Washington Debates War Debts and Armament Cuts
President Harding considering paying government debt to railroads from Nine hundred million to one point eight billion dollars and granting fifteen years to repay an eight hundred million dollar government debt. Senate defeats small navy cut and rejects Lenroot amendment lowering new construction fund. Informal talks on armament reduction begin as U S eyes leadership in world stabilization. Multiple senate actions on budget, tariff, and law enforcement noted along with deaths and crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Washington
Senate
Milton Wins 600 Mile Indianapolis Motor Sweepstakes
Sporting Tommy Milton wins the 600 mile international motor sweepstakes at Indianapolis defeating a select field from the United States and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Milton
Indianapolis
Agaist
United States
Europe
Dawes Plan Backed by Legion Veterans Relief Push
The Dawes committee report marks a major victory for the American Legion program to aid disabled soldiers. It calls for a single official to oversee relief, decentralization to cut red tape, and funding for new hospitals to cover 10 000 wounded veterans in need.
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National Capitol
Harding
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Dawes Committee
American Legion
Legion
F. W. Galbraith, Jr
Franklin D’oler
Thomas W. Miller
Delaware
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Douglas Robinson
New York
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Henry Rea
Pittsburg
Milton J. Foreman
Henry S. Berry
Hendersonville
Tenn
T. W. O’connor
Buffalo
Longshoremen's Union
Buck Private to Commander in North Dakota Legion
C L Dawson of Beach ND rises from private in the Balloon corps to department commander of the American Legion in North Dakota and national executive committeeman. He later served as chief clerk of the North Dakota legislature and was a state attorney at Golden Valley before joining the Legion.
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C. L. Dawson
Beach
N. D
American Legion
North Dakota
Dawson
Balloon Corps
Fort Omaha
Legion
University of North Dakota
Golden Valley
Patients in Federal Hospitals
On March 6 the surgeon general of the United States public health service reports about 2,500 beds were empty in federal hospitals. Of these, around 1,000 were in newly opened or expanded facilities filling fast, while the other 1,000 were a small share of total capacity. Rented beds in contract hospitals housed 10,506 patients.
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United States Public Health Service
How Legion Men Get Land for Homesteads
Ex service men are advised by Irvin I. Femrite of the Argonne post Des Moines Iowa to research land quality before entries and to inspect each legal subdivision personally. Credit for Army Navy or Marine service reduces required residence and cultivation to prove good faith, and a habitable house must exist on the land. About 132 million acres west of the Mississippi are open to homesteading, with processes and forms available at district land offices.
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Middle West
Irvin I. Femrile
Argonne Post
The
American Legion
Des Moines
Femrite
Army
Navy
Marines
Mississippi River
Iowa
Texas
Back to Nature for Health by a Boston Student
H B Parker of Boston, a World War I veteran with lung ailments, rents a pup tent on the University of South Carolina campus to study outdoors. With Dr Currell of the university guiding him, Parker works toward recovery and advocates veterans to pursue open air living for health.
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H. B. Parker
Boston
Mass
Parker
Boston University
W. S. Currell
University of South Carolina
The
American Legion
Legion
Department of Vocational Training
Tulsa riot leaves 75 to 150 dead and 500 wounded
Tulsa under martial law after a two day race riot. 84 city blocks burned, 5000 negroes homeless, $4 million in losses. State troops and Adjutant General Barrett take charge as Governor Robertson condemns local officials.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa County
Adjt
Charles F. Barrett
J.B. A. Robertson
Oklahoma City
Dick Rowland
Bootblack
Black Belt
Ball Park
S. A. Gilmore
Tulsa Infantry
Frisco
Britain Welcomes Informal Feelers on Armament Reduction
London reports Britain has not received the informal feelers from Washington about an international agreement to cut armaments. The government would support world peace and welcomes U S suggestions toward that goal.
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Washington
London
Great Britain
United States
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Medellar
Tennessee
Harvey
Washington Dispatch
Milwaukee Leader
New York Call
Alarding
United States Army
Maj
Lee O. Wright
Army Ordnance Department
Labor
Davis
H. H. Raymond
American Steamship Owners’ Association
Walsh
Montana
League of Nations
League
House
J. Pierpont Morgan
White House
David H. Blair
Winston Salem
N. C
Internal Revenue
William Jennings Bryan
Miami
Ila
Mary Carbonari
A. C. Frick Coke Company
Connellsville
Claude A. Dunigan
Dunigan
Texarkana
Ark
Oklo
Austin
Tex
Limestone County
Army Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Blaine
Madison
Wis
United States Railroad Labor Board
Lloyd Delaney
Osage
Carl Thompson
Mitchell, Ia
Big Cedar River
Union Stock Yards
Southern Baptist Churches
Nashville (Tenn
James A. Stillman
S. L. Moore
Boone, Ia
Horace Porter
Karl G. Roebling
John A. Roebling’s Sons
Brooklyn Bridge
Spring Lake, N. J
A. F. Fletcher
Fifth Naval District
Norfolk Yard
Hampton Roads
Hoylake
Frederick J. Wright
Bernard Darwin
Wigmore
Ottawa
Windsor
Ont
Canada
Cork
Tlungary
Geneva
Mueller
Leipsig
Madrid
Marenco
Sargossa
Bernal Carcellio
Kappell
Siberia
Vladivostok
Tokyo
Kokusai
American Legion News Service
Buck
Co. L. Dawson
North Dakota Legion
Pup
Robertson
Britain
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