Court of Claims gains speed with seven new commissioners
Congress authorized seven three year term commissioners to handle increasing volumes of government claims. Lawyers take testimony and draft findings for court review, speeding cases such as tax refunds and just compensation disputes. The system saves time and money and allows plaintiffs to testify locally.
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Washington
Court of Claims
Congress
United States
Europe
Brooks-Scanlon Group
Russia
Supreme Court of the
Supreme Court
Court of Claims to Handle Vast Tax Case Load
The Court of Claims disposed of about 325 tax related cases in 1925 with over 2 000 cases pending totaling roughly 2 000 000 000 dollars. Decisions can affect hundreds of thousands of similar cases and delays cost millions in interest daily. A former chief justice anecdote involves King and George V. The building is the old Corcoran Art Gallery with C initials misread as Court of Claims.
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Court of Claitms
Board of Tax Appeals
Court of Claims
Baltimore
Congress
George V
King of
England
United States
Washington
King
George W. King
Crown of
Corcoran Art Gallery
Corcoran
Patent Steps Paris for New Dancing Masters
French dancing masters seek patents for new steps in Paris. The move aims to protect innovative choreography and establish licensing standards for performances and instructional methods.
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Paris
Last of the monitors joins the junk pile at Hampton Roads
Baltimore mourns the end of the Cheyenne the last of the Civil War era monitors. Once a training ship she moves to the junk pile after a storied service from Philadelphia to Baltimore and beyond. The crew dispersed, the vessel faces obsolescence as naval power moves forward.
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Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Cheyenne
Wyoming
John Ericsson
Lincoln
Pacific
Navy Department
Fifth Naval Reserve District
Monitor
Merrimac
Virginia Capes
Philadelphia
Eagleboat 56
Davy Jones
Good Motto New York National Order of Loyalty Motto
The newly founded National Order of Loyalty promotes neighborly love with the motto I shall not knock my neighbor and claims there are no dues.
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New York
National Order of Loyalty
Hoboes Welcome Buffalo This City In New Plan
Degink Institute, incorporated in Albany, will provide rooms for tramps and aid their condition, inviting hoboes to stay in Buffalo. The plan envisions a support network to assist homeless people with shelter and assistance.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Degink Institute
Albany
Sensationalism in churches mocks stagelike preaching
Reporter notes Bishop Hoss of Nashville criticizing church sensationalism. He cites ministers using moving pictures plays and colored lights as unwise. A quip about Little Willie and a political jab by Governor Pinchott against a reform coal plan follow.
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Hoss
Nashville
Little Willie
Goliath
Thunno
Wille
Pinchott
Harrisburg
Chop the Waves Moonshine Snippet Exchange
Brief humorous exchange from West Virginia noting weariness of a bounding matin and a quip about getting it bobbed. Source tone suggests light local humor and rustic dialogue.
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W. Va
Mean Fling Gerald I Shave Every Day
Gerald I boasts daily shaving while Geraldine asks if he shaves the same people each day in a punchy exchange.
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Gerald
Geraldine
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