Ireland Talks on Peace Move Between Craig and De Valera
Dublin reports an informal Sinn Fein meeting with De Valera and colleagues. A communication from Kim to Premier Lloyd George is expected soon on a proposed conference basis. A second Ireland Ireland meeting with Sir James Craig is anticipated. Imprisoned Sinn Feiners show improved treatment in letters.
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Taybe
Ireland
James Craig
Mr. de Valera
Dublin
Hamonn de Valera
Kim
Lloyd George
Ulster
de Valera
Sinn
Elimination of Red Tape Aims to Aid Veterans
Washington debate centers on sweeping changes proposed by Col. G R Forbes director of the war risk insurance bureau to ease veteran relief. He notes 4 5 million former service members and a heavy backlog with 1 000 new claim applications daily and claims reduced to 40 000 to 50 000 awaiting action.
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Washington, D. C
Cost of Troops on Rhine and U S Expenditures
Secretary Weeks reported to the Senate the total cost of American occupation in Germany from December 16, 1918 to April, amounting to 275,324,192 dollars. By last dated accounts, 500 officers, 18,241 enlisted men and 54 nurses remained in German territory.
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Rhine
Washington
D. C
Germany
United States
Weeks
Senate Io
Borah
Republican
Idaho
German Consulate Reopens in Shanghai with Dr. Schirmer in Charge
The German consulate at Shanghai has reopened under Dr. K. Schirmer. Consulates have also opened at Tientsin and Henkow. German merchants in China form trading and manufacturing ties as the Dutch-Asiatic bank reorganizes into the Bino German bank.
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Shanghai
K. Schirmer
Tientsin
Henkow
China
Dutch-Asiatic Bank
Bino-German Bank
Cub Bears Offer Harding Add to White House Aide
A fragmentary notice notes Cub Bears offered Harding an addition to the White House staff with Beathard mentioned as connected to the president and a reference to a "beautiful Jane" boy in training.
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Harding
White House
Beathard
Ing
Jane Pe
Emperor Chartes Cannot Return
Vienna reports a treaty declares war on Hungary if Experor Chartes returns to the throne. The memorandum binds involved powers to a potential military escalation upon his reappearance. Details stress the fragile balance and looming conflict in Central Europe.
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Emperor Chartes
Vienna
Hungary
Chartes
Postage stamp revival eyed to fund tax plan
The Ways and Means Committee mid a push to raise about 4 billion annually discussed restoring an 8 cent postage stamp as revenue. President Harding heard proposals from Chairman Fordney while Mellon reportedly opposed sales or stamp taxes and supported a 15 percent corporate levy with a 2000 dollar exemption.
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Seer
D. O
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harding
Fordney
Melton
Ways and Committee
Post Office Department
Mellon
Treaty Ratified in Paris Exchang of Ratification Ceremony
Paris processed the peace treaty with Hungary with a brief twenty minute exchange at the Quai d Orsay presided by Paul Campon. Hungary’s minister to France, Krasnovsky, promised Hungary would fulfill the treaty in good faith.
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Paris
Hungary
Quai d'Orsay
Paul Campon
Herr Krasnovsky
France
Million Dollar Gift to Chicago Charity Shocks City
A record charitable donation in Chicago is revealed as seven valuable properties transfer to a Chicago charitable corporation. The first deeded asset is valued at 4.5 million dollars, donated by Mr. and Mrs. Werner A. Wieboldt.
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Chicago
Ill
Chicago Charitable Corporation
Werner A. Wieboldt
Farm groups vow to fight corporate tax cuts in hearings
Representatives of farmers associations told the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington that agricultural interests will oppose reducing taxes on profitable corporations and wealthy individuals as hearings on tax revision begin.
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Washington,d. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Germans Send Silver to U. S for Reparations Credits
Silver valued between 750000 and 800000 dollars arrived in New York from Germany. The shipment, consigned to the Equitable Trust Company by the Reichsbank, will be converted into dollar credits to meet reparations payments before August 81.
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U. S
New York
Germany
Equitable Trust Company
Reichsbank
Forest Fire Destroys Hamlet New Haven and Threatens Neil's Harbor
A gigantic forest fire swept along the coast driven by a new southwesterly wind, wiping out New Haven a hamlet of 500 people and menacing Neil's Harbor for hours.
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Sydney
N. 8
New Haven
Neil's Harbor
Cannot be Downed Soldier Bonus Demand Speech
Gilbert Bettman, head of the American Legion legislative committee, told President Harding that the soldier bonus bill is based on simple justice and will not be downed. The remarks were made in Washington, D. C.
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Washington, D. C
Gilbert Bettman
American Legion Legislative Committee
Harding
Demands Prisoners' Release from Russia
An official memorandum from Secretary of State Hughes requesting the release of American prisoners in Russia was delivered by counsel Albrecht to Leonid Stark, the Bolshevik minister in Riga.
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Riga
Hughes
Russia
Albrecht
Leonid Stark
On Good Terms Again Berlin Meeting of Scientists
The first postwar gathering occurred in Berlin with six eminent scientists from Japan and Germany attending at the Ben Academy. The event marked a tentative step toward scientific cooperation after conflict.
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Berlin
Face Oe Ben Academy
Anthrax Outbreak Reported in Iowa and Nearby Counties
A fragment notes anthrax among cattle and horses in parts of Yankton county and nearby areas in Iowa and South Dakota. The report cites livestock exposure and concerns for livestock health in the region.
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Steck
Ae City
Yankton County
Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund Moves Toward Legion Administration
Nebraska officials plan to transfer 50 000 to a veterans relief program for World War I ex servicemen in need. The American Legion is likely to administer the fund with local posts assessing applicants. The state also reports 1921 property values and tax actions, bank depositor levies, and plans for a large state convention and parade.
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Nebraska
American Legion
Fremont
Charles Dawes
Pershing
W. H. Osborne
Lincoln
J. H B. Hart
Department of Trade and Commerce
Guaranty Fund
Ceresco State Bank
Hart
Wells- Abbott-Nierman Milling Corporation
Schuyler
John Merrick
Butte
State Bureau of Animal Industry
Dodge County
Hebb Motorworks
oSale
Ahe
B. Hill
Tecumseh
Co. Ee
Alliance
Japan Agrees to Discuss But Prefers Not to Open Shantung Yap Issues
Washington reports Japan accepts a place in the disarmament conference and signals willingness to negotiate eastern questions. Tokyo says it does not wish to reopen Shantung or Yap, deeming them settled, though some argue Versailles does not bind these issues. Open questions remain about mandates and U S stance.
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Shantung
Yap
Washington, D. C
Japan
State Department
London
Verisailles
Iia
United States
Yapae
Throttle Veteran Hogan Manages Empire State Train to Chicago
Charles Hogan, 70, who once drove the engine 990 for a record 112.5 tiles an hour on May 10, 1893, again steered the Empire State as it departed Rochester for Chicago. He aims to guide the DeWitt Clinton train over the Lancaster to Crittenden route, where he set an unbeaten record, with the trip to be part of Chicago’s Pageant of Progress exhibit.
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Rochester
Charles Hogan
Chicago
Hogan
Buffalo
Lancaster
Crittenden
Congress to Adjourn for Fall Recess
Washington D C Congress plans a recess from August 20 to October 1 after a White House meeting with 15 Republican leaders. Steering committees will set the program before the break as leaders seek a respite, though disagreements linger on which measures to pass now.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
Republican House
Harding
White House
Supplies Reenter U S Market Amid War Surplus Sales
New Orleans reports Uncle Sam surpluses sold to a French syndicate are being brought into port for sale in the American market. The New Orleans Association of Commerce urges Louisiana lawmakers to enact laws to bar further imports, citing potential demoralizing effects.
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New Orleans
Uncle Sam
New Orleans Association of Commerce
Association of Commerce
Louisiana
Congress
Senate
Themo
Cost of Soldier Relief in Public Health Hospitals
Dr C H B Lavinder told a senate committee that hospital care for former service men costs on average 3 68 dollars per day per case. He cited a daily average of 12 000 patients in public health hospitals with a high daily total near 26 000.
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Washington, D. C
C. HB. Lavinder
Public Health Service
Senate
To Fight K. K. K. Beaumont Open Warfare Plan Classified
A communication addressed to the Ku Klux Klan in southeast Texas outlines forming a band to combat alleged Klan activity and threatens open warfare if arrests of Klan members fail, sent to a local newspaper for publication.
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Beaumont
Tex
Ku Klux Klan
Texas
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