Immediate retrenchment to curb federal budget
President Harding orders immediate economy across the U S government with a new budget for the year ending June 30 1922. Dawes to draft the plan to minimize spending and meet cabinet heads in a directors style meeting to root out duplications and waste.
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All Rail Workers Face 12 Percent Wage Slash
Rail labor board extends 12 percent pay cut to nearly 100 roads, affecting marine restaurant and dining car staff as well. The move aims to save about 400 million dollars annually under wage reductions for most classes of railroad workers to align with the 1920 board award. Cardinal Gibbons urged Catholics to use The Manual Of Prayers in a Baltimore ad.
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Parley Push Seen as Path to Free Prisoners
Dublin reports four Dail Eireann ministers jailed may be released after talks with Lloyd George. De Valera likely to seek release for imprisoned Sinn Fein leaders, while British government signals willingness to bring him and Sir James Craig to London for discussion.
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London
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Will contest over 30 million Snyder estate in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on June 27 the orphans court heard a petition to set aside the will of William Penn Snyder. The suit, brought by his daughter Mary Black Snyder Drew, alleges the testator lacked testamentary capacity due to illness. The will sets up a trust run by three outsiders for 20 years after his children’s deaths, with no clear provision for his widow’s maintenance. Snyder built Shenango Furnace Co and held iron ore mines, Great Lakes ore boats, and Wilpen coal and coke operations.
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London Press views Lloyd George move on Irish trouble
The London press largely commends the action as a move to silence critics, while urging that responsibility for future trouble rests with Irish leaders. Ulster papers question Ulster negotiation with Sinn Feiners, Southern Ireland papers welcome the suggestion, and De Valera’s possible London visit is discussed amid lack of a recent photograph hindering identification.
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London
Wil de Valera
James Craig
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Southern Ireland
Lloyd George
De Valera
Michael Collins
England
Irish republican army
Ireland
Senators Criticize Vocational Board Over Training and Allowances
Senate committee hearings condemn the Federal board for vocational education amid testimony by Miss Sadie Maple. She alleges misaligned training orders and delays in allowances, with few students attending classes and illiterates sent to typewriting courses. The panel seeks contract copies and calls for action on conditions at Baltimore centers and Fort McHenry TB patient removals.
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Sutherland
Walsh
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Fort McHenry
Farm tragedy leaves Mayfield with eleven dead
Mayfield Kentucky tragedy at Earnest Lawrence farm leaves eleven incinerated in an oil saturated dwelling. Fragments of bodies recovered and buried in Maplewood cemetery after investigators found no bullet wounds. Sheriff McCain and Coroner Mettit doubt homicide. theory remains that Lawrence killed his wife three children and guests then of himself.
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Otis Drew
Southern Parliament Of Ireland Opens In Dublin Today
Dublin June 27 The ceremony of opening the southern parliament will be held tomorrow with partial Senate attendance anticipated while the lower house is expected to be virtually unrepresented. The lord mayor of Dublin has been notified to attend as workmen prepare the council room of the department of agriculture, erecting the dais and seating. Military will be in charge and reporters will be excluded.
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department of agriculture
Law Enforcement Reexamines Fire Attack Theory
Sheriff McCain weighed competing theories in the Mayfield tobacco chute arson case. Officials disputed that Drew and Lawrence testified before a grand jury, and concluded neither was a witness. McCain admitted puzzlement over how a single man could strike ten people, and floated a theory that Lawrence had suddenly become insane and run amuck.
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Jury battle looms as Eva Kaber trial opens
A long jury selection fight shadows the Eva Kaber murder trial in Lakewood. Prosecutors subpoena 30 witnesses while indictments name Cala and Pisselli as alleged slayers. Dagostino and Derenzo detained for questioning over a diamond ring and watch once tied to the case.
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Willis Campbell bill bars beer for the sick in 250 to 93 vote
The House passed the Willis Campbell measure by 250 to 93 to prohibit sale of beer to the sick, halt manufacture and import of liquor until stock on government supervision for non beverages is exhausted, and limit physician prescriptions to ninety in three months, extending the prohibition to Hawaii and the Virgin Islands. The debate featured sharp exchanges and references to the Volstead Act.
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Kentucky
Kahn
Gallivan
Egypt
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Virgin Islands
Lightning Strikes Wreck Homes Kill Livestock Across States
Special to The Washington Post from Culpeper Virginia reports a evening storm that toppled trees blew down wires and damaged houses. Lightning killed cattle and horses while others perished in Maryland and Washington County as a heavy thunderstorm caused fires and crop losses.
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Haston
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Veterans Pay Cut Left to Congress
The Federal board for vocational education may leave maintenance pay for unmarried veterans in training to Congress. The standing committee studied reducing pay from 100 to 80 dollars monthly, citing lower living costs, and said Congress would need to enact legislation if it wishes the old level restored.
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Borah Amendment Vote Sparks House Debate on Naval Disarmament
A House vote on the Borah amendment seeking a three power naval disarmament conference is set amid conference report consideration on the naval appropriation bill. Kelley leads, aiming to recede from opposition and keep Senate proposal in. Mondell plans a broader Porter disarmament substitute, signaling a brisk fight ahead.
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Disarmament Talk Sparks Commons Debate in Britain
In London the commons debated possible disarmament with Britain, the United States, and Japan. Commander Bellaire questioned a naval agreement, Austen Chamberlain cited prior statements, and Tokyo’s National Chamber of Commerce urged a League of Nations backed armament limit and peaceful industry growth.
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Japan
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Dr L Farrand Elected Cornell President in 1920s
Washington resident Dr Livingston Farrand, noted Red Cross leader, elected president of Cornell University to succeed Dr Jacob Gould Schurman. Farrand, a former Columbia anthropology professor and ex University of Colorado president, has a long public health and Red Cross record and was born June 14, 1867. He married Margaret K Carleton in 1901.
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College of Physicians and Surgeons
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British Columbia
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France
international health board
Aed Cross
Colorado
Margaret K. Carleton
New York city
Forced to Halt Flight Over U S
Aviators David R. Davis and Eric Springer, from Riverside to New York, landed at Fort Bliss Texas at 3 55 p m after engine trouble forced a temporary halt. Maj L G Heffernan said the first surveillance group confirmed the landing and the pilots planned to resume the flight tomorrow aiming for Mineola field Long Island within 22 hours of departure.
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Railway Rate Crisis Spurs Call to Preserve ICA Prestige
A Washington statement from the Railway Business association led by Allen B Johnson urged President Harding to protect the Interstate Commerce Commission and uphold its quasi-judicial role. They argued stabilized rates and a nationwide plan are essential for rail rehabilitation and US prosperity, warning political pressure harms the commission and national transport. President said he agrees with the principles but lacks authority from Congress to act now.
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