Washington News in Brief Highlights Budget, Bonds and Global Affairs
Washington actions range from a $289 million navy bill and calls for another disarmament conference to a $26 million Labor and Commerce appropriation. Tax exempt securities amendment advances, reparations talks cited, and a $1.725 million Justice Dept. request for railroad and coal strike deputies are noted alongside relief aid for Russian children and other domestic events.
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House
Navy
Illinois lawmakers to consider eight hour law and highway bills
Legislative agenda outlined by the Illinois Agricultural Association backs stronger prohibition enforcement and a package of measures. Proposals include an eight hour law for women, revised revenue and road laws, a state police bill, and changes to the criminal code. Also on deck are road bond issues, flood damage relief, farm marketing cooperatives, and fish and game law amendments.
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Springfield
General Assembly
Ilinois Agricultural Association
Ss. H. Thompson of
Quincey
Herman N. Bundesen
Chicago
Ohio
Small
Illinois Waterway Division
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Ilinois-Michigan Canal
Peoria
Beardstown
Ilinois Bankers’ Association
Illinois Bankers’ Association
Farmers’ Co-Operative Marketing
Chicago Board of Trade
Taznaak Walton League
Lcense
Emmerson
Germans appeal to Americans for mediation on reparations plan
Germany proposes a U S led expert commission to determine a just reparations sum within its means and asks for American mediation with allied participation. Berlin offers access to financial records and hints Germany would pay more if occupation troops leave.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
United States
France
Eight Trainmen Convicted in Conspiracy Case
Flight railroad men convicted by a jury of conspiring to interfere with interstate commerce will be arraigned for sentence in the U S District Court in Los Angeles. The maximum penalty is two years imprisonment and a $10 000 fine.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States District Court
Indiana bank robbed by three gunmen in Dyer
Three armed men raided the First National Bank in Dyer Indiana escaping with 85000 after a fight with citizens. One robber dressed as a woman was shot and carried to a waiting car by the others.
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Dyer
Arrest 22 in Navy Thefts at Brooklyn Base
Federal indictments allege government property worth over 70 million dollars was stolen since the war. Twenty two civilian workers at the Brooklyn navy base were arrested on charges that stamps were taken in truckloads by Department of Justice agents.
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Brooklyn
Department of Justice
New York
Brooklyn Navy Base
Bank Clerk Accused of $870,000 Embezzlement at First National
Chicago December 21 Seth Anderson a longtime First National Bank employee raised from office boy to department manager was arrested on embezzlement charges totaling 870 000 with alleged thefts spanning ten years involving the bank authorities indicate the scope of the case and the suspect's service record.
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Chicago
Seth Anderson
First National Bank
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