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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1922
Page
2
The report asserts ex service men are treated best by the Republican administration claiming higher expenditures for World War veterans than for any item except the public debt. It argues the administration prioritizes veterans benefits over other spending areas.
After the 1918 election the Republican Congress began in 1919 to fund relief and medical aid for World War I veterans. The Veterans' Bureau unified agencies, expanded hospital care with 23 000 beds, and launched a nationwide outreach that filed 117 000 new claims and served over 240 000 veterans. Vocational training expanded, disability compensation rose to over 1 000 000 dollars daily, and life insurance for 600 000 veterans was offered at low rates.
A rallying report claims the Republican Party aided laboring classes by reducing the army of unemployed, easing tax burdens, tightening immigration restrictions, lowering cost of living, and removing the war menace.
Estimates from the American Federation of Labor place unemployed workers between 5 and 6 million when the Republicans took office in March 1921. The shift followed a summer 1920 downturn and included tax relief, immigration curbs, and restored agricultural credit, easing industrial distress and lowering living costs for wage earners.
Murray Clark of Ogden, a United States Naval Academy midshipman, spent his first holiday since entering the academy in late June in Washington visiting friends and seeing the city as Labor Day marked his first break.
The report defends the Santa Fe crew over the Gallup Arizona incident, citing the crew’s efforts to aid passengers during the August tie-up. Passengers praise enginemen firemen conductors and clerks for meals laundry and funds to feed and comfort them, noting also Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce support.
A traveling salesman Kennedy stayed at a Lake Park hotel, left cases in Shaefer's Jewelry, and on Tuesday morning the store door was pried open with cases valued at $20,000 stolen. Only about three dozen fountain pens remained missing. Kennedy, once Esthesville resident, had jewelry business ties in Des Moines. Lake Park News reports this as the incident and notes related prohibition poll figures.
Minneapolis Tribune reports Wisconsin Republicans renewed Senator La Follette with strong cross party support. Democrats and Socialists aided his win as his 1917 war record failed to deter voters, and the public largely overlooked his antiwar stance and other criticisms.
Recommendation of Forest L Smith veteran of World War I from Coon Rapids for rural carrier out of Coon Rapids was made during the week. Smith is currently a temporary carrier and will be permanently appointed by the Post Office Department.
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