Senate Hears McCumber Veterans' Adjustment Bill Outline
Senate finance committee deferred action on the McCumber veterans adjustment bill, intending to report a revised form. It sets a cost cap of 4.396 billion and projects payments beginning July 1, 1922, with no tax increase anticipated.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
S’'enrose
House
Senate
Penrose
Finance Committee
Congress
Treasury
To Try Hoelz for Treason in Berlin Trial
Berlin June 13 Max Hocelz a communist leader was arraigned before a special court on charges of murder high treason and disturbing public order. He refused to plead and called himself a complainant against the bourgeois society that the court represents.
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Berlin
Max Hocelz
Plauen
Hoels
Hughes as arbritrator in Turko Greek dispute
Constantinople June 15 The allies may seek Charles E Hughes American secretary of state to arbitrate the Turko Greek questions in dispute in agreement with Turkish nationalists
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Constantinople
Turkey
Charles E. Hughes
Sugar sells at four cents in five year low
The New York sugar market hit a five year low with 24,500 bags of centrifugal sold at 4 cents as Porto Rican sugars weighed on prices. A second fire aboard the steamship George Washington caused slight damage while President Wilson traveled to the peace conference, marking a second blaze in a month.
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New York
U. S
George Washington
Wilson
Fire destroys garage and damages nine homes in Harrisburg
A fire in Harrisburg on June 15 wiped out H. W. Aitkin's garage and damaged nine surrounding houses, with losses estimated at $100,000. Fire crews battled the blaze for hours, preventing wider damage as residents evacuated.
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Harrisburg
J.a
H. W. Aitkin
Richard Grozier and Ponzi expose wins Pulitzer for Boston Post
Richard Grozier, assistant editor and publisher of the Boston Post, directed the Ponzi exposure that uncovered a fourteen million dollar swindle in Boston last year. The work earned the Post the Pulitzer gold medal for meritorious public service in 1920.
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Rienard Grozier
Boston
Boston Post
Pulitzer
United States
Grazier
Post
Building Boom On as Judge Landis Set to Weigh Fair Wages
About 25 000 Chicago building craftsmen return to the $30 million program under wartime wage scales of 1.25 dollars per hour for skilled and 1 dollar per hour for unskilled labor. Federal Judge Landis will hear wage and living cost arguments from unions and employers before addressing working conditions. The resumption ends six weeks of idle time, praised by workers and builders alike.
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Chicago
Landis
Judge Landis
Indianapolis
Indiana
McCray
Goodrich
State Department of Education
Washington
D. C
Civil Service Commission
Tadfang
Bluffton
Connersville
Crown Point
French Lick
Linton
Notre Dame
Rushville
Spencer
Winchester
Randolph County
United States
Department of Agriculture
Randolph
Jay
Kokomo
One Hundred and Wighty-first Artillery
One Hundred
Highty-first Field Artillery
Indiana National Guard
Aesite
State
Flora Hackett
Monon
Hackett
Portland
Martha Davis
Jay County
Redkey
Purdue University
New Albany
Newcastle
Indiana State Association of Spiritualists
Petersburg
Shelbyville
Shelby County Fish and Game Protective Association
Marion County
Bedford
Decker Exonerates Others in Murder Case
Virgil Decker, sentenced to life for the murder of Leroy Lovett, is to be moved to the Indiana state prison today. Judge Royse denied a new trial and imposed the sentence after questioning Decker who claimed no one else was involved.
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Warsaw
Ind
Virgil Decker
Leroy Lovett
Indiana State
Royse
Decker
Chicago income tax second installment expected soon
In Chicago on June 15 the internal revenue office anticipated receiving fifty million dollars as the second installment of the income tax for the Chicago district. A. J. Aucoin, first assistant collector, said hundreds visited the office before noon.
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Chicago
Collector of Internal Revenue
A. J. Aucoin
John Jones Ford Golf Pro and Instructor Dies in Lancaster
John Jones a well known professional golfer and former Lancaster Country club instructor has died at his home in Lancaster Pennsylvania. He befriended former President William H Taft while playing golf at Wyopia and was a frequent visitor to the White House.
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John Jones
Lancaster
Lancaster Country Club
Wyopia
William H. Taft
Jones
White House
Yank Kills Self at Coblenz in Despondent Fit
Sergt. Lawrence Roberts of the fifth infantry U S A killed himself in Coblenz Germany in a fit of despondency. The Seattle Washington native shot himself in the head.
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Yank
Self
Coblenz
Germany
Lawrence Roberts
Fifth Infantry
Roberts
Seattle
Wash
Summer Capes in Two Roles and Fashions for Evening Wraps
The feature describes two summer capes with distinct destinies. One is a wool cape with versatile wear, curved cape sleeves, a small cape collar, and embroidered trim. The companion, a Saris wrap in vivid orange taffeta with ostrich tips, pairs with a white taffeta frock and orange velvet sash. Also notes evening dresses of chiffon taffeta with matching capes, rich colors, bouffant skirts, and refined trimmings.
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Debonaire
Saris
Taffeta Silks Dominate Summer Fashion In Black And Blue
The article extols taffeta silk as the season’s top fabric with silks in vivid black and a blue to rose changing shade. It describes two afternoon dresses: a black dress with white ribbon detailing and bead-like stitchwork, and a blue rose tunic ensemble with lace trims, a tunic border, and a fitted bodice front V opening.
Indianapolis Car Crash Kills Legion Leader
F W Galbraith Jr national commander of the American Legion dies after a car going over a steep embankment near Indianapolis. Henry J Ryan Indianapolis national director of the Legion Americanism commission and Milton J Foreman Chicago national committeeman injured as their car overturns footing a 20 foot drop.
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Indianapolis
F. W. Galbraith, Jr
The
American Legion
Henry J. Ryan
Legion’s
Americanism Commission
Milton J. Foreman
Chicago
Legion
Mwulinois
Country Club
Ryan
Galbraith
Seymour
Baltimore & Ohio
Medora
Hugh Leitker
Thomas Hill
Harry Mewalley
MM. A. Downey
C. R. Herding
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Indiana Federation, of Farmers’ Associations
U. S
McCray
Lafayette Springs
Perry County
State Conservation Commission
J. C. Shallcross
Cannelton
Lafayette
Shallcross
Vernon Shallcross
France
Indiana
Gary
New
Columbus
Bartholomew County
South Bend
Mishawaka
Kokomo
Orland A. Somers
Grand Army of the Republic
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Hoelz
Greece
Richard Grozier
Summer Capes
Prue
Richmond
Earlham College
Thomas Clarkson Trueblood
University of Michigan
Princeton
Plnnax
McCray Hs
Corina C. Warrington
Fort Wayne
George W. Omacht
Anderson
Plaa
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