Reserve Bank board defends 1919 1920 policies
Washington reports Governor Harding told a congressional commission that 1919 and 1920 policies aimed to prevent a banking collapse and succeeded. He said the board did not push prices but could have tried, and suggested farm loan boards as a way to extend short term farmer credits.
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Commission
Washington
Reserve Bank
Harding
Reserve Board
Congressional Commission
Sumner
Texas
Farm Loan Boards
Sanitarium Head Denies Charges At Johnson City
Johnson City Tenn Aug 5 the superintendent of the government sanitarium for disabled veterans says most patients are well behaved orderly satisfied and cooperating in maintaining discipline He denies reports of widespread corruption immorality and lax enforcement citing limited bootlegging and drug use and noting ongoing city and county inaction to address evils within the area
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Johnson City
Tenn
Home For Disabled Veterans
Walter G. Klotz
Senate
Washington
Forbes
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
M. P. McInerney
Washington County
Board of Managers
National Prohibition Enforcement Agent
Blue Ridge Veterans Parade Set for Saturday
The Eightieth division known as the Blue Ridge veterans of the A R E F will parade in Pittsburg Aug 6 led by Major General Adelbert Cronkhite and Colonel Lloyd M Brett. Brett was re elected president of the Eightieth Division Veterans Association with officers Clark Elton Jones Ludgen Wallace named to key posts. The next reunion site will be Charleston West Virginia.
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Pittsburg
Blue Ridge
A. RE. F
France
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Adelbert Cronkhite
Lloyd M. Brett
Brett
Eightieth Division Veterans’ Association
Stephen C. Clark
Eightieth Division
Ruel W. Elton
Three Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry
Charlies N. Jones
John E. Ludgen, Jr
Three Hundred and Twentieth Infantry
Edward A. Wallace
Charleston
W. Va
Miners Decline Wage Reduction Conference
In Altoona on August 5 the United Mine Workers District No. 2 executive board refused a conference with Central Coal Association operators over wage reductions. John Brophy cited International President Lewis and pledged no modification of the miners contract, signaling no wage cuts. In St Louis on the same date detectives arrested four suspects after a northern city chase linked to a Wood River Illinois post office messenger holdup that yielded $46,000.
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John Brophy
Altoona
United Mine Workers of America
District No. 2
Central Coal Association
G. Webb Shillingford
International
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Central Association
St. Louis
Messener
Wood River
Ill
Henry Ford I Overzealous, Says Coal Groups Protest
Washington protests against coal rate cuts by Henry Ford's Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad. The Northern West Virginia Coal Association and other coal organizations in Kentucky and West Virginia argue the proposed reductions would undermine the entire rate structure in the Ohio territory, based on the Hocking rate as the district key tariff.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
Northern West Virginia Coal Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ford
Harlan, Hazard
South Appalachian
Kentucky
West Virginia
Detroit
Toledo
Ironton
Ohio Territory
France Sets November 11 Date for Washington Conference
Paris reports France has agreed to November 11 as the date for the Washington conference on disarmament and Far East questions in response to a U S inquiry. The decision follows negotiations with the state department in Washington.
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Paris
France
State Department
Washington
New York Attorney Is Shot By Woman
Ellis Guy Kinhead an attorney was shot to death near his Brooklyn home by a woman described as Mrs Kinhead who was later identified as Olive M Stone a Cincinnati trained nurse. The suspect, arrested for homicide, collapsed at the station and was not questioned immediately.
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New York
Ellis Guy Kinhead
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Kinhead
Marie Kinhead
Olive M. Stone
Cincinnati
Ohio
Atlantic City
Cincinnati General Hospital
Marie L. Gormely
Credit Men Back Prosecutor's Action and Urge Aggressive Prohibition Policy
The Bluefield-Graham Credit Men's Association met Thursday night and passed resolutions praising Prosecuting Attorney H. B. Lee for discharging jurors after a Princeton trial. They urged continued enforcement against moonshining and bootlegging and asked public support for the police in future cases.
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Princeton
Mercer County Criminal Court
H. B. Lee
Bluefield-Graham Credit Men's Association
Lee
Credit Men's Association
George Ashford
Bluefield- Graham Credit Men's Association
Bluefield
W. Va
Bluefield-Graham Credit Men’s Association
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Self Defense Claim Lies in McDowell County Shooting
Everett Lively a Baldwin-Felts operative testifies from Welch that Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers shot first on the court house steps. He says Hatfield and Chambers were armed and denies following the pair to Welch. Lively recounts his secret service career and knowledge of planned Mohawk shootings.
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Welch
Sid Hatfield
Ed Chambers
Hatfield
Lively
Court House
Daily Telegraph
Secret Service
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
Baldwin-Felts Agency
Colorado
Tug River
Kanawha County
West Virginia
Spring Hill
Charleston
Bluefield
Jaeger
Mingo County
Baldwin-Felts
Testerman
Matewan
Williamson
Washington
Senatorial Investigating Committee
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Toadstools Kill Seven in Manitoba Family
Seven members of a Stuartburn family near Dominion City died after eating toadstools believed to be edible mushrooms. A six months old baby survived the tragedy.
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Winnipeg
Stuartburn
Dominion City
Moorish Uprising Tied to Revenge for Imprisonment
An Associated Press dispatch from Melilla reports the Moorish uprising against Spain is driven by a vendetta against Spain for Abdel Krin’s wartime imprisonment at French urging. The former Moorish leader, once Spain’s Native Affairs official, escaped prison after crippling a leg and vowed vengeance on General Silvestre, feared by the Moors.
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Associated Press
Buenos
Aires
Spain
France
Abdel Krin
Melilla
la Nacion
Native Affairs
Silvestre
Coal Land Tracts Sold to Piedmont Coal Co for $295,586
Two tracts of Green county coal land were sold today for $295,586.50 to the Piedmont Coal Company of Pittsburg. The sale was conducted by Miss Maria Livengood and her sister Mrs. Rachael Lynch.
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Washington, Pa
Green County
Piedmont Coal Company
Pittsburg
Maria Livengood
Rachael Lynch
Final Action by Committee Still Farther Off Now
Washington Aug 5 Final action by the senate finance committee on the Fordney tariff bill appears farther off than at any time since it was referred to the panel two weeks ago No hearings have been held on rates or provisions and executive consideration of the controversial issues remains unlikely for days Senators LaFollette and Watson prepared questions on production costs profits and other dye and chemical business details Secretaries Weeks and Denby have sent letters expressing defense dept interest in the due embargo matter while war and navy officials follow developments
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Watson
Indiana
Penrose
Weeks
Denby
War and Navy Departments
National Defense
German Seamen Land in U S Then Flee Inland
Washington reports indicate a surge of Germans shipping to U S ports as seamen on America-bound vessels earning one cent a month. Chairman Lasker issued a public letter to Secretary Davis about the issue. Davis believes Germans are allowed to land as seamen and then escape inland.
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Washington
Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Davis
Prescription of Beer for Medicine Under Review
Washington Aug 5 Regulators near issuing rules to prescribe beer as medicine one case per prescription with no limit on the number of prescriptions awaiting Mellon decision A Willis Campbell anti beer bill debated in Senate but no final vote taken Broussard criticizes revenue bureau Nelson argues delay protects brewers
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mellon
Palmer
Senate
Broussard
Louisiana
Nelson
Minnesota
Actor Lou Tellegen Seeks Separation From Geraldine Farrar
Lou Tellegen files a suit for separation from wife Geraldine Farrar the opera singer on a charge of desertion announced tonight by Tellegen's counsel in New York. The filing follows a dispute over marital relations and residence.
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New York
Lou Tellegen
Geraldine Farrar
Tellegen
Grimms Hanged for Pittsburgh Murder on Steubenville Bridge
Bert Grimm of Follansbee was executed at 5:30 PM in the West Virginia state penitentiary for the murder of Stephen Golchak a Pittsburgh wire manufacturer on the Ohio river bridge at Steubenville. Despite last minute appeals Governor Morgan refused clemency citing the crime as most wanton and premeditated.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Herbert Grimm
Grimm
Hobart Grimm
Charleston
BE. F F. Morgan
Morgan
Terrell
West Virginia
Spanish Troops Massacred After Nador Surrender
Madrid reports twenty Spanish soldiers, last resistors of Nador near Mellila, were massacred by Moors after surrendering. They had held eleven days, hid in a church and a mill, and witnesses say Moors fought over booty, with some Spaniards killed amid the looting.
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Nador
Associated Press
Madrid
Mellila
House Leaders Push Half Billion Tax Cut Aim
Washington reports show Treasury experts and House Republicans differ on this year's expenditures and income. Madden and other leaders claim it could be possible to cut taxes by half a billion dollars, while Democrats warn such cuts would create a large year-end deficit. Senator Borah proposes military cuts to meet Mellon funds. Fordney says tax reductions stand or fall independently.
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Washington
Treasury
House of Representatives
Madden
Appropriations Committee
Mellon
House
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Army
Fordney
Tax Revision Committee
Congress
Borah Warns Republicans on Tax Fight and Spending Cuts
Senator Borah of Idaho warned Republicans against hiking taxes in revising the internal revenue bill and urged deeper spending cuts. He proposed reducing the army to 100,000 troops to save about 100 million dollars and stopping work on six Indiana type battleships to save 2.409 billion, arguing effort must come from executive departments as well.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Naval Committee
King
Utah
Germany
Senator Borah
Mellon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
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Sanitarium
Dr. Klotz
Steubenville, O
Northern West Virginia Coal Operators’ Association
GE. Lively
OD Hatfield
Olive Stone
Graham Credit Men’s Association
Mercer County
Police
Chambers
Abel Krin
Understood Revenue Bureau
Farrar
Stephen Golchak
State Penitentiary
Republican House
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