Progress of Coal Policy and War Debt Debates
National scope items cover broad powers for the Interstate Commerce Commission to control coal prices, Senate actions on the Winslow coal commission, and talks on draft bills and profiteering. Treasury Secretary Mellon notes Britain’s war debt relation, while various congressional moves address taxation, prohibition, and presidential coal plans.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Cummins
Iowa
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
United States
House
Winslow
Senate
McCumber
N. D
Coal Commission
White House
Congress
Hill
Maryland
Haynes
Senate crisis spurs push for government control of mines
Mediation failure in railroad and anthracite coal strikes jolts administration. Senators Calder Lenroot Walsh urge government operation of mines and railroads, with calls for disinterested coal industry oversight. Bethlehem Lackawanna announce 20 percent wage increases effective September 1 as policy debates continue.
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Senate
Calder
New York
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Congress
Walsh
Massachuetts
Bethlehem and Lackawanna Steel
Department of Commerce
Europe
Harding
Federal Coal Commission
House
Nail chiefs and unions face slim hope amid strikes
Striking Lehigh Valley railway shopmen head union leaders in a continuing conference as eighteen lines of talks proceed. The widowed Mrs. Carmel sues shop foremen for 50000 over the Sayre street slaying of Normal Carmel. Ford plant layoffs hit 3000 workers due to coal shortages in Detroit. Coal prices rise 1250 a ton in Central Illinois. Fordney to oppose free foreign trade zones. New Jersey insurance chief says fire policies void on buildings with n e i t stil ls. Miners in nonunion West Virginia gain from 468 to 718 a day as Fuel Distribution Committee reports. Beale and Winding Gulf fields moving toward signings amid broader field reviews. Hard coal arbitration remains unsettled with many predicting limited chances of a near return to work for 155800 diggers since April 1. A Sproul bill would pay 1000000 for a permanent cure to five diseases, tuberculosis, pneumonia, cancer, epilepsy and dementia praecox.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Normal Carmel
Sayre
Carmel
Ford Tractor Plant
Detroit
Illinois
Fordney
William E. Tuttle
Banking and Insurance Commissioner
New Jersey
West Virginia
Federal
New River
Sproul
Republican
Grinnell Tabs A H Edwards as New Football Coach
Sporting notes include A H Edwards named football coach of Grinnell College to replace Bud Saunders who resigned. Other items mention Miss Martha Bayard reaching the Longwood tennis final by defeating Leslie Bancroft, and boxing plans with Jack Dempsey seeking 500000 for a bout with Harry Wills, plus details on Kearns and Dempsey.
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A. H. Ewards
Notre Dame University
Grinnell College
Bud” Saunders
Martha Bayard
Short Hills
N. J
Leslie Bancroft
Boston
Longwood
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
Jack Kearns
Jackson
Chestnut Hills
Mass
Gerald L. ‘Patterson
O’hara Wood
John Hennessey
Walter Wesbrook
Johnny Dundee
Benny Leonard
Walter Hagen
Abe Mitchell
Westchester-Biltmore
Williams
Washburn
Walter Hammond
Pittfield
American Association
Kansas City
Hammond
Panic on Berlin Bourse Triggers Global Market Slide
News digest reports a massive stock plunge in Berlin with foreign panic spreading. Guatemala overthrown by Unionists as President flees. Budapest hotel strike spreads amid tipped gratuity demands. Seventeen alleged communists face charges in Michigan. Ireland eyes new leaders Mulcahy and Cosgrave. National Railways of Mexico posts a large deficit. France reports iron output rise of 1.8 percent. Li Yuan Hung offers resignation to Sun Yat Sen. References to Naples mutiny on ship Philadelphia and League of Nations delegation shifts in Belgium. Austria and Germany discuss stabilization talks as Chancellor Seipel arrives in Berlin.
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Budapest
Michigan
State of Tamaulipas
Mexico
Richard Mulcahy
William T. Co
Philadelphia
Naples
Louis de Brouckere
League of Nations
Seipel
Austria
Berlin
Wirth
Ebert
Plans to Seize Roads and Mines in National Emergency
Washington discusses a national emergency to seize and operate anthracite mines and select railroads failing to handle traffic. President Harding, Attorney General Daugherty, and Senator Cummins eyed legislation if coal operators and miners fail to reach a voluntary settlement. Separate actions would target lines unable to maintain adequate service.
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Washington
Senate
Harding
Daugherty
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Committee
White House
Senator Cummins
Dollar Slump in Berlin as Reparations Deadlock Deepens
The German mark fell sharply to 2000 to the dollar amid stalled talks between Sir John Bradbury and M. Mauclere on Germanys financial obligations. The widening deadlock spooked foreign exchange markets and increased pressure on Berlin.
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Berlin
Sir John Bradbury
Reparations Commission
M. Mauclere
Allied Committee On Guaranties
Germany
State Soft Coal Prices Set by Fuel Commission
The Pennsylvania Fuel Commission fixed soft coal prices at 3.75 and 4.50 per ton for bituminous-region mines. The lower rate applies to thick vein District No 2 while the higher rate covers thin vein District No 1, reflecting regional production costs.
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Fuel Commission
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Fuel Commission
Move Made in Senate to Take Over Mines
Washington. A resolution to authorize the President to take over and operate the coal mines of the country was introduced in the Senate by Senator Walsh of Massachusetts. The measure, with a $1,000,000 appropriation, was referred to the Interstate Commerce Committee amid a heated debate on the coal crisis and fuel famine concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Walsh
Massachusetts
Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Calder
New York
Cummins
Iowa
Nelson
Minnesota
Lemoor
Wisconsin
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Fuel Distribution Committee
United States
Senate tackles mine seizure and coal crisis action
A sweeping senate resolution urges seizure of mines as the coal situation stirs Congress while Hoover defends the crisis as past. Labor, prohibition and foreign relief debates erupt with attempts to oust Volstead from committee, strikebreakers powers, and federal coal probes amid stalled actions and looming veto battles.
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Senate
Congress
Hoover
Banus
Underwood
Wadsworth
Harding
Tinkham
Volstead
Mellon
United States
House
Winslow
Secretary of War
Weeks
Organized Labor
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kellogg
A. F. of L
Railroad Brotherhoods
Prohibition
Haynes
Representative Hill
Maryland
House Passes Coal Probe Bill Despite Miner Representation Clash
The U S House approved the coal industry fact finding bill 219 to 55, with amendments reducing commission size and funding. Proposals to include miners and operators on the commission failed, while Walker Bankhead and Moore measures trimmed costs and salaries. The bill now goes to the Senate as a key clash with President Harding over representation continues.
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Washington
House
Bland
Indiana
Denison
Illinois
Commission
Bankhead
Alabama
Moore
Virginia
Winslow
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Rules Committee
Harding
Congress
Garrett
Tennessee
House Rules Committee
Zelaya Returns as Guatemala Provisional President Named
Unionists in Guatemala overthrow President Orellana and force his flee to another country. Dispatch from Universal Grafico reporter in Tapachula reports Zelaya named provisional president in Guatemala City as the situation unfolds.
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Orellana
Mexico City
Guatemala
Universal Graffco
Tapachula
Chiapas
Guatemala City
Julio Ernesto Zelaya
Mail Robbers Guilty In Broadway Warrant Loot
Gerald Chapman and George Anderson were found guilty by a federal jury of looting a mail wagon on Broadway last October. Judge Holmes sentenced each to 25 years in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. Both men showed no reaction as the sentence was read.
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New York
Gerald Chapman
George Anderson
Broadway
Holmes
Atlanta
Bonus Bill Dead for This Session
Washington reports the presidential veto of the Bonus bill ends its push in this session of Congress. Republican leaders say they are short of enough votes to sustain a veto or enactment despite the President's disapproval. McCumber faction notes no White House change and reiterates support only if revenue methods meet payments.
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Washington
Congress
Harding
Senate
Borah-Underwood
McCumber
White House
World News Briefs From Across The Atlantic Networks
Reports from Batum Philadelphia London and Vienna outline bandit robbery of 30000 pounds from an American relief chief in transit and a lynching death in Atlantic City. London hosts talks on Irish crisis as Lloyd George invited to New Orleans Legion meet. Pittsburgh notes a 20 percent wage rise for unskilled workers spreading to Midvale and Youngstown firms.
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Batum
American Relief Organization
America
Atlantic City
Jasper Bryant
Walter
Bryant
Philadelphia
London
American Legion
Lloyd George
Legion
New Orleans
Berlin
Germany
Austria
Vienna
Michael Collins
New York
Europe
Indiana
Hatnois
Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
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New York Reserve Bank
American Telephone
State Department
New Miami
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Charles Evans Hughes
U. S
Brazil Exposition
George B. Terrell
Texas
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Lawrence
Mooseheart
Moose Home
Nation’s Business
G. W.,w. Hanger
Charming
D, A, CR
W. W. Tranger
District of Columbia
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Zelaya
Sheik UL Islam
Mohammedan Church
Sheik Ul Islam Haidary
Zado
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