Senate fixes interest on foreign debt
Unanimous Senate action amends the foreign debt funding bill to require not less than 4 1 4 percent interest on new obligations. Senator Johnson denounces the created commission powers and demands congressional control, warning against future precedent and urging full public disclosure of loan use. The article also notes related asks for a Muscle Shoals inquiry and Navy ship funding adjustments.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Fenator Metwuber
Simmons
North Carolina
Hiram Johnson
California
Congress
Johnson
Secretary of the Treasury
Jotneon
Great Britain
Britain
Louise Brooks to wed Brig. Gen. MacArthur at West Point
Reports say Louise Cromwell Brooks daughter of Mrs. B. T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia will marry Brig. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, then superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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Louise Cromwell Brooks
B. T. Stotesbury
Philadelphia
Douglas MacArthur
United States Miliary Academy
West Point
Church Reports 85,000 Gain in 1921 Communicants
Des Moines IA January 27 1922 Dr Lewis Seymour Mudge stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church USA announced an 85 000 increase in communicants during 1921 bringing total to over 1 700 000. He spoke in Des Moines while arranging the denomination's annual general assembly set for May 18 to May 28. Viscount Bryce funeral held at Golder's Green crematorium chapel following his death last Sunday.
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Des Moines
Presbyterian Church of the
London
Viscount Bryce
United States
Golder's Green
Demand Tariff on Farm Products Across Nation
Washington January 27 The national agricultural conference unanimously backs Congress to create a permanent tariff adjustment board separate from the tariff commission to shield agriculture and allied industries. The report also urges use of all government tools to elevate farming, supports Harding’s farm relief, seeks a dollar stabilization inquiry, and calls for USDA to publish regular production and demand data for farmers.
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Washington
National Agricultural Conference
Congress
Tariff Adjustment Board
Tariff Commission
Committee On Foreign Competition and Demand
Agriculture and Price Relations Committee
Harding
Congressional Bloc
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Privately Conducted Rites Mark Benedict XV Burial
Rome reports a restrained funeral for Benedict XV with 30 cardinals present. High Masses filled churches, St Peter's held a private ceremony, diplomats and papal nobility attended, and the tomb was sealed after the rite as officials guarded the scene amid ongoing arrival of cardinals.
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Rome
Benedict XV
Christine
Sweden
Pope Pius
Papal
St. Peter’s
Keen
St. Peter's
Pontifical Household
Vatican
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Sacred College
Cardinal Prisco
Archbishon
Naples
Foreign cardinal arrives as Vatican ticket attempts surge
Dina Bourne the Archbishop of Westminster arrives as the first foreign cardinal to enter the curia. Mary Permits Are Refused as Benedict’s burial site is described. Tickets for St Peter's are denied to an elderly claimant. Mer Sanz de Samper's office faces crowds and diplomats learn no extra permits are issued. Swiss guard maintains order.
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Dina Bourne
Westminster
Mary
Benedict
Lend
Vatican
Mer. Sanz de Samper
St. Peter's
French Troops May Plan Further Advance as Berlin Seeks Guarantees
Berlin reports a French advance possibility with inquiries about guarantees for billeted troops and property. Reichstag debates new revenue measures, including a 40 billion mark forced loan to fund German reconstruction and wartime deliveries to France under the Wiesbaden agreement. Chancellor Wirth favors direct taxation and notes socialist willingness to sacrifice doctrine for indemnity talks.
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Berlin
Dai
Birgeneisters
Reichstag
Wirth
France
Wiesbaden
Germany
Bulgarian schools to add compulsory manual and agricultural work
A Bulgarian plan mandates one week of hands on labor in the coming year for all students including boys and girls. The program seeks to integrate agricultural tasks into the school curriculum as part of national education.
Government to sue Wright firms over wartime aircraft overpayments
Attorney General Daugherty said government accountants found large overpayments to Dayton Wright Co and Wright-Martin Co totaling 2.504 million and 4.787 million dollars. War fraud bureau has pursued aircraft cases and will file suits in Ohio federal court led by James N Liston. Other cases are expected as investigations continue.
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Ohio
Dayton Wright Co
Wright-Martin
Washington
District Court
Daugherty
Wright-Martin Company
Dayton
War Fraud Bureau
Department of Justice
Goff
James N. Liston
Columbus
Wellesley Stillwell Liquor Stock Recovered in Lake Geneva
Liquor valued at four thousand dollars from Wellesley H. Stillwell of Chicago was recovered at Lake Geneva after two women detectives installed dietaphones in the suspect George Wood's residence. The stock had been stolen January 11 from Stillwell's summer home.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Wellesley H. Stillwell
Chicago
George Wood
Wood
Iowa Farmers Burn Little Corn This Winter
Iowa farmers burn little corn this winter with only moldy or inferior kernels burned. County agents report the limited burning has not affected corn supply or market price. BR Bliss, director of agricultural extension at Iowa State College, cites county reports including one county burning corn in the courthouse furnace and at the county infirmary.
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Ames
Iowa
BR. K. Bliss
Iowa State College
Antilynching bill clears House in sharp vote
The House passed the Dyer antilenching measure 80 to 119 and sent it to the Senate. It proposes penalties for those convicted of lynching and for officials negligent in preventing lynchings, with counties where lynchings occur also penalized. Representative Blanton accused Republicans of courting the black vote and predicted the bill would die in the Senate or fail in conference.
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Washington
House
Senate
Blanton
Texas
Soldier Bonus Hearings Set by Ways and Means
The house Ways and Means Committee decided to start hearings Tuesday on soldier bonus legislation with the aim of enacting a bonus this session. The witnesses include Secretary Mellon who opposes raising funds by taxing necessaries, along with Treasury officials and veterans organization representatives.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Mellon
Treasury Department
Veterans’ Organizations
Bucketshops in Dangerous Straits Strain to Survive
One of the largest and most powerful bucketshops in America faces a fatal entanglement in illicit practices as clients demand withdrawals. A run on the firm threatens bankruptcy amid a rising stock market and potential further failures across the illegitimate brokerage network.
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New York
Sages of
Wall Street
America
Married Men In U S Population Rise Across Census
Washington remarks that married men reached over half the male population aged 15 and up in the 1920 census, up from 55.8 percent ten years earlier. The report notes shifts in age structure and shifting divorce and widowhood rates, with 21 married among 58,000 men over fifteen.
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Washington
Hare
Cairo revolt claims 190 lives with British troops injured
A Rome to London cable report says fresh disorder in Cairo Egypt has left 190 dead and more than 1000 injured including British troops. The London message notes uncertainty over the report whether it is confirmed or denied.
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Cairo
London
Evening Star
Rome
Egypt
Port Los
Fire destroys Chicago Surface Ling barns and adjacent buildings
A blaze in Chicago caused by crossed trolley wires swept through the Surface Ling barns and nearby structures on Devon Street. Damage was estimated at $2,000,000 as 32 fire companies fought the flames and hundreds of cars burned, disrupting traffic.
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Chicago
Devon Streets
Brokers Warned As Leak of Trusts Sends Caution
Fragments show parts of the country taking heed of warnings about legitimate brokers. Reports describe heavy communications from houses under suspicion while investigators pursue frantic attempts to obtain securities for which margins were paid.
Guatemala Seeks U S Recognition For Deg Government
Francisco Castillejo and Francisco Rodrigues Castilleto press for United States recognition of Guatemala's de facto regime. Consuls from the old government remain in Washington while the newer government seeks approval to proceed with its affairs.
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Proncisco Rodrigues Castille
Inter of Foreign Affairs
Deg
Guatenmia
United States
Guatemella
Washington
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