Trotzky Sees Russia Fortifying for Spring Struggle
In Moscow on the Kremlin Red Square fourth anniversary parade Leon Trotzky, Russia's war minister, warned that if Genoa talks fail Russia may strike with blood in the spring. He pledged a stronger army and a May 1 literacy goal while reviewing a large, well–uniformed garrison amid dignitaries from the Third International.
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Willam DD. Haywood
Katayama
Bela Kun
Third Internationale
Herr Wolcke
Germany
Harding Warns House Navy Panel Over Cuts
President Harding told the House Naval Affairs Committee not to scuttle the navy. He warned against reducing enlisted personnel to 60,000 men, saying such a cut would cripple the service and jeopardize national defense. He spoke with Republican members at the White House in a frank briefing on the issue.
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Harding
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Naval Affairs Committee
White House
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Corporal Tanner
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the Treasury
Treasury
Congress
Shipping Board
Red Cross Aids Disabled WWI Veterans in 1921
The American Red Cross spent 9 762 000 dollars to assist disabled World War I veterans in 1921, a report released in Washington shows. Judge John Barton Payne, chairman, announced the figures.
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Washington
American Red Cross
John Barton Payne
Jewelry Theft Stuns Brooklyn Man in St Louis Hotel
Louis Kane a Brooklyn salesman for Michael Levy Jewelry of New York reported his hotel room in St Louis entered and jewelry valued at 47000 dollars stolen.
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St. Louis
Louis Kane
Brooklyn
Michael Levy
J B Sheehan Dies In Florida
James B. Sheehan a New York lawyer active in city politics died of pneumonia at his Winter Park winter home near Orlando at age 57.
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Orlando
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James B. Sheehan
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Winter Park
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Harding agrees to compromise on four power Pacific treaty
Washington February 27 the senate foreign relations committee nears final vote on the Pacific pact after President Harding accepts a compromise reservation. The amendment, framed to protect US rights, states there is no commitment to armed force or alliance and no obligation to join in defense.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harding
Brandegee
United States
Johnson
Pacific
Convention approves third section of income tax plan
Springfield fil Feb 23 The constitutional convention on second reading adopts the third section of a new tax plan. Vote 52 to 9. The section lets the legislature substitute a uniform income tax for all taxes by valuing intangible property in the state. A provision tying income tax to property taxes by valuation is removed.
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Springfield
Fil
Iowan Senators Visit White House for Appointment
Former Iowa senator Kenyon and his successor Charles A. Rawson met President Harding. Kenyon resigns from the senate to become judge of the Eighth federal circuit and planned to leave soon for his new duties.
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Iows
Charles A. Rawson
White House
Rawson
Harding
Senate
Eighth Federal Circuit
Vassar Students Protest Knickers on Campus
The Vassar Miscellany News reports a protest signed by 51 Vassar students against wearing knickers on campus in dining rooms and on streets in Poughkeepsie New York.
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Vassar
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Vassar Miscellany
Harding Wins Pact Fight Victory in Senate Clash
President Harding secured a win as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported the four power Pacific pact with no drastic reservations, defeating the Irreconcilables in the budget brief contest.
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Harding
Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
U S Market Report Highlights Week to Feb 23
The U S market report notes Chicago hog prices up 30 to 45 cents week over week, beef steers steady, and cows and heifers modestly higher. Wheat and corn futures rose with bull crop reports and strong export demand. world wheat supply increased. Grain and feed prices, fruit and vegetable markets, and dairy prices show ongoing fluctuations and general steadiness in several commodities.
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Buffalo
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Boston
Philadelphia
Explosion rocks Argo quarry damages $1 million
An explosion at a quarry near Argo Illinois detonated 800 cases of dynamite stored in a magazine a quarter mile from the nearest building. The blast injured a worker whose leg was broken and caused widespread window damage within 50 miles. No cause is yet known.
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Argo
Iil
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Consumers Company
Viéi NY
British Rum Runner Seized Off Cape Charles
The motor schooner Emerald of Digby Nova Scotia under the British flag was seized by the coast guard cutter Manning nine miles southeast of Cape Charles lighthouse as a rum runner.
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Emerald
Digby
Nova Scotia
Coast Guard
Cape Charles
National Grange to Meet in Wichita Next Year
Wichita Kansas February 28 announcement by Barton Needham national lecturer states the next annual meeting of the National Grange association will be held in Wichita. The plan sets the event in the city with Needham confirming the location and date details.
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Wichita
Kan
National Grange Association
Barton Needham
Lane
RAIL MEN BACK MINERS STRIKE ALLIANCE FOR COAL WAGE SCALE
Chicago February 24. Sixteen railway brotherhoods pledge moral support to the United Mine Workers while forming a protective alliance with miners. They avoid a strike but back wage scales that reflect present conditions and eliminate the checkoff. The Pittsburgh operators resist a four states conference until a fair wage plan and checkoff removal are agreed.
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United Mine Workers’ of America
John L. Lewis
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Protective Alliance
H.E. Wells
Martin F. Ryan
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Ross
The
International Railway Telegraphers
Phillip Murray
International Mine Workers of America
Dempsey
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Miss Normand Ill. Taylor Murder Confession Dart
Mabel Normand, recovering from influenza and a nervous breakdown tied to William Desmond Taylor’s murder, was reported improving by her doctor. Officials dismissed Harry N. Fields Detroit confession as unsubstantiated and the inquiry shifted back to local tips following the case.
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Cal
Mabel Norman
Miss Normand
William Desmond Taylor
Harry N. Fields
Detroit
Taylor
Fields
Four Power Pacific Treaty Ordered Favorably Reported
The Four power Pacific treaty with the compromised Reservation was ordered favorably reported by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by a 13 to 3 vote.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japanese Man Sentenced to Death in New York
Saito Taizu twenty three the only Japanese ever convicted of murder in New York City was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison the week of April 3.
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New York
Saito Taizu
New York City
Sing Sing Prison
War Department Clerk Admits Writing Threat Letters
George R B Long a War department clerk aged forty confessed he authored the threat letters sent to a number of Washington society matrons. The admission came in Washington on February 27.
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George RB. Long
War Department
Washington ‘Society
Congress Faces Overhaul of Civil Service System
The article argues the national government lacks a true personnel system beyond the merit-based reforms. It urges a complete overhaul with new structures to attract and retain capable workers, curb waste, and reform budgeting, organization, and oversight under Congress. It cites the need for a decisive, system-wide redesign, referencing long-standing Hamiltonian principles.
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Congress
Alexander Hamilton
Ren
Expenditures and government reform in the Taft era
The piece laments early 20th century federal budgeting chaos from Taft's presidency, noting widespread unreconciled activities and reliance on Santa Claus money. It cites lavish authorizations, indirect funding tricks, and large unitemized balances, arguing for a unified, economical administrative system.
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United States
Taft
Rockefellers
Carnegies
Rothschilds
A Peculiar View Howell He Has Some Queer Ideas
Powell says he believes world history would differ if he had wed a different woman. The remark hints at odd notions about fate and marriage.
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Powell
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