Italian Labor Fails To Keep TS Promises
In Rome on September 24 seven people were killed in clashes between royal forces and red guards during factory occupations. Premier Gio Litti criticized labor for not vacating seized plants awaiting a labor control bill, while workers demanded payment for occupation work. Additional seizures surfaced nationwide, and Milan reported only one plant removing the red flag.
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United Press
Rome
Italy
Turin
Red Guards
Giolitti
Milan
Harding rally in Marion draws large West Virginia delegation
West Virginia Republicans, about 1500 strong, travel to Marion to hear Warren G. Harding on his front porch. He urges focus on major issues over vaudeville tactics, declines to offer quick remedies for high living costs, and calls for thrift, efficiency, production, and economical government.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Marion
Warren G. Harding
West Virginia
Harding
West
Baltimore
Whesling
Ashland
Textile price cuts hit Utica mills amid New England rise
Textile manufacturers in Utica New York announced price reductions of cotton sheetings and yarns by 30 to 40 percent to meet a New England price drop. The Shenandoah Mohawk valley and Utica Mills are operating four days a week. The piece notes the United States has 54 designs of bank notes.
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Utica
N. Y
New England
Shenandoah
Mohawk Valley
United States
National Spending Surge Rolls Into Treasury Postwar Era
Washington reports the postwar spending boom continues at about 400 million dollars monthly, fueling amusements and nonalcoholic purchases. May tax receipts show candy, tobacco and theater admissions drive revenue, with tobacco leading and theater at 6.62 million. Theater seats would total about 795 million annually at current rates.
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Ralph F. Couch
United Press
Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Prewar Ford Prices Cut Across Car and Truck Models
Reductions on Ford vehicles range 14 to 31 percent. Stripped chassis drop from 525 to 360 dollars, runabout 575 to 395, runabout with starter 625 to 465, touring car 575 to 440, touring car with starter 650 to 510, truck chassis 640 to 545, coupe 850 to 745, sedan 975 to 795, and Fordson tractor 850 to 790.
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Ford
Ruth hits 51st homer of season in second game
Babe Ruth again goes deep in New York in the second game, lifting his season total to 51. A shoulder high pitch drives the ball into the right field bleachers with no runners aboard.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Crookedness in Organized Baseball Reported by Grand Jury
Chicago officials report evidence of crookedness in baseball limited to a few players influenced by a ring of professional gamblers. Foreman H B Brigham says indictments may follow if evidence warrants, as the investigation proceeds with cooperation from top baseball men.
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Chicago
Cook County
H. B
Brigham
Foreman
Sinn Fein says Lord Mayor Mac Swiney had a bad night
Sinn Fein bulletin reports Lord Mayor Thomas MacSwiney had renewed head pains after a troubled night. It notes this as the forty third day of his hunger strike.
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London
Sinn Fein
MacSwiney
Deaf Triangle Figures in Iowa Divorce Case
In Keokuk Iowa the district court heard a love triangle dispute where three deaf principals faced cruelty charges. Judge W S Hamilton with an interpreter granted the decree after hearing the evidence.
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Keokuk
Iowa
W. 8. Hamilton
Yeast Shortage Sparks Stiff Demand in Boston
Boston officials note a booming daily yeast line at stores as demand for home baked bread grows, while prohibition blocks mixing yeast and hops. The surprising trend shows yeast use rising even as home bread making declines.
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Boston
Mass
Made Trip at Own Expense
Assistants to Atty. General Palmer ask the senate campaign fund investigating committee to allow explanations of trips to San Francisco at government expense during the Democratic national convention. Vouchers show expenses paid. R. P. Stewart testified he traveled to Chicago and Seattle in June for shipyard cases and consulted agents in Chicago about the outlaw railroad strike. He said a San Francisco trip was for consultation and he took a vacation on leave from June 25 to July 5, with the convention starting June 28, and charged no expenses to the government.
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L. C. Martin
Washington
Palmer
Senate Campaign Fund
San Francisco
R. P. Stewart
Chicago
Seattle
Department
Stewart
Bryan to Speak at Washington Alcohol Congress
William Jennings Bryan will deliver his first extended speech since the Democratic convention in Washington tonight before the fifteenth international alcoholic congress. Politicians await to learn if he will outline his presidential campaign stance. He has been accorded an entire evening for his address.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Polticians
Poland Ramps Up War Readiness Amid Baltic Tensions
Poland renews preparations for intensive warfare with new army classes and no leaves of absence. Reports say Bolsheviks have 30,000 troops near Vilna Lida. Polish forces claim 1,100 Lithuanians captured along the Muchawied river in stubborn fighting. Soviet regiments of Lettish and German Communists engage Poles in the Odelsk region.
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Lonson
Poland
Warsaw
Vilna Lida
Odelsk
Hide Prices Near Pre War Levels in Leather Market
First National Bank of Boston compares current hide prices with 1914 levels amid shrinking surplus shoe stocks. July and August saw about 500000 hides traded as prices eased toward pre war figures with country hides 14 to 20 cents per pound and calf skins 20 to 30 cents.
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First National Bank of Boston
Sears and Montgomery Ward cut prices nationwide
Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward unveiled major reductions across many lines. Sears cuts from 10 to 60 percent on items like sheeting and tires, while Ward's drops range 10 to 20 percent. Food prices see modest 5 to 10 percent declines as city officials study urban pricing.
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Chicago
Sears-Roebuck & Co
Montgomery Ward & Co
Sears-Roebuck
Montgomery, Ward & Co
Julius Rosenwald
Council
Russell Poole
City Food Bureau
Poole
Dry Leader James A White to Speak in Athens Sunday
Hon. James A. White of Columbus, superintendent of the Ohio Anti Saloon League, will address the First Presbyterian Church in Athens Sunday morning on The Dry Order or it is in the Country today. He is regarded as a knowledgeable temperance leader and his talk is urged for friends of temperance and students.
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Athens
James A. White
Columbus
Ohio Anti- Saloon League
White
Anti-Saloon League
First Presbyterian Church
Friends of Temperance
Inflation and prices cited by Athens business man
A well known Athens business man argues Ford is unlikely to restore prewar price levels soon. He notes inflation from credit expansion and shortages, with some commodities deflated like hides and rubber while wages stay high. He says reductions in raw materials haven’t fully reached retail, and the recession spans all lines as prices adjust gradually. It is better to walk down stairs than jump from the window.
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Ford
Athens
Henry Ford
Diary of an Engaged Girl serial missing installments
The author has traveled in Europe sending installments of the diary across the ocean. Some installments were lost in transit, compelling readers to wait for daily readings until the missing copies are traced or replaced. Central Press Association aids recovery and promises to resume the story in a few days.
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Europe
Central Press Association
Red Cross Sets Annual Member Drive in Athens County
The Red Cross plans the fourth annual roll call with Milton E. Hughes announcing a soon opening campaign. Directors meet October 8 in Columbus to plan member recruitment as local health authorities and the Red Cross expand programs benefiting soldiers and Athens county health initiatives.
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Red Cross
Milton E. Hughes
National Health Organization
Columbus
Attorney Hughes
Athens County
Cox Attacks Plot to Suppress His Colorado Speeches
Governor Cox describes a Republican plot to withhold coverage of his stump talks. He cites telegraph links with Democratic HQ and says pamphlets of his speeches will be rushed into the region. He claims evidence from Seattle Portland San Francisco Los Angeles and Albuquerque supports the accusation.
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Herbert W. Walker
United Press
Trinidad
Colo
James M. Cox
Colorado
Denver
Republican National Committee
New York
Cox
Will Hays
Headley
Smith
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
Amesville Grange to Convene September 25 Meeting
Amesville Grange members are urged to attend a Saturday afternoon session at 1 PM on September 25 to handle important business.
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Amesville Grange
Amesville
Captain Escaped After Jealous Attack Near State House
Captain Si Allen rescued a woman from a man choking her in the State house yard at seven last evening. The assailant fled. no one was killed. The incident is believed to involve jealousy over the woman and a rival.
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Ohio State Journal
Si Allen
State House
Captain Allen
Amateur bomb found in Brooklyn station mishandled by maker
Close examination by experts determined the device found in an elevated railway station in Brooklyn was crafted by a bungling amateur. It contained one stick of dynamite and a fuse of pipe cleaners with no detonating cap. The tower of Piva had stood under construction for 200 years.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ohio youth sentenced for murder of Betty I McCarrick
Herbert Fletcher, 19, must spend the rest of his life in the Ohio penitentiary for his role in the July 26 murder of Betty I McCarrick. During a nine day trial he showed strain as the verdict was read. he moaned I did not kill the woman as the judge deferred sentence to allow motions for a new trial.
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Columbus
Herbert Fletcher
Ohio
Betty I. McCarrick
T. Fletcher
Frank Butts
Thomas A. Curran
Fletcher Swede
Fraser River Sockeye Run Sets Four Year High
Vancouver report notes Fraser River Sockeye catch the best in four years with about 1,000,000 dollars worth of fish landed by Canadian canners this year.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fraser River
Leaders Urge Miner Not Ten Strike In Ohio
Eastern Ohio miners union officials urge a strike halt with letters sent to sub districts. State and district officers and scale committee sign pleas after a conference. The dispute centers payment for stone removal with a 12 inch threshold. A Martins Ferry convention is set for September 29 to discuss the situation.
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Bridgeport
Eastern Ohio Miners’ Union
Thera
Martins Ferry
Scalpers Arrested At Cleveland Baseball Game
Four men were arrested by Federal officers for scalping tickets to the Indians-White Sox game in Cleveland. Police and federal officers patrolled the ball park area to curb scalping as tickets priced at 1.10 dollars sold for 10 to 15 dollars. One arrestee identified himself as Sidney Lipson of Canton.
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Cleveland
Ball
Sidney Lipson
Canton
Alberta millers predict flour price drop this season
Alberta millers forecast a decline in flour prices once new wheat reaches mills for the upcoming milling day. The prediction reflects expectations of lower costs amid harvest activity and market adjustments in Calgary.
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Calgary
Alberta
Grayson Plant Reaches Production Milestone
The J H Grayson Manufacturing Co announces production at last on a steady basis for its Ray-Glo gas fire. Daily output reaches forty units, with potential to hit about one hundred as departments coordinate. Stockholders invited to plant at seven for updates and introductions to recent progress.
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Grayson Plant
J. H. Grayson Manufacturing Co
Ee Ae
Grayson Company
J. H. Grayson
Athena
Fighting Now Very Serious Over Ireland
London reports a Dublin post office robbery with two armed men stealing cash while guards remained unaware. Reuters dispatch notes an official inquiry into police killings in Ireland, promising thorough probes and severe punishment. Military leaders accuse Sinn Feiners of using dum dum bullets and claim reprisals in Milltown Malbay spurred by ambushes. Black and Tan patrols retaliate as authorities deny regular soldiers’ involvement.
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Webb Miller
United Press
London
Mais
Dublin
O’connell
Ireland
County Clare
Milltown Malbay
Prisoner Toll Reported From Wrangel Offensive
A communiqué from General Wrangel's forces in the Crimean region claimed 10,000 prisoners had been taken in six days of offensive fighting. The twenty third Soviet division surrendered, and Wrangel reportedly occupied Alexand- ria.
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London
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