World News Roundup From Washington and Across the Globe
President Harding signs the Miller bill to curb opium and narcotics trade. Freight rate cuts lower rail fares. Wallace denies resignation rumors. A 5000000 construction bureau funds federal prosecutions of war profiteers. Miners die in Alabama blast. Ruth fined and stripped as Yankees captain. Several international incidents and recalls mark a wide world news roundup.
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Harding
Washington
Miller
United States
Department of Justice
Rail freight cut moves boost US economy and anger rail chiefs
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a 10 percent reduction in freight rates on nearly all classes to July 1, 1921, with exceptions. The plan aims to lower costs, spur buying, and reduce unemployment, while farmers expect substantial gains and rail executives worry about revenue losses.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Harding
United States
White House
New England
Federal Corporation
Railway Labor Board
Bureau of Railway Economics
Georgia Senator's Verbal duel leads to confrontation with Colorado’s Phipps
OM Watson of Georgia, in a rare outburst, challenged Senator Phipps of Colorado to a fight over Georgia post office nominations. The fury spilled outdoors where Watson cursed Phipps and threatened violence, prompting Senator McNary to remove the enraged Georgian.
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OM Watson
Georgia
Senator Phipps
Colorado
Watson
Phipps
Georgia Post Office
Senate
McNary
Senate bill standoff on soldiers bonus lingers in finance committee
Republicans remain split between Smoot paid up life insurance and McCumber loan certificates as President Harding watches. Democrats are invited to help draft amid broader reform talks. The article notes Irish politics and Sinn Fein actions, plus a new group clinics association forming at the American Medical Association convention.
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Senate
Finance Committee
Smoot
McCumber
Harding
Germany
International Bankers’ Committee
Paris
J. P. Morgan
Robert Kindersley
Bank of England
Charles Sargent
Banque de Union Parisienne
G. Vissering
Netherlands Bank
Belgium
Great Britain
ICHAEL_COLLINS
Irish Free State Provisional Government
de Valera
Dail
Hireann
Ireland
Ulster
Sinn
American Medical Association
St. Louis
Association of Group Clinics of North America
United States, Canada to negotiate Great Lakes waterway deepening
The State department announced the U S would discuss with Canada a treaty to deepen waterways so ocean going ships could reach the Great Lakes. This marks another step toward completing the Great Lakes St Lawrence waterway project.
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Nother
St. Lawrence
State Department
Canada
United States
Great Lakes
Then Dad Said Mr Brown Smoking Cigar Ends
A father habitually lights and relights cigars after dinner leaving several ends on a tray. His young son, watching, asks about a small end he found in the gutter and is told it is a very good cigar.
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Dad
Mr. Brown
Red Cross Ball Blue Promises Bright Clothes
No ugly grimy streaks on the clothes when Red Cross Ball Blue is used. Good bluing gets good results. All grocers carry it.
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Red Cross
Lookit the Lady in Rompers Theme in Maw-uh and Tommy Fun
A playful exchange features Maw-uh and Tommy reacting to a woman in rompers. The brief snippet emphasizes lighthearted curiosity and family tone in a comic moment.
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Tommy
Throw no stones into the well that gives you water
A proverb about restraint and gratitude. The saying warns against harming or criticizing a source of benefit, urging care to preserve valuable help or resources. It emphasizes prudent behavior toward those who provide support or sustenance.
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Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Labor Board At
Chicago
Audrey Munson
Syracuse
N. Y
I. H. Gary
Iron and Steel Institute
New York
Acmar
Alabama Fuel and Iron Company
St. Clair County
Birmingham
Ala
Felix Jozapaitis
Forty-seventh Street
Hermitage Avenue
Emporium
Sinnemahoning
Mayo City
Yukon Territory
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Ban Johnson
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
House of Representatives
Milwaukee
Equitable Powder Company
East Alton
Ill
Hess
United States of America
Indianapolis
Des Moines
Gladys Walton
Gladys Liddell
Los Angeles
Cal
Frank R. Liddell
Virginia Power Company
Fayette County
James C. Smith
Charleston
W. Va
Carmen
Connecticut Company
Bridgeport
Conn
Charles R.crane
China
Damascus
Syria
Charles Ochterbeck
Laura
Ochterbeck
Marion McGinty
Phoenix
Ariz
George B. McGinty
World Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists’ Church
San Francisco
Stevens Lumber Company
Rhinelander
Wis
Northwest
Ignacio Vasquez
Globe, Ariz
Nancy Long
William Fisher
Whitehall, WI
Tennessee
San Antonio
Tex
Nicasio Vasquez
Donaciano Esculenta
Manuel Arenas
Dawson City
Y. T
Yukon River
Yukon
Lake Labarge
Albany
NM. Y
Delaware & Hudson
Camp Bragg Range
Fayetteville
N. C
Robert Wallace
Caldwell
N. J
Navy Academy
Louisville
Thomas R. Marshall
London
Lausanne
Switzerland
Grace Hiawthorne
Coblenz
Alexander Grekon
Stockholm
Berne
Sofia
Lerchenfeld
Thun
Buenos Aires
Terni
Rome
Belfast
Pope Pius
St. Peter’s
St. Calixtus
Geneva
Alps
Fascisti
Kartav
San Lorenzo
War Office
Tokyo
Red
Siberia
Sir William Pakenham
North America
Fresno
General Pershing
Salvation Army
Daugherty
Bulgaria
Edward W. Pickard
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
Caraway
Arkansas
The
Arkansan
House
Woodruff
Michigan
Norris
Nebraska
France
Gere Stamboulisky
Ms. Tchitcherin
Russia
Genoa
Soviet Republic
Turkey
Boris
Wrangel
Harles R. Crane
Crane
French Mandate
Excello
Way Street Suspender Co
Mitracs Adrian
Mich
Western
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Sasskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
J. Johnstone
Ind
Dominion of Canada
Alli
Cleveland
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Hudson River
New York City
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Cosmopolitan Tours Company
510 Traction Bidg
Cincinnati
Trus Trust
Haag & Haag, Inc
Rochhsther
King Pin Plug
Safety Fender
Safety Fender Lamp Co
Glenville Ave
Poultry Guide
Montpelier
Knickerbockers
Beleras
Bellans
Green Mountain
J. H. Guild
J.H. Guild CO
Rupert, VT
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