Senate Blocks Final Vote on Hoover Relief
Washington January 21 debate on the administration bill to appropriate 100 million dollars for food relief in Europe and the Near East delayed a final Senate vote. Passage is conceded by supporters and opponents, with Democratic leaders hopeful for adjournment before day’s end. Critics led by Senator Penrose and Senator Sherman attacked Hoover’s relief fund administration.
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Washington
Europe
Near East
Senate
Herbert C. Hoover
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Sherman
The Wonderful Call When Baby Comes
An ad-style piece promotes Mother's Friend as a preparation to ease childbirth. It claims to relax muscles and reduce pain by using penetrating oils and medicinal ingredients, urging expectant mothers to contact the Bradford Regulator Company in Atlanta for a Motherhood Book and product samples.
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Nature
Bradferd Regulator Company
J. F. Lamar
Atlanta
Georgia
Senators Debate Hoover Role In Food Relief Fund
Senators from Illinois Virginia and Arizona argued over how a $100,000,000 relief fund should be managed and used to aid Europe. Amendments sought US purchases, a six month military pay bonus, and President advisory limits. Critics charged food administration profits while Sherman defended the plan and questioned accountability for airplane project costs.
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Martin
Virginia
Letwis
Penrose
Hoover
Senate
Pennsylvania
United States
Europe
Ashurst
Arizona
Lewis
Wilson
Paris
Reed
Borah
Department of Agriculture
Hloover
Idaho
Missouri
Food Administration
Senator Sherman
Sherman
Open Door of League to Trusty Opens War Era Debate
A wartime reflection notes defection from the Entente and praise for Germany at one point while urging Paris Moscow and Petrograd to be excised from humanity. M Noulens and H Scavenius slated to speak on similar lines. A grand luncheon for President Wilson in a Bourbon throne room features two presidents, many premiers, and a dramatic Marseillaise finale.
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Wilson
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Marshal Foch
Hotel de Crillon
Grand Jurors Drop Charge in Densmore Investigation
San Francisco January 21 Grand jury announces it has dropped its probe into irregularities in Prosecution of Thomas Ooney and related labor department filings by John B Densmore director general of employment. The department of labor refused Densmore's subpoena. The panel says Densmore departed and refused to answer and that the report is unsubstantiated.
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Thomas J.ooney
Department of Labor
John B Densmore
Densmore
Grand Jury
Packers President Seeks Central Livestock Body
Columbia Missouri January 21 Thomas E Wilson president of Wilson and Co spoke to Missouri Farmers week urging a central body to represent all live stock sectors. He argued such unity would ease producer packer disputes and curb market floods proving benefits seen in fixed hog prices. He attributed tension to mutual misunderstandings. Camp Dodge Iowa January 21 Demobilization of the 19th division ordered with about 9000 of 12000 men to be discharged while permanent units remain.
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Thomas E. Wilson
Wilson & Co
Wilson
Camp Dodge
Ira
Swiss President Breaks Precedents in Paris Visit
In Geneva on January 21 reports say Swiss President Actor will visit Paris to discuss postwar financial and economic difficulties arising from armistice restrictions with President Wilson, Premier Clemenceau, and Lloyd George. The move mirrors President Ader’s expected deviations from U.S. traditions.
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Actor
Switzerland
Paris
Wilson
Clemenceau
Lloyd Georget
Ader
United States
Majors Decline To Sign Up With Minors
New York January 21 Ban Johnson and John A. Heydler presidents of the American and National Leagues decided at a conference not to sign a tentative agreement with the minor leagues at present. They will study the subject further and may discuss it at the next National Commission meeting.
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New York
Ban Johnson
John A. Heydler
Heydler
Johnson
National Commission
New York Nationals Schedule Exhibition Games and Training
The New York Nationals announced exhibition games in New York with the Baltimore International League on April 12 and 13 and two games in Washington against the Washington Americans on April 19 and 20. Manager McGraw said the Giants plan to reach their training camp likely in St. Petersburg Florida on March 22 and depart April 9. Several Florida games will be against the Boston Red Sox, who will train at Tampa.
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New York Nationals
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Washington Americans
McGraw
Giants
St. Petersburg
Fla
Florida
Boston Red Sox
Tampa
Sherman Fears Plot To Unload Phones in Senate
Senator Sherman of Illinois declared in the Senate on Monday that a plot to unload or distract from the issue involving telephones was under discussion. The remarks, made in Washington, highlighted concerns over communications policy and political maneuvering.
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Sherman
Washington
Illinois
Senate
Theo
Vail Pushes Government Ownership of Telegraph Lines
Dore N. Vail, adviser on wire control to the Postmaster General, favors government ownership of telegraph and telephone lines so that the property of American Telephone and Telegraph, of which he is president, can be unloaded onto the government.
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Dore N. Vail
Burleson
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mr. Vail
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