President Harding backs cabinet speaking rights in Congress
At the White House a cabinet meeting endorsed Secretary Hughes proposal that executive department heads be allowed to speak on the floor of Congress on matters affecting their departments. Harding supports timely cabinet input to speed legislation and reduce misunderstandings between branches. He rejects censorship of cabinet members and notes a bill to require weekly cabinet attendance is impractical.
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Yan Askington
Harding
White House
State Hughes
Congress
Hughes
Ann Arbor
Legislative Branch
Senator Cameron battles park funding then backs down
Congress accepts a conference report providing 75000 for the Grand Canyon for the next fiscal year after Senator Ralph H. Cameron of Arizona fought to kill the 88000 appropriation. He claimed waste and favoring fads, invoking senatorial courtesy to stall. The compromise preserves most of the bill but excludes funds for roads and trails to the north rim, affecting Utah access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVE
National Parks Finance
Ralph H. Cameron
Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park
Congress
Cameron
United States Senate
Grand Canyon
Senate
North Rim
Utah
Zion National Park
Great Plateau
Frelinghuysen Proposes Tariff Conversion Cost Rates
Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey urged a plan to empower the tariff commission to set duties based on conversion cost differences between the U.S. and abroad. He introduced the amendment to the pending tariff bill, backed by manufacturers and farm leaders, arguing it would produce scientific tariff making.
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Tariff Commission
Congress
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Finance Committee
Senate
Farm Organization
Scientific Tariff Amendment Expands Tariff Commission
A proposed amendment would enlarge the tariff commission to ten members with $12 000 salaries and tenures of office and require a report by December 1 1923 on conversion cost differences with recommended duty rates. A $1 000 000 fund would support extended duties as expert study and independent investigation aims to safeguard American industry and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Tariff Commission
Commission
One in Seven Officers to Leave Army Under 1923 Plan
The War Department estimates about 2000 officers must be dropped in six months under the army appropriation compromise. Total officer strength must fall to not more than 12,000 after January 1 1923 with major cutbacks across colonels to first lieutenants and staff corps. Many older officers may be retired for physical disability after strenuous service in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Senate
House
Medical Administration Corps
France
Senators duel with words in the senate record
Senators Glass of Virginia and Heflin of Alabama traded accusations in a heated exchange described as a near duel of words. No punches were thrown as observers awaited violence, with Georgia's Senator Watson restoring order and the incident ending up in the Congressional Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Charter” Glass
Suh
Old Dominion
John Smith
Jamestown
Tom Hellin
Alabama
Senator Glass
Mr. Heflin
Mr. Glass
Watson
Georgia
Pius XI Maintains Busy Schedule Amid Palace Makeover
Pope Pius XI labors up to 16 hours daily to manage church affairs as audiences surge for diplomats and pilgrims. He ordered changes in his private suite with damask retained only in the chapel, elevating efficiency and a simple, traditional routine.
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Ronnie
Pius XI
Teo XII
Benedict
Pius
Rome
Pius X
Holy Father
Monsignor Gonfalonieri
Monsignor
Venin
Milan
Papal
Crooks Keep Loot in Safety Deposit Vault
Two criminals Abe Harris and Louis Klein pleaded guilty to possessing burglars tools. Klein agreed to open a bank safe deposit box whose contents were missing when police visited. Detectives suspect a third man and another with a key may have removed valuables after the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abe Harris
Louis Klein
Klein
Harris
Radio Masher Peeves Lady Philadelphia Incident
Governor Sproul recounts a shocking radio harassment tale from a banquet. A Philadelphia woman complained after a crude caller interrupted her concert with threats and lewd remarks. The governor joked about shifting responsibility to federal authorities to curb such outlaw broadcasting.
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Philadelphia
Sproul
Engineer Finds Chicks Where He Left Eggs
Groveland California engineer Tom McKenna of the Hetch Hetchy railroad returned to camp with six young chickens hatched from eggs kept in the engine cab for about 25 days. He left the eggs during meals and only recalled them upon hearing peeping yesterday.
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Groveland
Cal
Tom McKenna
Hetch- Hetchy
McKenna
Sea Lion Boards Seaplane on Destroyer Range
A 75 pound sea lion boarded Seaplane No 8 on a Coronado Islands range. Ensign Edward Dolleck and crew tried to remove it as the animal resisted, striking a crew member. They left the creature aboard and it served as a mascot for the seaplane force aboard North Island.
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Coronado Islands
San Diego
Cal
Edward Dolleck
North Island
Boy Jump Causes Mother's Fatal Injuries
Edward Barry aged eleven inadvertently caused the death of Mrs Alice Childs aged forty five in Port Carbon by leaping into her arms as she sat in a rocking chair. The child was from a previous marriage. Mrs Childs suffered internal injuries and died shortly after.
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Pottsyile
Edward Barry
Alice Childs
Port Carbon
Rope of Gopher Tails Displayed in Montana
At the Montana extension office a rope of 8 000 gopher tails is shown destined for the U S Department of Agriculture. Spirit-Ear an Indian chief from Glacier county Browning led tribal assistants in saving tails after killing an estimated 15 000 rodents during a campaign against the pests.
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Herena
Mont
Montana Extension
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Spirit-Ear
Browning
Glacier County
Montana
Nt.18
Overseas Hero of Seventy-Ninth Division Dies After Operations
Catawissa veteran Herbert McCarty aged twenty eight, a Seventy-ninth Division survivor, died after a four year struggle and nearly fifty operations to heal wounds from a machine gun hit days before the armistice. He endured multiple surgeries removing ribs and bone. Ottawa reports the world’s smallest dictionary owned by Joseph Brown, half an inch in size, used through World War I.
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Catawissa
Pat Herbert McCarty
McCarty
Ottawa
Joseph Brown
Archeologist Links Amiens Ruins to Ancient Roman Temple
Amiens expert M. Bianchet identifies exposed ruins on Rue Beauvais from German bombardment as remnants of a vast Second century Roman temple.
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Amiens
M. Bianchet
Rue Beauvais
White dominates the season in fashion notes
A fashion writer notes a global shift to white in summer wardrobes. White dominates evening and day dresses, coats, and hats with varied materials from moire to jersey, detailing like silver edging, marmot fur trim, and bold belts. The trend moves toward mature, adaptable ensembles, with Parisian organdies and novel ruffles expanding possibilities.
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Vogue
New York ‘Times
Paris
Jersey
Northwest grain and storms dominates Iowa news
The column reviews crop prospects in the northwest as superb while detailing storm injuries across Iowa. It notes funerals banned in Sioux City, a $20,000 church plan by Ireton Methodists, a cleared mayoral race, a burned high school building in Lake City, and multiple lightning and accident fatalities across the state.
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Sioux City
Methodists
Ireton
Plana
John Knox
Princeton
Coinei
Lake City
Clarinda
John
Forman
Iowa City
State Hospital
Dedney Hotel
Independence
Charles City
Lester McDermott
William Ryan
Northwestern Electric Light Come Pany
Humboldt
R. W. Schrader
Council
Bauffs
Chester Green
Knoxville
John A. Lexa
Manly
Lexa
Tarrett Siebels
Montcello
James H. Johnson
Des. Moines
Bagley
Effie
Will Brown
Nashua
New Hampton
United States
Iowa State
Hancock
Anna Boie
Miss Boie
Hancock Savings Bank
Pottawattamie County
Frank D. Arnold
Stuart
Adair
F. J. Arnold
Hoquiam
Wash
Iowa
Mr. Arnold
Otsego County
N. Y
Anita
Joseph Seiler
Carroll
W. M. Fields
Grand
Wilford Hurd
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Harry Lundy
Lundy
Wayne County
Farm Bureau of
Joo
How to Make Crepe Paper Hats from Braided Strips
Step by step guide for crafting crepe paper hats using three inch wide strips braided from crepe paper. Materials include paste thread and rubber bands for tangling prevention. Braiding starts at the crown center and builds outward, with edges hidden and sewn under, stiffness added by a double brim.
Colors in Cocoa Brown and Tangerine Ensemble
A vivid description highlights cocoa brown and tangerine in a coordinated outfit. Cocoa brown hats pair with tangerine gowns, cocoa brown costumes feature tangerine blouses and piping, and a brown parasol with tangerine casts a warm glow as sun highlights redly through orange chiffon layers.
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George J. McCall
Croton
Pontiff
Giuseppe Malvestiti
Cardinal Ferrari
Cardinal Ratti
Malvestiti
Pope Pius
Gonfalonier
Pope
Lombardy
Palace
Signora Linda
Signora Ratti
Ratti
Vatican
St. Peter’s Square
Pennsylvania
Matening
Friends’ Graveyard
Quakertown
Atlantic City
SEA Lion
Indiana
Dover
Samuel Groff
Groff
Sam
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