Plans for extra session worry Democrats in Washington
Washington report notes daily White House conferences on pending bills and foreign policy as President Harding plans an early tariff focus. It highlights fear of overloading Congress with measures, the influence of press relations, and the shift of control to Republicans in federal offices and Washington.
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Edward B. Clark
Washington
White House
Congress
Wilson
Harding
Harding To the Uist
Ae Wilson
Timne
St. Peel
Haig
Wastington
Fordney Tariff Bill Moves Through Congress
The Fordney emergency tariff bill, vetoed by former President Wilson, advances in Congress amid debate on permanent tariff reform. Leader quotes and committee plans outline swift passage through the extra session, with a broader permanent measure to follow and revenue revisions under consideration. Reports note the path toward a permanent tariff may hinge on agreement among Republicans and the Ways and Means committee. Also reported are accidents on the Rhine, and Clara Stulth Hamon of Ardmore signs a two year film contract with Oklahoma Moving Picture Company.
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Wilson
Congress
Snd
Whiel
LL Wan
Harding
Fordney
Longworth Nd
Svitte Rose
Minor
Senate
Cutts
Eos
Bordney
House Ie
Fordiey
Ney
Kordiney Hill” Amie
Penrose
Threemgen
Forney
Omg Ae
Seoul
Clara Hamen
Ardmare
Okla
Clara Stulth Haman
Jake J. Tamantus
Oklahoma Moving Picture Company of
Oklahoma City
Pmsh
Charles A. Coakley
Passion Play at Oberammergau with 700 actors
Report notes the Passion Play originated from a 1633 Bavarian vow to stem a plague, revised by parish priests, with Rochus Dedler’s 1814 music. Amateurs perform reverently every ten years since 1634, costing about 700 performers and an 80 dollar playhouse built in 1901.
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Oberammergau
Washington Finances Show Budget Surplus in 1919
Census Bureau figures reveal that municipal governments serving areas over 90 000 people ran a total revenue of 1 224 112 000 dollars in 1919, enough to cover costs including permanent improvements, with a per capita revenue of 12 it exceeds outlays by 225 90? The fragmentary text notes a surplus after excluding permanent outlays, but data appears garbled in places.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Jury Frees Girl Amid Murder Trial Turmoil
The jury acquitted Mestera Nemapet Uv Newt Service Ardmore on a murder charge related to Jake J. Hon. Witnesses described a tense courtroom scene with family members and dramatic testimony. Key figures included Clara Hanon, Shake Tey Bra, and Frank de Ketch, tied to the Hanon case spanning Oklahoma and Texas.
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Mare
Chira Stith Hamon
Jake J
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Eailroad
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Loughridge
Hhira Musian
Jimmie
Kise
Orlea
Hannen
Peturiel Mes
Hanon
Utkyea
Shake
Wang
Clara Haren
Ardmore
Mix Tinian
Frank de Ketch
Bmsness
Mr. Amon
Charn Han Clara Hamon
Char Turton Smith
Rm Muvee
Frank Hanon
Dake J. Hamon
Lutter
Dake
Debs Calls Off Picket At White House Plan
Socialist leader Eugene V Debs has halted plans to picket the White House to draw attention to his demand for release from the Atlanta federal penitentiary. Attorney Samuel M Castleton announced the pause but said a nationwide campaign for Debs freedoin will be undertaken.
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Debs
Atlanta
Gae
Eugene Vo Debs
White House
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Samuel M. Castleton
Kronstadt rebels surrender in Finland after Kronstadt bombardment
The revolutionary committee from Kronstadt arrives in Finland with SOC soldiers and announces surrender to Soviet forces. Before retreating they blew up warships Sk and Se bastopol. General Kosloveki, bounded the revolutionaries, has arrived in Finland.
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Helsingfors
Isronstilt
Kronstadt
Finland
SOC
Sebastopol
Kosloveki
Boude
Fintan
Milwaukee boxer White sues federal commission over suspension
Milwaukee fighter Wik-Churney White filed an $8,600 federal case against the governing body after the commission suspended him weeks earlier for stalling following a bout with Sailor Pelednan in Kenosha. The action seeks damages tied to contract losses caused by the suspension.
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Milwaukee, Wik
Churney White
Chicago
Whrecomein Basing Commission
White
Sailor Pelednan
Kenosha
Deny Monopoly Charge In Portland Cement Case
Sixty nine of the seven Jens and all of the forty Individuals indicted March 1 by the federal grand jury on a charge of violating the Sherman act pleaded not guilty. Individuals were released on $5,000 bail each.
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Grupil
Tumulty Forms Law Partnership in New Jersey
In Washington a partnership has been formed between Joseph I Tumulty, former President Wilson's secretary, and Representative Randolph Perkins of New Jersey to practice law in New Jersey.
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Washington
Joseph I
Tumulty
Wilson
Randolph Perkins
New Jersey
Punish Guilty in Divorce Cases, Kings County Prosecutor Says
Kings County District Attorney Lewis warns he will file criminal proceedings against any party in a divorce action who admits guilt. He argues that convicting a few with penitentiary sentences would deter scandal among prominent social figures.
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New York
Lewis
Kings County
Mormons Expel Fifty Members Over New Doctrines
Salt Lake City church records reveal fifty members expelled for adopting unorthodox teachings including a stated doctrine of wife sacrifice. Reports say several marriages were disrupted as husbands and wives from within the colony exchanged spouses under the new beliefs. Authorities emphasize discipline and adherence to church doctrine.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mormon Church
Government plan proposes national railway service board
Washington March 21 coordination of facilities and service of new railroads under government operation is proposed by a railroad owners association. The plan envisions a national railway service organized by Congress with a board of forty, four regional railway boards, and ten committees, to regulate finance administration and operations as part of a broad state ownership push. Spry named to General Land Office by recess appointment to William S. Spry former Utah governor.
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Chuphin
Trivius Warfield
Thi
Ase Socio
Warfield
Atu
Wiens
Interstate Commerce Commission
Allway
Eastern Southern
Western
Mountainlack Fir
National Board
Spry
General Land Office
Harding
William 8
Utah
Patriot Meeting Backed Indian Independence Movement
Friends of Freedom for India at a mass meeting adopted a resolution in support of that country movement for national independence. Captain E F McAfee, describing himself as a member of the American Legion, said he would seek an investigation by District Attorney Swann into the Legion mass meeting last week and its funding sources, which he claims came from British propagandists.
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Probe Patriotic Meeting
New York
Friends of Freedom For India
E. F. McAfee
American Legion
Swann
Back Pay Granted by Railroad Board for 1920
The railroad labor board allowed back pay between May 1, 1920 and the wage award date July 20, 1920. The ruling applied to employees in service on May 1 1920 or who entered later and who died or left before July 20.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Nations Resume Trade Aims At Soviet British Pact
The agreement between Great Britain and the Soviet Union aims to resume trade and curb propaganda while maintaining noninterference with each other’s territories and markets. It covers maritime treatment, postal and telegraph services, and dispute procedures on payments and arms trade within broader consular rules.
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Moscow
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Asia Minor
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Russia
Hussam Socialist Federal Soviet Republic
Food prices fall nine percent in February
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a nine percent drop in retail food prices from January to February, with a twenty one percent decline from February 1920 to February 1921. Only hens rose in price among forty four staple items used for the index.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Anticipating Rush, Dawson Sees Busy Spring Season
The town awaits a spring rush to gold and silver fields as old timers return and new arrivals travel by stage or on foot. A machine shop is under construction to employ fifty men making dredges for the upper dominion, Gold Run creek, and the Klondike valley. In Washington, three American citizens were murdered in Tampico, Mexico. Ernest F. Small, Will Roper, and J. Brown were killed, likely by robbers, and authorities have been urged to arrest the slayer.
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T.dawson
Upper Dominion
Gold Run Creek
Klondike
Mexico
Washington
Tampico
State Department
Ernest F. Small
Will Roper
8. Brown
Strange Accident Kills Candidate in Denver Dem Rally
W St Callicotte a Republican or Democrat candidate for U S Senator on the Democratic ticket was killed when a runaway touring car struck him while driving down Colfax Avenue toward the Argonaut hotel. Two girls Miss Lorraine Burman and Miss Matilda Kleinman were seriously injured as pedestrians were struck or dragged by the vehicle and transported to the county hospital. Police and state officials aided the victims and investigated the mishap near Colfax and Broadway.
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W. St
Sherman and
Grant Streets
Colfax Avenue
Callicotte
Lorraine Barmain
Matilda Kleinman
Broadway
Callieotte
Callieatte
Miss Burman
Everitt Hunt
Crabie
Hert Menser
Cable
LB. Gerard
T.T. Wilson
Argonaut Hotel
Mise Burman
Henween
New York Captain Given Probation for Larceny Case
Capt Raymond G Winters a veteran of the first overseas division and holder of a distinguished service cross pleaded guilty to larceny. Judge Nott suspended four years and placed him on probation for ten years, ordering repayment of $17,000 taken from customers of a brokerage firm where he worked for $40 weekly.
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New York
Raymond G. Winters
First
Nott
Winters
Explosion in Detroit Wounds Several Men
An explosion in Detroit Michigan injured two men and fourteen others near a store after a five gallon can of suspected TNT was emptied and ignited. Felix Jakulovski poured the liquid on the ground and was blown thirty feet, with initial reports uncertain about fatalities.
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Detroit
Mich
Felix Jakulovski
Fire destroys barn and cotton storage in Texas blaze
A gasoline tank explosion sparked a fire at HL G. Sanders farm near Rockdale Texas. Rats fleeing the barn scattered into a nearby cotton storage warehouse containing ten bales, which caught fire and burned. Volunteers and local responders battled the flames. No injuries reported.
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Rockdale
Texas
HL G. Sanders
Wanderer Found Guilty in Chicago Murder Trial
Carl Wanderer was found guilty of murder in the death of a ragged stranger in what was alleged to be a mock holdup. The jury set the death penalty after only twenty nine minutes of deliberation. A prior trial had convicted Wanderer of his wife’s murder amid similar charges.
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Wanderer
Chicago
Carl Wanderer
David
London Buys American Cable Direct Link to U S
H Pike Pease announced in the House of Commons that Britain has bought an American cable for 570000 pounds, including 100000 pounds of stock and three stations at Ballinankelligs Ireland Harbor Grace Newfoundland and Halifex.
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United States
H. Pike Pease
House of Commons
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Ballinankelligs
Ireland
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Newfoundland
Rye Beach
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