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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1920
Page
3
A compact overview tracing legislative activities at the nation's capital and notable occurrences across regions. This summary sketches progress in governance and policy developments reflected in nationwide coverage.
Exports to Europe in May reached 382 million dollars while imports from Europe totaled 92 million. Vermont Republicans press for a special session on suffrage with Governor Clement in Washington. Coolidge discusses coal with ICC officials as Harding campaigns. Shipping board bids include 3 million for Leviathan liner and 0.8 million for DeKalb. Brotherhood bank charter approved in Cleveland. Harding delivers first phonograph campaign address. Mint announces 700 thousand ounces of silver. Ship board Chairman Benson vows to grow American merchant marine under Jones Act. Keystone rifle plant near Philadelphia closed after war. Surplus materials in six depots under control. Prohibition agents seize 85 thousand gallons in New England raids. Hudson county material teams strike settled with raises. Silk mills in New Bedford shut two weeks due to slack business.
United States consumers spend 3.71 billion annually on luxuries per Edith Strauss head of the Justice Department Women’s Activities Division. The report cites June price demand readjustments, shipping board moves to form three American dominated insurance syndicates, and notes on dairy training at Denton Texas, northwest crop optimism, coal rail issues, and rising use of grape juice affecting jelly prices.
General Chicago fares rose from 6 to 8 cents while measured telephone calls increased to 6 cents. American Woolen Company mills to shut indefinitely from July 10 after operating only three days weekly. City workers strike after salary cuts. Deserter James Hobbee admits torching five Boston hotels. Express car burglary on Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad nets $59726. Prohibition enforcement appeal urged by James Shevlin of New York.
George Duncan takes the British Open title at Deal finishing with 303. Herd is runner up at 305 and Jim Barnes places fourth with 308. Other results note doubles semis in Wimbledon and various boxing and tennis bouts across Britain and America.
In a public report Germany declares total state debt of 58 billion dollars. Irish Parliament met in secret in Dublin for two days approving courts and a land commission. Canada’s Premier Borden retires from public life in Ottawa. Sinn Fein takes over Ireland’s land revolution in Roscommon. Asian and Cuban and French leaders engage in conflicting events before a Paris return for Deschanel.
Firemen test two new motors at Moore's lake. guardsmen debated in Millville. highway link upgrades in Millville. Pitman camp grove to host Masonic lodge school. big catfish hauled in Millville. Grants for Chautauqua surplus to American Legion. Bridgeton armory idle. Gloucester City saloon shifts. town populations rise. Victory Temple dedication. many local incidents and civic notes across Camden county.
The piece notes a booming expansion of organized first class camps across the United States and territories, with Bear Mountain in Palisades Interstate Park housing 2200 Scouts, plus 106 acre Birmingham scout reserve and Buffalo area sites planning hike cabins. It emphasizes year round use and self-built cabins by scouts.
Farmers may raise pigeons for meat in urban lofts or ground houses. A six by six foot space suits eight to ten breeding pairs, with hens and males sharing incubation. Squabs hatch in about 17 days and weigh roughly three quarters to a pound at four weeks.
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