Mellon Budget Triggers Congress Dismay Across Branches
Secretary Mellon’s government outlay estimate and tax plan prompt disappointment in Congress as lawmakers push to cut further federal spending. debate focuses on shrinking the army below 150,000 and trimming naval costs, with deficiency appropriations facing stiff opposition.
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Meilen
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Shipping Board
Mellon
New York Tvening Post, Inc
Sandbag Dropped On Plane Wrecks House
A sandbag broke loose from a plane at 4000 feet, crashing through a two story residence in Denver injuring two people who narrowly escaped death. The bag severed its cord from a parachute, wrecking a roof and rooms while Miss J M Cutt Fountain Mo and her sister were inches from harm.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
J. M. Cutt
Fountain
R. H
Xeithley
Workman Killed by Belt Swing at Plant
Jason City Iowa August 3 Melvin Gon a coal grinder operator at Northwestern Portland States meat company was struck by a belt swing while near his machine on the floor at 4 o'clock yesterday evening. He died en route to the hospital. Plant officials investigate. He was married with four young children.
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Jason City
Melvingon
Portland
Meat Company
Fourdering
Eighth Division Memorial Services Planned for Veterans
Memorial services are set for more than 1,060 Midwest veterans who served in the eighty eighth division during World War I. Officials and four former division commanders will attend the reunion ceremonies on August 28.
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Associated Proms
Ain Cerenaaies
Permanent Wave for Papa Stylish Now Rumor
Chicago delegates at a National Hairdressers convention report men are adopting permanent waves. A speaker from New York notes many men are marceling their hair and that dressing is increasingly common as 1921 styles emerge.
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United Press
Chicago
Charles M. Kozlay
New York
Caruso Honored With Requiem In Naples Funeral
Naples mourns Enrico Caruso as thousands attend a solemn requiem at Madonna Della Gracia and line the streets. Mourners pass by the bier in the Hotel Vesuvio as the world’s premier tenor is remembered. Officials note his illness in New York and a fortune around six million dollars by local estimates. American Ambassador Richard Washburn Child sends U S condolences to Caruso’s family.
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Associated Press
Naples
Italy
Enrico Caruso
Madonna Della Gracia
Vesuvis
Caruse
Head
Mee Es
Rodolfo
Caruso
New York
Rome
Richard Washburn Child
Tals
Enricd Caruso
United States
Three Killed When Bursting Silk Dyeing Machine Fails
Three men were killed and three seriously injured at the Standard Silk Dyeing Company plant in Paterson New Jersey when a centrifugal drying machine shattered. The whirling apparatus sprayed bronze and iron fragments onto nearby workers as the device exploded.
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United Press
Paterson
N. J
Missouri votes on roads and reforms in special election
Unofficial returns show Missouri favoring a cash bonus for World War veterans and a constitutional convention with auto license fee funds to back a $60,000,000 road improvement bond. Women holding state offices appears doubtful. City and St Louis backed an amendment proposal. smaller towns face uncertain outcomes on other measures.
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St. Louis
Cnde
City
FARMER BLOG IN CONGRESS BATTLE TO BEAT TAX
Washington August 3 United Press report says Mellon’s $4.6 billion federal outlay for the current year must be cut by $1.1 billion to $3.5 billion to avoid higher taxes. Republicans discuss a $10 auto tax, bank check tax, and three cent postage if expenditures near the $3.5 billion goal. Agricultural leaders push to retain excess profits tax while opposing new levies on the middle class. Capper of Kansas vows to resist tax changes that favor the wealthy without relief for the poor.
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Washington, D. C
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Mellon
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Washington
United Press
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House
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Young
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Capper
Kansas
Bives
Iowa Railroad Valuations Raised by State Council
Des Moines Aug 3 The Iowa executive council increased railroad valuations for taxation by about 49.6 million dollars affecting 26 roads. Principal lines saw boosts with OW S Chicago Burlington Quincy eight thousand per mile, Chicago Milwaukee St Paul five thousand four hundred, Chicago Northwestern three thousand three hundred, Chicago Rock Island Pacific three thousand ninety, and Chicago Great Western fourteen thousand per mile.
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Astrociated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Burlington
Quincy
Milwaukee & St. Feul
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Tinos Sentral
Chicago Great Western
Musicians plan Chicago memorial for Caruso
Chicago musicians and friends organize a public memorial service for Enrico Caruso who died in Naples. Tributes flowed from local artists as plans take shape though the exact form remains undecided.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Enrico Caruso
Naples
Courier delivery deadline notice and phone contact
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 3 50 p clock. If, due to carrier error or other causes, you fail to receive your paper by that time, please phone 530 and a copy of the panel will be sent. Phone calls past reach this office before 240 p.m.
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Rail Union Wins Negotiation Row By Board Ruling
The United States railroad labor board ruled that negotiations over shop crafts rules must be held with System Federation No. 50, affiliated with the AFL railway employe department, even though Long Island railroad officials preferred bargaining only with their own employees. The case, heard July 4, comes as the system federation, whose officers are Pennsylvania Railroad employees, seeks to replace national agreements in effect during federal control. The board ordered the national agreement to continue until new arrangements are negotiated.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Long Island Railroad
United States Railroad
Labor Board
System Federation No. 50
Railway
American Federation of Labor
System Federation No
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Island Company
System Federation
Wall of Water Floods Canon City Streets
A cloudburst in Canon City Colorado sent a 14 foot high wall of water down the Arkansas River sweeping South Canon and the city’s lower district. Thousands of dollars in damage to truck gardens and homes, railroad traffic halted for hours, but no loss of life reported. Estimated damages exceed $200000.
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United Press
Canon City
Colo
Arkansas
Canon
Royal Gorge
Associated Press
Canog City
Arkansas River
South Canon
President Harding Enjoys Isolation on Mount Prospect
President Harding, away from state duties, enjoys isolation on Mount Prospect in the White Mountains near Lancaster New Hampshire. A padlocked gate at the base blocks access while a four mile road winds to the summit lodge, guarded by Secretary Weeks.
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United Pres
Lancaster
N. H
Harding
Mount Prosnett
White Mountains
Weeks
Four Mile
Mount Prospect
Revolt in Lisbon Rumor Reaches Madrid Dispatch
A Madrid telegram cites Vigo rumors of a Lisbon revolution and reports heavy precautions in the Portuguese capital. Troops were moved from provinces but Lisbon remained quiet with soldiers confined to barracks. British officials and the Portuguese embassy offered no clarification on the disorder reports.
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Associated Press
London
Madrid
Vigo
Lisbon
Portugal
Senate OKs Farm Aid Credit Extensions in Bill
The Senate began voting on amendments to the farmer relief bill. Senator Harrison Mississippi secured approval for authorizing the War Finance Corporation to buy 106,000,900 of farm loan bonds this year and next, extending 200,000,000 in credit through the Federal Farm Loan Banks.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
War Finance Corporation
Federal Farm Loan Panks
Ku Klux Klan Defence Statement Reported
From Texarkana on August 3 the Ku Klux Klan mailed a letter to Four States Press in response to a report about the Monday night whipping of Warren Dinkens, a negro hotel porter. The letter defends the Klan and states their aim to uphold womanhood and that only violators should fear them.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Tex
Four Suites Press
Warren Dinkens
Paris Shows Move to Concealment in Fall Fashion
Unirea Presay Paris reports Paris today closed the period of revelation in feminine attire and ushered in an era of concealment. Modistes decree skirts six inches above ground, high collars, covered arms, and long straight lines. An exception features a light colored tight corsage gown. Prevailing colors are blacks, greys, tans, khaki, with sparse color at the collar or belt. Fur trim appears on a few bold styles.
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Paris
France
Antibeer Bill Predicted To Pass Senate This Week
Senator Thomas Sterling of South Dakota predicted the antibeer bill would pass the Senate by week’s end. His trip to Europe for an Interparliamentary union session in Stockholm was canceled as wets in the Senate moved to kill the measure, but Sterling vowed to stay and fight.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Thomas Sterling
South Dakota
Sterling
Interparliamentary Union
Stockholm
Hernandez Revolts Against Obregon in Mexico
Vera Cruz dispatch from United Press reports Petre Hernandez of Sierra heading a large force in revolt against the Obregon government. Ranchers fear arson and cattle drive off as they seek federal aid to quell the uprising.
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United Press
Vera Cruz
Mex
Rus
Petre Hernandez
Sierra
Obregon
Too Much Rushing of Millinery Seasons
In Chicago on August 3, milliners report 80 per cent rushing of the season causing hats intended for winter to be worn in summer. National congress of retail merchants attendees condemn the practice but do not assign responsibility. They predict large novelty shapes and materials like velvet satin and plush for next fall.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Congress of
Jeanner
Armed Men In Hunt For Minnling Muskogee Youth
In Muskogee Oklahoma a mob of about five hundred citizens armed by police searched for Malcomb Etheridge a 17 year old in police custody after a recent kidnapping. He disappeared yesterday after noon while en route to a theatre amid belief he was killed. A motion picture theatre sighting is the only firm lead with two men and a woman arrested in connection with the kidnapping and hearings set for today.
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Mressy
Des Moines street cars to halt. buses take over
Des Moines street cars will stop at midnight as a federal judge orders cessation. A fleet of about 70 buses will begin operating, with interurban service likely to suspend. The move follows years of conflict over a 5 cent fare and bus competition, and receivers report the line must be sold to satisfy debts. Temporary licenses may aid entry of car owners during the emergency.
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Wes Moines
Martin J. Wade
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Wade
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C. M. Cheney
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Camp Dodge
Rock Island
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H. B. Burton
Scott Goodrell
Barton
F. C. Chambers
Homer A. Miller
Irish Peace Waits on Ulster Settlement
Dublin August 3 The delay in Irish peace talks centers on Sinn Fein. Government efforts aim to gain Ulster adhesion to the plan before renewed negotiations with Premier Lloyd George. Authorities say the parties to the bargain must be settled, while scenes behind the scenes push Lister to join a future all Ireland parliament with local autonomy retained.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Ulster
Lloyd George
United Ireland
Lister
Recapture of 1915 Escaped Convict Reported in Kansas
Des Moines authorities confirm the capture of Frank Ralstow, who escaped from Fort Ma Orr prison in 1915. He will be returned to the prison after detention in Kansas.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Aux
State Board of Control
Kansas
Frank Ralstow
Fort Ma
Orr
Republican Army Near Demobilization in London Report
London date Aug 3 The Irish Republican army had virtually demobilized indicating peace terms between Sinn Fein and the British government are practically agreed upon in secret with only a formal announcement likely remaining.
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United Press
London
Irish Republican
Sinn Fein
Probe Leaks in Tax Cases at Revenue Dept
Washington Aug 3 Commissioner Blair announced an urgent probe into leaks of tax information from the internal revenue bureau. He ordered hearings to uncover exact facts and promised to publish findings after the inquiry, asserting few irregularities but vowing punishment for any guilty officials.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue Bureau
Blair
Bigir
Guy
Alien
Kansas
Bureau
President Seeks Delay on Free Canal Tolls Bill
President Harding opposes early action on Senator Borah's bill to restore free tolls for American vessels using the Panama Canal. He favors delaying the issue to avoid straining relations with Britain and others and seeks a diplomatic settlement, especially in light of the approaching disarmament conference. Senator Borah intends to push the bill in coming weeks.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Senate
Iader
Borak
Panama Canal
Great Britain
Borah
American Prisoners Freed from Soviet Jails
American prisoners in fac shed have been released from confinement according to unofficial reports at the Bolshevik legation press bureau in Riga today There is no word on the number released the timing or where they will be delivered across the border
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Associated Press
Riga
Americay
Bolshevik Legation
Weather summary for Iowa and Minnesota towns report
Weather Bureau report dated August 3 1921 covers towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City New Hampton Ottumwa and Waterloo. Davenport described as clear with .20 inch precipitation. other areas show muddy conditions and showers. Forecast calls for fair weather tonight and likely Thursday with generally good motoring conditions.
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Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Charles Ciy
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Mubuque
Fartault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marsiailifonde
New Hampton
Festville
Waterloo
Mississippi
Texans Tour Black Hawk County Livestock Farms
Texas visitors totaling about sixty six, led by Prof Dana Evans, tour Waterloo and Black Hawk county to study intensified livestock farming. They meet local hosts, inspect Aberdeen Angus and Percheron stock, and plan to visit farms near Hudson and Teache campus before continuing to Minnesota and the Yellowstone region.
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Black Hawk County
Texas
Waterloo
Rock Island
Greater Waterloo Association
Kiwanis
Lions and Rotary Clubs
Dana-C. Evans
Texas A. A& M. College
Dallas
Cavs
de Cate
Banter
Procia
Loonan
Ads At
Hudson
J Farm
Ansiety
Pertactio
Seattle
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Jersey
Ienna
Wichita
Sas City
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St. Paul
Jpisusenous
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North Dakota
Agricultural College
Fargo
Billings
Mont
Chamber of Commerce
Yellowstone Park
West
Charles R- Mabry
Salt Lake City
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