Hoover Denied by Reed Committee on Sugar Plan
Washington reports Hoover failed to place the sugar situation before the Senate investigating committee before the Christmas recess. The committee postponed the exam until next Friday and voted to exclude Hoover's prepared statement. Local grower representative Patterson warned 75 percent of Intermountain sugar beet growers could go out of business without higher next year prices.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Reed
G. Patterson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Intermountain Territory Sugar Beet Growers Association
Daho
Hunt Seated Governor of Arizona After Court Ruling
In Phoenix Democrat Deere W. Hunt is proclaimed governor by a supreme court ruling that reversed a Maricopa County court. Campbell, a Republican, won by 31 votes in a recount contest Hunt pressed. Campbell will not appeal. Hunt held office during the dispute, with the higher court later affirming Hunt’s 42 vote victory. Utah coal prices also cut as federal official orders 50 cent a ton reduction for Utah bituminous coal and similar cuts citywide.
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Ariz. Deere
W. F. Hunt
Arizona
Supreme Court
Thomas H. Campbell
Campbell
Hunt
Ford
Superior Court of
Maricopa ‘County
Utah
San Francisco
Albert E. Schwabacher
California
Schwa Lacher
Junction Railways and Chicago Stock Yards Shake Investors
The Chicago Stock Yards company after gaining control of Junction Railways inflated asset claims to $47 million including Chicago land and 250 miles of rail lines. Allegations of conflicting representations to stock buyers and bond sellers sparked questions about surplus earnings from 1907 onward and possible concealment of profits through a subsidiary. Armour contributed $194,000 of the initial $1,000,000 used to promote the deal.
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Junction Railways Company
Chico Stock Yards Company
Junction Company
Chicago
Heney
Cousins
Maine Corporation
Trad Commission
Armour
Honey
Chicago Stock Yards Company
Junction
Red Cross membership tops five million after drive
Washington reports nearly five million new members added to Red Cross rolls since the Christmas drive began Monday. Central and northern divisions say quotas will be reached, with totals compiled tonight at national headquarters.
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Washington
The
Red Cross
National
Practical brown tweed motor coat praised for open car wear
Cora describes a long brown tweed motor coat with practical belt and patch pockets that are decorative, noting the garment is suitable for riding in an open car and can be turned up to muffle noise. The quote emphasizes practicality and fashion.
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Cora
Armour plan to profit from Junction reorganization
A letter from Prince urged Armour to swap Junction stock for bonds at two for one, then sell the bonds for a planned profit of 117,000. Armour held 6,500 Junction shares. Records later cut the Packers investment to 77,000, with Armour reportedly earning about 77,000 yearly in dividends and having borrowed 200,000 from the Maine corporation. He secured 15,520 shares totaling 1,552,000 par value in a corporation capitalized at 8,000,000.
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Pany
Prince
Armour
Junction Company
Junction
Maine Corporation
Armour Tells His Side of Federal Investigation
Chicago dispatch reports J Ogden Armour head of Armour and Co responding to federal probe into packers. He claims he acted as an investor in Chicago Junction Railways and Union Stock Yards, stressing no link to Armour's costs or products. He explains stock yards operate a public market place, not meat slaughter, and asserts no packer held stock in the yards company.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
Washington
Weeks Ag
Berimado
Chicago Corporation
Pavia
Paris
Nington
Tee
Prince
Boston
Packer
Chicago Stock Yards Company
Stock Yards
Stock Yards Company
Plan to allow farmer boys in army to return home
Secretary Baker released a plan to permit farmer boys in the army to return to their homes at periodical intervals to assist in crop production. He outlined the proposal to a delegation of New York farmers who protested labor shortages and related conditions.
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Washington
Baker
New York
Mauritia palms used by delta natives for huts and crafts
In the delta lowlands, Gund huts are built among Mauritia palms. They harvest its fruit, pith, and sap for food and drink, and use the tree's fibers to make mats, hammocks, and other woven goods.
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Onimoeg River
Mauritia Remvoeas A
Palma
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