Differences Between White House and Congress Over Bonus Tax Plan
Article outlines the clash between President Harding and Republican congressional leaders over funding a soldiers bonus, favoring cash payment funded by a sales tax. It notes Harding’s insistence on a tax method and treasury considerations, while Congress stalls due to party control and budget disputes. The piece surveys broader policy frictions, including army size, forest service control, and government reorganization.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
Harding
Congress
Fordney
Ways and Means Committee
House
White House
Anny
Europe
Panama
Hawaii
Fall
Interior Department
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Walter F. Brown
Genoa
Mexico
Senate
Republican Party
Fate of Bonus Bill to be taken up Thursday
Washington March 21 AP report says the soldier's bonus bill will be taken up by the House Thursday under suspension of the rules after a conference between Speaker Gillett and Rules Committee Chair Campbell. Four hours debate planned with no amendments allowed and a two thirds vote anticipated before adjournment Thursday.
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Gillett
The
Associated Press
Washington, 9
House
Campbell
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Britain to Pay Interest on Debt in Autumn
In the House of Commons Sir Robert Horne announced that Britain will pay half a year’s interest on its debt to the United States in the autumn. The statement came from the chancellor of the exchequer in London today.
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International News Wire
London
Britain
United States
House of Commons
Robert Horne
Madalynne's Next Trial Set for June 3
Los Angeles March 21 Madalynne Obsnchainy must face her second trial for the alleged murder of J Belton Kennedy her lover on June 5 This date was set by Superior Judge Sidney N Reeve today Mrs Qbencham with defense and prosecution attorneys were in court
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Los Angeles
Cal
Madalynne Obsnchainy
J. Belton Kennedy
Sidney N. Reeve
Qbencham
Weather report lists Iowa and Minnesota towns in 1922 area
March 21 1922 weather bulletin covers Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo and Waverly Roads are poor but passable with mud as thaw unfolds Temperatures generally fail to rise Wednesday plus a Diamond Joe cigar advertisement appears.
Tarring and whipping attacks sweep Arkansas and Texas
Masked assailants terrorize Walter Gibbs 25 at a Nashville Arkansas meal, Kurt Harris is whipped off town. J A Pelt 63 is whipped and struck down in Beaumont. Mrs Pelt reports two attackers seen. In Dallas Ft Etheridge head of a lumber firm is beaten and warned not to report to police. his daughter injured. Authorities probe violent spree across states.
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Nashville, Ark
Yoxnot
Walter Gibbs
Jock Harris
Gibbs
Pelt
Dallas
Tex
Ft. Ethrridge
Inmmber
Eithsridge
Swaine Aldredge
Etheridge
Bootleggers Clean Up 30 Million In Liquor Profits
Chicago reports that bootleggers have earned over 30 million dollars through illicit liquor sales in two years. Prohibition director Charles A. Gregory says 10 million came from counterfeit whisky prescriptions and 20 million from direct liquor sales.
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Chicago
Wlinets
Charles A. Gregory
Prohibition
Russia Mobilizing Troops on Western Front Fears Attack
Riga reports from Moscow state the soviet war commissary has mobilized three more classes of troops as fear rises of an attack on Russia’s western frontier. Leon Trotsky, war commissar, travels to the front to reinforce forces, with plans to strengthen other fronts as well.
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Russia
Riga
Moscow
Jan
Ieon Trotzky
Tokio Rejects French Pact Charges As Ridiculous
Japan will not take formal cognizance of accusations by Chita government representatives that Marshal Joffre, during a visit to Japan, negotiated a Franco Japanese agreement on Siberia. A high official called the charges too absurd to warrant denial.
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Tokio
Japan
Chita
Joffre
Siberia
Huge dirigible may carry planes for midair launches
United Press reports Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, returning from European aviation study, says a giant airship could lift a fleet of small fighters, launch them near the front, strike enemy strongholds at night, and return with fuel. Army aviation push may gain congress support if War Department backs the plan.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
William Mitchell
Army’ Air Service
Europe
Congress
Army
War Department
War Threatens Ireland as Ulster Frontline Grows
London March 21 Britain moves to bolster garrisons in Ulster amid fears of a civil war spillover with the Irish Free State. Sir Laming Worthington-Llyans announced strengthening measures and efforts to restore order while reports warn of potential mass violence along the border.
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International
London
Irish Free State
Ulster
Sir Laming Worthingon-lyans
House of Commons
Ireland
Tn Armius
Orangemen
Veg Vauien Peensy
Sugland
Free State
Belfast
Ulster Volunteers
Glengreen Lodge
County
Donegal
John Allingham
James Craig
Henry Wilson
United Press
Invite Dead Man to Speak at Birthday Party in Heaven
In Los Angeles on March 2 a strange birthday party honors Dr. J. M. Peebles a dead man set to be guest of honor at his own commemorary. The Longer Lists league hosts a spectral banquet in a South Broadway cafeteria with a plan for Dr Peebles to speak about what the church must do to be saved. Also invited are Rev J H Ryland Rabbi Meyers and Bishop C Copper of Liberal Catholic church, reflecting Peebles belief in communication with the dead.
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Lon Angeles
Cal
J. M. Peebles
League
Pocables
Heaven
Dr. Peebles
South Broadway
Piedge
Dr. Teelles
J. H. Ryland
Dancers Arrested After South Seas Style Show
Four dancers from a cafe on West Forty-fifth Street were taken to a station house along with the cafe manager a head waiter and two waiters after police halted a South seas style performance. Earlier officers visiting the cafe noted high liquor costs and prepared to serve a warrant for sale of liquor.
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New Yorks
New York
West Forty-fifth Street
French Troops Take Over Coblenz Front From Withdrawn Americans
Paris reports that American troops on the Rhine, ordered withdrawn, will be replaced in the Coblenz bridgehead by French forces now occupying sectors on both sides of Coblenz. Notification to the French government is expected through the Rhine commission, with Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen as liaison. Officials foresee possible German interpretation as a rebuke of Allied policies toward Germany.
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Associated Press
Paris
Rhine
Coblenz
Rhine Commission
Henry T. Allen
Germany
Four Shots At Chinese Minister In Paris Attempt
In Paris on March 21 a Chinese youth fired four shots at Chen Lu the Chinese minister to France none hit the minister. Tsan Gow a Chinese engineer accompanying him was wounded in the head. The assailant named Lee Jie Ling a student surrendered after the shooting and blamed Chen Lu for unfriendly treatment of Chinese in Paris.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chen Lu
France
Tsan- Gow
Lee-Jie-Ling
Chen- Lu
Riot Guns Stop Jail Delivery in Chicago
In Chicago on March 21 armed guards under Jail Warden H Westbrook repelled a second failed jail-delivery attempt. Seventy prisoners were forced back to their cells after they refused to return during exercise hour. Warden Westbrook warned of shooting if prisoners did not comply as riot guns were deployed. seven minutes into the ultimatum the mutineers dispersed.
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Chicago
H. Westbrook
Westbrook
Ex Army Fliers Get Chance with Planes
Aviation officers who served in World War I and later joined the officers' reserve corps were assigned to the air service of the Sixth Army Corps with headquarters in Chicago. The definite assignments are meant to boost flying activity as reserve officers may use Army airplanes after meeting specified qualifications.
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Chicago
Aviation
Air Service
Sixth Army Corps
Reserve Corps
Ballots Printed for City Election and Registration Time
Ballots for the Waterloo city election have been printed and delivered to the city clerk. About 16 000 ballots were cast last year and 22 500 ballots were produced for this election, with 21 precincts to be staffed. Final registration is Saturday from 8 am to 9 pm for new voters and those changing precincts. Citizens are urged to register and vote for councilmen and mayoral candidates. women and colored voters are active in campaigns, with meetings held in the Third ward and a mass meeting endorsing the Waterloo ticket and Judge Gwynne.
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Sietpal Uckets
Hotyuy
Cust
Waterloo
Third Ward
A. E. Gragy
John W."gwynnie
St. John’s Masonic Temple
Mobile Street
J. D. Hopkins
R. H. Baynes
G. W. Nesby
Antioch Baptist Church
Peyton M. Lewis
M. E. Church
Alcohol Plant Shut for Prohibition Quiz
Chicago March 21 federal prohibition officials temporarily closed the local plant of the United States Industrial Alcohol company awaiting investigation to determine if the firm violated laws governing alcohol manufacture.
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Chicago
United States Industrial Alcohol Company
Denmark Strike Grips nation with standstill and unrest
Copenhagen reports a near standstill nationwide as a general labor lockout halts business. Minor clashes erupt in Jutland while troops are posted on guard to maintain order amid the strike.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Jutland
Four Battleships towed for scrapping in Delaware River
In Philadelphia on March 21 four historic battleships the Maine Missouri Wisconsin and cruiser Columbine will be towed from the navy yard to a final resting place in the Delaware River. They will be scrapped and their armor and big guns melted into beds of peace.
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Philadelphia
Maine
Missouri
Wisconsin
Columbing
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Delaware River
Wiedfeldt Named German Ambassador to United States
Berlin reports Dr Otto Wiedfeldt named Germanys ambassador to the United States to fill the post vacant since January 1917. A wealthy industrialist and diplomat with Krupp ties, he spent months in the United States after visiting Japan, bringing experience in economics and foreign affairs.
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United States
Berlin
Geremany
Herr Wiedfeldt
Associated Press
Otto Tard- Wig Wiedfeldt
Dr. Wiedfeldt
Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
Washington
Germany
Japan
Great
Krupp Works
Far East
Kid Crusaders to Washington Meet
Forty children from St Louis plan a pilgrimage to Washington to press for clemency for their fathers imprisoned for espionage act violations. The group will stop in Chicago Detroit Cincinnati and Philadelphia on the way and begin within days.
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St. Louis
Harding
Washington
Chicago
Detroit
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Lloyd George to seek Genoa conference vote in Commons
Prime Minister Lloyd George will resume in the house of commons on April 3 and immediately seek a vote on the government policy toward the Genoa economic conference. Austin Chamberlain, the government leader, announced in the house this afternoon.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Genoa
Austin Chamberlain
First Spring Day Brings Snow Across Midwest
Chicago reports the first day of spring bringing heavy snow and sleet in Wisconsin Minnesota and northern Indiana. Rivers overflowed causing floods and transportation disruption while crops risk damage. Weather crews caution renewal of normal conditions within 24 hours unless new storms arise.
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International News Wire
Chicago
Middle West
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Wire Service
Indiana
Wabash
Wiinais
Coal Mine Strike Call Sends Out By Union Leaders
A formal call for a strike of both anthracite and bituminous coal miners was sent from United Mine Workers headquarters in Indianapolis to 3,060 local unions. The likely April 1 strike would idle about 1,000 anthracite and 3,000 bituminous miners, as nonunion workers were expected to join. The government hoped to avert a strike via conference, noting large coal surpluses and stable prices.
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Presndianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Uniton
Untern
puMmpmen
Goft
Presa
Washington, D. C
White House
United States
Hewneguapeee
Indianapolis
Marsh
America
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Scranton
Hazleton
Shamokin
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Washington
Pittsburgh
Brazil
Jois
International Union
George H. Cushing
American Wholesale Diil Association
Washington City
Cuphine
Cushing
Geo
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