Federal Reserve earnings for 1921 amid economic shifts
The 1921 annual Federal Reserve Board report to Congress notes gross earnings of the central banks at 122.9 million dollars, down from 181.2 million in 1920, as loan reductions and rising gold reserves reshape the system amid a cautious recovery outlook. It details assets, note circulation, and a 2.87 billion dollar gold reserve with a 71 percent combined reserve ratio, and discusses securities markets, interest rates, and price trends.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Hia
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Five Shot in Battle Over County Office Clash
Ardmore Oklahoma February 21 Five men were wounded in a fracas at the county attorney's office after an argument between Sheriff London and E J Martin. The fight pitted Garrett faction against London supporters as both sides disputed control of the office.
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Ardmore
Okla
K. Co. London Ami Eo J. Mertin
Buck Garret
Pem
Garrett
Sheriff London
Bank messenger robbed of twenty two thousand dollars
William A. Russell, messenger for the Greenwich bank, was robbed of twenty two thousand dollars in currency by three automobile bandits who halted the truck delivering funds to a downtown bank on Nineteenth Street near Seventh Avenue in New York.
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New York
William A. Russell
Greenwich
Nineteenth Street
Seventh Avenue
Will Watch Near East Activities
Washington reports the United States will defend its Near East interests. As allied premiers meet Paris to shape policy on Turkey and the Near East, Ambassador George Harvey and Ambassador Herrick will keep the U S State Department informed on all moves. Pressure grows for U S assertion amid protests from American business interests.
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Washington
United States
Near East
Paris
Lor Curzon
Turkey
American State Department
George Harvey
Harding
Supreme Council
Herrick
Constantinople
Planes Used To Combat Florida Rum Smuggling
Prohibition officials consider air, sea, and land actions to curb illicit liquor flow into the United States from the West Indies and other regions. A British schooner, Annabelle, carrying 11 500 cases of cargo, was seized near Jewfish Creek south of Miami by aircraft from Miami and nearby towns. crew of 21 held under surveillance aboard the vessel. Eleven planes in gray battle ship color carried out the operation with Captain Rogers directing raids along the coast including St Augustine and Jacksonville.
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Haynes
Florida
Miami
Fin
Annabelle
Jewfish Creek
Jewfish
Rogers
St. Augustine
Jacksonville
Charleston
Jewtsh
Guards aid passer by then flee with whisky at Old Pepper distillery
Four guards aided by a passer-by at the Old Pepper distillery near Versailles Kentucky later escaped with between 20 and 400 cases of Viquer valued around 240000. The guards and helper were bound blindfolded and led to posts. In Detroit, six armed men bound the watchman at a government warehouse and carried off about 20 barrels of bonded whisky, worth over 50000, loaded onto a meat wagon.
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Versailles
Detroit
Mich
Beautienoavente
Pellee
British Officer Killed in Ireland Amid Suburb Affray
Trublin February 21 Lieutenant Mead of British forces was killed in a Dublin suburb affray. A British sergeant and three civilians were wounded. The report notes a mutinous outbreak in the Irish army with proclamations from South Tipperary and Middle Limerick brigades, as defenses brace for further incidents.
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Trublin
Mead
Dublin
Tipperary
South Tipperary
Middle
Ministry of Defense
Eterone
Limerick
Flu Halts Obenchain Trial in Kennedy Murder Case
In Los Angeles Colorado on February 21 the Madalyne Chenehain murder trial paused as influenza struck witnesses jurors and attorneys. Prosecution and defense efforts were halted as several jurors wore trial cords and staff faced illness delaying proceedings pending health conditions.
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Los Angeles
Col
Madalyne Chenehain
J. Benton Kennedy
Witneses
President Harding Defends Secrecy on Four Power Treaty Talks
President Harding told the Senate it is impossible to supply records of the four power Pacific treaty negotiations as most talks occurred without formal records. He stated no concealed understandings or secret exchanges of notes exist and emphasized that disclosure would not serve public interest. The Yap treaty was reported favorably by the foreign relations committee despite a single dissent, with open debate on ratification possible soon.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
Reign Relations Committee
United States
Japan
Yap
Bate
Hiad
Pittman
Dem
Ledge
McCumber Kellogg
Brandegee
Borah
Johnson
New
Wadeworth
Repubblicans
Williams
Pomerone
Hitchcock
MetCormick
Moses
Sam Nnebie
Foreign Relations Committee
Hughes
Borah Rep
Idabe
Bermuda
French arms envoys return to Paris from Washington
The French delegation to the Washington armament conference arrived in Paris from the United States. They expressed dissatisfaction with the mission and suggested misunderstandings in America over France may have arisen from their visit.
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Paris
Washington
United States
France
America
Bandits In Wild Jewelry Store Heist Net $8000
Seven armed bandits in a touring car robbed the jewelry store at 3012 West Twenty second street owned by Vincent Gorecki. They escaped with about $8000 in cash and jewelry.
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Chicago
Weet Twenty-second Street
Vincent (. Gorecki
Bloc in Senate Pushes McNary Reclamation Bill
A bipartisan bloc forms in the Senate to press early passage of the McNary reclamation bill. It targets draining swamp lands in the South and reclaiming arid lands in the West and calls for using veterans of all wars in the project. Secretary Fall and President Harding back the measure, with optimism for a March completion.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Moe
Fall
Harding
Lewis Issues Invitation to Operators Meeting
Lewis invites operators to a meeting seen as a possible path to avert a threatened strike. The appeal aims to forestall disruption slated around April 1.
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LEWIS
Conference to avert miners strike set for March 2
Chicago February 21 The United Mine Workers President Lewis invites coal operators in the Central competitive field Illinois Indiana Ohio and western Pennsylvania to meet union officials in Cleveland March 2 to discuss disputed wages and working conditions that could trigger an April 1 strike.
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Piventne Journal
Chicago
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Cleveland
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
War Finance approves large crop loan advances
The War Finance Corporation announced 170 advances for agricultural and five for check purposes totaling 4.57 million dollars. It also approved the Burley Tobacco Growers' Association in Lexington Kentucky for an advance not exceeding 1 million dollars.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Association
Lexington
Ex-Senator Shafroth Dies in Denver at 67
Former United States senator from Colorado and twice governor John F. Shafroth died in Denver at age sixty seven. He had a long political career guiding the state through ambitious reforms and served in national government. The death marks the passing of a prominent Colorado statesman and public figure.
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Decedent
Colorado
Denver
Col
John F. Shagroth
United States
California official links illiteracy to Mayflower passenger list
Will G Wood California state superintendent cites 168 Mayflower passengers to explain modern illiteracy. He argues that John Peters with his mark stands for illiteracy across generations and that Jamestown’s slave system and native populations seeded current literacy problems.
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John Peters
Will G. Wood
Pers Sons
Jamestown
Tate
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