Packers Deny FTC Packership Profits Before Senate Panel
Washington Aug 25 Federal trade commission charges against the five leading packers were denied before the senate agricultural committee in half of Swift and Co L D H Weld stated on the stand that the 1918 profits were 51 6 million after taxes and that 1915 18 28 per cent and 1918 10 42 per cent returns on capital were lower than 1917 He added that 1918 profits under food commission regulation were much lower than 1917 and the figures contradicted the commissions claim of 178 million gross profits for 1918.
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Federal Trade Commission
Kenyon
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Food Administration
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Colver
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Food Commission
Belgians Take Possession of Malmedy District
Paris reports Belgian authorities formally assumed control of Malmedy, a ceded district near the Belgium Prussia border. The peace treaty also ceded Eupen and allows inhabitants to register preference for remaining under German sovereignty within six months, with the League of Nations to decide disposition. Malmedy and Eupen were part of Belgium until 1814-15 when reassigned to Prussia.
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Germany
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Prussia
Liege
Eupen
Eup
League of Nations
Ebupen
Arrested for Coat Purchase on Italian Ship Tale
Murry Livingston, in an Italian characterization at the Pantages, bought a coat from an Italian steerage passenger after meeting at the dock. He was briefly arrested on suspicion of being a dangerous Italian criminal before being released. He later learned the coat belonged to a real felon.
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Livingston
Kaiem Company
Rials
Austin and Delaney
Bernard and
Shaw
Makarenkos
Army Food Order 13 Under Consideration Delays Seen
Ambiguity surrounds surplus army food for Butte as a Seattle depot telegram warns of no promised variety or quantity. Auditor Crumline reports tomatoes rice beans and meat awaiting allocation with orders to ship as available once received. A formal order via Seattle deputy zone officer is urged before dispatch. Isolated note on Los Angeles aviation service follows.
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Crumline
Seattle
San Francisco
J. J. Ryan
Quartermaster Corp
Beattie
Seattle Prisoners Charged With Hoarding Potatoes
Ten Seattle commission men were arrested on August 25 and charged with hoarding about seven hundred thousand pounds of potatoes to raise prices. Four of the arrestees were Japanese and released on $2,500 bonds. The potatoes had been stored so long many were unfit for consumption, with some good potatoes later offered on the local market.
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Seattle Commission
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