Reparation board member once a Danbury visitor
Joseph W. Sterrett of New York City has been named the American member of the transfer committee under the Dawes plan. A Ridgefield Country Club donor and Sterrett Cup holder, he is a member of Price Waterhouse. He and Mrs Sterrett will depart for Paris October 28 to reside abroad for one to two years.
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Joseph W. Sterrett
New York City
Associated Press
Paris
Redding
Sterrett
Ridgefield Country Club
Harold P. Starr
Price, Waterhouse and Company
New York
England
France
Belgium
Italy
Mra. Sterrett
Jennie Foot Tar Fire Destroys Schooner Off Potomac
Captain C. Lt. Thompson and Mate Edwin L Gray of Mojak Bay Va were rescued at Baltimore after escaping the burning schooner Jennie Foot off Smith's Point at the Potomac mouth. Sixty tons of tar ignited in an explosion, the crew fled in a boat, and the vessel sank as the freighter Kershaw aided but ran aground.
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Baltimore
Thompson
Edwin L Gray
Mojak Bay
Maryland
Jennie Foot
Smith's Point
Potomac River
Kershaw
Prize winning steers collide with car near Hawley school
Newtown Oct 13 The prize winning steers of Willam Ferris crashed into a car driven by Howard Youngquist on the state road near Hawley school. The car suffered extensive damage while Ferris drove the steers back to his father Charles D Ferris of Head of Meadow. Youngquist and his companions planned to attend a Waterbury party and abandoned the vehicle at Sandy Hook garage. The oxen, winners at Middlebury and Danbury fairs, are not believed seriously injured.
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Newtown
Willam Ferris
Howard Youngquist
Tauton
Youngquist
Steers
Hawley School
Ferris
Youngauist
Hawley
Waterbury
Sandy Hook
Middlebury
Danbury
Charles D. Ferris
Head of Meadow District
Roxbury
Boxer Held for Striking Woman Will Face Court
Ted Moore English middleweight boxer appeared in West Side court after a warrant was issued by Mrs Josephine Ward of Brooklyn for assault. The woman alleged Moore struck her many times on June 7 breaking two ribs and causing injuries needing nine doctors. Moore denied the charges and was released to his attorney for a Wednesday hearing.
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New York
Ted Moore
Josephine Ward
Brooklyn
West Side Court
Moore
Newspapers in Prague and London readership gaps
The extract notes Prague has one daily newspaper per 33,900 inhabitants versus London’s one per 290,000. It observes Praguer daily engagement with periodicals throughout the day amid many party papers from the Coalition and various Czech and German oppositions, plus independent titles.
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London
Prague
Praguer
Bose
Tobacco firm takes 10 million loan from German bonds
New York October 19 Perhival Hill, president of American Tobacco, announced the company subscribed for 10 million dollars in German loan bonds. Hill said it was sound business for a cash‑rich firm to buy the bonds and support the Dawes plan to help Europe stabilize world business.
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New York
Perhival 3
Hill
American Tobacco Company
Europe
New Rail Merger Plan Proposes Four Eastern Systems
Washington reports a revised merger blueprint for U S railroads reducing nine tentative groups to four major eastern systems centered on New York Central Pennsylvania Baltimore and Ohio and Nickel Plate. The plan, developed after talks with Crowley Willard and Rea, would group New England lines into one system or spread them among the four eastern groups with cross river bridges to connect New England.
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Great Trunk
Hneé
Baet
Intersta Commerce
Commission
Patrick Crowley
New York Central Lines
Daciel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Lines
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Ohio
New England
Delaware and Hudson
Lehigh
Germany Loan Seen Opening Door to More International Aid
New York October 18 The completion of a 200 million dollar loan to Germany is expected to pave the way for several hundred million dollars in additional international loans. American bankers say France is negotiating for 150 million and Belgium seeks immediate attention. America's share of the German loan is 110.9 million and will be raised on schedule tomorrow as over 300 banks prepare subscriptions with Morgan and Company. The Morgan group would buy bonds at 87 for sale to the public, a plan that could carry a 5.6 million dollar difference to cover expenses.
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New York
Germany
France
Belgium
America
J. P. Morgan and Company Group
Morgan and Company
Morgan House
Banking Commission
Morgan Group of Banks
Armericain
Areoa
U S Wheat Exports Seen Rising Sharply in Year Ahead
United States wheat exports are forecast to rise by as much as 40 percent in quantity and potentially higher in value for the year ending next June, reaching about 180 million bushels. The rise outpaces reductions forecast for other major exporters, with world demand expected to absorb most of the surplus.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
India
Agriculture Department
Breamhall
James Wilson
Department
Oury
Europe
Supreme Court Refuses Act on Stock Value Case
Washington October 14 The Supreme Court dismissed for want of jurisdiction a case by Central Union Trust Company of New York challenging how the Federal Capital Bank’s stock value was taxed under the 1916 Revenue Act. The dispute centers on using fair value versus average selling price or earnings for capital stock valuation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Central Union Trust Company of
New York
Federal Capital Bank
Central Trust Company
Central Union Trust Company
Bankrupts Taxes to Be Objects of Appeal
Washington October 14 Appeals will be granted the Supreme Court announced today in cases involving the right of the federal government to collect income taxes from bankrupt companies and corporations ahead of general creditors in bankruptcy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Government appeals in two trustee and broker cases denied
The text notes failed partnerships lost all assets. The government sought two appeals in proceedings against the trustee of Finklestein Brothers and the receiver of the stock brokerage firm Jones and Baker. A lower Federal court in New York City decided against the government.
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Finklestein Brothers
Jones and Baker
New York City
Bullard Elected National Head Of Chamber Leaders
Stanley H. Bullard president of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce and vice president of Bullard Machine Tool was elected president of the National Association of Executives of State Chambers of Commerce at Pittsburgh last week. Twenty one organizations are listed in the new body. Irving Vining president of the Oregon Chamber of Commerce attended and will address Bridgeport chamber on fundamentals of community exploitation and advertising.
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Stanley H. Bullard
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce
Bullard Merchine Tool Company
National Association of Executives
State Chambers of Commerce
Pittsburgh
Irving
U S Treasury balance October 19 at Washington
The U S Treasury balance on October 19 stood at 409 580 802 dollars. The report from Washington notes the national fiscal status for the period ending that date.
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Washington
Treasury
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