Deficiency Spending Sparks Harding Critique in Congress
The article argues that executive officers exceed Congress set appropriations, creating deficits. It cites the Prohibition Commissioner’s overrun of Volstead enforcement funds and a planned defense display of wasteful spending. It predicts staff cuts unless restraint is imposed, praising President Harding for demanding lawful budgeting and warning against recurring deficiencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berg
Prohibition
Sioner
Congress
Ooa
Harding
Treasury
Court of Claims
Prohibition Office
War Department
Two Great Men Gone Chief Justice White and Franklin K Lane
The article mourns the deaths of Chief Justice White and Franklin K Lane, praising White as a symbol of judicial majesty and integrity. It notes his broad sympathy, national impact, and the country’s sorrow at his loss, linking his legacy to U S history.
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White
Franklin K. Lane
United States
The
Filler
Supreme Bench
Auch
Jones Bill Aims To Shift Local Federal Cost Share
Debate centers on a proposed Jones Bill which would alter financing for local government operations. It favors a 60 percent local and 40 percent federal cost split, reducing taxpayer burden and applying future surplus revenues to treasury use. Ball urges swift, safe passage through the Senate.
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Senate
The Ship Strike and Davis Mediation
The article endorses Secretary of Labor Davis mediating between organized marine workers and ship owners to settle wage disputes. It cites past success in the meat industry, urges concessions by workers, notes ships idle and foreign trade slipping, and argues for a 16 percent wage cut with compensatory terms to achieve industrial peace and national interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Marina
Oysrtl &c
New Ways to Tax Incomes and Get Incomes
A man told the Senate finance committee of a new method to tax incomes and another to generate more income. The speaker compared taxes to baseball rhetoric, noting Babe Ruth’s famous swing and the idea that aiming less might suffice for a homer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance
Ford Demands Senate Inquiry Into Newberry Campaign Expenditures
Telegrams from Henry Ford urge a thorough federal charges against Senator Newberry of Michigan. Ford argues fraud in 1918 campaign funding and requests evidence be heard by the United States Senate after a Supreme Court remand. He condemns the Grand Rapids conviction as misapplied and presses for proper proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newberry
Michigan
Henry Ford
Dillingham
Senate Committee On Electiong
Supreme Court
Grand” Rapidg
Ford
United States Senate
Pershing Plans Visit To Summer Army Camps
General Pershing intends to tour several War Department summer military training camps this season. In a letter to Grenville Clark, president of the Military Training Camps Association of the United States, he urges citizen involvement and supports nationwide summer training programs.
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Gen. Pershing
War Department
Grenville Glark
Association’ ‘of the United
Plebiscite in Silesia and Lane’s public service memory
The piece cites Silesia plebiscite results with Germany leading Poland by a large margin. It notes Versailles provisions and the commission’s role. It then recalls Franklin K. Lane’s public service, his humane approach, wartime morale efforts, and postwar reconstruction ideals. It ends with a warning against overreliance on federal power for state policing.
Haunted Dutch Mansion Linked to Ghosts and Executions
The article recounts the long haunted history of a Dutch mansion once housing the French widow Van Assenderflet, executed by water in 1541. It details efforts to erase the haunting by converting a murder room into a bath, and traces the building’s sales to religious orders and noble owners. It also notes Bismarck’s anger at Caprivi for cutting trees in Caprivi’s garden, reflecting his old passion for trees and estates.
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Hooge Westeinde
Jonkhoer Ge
van Asgendelft
George Buchanan
Rome
the Hague
Sir George
Bismarck
Count Caprivi
Captivi
Caprivi
Capriel
Friedrichsruhe
Varzin
Marquiee DE
Poles Pay League Revenue Figures Mentioned
An unclear report references a May 19 notice from a finance official about league funds and banks refusing a large sum. Names and specific figures are garbled, but the piece notes contention over 67 276 and 52 800 000 in relation to a retiring entity.
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the. Finance
Senate in noon adjournment remarks and committee actions
Senate proceedings adjourned at noon with remarks by President pro tempore Cumming and Majority Leader Lodge. A funeral committee including Senators Lodge Underwood Nelson Overman Ransdell and Broussard was formed representing the Senate. The education committee approved the Sheppard-Towner maternity bill and tax revision hearings were to continue with a public health service investigation.
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Aia
Senate
Tempore Cumming
Ma‘jority
Lodge
Underwood
Nelson
Overman
Ransdell
Broussard
Louisiana
Sheppard-Towner
Penrose
Public Health’ Service Administration
Soldier Relief
Man Penrose
Finance Committee
Smi
New York Central
Senate Investigating Committee
Waa
Ashurst
Arizona
Obregon
Mexico
Panama envoy futile in bid to overturn White award
The United States remains firm that the Costa Rica Panama border dispute be settled by the White decision. Panama says Narcise Garay and Julio la Fargue will travel to the United States and allied South American nations to present its case and explain its position. Costa Rica has expressed satisfaction with the ruling and the Gozo territory remains in question.
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Panama
Costa Rica
Panamia' Sehding Emlasaries
Narcise Garay
Julio la Fargue
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Brazil
United States
Gozo
Governors urge reclamation plan for Western states
Delegation of Western governors led by Hart Davis Campbell Mabcy urged President Harding to back Senator McNary’s reclamation bill. The measure would fund 250 million dollars for water and land projects across seventeen Western states. Secretary Fall and Commissioner Spry accompanied the group to the White House as McNary’s bill received tentative presidential support.
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McNary
Oregon
Harding
Gavs
Hart
Washington
Davis
Idaho
Campbell
Arizona
Mabcy
Utah
Governors’ Conference
White House
Fall of the Interior
Spry
General Land Office
Forts for Health Service Transfer Nears Completion
War Department plans to transfer hospitals at Fort McHenry Maryland Fort Bayard New Mexico Whipple Bay Arizona Fox Hills New York Green New York Camp Kearny California and Fort McKenzie Wyoming Fort Walla Walla Washington and Fort Logan H Roots Arkansas to the public health service with all real estate and improvements. Orders issued under a recent Congressional bill formalize the transfers.
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War Department
Public Health Service
Fort McHenry
Fort Bayard
Mex
Whipple
Bay Ariz
Fox Hills
Nys Green
Nog
Camp Kearny
Call
Congress
Fort ‘McKenzie
Wyo
Fort Walla
Walla,’ Wash
Fort Logan H. Roots
Ark
Consul Skinner Sails for U. S. Outward from Plymouth
May 19 report from Plymouth, England notes Consul Skinner sailing for the United States aboard the ship For U. The account mentions Robert P. in connection with the voyage.
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Consul Skinner
U. 8
Plymouth
England
Robert P
Ohio native lauds Harding progress and national unity
The speaker recalls three cross country trips since January praising President Harding’s resumption of duties. He asserts Harding has accomplished more in 2 weeks than any president in 25 years, highlights Ohio as “mother of Presidents,” and notes Ohio pride spreading to the Northwest with many natives moving West.
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Providence
Harding
White House
Ohio
Hanna
East
Great Northwest
Buckeye
President Harding
Washington
R. L. Gibbs
Detroit
Mich
Shoreham
Automobile Men of America
United States
Engineering Revival Heads into Postwar Boom
In a Washington interview, BR B Ballard of Augusta Maine says global engineering lines lag due to war’s aftermath and predicts a near term return to hard work. He notes planned Orient and American projects will demand engineers while financiers expect a large next year boom.
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BR. B. Ballard
Augusta Maine
Orient
Washington
America
Europe
Constantine as Godfather at Royal Christening
King Constantine served as godfather at the private christening of King Abegsader's posthumous daughter named Alexandra in the royal chapel. Present were Mme. Manos widow of King Alexander, King Constantine, Queen Sophie, Queen Wi ther Olga, and Princesses Irensa and Katherine.
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Athens
Constantine
Abegsader
Royal
Alexanda
Mme
Manos
Alexande
Sophie
Olga
Irensa
Katherine
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Mia
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Pankma
New York City
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Germany
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Pershing
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Polad
Poland
Philadelphia “Ledger
Lane
Anitt
York- Tribune
Benson
Reed
Atill
King of Spain
Maision
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Department of Justice
Grover Clevaland Bergdoll
Tee
Forts For Health Service
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Alexandra
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