What the Wilson cabinet members are doing now
Washington digest lists former cabinet figures and where their careers turn next. Sam Marshall notes eight years of public service left many poor, with $12,000 a year after tax. several plan lectures, law practice, or travel. Colby partners form new firm with Woodrow Wilson in March.
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Ashington
Wilson
Sam” Marshall
Columbia City
Ind
Colby
Washington
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Bainbridge Colby
Labor
Des Moines
John Darton Payne
Secretary of the Interior
Jol
Chicago Club
Michigan Boulevard
South Park Commission of
Chicago
Palmer
Houston
Missouri
J. W. Alexander
Thomas Malone
Sioux City
Henry Pierce
Council Bluffs
Joseph H. Gadbery
Britt
M. Hermanson
Hermanson
Senate
Towa
Iowa
Luther Howell, Jr
New Sharon
Charles S. Grant
Walter M. Davis
Board of Education
George W. Koontz
Iowa City
Ida Carlson
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Electric Light Company
Clarinda
Charles Hease
Warimers’ Trust and Savings Bank of
Earling
Shelby County
Harlan
Anderson
State Highway Commission
Simon Eareves
Jesus Eareves
Jesus Sansido
Juan Sansido
Willis G. Bray
Jones County
Anamosa
Agricultural and Labor Committees
House
General Assembly
Scott
Chickasaw
Francis M. Hunter
Albert Greenleaf
Fremont Staples
Ottumwa
W. B. Griffin
George Giltner
Fosdick
Havner
Harding
Executive Council
Kendall
Gibson
Chapin
Allen Davis
Bath Packing Plant
Waterloo
Fort Atkinson
Wayne Balmat
Oscar Balmat
Mason City
Sadie
Nellie Fields
Knickerbocker
Wind Storm Destroys Olympic Forests and Roads
Senator Jones proposes a $100,000 appropriation for emergency work on Olympic National Forest after a January cyclone. The storm produced winds up to 182 mph near the Columbia mouth, toppled billions of board feet of timber across 2,500 square miles, damaged roads and telephone lines, killed cattle and elk, and halted overland travel. Air surveys will be needed to map the damage and plan cleanup.
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Jones
Washington
Olympic National Forest
States
Porester BE
A. Sherman
Columbia River
Pacific Coast
Calfornia
Sherman
War Lawsuits Flood U S Court of Claims
World War claim totals surge into the United States Court of Claims. Lawsuits against all government departments rise toward an estimated two to three billion dollars. The Department of Justice doubles staff to handle the flood. Early filed cases include shipping claims of 40 million and railroad refunds of 20 million.
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United States Court of Claims
Department of Justice
Bureau of Internal Revenue How
The
Shipping Board
Railroad
Housing Corporation
War Risk Bureau
Food and Fuel Administraions
Oklahoma congresswoman Alice Robertson weighs federal education department
Alice Robertson, newly elected Oklahoma congresswoman and cafe owner, told Atlantic City educators she doubts enough deliberation has occurred on a federal department of education while affirming she is conservative and committed to Christian American Republican principles. She warned against sensational action and spoke on dress modesty in comparing modern skirts with mid Victorian norms.
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Oklahoma
Alice Robertson
Department of Education
National Education Association
Atlantic City
Robertson
Alice
Congress
Prairies
Missouri At One Hundred Celebrated With 50-Cent Coinage
The plan proposes striking 250000 fifty cent pieces to honor Missouri’s centennial since statehood. The bill, passed by the last congress, allows the coins to be legal tender up to their face value and fixes mint design with treasury approval. Missouri’s population is 3 403 547.
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Issounat
Mint
Senate
Missouri
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Europe to Eat Corn for Relief Plan Sparks Global Trade Idea
A million bushels of U S corn are donated to starving Europe and China as relief. Illinois farmer origin, rail logística, and drying processes are discussed to ensure safe transport to Constantinople and onward to China.
Europeans and Americans Accept Corn for Food Amid Famine
The article notes relief committees expect ready acceptance of American corn for feeding children in famine areas such as China Armenia and Hungary. It recalls past European skepticism, Hoover urged eating more corn, and now about 1 000 000 bushels will be sent for feeding centers with cooking instructions to ensure safety and nutrition. It highlights corn's nutritive value and digestion efficiency.
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Iinois
Committees For
China
Near East
Constantinople
Glver
Europe
Apert
Piz
Armenia
Hungary
Austria
Carlyle
Simerson
Ismerson
Emerson
United States
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
America
Columbus
Frederic J. Haskin
Chicago News
Debutante Slouch Fades With New Women’s Styles
Wellesley College hygiene department says new looser women’s fashion improves posture and health. Remedial gymnastics instructor Mary S Haagensen notes old tight styles formed an eight-shaped figure and poor bearing, while sport clothing will help girls stand straight as outdoor activity grows.
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Wellesley
Mass
Hygiene
Wellesley College
Mary S. Haagensen
Royalty Claim Tails From Mills Bombs for Allies
London reports Willigmn Mills, inventor of the Mills bombs, is petitioning for a royalty of one penny for each of the 70,000,000 bombs produced for Allied use during the war.
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London
Germans win Argentine steel wheel contract for railways
Buenos Aires reports the Krupps have been awarded a contract to supply 10 000 steel car wheels to the Argentine State railway at 409-16 pesos each. Delivery starts in August at a rate of 200 wheels per week.
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Buenos Aires
Krupps
Germany
James Cardinal Gibbons Dies After Prolonged Illness
Baltimore archbishop and U S church leader James Cardinal Gibbons died at eighty seven after a long illness. Pope Benedict sent the papal benediction and mourners recalled his half century of civic and religious service and influence in the United States.
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James Cardinal Gibbons
Aumercia
Pope Benedict
Cardinal Gibbons
Tome
Holy Father
Louis R. Stickney
James
Wiliam Howard Art
Republic of the United States
United States
Rome
Pius XX
Benedict
Wilson
Europe
Archdiocese of
New York
American Committee
London
Iis
Lloyd George
Germany
France
Italy
Roosevelt
James Gibbons
Ireland
America
New Orleans
Sioux City Pioneer Thomas Malone Dies At Home
Thomas Malone a pioneer Sioux City resident and retail grocer died at his home after a cancer illness. The report lists his longtime business ties and local standing in the community.
Financier M Crawford Black Dies in Baltimore
M Crawford Black, noted financier and coal operator founder of the Black Sheridan Wilson Coal company and director in several railroads and corporations, dies at his Baltimore home.
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Baltimore
M. Crawford Black
Black- Sheridan-Wilson Cgoal Company
Milroads
Prince Andre Takes Command of Greek Forces in Asia Minor
Paris reports Prince Andre of Greece assumes command of Greek divisions in Asia Minor with the Smyrna front continually reinforced, per an Athens dispatch to Matin.
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Paris
Prince Andre
Greece
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Athens
Third eight hour day bill dies in Wisconsin Assembly
Madison March 26 The Polakowski proposal to set eight hour days and a forty four hour week for women was rejected in the Wisconsin Assembly by 57 to 34.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Assembly
Polakowski
Women clerks told to quit cigarettes in temporary Capitol
Charleston March 23 Women employees in state departments housed in the temporary capitol must lay aside cigarettes by order of the board of public works. The directive applies to all girl clerks working in these offices and is effective immediately.
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Public Works
Wife takes poison at husband’s request in Detroit
Mrs. Laura McGrath was found unconscious on a Detroit sidewalk and taken to a hospital after saying she ingested poison at her husband’s request. No charges described. the incident occurred on March 25.
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Cow, Pa
Ambrose Wardell
Wardell
Detroit
Mich
Laura McGrath
Government tax revenue projected at 3.05 billion
Washington reports official estimates show total revenue from income and excess profits taxes for the year ending June 30 next will be about 3.05 billion dollars. This figures reflects government estimates of annual tax intake.
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Washington
Olcial
Dresden china coins replace small paper money
In Saxony a new porcelain coinage bearing the Dresden mark circulates instead of small currency. The Meissen factory produces tiny red-brown discs washable for daily transactions, lacking plates or water-holding capacity, with simple markings. A lighthearted note ends with a joke about flying and a wife.
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Dresden
Saxony
Meissen
Aspirin Roof Protection Ruse Cited in Trial Parody
Knickerbocker jokes about a lightning rod and a telephone as improvised roof protection during a courtroom scene. The exchange references Smith apparently installing a rod and Becker noting the telephone for thunder.
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Smith
Becker
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