Dawes Seeks Business Help to Build Budget System
Charles G. Dawes announced his acceptance as director general of the budget system and will enlist Washington bureau chiefs and leading American businessmen to aid in organizing the budget, with an August 1 call for advisory participation and the plan to appoint assistants including William J. Abbott. Washington, June 24. Dawes cites the budget law and the heavy task ahead, urging support to relieve the nation of financial burdens and to implement reforms.
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Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
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Hhis
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General Dawes
William JT. Abbott
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Businness
Civil Service Commission
Pike's Peak
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War Department
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George van Horn Moseley
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Washington urged to tighten government work by December 1
Officials pressed to have all departments and their assistants in intimate contact to align current business with the budget, provide data and proposals, and implement cost-saving methods through coordination led by the budget bureau.
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Ments
Wallington
Congress
Budget Bureau
Muret
Stefansson Arctic Venture Formed In Canada
Plans announced for a new arctic expedition directed by Vilhjalmur Stefansson organizer of northern explorations as the Stefanssen Arctic Exploration and Development Company is incorporated with a capital of 100000 dollars en route to Vancouver BC.
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Vancouver
B. C
Arctic Slope
Vilhjalmer Stefansson
Northlands
Stefanssen Arctic Exploration and Development Company
De Valera Arrested in Dublin Street Turmoil
The Daily Express reports that President Éamonn De Valera of the Irish Republic was arrested Wednesday night in Dublin and released the next morning without charges. A disturbance in the street prompted the police to intervene and identify the man as De Valera.
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Irish Republic
London
The
Daily Express
Dublin
Éamonn de Valera
Trish Republic
de Valera
Submarine Base Cut From Naval Appropriation Bill
Washington June 24 provisions for a submarine base site at San Pedro California were stricken from the naval appropriation bill by agreement of the senate and house conferees. Legislation to establish an aviation base at Sand Point Washington was retained.
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San Pedro
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House
Sand Point
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Germany to Release Remaining Sequestered American Property
Washington reports the German government intends to release the rest of American property seized during the war. Advices to the State Department indicate this action will proceed, signaling a step in postwar resolutions.
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Washington
State Department
Three Escape Cleveland Jail In Co
Robert Hunt James Walsh and Charlies Gallagher prisoners in the county jail broke jail and escaped. June U4.
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Cleveland
Meveland
Robert Hunt
James Walsh
Charlies Gallagher
Labor Voters Nix War Referendum At AFL Convention
Denver June 24 The American Federation of Labor voted down a proposal to amend the U S Constitution to transfer war declaration power to the people by referendum The convention urged Congress to regulate the meat packing industry including railroad stockyards refrigerator cars and registration of packers and market agencies It also urged government support for cooperative slaughterhouses packing plants and warehouses and instructed the executive council to pursue prompt enactment.
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Denver
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The
American Federation of Labor
United States
Congress
Sims Denby Speech Garbled in London Remarks
Rear Admiral William S. Sims informed Secretary Denby that he was misquoted about his London speech on Irish Americans. Denby ordered a written statement of the speech text and Sims was recalled from leave to provide it. Sims met Denby briefly, then Coontz, and declined further comment.
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London
Tolu
Washington
William S. Sims
Et Gln
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Admiral Coontz
Admiral Sim
Navy Department
Coontz Delays Written Statement to Denby Deadline
The office of Coontz did not specify when the written statement would be ready and did not provide a copy of the secretary's order. Denby required the document, but no copy was distributed.
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Coontz
Denby
Mine Explosion Kills Two Miners in Pennsylvania
Two foreign miners are dead and three others gravely burned after a massive explosion at the Knickerbocker colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company near Shenandoah. Officials attribute the blast to a gas pocket released by loosening coal. The fire-ravaged mine produced a 50 foot high inferno as flames swept through the levels.
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Petteville
Knickerbocker
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Shenandoah
Farmers Co operative Exchange Binds Up Binder Twine
Farmers Co operative Exchange promotes binder twine sales at both of its stores inviting customers to stock up for farm needs.
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Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Mellon Plan on Finances Up to Senate
A bill introduced in the Senate by Chairman Penrose would grant the Treasury secretary, with presidential approval, broad authority to refund or convert and extend payment terms on foreign loans from World War I. It would allow accepting foreign securities, settling claims, and adjusting maturities as needed. Secretary Mellon said broader Treasury authority is essential to the administration’s plan to refund foreign loans.
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Moelion
Treasury Department
Senate
Cheirman Penrose
Finance Committee
Bhewket
Nner
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
United States Grain Corporation
Mellon
Hard
Harding Urges Broad Treasury Powers Bill
President Harding forwards a draft bill to Senate Finance Chair Penrose and House Ways and Means Chair Fordney and asks Congress to grant the secretary of the treasury broad powers to address the government’s obligations. He emphasizes prompt action and a favorable settlement of outstanding claims.
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Penrose
Senate Finance Committee
Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
President Harding
Senate
Harding
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
U S Friendship Seen Essential for Japan
London, June 24. Aaron Hayashi, the Japanese ambassador, voiced agreement with Imperial Conference views on the Anglo Japanese alliance and said Japan shares the stance. He stressed that friendship with the United States is essential politically and commercially and that no faction in Japan seeks conflict with America.
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London
Aaron Hayashi
Great Tritain
Amer
United States
Japan
Storm Kills 1 in Detroit as Lightning Strikes
A severe electrical storm in Detroit on June U4 killed 13 year old Patrick Clare and caused extensive damage. Damage runs into thousands with traffic halted for hours, sewers blocked, cellars flooded, and several houses struck by lightning.
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Mich
Patrick Clare
Bank of England Cuts Rate in London
June 24 report says the Bank of England lowers its discount rate from 6 to 6 percent, marking a modest monetary easing in the UK capital.
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Bank of England
London
Twelve Killed in Silesian Riots in Bromberg Clash
A dispatch from Oppeln reports twelve killed and wounded as Communists and unemployed Poles stormed Bromberg city hall in Upper Silesia. Martial law declared. troops opened fire with machine guns as tensions over German workers in Polish territories surged. Mayer Maciaszek, accused of pro Germanism, was rescued after rough handling by Polish laborers. Vrance issued a warning to Germany over General Hoefer’s refusal to withdraw Germans from the plebiscite area. German officials and the Allied effort to restore order face pressure.
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Bromberg
Upper Silesia
Oppeln
Mayer Maciaszek
Sheriff Sees Attempt to Cheat Noose Roes in Chicago
Sheriff reports a suspected attempt to rig an execution or lynching involving roes in Chicago. Police investigate ties to near downtown districts as officials urge calm and lawful proceedings.
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Noose
Train Blown Up by Explosion Wrecks Troop Train
Special to The Evanville Journal reports a plot to use an oxygen machine to revive two executed murderers surfaced after the executions of Grover Redding and Oncan McGavick, alleged instigators of the Abyssinian riots. Sheriff Peters kept the bodies in the jail an hour, fearing revival attempts, noting a prior report of a similar failed effort after Nick Viana’s December hanging.
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Fvennie Journal
Chicago
Peters
Grover Redding
Oncan McGavick
Nick Viana
Troop Train Wreck Kills Three in Ireland
A Sinn Fein bomb exploded on a troop train near Belfast, injuring or killing soldiers on the way to Dublin. Two soldiers and one guard were killed, with others injured, as authorities investigated the blast.
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Celal
Belfast
Ireland
Jane
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Japanese and Bolshevik clashes near Nikolaevsk report
An official report cites clashes between Japanese and Bolshevik forces near Nikolaevsk in Siberia with several casualties. Okhotsk town on the Sea of Okhotsk has fallen to the Reds as anti Bolshevik forces pull back villages. The central Siberia front remains calm east of Omak with Bolshevist infantry unable to break through.
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Nikolaevsk Quaritime
Siberia
Okhotsk
Sea of Okhotsk
Omak
Hurricane sinks boats off Port Aransas coast
A tropical storm struck the Texas gulf coast from Bronsville to Port Arthur sinking 12 boats near Port Aransas and causing telegraph and telephone outages in some areas. The 18,000 ton barge Jessie C Barber with 35 crewmen broke moorings and grounded. Port Aransas Pilot Association boat also sank.
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Port Aransas
Crepa
Texas
Bronsville
Port Arthur
Jeasle C. Barber
Basford
Alan
Market Bureau Chief Quits as Wallace Accepts Resignation
Washington June 24 Livingston chief of the bureau of markets has resigned to Secretary Wallace effective July 1 and will enter private business. His successor has been selected and Livingston will remain to assist the department as a consulting marketing specialist for the next few months.
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