Confronted by Currency Legislation in Washington
A revival of currency reform talk centers on a National Reserve Association plan, the New York National City Company tied to National City Bank, and insurgent Republican pressure to report by January 1, 1913. Debates suggest Congress will deliberate for years with each party pushing its version while campaigns approach. The Citizens' League aims to branch nationwide by December 1 to recruit business leaders and bankers.
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Ashington
National League
Federal Reserve Action
New York City
National City Company
National City Bank
Senate
National Monetary
Congress
National Reserve Association
Citizens’ League
League
New Disappointment First Summer Girl
A brief fragment notes a sequence where expectations around a first summer girl are contrasted with a second summer girl and a closer view reveals a disappointing outcome.
Plans for canal fortifications at Gibraltar and Panama zone
The War Department orders a 1 inch gun from Sandy Hook to be deployed as a preliminary step toward fortification plans in the Panama Canal Zone. The gun, a heavy aerotorpedo projectile weapon, weighs 2 400 pounds and carries 150 pounds of explosives. It is claimed to threaten superdreadnoughts at ranges up to about 16 miles from the canal mouth, though armor penetration at longer ranges is uncertain.
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Ibraltar
Fortification Board
Panama
Canal Zone
War Department
Sandy Hook
Canal
Senate committee probes third degree inquiry progress
The senate special committee on the third degree advances slowly as a joint senate and house panel continues investigating employers’ liability and workmen’s compensation.
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Senate
House
Investigation into valuation frauds prompts firm inquiry
An inquiry into alleged under valuation frauds targets several consignments billed to the same firm. The investigation examines related shipments and possible scheme connections across involved parties.
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Tee
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Fia
Parone Rani
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Jim
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