Coolidge urged to veto Navy bill by church and educators
Washington reports a delegation of churchmen and educators urged President Coolidge to veto the $750 million naval replacement plan in its present form. The House naval affairs committee trimmed the program to sixteen ships costing about $274 million, eliminating submarines and destroyer leaders and adding provisions for possible suspension if international armament limits are agreed.
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Washington
Coolidge
House
Naval Affairs Committee
White House
Congress
Wilbur
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Navy Department
Navy
McClintic
Oklahoma
United States
Britten
Secretary of the Navy
Illinois Republicans loom large in April primary fight
Illinois voters face a heated April primary with a proposed lineup for the Republican ticket led by L L Emmerson for governor and Otis F Glenn for U S senator, while Democrats show notable harmony with Floyd E Thompson slated for governor. The piece also notes congressman at large races, law diploma day at the state supreme court, and road construction plans near Springfield.
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Illinois
Daily Press
L. L. Emmerson
John Oglesby
Fred E. Sterling
Otis F. Glenn
United States
Oscar E. Carlstrom
William Stratton
Omer N. Custer
Lowden- Deneen-Emmerson-Carlstrom
Small- Thompson
Frank L. Smith
Len Small
John G. Oglesby
John Dailey
Robert E. Genzel
Democratic Party
Floyd E. Thompson
Rock Island
Peter A. Waller
William D. Meyering
Bert C. White
George W. Alschuler
Thomas J. Courtney
George F. Schring
William O’rourke
Eigh
Richard Yates
Springfield
Henry R. Rathbone
Kenilworth
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Byron
W. H. H. Miller
Champaign
Charles R. Harris
Herrin
A. T. Spivey
East St. Louis
John T. Wood
Walter H. Wood
Chicago
C. D. Joplin
Murphysboro
C. F. Brown
Navy to Cut 42 Commanders and Lieutenants
In a bill to Congress Secretary Wilbur proposes eliminating 42 commanders and lieutenant commanders from the navy. The treasury and post-office appropriation bill allocating funds for prohibition enforcement passed the Senate totaling 1 061 378 060. The Atlantic waters opened near Fort Lauderdale by a presidential blast. Clergymen’s prohibition verdict criticized by F Scott McBride.
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Congress
Wilbur
Navy
Coolidge
Atlantic Ocean
Bay Mabel
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Treasury and Post-Office
Senate
Government bills push Washington Lindbergh career pamphlets
Representative Vale of Minneapolis files bills to distribute free government pamphlets detailing the careers of George Washington and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to all public and private schools and colleges nationwide.
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George Washington
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Representative Vale
F.L
Minneapolis
Attorney General Opinion on Waverly Tax Extension Dispute
Attorney General Oscar H B Carlstrom finds Morgan County Clerk not bound to extend municipal real estate taxes on land at Waverly 1900. Land excluded from city by 1879 act later repealed in 1901, affecting tax authority.
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Oscar HB. Carlstrom
Morgan County
Waverly
City of
Governor orders survey for Ha vana to Champaign highway
After a conference with Arlington to McLean boosters, Governor Small directed an immediate survey of the proposed hard road section from Ha vana to Champaign as part of the Ha vana to Champaign route.
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Arlington
McLean
Small
Havana
Champaign
Bill Proposed for 2 Million Joe Cannon Memorial Coins
Representative Holiday of Illinois introduced a bill in the U S House to issue 2,000,000 fifty cent commemorative coins. The coins would be minted for the executive committee of the Uncle Joe Cannon Memorial association based in Danville Illinois.
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Joe Cannon
House of Representatives
United States
Representative Holiday
Republican
Illinois
Uncle Joe Cannon
Illinois employment declines in January amid hopeful February outlook
The Illinois department of labor reports a 2.1 percent statewide drop in January employment across 1,480 leading employers. Directors note that a first month decline is normal and orders suggest February will improve. Gains occur in metal and woodworking, autos rise 2.6 percent, coal mining up 5.7 percent with about 61,000 miners employed statewide.
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Illinois
Illinois Department of Labor
George B. Arnold
Downstate Bonding Power Raised by State Law
The bonding power of downstate municipalities rises to 244 percent of taxable property value. The bill, passed by the House and signed by Governor Small, takes effect July 1. It followed a State Supreme Court decision and contrasts with Chicago at 5 percent. The Illinois Municipal League seeks an amendment next session to fund public improvements.
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Browne
Illinois
Earlville
Illinois State Normal University
Normal
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Illinois House and Senate
Ottawa
Frank H. Tuttle
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Springfield
Tuttle
Charles S. Deneen
Dennis J. Egan
Dinny
Twentieth Ward
Chicago
Cook County
Egan
Houston
Charles W. Morgan
State Department of Public Welfare
Wilmington
Morgan
Soldiers’ Widows
Downstate
House of Representatives
Small
Illinois Agricultural Association
State Supreme Court
Illinois Municipal League
Rural Free Delivery Pioneer William P Brooks Turns 99
William P Brooks of Auburn marks his ninety ninth birthday, celebrated for pioneering Illinois early rural free delivery. A longtime Auburn resident of over seventy years, he served as postmaster during Grover Cleveland’s administration and established the first rural free delivery service.
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William P. Brooks
Auburn
Illinois
Mr. Brooks
Grover Cleveland
Illinois January coal output tops 5.9 million tons
Illinois mines produced 5,906,201 tons of coal in January from 182 mines, per A. D. Lewis director of the state department of mines and minerals. January 1927 output was 8,391,428 tons, with Franklin county leading at 1,465,188 tons.
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Illinois
A. D. Lewis
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Franklin County
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