Hoover Sees Wastage and Overlap in Government
Secretary Hoover urged a reorganization to end chaos of function and overlapping authority in federal agencies. He warned that four dozen bureaus spread across nine departments waste time and money and called for consolidation under expert supervision to stop oppression and miscoordination. He cited 200 plus bureaus and outlines six sources of waste. In Chicago Dr Bundersen spoke on music as therapy for committee of the music trades convention. In Tokyo Relo Okamoto claims a rifle that fires bombs two miles.
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Hoover
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Eigh
Merchant Marine Bueras
Congress
Chicago
Herman Bundersen
Music Trades Convention
World Trade Extension Seen By US Chamber of Commerce
American business leaders at the US Chamber of Commerce meeting in Washington say conditions in war torn Europe are improving under the Dawes plan and gold standard. They predict international trade and German reparations will rise together with Germany supplying commodities for overseas expansion and the US providing capital for investment.
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Washington, D. C
United States Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Germany
America
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Reparations Commission
Julius H. Barnes
Chamber
International Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
International Chamber
Brussells
Owen Young
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Norman H. Davis
Robinson
California
Chamber Urges U S to Join World Court and Repeal Excise Taxes
The Chamber of Commerce urges the United States to join the World Court under the President Hughes conditions and backs repeal of war excise taxes. It lauds the Federal Reserve System as it marks its second decade and praises its role in restoring the gold standard in England aiding foreign trade.
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Federal Reserve System
Washington, D. C
World Court
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Hughes
Chamber
International Judicial Tribunal
Permanent Court of International Justice
Board of Tax Appeals
Board of Directors
Federal Reserve Bank
England
Allies Broke Debt Parity Claim Says U S Officials
Washington officials said most allied nations that borrowed postwar funds from the United States violated an agreed parity with U S creditors. While they paid other creditors, they allegedly discriminated against the United States in liquidation of loans, provoking official anger and calls to cancel or suspend war debt claims.
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Washington
United States
Jugo-Slavia
Mauidating
France
Great Britain
Taft urges C of C to awaken public opinion nationwide
Washington Chief Justice Taft, at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States headquarters dedication, urges business leaders to foster informed public opinion. He warns against citizen lethargy and calls for active citizen engagement to shape government decisions and public policy.
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Washington
Taft
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Gary Urges Tax Cuts as Vital for Nation’s Business
Elbert H. Gary chairman of United States Steel told the American Iron and Steel Institute that business needs lower tax rates. He spoke at the institute’s annual meeting in New York before a thousand industry leaders, calling income and inheritance taxes especially burdensome and noting taxes have reduced or halted business activity. He said supporters of high taxes fail to see the harm they cause.
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New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
American Iron and Steel Institute
Railway Conductors repeal third party resolution
In Minneapolis the Order of Railway Conductors of America voted to reveal a resolution from a prior convention that favored joining a third political party. In Stillwater a farmer, John Morey, near the 100th birthday, advised avoiding tobacco and drinking water for a long life.
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C. R. C. Bare
Minneapolis, Minn
Order of Railway Conductors of America
Stillwater
Minn
John Morey
Washington County
Strike in Event of War Rejected By Montreal Union
Boot and Shoe Workers of America delegates in Montreal rejected a radical resolution calling for a general strike by about 50 000 members if another war occurred. The stance for peace was opposed by the convention despite war fears.
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Montreal
Boot and Shoe Workers of America
Appeal for Death Sentence By Juvenile Cavalier
The appeal for a new trial for William Cavalier, a 15 year old from Philadelphia, who was sentenced to death for killing his grandmother to steal from her, has reached the State Supreme Court.
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Philadelphia
William 8
Cavalier
State Supreme Court
Women’s eight hour bill beaten in Illinois House
Springfield reports the Illinois House defeated the women's eight hour bill by four votes, 73 to 77, after bitter debate. Sponsor Mrs. Lottie Holman O’Neil, in her first effort, lost by one vote last week but moved to postpone action. The same session saw the House reject a Klan-targeting bill by 68 to 65, and the Senate pass bills extending penalties for armed robbery and tightening auto driver licensing with English literacy requirements.
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Springfield
Lottie Holman O'Neil
Dupage
William B. King
Chicago
Ku Klux Klan
House
Judiciary Committee
U. of I
House Appropriations Committee
University of Illinois
School of Architecture
Cuthbertson
Senate
James J. Barbour
John Dailey
Thomas R. Quayle
Lake County
Illinois Crops in Good Condition
Federal Statistician A. J. Surratt reports a banner spring for farm work in Illinois with near average or better winter wheat prospects and increased acreage. Corn planting nears completion in the south and begins in the north while spring grains show moisture worries in central and southern counties. Livestock health is strong, farm labor slightly above demand, and wages similar to last year. Winter wheat abandonment around 3.7 percent. May 1 condition 85 percent. Rye acreage down 10 percent with 89 percent state condition and 2.44 million bushels expected.
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Springfield
Federal
A. J. Surratt
Ilinois
Illinois
Orrin R. McKenney Named Illinois G A R Commander
Orrin R. McKenney of the George H. Thomas post in Chicago was elected commander of the Illinois department Grand Army of the Republic at the Aurora reunion. He is eighty one years old.
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Orrin R. McKenney
George H. Thomas Post
Chicago
Illinois Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Aurora
Charles Frederick Grey
Grey
Forest Avenue
Evanston
Sui cide in sand pit near Rockford reported
A 27 year old World war veteran Charles Babcock killed himself by placing a cut automobile inner tube over an exhaust pipe and over his nose and mouth in a sand pit near Rockford. The report also covers diverse items from the Mine Inspectors Institute meeting in Peoria to rabies spread in Illinois and a Memorial Day note.
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Charles Babcock
Rockford
Business organizes to promote tax cut
Washington reports a large national coalition forming among business financial and professional interests to push a defined tax reduction plan. The Treasury has not endorsed a specific bill and will likely limit its role to showing calculations for possible rate reductions.
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Washington
Treasury
The
Priest decries cheap politics at Freeport meeting
Father Leo Kalmer of Joliet Penitentiary denounces reliance on cheap politicians and sensationalists to solve world ills in a Catholi Union of Texas convention address. A California firm installs homing pigeon lofts in Stockton Santa Cruz San Jose Santa Rosa Fresno and Marysville to aid salesmen in taking orders.
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Freeport
Leo Kalmer
Joliet
Catholi Union of Tenois
Oakland
Cal
California
Stockton
Santa Cruz
San Jose
Santa Rosa
Fresno
Marysville
Auto Crash Kills Two in Birmingham Fish Trip Return
In Birmingham Alabama Dr Charles A Green aged 84 a dentist and W W Winne aged 85 an engineer were killed when their automobile overturned on a return from a fishing trip. Both men died at the scene as a result of the crash.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charles A. Green
W. W. Winne
Bishop Purposes Pur chase for East Aurora Catholic Church
Bishop P. J. Muldoon of Rockford has purchased a site for a new Catholic church and school in East Aurora. A wave of state news covers bank robbery in Fowler, inquest for the Budlong torso, and legislative moves to strengthen criminal identification. Illinois college of Jacksonvillereports a $15,000 gift from Hull and another from an unnamed donor. Presbyterian synod pledges $500,000 to the college.
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East Aurora
P. J. Muldoon
Rockford
General Assembly
Springfield
Barr
Sheriffs
Chiefs of Police
Dllinois College of
Jacksonville
Morton D. Hull
Chicago
The
Presbyterian Synod of Illinois
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