Americans Seek One Billion in German War Claims
The United States faces a vast World War I claims battle with Germany. American citizens and the government push for up to a billion dollars in damages for property losses and noncombatant deaths, with Robert Morris representing the United States before the mixed claims commission. Estimates suggest final totals around $150 million in federal liability, while $850 million of German-held assets in the United States could be used to satisfy claims.
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Wpashington
America
Germany
United States
Mixed Claims Commission
Robert ©. Morris
Alien Property Custodian’s Office
Lusitania
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Commission
Congress
Senator Fess Backing Broader Supreme Court Checks
The article reports Senator Fess of Colorado advocating limiting Supreme Court power by requiring six of nine justices to declare a law unconstitutional. He cites Ohio practice and argues for departmental independence, contrasting with Senator Borah La Follette proposals and his own stance against a seven-judge threshold.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Fess
Rep
la Follette
Wis
House
Senate
Ning
Borah
Radical Republicans Prepare Tax Revision Drive Next Congress
Representative Frear outlines a tentative program for the progressive group led by La Follette. The plan calls for a lower excess profits tax in low brackets, heavier high bracket taxes, retroactive tax on undistributed earnings, higher inheritance taxes, a gift tax to curb estate tax evasion, and disclosure of tax records. It also seeks a constitutional amendment to reach tax exempt securities and stock dividends. Frear notes bills are being drafted to fix weaknesses in the 1921 law to curb tax-free securities and stock dividends fueling evade.
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Representative Frear
Rep
Wis
Senator la Follette
Rear
Frear
Ways and Means
Mweet
Congress
Reducing Unemployment Report Urges New Economic Controls
Secretary Hoover releases a commerce report from a presidential committee on unemployment. It credits over 200 participants including Owen D Young and Mary Van Kleeck, and calls for bank credit controls, inflation curb by the Fed, smarter business oversight, postboom work, timely government statistics, and an unemployment reserve fund. Hoover wrote the foreword.
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Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Joseph H. Defrees
United States Chamber of Commerce
Mary van Kleeck
Russell Sage Foundation
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Clarence MM. Woolley
American Radiator Company
Edward B. Hunt
Federal Reserve System
Who Won the War and Other Training Camp Questions
The War department publicizes a 115 question questionnaire for soldiers and summer trainees based on readings from American history the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution with an intro by Gen John J Pershing. It asks who won the war what is common defense and who defends the nation.
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War Department
John J. Pershing
Germany
United States
Thomas A. Edison
Europe
Everest Climbing Promises More Than a Quest
George Leigh Mallory explains climbers seek Everest for challenge and romance, not pure science. The piece details expeditions from 1921 and 1922, base camps up to 21 000 feet, logistics, oxygen use, terrain, and the human drive to conquer. It notes costs, porters, and the need for peak physical condition.
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New York
Mount
Everest
George Leigh Mallory
Shackleton
South Pole
Riverest
Pierhead
British Royal Geographic Society
The
Alpine Club
Royal Geographical Society
Tibetan
Darjeeling
Mallory
Nepal
Rich Phosphate Beds Discovered in Morocco
Rich phosphate deposits found near Casablanca and Oued Zem El Bourouji in Morocco are described as vast and economically important. The beds cover an extensive district, with ore content reportedly high and potentially long lasting, rivaling Florida and other eastern hemisphere sources.
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Morocco
Casablanca
C.be
Heathcote-Smith
Foreign Office
Florida
Oued Zem-El Bouronnj
el Gourourj
Python Breaks in Two Meets Slow Fasting Record
A python at the London Zoo reportedly split in two during a prolonged fast and then consumed four digeon. The reptile marked an additional year in a peculiar dietary stretch, reflecting the snake’s unpredictable appetite.
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London Zoo
Abide With Me Tops Hymn Survey in New York
In a survey by a musical magazine, thousands of churchgoers named Abide With Me as America’s favorite hymn with Nearer My God to Thee second.
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New York
On Musical Magazine
Idea Speaker Sees Value Over Freight Delivery
A man who can express an idea clearly rather than deliver it physically will find the world willing to pay transportation costs for the message.
German Artists Seek Girl Models for Dresden Academy
In Dresden and other German art centers a shortage of live models for artists has grown. The government art academy appeals to young women to return to modeling, noting that even modern artists rely on such figures as an absolute necessity.
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Dresden
Munich
Germany
Art Academy of
Iowa News Roundup Highlights County Events and Open Calls
Iowa source recounts county spelling contests fairs and anniversaries as Oda Fellows Rebekahs of Des Moines celebrate the 104th founding at the Auditorium. It notes the first scout executive training at the University of Iowa and a Fort Dodge April 30 election on city manager plan. Also lists hog markets herd tests and agricultural updates across multiple counties.
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Marshall
Burns
Oda
America
University of Iowa
Sheldon
Fort Dodge
Oakdale
Spencer
Fred A. Patterson
Chicago
Sioux City
Harry M. Gage
Coe College
Hanford Post
American Legion
Cedar Rapids
Grinnell
St. Louis
Harry
Warren
John Fickle
Iowa
Bridgewater
Lew Scharnberg
W. F. Peters
Everly
Mr. Scharnberg
Robert Colling
Liscomb
San Jose
F. A. Fenton
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Panama Canal
Denby
N. E. Kendall
Chester Wininger
Vinton
Europe
Iowa State College
Extension Service
West Branch
Herbert Hoover
F. G. Churchill
Agricultural Extension Department
C. V. Holsinger
Agricultural Extension
Iowa Poultry Record Flock Association
Curtis Reave
Logan
Murs
Rooge
C. F. Sarle
Changing punishments in British treason trials through centuries
The article reviews historic harsh penalties for treason and murder in Britain, noting how women were burned at the stake for petty or high treason while men faced hanging, drawing and quartering. It cites parish records from 1758 to 1782 and explains reforms from 1790 onward ending special punishments and merging petty treason with murder by 1880.
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Court of Justice
Somerset
John Bruford
West’ Monckton
Susannah Davis
Huntsville
Wells
Thomas Ockendon
Canewdon
Chelmsford
Between Disintroductions and Daring Feats Writer Ambrose Bleree
Ambrose Bleree, a caustic yet brilliant writer, born in Ohio, served as a Union staff officer, and settled in London after the Civil War. He later lived in Washington where his unique habit of disintroducing himself became notorious. An adventurer at heart, he reportedly joined Pancho Villa in Mexico and is believed killed at Chihuahua, his body never recovered.
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Ambrose Bleree
Ohio
London
Washington
Mexico
Pancho Villa
Chihuahua
Alliteration Record and Boarding Round Reflections
A Miss Lora Whitmore register of deeds frames a family of nine with alliterative names Cora Flora Mora Ora Zora Lora and Clora a string of siblings and twins Flora Mora noted in Columbus Kansas Advocate. A Nebraska 1894 cottage for a district teacher highlights boarding round drawbacks as three thousand school district dwellings exist nationwide.
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Lora Whitmore
Cora
Flora
Mora
Ora
Zora
Lora
Clora
Columbus
Kan
Hall County
Nebraska
Quebec Forests Closed With Permit Requirement
The Quebec government decrees a forest closure from April 1 to November 15. Access during this period requires a permit as a protective measure against forest fires.
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Quebec
Mixed Nuts Shortage Sparks Customer Complaint
A customer laments receiving three pounds of mixed nuts with no walnuts while a grocery clerk explains the mix contained both good and wormy nuts, highlighting quality concerns in a routine purchase.
Prefers to Sting the Stranger
A comic exchange shows a speaker questioning why the other asks for money instead of borrowing from friends. The reply emphasizes not wanting to strain friendships by borrowing, preferring to keep relationships intact.
Cuticura Ointment Soap and Talcum Ad Fragrance Tip
Advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and itching with Cuticura Soap and hot water rinse. Dust on Cuticura Talcum for fragrance. Price 25 cents each. Also mentions a Dairy Lunch order at a filling station with a vendor asking for gas and two tires as doughnuts and coffee are served.
Hall's Catarrh Medicated Cure Advertisement
An old advertisement describes Hall's Catarrh Medicating as an ointment for local use and a tonic to boost the blood, claimed to quicken action on mucous surfaces and reduce susceptibility to colds. Sold by druggists for over 40 years, J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Engagement Ring Question Triggers Jokes and Accents
In a playful exchange Mrs. Jackson-Say questions a fiancé Celestine about an engagement ring. The dialogue shows Mrs Johnson-No and Mrs Jackson debating in a humorous dialect as one parties questions the propriety of the engagement. The judge-like end hints at formalities.
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