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Newspaper
Grand Forks Herald
Location
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1921
Page
1
Audit details show 62 homes started and 62 buyers liable for 700 overhead each as auditors report no usable accounting system. Funds include 15189.55 original appropriation and 9120 for floral and 18423.48 for administration. Totals reveal complex transfers and a lack of clear financial controls.
Rowland B. Oiahany, solicitor of the Department of Labor, has been named by President Wilson as the American representative on the international commission of immigration and emigration to meet in Geneva Switzerland. This marks the first presidential appointment under the League of Nations framework.
Minnesota's senate approved a joint resolution urging Congress to pass the federal soldiers' bonus bill. The body also advanced multiple bills including corn weight changes, licensing and bonding for grain dealers, a prairie chicken open season, and census based city classifications. The session saw unanimous support on the bonus pledge and passage of several other measures, with amendments affecting the Winona population class and a revolving fund for the state flour mill.
North Dakota dealers gather for the 92nd annual convention in Fargo with registrations continuing as leaders address farmers and discuss state issues. The event includes talks by Pastor Runyon and other speakers as guests travel from across the state to participate in the sessions and activities.
Paris with the Allied council session cancelled to allow David Lloyd George private talks after French ministers Dobmer and Louchour met with the British premier. The British delegation found the French reparations position unshareable, forestalling a formal agreement.
Washington January 27 The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Northern Pacific Railroad to abandon a short branch line in Richland County North Carolina between Bardi and Bayne spanning two miles.
Portals ND reports a major blaze destroyed the Pullman Car Company shop and seven freight cars. J B Webber, VP, puts losses at 460000 with two blocks burned. Fire origin undetermined as no night crew was present and spontaneous combustion is suspected. In Paris France, a separate note notes a proposed birth bonus plan taxing bachelors to fund 50 francs for a third child, 400 for a fourth, and 450 for all beyond, applying to both legitimate and illegitimate births.
Teletype items report New York financier denying a British deal secret, Houston primary voting limits forTaxi Negroes, St Louis business mood in the Fed district, and society marriages. Other notes cover German asset control, British and German economic reviews, Azerbaijan Georgia oil tensions, cabinet formation in Madrid, German reparations plan, Portland boxing title defense, and journalism dangers in Canton. Weather across North and South Dakota and Minnesota hints at moderate changes.
Yukio Ozaki, advocate for military progress, proposes that Japan submit to opposition party resolutions urging talks with world powers on arms restriction. The conservative Simpo criticizes the plan as idealistic and impractical, citing the difficult international conditions and the U.S. League of Nations stance. The paper argues Japan must bolster defense while naval holiday ideas abroad aim to curb armaments.
American property in Germany taken under German enemy custodian control after the United States entered the war has been unconditionally released. Final settlement with American owners remains impossible due to the Versailles treaty provision requiring settlement through an international clearing house until the United States ratifies the treaty or a new pact is negotiated.
A race open to army navy and civilian flyers will run February 1 24 from Los Angeles to Sacramento about 400 miles. The Albert H Hays trophy now held by Captain L H Smit of Mather Field and $1000 in cash prizes will be awarded. The Aero Club of Southern California announced the event.
Pennsylvania congressman Clyde Kelly introduces a House bill to amend the United States Code to curb election fraud. The measure envisions penalties up to $10,000 and ten years imprisonment for conspiracy to injure oppress threaten or intimidate citizens exercising constitutional rights following last May's primary frauds in his state.
Chicago Jan 27 Members of the labor committees of the American Association of Railway Executives travel to Chicago for a Friday meeting with the United States railroad labor board to discuss wage reductions for workers. Attending are W W Abottery of the Pennsyvanda railroad S Loomis Lehigh Valley and M M Bell Rock Island among others. Executives say current rates fail to yield six percent guaranteed by the transportation act and that wage cuts are the only remaining expense reduction option.
Salom January 22. Speaker L. F. Bean charged wealthy core corporations with pressuring small operators to sell timber by using land exchange under the reclamation act. He named Weserhahners, Pitsburys, Silotz Timber Co., and Porter Beos as seeking to swap low value private lands for premier timber in the old California and Oregon grant. Bean said the evidence arose from his Washington trip last December.
A report from Georgetown University researchers led by Father Tondorff states that recent tremors in the Philadelphia region likely result from settling sands rather than a malemic disturbance. They note the area was not seismic and tremors had been felt previously due to sand movement, with no conclusive evidence of instability.
Ny Staff Correspondent reports in Bismarck that state lawmakers expected to introduce bills this afternoon addressing workers compensation, state tax reform, and the role of private insurers. The House and Senate prepared to form committees to investigate the Banks of North Dakota and state industries, with hearings to follow after a legal review of the audit report.
Fred Le Harrington, 40, manager of the Tri State Telephone exchange in Winona Minnesota, was found with a bullet wound in his head in his office today after arriving for work. A revolver with one cartridge discharged lay near his body. No suicide motive is explained by investigators. He leaves a widow and two children and had lived in Winona nine years after moving from Kaukauna, Wisconsin. He served as secretary of the Kiwanis club, on the board of the Association of Commerce, and was a member of Knights of Columbus at the Bike lodge.
Paris reports Lord Chalmers to lead a mission to secure a postponement of Britain debt repayments to the United States through 1947 and 1948. Sir Auckland G o d d e r arrives to inform Premier Lloyd George as credits from 1917 to 1920 total 4 277 000 with 80 181 644 in repayments due. The treasury holds certificates payable on demand. News notes financial diplomacy amid wartime loans.
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