Soldier relief bill passes House with tax increase plan
The soldier relief bill cleared the House 289 to 92 and moves to the Senate. It offers a cash bonus of 1.00 to 1.25 per day based on service, with caps of 500 for non overseas and 625 for overseas service. Alternatives include paid up insurance, farm or home aid, or vocational education. Funding relies on new taxes starting December 1 1920.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Naval Budget Fixed At 436 Million In Congress Pact
Washington reports a fixed naval budget of 436 million dollars for next year after house and senate conferees reach a complete agreement. The deal includes 20 million for navy aviation, a compromise between 15.8 million and 25 million. A five member congressional commission will study San Francisco bay sites, with a December 31 report due, and Tongue Point submarine base near Astoria in the final approval.
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Washington
Senate
House
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay
Congress
Tongue Point
Columbia River
Astoria
Want outlet for Armenia sea access at Batum under allied control
President Wilson insists Armenia gain access to the sea through Batum, a free port under inter allied control. Batum, a key Black Sea port, serves the trans Caucasian pipelines to Baku oil fields and is the outlet for Georgia and Azerbaijan.
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Washington
Armenia
Wilson
Batum
Allied Supreme Council
Inter-Allied
Black Sea
Baku
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Palmer Attacks Post Over Aliens Policy Stance
Attorney General Palmer told a House committee that Louis F. Post showed perverted sympathy for the criminal anarchist and used a self willed autocratic substitute of his own mistaken viewpoint for public law in government efforts against dangerous aliens.
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Washington
Louis F. Post
Palmer
House
Post
Gaston Chevrolet Wins 600 Mile Auto Race at Indy
Gaston Chevrolet drives an American designed car to win the eighth Indianapolis 600 mile race before a crowd of 125000. He finished in 5 hours 40 minutes 16.14 seconds at an average speed of 88.16 miles per hour, the second fastest in the event’s history.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Gaston Chevrolet
Japan seeks renewal of Anglo Japanese alliance
Tokio reports the cabinet will open negotiations to renew and revise the Anglo Japanese alliance. The Yomiuri Shimbun says Great Britain is willing to maintain the alliance with modifications. The move signals ongoing diplomacy between Japan and Britain.
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Japan
Tokio
Great Britain
Yomiri Shimbun
States Must Abide By Amendments Supreme Court Ruling
Washington reports the supreme court held that federal constitutional amendments cannot be submitted for ratification to a referendum vote in states that have referendum provisions in their constitutions. The ruling clarifies the scope of interstate ratification processes and confirms limits on direct state voting on federal amendments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Debs Accepts Socialist Nomination in Prison Garb
Debs accepted the socialist nomination for president, formally tendered by a party committee, in Atlanta’s federal penitentiary where he serves a ten year espionage act sentence. He wore blue denim prisoner garb and spoke briefly, thanking the party and lamenting limited personal campaign ability.
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Atlanta
Eugene V
Debs
United, States
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Farmers Ask for Books On Farming and Stars
Rural readers request a wide range of informative works from practical farm drainage to Collins Book of the Stars. The American Library Association promotes the Books for Everybody program, funding rural library service and county systems to bring central libraries and radiating stations to all areas.
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American Library Association
St&p
America
Lydia Carlson
Mason
Wis
Collins
James Dunn
Convent
Walter Williams
Osseo
Nbrartes
Road patrol plan to maintain dirt roads proposed at Myrtle Point
The article discusses a patrol system to maintain roads with gravel and open ditches, costing half by the state and half by the county, claiming long term savings. It also reports a local arrest of William Major for horse theft at Myrtle Point and a U S land notice from Roseburg about Peter Roos seeking final proof for homestead land.
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Myrtle Point
Douglas County
Roseburg News Review
Wm. Major
West Fork
F. E. Gates
Camas Valley
Gates
Public Notice of Homestead Final Proof in Myrtle Point
Notice states William A. Horn of Myrtle Point Oregon filed for final three year proof to establish his claim to 8S % of NW % of Section 31 Township 31 S Range 13 W Willamette Meridian. Witnesses named: William Selinder Fred E Burgess Albert E Carver Thomas Lawson.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Roseburg
Oregon
Peter Roos
Myrtle Point
Township
Range
Willamette Meridian
Edgar A. Dodge
U. 8S
Llewellyn W. Peare
Peter Culver
Ora Brunbaugh
Albert L. Carver
Auihen
W. H. Non ST Vister
William A. Horn
U. S
Imant
William ‘T. Selinderr
Fred E. Burgess
Albert E. Carver
Thomas’ Lawson
Senate Panel Rejects Armenia Mandate Authority
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 11 to 4 to report a resolution to the Senate declining to grant the authority requested by President Wilpen to accept a mandate for Armenia.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Wilpen
Armenia
Cottage Grove Readers Endorse Dean’s Kidney Pills
Cottage Grove residents report positive testimony about Dean’s Kidney Pills from local buyer A Rogers retired farmer at 407 North G Street. He claims the remedy helps control kidney trouble and normalizes kidney function after taking a box. Price 60 cents at dealers.
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Cottage Grove
Enya
Dean
Puls
Myrtle Point
A. Rogers
North G. St
Ore
Ectan
Mie Rogers
Foster-Mil- Ce
Mire
Buffel
N.Y
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Book of the Stars
Myrtle
Smarsmtelding
I. ‘Cannon
Herschell -Spillman
Connecticut
Salisbury
Firestone
H. Merten
Motor Cars and Trucks
Southern
L. H. Pearce
Tractors ‘Automobiles
Rtle Point, Oregon
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