Harding's Senate Test on Bonus Bill and Leadership
Washington April 19 The question of Harding's leadership dominates the bonus bill debate as hearings begin. Opponents grow from 13 to about 25, threatening veto risks. Harding may press for a sales tax plan while preferring tariff priority, shaping a bill with firm congressional deference.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Senate
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Senate Committee
New York Evening Post, Inc
Lady Astor Lands in New York in a Flurry of Reporters
Lady Nancy Astor first Englishwoman MP returns to Britain for the Pan American conference and Baltimore women voters’ meeting. Reporters mob the Olympic as she greets photographers and discusses England's wartime loans, the German reparations issue, and the U.S. role in European affairs.
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New York
International News Wire
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M. P
Virginia
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Old Dominion
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America
England
Europe
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Washington
Rhine
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Hae@lish Speakingnion
FLIERS FINISH WORST OF TRIP AT ST PAULS ROCKS
Lisbon April 18 Lieuts Coutinho and Sacadura Portuguese naval aviators rested at St Pauls Rocks 800 miles off Brazil with the dangerous leg behind them Their hydroair plane can hold fuel for 18 hours and they avoided cliff flying rather than push 500 miles to Fernando Noronha The last two stages to Fernando Noronha then to Brazil are expected easier
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Coutinho and
Sacadura
St. Paul’s Rocks
Brazil
St. Paul's
Cape Verde Islands
Fernando Noronha
Joffre Arrives Quietly in Washington for First Capital Visit
Marshal Joffre, hero of the Marne, slips into Washington D C in a quiet arrival for his first visit to the capital since his 1917 triumphal tour. He enters amid subdued crowds, contrasting with the jubilation of five years prior.
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Washington
D. C
Marshal Joffre
Marne
Battleship Maine Towed to Junkyard
The second ship named Maine, funded by popular dime subscriptions to replace the original sunk in Havana harbor, was towed up the Delaware today to a ship wrecking yard where she will be dismantled and broken up. Her original cost was 3,000,000 dollars.
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Maine
Havana Harbor
Spain
Delaware
Rebels Threaten French Rule in Syria Disturbances Rise
Cairo April 19 reports say disturbances against French control of Syria are spreading. Disturbances are widespread in many quarters as Bedouins mass for an attack on French positions. autonomous bands of Syrians harass French troops amid evacuations.
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Cairo
Egypt
Syria
Baseball Today in AL and NL Games Postponed
In the American League two games occurred in Boston and Cleveland with the Yankees leading 4 0 after two innings and the New York club trailing 3 5 to the Red Sox. The National League played two games but both were postponed due to wet grounds and cold weather.
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New York
Yankees
Cleveland
Indians
St. Louis Browns
Reclamation Bill Advances Amid White House Talks
President Harding backs the McNary bill creating a 350 million dollar revolving fund for western and southern reclamation projects. Senators McNary Capper and others push for swift action as Congress weighs ship subsidy, tariff, and soldiers bonus measures amid anticipated legislative program. Local and national items follow, including skyrocket financing revelations in Chicago.
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Police Dogs to Help Rum Hounds Track Down Stillers
In Washington DC on April 1 commissioner Haynes approved measures to introduce Belgian police dogs to assist state directors in locating rum growers and distillers. The canines are viewed by prohibitions authorities as effective aids in enforcing raids and pursuing illicit operators.
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Wunt
ingrum-Tinners
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Industrial optimism rises in Waterloo farm equipment firms
Industry leaders in Waterloo report a revival in farm machinery orders and a growing dairy plant sector. Rath Packing expands with new buildings and 30 percent March gains, while Headford Litchfield and Galloway plants run near full capacity. Affected by crop prices, workers are added as optimism grows. Otto Hoe, German miner leader, dies in Essen.
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Altho
Inwa
Sonpany
Rath
Rath Packing Company
J. W. Rath
Hitchfield
Edgar C. Litchfield
Titchfield Manufacturing Company
Headford
KH. H. Headford
Headford Brothers & Hitchins
Galloway
John Deere Company
A. H. Head
Dallas hotel man shot by Fort Worth hotel proprietor
In Dallas, April 19, a preliminary hearing for D. E. Soderman, former owner of the Terminal hotel in Fort Worth, charged with fatally shooting Jay Clay Powers, Waldorf hotel manager in Dallas, is set for tomorrow or Friday. Witnesses say Powers spoke with a friend in the Waldorf lobby when Soderman fired twice, killing Powers within minutes. Believed hotel deal disputes prompted the shooting. Powers was son of Col Joshua D. Powers and brother of comedian Tom Powers.
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Tex
D. E. Saderman
Fort Worth
Jay Clay Powers
James McNicoll
Powers
Soderman
Col
Joshua D. Powers
Commonwealth Life Insurance Company
Louisville
American Bankers’ Association
Tom Powers
California
House Wanted Bonus Paid From Foreign Revenues
In Philadelphia on April 12 the U S House of Representatives passed the soldiers bonus bill aiming to fund it from proceeds owed to the government by foreign nations but withheld the offering publicly. Representative Ordney of Michigan, chairing the Ways and Means Committee, told the Oscar H Gruber American Legion post that the plan was to let foreign loan certificates cover the soldiers’ bonuses.
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Philadelphia
House of Representatives
Ordney
Chigan
House
Ways and Means Committee
Oscar H. Gruber
American Legion
Hawsa
Weather Summary From Charles City Report 1222
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau report covers towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Des Moines Dubuque Fairbault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterlon Waverly. Roads are dry and improving but rough with sand. Fair tonight and Thursday with frost or freezing temps expected later. colder in the extreme east. Sea rising temperatures Thursday.
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Portuguese Fliers Smash Machine in Landing
Lisbon April 19 Lieutenants Coutinho and Sacadura Portuguese aviators crashing their machine on alighting shattered the craft but both pilots were unharmed. Advices say the last message placed them near St Paul’s Rocks about 500 miles off Brazil with no location stated for the wreck.
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Genoa Conference Delays Debt Talks Until End
April 19. The treasury announced that Great Britain will not act on negotiations with the United States debt funding commission until the Genoa conference concludes.
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United States Debt Funding Commission
Reilly to Lose Porto Rico Governor Post Says Source
Washington April 19 United Press reports E M Reilly of Kansas City will be removed as governor of Porto Rico soon. President Harding’s confidante says the president is convinced Reilly cannot govern the island and has no plan to move him to a Washington post. Officials believe removal is needed to restore order on the island.
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Porto Rico
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Washington
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Tragedy at Irving School as Chimney Falls on Students
A school disaster at Irving School halted by a chimney crash through the center hall. Six year old Maxine Fife died and seven year old Amrvn Tih was seriously injured while about 325 pupils escaped after the alarm sounded. A teacher believed missing proved safe. Emergency crews retrieved the body and treated survivors.
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Missouri Soldiers' Bonus Tax Rate Set at Three Cents
Jefferson City April 13 The state auditor announced county clerks that the special tax rate to raise the Missouri soldiers' bonus will be three cents on each $100 of property valuation. The rate applies to real and personal property valued at about 3.179 billion, with merchants manufacturers and utilities included, totaling an estimated 4.587 billion.
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Jefferson City
George Hackmann
Missouri
Genoa Parley Proposal for Banks Conference
Representatives of the American federal reserve bank system will be invited to a conference of banks of issues to be held shortly after the Genoa conference. The proposal was made by Sir Robert Marne, British chancellor of the exchequer. The conference is expected to adopt the proposal tomorrow. The plan calls for a parley separate from the current economic conference.
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Horne
Muriel McCormick Stars in French Play Debut
Muriel McCormick of the Harvester family made her professional stage debut in The Passing Boy at the French theatre in Chisago. The matinee audience included her father Harold F. McCormick and sister Mathilde, while the play was presented in original French for Chicago social readers. In a separate note from Cleveland Ohio, Rep Simeon D. Wess announced his candidacy for the Republican U S Senate nomination from Ohio.
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Chisago
Muriel McCormick
Queensland abolishes its upper house in Australia
The Queensland legislative council has been abolished after royal assent and imperial order. Premier Theodore said the move ends decades of reactionary influence and makes parliament consist of the king and the Legislative Assembly.
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Queensland Legislative Council
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Mier Theodore
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Queensland
Germans Quit Parley If Barred From Genoa Committee
Paris reports the reparation commission weighing if the Russo German Rapallo pact violates Versailles. Britain demands annulment or removal of Germans from the Genoa political commission. Germany-Russia talks spark turmoil as Lloyd George and Rathenau clash while allies protest the Rapallo accord.
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