Ford Motor Co Expands Employee Profit Sharing Plan
Ford announces a major expansion of its profit sharing, enabling about 90 000 employees and related Ford interests to buy guaranteed investment certificates yielding 6 percent annually. Bonuses depend on daily wage and length of service, with certificates in 100 500 and 1000 dollar denominations and non negotiable. The plan is described as a beginning with more measures under consideration.
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Associated Preas
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Governor Coolidge Declines Vice Presidential Candidacy
Governor Coolidge states he will not be a candidate for the Republican nomination for vice president. The letters to South Dakota Secretary of State W A Burkhart confirm he did not seek the office and would not file the required declaration.
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Associated Press
Boston
Coolidge
South Dakota
State House
W. A. Burkhart
United States
Burkhart
Woman in Brown case is in jail
Cecile Beatrice Vester surrendered to authorities in Mount Clemens Michigan and was placed in the county jail on the murder charge of J Stanley Brown. She claimed innocence and was brought from Detroit after a night under guard. Police plan to reinterrogate two earlier suspects.
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Associated Press
Mount Clemens
Mich
Cecile Beatrice Vester
J. Stanley Brown
Detroit
Chicago
Straight
Democratic women called to Pontotoc County mass meeting
J A Deen Pontotoc County Democratic Chairman calls a mass meeting of Democratic women at the Ada Court House on January 17 1920 at 2 PM to elect 24 delegates to the State Convention in Oklahoma City. Attest Secretary A R Sugg.
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Ben F. Lafayette
Democratic State Central Committee
Democratic County Committee
Pontotoc County
Democratic State Executive Committee
Ihereby
Court House
Ada
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
J. A. Deen
A. R. Sugg
East Versus West In New Year's Day Rose Bowl Clash
Harvard faces Oregon in the 1920 Rose Bowl as Eastern champions Harvard and Western titleholders Oregon meet at Tournament Park Pasadena. Harvard finished 1919 undefeated with wins over Bates Virginia Springfield Brown Tufts and a 10 10 tie with Princeton. Oregon lost only to Washington State and beat Idaho Washington and Oregon Agricultural College.
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Associated Press
Pasadena
Calif
Tournament Park
Harvard
Huskies
University of Oregon
Western Footers
Yale
Princeton
Oregon
Tournament of Roses Association
Brown University
Washington State College
Pennsylvania
United States
Camp Lewis
Mare Island Marines
Great Lakes
Chicago
Crimson
Bates
University of Virginia
Springfield
Brown
Boston College
Tufts
Mutonah
University of Idaho
University of Washington
Oregon Agricultural College
Charleston Forms Housing Corp to Help Federal Workers
A new corporation with 500000 capitalization is formed by the chambers of commerce in Charleston South Charleston and St Albans to housing 1500 federal workers for an ordnance factory project. The plan includes buying materials in bulk and contracting home builds to minimize costs and offer affordable prices.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chambers of Commerce of
South Charleston
St. Albans
Government Ordnance Factory
Census takers meet to plan Oklahoma Texas work
Census supervisors from eight Oklahoma districts and sixteen of Texas gather with William C. Hunt to outline methods for the January 2 census start. They discuss attracting enumerators despite four cents per capita pay, law limits, and the patriotic duty of accurate, thorough census work.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma
Texas
William C. Hunt
National Census Bureau
Hunt
United States
Highway Official Here Next Tuesday at Ada Meeting
Henry Wood state highway commissioner from Oklahoma City will attend the Pontotoc County Good Roads Association meeting in Ada next Tuesday. Dr. L M Overton says a letter confirms Wood’s presence and Col Sidney Suggs of Ardmore may also attend. Attendees hope to map steps for better roads and the Oil Cities Highway through Pontotoc County. Meeting opens at 1 PM.
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Henry Wood
Oklahoma City
Pontotoc
Pontotoc County
Oil Cities
Best Tailored Man Guest of Honor at Tailors' Convention
Cincinnati announces a nation wide search for the best tailored man to be guest of honor at the Merchant Tailor Designers Association convention February 3 to 6. The chosen man must have always worn tailor made suits since knee breeches, be perfectly proportioned, and will represent a push for a better dressed America.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
America
Merchant Tailor Designers’ Association
United States
Canada
President Wilson to Spend Quiet New Year at White House
President Wilson will have a quiet New Year at the White House after overtaxing himself on his birthday. White House officials say a watch party in his sick room is unlikely tonight. Mr and Mrs Frances B Sayre, guests for the birthday, are expected to stay over New Year’s Day.
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Wilson
Washington
White House
Frances B. Sayre
Major General Wood Files for Republican Presidential Nomination
Major General Leonard Wood filed a formal declaration of candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination with the South Dakota secretary of state on December 31. The action signals Wood's campaign entry and party alignment in Pierre.
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Wood
Associated Press
Pierre
S. D
Leonard Wood
New York Planned Citywide New Year Celebration
New Yorkers mirror tradition as 1919 ends and 1920 begins with chimes and sirens. Revelers anticipate last revelry despite prohibition with hotel dining charges from 5 to 15 dollars and drink costs, while one hotel chain offers free rare liquors at midnight to guests.
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Associated Press
New York
Austrian Tourist Reports European Children Starving
Sidney Rich former United States consul at Chemnitz and recent five month tour of Austria Hungary and Germany says thousands of European children are starving. He praises American reconstruction and relief work and urges moral support for the German government to combat the red element. He notes rationing and limited food, with Americans viewing food under glass as a curiosity in German shops.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Sidney Rich
United States
Chemnitz
Saxony
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Europe
Rich
Mr. Rich
Fifteen Commission Members Chosen Ahead of Mexico Election
In Mexico City on December 31 the chamber of deputies elected fifteen members to a presidential commission linked to the Carranza government. The vote signals which side will influence the upcoming presidential contest and the chamber's stance toward the election.
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Mexico
Associated Press
Mexico City
Carranza
Chamber of Deputies
Ruy
Howard Figg to Fight H C L in City of St Louis
Howard Figg announces a city wide drive to curb high living costs starting January 1. He plans a special assistant to work with the fair price committee and Circuit Attorney Lawrence McDaniel to prosecute price violators under the fair price committee and federal rules. The move follows a Bureau of Labor Statistics bulletin noting rapid cost increases in St Louis.
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Howard Figg
City OF ST. Louis
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Circuit
Lawrence McDaniel
Missouri
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
Staple prices rise sharply in local bureau report
The bureau notes a 99 percent average rise in 23 staple items over recent months with Birmingham Detroit and Washington showing higher increases. Featured staples include beef cuts pork products dairy eggs flour and sugar. The report accompanies a wartime treasury allocation of 416 million to Italy, totaling 1.621 billion for Italy and 9.648 billion for all allies.
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Birmingham
Detroit
Washington
Treasury
Italy
Fatal pitched battle leaves townsfolk in shock
In Waggoner City Texas last night a melee between merchants and highwaymen resulted in one man dying and two others fatally wounded. Bandits robbed a meat market before a broad street brawl drew more than 25 workers into the fight. Three bandits were hospitalized in Wichita Falls and another wounded robber was reported dying in the Red River bottoms.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Tex
Waggoner City
Here
Red River Bottoms
Party Dresses and French Slippers Are Cause of Trouble
Dallas Dec 31 Mrs John Brower tells the Dallas Mothers Council that poor girls should not associate with daughters of the rich. She cites schoolgirls in party dresses and French heels forming cliques as the source of trouble. Letters from parents trigger sharp debate on dress and education.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
John Brower
Dallas Mothers’ Council
Wendel Spence
Coal Creeds Divide Welsh Mining Leaders
In Cardiff on December 30 two mining world creeds clash. Millionaire Hen ry Radcliffe says God placed coal for our use and aims to market it at a price. Miner leader Vernon Hartshorn counters that coal is for the nation and for all, not private gain.
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Mr. Radcliffe
Associated Press
Cardiff
Wales
Henry Radcliffe
Vernon Hartshorn
Labor
Radcliffe
Egg price nostalgia in Anderson Indiana tale
In Anderson Indiana on December 31 a sale of forty dozen eggs for 34 dollars and 40 cents by Mrs. Mary McCarty near Pendleton prompts Tillus Elen to recall 1857 when he hoarded eggs to buy a grandmotherly hat. He notes twenty six dozen eggs brought 78 cents then, and seventy five cents bought the hat.
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Associated Press
Anderson
Ind
Mary McCarty
Pendleton
Tillus Elen
Elen
Pendlenton
Kentucky Republicans Groom Morrow as VP Candidate
Kentucky Republicans in Louisville reveal plans to consider Gov. Edwin P. Morrow of Kentucky as a potential vice presidential candidate. Party leaders indicate Morrow’s background and leadership could align with national Republican aims.
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Kentucky
Morrow
Associated Press
Louisville
Edwin P. Morrow
Complications Delay German Peace Protocol Signing
Paris December 31 The Supreme Council fixed January 6 for signing the protocol and exchanging ratifications of the German peace treaty but complications arise as German technical delegates lack full authority. The council may delay the ceremony until Germans secure powers, amid 80000 troops in Upper Silesia to be withdrawn before plebiscites.
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Associated Press
Paris
Supreme Council
Council
Germany
Silicia
Hopes Rise for Rapid Versailles Treaty Ratification
Paris reports renewed optimism in supreme council circles for early ratification and swift entry into effect of the Versailles treaty. The text notes discussion in late December and anticipation of decisive steps toward adoption by infant givens.
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Supreme Council
Associated Press
Paris
Vesailles
Givens
Leta Wants Ad Sell It For You
A classified notice notes Leta seeks help selling an item via a personal ad. Details are incomplete in the fragment but indicate a local want ad arrangement.
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