Budget reform foresees saving by strict department audits
The article describes President Harding directing Gen Dawes to prepare a budget for the coming year independent of Congress appropriations to determine the minimum needed for efficient operation. Officials will be held to account, with independent scrutiny and a push to curb lavish spending, signaling a shift from habitual full use of appropriations.
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Harding
Congress
Gen. Dawes
Treasury
Dawes
Ibureau
The Italian Crisis and the Fall of Giolitti
A report on Signor Giolitti resigning as premier amid a fragile confidence crisis in Italy. It notes group domination over party lines, precarious majorities, and mixed loyalties within government and opposition. It mentions Henry Ford buying a railroad and other assorted satirical notes.
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Giolitti
Italy
Signor
Hhe
Tao
Signor Giolitti
Liberal Democrate
Nizi
Mental Party
Chamber
Strange Todny
The Railway Problem and government role in recovery
The article argues President Harding will use his powers to fix railway issues including wage and rate questions. It notes the Interstate Commerce Commission and railroad labor board remain independent and functioning. Wage cuts ordered for railroads show board independence, while overall recovery will take time and cannot be rushed onto the White House.
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Harding
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Labor Board
United States
White House
American shipyards threat to British supremacy in world trade
London marine papers note American yards can match British costs and exceed speed, citing two cases: an order for a 20 000 ton coal and oil ship for Japan and eight U S bottoms for a British company, signaling a shift in global shipbuilding leadership and urging united U S effort to capitalize on the opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Vessela
United Kingdom
America
Atlantic
The Cost of Government Meddling in War Efforts
The United States shipping board loses about 16 million dollars monthly, 192 million yearly, nearly half the navy development budget. Albert D. Lasker notes total outlay could reach 1.6 billion with taxpayers receiving nothing. Critics blame socialistic experimentation and government monopolies rather than private enterprise.
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Chicago
Tribune
United States Shipping Board
Albert D. Lasker
United States
Butters-In moral crusaders clash over boxing ban
A Baltimore Evening News piece criticizes Clinton L Howard, Buffalo reform leader, for seeking a judicial injunction to stop the Dempsey Carpentier fight. It highlights his claim that courts cannot bargain away public morals and denounces uplifter meddling as self-appointed moral guardians. The column contrasts spiritualist utopian schemes with public appetite for the bout.
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Baltimore Evening News
Clinton L.howard
International Reform Bureau
Buffalo
N.Y
United States Supreme Court
Mr. Howard
Marlborough Duchess Consuelo and Sunderland house legacy
A historic tale links the Marlborough Duke and Consuelo Vanderbilt to Sunderland house in Park Lane. The column notes superstition about desecration sites and recounts Consuelo's troubled marriage, wartime use of the house, the later shipowner Lord Furness, his wife’s death at sea, and a forthcoming marriage to an American, Julia Philips.
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London
Curzon Chapel
Sunderland House
William K. Vanderbilt
New York
Conauelo
Duke of Marlborough
Ths
Vanderbilt
Consuelo
Lord Furness
United States
Peeress
Julia Phillips
Philadelphia
George Lee Thompson
Park Lane
Furness
Conguelo Duchess of Marlborough
Marquis Avaray dies in Boulogne auto accident at 35
Marquis Antoine d Avaray, son of Hubert fourth Duke of Avaray, was killed in an automobile accident near Boulogne at age 35. The heir's death alters succession as the 17th century lineage and royal ties weave through the Avaray estate.
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Antoine Marquis d’Avaray
Boulogne
Hubert
Duke of Avaray
Duchess d'Avaray
Baron Seguier
Washington
Lydia Hustis
Jockey Club
Hubert of Avaray
de Besaide
Bas-Pyrenees
Henry IV
Antoine d'Avaray
Comte de Provence
Antoine Count d’Avaray
Luxemburg
France
Louis XVI
Louis XVIII
Dauphin
Temple
Doy
Count d’Avaray
Avaray
Fontenoy
Brig Gen Rickards Confirmed for War Dept Militia Post
The Senate confirmed George C. Rickards a brigadier general of the Pennsylvania National Guard to be chief of the War Department militia bureau with major general rank. Senator Capper criticized the choice noting Adjt Gen Charles I Martin of Kansas had endorsements from governors in 36 states. A Paris dressmaker predicts the corset will return once fashion provides sufficient clothing.
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Rickards
George C. Rickards
Pennsylvania National Guard
War Department Militia Bureau
Senate
Senator Capper
Adjt
Charles I. Martin
Kansas
Attendees Named as U S Delegates to Alcohol Congress
President Harding appointed American delegates for the sixteenth international congress against alcoholism to be held in Lausanne Switzerland next August. Named were Rev Edwin C Dinwiddie Washington Ernest H Cherrington Westerville Ohio Deets Pickett Washington Mer M IF Foley Baltimore EB L Hohenthal South Manchester Conn Rev Dr Charles Scanlon Pittsburgh Dr A J Barton Alexandria La George F Cotterill Seattle Miss Cora Frances Stoddard Boston and Mrs Lena Low Yost Morgantown W Va.
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Harding
Lausanne
Switzerland
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
Washington
Ernest H. Cherrington
Westerville
Ohio
Deets Pickett
Mer. M. IF. Foley
Baltimore
EB. L. Hohenthal
South Manchester
Conn
Charles Scanlon
Pittsburgh
A. J. Barton
Covington Men Named In Commutation Of Sentences
President Harding commuted the sentences of C B Schoberg Henry Kruse Henry Feltman and George W Menninger all of Covington Kentucky The changes announced by the Department of Justice reduce prison terms and alter fines Feltman faces a 40000 fine and pays 10000 on release Schoberg Kruse and Feltman were convicted under the espionage act while Menninger was convicted on a charge of stealing from interstate shipments The new sentences span ten five eight and three years respectively.
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Harding
C. B. Schaberg
Henry Kruse
Henry Feltman
George W. Menninger
Covington
Department of Justice
Feltman
Schoberg
Kruse
Menninger
Harding to Speak at Plymouth Tercentenary
President Harding has definitely accepted an invitation to speak at Plymouth Massachusetts on August 1 during the tercentenary celebration of the landing of the Pilgrims.
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Harding
Plymouth
Mass
Pilgris
New York State Second in U.S. Apple Production Says Donohue
Albany's P J Donohue notes New York ranks second only to Washington in apple farming and cites a record national apple harvest of 240 million bushels. He highlights rising consumption and the success of the national "apple a day" campaign in boosting U S production.
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New York State
P. J. Donohue
Albany
Washington
Washington State
New York
United States
Oregon
Michigan
Colorado
Illinois
America
Connecticut Closes Bigamy Loophole in Marriage Law
Connecticut lawmakers and Gov Lake signed a reform ending a long standing loophole that allowed nonresidents to marry while already married without bigamy charges. The bill adds the phrase who shall live together to Connecticut law, ending nationwide notoriety from prior cases. Judson W Goff of Hartford notes the change ends easy escape from bigamy accusations.
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Connecticut
Judson W. Goff
Hartford
Washington
General Assembly
Lake
New York
New Jersey
Leviathan Steamer in Good Condition Despite Rumors
A Jersey City observer and marine engineers dispute claims that the Leviathan, the United States ocean carrier, is junk after sixteen months laid up. They report the engines boilers and military machinery in perfect order the heating plant active and hull treated to prevent rust. The ship reportedly floats at every tide with no rats aboard and mud berths deemed non detrimental to her bottom plating.
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Uncle Sam
R. C. Johnston
Jersey City
Washington
Federal board acts to bar shipments from Ontario to curb corn borer spread
The Federal horticultural board voted to exclude shipments from Ontario that may carry the European corn borer into the United States. Efforts will seek Canadian cooperation to prevent pest spread, noting Canada lacks sufficient field agents to survey infested areas in southern Ontario.
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Pateak Ontario
United States
Federal Horticultural Board
Canada
Ontario
Department of Agriculture
US Ships Chosen for Peru Centennial Celebration
The battleships Oklahoma and Arizona were designated by Secretary Denby to represent the American navy at Peru’s centennial celebration starting in July. Admiral Hugh Rodman is named naval representative on the American commission.
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Oklahoma
Arizona
Denby
Peru
Hugh Rodman
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