Wool industry told shoddy harms consumers and growers
Alex Walker of the National Sheep and Wool Bureau warned at the Wyoming Wool Growers convention that shoddy fabric sold as virgin wool deceives buyers and undercuts wool producers. He urged action on truth in fabrics and highlighted the widespread use of shoddy in all wool garments.
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Wyoming
Alex Walker
National Sheep and Wool Bureau of
Chicago
Massachusetts
Middle West
Wyoming Wool Growers Association
Congress
Walker
All Wool and Virgin Wool Debate in Textile Industry
The article argues that much so called all wool in garments is recycled or “shoddy” wool worn many times before. It notes manufacturers seek virgin wool prices and critiques the term all wool as protection for profiteers. A push for truth in fabric and a new law would shift retailer and factory practices, affecting wool growers and supplies.
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National Wool and Sheep Bureau
Waitress Fined for Traffic Violation in New York
Sophie Houski, a waitress who testified earning $12 a week, was fined $2 after pleading guilty to a traffic violation while driving a $4,500 automobile. She said she averaged $80 weekly in tips.
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New York
Sophie Houski
Sims Blames Navy Medal Controversy on Policy Gaps
Rear Admiral William S. Sims told a sub committee that morale in the Navy was damaged by the award process. He faulted Secretary Daniels for failing to issue a clear policy guiding awards and said injustices plagued officers. Sims urged withdrawing controversial departmental regulations and noted Daniels had not finalized action on his own distinguished service medal request.
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Washington
Daniels
William S. Sims
Sims
Knight Medal Board
Admiral Sims
Ile
Stecher Victor in Pesick Boat Victory
Stecher defeated Pesick in a two fall race held in Omaha on January 16. The first fall lasted 2 hours 5 minutes and Stecher won the opening stage in 7 minutes. Pesick captured the second fall after 45 minutes.
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Omaha
Stecher
Pesick
Rotten olives kill three in New York family
Mr and Mrs Paul Delbene and their two sons Dominick and Anthony died after eating spoiled olives Lena their daughter is hospitalized with injuries.
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New York
Paul Delbene
Dominick
Anthony
Lena
No Paper Supply Forces Winnipeg Dailies to Suspend
Jan 16 Winnipeg newspapers suspend publication due to news print paper shortage. The editorials plan a united one page bulletin to inform readers while printing halted tomorrow.
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Winnipeg
Resignation Report Tied to Penitentiary Escape
The resignation of M. BE. Pickett, deputy warder at the Wyoming penitentiary, was announced yesterday. The retirement is linked to the Wednesday escape of three convicts, with one recaptured after a guard shot him and another wounded but aided by his unwounded companion to escape.
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M. BE. Pickett
Wyoming Penitentiary
Pickett
Lodge to Reply Wilson Letter Read At Astor Dinner
A letter from Senator Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts replying to President Wilson's Jackson Day letter will be read at a dinner in the Astor Hotel next Monday honoring U S Senators Hiram Johnson California William Borah Idaho and James A Reid Missouri. Lodge is expected to outline his views on the future of the peace treaty.
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New York
Senator Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Wilson
Hotel Astor
United States
Hiram W. Johnson
California
William E. Borah
Idaho
James A. Reid
Missouri
Lodge
Fears of Extremist Raids Lead to Mass Bail Release
Forty-two men and eight women detained in recent raids on extremists were released from Ellis Island on bail today, raising the total freed to 59 since Federal Knox urged immediate bail for radicals. The statement emphasized releasing detainees even if they had not answered questions about beliefs in violent means to topple the government.
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New York
Ellis Island
Federal
Knox
Piez Denies Big Graft on Ships in Pacific Yards
Chicago January 16 Charles Piez the director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation dismissed reports of fraud in the building of government ships at Pacific Coast yards as a canard. He denied any scheme approaching a billion dollars in loss or misappropriation.
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Piez
Chicago
Pacific
Charles Piez
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Plez
Woman to direct Coolidge's 6 07 nomination
Chicago January 16 Western headquarters for Calvin Coolidge's presidential campaign opened in Chicago with Mrs Bennett directing. She is formerly of the Republican national committee headquarters in Washington.
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Coolidge
Chicago
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Bennett
Rubblican
National Committee
Washington
Bolshevik Army Leads All Europe
London dispatch reports editorial concern over the Bolshevik menace as the strongest and most numerous army in Europe. The Globe urges wise statesmanship to counter spread beyond Russia, while Pall Mall Gazette warns of Asia and India risk from Bolshevik influence and fear tactics.
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London
Globe
Europe
Russia
Pall Mall Gazette
Asia
India
Dozen Die From Flu in Chicago Reported
Chicago reports twelve deaths from pneumonia and seven from influenza with more than 500 new influenza cases and 125 new pneumonia cases on the day.
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Chicago
Large flow of discharged American soldiers through Cheyenne
Large consignments of discharged American soldiers who served in Siberia passed through Cheyenne in recent days. The men were discharged at the Presidio in San Francisco and had been members of the national army before being relieved by regulars.
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Siberia
Cheyenne
Presidio
San Francisco
National Army
Denver Cleaning Rooming Houses Raid Nets Forty Women
Forty women were arrested in a Denver vice squad raid led by Sergeant Jeremiah Barry. The sweep began early evening and lasted several hours as patrols found many districts deserted with residents fleeing before police arrival.
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Denver
Jeremiah Barry
Barry
Influenza Outbreak in Chicago Declared Localized
The public health service said Chicago's influenza outbreak should not cause alarm and that steps to localize the disease have been taken. They noted limited forecasts, millions immunized from a previous year, ceased troop movements, and only 7,489 U.S. cases in this outbreak.
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Washington
Chicago
Public Health Service
Health Service
United States
Brannigan Badly Injured In Fight At Fort Russell
Patsy Brannigan, who dropped a ten round decision to Soldier Fontana before General Pershing at Fort Russell, suffered a severe rupture from a blow in the third round. General Poore arranged for Brannigan to have an operation at a military hospital, likely Fort Russell or Fort Logan, and he left for Denver yesterday with months of ring absence ahead.
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Patsy Brannigan
Soldier Fontana
General Pershing
Fort Russell
General Poore
Fort Logan
Brannigan
Denver
Billy Sunday Preaches Mock Funeral For John Barleycorn
In Norfolk on January 16 Billy Sunday led a mock funeral for John Barleycorn with over 10,000 witnesses. A 20 foot long coffin arrived by special train from Milwaukee and pallbearers carried it to Sunday tabernacle as Sunday denounced alcohol.
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Norfolk
Billy
John Barleycorn
Milwaukee
Tabernacle
John
Evangelist
God
Hell
League Council Organized in Paris Meeting
The first meeting of the League of Nations council elected Leon Bourgeois as chairman and Sir Eric Drummond as general secretary. A commission was created to fix the Sarre valley boundaries and London was chosen as next meeting place with Great Britain France Brazil Spain Japan and Italy represented.
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Paris
Council of the
League of Nations
Leon Bourgeois
Eric Drummond
Sarre Valley
London
Great Britain
France
Brazil
Spain
Japan
Italy
No Nearer Agreement on Treaty
Washington reports a bi partisan Senate leaders’ conference on the peace treaty deadlock with Lodge Lenroot and Kellogg discussing Democrat proposals. Despite ongoing round table talks there is little optimism as Article 40 reservations divide both parties. Borah Johnson and Hitchcock McKellar Kendrick Simmons participate in private talks.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Kellogg
Minnesota
Wyoming Loses In Big Oil Dispute On Escrowed Royalties
The U S circuit court of appeals reversed a district court decision, ruling against Wyoming in a land title suit over 10 percent royalty rights in Sec 49 Ty 46 Ny R 98 W. The held escrowed amount on Dec 4 was 1 333 055 40 dollars. The land was government exchanged forest land found oil producing, with government seeking substitution of lands. The state may appeal to the Supreme Court.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court
Wyoming
United States
United States Supreme Court
Kimball Edges Fort Russell In Narrow Victory
The Fort Russell basketball team lost to Kimball High School 26 to 16. At halftime Kimball led 9 to 8. Fort Russell returns home today.
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Fort Russell
Kimball High School
Kimball
Turks and Huns Near Alliance Reported
A Greek telegram from Saloniki says Turkish authorities at Marzifous in Anatolia received word of a new alliance about to be concluded between Germany and Turkey.
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Saloniki
Marzifous
Anatolia
Germany
Turkey
Legion Favors Military Training Plan Proposed by Senate
Washington Jan 16 Four months military training for all boys aged 18 to 20 was urged on the house military committee by Thomas W Miller of Delaware chairman of the American Legion national legislative committee.
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Washington
Senate
House Military Committee
Thomas W. Miller
Delaware
National Legislative Committee of the American Legion
Holden Elected President of Two Western Railroads
Hale Holden, director of the general western region of the railroad administration, was elected president of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and the Colorado and Southern railroads, in Washington on January 16.
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Washington
Hale Holden
The
Railroad Administration
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Colorado & Southern
Blockaded Russia to get relief from allied exchange plan
The supreme council approved reciprocal exchanges to aid interior Russia with medicine clothing agricultural machinery in return for grain flax and other surplus goods. The plan preserves allied policy toward the Soviet government and extends relief through cooperative channels with neutral countries.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Russia
Washington
Premier Clemenceau withdraws from presidency race
Paris January 16 Premier Clemenceau formally withdraws from contest for the presidency via a letter to Leon Bourgeois. He states he withdraws his authority to offer candidacy and if a majority is obtained he will refuse the mandate.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Leon Bourgeois
Republic
Bennett's paper to retain name
Frank A. Munsey, who bought the New York Herald and the Evening Telegram, announces that the New York Herald name will remain. He cites world wide interest in the newspaper's future and says he has not yet fully familiarized himself with the Herald’s operations.
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New York
Frank A. Munsey
New York Herald
Evening Telegram Today
Herald
Tabor Calls Off His Confession in Virgo Case
Walter Tabor repudiated his Kalamazoo confession claiming he thought he spoke to an attorney for his mother Mrs Sarah H H Tabor. Joseph C G Virgo of South Bend Indiana was released after being held on murder then manslaughter charges. Mrs Tabor remains charged with complicity and faces trial later this month.
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Lawton, Mich
Sarah Hh.tabor
Walter Tabor
Kalamazoo
Maude ‘Tabor Virgo
Joseph CG. Virgo
South
Bend
Indiana
Nation Day Prohibition Takes Effect As Regulators Ready
Washington January 17 The nationwide prohibition by constitutional amendment becomes effective at midnight with the justice department and internal revenue ready to act. Secretary Glass approves regulations for agents. John Kramer says nearly 4,500 agents are prepared to enforce the amendment, including about 300 under state prohibition officers. The treasury has 2 million dollars for the operation through July 11. The regulations provide clear methods for applying the amendment and the Volstead act with no room for doubt.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Glass
John ¥. Kramer
Kramer
Wkrainer
Internal Revenue
Krame
Mar. Kramer
Treasury Department
Chicago Takes Change Quietly
John Barleycorn dies in Chicago as Prohibition deadline passes. Government agents guard the cemetery while few mourners attend the wake. Thieves steal $100,000 worth of liquor from freight cars as six auto bandits elude police.
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Pennsylvania
Prohibition Sparks Local Landmark Overhauls
Alderman Michael Kenna known as Hinky Dink may convert his saloon into a confectionery. Righeimers will become a drug store while former liquor spots shift to lunch rooms. Stillson's already serves coffee over the bar.
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Michael Kenna
Hinky Dink
Righeimer
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