Harding Seeks Support for Ship Subsidy Bill in Congress
President Harding expresses confidence in a favorable congressional reception for the ship subsidy bill after presenting it to Representative Mondell. He argues delaying past the tariff bill conference would cost the government over 50 million dollars yearly due to losses on ship holdings, and urges passage to create a permanent, efficient merchant marine vital for commerce and defense.
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Washington, D. C
Ciemibers
Congress
House
Harding
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Jeader
Campaign to reform marriage laws targets runaway weddings
At Chautauqua New York on June 21 representatives of 2,000,000 American women at a Federation of Women's Clubs convention push for repeal of state marriage and divorce statutes and a new federal law. The plan requires parental consent for underage marriages, public notices, medical certificates, and exposes divorce for cruelty, desertion, infidelity, or drunkenness with restricted hearings and custody favoring mothers unless proven unfit.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Congress
Genevieve Parkhurst
Million Dollar Plant Lost by Texas Flood
San Antonio reports a $1,000,000 irrigation pumping plant at Mercedes swept away by Rio Grande flood. Laredo notes flood waters marooning 560 people and causing $250,000 damage in upper valley. Army aviators drop food to stranded farmers in Hidalgo Cameron and nearby counties amid fears of further damage in lower valley with fruit farms.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mercedes
Rio Grande
Laredo
Gulf
Hidalgo
Cameron
Big Elks leader Reddick to lead Iowa City events
George T. Reddick, prominent Iowa City Elks figure and former state parole board member, plans to attend and help organize the Grand Lodge reunion in Atlantic City July 10 15. He will supervise a special Waterloo to Chicago train and a Pullman car pickup for Waterloo Elks.
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Bills
George T. Reddick
Iowa City
Order of “Hest
Reddick
Bill
Iowa State Board of Parole
Les
Transportation Committee of
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Atlantic City
Grand Lodge
Waterloo
City in Brief and Social Notes from Waterloo Area
Six of seven auto licenses in the county treasurer's office were for new cars. Miss Katherine Crowley of Winthrop, Ta., visited Miss Anna Peck. Frank R. Willis, visiting Water loo and Cedar Falls, is chief presiding judge of the superior court in Los Angeles. Mrs. J. F. Garver of Mason City attended the Elks convention. Various residents and visitors, including church and school figures, are noted in town and surrounding area. A Ladies Aid ice cream social is planned near Waterloo, and school staff prepare for summer vacation and travels to national conventions. Local residents prepare summer plans, with many traveling to attend conventions and visit relatives.
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Katherine Crowley
Winthrop
Anna Peck
Ninth Street
Frank R. Willis
Superior Court
Los Angeles
Waterlow
Cedar Falls
Lotus Survay
Kansas City
J. F. Garver
Mason Olty
C. C. Calkins
Hal Mos
Torand
S. A. C G. Vaughan
Town City
Marguer Nichols
Mankato
Minn
Alr
W. J. Nichols
Washington Apartments
Coralyn Smith
Dell Diehl
Storm Lake
Mabel Luhmann
Vffce
Ray W. Cleveland
Third Avenue
Marshalltown
Lincoln
S. M. Wallace
West High School
Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Mount Hope Church Ladies” Aid Society
Charles Burk
Waterloo
Anna M. Demmet
West High
Fannie Lyons
Minnesota
New York State
California
Medford
Wis
W. A. Bellinger
Oaklawn Avenue
Soffrman
House Plans Recess On Three-day Plan
Washington June 21 A The House plans three day recesses starting July 1 and continuing until the tariff bill is disposed of by the Senate. President Harding approved delaying action on the chip subsidy bill for a month to allow representatives to return to districts and mend political fences.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
House
Harding
Flood Kills Hundreds in San Salvador City Ruin
Hundreds are reported dead as floods swept San Salvador on June 14, reducing the city to ruin. A Red Cross cable from the American legation said relief funds were organized as the catastrophe proved larger than initial reports.
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Washington, D. C
San Salvador
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Dormitory for Married Students Planned at Northern University
Chicago June 21 Northern university officials announce a dormitory for married students to be built at 3.2 million dollars. The facility will house only married students and will be located on campus.
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Chicago
Northern University
Exalted Ruler Promoted Club Home Project
Russell L. Deion, past exalted ruler, chairs the registration committee for the B P C E convention preliminaries. During his term as exalted ruler of Waterloo lodge 290, the Elks club home at Park Avenue and Mulberry streets was purchased, with plans to situate a home outside the business district.
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Russell L. Deion
DeGon
Waterloo Lodge
Elks’ Club
Park Avenue
Mulberry Streets
La Follette renews fight over supreme court powers
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin renewed his attack on the United States Supreme Court on the Senate floor. He announced plans to introduce a constitutional amendment to curb the court's present powers.
Streetcar traffic in Waterloo May provides near April totals
May streetcar traffic in Waterloo shows 156,156 paid passengers on local lines, just below April's 155,383. Free transfers were 23,061 in April and 23,045 in May. Gross revenue was 14,527.51 with expenses 21,918.48 and net loss 12,917.08 after city taxes. Compared with May 1921, passenger totals fell by 10,847 from 166,703 last year while Brass revenue stood at 16,364.32 and net income at 2,221.08.
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Waterloo
W.C, F. & N. Railway Co
Sunday School Bodies at Odds Over Union
In Kansas City nearly 7,000 delegates opened the International Sunday School convention amid opposition to a planned merger of the International Sunday Schools association and the Sunday School Council of Evangelical Denominations. A new name, the International Council of Religious Education, was proposed. The Pennsylvania delegation and others reportedly opposed the measure, while invitations from Detroit Los Angeles and Birmingham signaled rivalry for the next session.
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Kansas City
International Sunday Schools Association
Sunday School Council of Evangelical
International Council of Religious Education
Pennsylvania
Detroit
Los Angeles
Birmingham
Harding seeks to untangle expo commission fallout
Washington officials report President Harding works to resolve the American commission to the Brazilian exposition mess after a row led David C. Collier to demand the removal of Frank A. Harrison for falsifying records. In New York fifty thousand garment workers quit to pressure manufacturers to use registered union contractors, announced by Hyman Blumberg of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
David C. Collier
Frank A. Harrison
New York
Hyman Blumberg
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
School Marm to Be Belle of Ball at Kansas Dance
Eminence Kansas June 21 Emi nence will hold a school house dance Saturday night July 1 and Mrs Clara White the school marm will be the belle of the ball. Friends of Mrs White praised Attorney General Richard Hopkins ruling that no Kansas law blocks a teacher from dancing and Miss Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster state superintendent cannot revoke her teaching certificate for dancing. Hoard Gives Dance Permit. Mrs White, a young married popular teacher, explains she teaches to support her home and is not a professional dancer. They say she learned to dance after marriage to please her husband and may perform several dances July 1 if a full program is planned. The convention delayed other work while discussion of plans for court decision review continued.
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Eminence
Kan
Clara White
Chara White
Clare
A. F. of Li Plays on Court Rulings
The Associated Press reports from Cincinnati on June 21 that the AFL convention resumed work after a delay in starting discussions on organized labor's plan to combat court decisions. The program proposed by a special policy committee was expected to be presented later in the day.
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Associated Press
le Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
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