Fordney Tariff Bill Advances Ahead of Christmas Recess
The House Ways and Means Committee approved the Fordney emergency tariff bill with two changes, adding lemons to the list and setting an import duty of one and a half cents per pound. Peanut oil duty rose from 20 to 26 cents a gallon. Five committee members opposed the measure, arguing it would raise living costs by excluding manufacturers. The Senate Democratic steering panel signaled opposition, resisting enactment as a whole.
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Washington
House ‘Ways and Means
Fordney
New Force Backed to Back Up Court in Kansas
Topeka Kans Dec 20 Passage by the next legislature of an enabling act to authorize creation in an emergency of a state constabulary for enforcing orders of the Kansas court of industrial relations protecting workers in their right to work is favored by WL Huggins presiding judge of the industrial court and author of the industrial court bill. He urged enacting such an act to empower the adjutant general to enlist a small well trained police body to shield workers from violence and intimidation.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
WL. Huggins
Kansas State Banker's Association
Hughes
Adjutant General
Huggins
National Guard
Kansas Industrial Court
Allen
Duffey
Kansas Plans to Invite Desirable Immigrants to Populate Land
Wichita reports state chamber aims to create legislation to admit immigrants who would settle farm lands in Kansas. Ideas discussed include linking immigration with land tenantry and extending incentives for desirable aliens to populate wide unsettled areas. Bankers and officials note observed immigrant quality in New York port aligns with Kansas goals.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Harry S. Fox
State Chamber of Commerce
Charles L. Davidson
New York
Davidson
Port-of-entry agents urged to lure Belgian farmers west
Mr. Davidson urges Kansas or Wichita to station agents at ports to recruit immigrants for farming communities. He cites a New York arrival of Belgian immigrants and argues representatives at entry points should speak native languages to attract them as farmers.
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Wichita
Kansas
Davidson
New York
Live Stock Market by Wire and Radium Stone Experiments
The Lawrence National Bank will show daily livestock market data by 10:30 a.m. in the bank lobby. A scientist reports radium can color sapphires. white become yellow, blue to green, wine to red, dark blue to violet after exposure. The British Isles contain 3,300 coal mines.
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Lawrence National Bank
British Isles
Kansas Fifth State to Form Auxiliary
Kansas will become the fifth state to establish a permanent Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion. The first annual convention is set for Newton January 10 and 21. Seventy-seven posts with 3,300 members have formed statewide, Wichita leading with 232 members and Atchison 154 followed by Pittsburg 118. Other sizable posts include Newton 100, Independence 90, Emporia 90, Topeka 86, Lawrence 84, Winfield 83, and Abilene 79. The auxiliary links wives and daughters of service members or veterans.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion
Newton
Benneglari
Massachusetts
Wichita
Atchison
Pittsburg
Independence
Emporia
Lawrence
Winfield
Abilene
Jorhers
Legion Auxiliaries Focus on Hospitalization Program
Frank E. Samuel, Kansas adjutant, says the American Legion aims to hospitalize wounded World War veterans through auxiliaries. The Legion executive committee meets in Newton on January 9 to fill vacancies in the Fourth and Fifth Congressional districts. Calvan H. Lambert of Topeka resigned in the Fourth and Joe T. Marshall resigned in the Fifth. Copper reportedly first discovered in Cyprus.
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American Legion
Frank E. Samuel
Kansas
New
Calvan H. Lambert
Topeka
Joe T. Marshall
State Legislative Committee of the Legion
Odd and Interesting World Facts From A Bygone Era
A collection of curious claims about global shipping, daily coffee costs in the U S, patent grants for carriages and wagons, and Illinois gas history. It notes Chicago’s gas introduction in 1849 and mentions origins of tinning plate in Bohemia with a long-ago spread.
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United States
Illinois
Chicago
Bohemia
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Barber’s Drug Store
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