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Congress Great Opportunity Opens for Sixty Seventh Session
A editorial urges Congress to seize the new session as a chance to boost American prosperity. It highlights tariff reform, foreign debt funding, and upbuilding the merchant marine, praising President Harding and calling for open debate, fiscal restraint, and removal of partisan obstruction to deliver measurable results for the public.
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Fragmented moral fragments amid liquor and law notes
A garbled column samples satire on liberty statues prices prohibition and divorce myths. It references John Barleycorn, price fixing, Ruth’s salary demand, a Chicagoan view on publishing couples names, naval fashion collapsible ships, burglar versus prohibition agent quirks, Berlin reparations, a moon lifeless claim, a Connecticut man finding 40 year old liquor, and Bryan’s Florida liquor worries.
International sanitary congress backs disease notification system
The United States Surgeon General Rupert Blue won approval at the Paris sanitary congress to include plague yellow fever and cholera in a future notification network among nations. Smallpox and influenza were added during the epidemic, with a June 1922 Paris meeting to ratify the arrangement. This move aims to minimize the toll of epidemics by swift international alert and cooperation.
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Paris
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Rupert Blue
Maj Haynes Lecture Sparks Debate On Prohibition Law
Major Haynes lashes public for not treating prohibition law seriously while a separate report exonerates agents who searched a Savannah residence without a warrant. The piece notes strong respect for law overall, discusses a Pittsburgh incident, and critiques enforcement outreach. It also mocks Prohibition era rhetoric and mentions Alaska oil development proposals under a Sutherland bill.
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Maj
Pittsburgh
Prohibition
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Arctic Circle
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Sutherland
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Secrecy in government contrasts in open legislatures
A newspaper writer cites the U S State Department defense of openness as essential to democratic governance. The piece contrasts European secrecy with American public sessions and notes Japan lacks free government while criticizing private intrigues. It also covers Berlin reports on Rothschild finance, British bonds, and a China drug trade reform drive.
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Great Britain
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Soan
China
Far East
Thomes F. Millard
Sos
British Mother to Dedicate Memorial in Portland
Mrs. A. Mc Cudden, a British gold star mother, accepted an invitation to dedicate a memorial in Andrews Square erected by the Portland Rotary Club in memory of Harold T. Andrews of the free Portland Pay Hilpel to the world war. The dedication is set for December 14.
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Sir Basil Thomson and the tense politics of wartime espionage
A historical column reviews Sir Basil Thomson’s wartime secret police work, focusing on accusations of disloyalty, parliamentary debate over his dismissal, and the lasting impact of his investigations on public trust. It also notes aristocratic gate history and a brief military retirements update.
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Probing Proceedings of Congress and Committees
The Senate and House opened a new session with resolutions. Budget details and debts of the Shipping Board were reported, and a joint session with the House was planned to hear the President. The House debated the St Lawrence project as hearings and appropriations plans began.
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Moot
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Ways and Means
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Delaware Avenue
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North Capitol Street
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Andrews
Nebraska
Shoking Board Liabilities And Assets Reported To Senate
The Shoking Board on September 30 reported unpaid claims and debts totaling 350,374,358 with 120,835,000 available from money on hand and appropriations. After offsetting debts recorded at subsidiaries, net credits nearly matched liabilities. Active claims pending totaled 292,155,343 across Admiralty, contracts, Court of Claims, and mills, with assets listed as 3,470,242 on hand, 45,358,009 in appropriations, and up to 55,000,000 extra from ship sale payments.
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Poindexter
Republican
Washington
Admiralty
Court of Claims
Coal stocks plummet to 43 day supply nationwide
A Commerce Department and Geological Survey joint inventory shows 47.4 million tons of coal in consumer hands as of November 1, about 43 days’ supply. Railways hold 29 days, steel and coke 42, other industries 67, gas works 87, electric utilities 64, and coal dealers 47, with many firms below average. The next inventory is due January 1, 1922. Vice President Coolidge leaves for Northampton to participate in municipal elections, missing the joint Congressional session for President Harding’s address.
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Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Congress
Harding
Ccollegia” Mapentere
House of God planned for Mooseheart orphan site
The Loyal Order of Moose moves to build a monumental House of God at Mooseheart Illinois to serve all faiths. Director General James J Davis backs the project as a shrine and symbol of the order with an anticipated cost near seventy five hundred thousand dollars. The project funds and site plan gain endorsement from Mooseheart governors and noted clerics.
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James J Davis
Mooseheart, Ill
House of God
Edward L Bradley
Omaha
Wnebikk
Mooseheart
Raleigh
Order of Moose
Tilimnuis
Labor unrest grows in Germany amid currency decline
The Commerce Department reports rising labor unrest in Germany as the mark declines and costs rise. Workers in Düsseldorf steel seek a 76 percent raise, while 66,000 Krupp workers at Essen demand a living cost bonus. Managers delay delivery promises, citing strong export profits and a weak currency.
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Dusseldorf
Krupp
Essen
Germany
Independent Egypt Party Forms Aims for Constitutional Independence
Cairo December 6 A movement to form a freely national party gains pace as Adly Yerhieh Pasha Egypt’s premier is expected to resign. Friends hope he becomes president of the new party to push independence along constitutional lines.
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Adly Yerheq Pasha
Tommorrow
Wich
Independent Egypt Party
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