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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1921
Page
6
Roosevelt desk chair joins Roosevelt Memorial collection
President Harding presented a desk chair used by the late President Roosevelt to the Roosevelt Memorial Association. Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Dickman, commander of the Eighth Army Corps area at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, will retire from active service. War Department cuts reserve officer training to two months to enlarge attendance. Senator Kenyon of Iowa will stay in the Senate, declining a Federal judgeship offer. Representative Mande of Wyoming urges the three day recess continue. John Barton Payne named chairman of the American Red Cross Central Committee by President Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Tne
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Harding
Joseph ‘F. Dickman
Eighth Army Corps Area
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
War Department
Army Engineers Corps
Kenyon
Iowa
Senate
Mande
Wyoming
House
John Barton Payne
Central Committee
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Nation’s Business And Government Talks On Tax Revisions
The article notes White House conferences with Harding and Congress leaders over revision legislation. It cites uncertainty on substituting a sales tax, mentions permits for cattle imports from non Canada Mexico, and reports labor dept data showing September food price changes in major cities with Richmond up 2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
White House
Harding
Senate
House
Canada
Mexico
United States Department of Agriculture
Pacific
United States Department of Labor
United States
Richmond
Congress tackles results of bombing tests off Cape Virginia
A broad mix of items from a Chicago directors meeting to local projects and national events. Roosevelt Gustafson asserts bombing tests do not prove battleships obsolete while other notes report a bank embezzlement case in Omaha, coal miners expressing sympathy, a Marion Ohio hotel project named for Harding, an airplane swing accident in Brockton Mass, and mobilization of the Nineteenth Infantry from West Virginia to Camp Sherman Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Capes
Roosevelt
C. H. Gustafson
United States Grain Growers
Lic
Chicago
Thomas H. Matters
Onmba
Neb
Pioneer State Bank
Ilinois
Kansas
Marion
Ohio
Harding
Fair Grounds
Brockton
Mass
Camp Sherman
West Virginia
George W. Watts
Durham-Duplex Razor Company
Fy Durham
N.C. Lejeune
United States
Marine Corps
American Red Cross
Columbus
Army
Navy
William Howard Taft
Criser Olympia
Newport
Cherbourg
France
Various federal and state actions reported in brief items
The bulletin notes from Washington include the Philadelphia Federal Reserve cutting its discount rate to 5 percent. Attorney General Daugherty seeks the resignation of Connecticut United States Marshal William R. Palmer. A royal bulletin from Emperor Yoshihito's household reports the Emperor’s critical condition. Daugherty also says a proposed Ku Klux Klan investigation will await Congress action. Senator Colt urges arbitration with Great Britain over Panama Canal tolls. Obsolete ships including three battleships and a cruiser are to be sold as junk at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Scott M. McBride of the Anti-Saloon League calls for elections that will enforce prohibition. Railroads reclaim about 4,000 men since May 1. Wilbur Voliva offers 1,000 reward for proof the earth is spherical or moving. Wyoming Game and Fish refuses hunting permits for 100 antelope in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank
Daugherty
William R. Palmer
United States
Connecticut
Imperial Household
Yoshihite
Ku Klux Klan
Congress
Colt
Senate
Great Britain
Panam Canal
Owe
Zion
Wyoming
Sensational Kentucky Futurity Won by Rose Scott Filly
The Kentucky Futurity for three year olds at Lexington featured a dramatic win by Rose Scott a black filly owned by Henry Oliver of Pittsburgh and driven by Tom Murphy in one of the event's most sensational contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Rose Scott
Henry Oliver
Pittsburgh
Tom Murphy
Jack Dempsey
Boxer
Batavia
No Yo
Kia
Jack Kearns
Mana
Frank 2
New Haven
Cordery
Derby
J. Fiske Brown
Arvard
Jim Talbert
Arvard Law School
Brown
Tommy Gibbons
St. Paul
Hugh Walker
Kansas City
Boston
Gibbons
Landis
Giants
Yanks
Suries
New York City
Richard W. Distler
Distler
Philadelphia
New York
International memo notes aviation prize and upheaval
The French committee on aeronautical propaganda with Aero Cinb France sets 1,000,000 francs for the best commercial airplane motor after tests. Nicaraguan forces deploy to the Honduras frontier. A Fort Francis power plant manager’s plane escapes amid silence. Paris rail crash kills 33 as gas ignites. Belgian rail revenue tops 3 million francs. Germany names Hermes as ambassador to the U S. England experiences record heat. Japanese honors and Philippine visits occur as Russia contemplates policy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Committee On Aeronautical Propagada
Aero /Cinb
France
Honduras
J. Newevinbe
Fort Francis
Canada
St Lazare
Harls
Paris
Hermes
Wirth
United States
England
Yoshihite
Order of the Rising Sun
Leonard Wood
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippines
Tapa
Rusala al Wort
No Recess During Parley Delays and Budget Ties
President Harding rejects a recess during the armament conference and presses Congress to finish pending measures. House Republican Mondell says only a Thanksgiving breathing spell is allowed, keeping tax, tariff, railroad, and debt funding bills moving toward early completion in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Congress
Representative Mondell
House
America
Ple
Mr. Mondell
Senate
Mandell
Use of Representatives
Stop food raids by Swiss keep frontier towns short of provisions
The article notes Swiss value and neighbor currency causes border incidents as thousands cross into Austria and Germany on Sundays for cheap meals leading to shortages by Monday in frontier districts. It highlights depletion of supplies for family use due to these cross border raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zurich
Austria
Germany
French Delegates Chosen for Washington Armament and Far East Talks
Paris announces the French delegation to the Washington armament and Far East conference. Premier Briand and ex Premier Viviani lead as principals with Sarraut Jusserand and Berthelot. Maurice Casenaye named General Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giiand
Viviani
Sarraut
Jusserand
Berthelot
Paris
Washington
Church of England panel backs Canada marriage notice proposal
The executive board urged the social service council to change Canadian law to require a one week public notice before marriage. It called for cooperation with other religious bodies to safeguard marriage and prevent hasty unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Canada
Toronto
Social Service Council
The
Senate ready to debate tax revision amendments
Washington reports Republican leaders release amendments to the Tax Revision Bill. Proposals include a 90 percent surtax on income over 200 000, repeal of several consumer and transportation taxes, raise distilled spirits tax, restore capital stock tax, higher estate rates, repeal of miscellaneous levies, and a candy tax cut with wholesale limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
World News Snippets From Around the Globe
A collection of terse dispatches notes Bryce sailing to England, Matters arrested in Omaha on embezzlement charges, Augusta Stetson fights a church wall dispute, Hugo Stinnes & Co accused in Essen, a Lorena fight death tied to a Klan clash, Hughes names Pearce to defense, Moonshiners Union forms in Wisconsin, Shackleton seeking aid for ship trouble, San Antonio warns on a Klan parade, and bribery charges target Thomas McAuliffe in Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Bryce
England
Omaha
Neb
Thomas H. Matters
Pioneer State Bank
Augusta Stetson
First Church of Christ Scientist
St. Berlin
German War Department
Hugo Stinnes & Co
Essen
Waco
Tex
Louis Crow
Lorena
Bob Buchanan
Melbourne
Hughes
House of Representatives
George Foster Pearce
Australia
Wassau
Wis
The
Moonshiners’ Union
Geneva
Swiss National Council
Krnest Shackelton
Ban Antonio
Tobin
San Antonis
Hartford
Conn
Senate agrees on new tax plan with lower surtax rates
Senate conferees designates Lenroot to draft amendments approved by President Harding. Plan shifts surtaxes, retains corporate tax, and preserves whisky and alcohol tax while abandoning a general sales tax. Agricultural bloc and Republicans back the revisions amid concerns over rates and House opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Hoover Aid Suggests Weather Like Trade Surveys
P M Felker the special assistant to Secretary Hoover proposed a daily business survey modeled on weather reports. He spoke at the Industrial Engineers conference in Springfield noting the Commerce Department already started a related service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover Aid
Springfield
Mask
P.M. Felker
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Industrial Engineers Conference
Department of Commerce
Chicago Police Shakeup Linked to Federal Rum Inquiry
A federal grand jury probe into police rum rings prompts a broad Chicago Police Department transfer by general order led by Chief Fitzmorris. Four lieutenants, thirty-three sergeants, seventy two patrolmen, one policewoman and other ranks moved. some transfers are routine while others relate to the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Fitzmorris
Last Funeral Ship In Returns 2024
The army transport Wheaton arrived from Antwerp with 2,024 American soldier bodies, the last regular funeral ship. Captain Dugene McCarthy said fewer than 8,000 bodies remain to be shipped home, to be sent a hundred at a time aboard the return army ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
New York
Wheaton
Antwerp
Dugene McCarthy
Ret Army Shin
Mail Robbers Take $100000 From Detroit Courier
Four men hijacked Canadian government messenger William B. McCauley near Detroit main post office as he transferred twenty six tail pouches from Windsor to Detroit. The bags contained Canadian bank exchange funds and Windsor race track receipts. McCauley, held at gunpoint then released, said the hold up occurred on Jefferson Avenue as he returned from the Windsor ferry. Police reported no witnesses one hour later amid bad weather and late hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
William BR. McCauley
Windsor
Ontario
Kenilworth
McCauley
Jefferson Avenue
MeeCauley
Imma
Washington in Brief on Senate Sessions and Policy Shifts
Mondell says no recess before regular Congress session. Weeks outlines new policy requiring general officers to be efficient in all branches. Daugherty seeks resignation of Connecticut U.S. Marshal Palmer. Senate debates peace treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary with a 6 hour speech by Senator Sheppard and an opposing address by Senator Moses. Leonard Wood resigns army to govern the Philippine Islands. Justice Department backs prosecutions for Ku Klux Klan crimes. Britain discusses entry of British subjects into the United States. Taft foresees prohibition violations rising. Census Bureau reports 1920 population rise to 4.3 for 1020 against 4.5 in 1910. Keystone Watch Case antitrust suit to be dropped per Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mondell
Congress
Weeks
Daugherty
William R. Palmer
United States
Connecticut
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Sheppard
Texas
Moses
New Hampshire
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Department of Justice
Washington
Taft
Noroseld Johnec
Census Bureau
Keystone Watch
United States Supreme Court
Love as the more excellent way in Corinthian letter
Sunday School notes present a lesson on First Corinthians emphasizing love as the greatest gift. The article outlines the preeminence and attributes of love, its permanence beyond prophecy and tongues, and its role in early church unity and Christian conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth
A Prayer for Sunday Duty and Sunday Life
A devotional verse asking for a broader, more charitable view of religion. The speaker seeks an expanded sense of religious life, a road to Emmaus broad enough for many travelers, and a kinder afternoon than morning. He prays to welcome unlikely entrants and grow in grace and devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmaus
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McCormick
Ill
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Watson
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U. S. Trade Survey
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