MARKET MANIPULATOR IN THE SADDLE
A Walnut Street produce dealer urges the grand jury to probe egg price manipulation by the Produce Exchange. He claims a few men set daily prices via store canvasses and telephone orders, benefiting private interests and raising costs for Ohio Valley consumers. calls for abolition and public price publishing.
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Grand Jury
Chamber of Commerce
Walnut Street
Ohio Valley
Cincinnati
United States
Produce Exchange
Ie Chamber of Commerce
Exchange
Moth erman Law seeks alimony and damages in husband alienation suit
Mrs Helen Diehl Murray files for alimony and custody against Victor Eugene Murray secretary treasurer of Murray Auto Parts and for $50 000 damages against his mother Anna E Murray widow of Samuel J Murray former US secretary. She accuses her mother in law of supplying money aiding his affair and organizing trips and entertainment for other women.
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Victor Eugene Murray
Murray Auto Parts Manufacturing Company
Carr Street
Anna E. Murray
Samuel J. Murray
United States
Playing
Helen Diehl Murray
Verona Building
Cross Lane
Park Avenue
Common Pleas Court
New York
Victor Murray
Murray
Helen Diehl
Thomas B. Diehl
Hawker Lost in Atlantic Mystery Delays Transatlantic Plan
Reports indicate Hawker and navigator Grieve are unaccounted for as fog and rain hinder search operations off Ireland. Raynham in St Johns plans a fresh race attempt with Martinsyde, while NC-4 readies for Lisbon as the transatlantic leg resumes.
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Charles W. F. Morgan
Raynham
Morgan
North Atlantic
Hawker
Signal Hill
Wilson signals plan to return railroads to private control
President Wilson told Congress that railroads would be returned to private operation by year end and urged legislation to permit wine and beer until prohibition becomes effective. The message drew mixed reactions from leaders across parties with Prohibition advocates wary of repeal amid wartime limits.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Lodge
Martin
Senate
Paris
Randall
California
Clark
Esch
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Jones
Smoot
Utah
Finance Committee
Cummins
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Two Parties To Use Congress as Key to 1920
Washington, May 20 Congress is again in session with Republicans and Democrats preparing for 1920. The piece outlines how tariff, taxes, railroads and postwar expenses will keep the House busy while the Senate debates the peace treaty and League of Nations. It notes hopes for reservations and interpretations to shape American policy and cautions on achieving a treaty amendment.
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New York Evening Post, Inc
Washington
Champ Calrb
Oscar Underwood
League of Nations
Taft
Wilson
House
Senate
Paris
United States
America
Europe
American Congress
Couse
League
American Senate
Wilson's Bid to Lift Beer and Wine Ban Faces Resistance
The Associated Press reports President Wilson urges lifting wartime prohibitions on beer and wines and proposes a broad labor program and infant industry protection. Congress moves to act on suffrage, rail and utilities returns, and ongoing probes while leaders anticipate swift debate on the presidential program.
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Wilson
Weather forecast and temperature readings across states
Ohio shows fair Wednesday with showers in the northeast and warmer Thursday. Indiana and Kentucky expect fair weather Wednesday and Thursday with rising temperatures. West Virginia partly cloudy Wednesday and warmer Thursday. Temperature readings for stations including Boston Kansas City New York Omaha Galveston Denver Nashville Portland Memphis San Francisco Cincinnati with highs in the 60s and 70s and scattered precipitation. May 20 1919 Cincinnati regional record notes highs and lows with cloudy conditions and rainfall amounts.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Boston
Seie
Kansas City
Newerty
Omaha
Galveston
Denver
Nashville
Portland
Memphis
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Navy Seaplane Flight Fails Due to Bad Weather
May 20. Commander John H Towers says exceptionally bad weather caused all three American navy seaplanes to fail to fly from Trepassey Newfoundland to Ponta del Gada on schedule. His NC 3 flagship led the voyage with a crew that endured severe buffeting during the attempted flight.
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Ponta Delgada
Associated Press
Albert C. Read
Lisbon
Plymouth
Trepassey
Newfoundland
Ponta del ‘Gada
John H. Towers
NC-3
Pullman Shops in Ludlow Razed by Major Fire
Fire destroyed the Pullman car shops half a mile south of Ludlow on the Southern Railroad. Loss placed at 400000 dollars as water supplies from Lagoon and railroad sources proved inadequate. Nightwatchmen Frank Taylor and James Yound raised the alarm and the blaze spread from the blacksmith shop to the paint shop, drawing hundreds of spectators as whistles cried out.
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Pullman
Ludlow
Southern Railroad
Frank Taylor
James Yound
Wilson Urges End of War Time Prohibition for Wine and Beer
President Wilson proposes repeal of war time prohibition as it applies to wines and beers while calling for private ownership of railways and telegraph lines. He urges labor reform, tariff caution, and immediate action on woman suffrage, with limited tax readjustments and no broad tariff overhaul. The message signals a shift in postwar policy priorities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Extra
Congress
Senate
House
Russia
Green
House Merchant Marine Committee
Shipping Board and
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Welty
Ohio
Gillett
Committee On Committees
Secretary of Agriculture
Lane
Breweries Ready to Meet Demand If Prohibition Eases
Kentucky breweries like Bavarian and Covington plan to resume production at once if beer and light wines are permitted. They hold stock through July 1 before nationwide dry law takes full effect, and may expand staff to meet expected Cincinnati demand. Wet Republicans back President Wilson’s stance. Cincinnati and Ohio gloom persists as May 7 brings full prohibition. Covington and Newport licensing ended.
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Cincinnati
Congress
Kentucky
Bavarian
Covington
Wilson
Ohio
Newport
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