International Chamber Congress convenes in London
More than a thousand American delegates join 599 ICC members at Westminster Central Hall for the annual congress. Five working groups form to speed sessions as Stanley Baldwin welcomes the gathering. Resolutions tackle exchange instability, export credits, double taxation, and free trade, with committees on production distribution and reconstruction. Social events include dinners with the British Government, Times directors, and business leaders.
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Earl
Reeves
International News Service
Corncilent
London
International Chamber of Commerce
Central Fall
Westminster
Congress
Stanley Baldwin
Board of Trade
Great Britain
Areuas
Walter Lenf
Instituts of Bankers
Willis H. Booth
Guaranty Trust
Leaf
Europe
J. E. Cornish
National Lead Company
New York
America
W. E. Kugermann
American Radiator Company
United States
Louis J. Horowi
Thompson-Starrett Company
British Association of Chambers of Commerce
Times
Standard containers in fruit trade spark reform push
The Bureau of Markets, USDA seeks uniform packaging to curb losses from short measures and high marketing costs. The piece highlights confusion from 40 cabbage crates and multiple crate styles, urging a permanent fixed unit and standard crates to reduce waste and price discrepancies.
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Bureau of Markets
United State Department of Agriculture
U. S
Congress
Younger set challenges stiff English club tradition in London
London reports a push by younger club members to shake off deadweight conventions and social aloofness. They seek freer, more sociable clubs, contrasting with older rites, introductions, and silent rituals. If successful, traditional clubs could lose many members.
American Banker May Win High Post
London June 23 F Watts president of the First National Bank of St Louis Mo who attended the International Chamber of Commerce is expected to be named chairman of the financial division when the ICC opens its convention June 25 Watts has long been active in American finance and led the American Bankers Association He hails from Memphis Tenn and has served on the Foreign Trade Financing Corporation committee now organized under the ABA plan
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London
Manning
F. ©. Watts
First National Bank of St. Louis
International Chamber of Commerce
Watts
American Finance
Memphis
Tenn
American Bankers’ Association
Foreign Trade Financing Corporation
American Bankers' Association
Publicity drive hits Linn Missouri rental tale
In Linn Osage County residents face high living costs as A C McKibbin Republican publicity chief recounts paying six dollars a month to rent a cottage near his Linn office. He notes locals see price rises and a need for publicity. The piece highlights reaction to spiking rents in a quiet town far from rail traffic.
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Sa Louis
Linn
Osage County
A. C. McKibbin
Republican State Committee
McKibbin
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White's Club
Athenaeum Club
Cyrus
Certin
Cyrus Pharmacy
Cor
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Bose
Broad St
G. W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc
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