Sugar exports yield over hundred percent profit
Reports to the U S department of commerce show jobbers wholesalers and retailers earning more than 100 percent profit on 20 cent sugar. December prices averaged 84 cents at refiners and about 14 to 21 cents at retail in various cities, with refiners importing and refining cane sugar from Cuba for export. The December margin totaled 7 094 244 for exporters while imports and duties are noted alongside.
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Ralph F. Couch
United Press
Washington
United States Department of Commerce
United States
Labor Department Bureau of Statistics
Atlanta
Little Rock
Memphis
Birmingham
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
New York
Cuba
Philippines
Deadlock over Ohio state tax method reported
In Columbus Ohio a joint taxation committee and allied groups clash over how to submit a constitutional tax amendment. They debate immediate income tax language versus letting future legislatures decide. Senate and House consider funding for schools and judge pay boosts as sessions wind down.
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Columbus
State Grange, Home Protective League
Farm Bureau Federation of
Ohio
Parrett
Tech
L. J. Taber
Grange
Assembly
General Assembly
Cox
Gun Toting Banned in Washington Trial
In Montesano Washington January 30 gun toting was forbidden in the trial of eleven I W Ws charged with murdering three American Legion men at Centralia Armistice Day. George F. Vanderveer was disarmed by order of Judge M Wilson after defense threats. The judge ordered all jurors witnesses and spectators questioned about weapons as jury selection continued.
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Clem J. Randall Montesano
Wash
LW. W
George F. Vanderveer
American Legion
Centralia
Washington
M. Wilson
Vanderveer
I. W. Here
Elswhere
Wilson
Unclear Public Encounter In Milwaukee Jan Weathers Mixup
Police notes describe a brief Milwaukee incident on January 30 where a postal worker asks a man about his appearance amid a humorous scene with Anna Meyers. The exchange ends with a quirky reply about cough drops, revealing a lighthearted street interaction.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Poman
Herman Knfeld
Anna Meyers
Offensive campaign targets slot machines in Athens County
Sheriff Parker and Prosecutor Bartels launch a county wide crackdown on slot machines and their owners. Machines found in possession face fines from fifty to two hundred dollars and court arraignment is planned for violators. Parker warns shopkeepers to remove devices or face seizure and prosecution.
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Athens County
American Legion
Parker
Bartels
Athens Fish and Game Protect ive Association Formed
The Athens Fish and Game Protective Association organized last night aims to protect birds and game during the closed season and stock streams with fish. The new group intends to operate mainly in the county's southern area. Frank X. Rauch was elected president and C. G. Neff as secretary treasurer. Vice presidents include William M. Williams M. B. Copeland Ray Bobo M. D. Zimmerman Fred Phillips Cecil Robinson William Dixon R. J. Wolfe Frank Caldwell and C. D. Brewer.
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Athens Fish and Game Protective Association
Frank X. Rauch
C. G
Miners Strike for More Work at Webb Mine
Martins Ferry Ohio January 30 Miners at the Webb mine are striking for more work. They claim entitlement to a share of the main maintenance work allotted when the mine is idle due to railroad car shortages and have quit to compel the company to grant the extra work.
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Martins Ferry
Webb Mine
Newberry Jury Selection Faces Setbacks in Trial
In Grand Rapids on January 80, juror Will S Purple collapsed en route to court. Judge Clarence W Sessions excused him as the Tru man H Newberry election fraud trial proceeds, with three additional defendants Lewis Burr Geo W John and Mel Deo excused due to illness.
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J. L. O’sullivan
United Press
Grand Rapids, Mich
Titness Today
Truman H. Newberry
United States District Court
Will S. Purple
Brutus
Clarence W. Sessions
Lewis Burr
Geo. W. John
Mel. Deo
Jury near completion in Newberry election fraud trial
The grand rapids trial of Senator Truman Newberry and political associates on election fraud charges nears a jury verdict. Opening statements planned after jury acceptance, with Frank Dailey for the government and Judge A O Murfin for the defense.
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United Press
Grand Rapins
Mich
Truman H., Newberry
Poltical Associates
Frank C. Dailey
United States Attorney ‘General
A. O. Murfin
Detroit
Murfin
Newberry
Senate
Acsreses Ran Et
W Bank
Manufacture On & Amal Qoale
Hides May Not Be Held During Closed Season
Protector Joe Hibbard announces that possession of fox raccoon muskrat skunk mink or opossum hides during the closed season is prima facie evidence of illegal taking unless an invoice proves shipment without the hide. Closed season runs February 1. trappers and dealers have until February 6 to dispose of pests to avoid conviction. The hide statute is to be strictly enforced, per the department of agriculture.
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Joe Hibbard
State Department of Agriculture
Hibbard
French Premier Defends Cabinet in Chamber of Deputies
Premier Miller answered interpellations with a strong defense of his cabinet. Early voting suggested the government would be heavily opposed in the chamber in today’s session. A separate dispatch notes Kansas Governor Henry A. Allen’s surge as a presidential candidate at a New York banquet. An invention from Minnesota proposes a device to aid moving a heating radiator.
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Paris
Miller
Chamber of Deputies
New York
Henry A. Allen
Kansas
Kangas Society
Gas Price Rise Predicted by Oil Executive
Kansas City report states President Marcell of White Eagle Oil predicts crude oil at 3.50 a barrel and gasoline at 28 or 20 cents at filling stations due to demand exceeding supply. He warns stockholders of upcoming increases as consumption outpaces production.
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Kansas City
Marcell
White Eagle Oil and Refining Company
Hearing Begins Again As Socialists Face Suspension
Albany January hearing on five suspended socialist assemblymen resumed amid clashes over admissible evidence. Rumors swirled of dissenters gaining a majority to seating the five and ending the case. Theodore Roosevelt Jr movement and Republican support were debated as tensions rose in the state capitol.
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Harold D. Jacobs
United Press
Albany
N. Y
Martin
Theodore Poosevelt
Capitol
T. R
Roosevelt
Morday
Adler
Mills Sent to Settle Ironton Laundry Strike
Governor Cox dispatched George F. Mills mediator of the state industrial commission to seek settlement of the Ironton laundry strike. Mayor Collett and Chief Mas sie urged help as large crowds gathered at Model Laundry and several police resignations occurred amid months of strike unrest.
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Columbus
Cox
Ironton
George F. Mills
State Industrial Commission
Thomas L. Collett
W. E. Massie
Opera Bride Heads Toward Movie Stardom in Canton
Ida Hinton Hoffman, newlywed film hopeful, left Canton for Wheeling to pursue stardom and consult her sister in law. She attempted to borrow $10 from a local reporter, flashed a ten dollar bill, and warned it was easy to obtain money. Meanwhile her missing husband remains absent, with no word on his whereabouts or plans to claim an estate worth $76,000.
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Canton
Ida Hinton Hoffman
Wheeling
Union of
William Bennett Hoffman
Heorine
Martens says Soviet government near during Senate discussion
Martens claims Soviet government is near as he cites a general political mood and allied bloc news. He mentions a Russian underground channel to New York couriers but refuses to detail the route or operations.
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Senate
Moses
Eartens
Martens
New York
Woman Says Man Best For City Council
Chicago voters hear Mrs Peterson back husband John B Peterson as preferred candidate for city council. She withdraws from race in favor of his bid, arguing a man can be better suited for council if he is the right kind.
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Chicago
Peterson
John 8. Peterson
Reds Continue Eastward Advances in Russia
A Moscow wireless communiqué claims red cavalry crossed the Manytch river valley, routing anti Bolshevik forces in southeastern Russia. The report says 5 000 prisoners were taken south of Yefremouff in a two day battle led by General Dumenko, with further fighting near Perekop between General Nitchesk and Deniken’s troops.
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London
Red Cavalry
Manytch River
Russia
Moscow
Yefremouff
Red
Dumenko
Perekop
Nitchesk
Deniken
Athens May Get Big Foundry
The Athens chamber negotiates with Waterbury Foundry Company of Waterbury Connecticut to locate a new manufacturing plant near the Mississippi basin. Athens offers rail access via Baltimore and Ohio, New York Central, and Hocking Valley lines, a central power plant with favorable rates, abundant water from the Hocking River, and available plant sites. Labor from nearby coal mines is plentiful though intermittent, with a potential continuous-employment option. Educational facilities include Ohio University, and local capital seeks investment near the proposed site.
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Chamber of Commerce
Waterbury Foundry Company
Waterbury
Conn
Athens
Mississippi River
The
Baltimore & Ohio S. W
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Washington
Baltimore
New York
New York Central Railway
Central
Ohio
Great Lakes
Hocking Valley Railroad
Loen
Ohio University
Allegheny Mountains
Treaty debate terms roil as unsettled world trembles
Senate leaders on both sides urge caution as unrest in the Middle East and economic turmoil globally press Washington. Cable dispatches say debate ammunition grows if the treaty reaches the floor after bipartisan talks fail. Lenroot's daughter's illness may delay conferences and postpone official conciliation moves.
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Senate
Gioux Tooms
Lenroot
Hitchcock
Underwood
Conferees Postpone Article X Amid Bipartisan Treaty Talks
Washington reports indefinite continuation of bi partisanship in treaty compromise talks. Conferees will not discuss Article X at today’s session or until Senator Hitchcock returns from Nebraska for a week, signaling efforts to keep negotiations alive and avoid sending the treaty back to the Senate.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
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