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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1920

Page

10

Cotton slump hits Cairo clothing demand

Cairo reports ongoing cotton price weakness and reduced demand causing clothing output cuts of up to twenty percent as buyers pull back.

Cairo Egypt

Plebes at Naval Academy haze over housing segregation

Annapolis freshmen at the Naval Academy hazed each other after being left without housing due to quarters segregation from first class students. The incident highlights tensions over residency policy and student conduct at the academy.

Annapolis Naval Academy

Deadlock Returns as Coal Negotiations Stall Again

Philadelphia December 7 joint scale committee of anthracite operators and mine workers adjourned after an all day session without action on wage increase demands. Operators met late today to decide their position and likely reveal it tomorrow. No official statement issued but discussions showed little progress and signs of drifting into another deadlock.

Philadelphia

Meat Price Probe Sought by Western Officials

Resolutions adopted at a Salt Lake City conference of cattlemen's officials from twelve western states call on Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer to launch an investigation into how packers and retailers keep meat prices high and to pursue reforms to reduce prices.

Salt Lake City Utah A. Mitchell Palmer

Senate subcommittee to review US cable landings

A Senate interstate commerce subcommittee plans a December 15 investigation into cable landings in the United States. The probe will examine the broader issue and the dispute between the state department and Western Union Telegraph Company over a Barbados cable landing at Miami Florida.

Washington United States State Department Western Union Telegraph Company Miami Fla Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee

House judiciary favorably reports Volatead repeal with exemption

The Volatead resolution to repeal war time laws was favorably reported by the house judiciary committee. An amendment exempts the war finance corporation act from repeal, along with Lever food control, District of Columbia rent and trading regulations.

Washington Volatead House Judiciary Committee War Finance Corporation Act District of Columbia

Exemption of Bonds in Resolution Mentioned

Text notes that the measure exempts liberty and victory bonds from certain provisions under the resolution introduced, detailing the authorization framework and the specific exemptions applied.

Rob erts Knocks Shannon in Six at Jersey City Ring

Staten Island heavyweight Al Roberts knocked out Pittsburgh’s Mickey Shannon in the sixth round of a ten round bout in Jersey City. Shannon failed to regain consciousness and was taken to a hospital with possible skull fracture. Roberts weighed 183 pounds and Shannon 195.

Jersey City N. J al Roberts Staten Island Mickey Shannon Pittsburg Shannon Roberta

Riot at Labor Temple Election in Pittsburg

Police reserves were called to quell a riot at the Labor Temple during the annual election of officers by division 85 of the Amalgamated Association of Electric and Street Railway Employes. Several injured and five men arrested for disorderly conduct.

Pittsburg Labor Temple Division 85 Amalgamated Association of Electric and Street Railway

Man’s wager ends with missed shot as Georgi body found

Andrew Merlo attempted to shoot the hat from Amanda Georgi’s head at a cafe on a wager but aimed too low. His statement to police helps clarify the earlier finding of Georgi’s body seated at the cafe table in San Francisco.

San Francisco Andrew Merlo Amanda Georgi Georgi

Bank Closures Hit North Dakota as Reserve Woes Grow

The state bank of Loraine in Kenville county closed today because of depleted reserves. It marks the twenty third state and the lone national bank failure in less than a month across the region.

Bismarck N. D State Bank of Loraine Kenville County State Bank Examiner

Bergdoll Escape Under House Military Probe

Washington December 7. A resolution by Representative Blanton Democrat of Texas proposes a House military committee investigation to fix responsibility for the escape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll draft evader.

Bergdoll Washington House Military Committee Grover Cleveland

Stags Fight to Death at Sackville Estate

Two male stags at the Sevenoaks home of Lord Sackville locked tusks and fought until one stag was killed and the other severely wounded, forcing it to be shot.

London Eng Sevenoaks Lord Sackville

Ex-service Man Denied Pension Declared Officially Dead

In Uxbridge England a severely wounded ex-service man who applied for a pension was refused because records classify him as officially dead. The notice notes the pension denial based on this designation and the affected veteran's eligibility status.

Uxbridge Eng

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