World and national briefs echo Congress and markets
Timely history paragraphs cover football of policy and finance. Congress faces whether a soldier bonus passes. credit deflation could cut prices. ICC freight car deregulation may lower costs. State department pressures Bolsheviks. irrigation study in Imperial Valley. war ending resolutions advance in Congress.
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Federal Reserve Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Department
Soviet
Russia
Congress
Senate
Wilson
Imperial Valley
California
House
Germany
Toy market growth eyed in Mexico as producers push expansion
Nation notes that American toy manufacturers control Mexico’s year round market creating growth potential for the toy business. Atlantic Refining reports 2019 net profits per share of 177.42 on 35 million common shares. energy sector notes fuel conservation and policy actions impacting supply and demand.
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Mexico
Atlantic Refining Company
National Association of Manufacturers
Chicago
San Francisco
Fresno
Cal
Thossand
Haverhill
Mass
Julius Barnes
United States
Tennessee Battleship Tennessee Commission Date Set
The battleship Tennessee built at the Brooklyn navy yard will be commissioned June 3. It is an 82500 ton superdreadnought with a 16 inch main battery, the first among world navies to carry such guns.
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Tennessee
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic City
United States
Scranton
Madrid
Lafayette Beats Penn State In Close Tennis Match
Lafayette College defeated Penn State in a hard fought tennis bout. Harvard will enter varsity and second crews for the American Henley race on the Schuylkill on May 28 and 29. Football ticket prices rise to 88. Navy will send Frederick to Antwerp for eligible officers and naval reserves for the American Olympic team. Shannon to stay at shortstop. dead ball rule suspended in both leagues. Dempsey vs Fulton shows feisty claim. Tendler wins newspaper decision. Burke seeks big fees. Gibbons and Kane sail to England for matches.
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Lafayette College
Penn State
Harvard University
Schuylkill River
Princeton
Navy Department
C. B. Mayo
Frederick
Antwerp
Navy
Naval Reserve
Shannon
Washington
Heydler
National League
Johnson
Jack Dempsey
Fred Fulton
Bill Tate
TJ Fulton
Dempsey
Fred Can
Tate
Plasterer
Lew Tendler
Philadelphia
Pinkey Mitchell
Milwaukee
Martin Burke
New Orleans
Burke
Harry Littleton
Crescent City
Ton Gibbons
St. Paul
Edward Kane
England
Joe Beckett
Bombardier Wells
Scotland’s Local Option Act Takes Effect June First
The 1913 Local Option Act in Scotland becomes effective June 1 after three decades of agitation. Prohibitionists plan a strong electoral push with extensive publicity, aiming to rival the intensity of the American anti alcohol crusade. Government fish hatchery work at Lake Lokeles BC to rush eggs this season with 10 million egg capacity. Berlin correspondents say Spa conference may prove ineffective as Germany’s powers are not met, Separations Commission orders 200000 tons of ships to be built this year. Germany to attend Spa but may withdraw if talks merely echo commands. Reports say President Irloyenn may decree wheat export bans until Argentina flour prices fall.
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Scotland
United States
Lake Lokeles
British Columbia
Berlin
Germany
Separations Commission
Spa
Irlfoyen
Argentina
House Republicans back soldier relief in caucus vote
House Republicans in a party caucus endorsed enactment of soldier relief legislation backed by the American Legion after rejecting a motion to postpone. Treasury Secretary Houston urged funding from taxation rather than more borrowing to cover government needs citing railroads ships and debt levels.
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Washington
House
American Legion
Houston
Fordney
Treasury
Congress
Treasury Secretary
Burglars Raid Bowmen Building Storeroom of Prohibition Officer
Burglars broke into the Bow man building office of Prohibition Agent in Charge Conner and stole whisky valued at 500 dollars through a broken transom. Prohibition agents reported the loss when they reported for duty.
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Pittsburgh
Prohibition
Conner
Bowman
Bolshevists Seize Alexandropol Amid Armenian Action
Bolshevists take control of Alexandropol as Col. William Haskell reports. Armenians still hold Cushat and Karakis and fight Bolshevik forces. Tiflis remains quiet, and Georgians shell Batoum though British hold the port.
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Washington
Alexandropol
William Haskell
Armenia
Cushat
Karakis
Tiflis
Dar Batoum
Batoum
Twelve Die in Matewan Pistol Battle Between Detectives and Miners
In Matewan West Virginia a pitched street battle left twelve dead as Baldwin Felts detectives clashed with newly organized miners in Matewan near the Norfolk and Western station. Seven detectives were killed along with five miners and others were wounded. Governor Cornwell and Colonel Jackson Arnold rushed forces to the scene as union leaders warned of further unrest in the non union district adjoining Guyan Valley.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Muntrewan
Mingo County
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
Bluefield
Cabell Testerman
L. C. Felts
W-E-Felts
B. A. Powell
A. A.hooker
A. W. Ferguson
Jackson—Arnold
Department—of Public Safety
West Virgina
Matewans
Guyin Valley
District 17
United Mine Workers
Matewan
Baldwin-Felts
C. H. Workman
Matew
Senate vote preserves merchant marine tax exemptions
The senate kept in the house merchant marine bill to exempt net earnings of American owned ships in foreign trade from excess profits taxes if reinvested in new ships. A 10 percent stock dividend tax was added to the soldiers aid bill by the Ways and Means Committee, with the bill ordered favorably reported. Protests over passage of soldiers bonus grow. A McNary bill would prohibit sugar export. The Labor Department reports foodstuff prices rose sharply March 15 to April 15, the largest 30 day increase since 1915.
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Senate
Delaware
House
Champ Clark
Henry Wulff
Los Angeles
Democratic County Central Committee
San Francisco
Stephen C. Mason
Pittsburgh
National Association of Manufacturers
Board of
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
Polotsk
Lepel
Vitebsk
Cardinal Gibons
Catholic Women’s Benevolent Legion
David R. Francis
Russia
St. Louis
Soviet Russia
Senate Committee
Ways and Means Committee
McNary
Oregon
Secretary of the Treasury
Houston
Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
House Adopts Knox Resolution Amid Senate War End Hope
The US House voted 228 to 139 to adopt Senator Knox's resolution ending the war with Germany without altering the Senate text. Seventeen votes shy of a veto-proof margin came from Democrats and independents as Republicans pressed to compel President Wilson to act before June 5.
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Washington
House
Knox
Germany
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Keller
Minnesota
Kelley
Mr. Porter
Werton
Alabama Trucker Dumps Beans in Mobile Bay Over Low Price
A Mobile Bay incident mirrors the Boston Tea Party as a tracker from the eastern shore dumped a load of snap beans into the bay after local dealers offered 60 cents a bushel while market price neared a dollar more. He arrived aboard the steamer Magnolia seeking profit.
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Alabama
Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
Boost in Motor Car Prices Check on Manufacture Cost
Detroit dealers warn the price reduction drive will fail to curb costs. Executives say automobile and motor truck prices will rise by August 1 unless manufacturing costs are restrained. Plant backlogs and mounting orders are cited as factors behind the anticipated price hike.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Automobile
Ordera
U S Resumes War Control Over Roads
Interstate Commerce Commission grants sweeping rail control to relieve freight congestion. Railroads must route shipments by least congested lines and move 38 600 empty open top cars eastward within twenty days and thirty ty five hundred box cars westward within thirty days. Orders aim to restore equilibrium and normal traffic, amid calls to end wage disputes and resume operations.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Labor Board
Independent Liberian government formed announced
World dispatches report a new Liberian government being formed in Africa. In Chicago indepent delegations will dominate the Republican national convention opening June 1. Philadelphia sees Mrs Bergdoll fined after resisting a raid for her deserting son Grover. Paris reports Persia appealing to the League of Nations for protection against Bolshevik incursions. New York notes a bankers strike on prices causing securities liquidation. Madrid reports a large hunger demonstration by women and children outside the civil governor’s residence.
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Pekin
Chicago
Philadelphia
Emma EE. Bergdoll
Grover Bergdoll
Bergdoll
Paris
Persia
League of Nations
New York
Federal Reserve Board
Madrid
Spain
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