New York. Immigration laws blocked 129 passengers aboard the Polish American steamer Gdansk. Daugherty weighing Volstead Act seizure scope for foreign vessels within federal waters. ICC favors Kansas Public Utilities Commission review of grain and hay rates in the western region. Japan seeks vital information ahead of Washington arms talks. Reorganization committee mulls merging war and navy under one head. Sir Auckland Geddess sails from Washington for vacation at Dark Harbor, Maline, with planned visits to the capital.
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Hays
Daugherty
Hayward
New York
Department of Justice
Gdansk
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas Public Utilities Commission
Japan
War and Navy Departments
Sir Auckland Geddess
Washington
Dark Harbor
Maline
Britain Asked Us to Cancel Debt Inquiry Reveals Proposals
Treasury officials disclosed two British proposals to cancel inter allied war debts. Austen Chamberlain and Lloyd George asked President Wilson for broad debt cancellation. Mellon testified that the ideas were not favored by the Wilson administration and no record shows acceptance. The British cable and Lloyd George letter were partially released.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Senate Committee On Finance
Austen Chamberlain
Lloyd George
Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Chamberlain
R C. Leffingwell
Treasury Department
Leffingwell
Wadsworth
Watson
Indiana
Europe
America
Four Die As Plane Falls In Modesto
An aircraft built by Jacuzzi Bros. in Berkeley crashed at Modesto, killing pilot Bud Coffey and passengers Giocondo Jacuzzi John Kauke and A MatLeish. The machine caught fire midair as it fell, leaving no survivors.
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Oakland
Cal
Jacuzzi Bros
Berkeley
Modesto
Bud” Coffey
Giocondo Jacuzzi
John Kauke
A. MatLeish
Jacuzzi Works
Ford Proposal to Buy Muscle Shoals Plant Presented
Henry Ford, millionaire automobile maker, formally presented to Secretary Weeks a plan to purchase and complete the government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals Alabama. He offers 5 million dollars in cash for the plant and lands and equipment and proposes a 100 year lease on the Wilson dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ala
War Weeks
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Ford
Wilson Dam
Wife's guard kills husband and commits suicide on Long Island
Northport report describes Henry G. Hemming, an investment broker, shot at View Point on Duck Island. Frank Eberhardt, caretaker and self-appointed guardian, then shot himself. Coroner and locals say motive arose from danger to Mrs Hemming and her stepdaughter. Hemming and Mrs Hemming had separated. Hemming stayed in New York while the wife and child resided at View Point.
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Northport
Long Island
Henry G. Hemming
Broadstreet
New York
View Point
North Shore
Duck Island
Frank Eberhardt
Eberhardt
Hemming
War department reports revolt of general in Tampico oil fields
World news item covers General Daniel Martinez Herrera leading troops under General Manuel Pelaez revolting in the Tampico oil region. Other brief notes include wage cuts in Trenton building trades, rent reduction by Hardware City Loan Association in New Britain, smoking compartments for women on Canadian Pacific trains, barred negro delegates at Norfolk Republican convention, marital infidelity admission in James A. Stillman divorce case, Columbia University president receiving Paris city freedom, and the release of the Earl of Bandon by Sinn Feiners.
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Mexico City
War Department
Daniel Martinez Herrera
Manuel Pelaez
Tampico
Trenton
N. J
Martin P. Devlin
New Britain
Conn
Hardware City Loan Association
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Norfolk
Poughkeepsi
N. Y
James A. Stillman
Paris
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
New York
Hotel de Ville
Dublin
Ireland
Earl of Bandon
Special Session Sought Over Trolley Fare Ruling
High court criticism of the Public Utility Board invoked a push to convene a special session to review the supreme court order directing a higher fare for the Public Service Railway. Chancellor Walker declined, citing lack of quorum, while counsel argued the board must decide a fair rate by July 14 based on property valuation and prior reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Walker
Court of Errors and Appeals
Supreme Court
Public Utility Commission
Public Service Railway Company
L. Edward Herrmann
Utility Board
Judges Court
Herrmann
Ford, Bacon & Davis
State Valuation Commission
Justice Bergen
Public Service
Valuation Commission
Public Utility Commissioners
Commission
Court of Errors
Public Service Company
Board of Public Utility Commissioners
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U. S
Joint Congressional Commission
Elmer E. Juckett
Elmer Elsworth Juckett
Harry W. Wilson
South Springs
Britain
Exchequer
Auto Man
Roy O. Curtiss
Bronx Zoological Gardens
Harry E. Hemming
World News
High Court
Union Court of Common Pleas
Eliza Geizel
Regina Company
Rahway
Jacob Geizel
Monmouth County
New Jersey
United States Department of Agriculture
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