Hearings Push for Meat Regulation Across Nation
Washington reports show growing support in Congress for federal control of the meat-packing industry. Producers and farmers urge legislation while consumer groups press for oversight, with testimony highlighting unity among farm bureaus and national leagues urging a packed meat bill before the House Agriculture Committee.
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Washington
D. C
Gilbert N. Haughen
Iowa
House Committee On Agriculture
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
A. A. Sykes
Ida Grove
A. L. Ames
Traver
Mr. Sykes
Mr. Ames
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers and Stockraisers
Jr. Kk. Howard
Clemens
Farm Bureau Federation
J. W. Coverdale
Ames
Meredith
Sykes
Messrs
Howard
Coverdale
American National Live Shock Association
C. M. O'Donel
Nebraska Improved Breeders and Feeders’ Association
Charles Graff
Bancroft
Nebr
National Consumers’ League
National Farmers’ Council
Consumers’ League
League of Women Voters
Chicago
Congress
Senate Committee On Agriculture
House Committee
Haugen
House
Gibt
Senate
Poland Celebrates Reunification With Sea at Puck Ceremony
In Warsaw on February 26, Polish forces marked Poland’s reunion with the Baltic at Puck near Danzig. General Haller led the expedition to reclaim the coast, thousands celebrated with Polish colors as Poland aims for a free port and a future navy. He cast a wedding ring into the sea symbolizing Poland’s wedlock to the sea. Plans for a Polish navy are under way.
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Puck
Putzig
Poland
Baltic
Danzig
League of Nations
New Republic
Prussia
Russia
Austria
Haller
France
Pilsudski
Seven Seas
Great Helium Plant Nears Operation in Texas
Fort Worth Texas March 18 a great helium plant nearing completion aims to supply the US government with non inflammable gas for military balloons. Machinery installation has begun and operation is expected by August 4 unless Congress withdraws support. Helium is extracted from natural gas by a secret process and the plant cost about 85 million dollars. The project, guarded by the military, began during World War I with arm and navy experiments conducted at Fort Worth and Petrolia Texas. A naval lieutenant commands the plant.
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Fort Worth
Tex
United States
Congress
Arm
Navy
Petrolia
Texas
Bogus Oath Denounced by K C National Chieftain
Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty of Philadelphia warns against circulating the bogus fourth degree oath of the Knights of Columbus. He says the oath is blasphemous and intended to inflame bigotry, urges press and public to reject it, and notes past DoJ action and prosecutions. The order stresses it is not oath-bound and seeks to combat religious strife.
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Knights of Columbus
James A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
K. of G
United States
Canada
Flaherty
Albany
Providence
New York
Department of Justice
Knight of Columbus
Nantucket Ends Harsh Winter After Icebound Isolation
Nantucket Mass March 18 isolated by 30 miles of ice and fuel shortages endured a severe winter. Influenza struck while the fishing fleet froze in harbor for two months. A coast guard cutter broke through the ice and towed a coal laden schooner to supply the island.
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Nantucket
Mass
Long Island Sound
Coast Guard
Centenary of First Passenger Railway Celebrated at Yarm
In Yarm on Trees near Darlington the centenary of the world’s first passenger railway was observed. Eight men formed the Stockton to Darlington line project in 1820 with George Stephenson as engineer. Construction took five years and the line opened September 27, 1825. Thirty descendants attended a celebratory dinner.
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Darlington
Eng
Yarmon Trees
Stockton
George Stephenson
No High Price of Meat Around Corner
Eskimo natives at Point Barrow report plentiful Arctic game this winter with numerous polar bears and whales seen in November. The text notes Catcher Gharrity and Pitchers Shaw and Davenport refusing to sign with Washington over salary offers, and Davenport recently traded from the Browns to the Senators.
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Nome
Alaska
Point Barrow
Gharrity
Shaw
Davenport
Washington
Browns
Senators
Maryland Battleship Set for Saturday Launch at Newport News
Washington dispatch reports Uncle Sam’s latest giant battleship the Maryland to be launched Saturday at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. The vessel, equal in size and armament to any modern warship, measures over 600 feet long 97 feet wide with a 30 foot draft and 32000 tons displacement. Mrs. B. B. Lee will christen the ship in a ceremony attended by naval officers and Maryland officials.
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Washington, D. C
Uncle Sam
Maryland
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Navy Department
B. B. Lee
Lee
United States
Blair Lee
City News In Brief From Cheyenne And Nearby Towns
In Cheyenne and surrounding towns many visitors and residents are listed. Names include M. G. Richmond and G. H. Gamble of Gillette, Joe Davis of Cody, C. A. Buschow from Pine Bluffs, and others from Torrington Douglas Laramie and Wheatland. Notable mentions: navy plans for eight 46 inch rifles and future battley ships. Several hotels host guests such as Miss Della Michelson and Mr. and Mrs. Don Stewart with others from Chugwater and Burns. Kenneth Kemmerer Jireh college leader Dwyer and Underwood arrive on business.
Charcoal Fumes Kill UP Station Agent in Wyoming
In Green River Wyoming March 18 Frank Switzer a Union Pacific station agent was overcome by fumes from a charcoal stove in the refrigerator room of the freight house and died. He had served ten years and is survived by a widow and several children. In Grass Valley California March 18 fox farming near Lake Tahoe proves costly as two of three pair of silver gray foxes escaped and a trapper killed one. the others remain at large. The foxes cost $3000 per pair and pelts are valued between $600 and $1200.
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Green River
Wyo
Frank Switzer
Union Pacific
Grass Valley
Cal
Lake Tahoe
Sierras
British Columbia
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