Congress Absent and Cabinet in Full Focus
Washington reshapes policy while Congress rests as Hoover pursues Russian relief and Hughes sets the disarmament agenda. Daugherty rises as a key cabinet voice amid reform and nonpolitical staffing, with Senate finance hearings shaping tariff and taxation debates.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
D. C
Congress
Senate
Hughes
America
State Department
Agencie
Hoover
Daugherty
Cincinnati
Igh
Mr. Daugherty
Fia
Peck
Wm. J. Buros
Secret Service
Senate Finance Committee
House
Aly
New York Evening Post. Inc
Reserves Right to Administer Relief in American Manner
Walter L. Brown European director of the American relief administration told the subcommittee that the ARA will not submit to a central allied authority. It will cooperate with the commission only in the famine area of Russia and reserve liberty of action in relief administration.
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Associated Press
Paris
Walter L. Brown
American Relief Administration
International Commission For Russian Relief
Commission
Relief Administration
Russia
Fire destroys dirigible D-6 at Rockaway Point Air Station
The D-6 and A-6 balloons were destroyed by a fire at Rockaway Point naval air station. An explosion of gasoline near the hangar pressured water efforts to prevent hydrogen tank explosions. D-6 measured 1198 feet, carried four crew, and logged 69 mph. Secretary Derby ordered all air station activities ceased tomorrow.
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Presa
New York
Rockaway Point Naval Air Station
Derby
Tor
Lightning Kills Lawrence Larsen on Farm Near Dike
Special report of a farm accident states Lawrence Larsen a farmhand was instantly killed by a lightning strike while watering horses on the Mark McGraw farm near Dike Aug 21 at about 6 p m. Mrs McGraw nearby was seriously burned. Larsen had recently come to the community seeking work. his home address is unknown.
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Dike
Lawrence Larsen
Mark McGraw
I McGraw
Larsen
Bristow Reports Infantile Paralysis Case
Bristow. le Aug 31 Special For 13 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Ritzman is seriously ill with infantile paralysis which afflicted her last Thursday Both arms and one leg are paralyzed
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Bristow. le
Robert Ritzman
Gasoline at 14 Cents a Gallon in Fort Worth
Gasoline was selling at 14 cents a gallon at Fort Worth filling stations today, down from 18 cents. The report notes the price drop and confirms the local rate in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Associated Press
Weather Summary for Iowa Towns in Aug 3 1921
Weather Bureau report lists towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Mason City Hampton Palo Alto Waverly with forecasts of cloudy or clear skies, precipitation amounts from .75 to 1.76 inches, muddy or travel conditions, and notes of possible heavy rain locally. General forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Thursday.
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L. S. Department_of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Algona
Charles
Cedar Rap
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Paribas
Mason C
Hampton
Poloo
Waverly
Ummar
Cedar Rapids
Dubdugze
Marshalltown
Age of Sham and Counterfeit Declared at Bar Association
The 1920s-era convention heard James M. Beck Daugherty and Taft address revolt against authority in politics and culture. Beck warned that crime and the erosion of work ethic threaten civilization, urging renewed discipline and enforcement of law to defend individual rights and the constitution.
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Associatedress
Cincinnati
James M. Beck
William Howard Taft
Supreme Court
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
American Bar Association
Daugherty
American Bar
Ohio State Bar Associations
Beck
China
Russia
Mmy
Hving
Settlement reached on Yap mandate and Pacific cable questions
Informal agreement by Secretary Hughes and Japanese ambassador Shidehara outlines a complete settlement. Japan retains Yap mandate while the United States and other powers gain free access for cables. Remaining German lines around Yap to be disposed, with cables Yap Guam and Yap Shanghai to be controlled. Formal treaty expected with Britain France and Italy.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Hughes
Baron Shidehara
Shidehara
United States
Japan
Great Britain
France
Italy
Yap
Far Pacific
Guam
Shanghai
Gains in Fraternal Insurance Reported at Chicago Meeting
In Chicago the National Fraternal Congress of America reports strong growth in 1920. Insurance in force rose from 5.29 billion to 5.47 billion dollars, a yearly gain of 177.5 million, while membership increased by 101,056. Henri Rey of Montreal is tipped to become president, succeeding George P. Kirby.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Fraternal Congress of America
Henri Rey
Montreal
George P. Kirby
Toledo
Wholesale Dry Goods Firms Oppose Fordney Tariff Valuation
Chicago wholesale dry goods houses mobilize 25 000 retailers nationwide to oppose the Fordney tariff bill plan that bases duties on American valuation. The appeal warns ad valorem duties on American valuation will harm business and worsen a market already paralyzed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Panama Canal Traffic Through Isthmus Over Seven Years
Washington August report shows 15,476 commercial vessels totaling 45,869,942 tons and carrying 51,578,920 tons of cargo passed the Panama Canal in seven years ending August 14. Traffic split: 6,388 vessels and 21,933,325 net tons from Atlantic to Pacific and 7,028 vessels and 25,936,517 net tons from Pacific to Atlantic, carrying 23,363,528 tons.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Isthmus
Atlantic
Pacific
Atantic
Wu Pei Fu Captures Yochou in China Conflict
Gen Wu Pei Fu, Chinese Republican leader, captured Yochou without bloodshed after city bombardment by a warship. He seeks a national conference of provincial representatives to unite the republic under one government as insurgents show signs of peace.
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United Press
Hankow
China
Wu Pei Fu
Yochou
National Conference of Representatives
Republic of China
Riots Rock Belfast as Shipyard Attacks Continue
Belfast battles flare with gunfire and grenade exchanges in York Queen streets as shipyard workers are ambushed. Official death toll reaches 14 with many wounded while military assumes control and curfew tightens across the city amid Sinn Fein clashes and urban gun battles.
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United Cross
Belfast
Ouf
York
Queen Streets
Associated Press
Riffemen
Althether
Royal Avenue
York Street
Ers
Sinn
North Queen Street
Old Lodge Road
Crook Street
Sinn Fenners
Castle, Junction
Donegal Street
Cathedral
Academy Street
Famous Players Lasky Monopoly Charged in Federal Complaint
United Press reports the Famous Players Lasky group and related firms face a federal complaint accusing unfair competition and monopoly. The 1919 Realart link and 400 theatres owned by the group allegedly controlled 6,000 of 38,000 U.S. movie houses, with subsidiaries operating coast to coast.
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Famous Players-Lasky Monopoly
Associated Press
Washlegion
D. C
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Realart
Adolphe Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Jules Mastaum
Alfred &. Black
Stephen A. Lynch
Ernest
V. Richards, Jr
Realart Pictures Corporation
Fanigar Players Group
Fred S Black
New England Theatres
Tne
Stanley Company
Pennnsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Lynch Enterprises Corporation
Atlantic
Gulf States
North Carolina
Texas
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Saenger Amusement Company
Famous Players
New York
Los Angeles
Rompetiora
Cannon Denies Quitting Story
Washington reported that Uncle Joe Cannon denied authorizing any announcement that he would not seek re election next year for the Eighteenth Illinois district. He recalled no one being told he would not run and noted his long service in the House since 1873, including eight years as speaker.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Joe
Cannon
House of Representatives
Ilinois
Roderberg
British Unemployed Earning Nothing But Bound to Live Well
London reports show payments to unemployed by local authorities in Islington Camberwell Hackney and Shoreditch sparking disquiet among taxpayers. Unemployed in Woolwich push for adequate relief equaling unskilled arsenal wages and threaten workhouse action until claims are met.
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Associated Press
London
Islington
Camberwell
Hackney
Shoreditch
Woolwich
Wireless Auto at Chicago Radio Show
At the national radio show in Chicago an exhibit features a tiny automobile controlled by wireless. Invented by B. F. Glavin of Yonkers, N. Y. The display is part of the Amateur Radio Operators of America convention and the Radio Relay League gathering, with several hundred radio enthusiasts attending the two meetings.
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Associated Press
Chicago
B. F. Glavin
Yonkers
Amateur Radio Operators of America
Radio Relay League
Knickers for Women on Sale in Chicago
One of Chicago's large wholesale houses for men advertises knickerbockers for women for general wear. The notices stress knickers for business and street use, highlighting their desirability for women in Chicago.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Tofay
Wobblies Hunting Fight at Langdon Jail Demand Release
About 130 to 200 Industrial Workers of the World gather at Larimore North Dakota and plan to move to Langdon Cavalier County to demand the release of jailed I WW members. Langdon officials pledge stern action against lawless acts while authorities report arrests of several organizers and supporters following a harvest dispute.
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Associated Pressey
Grand Forks
N. D
Larimore
Langdon
Cavalier County
I W
John Johnson
Gen von Buelow Dies in Berlin City Note
Berlin reports the death of Field Marshal Gen. von Buelow, former commander in chief of the German second army during the war, who died today in Berlin.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Gen. von Buelow
Second Army
Martial law declared as miners defy U S orders in West Virginia
Washington reports President Harding proclaims martial law in the coal mine war area. In Charleston, Gov. Morgan says firing widens along Boone Logan line after Deputy Gore’s death. Six hundred armed miners move toward Marmet as state police and deputies clash with bands amid growing civil war fears.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Coal Mine
West Virginia
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Morgan
Boone-Logan Line
John Gore
Blair Mountain
Crooked Creek
Y. Va
Marmet
Aiton
Boone County
Blair Tain
Blair
Sutherland
Virginia
Kanawha
Boonean Logan
Copise
Logan
Guay
Assaut
Logan County
C. F. Thompson
United Mine Workers
Huntington
Southwestern
McDowell Country
Paper Delivery Notice Urges Timely Courier Service
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 5 30 o'clock. If due to carrier error or other causes you do not receive your paper by that time, call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls reach this office before 6 90 p.m.
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Harvester
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John Pollock
Christian Endeavor
Dublin
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Irish Republican Army
Sinn Fein
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Tiloyd George
Diamond Joe Ctrara
San Francisco
Cal
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American League
Washington Batteries
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Gharrit
St. Louis
Davis Faber and Schalk
RK HK
St. Louis Batteries
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Severeid
Kerr
Lees
Aera
Detroit
Cleveland
Dooe
Sotheron
Oneill
Dauss
Bassler
Mails
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