Washington sees arms talks progress and tariff shifts
President Harding voices belief that arms conference treaties should be ratified soon with no reservations. The Henry Ford Muscle Shoals contract is sent to the agricultural committee. Treasury and tariff measures loom as debt funding and farm product rates are debated. gains include a broader federal judiciary and new diplomatic postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Washington
Guam
Philippines
Senate
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Agricultural Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Mellon
Treasury Department
Notable Figures Blanche Burke and George Jackson Die
Mrs Blanche Burke passed away at Hastings New York at her daughter Mrs Florenz Ziegfelds home Miss Billy Burke. George Washington Jackson famed engineering contractor and Chicago traction expert in pending litigation died in Chicago from pneumonia.
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Blanche Burke
Hastings
N. Y
Florenz Ziegfeld
Billy Burke
George Washington Jackson
United States
Chicago
Fire and crime incidents streak across cities in rapid events
A deadly Lexington hotel fire in Richmond Virginia leaves at least four dead and about thirty injured. In Chicago two bandits rob Sam Cohn cashier of Tryman Brothers wholesale Clothiers on the first floor landing and escape with petty cash. In New Orleans a theater rush causes injuries after a fire alarm follows an electric fan short circuit. In Decorah Iowa Matt Dotson village marshal fatally shoots his brother Al during a dance incident as Jack Morris is being removed. On a Chicago street car two bandits target Matthew Lee vice president of Lee and Co wholesale grocers, stealing 830 in cash and 1900 in checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Cohn
Tryman Brothers
Chicago
New Orleans
Matthew Lee
Lee & Co
Vatican Cardinal Marini Seen Recovering After Rumor of Death
Reports from Rome state Cardinal Marini has been seen and is recovering from a recent indisposition after rumors he died in the Vatican. A Copenhagen dispatch cites Gen Kamenev reporting Bolshevik victories in Karelia and imminent near-term military termination. Gold bars valued at 2.5 million dollars supposedly held by the Soviet government arrived in New York from Stockholm and were remitted to a local bank.
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Rome
Marini
Vatican
Karelia
Sergius Kamenev
Copenhagen
Sweden
New York
Stockholm
Achille Ratti
Milan
Benedict II
Pius XI
Christian de Wet
Johannesburg
de Wet
Free State
Plans to Cut Navy in Half Amid Budget Push
Washington reports Republican leaders seek to halve the navy's budget and personnel for 1922 23, halting work on fourteen capital ships. President Harding backs no less than 80 000 sailors, while construction on battleships Washington West Virginia South Dakota Indiana Montana North Carolina New Jersey Massachusetts and battle cruisers Lexington Constellation Saratoga Ranger Constitution United States is suspended.
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Washington
Congress
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
House
House Naval Affairs Committee
Denby
Navy
Harding
West Virginia
South Dakota
Indiana
Montana
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Lexington
Constellation
Saratoga
Ranger
Constitution
United States
Victory notes called for redemption by June 15
Washington reports the Treasury department has ordered redemption of all 33 percent tax exempt Victory notes by June 15. Interest stops that date. The option to convert the 8 percent Victory notes into the 4 3 4 percent issue has ended. About 500 million dollars of 38 percent Victory notes remain outstanding.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Nine men injured in Kentucky mine explosion
Minetta Mine at Pinson Fork near Williamson Kentucky suffered a blast that left nine men killed or seriously injured. The Marietta Coal Company mine employed eleven men on the day shift when the explosion occurred.
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Minetta
Williamson
Marietta Coal Company
Pinson Fork
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root Kidney Liver and Bladder Remedy
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant remedy for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It promotes safety and vegetable base with a sworn purity statement, offers sample by mail and notes two bottle sizes for sale in drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Conservatism In Dress By Gender Split
A Galveston News item notes men are more conservative than women in some ways. It cites that men save silkiest socks for windy days, while women may dress more boldly depending on conditions.
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Galveston News
Shave With Cuticura Soap Ad Claims Double Razor Efficiency
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap as boosting razor efficiency and promoting skin purity and health. It promises no mug soap germs waste or irritation even with twice daily shaves and notes the soap can be used for shaving bathing and shampooing. The ad adds a proverb about amateurs and professionals.
When It Is Timely to Kick a Man When Down
The saying argues that harsh actions may be needed to force a failing person to rise. It contrasts cowardice with the necessity of tough intervention in tough times.
Canada’s Fish Industry Employment and Output
Canada’s fish products on both coasts last year totaled 26,153,044 dollars. The industry employs between 80,000 and 100,000 workers with about 70,000 in sea fisheries, around 10,000 in fresh water fisheries, and the remaining in canning and processing for market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Poets and Circulars Stir Telephone Service Gripes
A dialogue mocks poets with vivid imagination and Miss Cayenne notes writers of circulars praising the telephone service. The exchange frames wit about creativity and promotional notices in a light, humorous tone.
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Miss Cayenne
Jones and the world rattle on in shared folly
A witty exchange notes Jones's apparent pride in his ignorance and the wider idea that the world could cope without us yet is glad it does not. The dialogue frames human vanity and dependence with sharp humor.
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Army, Navy
Marine Corps
Portugal
Fred Morris Dearing
Missouri
Costa Rica
Roy T. Davis
Tangiers
Morocco
Joseph M. Demming
Ohio
Senate Judiciary Committee
William W. Wilson
Illinois
Alien Property Custodian
Joseph W. Powell
Emergency
Jeet Corporation
Corporation
Hoover
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tarding
Department of Commerce
New Mexico Normal University
Host Las Vegas
Cook County
Grand Jury
Joliet & Eastern Traction Company
Nineis Commerce Commission
Springfield
Jack Wright
Hammond, Ind
Wright
Cleo Dutton
California
Sacramento
Baltimore
The
Western Maryland Railway
Kilkins
W. Va
Blencoe
R. W. Buis
Texhoma
Okla
Lexyington Hotel
Richmond
Matt Dotson
Decorah la
Jack Morris
al Dotson
Dail Eireann
London
George
American Congress
Paris
Edinburgh
Duke of Leinster
Maurice FitzGerald
Ireland
Lewis R. Farnell
Exeter College
Oxford
Cantigny
Germany
Coblenz
Antwerp
America
Eric Geddes
London Westminster Gazette
American Relief Administration
Hoinisch
Vienna
Fletcher
Excello
Adrian
Hall & Ruckel, Inc
Waverly Place
Astrand
Hartz Mountain
Berg
Henry Dwillard
Fennimore Ave
Kalamazoo
Mich
Peines
Calumet Baking Powder CO
Fillmore Street
Ill
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