President Urges New Course On World Issue In Message
President Harding outlines a world restoration program and urges Congress to cooperate. He calls for elastic tariff legislation, transportation of distributed industry, tax reform, and expansion of the American merchant marine. The address to a joint session highlighted foreign debt funding, agriculture support, and continued trade treaties.
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Washington
Del
Harding
Congress
United States
Ple
House
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Federal Tariff Commission
Dawes Budget Cuts Expenses Half Billion
The 1923 federal budget proposal totals 3,505,745,727 with a projected deficit of 21,509,066 for the postal service. It is about 402,167,639 below the prior estimate and 187,871,977 above expected receipts, while actual outlays exceed revenue by 24,488,703. President Harding urges deficit reduction via a 100,000,000 cut in the canal supply account.
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Washington
Congress
Budget Bureau
Harding
Wee
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Reform proposals outline freight, food relief, and labor rules
The plan calls for cooperative marketing programs, revised freight rates with proper legislation, and ending uneconomic transport. It recommends buying food for starving Russians, curbing tax free securities, and regulating corporations and unions. It also favors western land reclamation and rejects expanding presidential powers.
Draft evaders and deserters listed in Congressional Record
Washington December 7 names of more than 11,000 men listed by the war department as draft evaders were published in the Congressional Record. Thirty one names also were given of men previously rated alleged deserters who subsequently had cleared their records.
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Washington
War Department
Congressional Record
Pensions Granted Across Wars Reach Wide Totals
Washington reports 109 Mexican War veterans and 2 154 widows receive pensions, 32 060 Spanish War soldiers and 126 dependents are pensioned, and for the Civil War 218 775 soldiers and 281 327 dependents are supported.
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Washington
Postmaster General Proposes Guard for Mail Cars
Postmaster General Hays reports a humane postal service and plans to arm employees to protect trains from robberies. He notes mail theft fell from 6.3 million to 318,869 in the last three months after arming guards, and cites a $157,517,686 deficit offset by prior-year railroad-payments. He urges parcel post expansion and reforms including fees for directory services and rent payment changes.
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Washington
Hays
Congress
Ajnsken
United States
Lower Broadway
New York
Post Office Department
Huyse
Requests US troops removal sparks Cuban peace bid
Havana reports the house of representatives adopted a resolution calling for the United States to withdraw troops in Cuba as a friendly act and initiate diplomatic negotiations. The same session provided for terminating the state of war with Hungary by joint resolution, potentially placing Cuba at peace with all nations if Senate approval follows.
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Havana
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Hungary
Cuba
Yanks May Get Cash Bonus
Washington lawmakers expect a bonus act to be approved this session. The plan includes a $625 overseas payment and a $500 domestic payment, funded by a new tax. Republican leaders anticipate quick action once Fordney arrives for early committee consideration. Also noted, customs officials seized 4,000 cases of Belze Whisky worth about $300,000 from New York’s Alpe Drug warehouse.
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Washington
Dec
House
Ways and Means
Fordney Piangara
Tevy
Belze
New York
Alpe Drug Company
Arbuckle Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in San Francisco
In San Francisco the Arbuckle jury reported a 10 to 2 hold for acquittal and was discharged at 12:15 PM. Judge Louderback set January 9 for the case to resume. Five women jurors spoke of the deliberations, with three leaning to acquittal and Mrs Hubbard steadfast for conviction, effectively hanging the jury.
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San Franecisco
Fatty" Arbuckle
Louderback
Agaiin
Fatty
Helen N. Hubbard
Arbuckle
Kitty McDonald
Loss of Life in Hurricane Hits Newfoundland Coast
A southwest hurricane devastates Newfoundland, with a large loss of life at Conception Bay. The schooner Pasalport sank near Bay Verde, taking nine men, a woman, and a child. Numerous schooners wrecked with supplies for northern settlements, five fishing vessels broken up, and the ship Jean and Mary reported missing. tug D P Ingraham wrecked at Peguin Island.
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St. Johns
N. F
Conception Bay
Pasalport
Bayverde
Jean and
Mary
D. P. Ingraham
Peguln Island
Vienna Exiles 12 Reds Amid Rising Tensions
Report from Vienna notes authorities expelled 12 prominent leftists as tensions rise over political influence. Government sources cite security concerns and alleged subversive activity, while critics condemn crackdown on dissent and civil liberties.
German business booming and spemaster case update
A garbled OCR note reports Germany’s booming business scene and a reference to a spemaster case involving a 14 year old. Details are unclear due to text corruption, but the fragment suggests economic activity and a legal matter related to a minor.
Markets Report From Chicago Open High Low
Reading through a fragmented market page we note mixed Wheat and Wheat products with erratic prices. The text contains garbled lines and unclear figures making precise quotes impossible.
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Chicago
Dec
Four Power Plan Aims Pacific Island Consultations Not Alliance
Washington reports the United States Great Britain Japan and France consider a four power agreement to consult on Pacific island matters. The pact would not cover fortifications or China, nor Yap issues, with a separate treaty to address Yap and cable disputes. Officials say it seeks peaceful pacific settlement and bipartisan Senate support is expected.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Pacific Islands
Senate
Pacific
Tokyo
Paris
League of Nations
China
Alsot
Paris Senate backs Briand amid tumult in Europe
The French Senate grants Premier Briand a vote of confidence as world unrest extends from Lisbon to London. Reports cite bombings in Lisbon, clashes near Chicago stockyards, and political shifts from Ireland to Canada, with pensions widening across eras and nations.
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Paris
Briand
Pollcomes
William Brett
Harry Ciéater
Los Angeles
Lloyd George
London
Rafa Kalim,Pasha
Turkey
Rome
Lisbon
Madrid
Tuy
Chicago
Cincinnati & Dayton
Lise
Dayton
Ohio
de Vatera
United States
Washington
Henry
Fleet
Dem. Va
William Rockefeller
Interstate Commerce Commission
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Rusia
Kovno
Berlin
Anya
Moscow
Ottawa
Canada
Walter Bethel
Army
Senate
Mellon
Congress
Teaching House
Fire in Yuma district kills one and injures several
Dec 6 report from Aziz notes a major blaze in the city business district. One man was killed and several others were injured, none seriously, with property damage pegged at about 250000 dollars. Local responders fought the flames to contain the spread.
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Yuma
Aziz
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