27 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1921
Page
1
General Sawyer urges rapid relief for veterans through expert medical care rather than custodial living. He and General Law emphasize avoiding dependence, expanding hospital facilities, and using all medical resources to restore health while preventing overlong confinement.
The speaker argues it is unfair to fund new hospitals when existing wartime facilities can be enlarged to care for all patients at about five hundred dollars per bed versus five thousand for new beds. Emphasizes preserving morale and offering courage to servicemen while prioritizing efficiency and reuse of government hospitals.
Arrangements are made for a White House conference in April with President Harding and major agricultural groups to address wrecking freight costs. Rail wage climbs and rising rates push crops to rot. Senate probes railroad costs will shape policy for farmers nationwide.
President Harding summoned Gen. Dawes to Washington to discuss administration ideas on soldier compensation and relief. Dawes refused to reveal his recommendations or the president's likely decision. He will dine with F W Galbraith and other legion officials to discuss the broader relief question.
The war risk insurance bureau urged all former service members to convert wartime or term insurance into permanent policies by March 1926. The move follows Congress lifting the peace declaration to set the conversion deadline, with five years allowed from peace but the joint resolution overriding that date for the conversion option.
Mexican authorities in Matamoros sign an order closing the border to American hunters and warning that any person found on Mexican soil with frearme will be shot on sight. Gen Lopez and Gen Gomez say troops hunt Cardenas and his ten-man band, with Obregon government vowing to stamp out border trouble remorselessly. The notice notes fear of harming Innocent Americans and lists sale outlets for Washington Post editorials.
The Washington Post reports President Harding weighs three key federal posts. Likely Internal Revenue head candidates include Col Edward Difford of Illinois and Joseph Henry McDermott of West Virginia. Oklahoma Indian affairs may go to Burke of South Dakota if party factions fail to unite.
The President and Mrs. Harding will attend Easter Sunday services at Calvary Baptist Church in Washington. The article notes past ties to the church and mentions ongoing attention to government printing appointments including George H. Carter and Oscar Ricketts. It also covers White House visits by Mrs. Harding, Brig. Gen. Sawyer in uniform, and new Lincoln Memorial Commission appointments including Thomas H. Marshall and Nathan B. Scott. Col J Jay Morrow is named Panama Canal governor.
Dublin reports Britain fixed May 3 for Irish elections under the home rule act while Sinn Fein vows no participation. Ulster opposes the act and civil war fears rise as Ulster and Sinn Fein gear for a brutal struggle. Women especially back Sinn Fein as violence looms and troops flood Dublin Cork streets.
London government offers to turn over airship materials to private capital. Maj. Gen. Sir F H Sykes says government assets could aid a British American airship service. Fairey Company builds giant airships capable of London New York trips in under 40 hours with 80 passengers and 10 tons of baggage.
Belfast dispatch says Sinn Fein plans to disrupt Ulster and partition elections. Shoriffs and officers allegedly targeted to seize ballot boxes the night before the polls.
In New York on March 6 a federal judge restrained five lithographic firms from fixing prices on cigar bands labels and flaps used in interstate commerce. The American Lithographic Company Heywood-Strasser Lithograph Company Passbach-Voice Lithographic Company William Steiner Sons & Co and Moehle Lithographic Company were named in the Sherman antitrust action brought by government prosecutors.
Two white men robbed a store at Twelfth and Randolph just after the lights were out. They obtained $97 from the cash register while one man fired a pistol at the manager, then fled in a waiting automobile toward Kearney street as detectives searched for clues.
Thomas Martin prominent Southside magistrate died from injuries after a rifle battle with moonshiners on Davis Creek in Charleston West Virginia. Special deputy Peter Tyler hospitalised with fatal wounds, others arrested or sought include Herman Hutchinson Arthur Hutchinson and suspects Gilbert Hall James Richardson.
Dutch conductor William Mengelberg faced a mob aboard the steamer Nieuw Amsterdam before sailing for Holland. About 40 admirers, mainly women, pressed toward his stateroom, kissed him, fainted two women, and forced officers to intervene as he greeted the crowd. The ship sailed with Mengelberg avoiding further contact.
A Greek offensive in Asia Minor advances toward Eski Shehr and the Bagdad railway junction at Hiki Shehr while Turkish forces retreat to the mountains. Mustapha Kemal Pasha arrives at Buki Shehr as British denial of support claims circulates. Reds May Aid Turks per Bolshevik Turkish nationalist accord regarding Batum evacuation.
A cable report states the Turkish national government ordered the evacuation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions station at Marsovan in Asia Minor. The missionary staff were to depart as part of the mandate, with continuation promised on the third page.
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