Decentralizing IRS Work Planned on West Coast
Treasury Secretary Mellon says the experiment will start in four Pacific coast cities Portland Los Angeles Tacoma and San Francisco within two months. Local offices would audit and settle smaller tax matters while larger issues still go to Washington for final interpretation, with central control preserved for consistency.
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YJ Ashington
Internal Revenue
Pacific Coast
Portland
Los Angeles
Tacoma
San Francisco
Treasury Department
Mellon
Treasury
Agat
Dover
Waeliie
Customs Service
Washington
Newberry Case Sparks Senate Disorder Amid Charges
Congress remains unsettled as the Newberry case dominates debate over campaign finance rules. Senators McKellar Townsend clash publicly while Senate presiding officer Robinson calls McKellar to order. House member Frear pushes expense filings. Pomerene proposes a new corrupt practices act to replace the invalidated measure.
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Newberry
Congress
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Senator Townsend
Michigan
Robinson
Arkansas
McKeller
Townsend
King
Utah
United States
Frear
Rep
Wis
House
Daugherty
Supreme Court
Pomerene
Dem. Q
Navy plans 213 aircraft for fleet defense budget
Rear Admiral Moffatt outlined a 213 airplane plan for the fleet including 86 fighters 46 observation planes 27 small spotters 36 torpedo or bombing planes and four kite balloons. Each of 18 battleships will carry four planes with catapult launchers to extend defense against air raids.
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Senate Naval Committee
Moffatt
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Department
Prosecution of War Contract Frauds Appropriation Sought
Attorney General Daugherty seeks 500000 to prosecute war contract frauds with lawyers and expert accountants. Henry L. Stimson named chief prosecutor. Cases could yield up to 192000000 in recoveries. Five year effort to clear wartime overpayments and Lincoln Motor Co. suit cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daugherty
Henry L. Stimson
New York
Department of Justice
War Department
Lincoln Motor Company
Detroit
Department of Wartime
Congress
Is a Ouija board sporting goods toys or motor automatism
The piece explains the tax question before the Supreme Court as a Baltimore factory seeks a ruling on classifying the Ouija board. The government labels it sporting goods like bats and golf clubs, while the company argues it embodies motor automatism and potential subconscious action, with implications for child targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Samuel
Supreme Court
Baltimore
Alfalfa Silage Question Explored By U S Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture explains why alfalfa is not ideal for silage. It notes risks from deep cultivation harming roots and moisture retention benefits from shallow work. It discusses machinery, mixing with corn or sorghum, and when alfalfa can make good silage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Pop Corn Market Doubtful for 1923 Season
Pop corn grown in 1922 is not marketable until June 1923 and is a highly uncertain crop for average farmers. Last year 13 000 acres yielded about 26 bushels per acre, with production costs higher than field corn. Unless a farmer has years of experience and a reliable market, he should avoid growing it this year.
Soybeans Fit In Rotation For Better Profit And Soil
Soy beans fit in a four year rotation with corn wheat and clover replacing oats. They are more profitable as a cash crop and improve soil mechanical condition and fertility. Land cropped with well cultivated soy has little or no wheat-prep after mowing.
Caring for asparagus bed for heavy next summers crop
Cultivate and fertilize the asparagus bed so crowns develop well in summer and yield a heavy crop next season. Yield and quality hinge on this year’s treatment. Soy beans are useful as a catch crop for hay, especially after legume failure.
Profitable Truck Crops For Local Home Gardens
Profitable truck crops like watermelons cantaloupes tomatoes and sweet potatoes prove viable for local growers and home use. These crops offer financial return and practical home consumption, appealing to amateur and small-scale farmers alike.
Practical Uses for Paint on Fences
Scientifically prepared paint serves two roles, protection and beauty, with protection as its main value. Home made mixes peel due to uneven blending. apply best paint within a week of erection, two coats, then one coat every three to four years. This keeps the fence in good condition for fifteen years or more.
Combating Garden Insects Safety Precautions
Provide yourself with powder arsenate of lead and air slaked lime for combating biting garden insects such as potato bugs. Secure a small bottle of nicotine sulphate for sucking insects like melon aphids or plant lice.
Beef-Cattle Breeding Profits Now Less Certain
Beef-cattle breeding does not look so very profitable just now, but the man who has a few calves of beef type is not going to lose any money by pushing them along.
Prices Equalizing The farmer faces narrowing price gaps
For the first time in many months the prices of the things the farmer sells and buys are converging. The observation notes that the cost of farmland outputs and farm inputs appear to be moving toward parity, signaling potential relief for producers.
Early Cultivation Advise After Rain
The text urges cultivating spring crops promptly to ensure a good start. It advises cultivating after each rain or whenever weeds begin to grow, following a simple safe rule for effective weed control and crop establishment.
Demas the Deserter and the Worldly Allure
A sermon on Demas the deserter from Christian history, contrasting his desertion with steadfast faith. It explores apostolic grief, the danger of worldly allure, and the need to separate from the world while urging vigilance against counterfeit faith. References Hebrews 13 2.
Saul's Daughter Michal Resents David's Dance
Michal daughter of Saul watches David from a window as the ark enters the city of David and despises him in her heart in this biblical verse from Chronicles.
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Saul
David
Michal
King David
Parable Echoes on Sin and Self in Ancient Verse
A reflective saying underscores internal foes as the true burden. It recalls Adam’s fall in Eden Lucifer’s pride in heaven and Lot’s restraint in Sodom, contrasting internal struggle with outward circumstance.
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Adam
Paradise
Lucifer
Heaven
Lot
Sodom
Duty to Have Books Inspires Library Growth
A Lincoln author quotes H W Beecher saying a library is a necessity not a luxury and a duty of every man to own books as a record of his history as a growing library expands year by year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Beecher
God Doth Talk With Man Verse Displayed
A religious reflection cites Deuteronomy 5 24 praising God’s glory and voice heard from the fire as evidence that the Lord speaks with man and that man lives.
Scoutmaster’s letter praises rural Troop No. 1 program
H H Kurtz of Locustdale describes Honeybrook Pennsylvanias Troop No 1 as a rural unit with 38 scouts from farms and hamlets. The plan prioritizes duty to God country and the Scout Law, uses a patrol and council structure, uniformed scouts, a point system, and monthly business and patrol meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Kurtz
Locustdale
Honeybrook
Pennsylvania
Scout Saves Kiddies In Manhattan Street Runaway
A delivery wagon horse bolted down a Manhattan street with two children nearby when scout Emil Kozelewzek acted quickly. He grabbed the kids to safety just as the horse charged past, preventing a possible tragedy.
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Manhattan
Emil Kozelewzek
Emil
Pinchot Praises Scouts For Fire Prevention Support
Gifford Pinchot, Pennsylvania forestry commissioner, credits the Boy Scouts of America and Pennsylvania forest guides for rapid gains in reducing forest fires. John M. Howitt says Greater Wilkes-Barre scouts answered over thirty calls last year, preserving thousands of acres. The highlight was 600 scouts who fought a spring wildfire threatening Wilkes-Barre mountain forests.
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Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Boy Scouts of America
Forest Guides of
Greater Wilkes-Barre
John M. Howitt
Wilkes-Barre
Naturally Object of Envy
Vincent seeks fame and then money but fails to gain traction while others around him rise. He grows bitter as others command power and wealth, despises women yet is followed by them, and watches peers win advantages with ease. Katherine Negley notes envy shapes desire and the lesson that most experience comes too late.
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Annals of Men
Demas
Christendom
Prent
Colosse
Rome
Paul
Timothy
Antioch
Christ
Apostle
John
Jesus
Denias
Church
Satan
Demus
Hell
Nero
Vincent
Katherine Negley
Battery searchlight advances raise range to half a mile
The New York Herald notes pocket flashlights using two or three dry cells yielded steadily better battery searchlights. Earlier models reached 500 feet on six to eight volts, now units extend to 2000 feet up to half a mile. A seven and a half inch adjustable focus single shell reflector achieved 453 candlepower.
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New York Herald
Senator Sorghum on personal economy in government pay
A man of high rank says he models behavior for others. Senator Sorghum answers that government pay scales force him to set a strong example of personal economy through modest compensation.
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Senator Sorghum
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Fighting Fleet
J. R. Schaffer
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
BOY Scouts
National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Pinchot
Fresno
Calif
Western
Canada
Western Canada
C. J. Broughton
W. Adams St
J. M. MacLachlan
Jefferson Ave
Mich
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Michigan
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