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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1921

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Warning to Americans on Oriental menace and race conflict

The Oriental menace threatens the white race if Japan’s growth continues. A possible alliance among Japan Russia and Germany is warned against while colonials side with the U S. The piece warns of an Anglo Japanese understanding and urges white nations to prepare for future conflict and resource power shifts in Siberia and China.

Washington Japan Republcan Publicity Association Jonathan Bourne Russia Germany U. S Canada Australia New Zealand Todla Tania Siberia China Eogland

May head budget bureau nomination in Harding era

Omar Wright of Belvidere Illinois, 11, former Illinois budget director, is recommended by President Harding for director of the new federal budget bureau. He is backed by Senator McCormick who led senate budget legislation. For assistant director, McCormick names Elisha Klansen, longtime clerk of the senate budget committee, with endorsement from Representative Gee and others.

Washington Omar Wright Belvidere Ilinois Harding Federal Budget Bureau McCormick Senate Elisha Klansen Senate Budget Committee Hanson

Budget Bureau to be organized under new plan soon

It is expected President Harding will sign the budget bill within a few days and appointments will be made before July 1. The first budget prepared under the new plan must be presented to Congress in December. The director of the budget bureau will earn 100,000, while the assistant director will be paid 7,500.

Harding Congress Budget Bureau

Witos Cabinet Resigns Amid Polish Uprising Risk

Premier Witos amid cabinet resignation reports that a peasants battalion formed at Schoppenitz will aid Polish insurgents in Upper Silesia. The oath was taken before Dictator Korfanty and Commander in Chief Dotiva.

Silesia Worsaw Witos Schoppenitz Upper Silesia Korfanty

Solons War Over Peace Terms Enlarge Borah Amendment

Washington May 30 differences between the house and senate threaten the end of the war with Germany and delay a naval holiday. The Knox peace resolution repealing the declaration of war faces house opposition, while Porter and Knox clash over how to declare the war ended. President Harding reportedly backs the congress agreement as a broader Borah amendment seeks naval reductions.

Washington House Senate United States Germany House Foreign Affairs Committee Porter Knox Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Harding Congress Great Britain Japan

Internal Revenue Chief Opens Door to Prohibition Shift

David H L Blair the new IRS commissioner says strict enforcement of the prohibition law will be maintained but he will not write new provisions. He favors moving prohibition enforcement toward the Justice Department and awaits Congress on broader changes while planning rules on beer and malt liquors used as medicine.

Washington David HL. Bair Internal Revenue Era Sender Congress Imene Treasury Department Department of Justice Senator Penrose Bintr Penrose Chairigan Onance Committee Blair Internal Revenue Office

Prohibition Digests and Jobs Rush Across Treasury

Mr Mair promised beer regulations within days aligned with Mr Palmer guidance. Prohibition funding of 200000 will sustain efforts until July. Blair faces job losses as staff are shed, while many Internal Revenue Service posts await Republicans. Kramer and other commissions face shifts as enforcement expectations rise.

Mair Palmer Blair Congress Internal Revenue Bureau Treasury Department John F. Kramer Kramer Senate

Airplane Features Complete Bath Room On 1 200 HP Biplane

A London report describes a first ever fitted bathroom in an aircraft. The 1 200 horsepower biplane includes a shower bath wash stand and hot and cold water demonstrating advanced in flight comfort.

London

600 Americans Radical Arrests Reported in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires May 30 police report more than 60 arrests of alleged extremists in recent days after the chauffeurs strike and port unrest. Most detainees are foreigners, including officials of the communist branch of the Argentine Labor Federation. Port guards maintain order as one ship is unloaded by free labor and other vessels employ federation members. A new union of good chauffeurs is forming under the Automobile Owners association amid ongoing chauffeur demonstrations.

Buenos Aires Commununist Branch Argentine Labor Federation Automobile Owners’ Association

Seven Die as Large Plane Crashes in Washington Gale

A Curtiss Eagle ambulance airplane crashes near Washington during a high gale. Five flyers and two civilians are killed. only scattered body parts recovered. Notable dead include Lieut. Col. Archie Miller, Lieut. Stanley Ames, and other officers. The craft encountered an electrical storm after takeoff from Langley Field. Brig. Gen. William Mitchell witnessed the storm from a scout plane.

Washington Aay Jodian Head Army Archie Miller The War College Stanley Ames Machine Lient Clevelanddy Syracuse N. Y Langley Field John T. Pennywell Langley Feted Richard Kinmwenkratz Bollingfeld A. G. Batchbelder American Automobn William Mitchell

Army hospital plane crashes during storm near La Platte

A hospital plane went down near a farm on the outskirts of La Platte after veering into a violent electrical storm while en route from Langley field to Bolling field. Pilot Lieutenant Ames and passengers Batchelder and Connelly died. two other planes in the squadron survived. The incident disrupted communications with Washington as the War department investigated the crash.

Indian Head la Platte Washington War Department Army Bolling Field Langley Field Dolphin Potomac Ames Batchelder Connelly Langy Field Europe Army Air Service

General Horace Porter Dies Veteran Soldier Diplomat

New York May 90 General Horace Porter Civil war veteran died at his home after unconsciousness since Thursday He was eighty four Porter served as soldier diplomat wit and story teller Born Huntington Pa 1838 86 Harvard Lawrence West Point married Sophie Meblurg 1865 He was ambassador to France 1887 1905 The Hague 1907 Medal of Honor Legion of Honor holder Awarded many honorary degrees and authored two books

New York Horace Porter General Porter James Wheeler Henry MecHarg Josephine Hindrup Brookline Mass D. A. Foster James BR. Haydon Porter Pennsylvania Huntington France Congress Paris John Paul Jones Witte and Union Colleges Princeton Margard Universities Grant West Point Life

Bans Fads and Fancies by Credit Men Official

J H Tregoe executive secretary of the National Association of Credit Men calls for liquidation of fads and fancies in a general letter to 35 000 manufacturers robbers and bankers in 130 branches. He labels the silk shirt period from the armistice to May 1920 as an era of extravagant speculation and urges a return to facts and seriousness in the current market.

New York J. H. Tregoe National Association of Credit Men Mr. Tregoe

Wireless to Win Next War

London May 30 The country with the most efficient directional wireless will win the next war. Experiments in America and England promise a revolution in naval warfare. Senator Guglielmo Marconi, back from a Mediterranean cruise aboard the Electra, sums up the possibilities of this new wireless era.

London America England Guglelmo Marconi Mediterranean Electra

Uncle Sam to get Slacker

Washington reports a definite plan by the military intelligence service and the Department of Justice to recapture Grover C. Bergdoll. Extradition after peace in Germany is suggested, with a second plan to seize his property. About $750,000 of his $1,000,000 holdings has already been seized.

Washington Military Intelligence Service Department of Justice Grover C. Bergdoll Bergdoll Germany

Roumanian Worries Over Soviet Concentrations Near Kiev

Dispatches to the French foreign office report Roumania anxious about thirty Russian Soviet divisions southwest of Kiev, Ukraine, amid European tension.

Ruse Roumania Paris Kiev Ukrainia Ofice

Iowa mail theft confessed by Roy Gardner

Sacramento, May 30. Roy Gardner the gentleman bandit confessed to two mail robberies and two attempts according to postal inspectors. One theft occurred near Centerville, Iowa last September with about 30,000 dollars taken. A partner allegedly helped in the crime.

Sacramento Cal Roy Gardner Centerville

Britain to Seek Renewed Miners Peace Talks

London reports prime minister Lloyd George holding separate talks with mine owners and miners leaders, as both sides present positions for a possible renewal of the strike. Read the Evening Journal for details.

London

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