Senate approves World War I adjusted compensation plan
The senate passed a bill creating a twenty year endowment insurance certificate in place of a cash bonus for veterans. Most supporters backed the plan to avoid a presidential veto, while some Democrats pushed for a cash option. Costs are estimated between roughly $2.2 and $3.6 billion, with cash recipients receiving $50 or less. The measure sets daily home and overseas base payments and loans against policy value after two years. The article also covers prohibition debates, Muscle Shoals, and Coolidge remarks on European finance and international law.
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Senate
House
Coolidge
Harding
Copeland
New York
Veterans’ Bureau
Treasury
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
Prohibition Hearings Open on 2.7 Percent Beer Bill
Hearings before the House Judiciary Committee focus on fifty nine Volstead Act amendments to legalize 2.7 percent beer and light wines. Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor addresses the panel representing about four million workers.
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United States
Chicago
House
McFadden
National Bank
Dawes
House Judiciary Committee
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Teapot Dome talks flag oil reserves plan shift
Witness James QO Lewis defended Denby's policy to move naval reserve oil from Teapot Dome into storage quickly. He estimated recoverable oil could be mined in two years if developed now, but twenty to fifty years if gas pressure drops. He questioned Teapot's 135,000,000 barrel estimate, citing 12,000,000 to 24,000,000 barrels.
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Teapot Dome
James QO. Lewis
Denby
Naval Reserve
Lewis
Bureau of ‘Mines
Japan backs government on immigration exclusion policy
Privy council endorses conduct on the exclusion act while protests continue. Japan hopes President Coolidge vetoes the measure. Osaka mass meeting urges veto. Ambassador Hanahara tells Congress the phrase grave consequences was not a threat, while Rep Johnson says Congress acted before the note.
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Japan
America
Privy Council
Coolidge
Osaka
Hanahara
Congress
Representative Johnson
House Committee On Immigration
Pinchot Loses Delegates Bid Over Interference Claim
Governor Pinchot lost a chance to be a Republican national convention delegate from Pennsylvania after Senate probes into the internal revenue bureau and his public criticism of certain appointees. Representative Ware and allies denounced him as disloyal, while Ralph B. Strassburger defeated him decisively in a Pennsylvania race. Pinchot blamed wets as delegates from Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware favored Coolidge, with Lowden eyed as running mate or temporary chair. The Democratic committee weighs a woman to chair the national convention in New York.
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Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Francis Heney
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Ware
Ralph B. Strassburger
Norristown
New Jersey
Delaware
Coolidge
Frank Lowden
Mitnois
Lowden
Democratic National Committee
New York
Notable deaths this week include Duse and Corelli
The week records the deaths of Mme Eleonora Duse, famed Italian tragedienne, who died in Pittsburgh after influenza. Also noted is Marife Corelli, a popular English novelist. Doctor Helfferich, ex German finance minister, perished in a railway wreck in Switzerland.
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Mong
Mme Eleonora Duse
Pittsburgh
Marife Corelli
Doctor Helfferich
Germany
Switzerland
Seed from Nebraska Wins Favor in Louisiana Potato Market
Jacob Pedrett and Gus Forsling returned from a 100 mile southern potato tour to Louisiana praising western Nebraska certified seed. They report skyrocketing imports from Nebraska, high standards, and strong southern demand. Pedrett says cooperation with southern growers could boost profits and seed sales significantly, with Louisiana buyers eager for larger, disease free lots.
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Jacob Pedrett
Gus Forsling
Louisiana
Nebraska
Western Nebraska
Mr. Pedrett
Maine
Montana
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Stewart
U.S. Department
Baton Rouge
Pedrett
Kimball Tri-State
Don’t Abide Broody Hens High Broodiness Note in Poultry
Agricultural college guidance urges farm poultry gear to include a croop to break broody hens on Orphingtons Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Beds. Broodiness is natural but should be managed by coop placement feeding and watering for four days to restore laying. Non sitting strains arise by excluding persistent brooders from the breed pen. For Taxi-Call 162.
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Plymouth
Rhode Island
U. of N. Agricultural College
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Memphis
Muscle Shoals
Associated Press
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World Court
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Borah
Senator Wheeler
Brookhart
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Tenn
Wheeler
W. J. Burns
Mal Daugherty
Gillett
Capt
H. L. Scaife
Scaife
Russia
the Southland
S. H. Snyder
Sidney
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