President Harding Calls for Rail Labor Board Revision
President Harding outlines a state of the union focusing on agricultural relief, immigration limits, and a plan to replace the railroad labor board with a labor division of the interstate commerce commission. He advocates widened credits, farm loans, and coordinated transportation to cut costs, urging national and state cooperation on Prohibition era issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Railroad Labor Board
Congress
Federal Reserve
War Finance Corporation
Farm Loan Bureau
Federal Land Banks
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Plana
Republic
Makes Defense of Senate at Insurance Presidents Meeting
Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania defended the U S Senate before the Association of Life Insurance Presidents. He urged Americans to learn more about the Senate’s functions and to support like minded colleagues across states to prevent a drift toward political snobbery among the privileged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Senate
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Senate
America
Pennsylvania Railroad Tests Roller Bearings on Passenger Cars
The Pennsylvania Railroad is testing barrel shaped roller bearings on six YPR-T70 coaches, modeled after Sweden’s railways. Early results show little wear but no firm conclusions yet. The aim is reduced tractive effort to start trains, promising fuel savings during operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
State Railways of
Sweden
Pennsylvania
Ines
Unusual Bank Deposit Plan Seeks Large Fund Growth
Cloyd M. Stice proposes leaving 24000 on deposit until it grows to 2,000,000 to fund a home for children of native-born Masons. Interest at 6 percent compounded annually would push 25,000 toward the target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elznsabeth
Novod
Cloyd M. Stice
Africa Not the Dark Continent Says Commission
An international commission after ten months of study declares Africa the Continent of Great Misunderstandings not the Dark Continent. It highlights vast natural wealth and health improvements with African peoples showing ability in education and leadership across colonies and Liberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Africa
Phelps-Stokes Fund
Equatorial
America
Europe
Thomas Jesse Jones
Phelps- Stokes Fund
James Emman Kwegyir Agerey
Gold Coast
Henry Stanley Hollenbeck
Wisconsin
Arthur W. Wilkie
Scotland
United Free Church of Scotland
John T. Tucker
Canadian Congregational Board
Angola
Len A. Roy
New York City
Republic of Liberian
African Education Report Cards White Influence in Africa
Mrs Nellie Leo Russell testifies in a New Jersey hall case denying Mrs Gibson's account and praising Africa’s progress under European and American influence. The report argues Africans possess culture, crafts, and governance, urging adapted education emphasizing hygiene, crafts, history, and recreation alongside farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Leo Russell
Rey
Hall
Eleanor Mills
New Jersey
Mrs. Gibson
Seven Ounce Hen Lays Yet Cannot Cackle
Port Orchard Washington reports Glen Miller owns what may be the smallest productive hen in the nation. A Rhode Island pullet from a brood hatched earlier this year remained seven ounces while her 14 sisters grew larger. The tiny hen is healthy and laying eggs though she cannot utter a peep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Orchard
Wash
Glen Miller
Rhode Island
Indians in United States Grow by Nearly Twenty Thousand
U S Indians increase by about 19 500 in ten years according to assistant Indian commissioner Merritt. Improved housing and medical facilities, 78 hospitals on reservations, 150 physicians and 81 nurses contribute to the rise. About 60 000 Indian children are in national and public schools with plans for wider schooling. A separate item notes a Woodbury New Jersey church built in a day by a hundred workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
E.R. Merriet
Indiin
United Sttes
Saga
Merritt
Divorce Debacle Ends With Lip Contact In Court
Chicago actress Mrs Grace Fretmian wins divorce and rushes to her attorney Philip Davis, throwing arms around his neck and kissing him in open court before the judge. The scene shocks observers as sensational gossip notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grace Fretmian
Chcngo
Phailp Davis
Nps
Elbe Pirates Seize Schooner Barkia Near Hamburg
In the lower Elbe a schooner Barkia was boarded by pirates who found only the captain and a few crew members. They took possession until the captain escaped. The vessel was steered toward the sea but ran aground due to the pirates misjudging conditions, leading to their arrest. The article also notes a line about Shines With a Borrowed Light. If a man doesn't amount to anything himself he boasts of his ancestors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Congress
State of the Union
Tye
Iabor
Hamburg
Barkia
Elbe
Boston Evening Transcript
Iowa News Snapshot From Des Moines Area 1922
A long list of Iowa items reports plans for a Des Moines exposition building and a Clinton business block, endowment goals at Iowa Wesleyan, local obituaries, farm bureau leadership, and veterans stories. It notes tax debates, party Phoenician road efforts, and college programs shaping rural education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Wesleyan College
Merton Thompson
Ayrshire
George W. Johnson
Lamoni
Lloyd Johnson
Lizzie Johnson
Webster City
W. L. Preston
Anamosa
Canada
Stm McClung
Wilton
Clinton
Turner Sciety Ia
Sargent W. A. Stevens
Argonne
American Legion
Wabash
Shenandoah
Iowa
University of Iowa City
G. W. Patterson
Burt
State House
Iowa Legionaire
Gerhard Moenk
Arthur
Wayne Township
Monticello
Holstein
Germany
Polk County
N. Frankel
Harria-Emery Company
Robert Hawkins
Nevada
Hawkins
Elizabeth Starr
Waterloo
Towa
Conference on National Strength Focuses on Youth Fitness
National conference led by Secretary Weeks with Pershing and Lassiter gathers education and athletic groups from across the United States. War draft data show half of men examined were subnormal and illiteracy high, urging start of systematic physical training in schools for stronger citizenship and future defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mex
United States
Weeks
Pershing
William Lassiter
War Department
Department
Government Activity Study Analyzes Federal Branches
The Institute for Government Research published The National Park Service and plans a full inventory of executive agencies. Since 1916 the project has covered the Bureau of Mines Alaskan Engineering Commission Federal Trade Commission and other units to reveal duplications and inform reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute For Government Research
Reclamation, Service
Geological Survey
Matiute
Bureau of Mines
Alaskan Engineering
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Federal Trade Commission
Tariff Commission
Steamboat Inspection Service
Employees’ Compensation Commission
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Education
Women’s Bureau
Children's Bureau
National Park Service
Rumani a Debt Case Shapes US Romania Talks
The United States pressed Romania over a $39 million debt incurred after World War I and tied to a proposed $175 million loan. The debt, a first lien on Romanian assets, dates from relief efforts after the armistice and remains unpaid with accrued interest cutting into new financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Washington
Rumanian Debt Commission
United States
American Debt Commission
Romania
Department of State
Rumania
Europe
France
Great Britain
America
Lost Tree Expedition to Seek Franklinia in Altamaha Valley
National Lumber Manufacturers to organize a search for the lost Franklinia or Tyankiinia once found in 1765 by John Bartram in the Altamaha river valley near Fort Barrington Georgia. The tree, now nearly extinct in the wild, survives in six parks and private gardens, with a few specimens in Chevy Chase Georgetown Hyattsville and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Benjamin Franklin
Altamaha River Valley
Fort Barrington
John Bartram
England
Chevy Chase
Georgetown
Hyattsville
Washington
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Germiuntown
Agriculture Department
Altamaha Valley
Yatn
Harbord Leaves Army Staff for Radio Post
General J G Harbord deputy chief of staff retires after 34 years to become president of the Radio Corporation of America. He is succeeded by Major General John Hines as deputy chief of staff while Harbord notes promotion opportunities for younger officers as a guiding motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Harbord
Army
Radio Corporation of America
Edsyard J. Nally
Harbord
War Department
Stu
John
Hines
Eighth Army -Corpa
Sam ‘Houston
Tex
Secretary ‘of War
Aking
Reneral
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Pennsylvania Statesman
da Vinci
Leonardo da Viniel
Andree Nbn
Joseph Paveen
Joseph
Stalin
Kansas City Art Institute
Mme. Hahn
da Vinel
Constantinople
Refet Pasha
Phelps-Stokes Commission
Doctor Jones
Education Commission
Congo River
Equator
Lower
Congo
Tropics
Commission
U. S. Indians
Woodbury
N. J
Jack
Richard Schmidt
Scott County
Farm Bureau
Schmidt
Bureau
Shelton Hickman
Newell
Marion
Jones County
Hickman
Rosalie Moller
Galva
Iowa University Hospital
Northwood
E. K., Pitman
Leon Barnes
Worth County Index
W. A. Stickley
Index
Iowa State College
Fox Chemical Company
Enoch Hill
Methedrat Church
Fred Hill
Uncle Sam
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