Ohio Officials Move to Combat Food Profiteering
Attorney General John G. Price sent letters to every U S attorney general seeking cooperation in the fight against profiteering and the high cost of living. He plans to present data from Ohio counties and other states to the attorney generals conference in Boston on September 3 to push remedial legislation. Governor Cox considers a central state governors and attorney generals conference to address the cost of living with Ohio officials urging faster action and possible Croxton collaboration.
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Columbus
John G. Price
United States
Price
Ohio
Boston
Congress
Cox
Central States
A. J. Groesbeck
Michigan
State House
Fred C. Croxton
Washington
Croxton
C. H. Davis
State Bureau of Markets
Davis
Roumanians Capture Budapest Amid Vienna Dispatch
The Vienna corre spondent reports Roumanian forces have advanced on Budapest and occupied the city despite Bela Kun's overthrow. Bela Kun, former soviet dictator, has arrived in Vienna where he is interned.
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Paris
Vienna
Agence Radio
Budapest
Bela Kna
Bela Kun
Ohio Workmen's Compensation Fund Found Solvent and Efficient
In Columbus on August 4 the fund was praised as solvent and well administered in a report by E H Downey and Miles M Dawson. The audit, ordered by the Ohio Manufacturers Association the Ohio Federation of Labor and State Auditor Donahey, notes delays in initial awards and blames insufficient salary appropriations and excessive procedural requirements.
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Columbus
Ohio
Workmen's Compensation Fund
E. H. Downey
Miles M. Dawson
Ohio Manufacturers Association
Ohio Federation of Labor
Donahey
King of Hogs Guards Own Domain in Iowa
King of porkers measuring seven feet from nose to tail and weighing 1100 pounds holds court in Algona Iowa. James Vipond, stock man nearby, rejected a 26000 dollar offer for the giant and would not take twice that amount. Royal attendants watch the hog as royal pen and wallow are described as best money and science can provide.
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Algona
Iowa
Nited Press
King of Porkers
James Vipond
Stockman
Here
In YankeeLand Does As Japs Do In YankeeLand
Mme Kishiro Naida wife of the Japanese secretary at the legation has been noticeably panapacinaus at several social affairs wearing native costume.
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Yankeeland
Rome
Mme. Kishiro Naida
Theapanese Legation
Apital
Mme. Eishiro Naida
Slayers Break Jail as Manhunt Races Ohio Counties
Posses search Summit and Medina counties for Bob Flood Clyde Lawrence and Harold Halderman alleged slayers of Lodi officer Wayne Knapp after they escaped Medina county jail early today. They were last seen heading toward Akron. Other items note newly patented men’s garters with pockets and a tilting platform for fast unloading of motor trucks.
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Akron
Summit
Medina Counties
Bob Flood
Clyde’ Lawrence
Harold Halderman
Wayne Knapp
Lodi
Medina County
New Ice Cream Plant for Athens
The Hocking Valley Creamery Companys plant between North Court and North Congress street is sold to John Carpenter of Canaan township and Ed Banks of this city. It will be named Carpenter Ice Cream and Dairy Company with S. E. Hedges remaining to run the business. Carpenter will head the ice cream department. Products include ice cream butter and milk.
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Hocking Valley Creamery Company
North Court
North
Congress Street
John Carpenter
Canaan Township
Ed Banks
Carpenter Ice Cream and Dairy Company
Hocking Valley Creamery
S. E. Hedges
Red Cross Chapter Closes After War Effort Ends
Athens Red Cross voted Saturday to close its local work rooms and auction off sewing machines and equipment. Materials donated by the Cleveland chapter will be returned to Lake City. The unit fulfilled quotas for surgical dressings garments and comfort kits for service members.
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Red Cross
Cleveland
Lake City
Athens Red Cross
High Living Blamed By Solon For Cost Pressures
United Press dispatch reports Senator Smith of South Carolina blaming "the cost of high living" for wage and price inequality rather than broad regulation. Debate covers wheat shortages, profiteering under Hoover, and potential price measures as Gronna guides agricultural committee plans. House backs Cummins bill restoring interstate rate power amid rail wage talks.
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L. C. Martin
United Press
Washington
United States
Smith
South Carolina
Senate
Congress
Grenna
North Dakota
Department of Agriculture
Gronna
Europe
Hoover
J. J. Forrester
Railroad
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
House
Ten Thousand Steel Workers Idle in Strike Actions
Chicago Aug. 4 Ten thousand steel workers at Gary Ind and other Chicago area points are idle due to the railway shopmen strike. It is predicted Gary Joliet and South Chicago furnaces may close within a week. Over 150 000 workers nationwide are on strike including about 30 000 in Chicago.
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Chicago
Gary
Ind
Joliet
Oklahoma City Man Wins Small Town Pants Case
James Wilkin collected 150.50 from Director Hines for a pair lost in a Pullman. He failed to obtain 2000 asked for mental anguish.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
James Wilkin
Hines
Wilkin
Cleveland Officials Plan Army Food Surplus Sale
Prop erty Director Waite pledged to break food prices in thirty days and left for Chicago to obtain more surplus army food for Cleveland. Officials said they would telegram the War Secretary to declare 1 686 000 pounds of frozen beef surplus, placing it on the local market. County Prosecutor Doerfler reported proof of profiteering and said merchants will be summoned before a grand jury. Fifty thousand parcel post delivery orders have been received at the local post office.
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Cleveland
Waite
Chicago
Baker
Doerfler
Cleveand
Former Belpre Bank Cashier Said to Serve Under Alias
The engagement uncovered no trace of the former banker. Shinn, age possibly misrepresented to avoid draft, was cashier at the Belpre bank before its collapse four years ago. He vanished from Belpre between days and reappeared while in service under an assumed name, then was seen by Trautman.
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Marietta, O
Amos W. Shinn
Belpre
France
Stone Trautman
Trautman
Shinn
Belpre Bank
Century milestone for St. Louis man Alex Baptistee
St Louis resident Alex Baptistee, credited with reaching a century last November, fell ill today for the first time in a century and says he expects to live to age 116 despite the illness.
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St. Louis
Alex Baptistee
Next Time He Won't Stop For Lost Flashlight in St Paul
Patrolman William MecMullin previously dropped his flashlight and gun in St Paul. When he picked up the weapon he was shot in the arm, prompting a warning he will not stop for such items next time.
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ST. Paul
William MecMullin
Four Honest Cops Refuse Extra Pay in San Francisco
Four officers on the San Francisco police force refused to accept the extra twenty dollars added to their monthly salaries until the entire police payroll was raised. The stance reflects a push for broader wage increases.
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San Francisco
Cal
Henry Talks Copenhagen on Trial as a War Reckoning
Former Prince Henry of Prussia warns that if ex Kaiser trial is to uncover truth then allied statesmen should be tried too. In a letter published in Hamburg News he accuses Britain of seeking Germany’s destruction as a commercial rival and suggests a neutral Madrid court.
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Copenhagen
Prince Henry
Prussia
George
Hamburger Nachrichten
Great Britain
Germany
Madrid
Stalnaker and Miss McKee Wed in Parkersburg Courthouse
W A Stalnaker and Miss Ella B McKee of Glouster Ohio married yesterday afternoon at the county clerk's office in Parkersburg. Rev W T Burks of the Dudley Avenue Baptist church officiated.
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Parkersburg
W. A. Stalnaker
Ella B. McKee
Glouster, O
W. T. Burks
Dudley Avenue Baptist Church
Lenine interview outlines Bolshevik aims in 1919
The premier asserts revolution over reform as Bolshevik policy. He calls for a single fraternal union of workers, aims to repel Western incursions into Russia, and insists on overthrowing landowners and capitalists. He cites debts to France and others as contingent on real peace. The interview was transmitted from Budapest via wireless.
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United Press
Paris
Nikolai Lenine
Moscow
Siberia
Edward Bing
Budapest
Lenine
United States
Japan
Russia
Denekine
Kolchak
Murman
Archangel
Iberia
America
Labor crisis prompts revival of food control plans
Washington officials weigh reviving the food administration and Lever Act powers to curb hoarding prices and production restraints. Measures include licensing imports and storage, seizing hoarded food, and a potential $6,000 first offense fine. Bills to buy wheat, fix prices, and distribute through post offices are under consideration as Wilson contemplates a national tour delay.
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Washington
Food Administration
Wilson
District’ Court
Exc
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