Markets report dull steel prices amid war impact
New York Feb 13 The steel market remains dull and weak as independent firms press for price cuts while steel firms resist. Pig iron output stays limited to demand, copper plans for a 400 million pound export surplus stabilize outlook, and brass buyers test the market with bids. Lead, zinc, tin and antimony show mixed to flat activity as producers narrow output and buyers adjust expectations.
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Sip
York
Zyyell
Steel Corporation
Copper Export Association
London
Antimony
Orient
Weekly Statement of Federal Reserve figures and reserves
The report details gold held by banks and the Federal Reserve, total gold reserves, and various asset categories. It lists government bonds, Victory notes, U S certificates of indebtedness, earning assets, bank premises, uncollected items, and deductions. It presents total resources, liabilities, surplus, and deposits with ratios of reserve deposits to liabilities.
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Federal Reserve 1
U.S
Broua Aspen Heeven
Fedora Aeainst FW
Dauk
P. Tt
Steamship Men to Hold Rate Conference in Atlanta
Representatives of steamship operators from the north Atlantic south Atlantic and Gulf coasts will meet in Atlanta for a two day rate conference beginning Monday. The goal is to stabilize rates and prevent discrimination among ports with Shipping Board officials attending.
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Washington
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Atlanta
Shipping Board
Four Lives Lost In Memphis Fire At 675 Pontotec Avenue
In Memphis Tennessee on February 12 a two story ten room building on Pontotec Avenue burned, killing four occupants on the upper floor. Victims include Lyda Newman wife of a street railway employee Velma Simmons and her two children Nallie age 3 and Juanita infant. Origin of the blaze undetermined. Other residents escaped with minor bruises after leaping from windows.
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Memphis
Tenn
Pontotec Avyenu
Lyda Newman
Velma Simmons
Four Miners Trapped After Coal Mine Explosion
Odle Creek near Coto reports four miners trapped in Moffat Coal No 2 mine after a late day explosion. Rescuers wearing oxygen helmets have entered the shaft to attempt rescue operations.
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Odle Creek
Coto
Moffat Coal Company
Tennessee River Still Rising Past 34 Feet
Chattanooga reports the Tennessee River at 34.2 feet at 7 p.m. with predictions the crest will arrive tomorrow and not exceed 35 feet. The lower river will rise for two to three days. bridges and roads submerged provide no damage estimates until flood recedes. Also, Alabama weather officials say crests reached on Black and Warrior rivers with Tombigbee and Alabama rivers still rising.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
L. M Pmdell
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Warrior
Tuscaloona
Tombbigbee
Risg
Savannahans Plan To Attend Opening Of M. B. Lane Bridge
Hundreds of Savannah residents and the Savannah Auto Club will motor to Sister Bluff for the Mills B Lane bridge opening across the Altamaha River. The event on March 4 will mark a fine new highway with a public barbecue feature as tourists gather from Edge and adjoining counties.
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Savannah
Savannah Auto Club
Altamaha River
Sistery Bluff
Attall
Negro Shot to Death on Butler Street
Andrew Jenkins was found dead with a bullet wound in the heart at 8 o'clock Saturday night. The body lay undiscovered until Mr Stenbridge of 14 Prospect place found him. Detectives Nyal and Brown are investigating the shooting. the killer and motive remain unknown.
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Andrew Jenkins
Butler Street
Stenbridge
Prospect Place
Nyal and Brown
New School Planned for Kirkwood Area
A report notes a new school planned for Kirkwood area expected to expand local education capacity. Details on location timelines and governing bodies are limited in the accessible text.
Kirkwood to Build New Public School at Kirkwood Road
Kirkwood votes a 50 000 bond to erect a reinforced concrete public school addition. The project adds ten classrooms including two domestic science rooms and an auditorium with 750 seating. Remodeling of the old building brings total cost to 50 000, with completion aimed for fall term 1921. Bids awarded to J H Ailisman and Co of Atlanta. work to start in March.
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Kirkwood
Kirkwood Road
Warlick Place
Georgia
J. H. Ailisman and
G Co
Atlanta
Mareh
Harris Favors Georgia Protections in Fordney Tariff
Senator William J Harris said the Fordney emergency tariff bill will raise living costs for Georgia families. He cited added duties on common foods, predicted a weekly rise of over one dollar for a family of six and a monthly increase of more than five dollars for Georgia households, with peanut products and cottonseed oil among items affected. He criticized the bill as costly to southern farmers and urged protections for peanuts, peanut oil, and cottonseed oil if it becomes law.
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James A. Hollomon
Washington
William J
Harris T
Senate
Georgia
Fordney
Lack of Leader Delays Congress
James A Hollomon notes that with fifteen legislative days left in the 66th Congress, Republican leadership is fractured in both chambers. No major appropriations bills have passed, save two in conference, as factionalism stalls action and threatens nonpartisan governance.
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James A. Hollomon
Washington
House
Senate
Butler
Naval Affairs Committee
Appropriations Committee
Wil Fleht
Mondell
Campbell
Bradley Offers River Line Asset to Columbus Chamber
Columbus February 12 An offer by W C Bradley to gift the capital stock and equipment of the Merchants and Planters Steamboat Company to the Columbus chamber of commerce is to be discussed Monday. The line operated on the Chattahoochee river and Bradley argued no single interest should own it. The firm owned two river steamers the City of Eufaula burned yesterday at Neal’s Landing Florida and the Three States plus barges and other gear. The City of Eufaula valued at 30000 reportedly uninsured. cargo loss 3000. River service between Columbus and Apalachicola suspended following the fire.
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Columbus
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Merchants and Planters Steamboat Company
Chattahoochee River
W. C. Bradley
Columbus Capitalist
Eufaula
Neal’s Landing
Fie
Nouvea
Apalachicola
Polish Russian peace treaty signing reported soon
London reports a peace treaty between Poland and Soviet Russia may be signed within days after long negotiations at Riga. A Helsinki dispatch, citing a Moscow wireless message from February 11, suggested the treaty had already been signed, though the Helsinki account may misstate the radio message.
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London
Poland
Russia
Riza
Aireless
Moscow
Helsingfors
Helsinefors
Mob seizes jailed Black man in Dehla Florida incident
Dehla Fla February 12 a mob broke into the county jail, overpowered officers, seized a Black person arrested for injuring an aged white woman, and killed him after taking him to the crime scene and having the alleged victim identify him. The report notes the mob claimed the man confessed. A historical aside mentions Harrison's inauguration with citizen soldiery.
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Dehla
Fla
Mob Sought Lynching After Slaying In Talladega
In Talladega Alabama on February 13 a man named Patralman obbs was slain by Mark Cunningham a negro. Teague Young another negro was captured and mob violence ensued. Sheriff Cornett and deputies pursued and moved prisoners to safety as a train trip and counter pursuit unfolded. Cunningham escaped and the deputies and prisoner vanished into the night with no further word by midnight.
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Talladega
Ala
Patralman
Mark Cunningham
Teague Young
Cornet
Young
Cunningham
Wit
Nerva
Anniston
Central of
Cornett
Sailors to Probe Attack in Vladivostok
Secretary Daniels cabled Admiral Strauss to investigate reports that five American sailors were fired upon in Vladivostok, presumably by Russian officers, with one wounded. The Navy Department has no advisories yet.
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Washington
Daniels
Strauss
Vladivostok
Navy Department
Tokio
War Conduct Probe Develops New Angle
Washington reports a Flood resolution in the House aims to broaden the inquiry into war conduct. It seeks all facts on J. M. Hill and C. C. Lindsey and the department's refusal to allow inspection of secret war records. The $2,400 voucher tied to Hill and Lindsey remains unpaid, fueling charges of improper motives.
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Washington
Representative Flood
Democrat
Virginia
Flood
Baker
J. M. Hill
C. C. Lindsey
War Department
Department
Hull and Aindsey
Johnson
Ireland
House Committee of Accounts
Thas
Hil
Lindsey
Graham
Duinois
Carman
Blood
Hill and Lindsey
Educators Meet Soon at Auburn
Auburn Ala February 12 Prominent educators, presidents of land grant colleges, will gather here February 21 for a conference. Dr A C True will preside. The land grant conference precedes the installation of Dr Spright Dowell as president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute on February 22. The program covers six sections on functions, teaching value, administration, and future of land grant colleges. College presidents from Virginia Tech, Mississippi A&M, Florida, Georgia Tech, NC State, Arkansas, Clemson, Peabody Nashville, and Kentucky join discussions.
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Auburn
Ala
A. C. True
States’ Relations Service
Washington, D.C
Land-Grant College
Land Grant and
Teacher's College
Land Grant College of the Future
J. Burruss
Virginia Polytechnic
AML Sonle
Agricultores
Stes Spereles
Planes Search for Lost Aviator Pearson in Texas
Air planes scouted the route from Fort Bliss toward Houston as authorities seek missing aviator Lieutenant Pearson who departed Fort Bliss Thursday morning en route to Pablo Beach Florida for a Pacific cross country flight. No food or water carried, authorities fear hot bearings may have caused a landing in sparsely settled west Texas as searches extend 800 miles by air and by postmasters along the route. Mexico may grant crossing permissions and citizens are urged to assist in the hunt.
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el Paso
Tex
Pearson
Fort Buss
Cl Paso
Houston
Columbus
Here
Fort Blisson
West
Texas
Pablo Beach
Fla
San Diego
Cal
Atlantic
Pacific
Fort Bliss
Mexico
Planeteen
San Antonio
Eighth Aerial Corps
Saragosa
Thursiat
Alexander Pearson
Hl Pasc
Counsel Attacks Kilby Statement in Alabama
Frank White, counsel for the United Mine Workers of America, denounces Governor Kilby’s claim that UMWA lawyers urged law violations through picketing as groundless. White asserts the miners were advised to respect laws, avoid violence, and pursue redress in courts, praising fellow attorneys’ integrity and urging continued lawful action.
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Birmingham
Alabama
United Mine Workers
New York Structure Leads in Modern Office Facilities
In New York City on February 12 a report notes the Woolworth building as a landmark in modern office facilities now surpassed by the twenty-four story Gotham National Bank building at Broadway and Columbus Circle. The new structure features wide windows, high speed elevators, intercom signals, dustless floors, vacuum cleaning, built in conduits for messenger service and interior telephones. The top floor will house Columbia Graphophone company offices and laboratories, with Columbia Records to be produced there, while the Gotham National Park occupies the ground floor. An inventor in Czecho-Slovakia has patented a process to imitate cork for insulation and building use.
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New York
Woolworth
Citi Hall Park
Paris
Ashe
Gotham National Bank
Broadway
Coumbus Circle
Columbua Circle
Columbia Graphophone Company
Oosworth
Columbia Records
Gotham National Park
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