News of the Week Roundup Highlights Postwar and Political Events
A Washington announcement creates an American Mexican commission to push for recognition of Mexico. President Harding backs Forest Protection Week and supports a Stone Mountain memorial. Washington police guard the Daughters of the American Revolution congress. Other items note aviation milestones, industrial comments, and various regional events.
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State Department
Washington
Mexico
Harding
Charles L. Pack
The
American Tree Association
Daughters of the American Revolution
Turbulent World Headlines From Across Nations and Europe
Reports from Moscow to Rome show a government indefinite postponement of a major trial and Mussolini accepting cabinet resignations. American officials pledge to safeguard national interests abroad while unrest and riots intensify in Bucharest and Dublin. Typhoid ravages Quebec and anti foreign measures rise in Germany as Belgium and the United States negotiate rights in Africa. An Egyptian constitution is signed in Cairo amid border tensions and celebrations mark Rome's birthday.
American demand for war damages against Germany reaches billion
National and capital affairs report that American citizens and the government pursue about 1 billion dollars in claims for damages and losses caused by World War I. The mixed claims commission, with Robert Morris for the United States, weighs a complex case including 350 million in German-owned property and potential use of alien property proceeds to satisfy claimants.
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Ashington
America
Germany
United States
Mixed Claims Commission
Robert ©. Morris
Alien Property Custodian’s
al. Marine
Argu
Netra
Lusitania
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Hay
Commissi
Congress
Feess Pushes Six-Justice Concurrence To Strike Down Laws
Senator Feess, aligning with conservative Republicans, urges a constitutional change requiring at least six Supreme Court justices to rule a law unconstitutional. He argues a 5–4 vote lets one judge overturn legislative acts and favors stronger congressional power to override court decisions.
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Congress
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la Follette
Rep. Wis
Borah
House
Senate
Nna
Borah Haa
Radical tax program outlines to strike at big business
Representative Frear details tentative tax revision plan for the progressive group led by Senator La Follette. The measure targets excess profits tax, retroactive taxes on undistributed earnings, higher estate and gift taxes, abolition of tax record secrecy, and possible constitutional amendment to reach tax exempt securities and stock dividends. The aim is to curb tax avoidance amid large scale investments in tax free securities and dividends.
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Frenz
Rep
Wis
Progressive Group
Senator la Follette
Prear
West
Congress
Freargald
Frear
Way, and
Bila
Frear Jony
Recommendations to reduce unemployment from Hoover report
The report prepared by a President's conference committee led by Owen D. Young outlines causes of depression and 13 recommendations. Key measures include tighter credit control by banks, inflation control by the Federal Reserve, disciplined expansion by business, delaying public construction, boosting work during slumps, timely statistics on industries, an unemployment reserve fund, and a national unemployment bureau.
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Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Fedard
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Western Grain Dealers Association
Sioux City
County Farm Bureau
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Burlington
Ottumwa
Ralph Stewart
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Mississippi
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Waterloo
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Northwestern
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National Travelers Casualty Association of Des Moines
Ben J. Gibson
Henning Largen
University of Iowa
American-Scandinavian Foundation
New York
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Christiania
Norway
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Black Hawk
Carroll
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Decatur
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Scott
Story
Tama
Wayne
Webster and Worth
Ollie Craig
Sioux Rapids
Spencer Hospital
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Webster County
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Agricultural Extension Service
H. F. Duer
Eagle Grove
Duer
Spencer
Dairy Extension Department
Humboldt
Humboldt County
Co-Operative
Smith Home
Agricultural Extension Department
Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Memorial Association
Post Office Department
White House
Pierre 8. du Pont
General Motors Corporation
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Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburgh
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National University Extension Expeciation
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Lincoln, Neb
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Oregon
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