Mellon Says Deficiency Funds to Remain Within Cap
Secretary Mellon refutes reports that 70 million in deficiency appropriations would be increased. He states expenditures are limited to 4.04 million and the program has presidential and House committee approval. Some deficiency needs may be submitted this year, but revenue laws can be framed under current guidance. Treasury outlook for next year remains unchanged.
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Washington
Mellon
House
Ways and Means
Mr. Mellon
Conness
Culd
Metlon Sated Vlao
Treasury
Relief Work in Russia Funds Allocated by American Jewish group
Felix M Warburg, chair of the joint distribution committee of the American funds for Jewish war sufferers, announced an appropriation of 1,200,000 for relief work in Thessia and aid to nearby refugees. Seven hundred thousand will be spent within Russia through the American relief administration and 600,000 will aid refugees abroad.
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New York
Thessia
Felix M. Warburg
Joint Distribution Committee
American Funds
American Relief Administration
Baltimore Embezzler Held After Audit Reveals $14,000 Theft
A Ward Hamill, employee of the Continental Company, a Baltimore investment firm, was arrested after four days held in a home while officials audited accounts. He is charged with embezzling $14,000 of the firm’s funds, with reports that total embezzlements may exceed $100,000.
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Baltimore
A. Ward Hamuill
Continental Company
Commission Approval Shifts Foreign Loan Funding to Panel
Washington brief states Secretary Mellon approved mollifying the administration foreign loan funding bill by sending a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee with President Hoover's approval, placing funding operations under a special commission.
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Washington
Special Commission
Mellon
Flouse Ways and Means Committee
Elowding
House Defeats Increase Bill for Census Size
The House opposed increasing its membership from 445 to 460 and recommitted the Siegel bill to the census committee by 140 to 142 after nine hours of debate. Earlier, a Barbour amendment to reapportion without any growth was rejected 40 to 140.
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Washington
House
Census Committee
Mattfield
Indiana
Barbour
California
Bullet proof forest fashion in New York squads
Steel corsets for blue coats in New York are bought after tests proved bullet proof. Ten pairs have been purchased and will be distributed in emergencies to members of the bomb Italian and loft squads. The measure may be introduced generally.
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New York
Shake Up Prohibition Forces in Washington
Prohibition Commissioner Taynes announced a determination to correct weak links in state enforcement corps and to weed out officials unsympathetic to the law. He spoke after ordering a thorough new cleaning of the Pennsylvania organization.
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Washington
Prohibition
Taynes
Pennsylvania
American armament conference delegation begins work
Washington. The American delegation to the armament conference began duties with a general survey of the international situation. Four delegates met to discuss policy and gather data from diplomatic military and naval sources. President Harding will participate and Elihu Root and Senators Lodge and Underwood plan to focus on preparations.
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Union News Service
Washington
Harding
Hughes
Elihu Root
Lodge
Underwood
Advisory Commission
Army
Navy
Railroad Trouble Up to Harding, Chicago
Presidents of railroad brotherhoods will appeal to President Harding to avert a nationwide strike. They will argue defiance by the Pennsylvania system and other roads has nullified the railroad labor board and seek a new tribunal to act in the current crisis.
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Harding
Chicago
Railroad Brotherhoods
Pennsylvania
Railroad Labor Board
Senate Moves to Repeal Taxes on Transportation Gum Tax Debated
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports Senate action on a Republican compromise to repeal all Beane Hore taxes by 1922 with amendments removing taxes on parcel post packages. Reed sought broader repeal to telegraph and radio taxes. 2 cents a gallon cereal beverages and other levies remain. Debate focused on the chewing gum tax and Wrigley.
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Washington
Reed
Missouri
Senate
Wrigley
Reel
Watson
Indiana
American Chicle Company
Penrose
Finance Committee
Milwaukee Polish Bank Acquirement Announcement
Emil De Styss Elektorowicz has announced that Milwaukee Poles acquire the largest bank in Poland, the Polish Industrial Bank of War Saw, with plans for a major export and import venture between the United States and Poland. Elektorowicz arrived from Poland to finance the deal alongside other Milwaukee Poles.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Poland
Polish Industrial Bank of
Warsaw
United States
Emil de Styss Elektorowicz
Elektorowiex
Bank Robbers Caught After Manitoba Bank Heist
Five robbers who drugged the bank manager and two female clerks at the Bank of Hochelaga in Elle Manitoba escaped with 40 000 to 60 000 in cash and securities. They were surrounded in a haystack near Elle by a citizens posse and captured.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Bank of Hochelaga
Elle
Citizens
Death by Own Action Affects Oklahoma Youth
Allen Rogers, 19, of Oklahoma City is believed to have died by his own action after losing a $40 World Series bet. Found by his brother D. K. Rogers with a revolver grasped in his hand, authorities report a possible self inflicted death.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Allen Rogers
D. KE. Rogers
Wis
Unemployment Conference Adopts Policies and Adjourns
The unemployment conference completed its labors after agreeing on definite remedial policies for emergency and permanent relief of the unemployed and the return of commerce. It adjourned without date and authorized an organization committee to name a standing committee to reconvene the body as needed.
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Washington
Senate passes Borah bill on tolls exemption for coastwise ships
The Senate approved the Borah measure granting tolls exemption to American coastwise vessels using the Panama Canal by a 47 to 8 vote. The bill proceeds to the House where delay is likely until after the armament conference. Debates reveal party splits, with 12 Democrats for and 17 Republicans against.
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Udum News Service
Washington
Panama Canal
Senate
House
King
Utah
Borah
Idaho
Harding
Hughes
United States
Lodge
McCormick
Illinois
Sterling
South Dakota
Ashurst
Arizona
Giants Win 1921 World Series Over Yankees
New York Giants of the National League defeated the New York Yankees 1 to 0 at the Polo Grounds to win the 1921 World Series in eight games. Hoyt faced Nehf in a classic pitching duel as the Giants clinched the title five games to three.
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New York
National League Baseball Club
Giants
Yankees
Polo Grounds
Wale Hoyt
Art Nehf
Pershing to London on October 20
General Pershing, chief of staff of the American army, will visit London October 20 as announced by the British foreign office. London telegraphed to Paris expressing pleasure at Pershing laying the congressional medal of honor on the tomb of the British unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey and he is assured a warm welcome.
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London
General Pershing
British Foreign Office
Paris
Westminster Abbey
Recalled Bay City Commissioners Four Ousted
Four of Bay City's five city commissioners were recalled in a local election, orchestrated by the remaining member who alleged the four refused to favor war veterans in appointments and blocked a uniform color scheme for city autos.
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Bay City
Mich
Greek Chief Is Dismissed In Athens
General vousmanis who resumed as chief of staff after Asia Minor service was dismissed and placed on retired list. Government displeasure over an order of the day he issued, regarded as subversive of discipline, cited as the reason.
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Athens
Vousmanis
Asia Minor
Placer Gold Mining Planned in Bainbridge Township Ohio
William Smalley of Bainbridge and Thomas Goode of Greenfield lease 150 acres in Bainbridge township to begin placer mining once machinery is installed. The discovery of gold occurred while hunting Indian relics in the adjoining creek bed, and prospects were reported favorable for profitable mining.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
William Smalley
Bainbridge
Thomas Goode
Greenfield
Bainbridge Township
Railroads propose wage cuts tied to freight rate reductions
Western Newspaper News Service reports Chicago that a special committee urged all future wage reductions for railroad workers to be matched by parallel freight rate cuts. Officials say lower costs and rate declines could restore profits, though immediate gains are unlikely due to formal procedures and fixed operating costs.
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Chicago
Association of Railway Executives
Washington
Railroad Labor Labor Board
Harding May Visit Alaska and San Francisco Shrine Meeting
President Harding told a Shriners committee he hopes to attend the imperial council meeting in San Francisco next June. He may also visit Alaska and perhaps travel to the Golden Gate city if his summer trip to Alaska is feasible.
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Washington
Harding
Shriners
Imperial Council of the Order
San Francisco
Golden Gate City
Alaska
Big Fire Sweeps Charleston Terminal
A major blaze at the Charleston street terminals of the Charleston Terminal Company caused estimated damages over 1.5 million dollars. Fertilizer materials valued around 1.3 million were destroyed and extensive warehouses and wharfs suffered heavy damage.
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Charleston
Charleston Street
Charleston Terminal Company
Step Gambling Thru Maile Washington House Bill Advances
A bill approved without a roll call in the House would bar transmission of betting odds on horse races prize fights and other contests through newspapers Mills would be prohibited without Senate concurrence. Representative Rumseyer Iowa introduced the measure to curb fraudulent devices and lottery paraphernalia from wallets.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rumseyer
Lowa
Walle
Wyoming News Notes Highlight Local Crime and Projects
The Farmers and Stockyards bank at Lyman was robbed. J. D. Carmichael yielded eighty bushels of barley per acre near Riverton, a new local record. Frank Jordon was convicted of manslaughter in Douglas for a killing at Glenrock. State Lands reduced rentals to pre war levels aiding stockmen. John M. Bishop, 65, killed himself at Fort Bridger amid financial woes. Veteran townsite and Union Pacific extension planned near Goshen county. Lorraine Lindsley resigns as Medicine Bow Peak fire lookout to rejoin university. Three boxcar trespassers sentenced in Rock Springs. 11 year old dies in Thermopolis after a bicycle accident. Hunter Dr. I. W. Blake rescued after mistaken bear shot. North Platte valley approves Guernsey dam project over $2 million. Burglary suspects captured near Crawford after Nebraska pursuit. Wyoming Federation endorses Dec 10 as Wyoming Day and other civic goals. Bob White Propagating Club reports tripled numbers near Powell. Cody gains funding for new high school from state.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Farmers and Stockyards Bank
Lyman
Wyo
J. D. Carmichael
Riverton
Frank Jordon
Douglas
Jordon
Joe Runn
Glenrock
Wyoming
State Land Board
Cherry Creek
North Platte
Union Pacific
Goshen County
Lorraine Lindsley
Centennial
Medicine Bow Peak
United States
Medicine Bow National Forest
University of Wyoming
Green River
Theodore R. Merritt
Martin Kamp
Lawrence Knight
Rock Springs
John St. Arnold
Howard Harold McDonald
Fred McDonald
Thermopolis
I. W. Blake
Buffalo
Poudre River
Blake
North Platte Valley
Guernsey
Pathfinder Dam
Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs
Greybull
Yellowstone Park
Powell
Bob White
Cody
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Crown Prince
Olaf
Norway
Voico News Service
John M. Bishop
Fort Bridger
Bridger Valley
James Dunbar
Lloyd Dye
Crawford
Seneca
Alliance
Ned
Casper
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