War Department Outlines Peace Time Defense System
War experts push for a large peacetime army potential to enable rapid mobilization. A new defense act guides decentralized regional agencies, stressing staff efficiency learned from World War I and the need to avoid heavy peacetime burdens, with John Palmer assisting Congress to explain the plan.
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Ashington
War Department
United States
France
Iis
Nks
Regular Army
National Guard
John Palmer
Congress
When Doctors Disagree - The tariff hearings resume in Senate
The Senate Finance Committee plans an all winter session to revise customs laws. February 1 is the chosen date to extend the emergency tariff, but leaders doubt full permanent tariff enactment by then. The American valuation plan dominates debate, with Republicans backing its provisions in both committees.
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Senate Finance Committee
Congress
United States
Senate Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Banks Sound But Resources Decline Reveals 1921 Report
The Comptroller of the Currency reports banks remain sound while total resources decline by 2.89 billion from June 1920 to June 1921. National banks total resources reach 20.62 billion, with loans and discounts at 12.24 billion and investments down 161 million. Deposits fall to about 12.74 billion, cash in vaults drops by 76 million.
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Comptroller of Currency
Orisainger
Mutual Savings
Federal Reserve
United States
Cleverest Men in Congress in Gallery of 1900s Washington
The article notes legislative agents or lobbyists as the clever men in Washington who work beside Congress. It lists Wayne Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League Alfred J Thom for railroads Benjamin C Marsh for the National Farmers Council Charles Lyman of the American board of farm organizations Edgar Wallace of the American Federation of Labor Frank Morrison and Jackson Ralston as notable agents. It claims about 106 or more such men operate in Washington observing committees and advocating for causes.
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Congress
Washington
Wayne
Wheeler
Cnunset
Anti-Saloon League
Ox Congress
Alfred J’. Thom
American Association of Rullyng
Benjamin C. Marsh
National Farmers’ Council
Charles Lyman
American Board of Farm Organizations
Edgar Wallace
Uttle
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
Jackson Ralston
AIH
Waslington
Proper Housing for Implements
USDA guidance urges timely, thorough off season overhauls for farm tools and machinery. It stresses housing, drying, and greasing parts to prevent rust and wear, with specific storage steps for plows binders and harrows. Full details appear in Marmere Bulletins 46 947 and 1046.
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Nesta
Marmere
United States Department of Agriculture
Kanred Hard Wheat High Yields in Kansas Trials
Kanred hard red winter wheat, developed from Crimean head stock at Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, shows higher yields and earlier maturity than Turkey or Kharkot. It is resistant to leaf rust and stem rust, suitable for northern plains, but not winter hardy enough for eastern soft wheats. Certification by Kansas Crop Improvement Association accompanies pure seed.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Turkey
Kharkot
Department
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
United States
Plains
Kansan Crop Improvement Association
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Atation
Spread Old Straw On Land To Improve Fertility
Farmers with old stack bottoms should load a manure spreader with thin straw and apply it on fields to boost fertility and reduce yard clutter. Rail racks on spreader sides increase straw per trip, though wet straw may not need racks. New straw surplus can cover winter ground to act as fertilizer, with one farmer noting it prevented winter kill.
Kill Next Year’s Bugs in Fall Garden Cleanup
Oklahoma A and M vegetable men urge fall cleanup to deprive pests of winter homes. Raking and burning vines and debris destroys diseases and limits later fruit tree damage. A thorough fall cleanup gives the garden a winter rest and helps next season’s yield.
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Oklahoma A
College
Sliver Talk and Slippered Livers at Luncheon
A collage of comic exchanges and vaudeville lines centers on Smithers demanding smaller liver slivers in a dining scene. In a chop suey restaurant a perturbed professor interrupts two girls who hastily hide a cigarette and earrings as a dignified man enters. A Milwaukee Journal moment mocks a political boast about American opportunity.
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Smithers
Garcon
Monsieur Smithers
Harvard
Greenwicge
Shale
Nott
Dolly
Professor Lat
Milwaukee Journal
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