Congress passes Fordney tariff bill in House action
The Fordney tariff bill cleared the House in Washington after a two week debate by a vote of 289 to 126 and proceeds to the Senate. President Harding ordered a temporary hold on government surplus property sales via Dawes. Reapportionment would raise House members from 435 to 460.
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Washington
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Charles E. Dawes
House of Representatives
House Census Committee
Dry Posse Killed Hunting Stills in Breathitt County
Prohibition Officer Samuel J. Watkins formed a Breathitt County posse to raid a moonshine operation in Buckhorn. The ambush killed Green Watkins and Henry Noble died later from wounds. Shade Allen survived after nine hits. Bloodhounds from Captain Mullikin tracked the slayers. The squad included Green Watkins Deputy Sheriff Andrew Shade Allen and brothers Henry Noble and William Lovings.
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Union News Service
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Samuel J. Watkins
Jackson
Green Watkins
Breahitt County
Henry Noble
Shade Allen
W. G. Mullikin
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Watkins
Andrew
William Lovings
Senate and House Leaders Promise No Tax Increase
In Washington, Senator Boles Penrose and Rep. Joseph W. Fordney say no tax rise will hit the American public next year with a total of 4 billion dollars to be funded by changes meant to attract capital and spur business.
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Boles Penrose
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Joseph W. Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
Soviet to Admit Agents for Deportation
Soviet Russia will admit Mollie Steimer Jacob Abrams Hyman Lachowksy and Samuel Lipman to the country as deportation terms are considered by Attorney Harry Weinberger on their espionage act convictions. Daugherty had previously advised commuting the sentences if the four consented to deportation.
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New York
Russia
Mollie Steimer
Jacob Abrams
Hyman Lachowsky
Samuel Lipman
Harry Weinberger
Harry M. Daugherty
Weinberger
Janitor Pardoned After Consuming Champagne Binge
Berlin reports Aug Marcowski, a janitor, jailed for drinking ten cases of champagne from a tenant, was pardoned by the high court despite a nine day spree. Upon release he reportedly drank from another nearby case to quench his thirst, seemingly echoing the court’s judgment.
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August Marcow 'Sk
Marcowski
Mingo Hearings Ended A Senate Panel Considers Next Steps
Senate committee hearings on conditions in the Mingo West Virginia coal fields concluded with a possibility of resuming soon either in Washington or West Virginia. Chairman Kenyon said no decisions were made about visiting the scene, while miners' counsel urged a field trip.
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Senate
Mingo
W. Va
West Virginia
Wm. &. Kenyon
New York Reports Lowest Auto Fatality Rate Among Big U.S. Cities
Health Commissioner Royal S. Copeland released 1920 figures showing New York had the lowest automobile death rate of any large city. The data contrasted with Los Angeles which recorded 801 fatalities per million population, the highest rate.
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New York
United States
Royal S. Copeland
Los Angeles
Turkish escape blocked near Smyrna in Asia Minor
Greek right wing encircles Turkish Nationalists forcing a blocked retreat from Eski Shehr toward Angora. The railway junction at Eski Shehr fell to Greek forces during a sweeping offensive as the turning movement extends south and east of Eski Shehr.
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Asia Minor
Angora
Eski-Shehr
Aski- Shehr
French Demand Renewed on Upper Silesia Crisis
Paris reports the French Government again urged Britain to allow enforcements into Upper Silesia and to convene a meeting of experts before the Supreme Council assembles. Ambassador De St. Aulaire was asked to press the case in London.
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Colonel de St. Aulaire
Great Britain
Upper Silesia
Upper Silesian
Supreme Council
Army Major Campbell Denies Bergdoll Cash Connection
Major Bruce R. Campbell testified before a House committee that none of the 60000 dollars he deposited with a Wall Street firm for stock trading last year came from the Bergdoll family. He said the money, described as slim, was his own funds and denied Mrs. Bergdoll’s claim that 6000 dollars was paid to aid her son Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, a draft dodger, in obtaining something from brokers.
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Bruce R. Campbell
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Bergdol
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Grentom
Grover
Cleveland
Bergsdoll
Camp
Bell
Bear on the Great Slave lake inspires bold bear story
While resting, a group notes moss gathering by native women. An eight year old girl discovers a cavern with a bear and the mother blocks the hole with her skirt to keep the bear still until the father returns to shoot it. The bear is large and dead.
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Arthur Heming
Great Slave Lake
What's the name of this town town chatter
A traveler and a husky youth clash on a platform at a red depot in a humorous exchange. The traveler boasts travel to London Paris and Monte Carlo while the youth derides the town Chiggersville as a dull place. The bowie is mentioned as a whimsical obstacle.
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Monte Carlo
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Wheat crop shows good output in 1921 world totals
India’s 1921 wheat crop is estimated at 263,051,000 bushels, 69.3 percent of 1920. European and North African cultivated wheat area reaches 49,008,000 acres, 102.9 percent of 1920 area, representing 16 percent of world average production.
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Africa
Wordsworths Mounts Attitudes and Lowell’s Love
The passage cites Wordsworth as impatient when others praise mountains, suggesting a unique affection for his subject. It notes the common reaction that no one else’s view satisfies a poet’s own devotion, here contrasted with Lowell’s similar intense attachment to his mistress.
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Wordsworth
de Quincey
Lowell
Close Race Inference on Earth’s End From Coal and Ice Trusts
A Greenville South Carolina Piedmont columnist teases a climate debate by predicting the earth will end in a glacial phase. The quip notes the coal trust may outlive the Ice trust, signaling a partisan framing.
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Ice Trust
Greenville
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Cincinnati Markets: Grain Dairy Livestock Prices Listed
The Cincinnati market report lists prices for corn white and yellow grades, oats, hay Timothy and clover, wheat red, dairy creamery products, eggs, live poultry including roosters and fowls, cattle with steers and heifers, calves and sheep with lamb values, hogs including heavy packers, butchers, sows, and pigs with varying weight-based rates. Prices are given per unit, reflecting mixed market conditions.
Schwartz Wins Grand Prix de Rome for Heroism Tribute
Frank Henry Gerhardt Schwartz, a 26 year old Chicago born artist, wins the 1921 Grand Prix de Rome and sails to Rome in September for three years of study at the American academy with a $1000 yearly living allowance. He previously lived in New York with early married life, served in the military, and has signed some works as Gerhardt Schwartz.
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Young Schwartz
Academy of Architecture and Sculpture
Rome
American Academy In
Frank Henry Gerhardt Schwartz
Chicago
Art Institute
Gertrude Strunk
New York
Schwartz
Gerhardt Schwartz
Australia’s Hughes Urges Peace amid Japan Dispute
Prime Minister William M. Hughes of Australia argues that war would bring immense harm to both nations. He seeks peace and friendship with Japan, notes Japan’s ambitions to hold land in America, and stresses Australia’s readiness to trade while asserting limits on further concessions.
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America
William M. Hughes
Australia
United States
Hitchcock Seeks Bank of Nations in New York Proposal
Senator Hitchcock introduces a bill to create the Bank of Nations in New York with 2 billion dollars in capital to act as fiscal agent for the United States and other admitted governments. Treasury subscription would allow control with 900 million dollars sold to salve governments via treaties. The bank would promote international credit, stabilize exchange, and issue notes and currency with a 33 percent reserve. The measure, referred to the banking committee, coincides with about 1 billion dollars in European debt owed to the United States as of May.
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New York
Bank of Nations
United States
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Treasury Department
Banking Committee
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Farmers Need Extended Credit Says Howard
J. R. Howard president of the American Farm Bureau urges extension of adequate credits to farmers as bankers paramount duty. He warns reconstruction is impossible without credit and calls for banks to adjust to prevent forced liquidation. He notes growth of cooperatives and proposes a financing corporation using warehouse receipts and debentures, urging bankers to affiliate with the Federal Reserve.
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America Farm Bureau Federation
Mr. Howard
Howard
Federal Reserve
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