Farmers Press for Lower Discount Rates in Credit Talks
Agricultural delegates urged Secretary Houston to restore a financed program and push for a lower discount rate for agricultural paper. They pressed the Federal Reserve Board to reestablish a credit facility for Europe, arguing it would ease farm prices and exports while noting Berlin bonds and Germany’s survival. The conference adjourned without action, awaiting the Reserve Board policy statement expected tomorrow.
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Washington
Wouston
Treasury Department
War Finance Corporation
Cloer
Europe
Treasury
My. Houston
Southlina
Finance Corporation
Germany
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Smith
Credita of
Reserve Board
Uea
Reserve Bank
Mere”dith
Farmers Committee
American Banhorn’ Association
Temperature of 80 Degrees in Bridgeport on Oct 14
The thermometer hit 80 degrees at 2 PM yesterday, the warmest October 14 in 37 years. The 1884 high also reached 80, but since then the mark hasn’t been surpassed. The Weather Bureau expects the warm spell to last a day or two.
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Bridgeport
Alace
Weather Bureau
City to Celebrate Hallowe'en Night
The city plans its first organized Hallowe en celebration titled Municipal Privals of 1927 under the recreation board and Chamber of Commerce. A large executive committee led by E Samuel Davis was named with subcommittees for dancing decorations and participation. The parade will group fraternal and civic organizations with others in fantastic attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Board of Recreation
Chamber of Commerce
Recreation Board
E . Samuel Davis
S. Taylor
C. Millard
al Burdick
D. J. Scannell
Fred H. Seckwith
Russell ¥. Moore
Ernest Butler
Wiliam
Steinke
Fira Chier
D. E. Johnson
Patrick Flanagan
FH. Beckwith
Taylor
William T. Moyer
Messia
Moore
Scannell
Milard
Butler
Davis
Police Parade Set for October Thirtieth by Bridgeport Board
Bridgeport police board authorized a citywide inspection and review of officers and men for Saturday October 30. Details to be arranged by President John C. Stanley. fire department participation undecided. Two new regular officers appointed Sunple and Michel McPadden. William Rogers named special officer. William Piper resigns. New badges issued for top ranks. Kasparek granted government reward for rearrest of navy deserter William Gerber, split with police pension fund.
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Bridgeport
John C. Stanley
Sunple
Norman Street
Michel McPadden
Barnum Avenue
Wiliam Rogers
Wiliam Piper
Clayton L. Smith
Kasparek
William Gerber
Navy
Governents
Police Pension Fund
Sixth District G. O. P. Club Renews Cunningham Support
Members of the Sixth District Republican club met amid hostilities and recriminations and voted to renew Thomas J. Cunningham as district chairman. Town officials Seeley and Smith sought party harmony, but the rival faction led by Te-Wo and Reilly did not attend. Senator Dillon urged harmony and a round-table compromise to resolve the district dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O. P. Club
Cunningham
Town Committee
Seeley
Smith
Republican Club
Thomas J. Cunningham
Republican Town
William £. Seeley
Howard ¥. Smith
Thomas J. Cunnividhum
Tewny-O'Brienn Reilly
Ho Oly Heng
Nicholas Tesing
John I. Dillon
Snelton
Tesing
Senator Dillon
Wilson
Soviet Foreign Minister Denies Revolt Report
The Soviet Foreign Minister states that reports of a revolt are false and morale remains strong. He asserts Russia's position is fivefold and unshakable, calling the wireless dispatch claim baseless.
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Russia 5
Soviet Government Rejects Armistice with Wrangel
Berlin dispatch reports Soviet Foreign Minister Tchitcherin declares no peace terms with anti Bolshevik General Wrangel and vows to deal with him firmly. He cites drought and famine rumors as baseless, noting peasant support for the Soviet cause and ample grain storage beyond 1918 levels.
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Karl I
von Wiegand
Berlin
Russia
Tehitcherin
Tat
Red Russia
Wrangel
Crimea
Tchitcharin
Moscow
Raversea
Mararov
Himesl
Countess to Speak on League of Nations Event
Hamilton Holt editor of the Independent will speak for the League of Nations under the National Bureau of Democratic Women at Stratfield Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Taras Zynowicz, a Polish countess, will also discuss the League from a European perspective.
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Countess
League OF Nations
Hamilton Holt
Independent
National Bureau of Democratic Women
Stratfield
Taras Zynowicz
Europe
Coal Prices Under $15 Across New York City Area
Prices quoted by coal dealers across New York City and nearby areas show many towns offering coal under 15 dollars. Flushing and Newark are listed around 16 or higher while Staten Island Elizabeth and Bronx show about 14 to 14.6 dollars, and Brooklyn around 14.5 to 40.51 with other variances.
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New York City
Dell
Flushing
Staten Island
Newark
Farm Rockaway
Rockaway Beach
Elizabeth
Bronx
New Rochelle
Brooklyn
Yorkville
Jersey City
Price spread widens for coal around New York City
New York Evening World and Evening Sun report wide coal price variations within a twenty mile radius of New York City. Prices range from $2.75 in Jersey City to $22 a ton in the Bronx, with several communities showing steep differences and shipments redirected to eastern markets amid speculation. Relief anticipated in November as Great Lakes shipments decrease.
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New York
New York Evening World
Evening Sun
New York City
Jersey City
Fat Rockaway
Great Take
Rocksway Beach
Looney
Bronx
Elizabeth
Budson
Essex
New Jersey
East Orange
N. J. & Puburb
Newark
Coal Profiteers Get 350 Million in Profiteering Critics
New York October 14 coal profiteering by operators and railroads cost the country at least 250 million last year. United States Senator Calder spoke at an Arkwright luncheon blaming lax national administration for financial and political evils. He cited housing shortages and mismanagement in Washington over railroad elevation as proof of failure.
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New York
United States
Calder
Washington
United States of Russia Planned by Anti Bolsheviks
Washington dated dispatch reports a proposed United States of Russia federation uniting Ruthenia Ukraine Cossack lands and Wrangel held territory with 350000 troops to attack the Soviets. Wrangel backed by Leni n of Siberia could restore a Kerensky era government under a new popular name. U S officials see collapse of Soviet forces and swift decisive political shifts ahead.
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Washington
Ruthenia
Ukraine
Sea of Azov
Volga
Wrangel
United States
Russia
Lenine and
Trotzky
Leni ‘Inof
Siberia
Newton A. Me
Sully
W. A. Castle
Constantinople
Vfa
Kerensky
Boris ‘Bakhmeteff
Allestra
Lenine
Trotsky
State Department
Rustan
Anscow
Canadian refiners face huge losses in sugar
Montreal reports Canadian sugar refiners holdings valued at 60 million dollars face losses due to government price fixes and weak U S markets. Huntley Drummond, president of Canadian Sugar Refining Co Limited, says refiners must hold wide stockpiles bought under government offers and cannot sell without taking losses.
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Montreal
Huntley RR
United States
English Miners Strike To Paralyze Fuel Supply
London October 14 British miners voted 615093 in favor and 181428 against a strike over a 4 cent daily wage rise affecting some 1,206,000 workers. Most heads of families, the action aims to force wage gains and halt coal output, risking up to 2,600,000 unemployed if seven weeks of stoppage occurs.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
Herbert Smith
Mir+ers
Bridgeporter Battles Barber Over Overcharges
New York, Oct 14 A barber in Delaney Street faced a magistrate after a customer from Bridgeport challenged a bill. The barber’s cash register showed $4 for a $5 service, prompting a court appearance and a corrective order to refund $3. The misnamed patrons and items appear garbled in the report.
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New York
David Seasider
Bridgeport
Grand Union
Delaney Street
Scaeffer
Night Riders Burn Stocks of Cotton in Texas and Arkansas
Night riders torched cotton in Wichita Falls causing an estimated loss of seventy one thousand and ninety dollars. In Clarendon Arkansas a barn containing cotton corn and hay was set ablaze with warnings posted to deter cotton picking. Munroe county placards urged not to pick cotton while Sharp Manufacturing announced New Bedford tin mills would close indefinitely due to cotton market conditions.
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Little Rock
Ark
C.W. Mathews
Clarendon
Monroe County
Malone
Cotton Mills
Cisse
Bostok
Qct
Sharp Manufacturing Company
New Bedford
Drastic price cuts announced on muslin fabrics
Oct 16 report says two widely known muslin lines will see drastic reductions tomorrow. One tie yard price drops from 35 to 20 cents, another from 92 to 19 cents, with a 60 cent drop in the flat weave segment.
Harding Declines Cox Debate Challenge On Train Topic
On October 14 a Republican manager aboard Senator Harding’s train stated no League of Nations debate with Governor Cox would be accepted. Senator Mary New, head of the Republican speakers’ bureau, said the proposal from Senator Pat Barnes was not yet received and dismissed Democratic sneaking arrangements as absurd.
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Harding
Sen. Harding
League of Nations
Cox
Mary
Asquith Carson clash over Irish issue stirs London
In London and Ayr the Irish question dominates politics as former premier Asquith accuses Lloyd-George of political bankruptcy and Sir Edward Carson denounces Asquith for downplaying efforts toward a solution. Reprisals and burnings are cited with concern over Home Rule measures and Ulster unionist stance.
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Asquith
Carson
Lloyd-George
England
Lloyd-Geer
Associated Press
London
Edward Carson
Jeader
Ayr
Lloye George
Welmon
Ireland
Agquith
Quith
Geerman
West
Ulste
Cork City Hall Raided by Troops in Belfast Disorder
Cork, Oct. 14. Troops raided Cork City Hall as disorders in Belfast triggered military action. Four lorries with soldiers and an armored car occupied the building for over an hour. One arrest, John Hager, a highways clerk, found with a revolver ticket. All occupants were searched and moved to the second floor corridor. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Terence MacSwiney
Smaliar
John Hager
Highways' Department
Menal
Britain regrets censoring US diplomatic mail in Dublin case
London reports formal inquiries by the Foreign Office after British military authorities censored a U S diplomatic telegram to Dublin. Consul Dumont received a letter notifying the seizure, with the embassy accepting the apology as Dublin awaits further explanations and assurances of future caution.
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Tang
Foreign Office
J. Butter
Wright
Bassy
Dublin
Frederick T. F. Dumont
United States
Ireland
Pasaea
Sinn Fe
Dumont
Twich
Treland
Telesrom
Dublin Castle
Fenort
Offic Waly
Craescre Can
Consul Dumont
Many Are Killed In Italian Strike
London dispatch reports many killed and wounded across Italy after a Thursday strike. Nine killed at San Giovanni Rotondo, four dead and fourteen wounded in Bologna, additional casualties near Milan as clashes with police occur. Hotels in Milan host delegations as unrest spreads. Socialist party offices set on fire.
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Houston
U.S
Secretary of Treasury
Go Eee Federal Reserve Board
Hallowe
Recreation Board and
Chamber of Commerce Plan
Bridgeport Telegram
Evening Post
Sunday Post
Circulation Department
Pt3t Publishing Co
Ukrainia
Bridgeporter
W. Y. Barber
David Begaffer
Schpatter
Wichita Falls
Tex
Thea
Cork City Hall
MacSwiney
Belfast
Britain
Associated. Press
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