Brief items from Gable wire and wireless news
United States pressed Romania over a 41 million debt. Cotton crop yields 10,135,000 bales, down 440,000 in September. Public debt fell 230 million in September to 27.1 billion. Harding to name Will Hays to Near East relief duties. no aggressive moves in Asia Minor. Britain seeks return of 21,000 cargo liquor seized from Burma. New stamps honor Hayes and Roosevelt. Primaries boost GOP confidence in power in Congress. Erie Railroad track approval for 20.8 miles in New York. Ford ponders Southampton plant. Kardos blames unlisted securities for 3 million loss. Divorce suit by Frances Corbit in Chicago. AEA chief Todd predicts 200 million rail improvements. Pullman to build 240,000 wheel foundry. Pottery workers strike in Youngstown. Pillsbury chairs Minnesota campaign fund. WOR reports transatlantic radio tone heard in London. 700,000 tons of coal idle at Lake Erie ports. Security Trust named receiver for Republic Motor Truck.
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United States
Roumania
Department of Agriculture
Treasury
Harding
Will H. Hays
Near East Relief Organization
Asia Minor
State Department
Burma
Hayes
Roosevelt
Erie Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sparrow Bush
Lackawaxen
N. Y
Henry Ford
Southampton
England
Kardos
Europe
Frances Lowe Corbit
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Robert L—Todd
American Electric Association
Pullman & Co
Chiero
Youngstown
Ohio
Charles Pillsbury
Minneapolis
Anna Olesen
Minnesota
WOR
Newark
N. J
London
Lake Erie
Security Trust Company
Republic Motor Truck Company
United States Business and Industry Highlights in August
August brought record Ford production with 186 182 vehicles. Steel and coal sectors face wage talks and board refusals. Cotton yields revised down by 440 000 bales and August exports reach 272 808 bales worth 31 million. Income tax data show 7 million individuals and 203 233 corporations paid taxes, with New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois as top contributors.
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United Alloy Steel
Ford Motor Company
United States Hailroad Labor Board
United States
Pullman Company
Cleveland
Railroad Labor Board
New York
Pennsylvania
Illnois
Kentucky Futurity Winner Leads Lexington Trots
General Lee Worthy captured the Kentucky Futurity in Lexington amid a record-setting performance. The report notes high speed and strong timing as Worthy edged rivals in the race.
Russia forms universal military service amid world tensions
Russia imposes universal military training with eighteen year olds required to serve fifty two months except certain students. Greek royal family travels to Italy with King Constantine. King George bids farewell. League of Nations seeks a president for Palestine custody amid sectarian disputes. Washington Americans set new double play record surpassing 153. Cliff Brady suffers a broken leg in exhibition play. Harvard may add an eighteen hole course at Cambridge for golf. Philadelphia clubs drop to seventh as Boston climbs from cellar.
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Russia
England
France
Italy
Dardanelles
Paul
Constantine
Athens
George
Sophie
League of Nations
Palestine
Chicago Americans
New York Nationals
Washington Americans
Nationals
Cliff Brady
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis
Brady
Rochester International
Cambridge
Harvard
Philadelphia
Boston
Athletics
Phillies
Cincinnati Surges to Second in NL with Doubleheader Win
Foreign Cincinnati teams take a pair from Pittsburgh to rise to second place in the National League while Pirates drop to a tie for third with the St. Louis Cardinals. Leslie Nunamaker leaves Cleveland to manage Chattanooga in the Southern Association next year.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Leslie Nunamaker
Cleveland Indians
Chattanooga
Cleveland
Browns
Red Sox
Trish
Mudanla
Walter Rathenau
Berlin
George
Thrace
Juarez
Mustaha Kemal Pasha
Dardanelles
Turks Demand Immediate Occupation of Thrace at Mudania Talks
Amid a crisis at Mudania the Turkish Nationalists press for immediate entry into Eastern Thrace without Allied control. Ismet rejects the Allied protocol and warns the Turkish army cannot be restrained much longer while Hamid Bey appeals for a decisive Allied reply. France distances itself from responsibility as Britain, Italy, and the Angora government clash over next steps.
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Constantinople
Thrace
Italy
Mombellie
Hamid Bey
Angora
Harrington
Ismet
Mudanta
Associated Press
Seleing
Harington
Mombelli
Madania
Ruler Constantines Baggage Brought Ashore in Palermo
The baggage of former King Constantine was unloaded from the steamer Paris at Palermo and included 225 trunks and other packages. A safe held jewels and precious objects of the former King and Queen and £5000 in gold paid to him before leaving Greece.
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Palermo
Italy
Constantine
Paris
Greece
Amnesty Offer to Irish Rebels Stipulates Arm Surrender
The Free State Provisional Government offers amnesty to Irish insurgents on condition they lay down arms by October 15. The Dail Eireann has required members to swear allegiance to the King and rejected a labor amendment to pledge allegiance to the constitution.
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Free State
Dublin
Dail Eireann
Levi Mayer Will Leaves $8 Million Estate to Wife and Daughters
The Chicago lawyer Levi Mayer died leaving an $8,000,000 estate in trust. After specified bequests, trustees were to pay one half to the widow and divide the other half between his two daughters Mrs. Walter A. Hirsch and Mrs. Clarence A. Low, both of New York.
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Lee Worthy
Kentucky
Lexington
Boxing Commission
Harry Greb
United States
Peter G. Gerry
Warwick
Providence
R. I
Levi Mayer
Chicago
Walter A. Hirsch
Clarence H. Low
New York
William M. Creasy
Mineola
N. Y
Edith M. Lavoy
Freeport
Europe
Thomas B. McAdams
American Bankers’ Association
Montclair Golf Club
Rhode Island
Wiliam
Flynn
State House of Representatives
Smith W. Brookhart
Clyde L. Herring
Clarence A. Low
Treaty Revision Seen Vital to Europe’s Future
U S congressional delegation returning from Vienna urges revision of the Versailles settlement to preserve Europe. They cite Austria’s dire condition under the peace terms, stripped of coal and mineral lands, left with little resources and a two month annual output, and describe Austria as sentenced to political independence while seeking annexation for stability.
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Washington
Europe
Vienna
League of Nations
Geneva
United States
America
Austria
Versailles
Cazecho-Slovakia
World News in Condensed Form Headlines
Global coal shipments waver as British supplies decline. In Madania near Marmora a diplomatic effort aims to avert a Near East religious war. Philadelphia reports over 32 000 arrests for prohibition violations in nine months. A threefold Railroad Labor Board deadlock delays wage decisions for 400 000 maintenance of way workers. French troops fire on Turkish refugees leaving Smyrna as 200 000 Christians evacuate Asia Minor. Harding buys birthplace in Ohio. Henry Uterhart found guilty of murdering Edith Lavoy. appeal planned. Johnny Lewis to lead United Mine Workers again after nationwide strike victory.
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New York
Constantinople
Little Marmora
Madania
Near East
Philadelphia
James B. Cortelyou
Public Safety
J. Hampton Moore
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Athens
Smyrna
Mustapha Kemal
Asia Minor
Marion
Ohio
Harding Buys
Mineola
L. I
Henry Uterhart
William M. Creasy
Kentucky
Nassau County
Edith Lavoy
Cleveland
Johnny Lewis
United Mine Workers Ia
German Marks Craze Rocks Major Cities in America
The World estimates eleven U.S. cities bought 80 billion marks with $960 million paid. German language households spent $798 million while others spent $162 million. Calculations based on 1920 census data show about 12 million in America speak German at home, with total marks purchases in these cities about $84.2 million, within one percent of reported figures.
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New York
America
United States
Berlin
Germany
Georgia Woman Becomes First Female U S Senator Nominee
Mrs W H Felton of Cartersville Ga named by Guy T W Hardwick as Senator to succeed the late Thomas E Watson. Felton eighty seven and long a prominent Georgia political figure. office to be filled at November elections with a successor chosen at the polls.
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Atlanta
Georgia
United States Senate
W. H. Felton
Cartersville
Glr
Guy Thomas W. Hardwick
Thomas E. Watson
Felton
Refugees Evacuated From Smyrna to Aegean Islands
Relief workers help evacuate about 190000 Smyrna refugees to islands in the Aegean Sea and Gulf, with the Foreign Office noting the operation completed within hours of the Turkish timetable. American relief crews organized food and supplies for the evacuees.
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City
London
Smerna
Foreign Office
Aegean Sea
Gulf of Smyrne
Ford to Build in China Plans Training for Chinese Workers
Shanghai report says Henry Ford intends to establish a branch factory in China and begin immediate training of 100 Chinese for employment in manufacturing and assembling Ford cars. The probe was conducted over two years and kept secret.
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Auto Maker
Shanghai
Joseph Baille
Henry Ford
America
China
Ford
Fordecarg
Plan debt parley in Brussels December 1
The Brussels conference on Inter Allied debts and the German indemnity is tentatively set for December 1 with Europe-only talks. Premier Poincare favors a European meeting and a German indemnity cut to 40 to 50 million gold marks in exchange for canceling French debt to Britain. Sir Robert Horne may visit Washington to seek a U S Britain debt consolidation to ensure Brussels success.
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Paris
Brussels
America
Poincare
United States
Belgium
London
Great Britain
Washington
Robert Horne
Washington Latest Events and International Debates
United States presses Romania over a debt running into millions for postwar food aid. The British seek release of a $21,000 liquor cargo seized from the Buema and challenge recent seizures near the twelve mile limit. Romanian debt to the U.S. totals about $40,000,000. Cleveland reports coal operators formed an organization and oppose the panel plan for a Federal Fact Finding Committee. Army reserve officers urge stronger national defense support as Pershing advocates preparedness. Byrnes says a Democratic House would be a blessing, while Wood predicts similar sentiment. Will Hays named chairman of the Near East relief committee.
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United States
Romania
State Department
Buema
Marion Mosher
M. M. Gardner
Cleveland
White House
Congress
Pershing
Representative Byrnes
S. C
Representative Wood
Ind
Will H. Hays
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