World diplomacy and unrest shadow 1924
A weekly capsule notes growing public anger in England over the Geneva peace protocol and Japanese amendments. It reports on a League of Nations meeting set for November 15 in Geneva to plan next year’s arms reduction conference, plus broader global tensions and economic signals from the United States and Europe.
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England
League
League For Arbitration
Council of the
League of Nations
Geneva
Great Britain
Japan
League of Nations Assembly
United States
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Federal Trade Commission report flags price fixing in home goods
A federal trade commission report cites patent pools among washing machine makers and other questionable practices in the home goods industry. It highlights the Aluminum Company of America, vacuum cleaner market entry barriers, Singer sewing machines, and retail pricing tactics by trade groups and dealers.
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Washington
Federal Trade, Commission
Senate
Commission
Aluminum Company of America
Singer Company
Cudahy Packing Plant Fire Wipes Three Departments
Smoldering ruins mark the Cudahy Packing Company south side plant as fire destroys three departments. Officials estimate losses at several million dollars, comparing the blaze to February 1923 Armour plant fire that cost over a million.
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Omaha
Cudahy Packing Company
South Side
Armour
Cudahy
Oklahoma City Livestock Exchange Men Indicted
Fifty five members of the Oklahoma City Livestock Exchange were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to violate the Packers and Livestock Act of 1921. The defendants, all Oklahoma City men including prominent livestock operators, allegedly formed a boycott to bar transactions with certain commission houses. Officials say the case follows weeks of federal probe and signals similar investigations in other livestock centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City Exchange
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Livestock Exchange
Packers and Livestock
Mills wins Pulitzer air race at Wilbur Wright Field
Lieut Harry H. Mills of Wilbur Wright Field won the Pulitzer high speed race at Wilbur Wright Field with 215.72 mph. Capt Burt E. Skeel of Selfridge Field died when his ship crashed on takeoff. Lt Wendell H. Brookley of McCook Field placed second at 214.45 mph in a Curtis R-5.
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Wilbur Wright Field
Harry H. Mills
Burt E. Skeel
Selfridge Field
Wendell H. Brookley
McCook Field
Mills
Brookley
Stunt Flier Dies in Mississippi River Crash
Quincy Sil Leonard Dean a 19 year old stunt flier from Nevada Missouri drowned in the Mississippi River at Hannibal Missouri after leaping from a plane and making a dive into the river late the previous afternoon authorities reported the death occurred during a demonstration.
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Stunt
Quincy
Sil
Leonard Dean
Nevada
Hannibal
Six Die in Havana Political Riot at Camaguey Clash
Six men were killed and fifty eight wounded in a clash at Camaguey between police and supporters of ex President Menocal who is campaigning for re election as president.
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Havana
Camaguey
Menocal
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Imbrie
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Taft
Weeks
National Guard Association
War Department
National Guard
Laredo
Tex
Jimmy O'Connell
Giants
Heine Land
Philadelphia
Landis
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George Usser
Vinco
J. A. Armstrong
Usser
Perkins
United States Army Air Service
National Defense
Dwight Davis
Dayton
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Illinois, Agricultural Association
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St. Louis
Southern Methodist Church
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William B. Ross
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ross
Chicago
Federal’ Board
Federal Reserve
Pennsylvania
PB Ll. Sanford
Holland Banking Company
Springfield
Fenton W. Smith
Colonia Dublan
Chihuahua
John W. Dye
Juarez
Hobart H. Steely
Associated Press
James Dameron
Tulsa World
Aviation
Tulsa
Dameron
Steely
Lotta Crabtree
Boston
Tulsa, Ok
Ellington Flying Field
Houston
Texas
T. J. Powers
Middle Western States
Department of Agriculture
Hussein
Hedjaz
Mecca
Cairo
Transjordania
Annam
House of Commons
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin Company
Lakehurst
N. J
Rufus" Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
Federal Trade Commission
Skeel
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Western Newspaper Union
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Spew ‘Uew,” Hwe
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