Bankers Outline Ten Commandments for Thrift Week
A national thrift drive advocates frugality through ten commandments: budget, track spending, save in banks, carry life insurance, make a will, own a home, pay bills promptly, buy war savings stamps, spend under earnings, and share with others. The eight day plan from January 17 to 24 includes Bank Day, Thrift Sunday, Insurance Day, Own Your Own Home Day, Make a Will Day, Thrift in Industry Day, Family Budget Day, and Pay Your Bills Day.
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St. Louis
American Bankers’ Association
United States League of Building and Loan Association
National Federation of Construction Industries
Retail Credit Men’s Association
National Associational of Life Insurance Underwriters
National Credit Men's Association
American Life Convention
Walter W. Head
Omaha
National Bank
Coal Miners Hopeful On Secretary Wilson Plan
Washington October 28 The government weighs a plan by Secretary of Labor Wilson to settle the miners dispute. The proposal offers higher wages but does not grant a 36 hour work week. The outcome will influence government actions to avert a large scale coal strike set for November.
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Washington
Wilson
Record Flight Sets Transcontinental Derby Pace
Lieut. Melvin W. Maynard completed the New York to San Francisco round trip and back in 69 hours 3 minutes 40.5 seconds, setting a derby record. The westbound leg took 18 hours longer than the return, with the entire journey under 70 flying hours.
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Washington
Melvin W. Maynard
New York
San Francisco
West Coast
The Farm Boy Verse Explores a Desertion Case
A speaker questions why farm youth abandon father and farm. The narrator argues the root is ownership of his work by the father, from calf to cow and lamb to sheep, and the garden produce being sold rather than kept. The verse challenges platform and press to address farm youth discontent.
Alaska and Siberia to be connected by direct mail routes
Nome officials report an investigation into direct mail and telegraphic links between Nome and Anadyr Siberia. If approved, trade could boost Nome as the gateway for Northeast Siberia supplying 50 000 people, with $500000 in goods moving by year end and furs in exchange possible.
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Alaska
Siberia
Nome
Anadyr
Post Office Department
Petropavlosk
Kamchatka Peninsula
Siberian
Seward Peninsula
Noses Made to Grow From Scar Tissue Seen at Convention
Maj. H. D. Gillies of Queen's hospital Sidcup England demonstrated reconstructive plastic surgery techniques to the National Dental Association in New Orleans. Slides showed noses from floating ribs jawbones from ribs and lips from scalp strips and other restorations of faces damaged by burns shrapnel bayonets and bullets. A case featured a missing eyelid rebuilt with a graft restoring the officer's appearance.
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New Orleans
H. D. Gillies
Queen's Hospital
Sidcup
England
National Dental Association
Grunewald
Elks
Gillies
Criminal Action to Be Recommended in Army Graft Case
Chicago reports a subcommittee plan to prosecute at least a dozen army officers and civilians and seek 13 to 15 million dollars in restitution tied to a 40 million munition contract with the Standard Steel Car Company of Hammond Indiana. William Graham, chair, says the inquiry supports criminal action and a government recovery.
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Chicago
Standard Steel Car Company
Hammond
Ind
Congress
William Graham
Hines Denies Threat to Use Troops in New York Strike
Director General Hines refutes claims he threatened to deploy troops to replace express strikers in New York. He states the report has no foundation and he denies it immediately.
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Washington
Hines
New York
Record of Cotton Sold at Forty Cents in Palestine
Rip Cook, a local cotton planter, sold eighty five bales at forty cents per pound, the highest price paid in Palestine. The sale, conducted by a Houston firm for Mr. Cook, fetched about two hundred dollars per bale for some bales held two years.
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Palestine
Rip Cook
Houston
Cook
Carranza Maintains Vigor On Northern Rally
Mexico City October 23 Carranza travels with a large party to Coahuila and Nuevo Leon on horseback. He reportedly covers 45 miles across desert with no water, rests beside a log fire each night, and shows no ill effects. The president, once a rancher, relishes outdoor life and hopes to return to his farm in Coahuila.
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Mexico City
Carranza
Republic
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Mexico
National Palace
Campaign to raise half million for tuberculosis hospital
Austin October 23. The Benevolent War Risk society executive committee met to form plans and organize the state for a campaign to raise a half million dollars for a hospital to treat tuberculosis patients who have served in the military.
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Austin
Benevolent War Risk Society
Turn clocks back Sunday daylight saving begins
Washington officials and staff prepared to set clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. next Sunday as daylight saving time takes effect, Director General Hines announced.
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Washington
Hines
Food Find Buried in Arctic Regions by Franklin Party
Edmonton dispatch reports BE Knight and Storker T Storkerson party unearthed a cache of food left in the Arctic 65 years ago by the Franklin expedition. Knight, who drifted six months on an ice floe, arrives in Edmonton and plans to visit Vilhajalmar Stefansson before heading to Oregon. He vows to return to the Arctic next summer.
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Edmonton
Alta
Arctic
BE. L. Knight
Storker T. Storkerson
Storkerson
Knight
Danff
Vilhajalmar Stefansson
Oregon
Explorer
Five Brazos County Service Men Ready for Education Change
Dallas reports the federal board for vocational education has approved training for Brazos county veterans disabled in service. Louis Marquart of Millican and others from Bryan and Edge are set for college and technical instruction at A and M College, College Station and Moosehart Institute. Veterans who are disabled and have not applied should contact a vocational officer promptly.
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Dallas
Texas
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Brazos County
Louis Marquart
Millican
Texas A
M. College
College Station
John M. Cutlittle
Bryan
James J. Murphy
Edge
M, College
Clarence Jf. Kelley
Alfons Brezik
Moosehart Institute
Moosehart
Bernstorff Claims Germany Aimed Only to Reject Peace Talks
Count von Bernstorff testified before the committee on German responsibility for the war. He said since returning to Germany he learned details of peace talks and believed Germany had no intention of accepting Wilson's offer. He claimed the U S federal reserve bank planned to deny Entente credit, blocked by submarine policy. He added Wilson warned that meeting on submarine terms would trigger a hunger blockade.
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Berlin
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
Germany
Wilson
United States Federal Reserve Bank
Bernstorff
Sourdough Leeson Claims Earldom of Milltown in Klondyke Claim
Robert Leeson a Klondyke sourdough miner claims the title and estate of the Earl of Milltown with castle and property. His elder brother, heir, is believed dead after a ship disaster years ago. Leeson, long a Yukon pioneer, has worked in Guggenheim mines and belonged to the Yukon Order of Pioneers. His father Bowman Stephen Leeson once served as British representative in Hamburg.
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Los Angeles
Bob” Leeson
Guggenheim Mines
Yukon
Dawson
Yukon Order of Pioneers
Leeson
Bowman Stephen Leeson
Hamburg
Germany
Dallas Mayor dismisses unsigned letter as joke
Mayor Frank W. Wozencraft condemned an anonymous four page letter signed by Ku Klux Klan claiming threats to his safety over Dallas immoral conditions. He denied the claims and warned that uncooperative signs would not be acted on while inviting reports from residents and promising enforcement.
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Dallas
Frank W. Wozencraft
Ku Klux Klan
Weather Tonight and Friday Cloudy with Showers
Clouds settle over the area tonight with light local showers expected and the pattern continuing into Friday. Temperatures remain mild as marine winds ease, with no significant storms forecast.
Texas boys chase stock judging honors in Chicago
Five hundred boys attended the state fair encampment led by H H Williamson of A and M. Four boys Eckhardt Calvert Hampton and Lee will attend the Chicago non intercollegiate stock judging contest in November after a ten day training at A and M. Williamson plans a club exhibit in Waco.
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H. H. Williamson
A. and M. College
Williamson
Dallas
Col. J. N. Simpson
The
Fair Association
R. E. L. Knight
Chicago
M. G. Eckhardt
Yorktown
Grady Calvert
State Orphans Home
Floyd Hampton
Ireland
Raymond Lee
Lometa
Burns
W. B. Cook
Cook
Waco
Gloom At A and M From Aggie Injuries Threaten Trinity Tilt
Injuries thin the A and M squad at Kyle Field with Morris out three weeks and Knickerbocker Baskin hurt. Harrison or Pierce may fill quarterback. Trinity College visits October 24 for a tough game as officials and lineups are set for the matchup.
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Kyle Field
Morris
Knickerbocker
Baskin
Aggie
Harrison
Johnnie Pierce
Bible
Trinity University
Aggies
Howard Payne
Trinity
Wimmer
Texas University
Fort of Sewanee
R. N. Blackwell
Missouri Osteopaths
M.—Alexander
Davis
Wilson
Vandervoort
Murrah
Draka
Touchstone
Wilson's Second Letter From Sick Bed Seeks Conference Continuity
Washington reports focus on the labor withdrawal from the national industrial conference. Samuel Gompers announced the move. President Wilson’s wishes were conveyed to Chairman Lane by Secretary Tumulty. Lane then closed the original conference and formed a new session with public members, while labor factions debated.
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Washington
National Industrial Conference
Samuel Gompers
Wilson
Lane
Tumulty
Bryan Faces No Sugar Shortage Despite Nationwide Emergency
Local merchants and wholesalers in Bryan report ample sugar supplies and conservative use should prevent shortages. Howell & Company and Lawrence Grocery say current stock plus expected shipments will satisfy demand. Some shops restrict none, though a few limit sales for customers sending sugar to other cities.
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Bryan
Howell & Company
J. M. Lawrence
Lawrence Grocery Company
Dallas
Fifteen Men Loot Chicago Distillery Warehouse
Fifteen men forced entry into the Old Rose Distillery warehouse on the south side and stole whiskey valued at $25,000. The crime occurred in Chicago on October 23. Local authorities pursue suspects.
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Chicago
Old Rose Distillery Company
Morality Claims Hit British War Camp In Lincolnshire
Violet Douglas Pennant testifies before a Lords committee on her dismissal as W R A F commandant alleging immorality at South Carlton camp Lincolnshire where Americans were stationed. She says huts stood in the middle of the camp and a drunken American officer raided huts during the night.
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London
House of Lords
Royal Air Force
Violet Douglas-Pennant
Baron Penrhyn
Carlton
Lincolnshire
Miss Pennant
Hines Wires Hobby on Texas Grain Movement
Federal Railroad Administration directs preferential grain shipping to ports and primary markets when cars are released. Director Hines telegram to Governor Hobby says railroads will fully cooperate in moving the Texas grain crop to prevent spoilage amid the governor’s warning of millions of bushels at risk.
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Austin
Federal Railroad Administration
Hobby
Hines
Railroad Administration
Texas
Women Air Police to Join New York Force
New York police announce addition of thirty women aged 18 to 25 to the aviation corps. They will train at the aviation school and join the women police reserves as a dedicated women's aviation corps.
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New York
Aviation Corps
Bela Kun Escapes Camp to Promote Revolution in Italy
Berlin reports Bela Kun, former Hungarian dictator in the communist regime, escaped from an internment camp in Vienna and fled to Italy where he works to promote a revolutionary movement as per a Geneva dispatch to the Tageblatt.
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Berlin
Bela Kun
Hungary
Vienna
Italy
Geneva
Tageblatt
Return to Work Ends Express Tie-Up in New York
Members of the International Teamsters Chauffeurs and Helpers union, after a ten day strike that halted express service, returned to work today in New York.
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New York
International Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Helpers’ Union
Wilson on industrial peace letter from sick bed at White House
President Wilson dictated a letter from his sick bed urging the national industrial conference to proceed without labor representatives in a final push to restore industrial peace. Labor department officials favor public representation to craft a program acceptable to labor.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
National Industrial Conference
Labor
Department of Labor
WANTS FEDERATION MEETING URGED FOR AFL
In Peoria Illinois on October 23 the Illinois Federation of Labor authorized sending a message to Samuel Gompers AFL president and to executive council members urging immediate issuance of a call for a special AFL convention in Washington following the Washington industrial conference.
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Peoria
Ill
Washington
Illinois Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Verdun Battlefield Visit Highlights German Defense Insight
King Alfonso of Spain, after a brief French stop, toured Verdun with Marshal Petain. He placed a wreath at the military cemetery and expressed surprise at France not being surprised by the Verdun offensive. Petain explained German railroad preparations signaled the attack six weeks prior.
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Paris
Alfonzo
Spain
France
London
Verdun
Marshal Petain
Alfonao
Magnolia Provision Company joins case to curb packer privileges
Houston firm Magnolia Provision Company with the National Wholesale Grocers Association asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to abolish alleged special privileges allowing the five big packers to ship non perishable goods in refrigerator cars. The intervening petition was filed as hearings resumed.
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Houston
Chicago
Magnolia Provision Company of
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
United States Interstate Commerce Commission
Printers Meet in Dallas to Discuss Cost System Survey
Printers from across Texas gather in Dallas next Monday to discuss issues facing commercial printers. The Master Printers of the United States based in Chicago are conducting a Texas survey on the cost system, with a Dallas report due at the convention.
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Dallas
Texas
United States
Chicago
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W.B. Cook
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