Reorganization under way as roads prepare to return
Washington Feb 6 The railroad administration begins reorganizing to liquidate claims and prepare for the March 1 return of the roads to owners Director General Hines announces the creation of a liquidation division to handle claims with Max Thelin placed in charge The program keeps law finance and accounting divisions and ends the division of capital expenditures Feb 15 while settlements continue to need purchasing unit attention and capital expenditures oversight
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Hines
Max Thelin
Public Service Division
California State Utilities Commission
Thelan
Between Feb 15 and March 1, claims filing to start
The notice states that between February 15 and March 1 the period ends, and after the private operation resumes the filing of completed claims will begin. It emphasizes the timeline for submitting claims following the resumption.
Quiet Prevails in Vladivostok
Washington dispatch reports Major General Graves says order is maintained in Vladivostok and quiet prevails in the Siberian expedition area. Officials interpret the note as indicating the zemstvo uprising aims to restore order rather than target Bolsheviks or allied forces.
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Washington
Vladivostok
Graves
Siberia
War Department
Wage scales rise and hours drop in 1919
Washington February 56. Union wage scales in the general trades in 1919 averaged 17 percent higher than in 1918 and 55 percent higher than in 1917 according to a summary issued today by the bureau of labor statistics. Regular hours per week in 1919 were 56 percent less than in 1918. Figures apply only to time rate workers not piece rate workers.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Whiskey smuggling by plane tied to Canada report
Portland police believe Canadian whiskey is being flown into the city for sale at up to 300 dollars a case. Residents heard an aircraft and saw a moving light last week while officers say many bottles have recently been sold. Investigators suspect seaplanes landing along Willamette and Columbia river sloughs.
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Portland
Ore
Canada
Willamette
Columbia
Stolen Bonds Worth 90000 From Deering Office
In New York on February 6 bonds valued at 90000 were reported stolen from the office of James R. Deering last night authorities investigated the loss and were searching for clues in the case with no arrests announced yet.
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New York
James R. Deering
Robberies Hit New York Financial District In Two Days
At 135 Broadway officials reported a second robbery in as many days in the financial district. The outside safe door was opened by the combination while the inside door was forced, highlighting a surge in thefts in Wall Street.
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Broadway
Wall Street
Financial District
895 Arrests Made for Profiteering
Washington February 6 The justice department reports 895 arrests in the food profiteering crackdown with 28 convictions so far. Penalties reach up to 5000 dollars and one year in prison. Over 100 arrests involve sugar profiteering and eleven sugar cases have been convicted.
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Washington
Department of Justice
LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets Advertised
An old label advises using LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE tablets for colds grip or influenza as a preventative and prompts readers to look for E. W. Grove's signature on the box 380c.
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E. W. Grove
Advertising History Shown In Pictures At Broadway Theater
Advertising history from earliest times to today will be shown at Broadway theater next Wednesday noon. The program titled Down Through the Ages plus two present day advertising films, runs 12 15 to 1 30 and is intended for businessmen.
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Broadway Theater
Advertising Club
H. Elliott Stuckel
Universal Film Company
Stuckel
Broadway
Merle Davis
Butte Church Services List of congregations
A full list of worship services across Butte and Meaderville with times for Sunday schools, morning and evening services, and special activities at St Pauls St Andrews Gold Hill Silver Bow Meaderville Bethany Emanuel Trinity First Baptist Floral Park Lowell Ave Rebel Mountain View Seventh Day Adventist St Johns St Marks Theosophical Grace First Presbyterian Welsh church with times and pastors.
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Silver Bow Methodist
F. C. Fulford
Epworth League
Lee Hayes
Trinity Methodist
W. H. Pascoe
Mountain View Methodist
Montana
Quartz Streets
George David Wolfe
C. L. Bovard
Dakota
Aluminum Streets
Carpenters' Pay Under Fire From Employers
International News Service reports Chicago carpenters earn $1.25 an hour amid stiff competition. Union scale remains $1 for a 44 hour week, with top earnings possible at $103 weekly for a 70 hour schedule. Detroit groups seek to raid Chicago market with higher offers, prompting warnings of metaphorical kidnaping of workers by employers.
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International News Service
Chicago
Detroit
Nicholas Reclaims Hope of Montenegrin Throne Coup
Paris reports King Nicholas of Montenegro, ousted by the national assembly, remains at the head of his government and plans a coup in Albania to regain his throne. Albanian Montenegrin supporters and Italian troops stationed in Albania are seen as favorable, due to his being father of Queen Helena.
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Paris
Nicholas
Albania
Montenegro
Scutari
Helena
Confiscated Autos To Be Sold In Muskogee
About 50 automobiles confiscated by the government will be sold here within the next two months. The cars were formerly the property of whiskey runners who ventured over the Oklahoma state line with a cargo of wet goods aboard. Almost every type of car from Fords to Pierce-Arrows is included in the lot.
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International News Service
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma State Line
Second robber dies in shooting by patrolman
Los Angeles report says Ray Lawrence died at county hospital from wounds after an attempted robbery gone wrong. His partner Charles W. Reilly died yesterday morning a few hours after the gunfight with Patrolman H. L. Barlow.
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Los Angeles
Ray Lawrence
H. L. Barlow
Charles W. Reilly
GE directors propose stock, bond increase at stockholders meeting
Boston February 6 Directors of the General Electric company voted to propose to stockholders at a meeting March 16 an increase in capital stock from 125 million to 175 million dollars. A bond issue of 15 million dollars was also proposed.
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Boston
General Electric Company
Illness Halts Trial of Anita Whitney in Oakland
Continued illness of juror H. A. Thompson aged 83 halted the criminal syndicalism trial of Anita Whitney a charity and social worker lecturer and writer in Oakland California. Thompson is expected to return to court Monday.
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Oakland
Cal
H. A. Thompson
Anita Whitney
Thompson
Tiny Dutch Invention Sends Voices by Heat
A Dutch inventor unveils a nearly pencil sized telephone that uses electric heating of a platinum wire to create vibrations for voice transmission. The device relies on heat induced by current to produce sound waves for communication.
Sun Cannot Pierce Smoke in Chicago
Chicago faced a citywide blackout as dense smoke from an unknown source cloaked downtown from Thursday night. The Weather Bureau cited high barometric pressure keeping smoke near ground level, forcing lights to stay on in daylight and delaying usual smoke rise.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
U S Negroes Seek Mexican Colony Project
Mexico City official reports receiving telegrams and letters from American Black residents in Texas New Mexico and California requesting concessions and facilities to establish a colony in Mexico. Many nations have been explored and Mexico has been chosen for the settlement effort.
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Douglas
Ariz
Mexico City
Texas
New Mexico
California
Mexico
Villa Holds Askew for $20,000 Ransom
Washington reports Joseph E. Askew, the American kidnapped at Lerdo Durango, remains held by Villa for a 20000 dollar ransom. The Tlahuallo company plant employee is under the care of Villa while the American embassy and Mexican foreign office negotiate his release.
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Washington
Joseph E. Askew
Durango
Mexico
Villa
State Department
Askew
Tlahualllo Company
Lerdo
Senate will not take up army reorganization bill yet
Washington Feb 6 The army reorganization bill will not be called up in the Senate until the Versailles treaty is disposed of, Chairman Wadsworth announced. He had hoped to bring the measure up this week but other business prevented action.
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Washington
Senate
Wadsworth
Horoscope for Feb 7 1920 predicts shifts in politics and industry
The Feb 7 1920 horoscope reports favorable signs for press and advertising profits, a rise of editors and publishers, and good tidings under Mercury. It warns of destructive forces in legislation, party schisms in New York, scattered political unity toward late April, and a potential Americas troop movement within a year. It notes Washington benefits commercially and Chicago could host a large demonstration with possible grave outcomes.
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Saturn
Uranus
New York
General Assembly
Washington
Chicago
Mexico
United States
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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Majestic
Shiners
Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet
Hoosier
Watokey
St. Paul's Episcopal
Talbot and
Warren Avenues
C. W. du Bois
St. Andrew's Episcopal
Centerville
Gold Hill
Norwegian Lutheran
Copper and
Alaska
O. J. Mithun
Meaderville Methodist
George Reid
Walkerville
Bethany English Lutheran
Gladstone
Edwards Streets
Alfred Appell
Appell
Galva
Emanuel Lutheran
Montana and
Silver Streets
D. N. Anderson
First Baptist
Montana Street
Charles A. Cook
Boy Scout Organization
Boy Scouts
Floral Park
Phillips Street
Berten Emery Crane
Lowell Avenue
George Street
Edward Johnston Harper
Boy Scout Movement
Rebel Baptist
Mercury
Idaho Streets
Baptist Young People's Union
Huffman
Lewistown
Seventh Day Adventist
West Porphyry Street
St. John’s Episcopal
Idaho
St. Mark's Lutheran
Silver and
M. D. Huddloff
Theosophical Society
Leonard Hotel
Edwin B. Catjin
Anaconda
Silver Bow
Florence Hutson
Grace Methodist
Arizona
Second Streets
Charles Rhodes
M. Ross
F. Trevithick
First Presbyterian
E. J. Groeneveld
POST
cLan Merce Lile A
West Side
T. Tomich & Co
West Park Street
Brookfield
Lipton’s
Lee
U. S
Ansonia
Haen Kathleen Ahavourneen
Hotel del Coronado
Coronado Beach, California
Across the Bay
San Diego
W.W. A. Turquand
Harry Chapman
Boise
Horlick
Ely Malis
B. E. Calkins CO
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