Most Momentous Postwar Finance Plan Endorsed in Chicago
A Chicago conference endorsed forming a nationwide corporation backed by bankers and manufacturers to finance foreign trade. The Edge law entity would have 100 million dollars capital and pay producers cash for goods while foreign buyers pay cash. Herbert Hoover called the proposal potentially the most momentous since the armistice.
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Chicago
American Bankers’ Association
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Peace and Repeal War Time Powers Plan Declared
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin told the International Garment Manufacturers convention that the new administration will seek peace with Germany and repeal wartime presidential powers. He warned of a four billion annual revenue target for years and urged business leaders to restore price levels and confidence while noting a need for lawful conduct in the business world.
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New York
Germany
Lenroot
Wisconsin
International Garment Manufacturers
Moran's First Touch Blinks Brittisher Moran's First Touch Blinks
Frank Moran of Pittsburg knocked out Joe Beckett in the second round at Albert Hall London. Beckett landed many blows before Moran's first solid fight punch, a right uppercut, sent the British champion to the canvas for a sensational knockout.
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London
Frank Moran
Pittsburg
Joe Beckett
Albert Hall
Beckett
Moran
Farmers urged to treat farm prices as national issue
Secretary Meredith in his first annual report warns falling prices, with November 1 levels 33 percent below planting time, require national action. He urges co operative marketing, credit expansion, aid to tenants, and shorter producer to consumer channels to stabilize agriculture and protect national interests. America produced crops worth 13.3 billion dollars this year, with the ten main crops yielding 13 percent above the five year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Meredith
Secretary of Agriculture
Farmers of America
Allies dispute over division of German cables in conference
The Associated Press reports a rift among major powers over German cable assets at the international communications conference in Washington. The United States Britain and Italy back direct lines and Yap control while France and Japan oppose. A joint ownership proposal gains support from US and Britain and Italy, but France and Japan resist.
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Associated Press
Washington
Associated
United States
Great Britain
Italy
France
Japan
Davis
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Senate Committee
Yap
Pacific Ocean
What A Husband Should Be
London protests against displacing married women in the service of the Acton Council by unemployed ex service men. The remark notes such protests may reflect human flaws turning potential support into a mixed outcome.
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London
Eng
Acton Council
Patterson Visits League in Geneva Amid Harding Links
John H. Patterson of Dayton Ohio president of the National Cash Register Company visits Geneva to inspect the league of nations work. He praises the league machinery but makes no public statement. His visit attracts interest due to reports he is a Harding ally.
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Geneva
John H. Paterson
Dayton
Ohio
National Cash Register Company
League of Nations
League
Patterson
Harding
Three Men Hanged by Lynch Mob in Santa Rosa
In Santa Rosa California throngs of curious spectators watched as three men George Boyd Terence Fitts and Charles Valento were hanged from a tree by a masked mob early today. A coroner's jury cleared the sheriff and deputies of responsibility and held the three men responsible for killing Sheriff Petray and two detectives in an affray last Sunday.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
George Boyd
Terence Fitts
Charles Valento
Cornorer
J. A. Petray
Miles M. Jackson
Lestern H. Dorman
San Francisco
Martial law proclaimed in parts of Ireland amid unrest
Dublin and surrounding counties including Cork Limerick Tipperary and Kerry come under martial law. Lloyd George says the British government will continue its campaign against a small violent minority while pledging peace and a fair settlement for Ireland.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Dublin Castle
Cork
Limerick
Tipperary
Kerry
London
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Ireland
Dublin City
Commons
Great Britain
Dispute over camp lot near Burnwell in Williamson
Coal operators and United Mine Workers clash over a tent colony on a plot near Burnwell where miners set up camp during the Williamson strike district. Officials say miners seized company ground while union leaders claim the land is theirs and under rental to the district board. A legal fight and civil authority action are expected as military and local officials seek a settlement. Prohibition agents arrive with rifles. violence reports include an injury to a Matta Co-operative Coal Company worker. Vienna news notes Styrian railwaymen strike for bread not made with corn meal.
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Washington
United States
Mann
Illinois
Siegel
New York
Sabath
Phillipine Islands
Representative Mann
Ireland
America
Knuston
Minnesota
House
Europe
Spain
Ellis Island
Williamson
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Williamson Coal
Burnwell
Coal Operators Association
Smith-Pond Creek
David Fowler
Fowler
District Board
John Floras
Matta Co-operative Coal Company
Hilmer
Floras
Prohibition
G. T. Blankenship
Five Farm Machinery Firms Targeted by Federal Probe
The Federal Trade Commission urged Congress to reopen anti trust action against five farm implement groups and to resume cases against the International Harvester Company. The 1916 18 findings show over 200 firms fixed prices beyond rising costs, with dealers echoing price supports. Net incomes rose 162 percent from 1914 levels, and capital profits climbed to 17.1 percent, while dealer prices advanced 62 percent. A six hundred page report details the conduct across national associations and retailers.
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Washington
International Harvester Company
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Senate
National Implement and Vehicle Association
Southern Association of Wagon Manufacturers
Carriage Builders National Association
Organizations of
National Federation of Implement and Vehicle Dealers
Astern Federation of Farm Implement Dealers, Retailers
Escape by John Smokey From West Virginia Prison
John Smokey a 34 year old inmate life-term for murder escaped from the West Virginia penitentiary at Moundsville by climbing a skylight and descending the wall with a rope. The breakout was detected fifteen minutes later but no clue has been found and he is thought to have crossed the river into Ohio.
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Smokey
Wheeling
Dec
John Smokey
West Virginia
Moundsville
McDowell County
Ohio
Bids Opened for Government Coal Supply to Merchant Fleet
The shipping board received fifty two bids today for a year's supply of 2,184,000 tons of coal. Offers ranged from 3,000 to 140,000 tons each with prices from 4.25 to 15 dollars per ton delivered at tidewater.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Tidewater
May Not Make Further Protest On Mexican Oil Permits
The American government plans no further protest over Mexico granting oil exploration permits in areas already leased to American companies. State Department officials say pursuing insistence now would be inconsistent after Colby’s reply to Roberto Pesqueira proposing treaty talks on outstanding issues. Oil company representatives assert Mexico’s provisional government issued many drilling permits in federal zones, many going to British interests.
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Washington
State Department
Colby
Roberto V. Pesqueira
Department
United States
Provisional Government of
Mexico
Romney town recorder dies during wrestling match
Morgantown reports Eugene Corbett town recorder of Romney West Virginia collapsed and died late today while taking part in a friendly wrestling match.
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City Recorder
Morgantown
Eugene Corbett
Town Recorder
Romney
W. Va
Relief for Farmers Absorbs the Senate
Washington December 10. Senate spends most of the day debating a bill to revive the War Finance Corporation to aid farmers facing falling prices. Senate leaders Dial and Smith press for export stimulation, Capper cites bank closures in North Dakota as proof of agriculture distress. Grenna voices confidence the measure will pass.
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Washington
Senate
Agricultural Committee
War Finance Corporation
Dial
Demcrat
South Carolina
Smith
Georgia
Capper
Kansas
Grenna
North Dakota
United States
Automobile magnate Horace K. Dodge dies in Palm Beach
Horace K. Dodge, noted automobile maker and moneyed industrialist, died at his winter home in Palm Beach Florida tonight. The passing ends a long career with the Dodge Motors interests and leaves a substantial estate.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Horace Kk. Dodge
Jailhouse Choirboy Hanged On Nineteenth Birthday
Nicholas Viana former choir boy and member of the Cardinella gang was executed at the county jail on his nineteenth birthday. He gave a final concert the night before his mother father siblings and relatives attended. He sang Kipling's Mother O Mine at his mother's request. Samuel Cardinella, the gang leader, is also under a death sentence.
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Chicago
Nicholas Viana
Cardinella
Samuel Cardinella
Viana
Kipling
High speed grand jury targets building trust in New York
New York indictments push total past sixty and two contractors associations are disbanded after grand jury and joint legislative committee probes. Witnesses say marble firms and unions form a monopoly through reciprocal agreements, suppressing competition. Payments totaling thousands to union leaders cited as gratuities in testimony.
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New York
Joint Legislative Committee
Samuel Untermyer
National
Marble Industry Employers’ Associations
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Building Trades Council
Marble Industry Employers’ Association
W. J Bowen
A. C. Preece
William Dobson
Bricklayers, Masons and Plesters International Union
Use of Blockade to Prevent War
Geneva December 10 The League of Nations will appoint a special commission to determine how economic blockade can function as a weapon to prevent war The council will receive its report at the next assembly Pending further action the general secretary acts as an outpost to monitor covenant infractions and inform the council which will inform all members.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Council of the League
Council
League
Emerald Isle under fire and famine conditions amid British raids
Three ex Royal Irish Constabulary officers testifying before the one hundred commission recount brutal raids and forced participation in actions against civilians. They describe homes burned, food destroyed, and arrests as families flee. Eyewitness accounts include Cork mayor murder and curfew era hardships.
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Washington
Royal Irish Constabulary
Ireland
Committee of One Hundred
Emerald Isle
John Tangney
John Caddan
Daniel F. Crowley
Mayor McCurtain
Cork
Mary MacSwiney
Terence MacSwiney
Curtain
County Caire
P. J. Guilford
Pittsburg
Thomas Murphy
New York
Tagney
Crowley
Boys Build Memorial in Waking Gordon Home
In London England the Gordon Home boys at Waking are constructing their own memorial building to serve as a workshop for demonstrations in skilled trades and general instruction after failing to raise funds for a contractor.
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Memorial
London
Eng
Gordon Home
Meeting of Minds to Fix on Policy
President elect Warren G. Harding begins a month of policy conferences in Marion Ohio to seek the advice of Charles Evans Hughes and others. He travels to Columbus for golf and meetings with Harry M. Daugherty Colonel George Harvey and Theodore K Burton before dispersing to separate duties.
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Marion
Ohio
Harding
Charles Evans Hughes
Columbus
Warren G. Harding
Harry M. Daugherty
Charlies Evans Hughes
George Harvey
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