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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1919
Page
10
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A strong defense of national sovereignty warns against universalizing power. It argues nations must act independently, reject a league of nations, and retain control over borders, rights, and economic policy. The piece critiques world government schemes and urges self reliance amid rising costs of living.
A plan to amend the U S Constitution to prohibit tobacco manufacture, use and sale is submitted to Congress. The Women's Christian Temperance Union and Antisaioon League back the move to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary on March 20 1824, warning that organized prohibition forces once again loom in politics. The piece notes broad public skepticism toward anti tobacco drives and cites parallels with Prohibition era efforts.
The piece argues that rising living costs expose party maneuvering for political gain. It warns leadership must ignore partisanship and act to relieve hunger and deprivation, else risk bread riots and famine amid plenty. It cites President Wilson, House deliberations, and Republican responses as context.
The War Department holds tight control on surplus automobiles and airplanes. Thousands of taxpayers hoped to buy used army vehicles at cuts, but only a handful of influential individuals have secured planes. With 9,000 planes on hand in the US and excess overseas, prices for 2,700 stripped training planes and 1,500 engines go to Curtiss, while ordinary flyers lose a chance to keep aviation alive as Congress curbs aircraft production.
The article recounts Bulgaria defaulting on foreign loan interest, its credit deteriorating after World War I, and German Austrian guarantees failing. It notes Swiss banks withdrawing support, Sofia’s financial distress, and Ferdinand seeking entente relations with U S backers, amid Allied occupation and Wilson’s evolving policy.
Final reports from the Bureau of Internal Revenue detail that 3,478,390 persons filed calendar year 1317 income tax returns, reporting total net income of 12,883,283,207 dollars and taxes paid of 675,249,450 dollars. The average tax per person was 363.66 dollars.
Thirty of the 45 states ended the fiscal year with surpluses totaling 37.4 million dollars while 18 states ran deficits of 414.6 million. Total state revenues reached 88.8 million with expenditures over 565.6 million. New York held the largest net debt among states at 4181.3 million.
California oil executives denounce Navy Department pricing as coercive after contracts expired. They say crude oil sold to the Navy at tidewater rates 6 cents a barrel plus vague final adjustment, with an earlier price of 1.47 a barrel under contract. The six months’ requisition order allegedly cut profits by about $500,000 for the state’s oil interests.
The Navy Department expects to auction 265 seaplanes to the highest bidders, offering high speed models with large carrying capacity suitable for commercial use. Plans include routes such as New York to Atlantic City and Chicago to Milwaukee, with details to follow. Two planes are in good condition but require solid airframes due to limited Navy staff and an oversupply.
More than 360 delegates representing 800,000 members from the United States Canada Newfoundland Mexico Cuba Porto Rico Canal Zone and the Philippines will arrive in Buffalo by Monday to attend the thirty seventh annual convention named the peace weeder charter or similar.
Washington to Chicago connections noted with city transfers. Schedules list multiple departures from Washington and key routes including Baltimore Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh Cincinnati and St Louis with varying times and service lines. Changes occur weekly as railroads publish new timings and departures reflect railroad administration data.
Lord Rothermere in the Sunday Pictorial decries the coalition for mismanaging the industrial crisis and reckless public spending. He calls for a return to the old party system and a new party committed to economy to restore faith in parliamentary government. He cites rising prices, high debt, and plans for nationalization as threats to empire welfare.
Brussels reports that Belgium's minister of food has contracted to purchase the entire American food stock valued at 100 million francs. The transaction is listed under government procurement.
In Washington at the Willard Representative Sumners of Texas argues a farm product exchange would cut living costs by linking markets to sources of supply, reducing middlemen power and waste. Luther O White of Tulsa highlights Oklahoma's wealth in wheat and oil, while Senator Nat B Dial of South Carolina calls for higher police court fines to deter crime and increase District revenue.
Senator Phelan announced after a Saturday conference with Secretary Daniels that the NC-4 seaplane, the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic, might attempt a light to the Pacific to allow Pacific coast residents to see it. Plans call for a continental flight with stops at major centers. Portland Marine news says the NC-4 will depart in early September from Portland for a cruise to Galveston with the Isabel escort yacht, under Lieut Comdr A C Read, who directed the Atlantic flight.
Land seized near El Paso valued at 112,500 dollars for farming and timber, ordered condemned by Chihuahua under article XXVII of the Mexican constitution. John C Hayes, general manager of Bipicora Cattle Company, notified yesterday. other Canadian and American firms affected.
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