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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1920
Page
2
Indiana Battleship Indiana to be tested by air attack in Chesapeake Bay
Navy plans atmospheric bomb tests on the aging battleship Indiana in Lower Chesapeake Bay this September to demonstrate air strike capabilities. Separate reports track coal rail movements, Nome Alaska flight progress, Ponzi assets, and card paper shortages affecting post cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Chesapeake Bay
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lake Erie
Northwest
Great Lakes
Car Service Section
Car Service
Nome
Alaska
Asia
War Department
Captain Street
New York
Mexico Plans Legal Steps to Secure Export Tax Payments
The Mexican government will pursue legal action to collect export taxes owed by petroleum companies, per an official statement from the Mexican embassy. Separately, Gates Thalheimer of New York wholesale Grocers notes a temporary sugar price dip with a forecast of higher prices in coming months due to banking credit restrictions. Sealskins from Pribilof Islands are projected to be worth 2 000 600, according to U S Bureau of Fisheries advisories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates Thalheimer
New York
Thalheimer
Pribilof Islands
Seattle
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Federal Reserve Banks
Todd Shipyards Corporation
United States
Dickinson
Bethlehem Motors Corporation
Allentown
Pottstown
Clinton BE. Woods
Was & Brothers
Brothers
Train Kills Driver at Unguarded Hammonton Crossing
John Mannold aged 25 died when an express train struck his car at an unguarded crossing near Hammonton New Jersey. His mother was killed at the same crossing ten years earlier the incident follows a family tragedy at the same site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammonton
New Jersey
John Mannold
Knit Goods Manufacturers of America
Ulley
William I. Frothingham
Glen Cove
George Hollen Tinkham
Massachusetts
Johnny Keefe Returns to Umpiring in Independent League
Veteran umpire Johnny Keefe declares that umpires need reform but returns to the field in an independent league. Frankie Britt and Billy Carney, two New England boxers, head to New York, while Meadows hosts a boxing upset as Clothier defeats Watson. The State Boxing Commission appoints Johnson as chairman and McGuire as Licensing Committee head. Laura Durbin sells for 1000 dollars and Mark Arie wins the American amateur trap title. Connecticut plans roller polo with Hartford awarded a franchise in the American League series starting September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Keefe
New England
New York
Frankie Britt
Billy Carney
Meadows Club
Southampton
William J. Clothier
Watson
Washburn
Stockholm
Laura Durbin
Flemington
N.J
Warminster
Cleveland
Connecticut
Hartford
Providence
R. I. Worcester
Salem
Lowell
New Bedford
Fall River
Mass
Bridgeport
Conn
International and Royal News From Across Continents
Preston McGoodwin sails for New York aboard the Caracas with Dr. Requena destined as Venezuela's conference delegate. The former German crown princess visits Doorn with two sons while two stay with her father. Lloyd George sends greetings to the American Knights of Columbus at Lucerne. Fires devastate Russian towns. 6500 houses and 150 lives lost in Vologda. Entente seized munitions and hydroairplanes worth 2,000,000 destroyed by Spree plant workers in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston McGoodwin
Venezuela
New York
Caracas
Dr. Requena
Wieringen
Doorn
David Lloyd George
Como
Knights of Columbus
Lucerne
Tidningen
Helsingford
Finland
Russia
Vologda
Entente Commission
Pintsche
Spree
Berlin
London Times
Bolsheviki Make Stand at Grodno in War News
Paris reports the Bolsheviki concentrate troops at Grodno with a large battle expected toward Brest Litovsk. France counseled Poland to secure the best strategic position before peace, allowing withdrawal once peace is signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Grodno
Foreign Ministry
Brest-Litovsk
France
Poland
East Prussia
East Prussian
Niemen River
Augustowo-Grodno Hne
Karl ‘von Clause
Witz
Warsaw
Russia
Mlawa
Clechanow
Higher Wages Denied in Rochester Clothing Trade
William N. Lesser son, impartial chairman of the Rochester market, denied workers in Rochester factories represented in the clothiers' exchange an increase citing acute industry mood. He added that if conditions improve he would reopen the arbitration proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Clothiers’ Exchange
William N. Lesserson
Murdered girl weds Italian youth in Manhattan marriage bureau
Florence H. Hermann, once believed slain in New Jersey, wed Nicola Rintrona after a mistaken identification. The pair appeared at the Marriage License Bureau in the Municipal Building, Manhattan, and waited an hour as officials and police untangled the confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palisades
Florence H. Hermann
New Jersey
Nicola Rintrona
Manhattan
Predict Big Drop in Price of Coal
Washington officials forecast a tumble in coal prices as part of a broader campaign against profiteers. With rising production a market drop is anticipated, following Baltimore price declines and new federal investigations into intertrade resales. Transportation improvements and better distribution buoy consumer prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Seaboard
Atlantic Coast
Department
United States
Philadelphia
H. 8. Mitchell
Mitchell
Federal Reserve Board
German Socialists return from Russia wary and divided
Berlin reports the Independent Socialists return from Russia disillusioned with Bolshevism and divided, with one member calling Moscow fragile though the end remains unclear. Paris rumors claim a remarriage for Duchesse de Chauines, formerly Theodora Shonts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Russia
Moscow
Paris
Duchesse de Chauines
Theodora Shonts
New York
Duke de Creusol
Europe
Reds
Poland
Lloyd George-Giolitti
France
Germany
Buenos
Prohibition Probe Sees Alleged NY Liquor Ring Ties
Washington reports a tight nexus between New York and federal agents in enforcing the liquor ban. Commissioner Kramer says eight to ten men are chasing leads while callers accuse officials of collusion and graft. Behring Sea seal catch valued at 2.66 million dollars noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Whisky Ring
New York
Prohibition
Kramer
New York City
Congress
R. O'Connor
Federal Prohibition
Federal Bureau of Permits and Licenses
Mqnor
O’connor
New York State
New York—district
Waa
I T
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Pioneer paper maker Frederick A. Thompson dies at 92
Frederick A. Thompson, former president of Crane Paper Company in Westfield Massachusetts, died at age ninety two. One of the oldest paper makers in the region, he began in the trade at thirteen and was noted for pioneering all linen paper and innovations in paper manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane Co
Frederick A. Thompson
Crane Paper Company
Westfield
Mass
Women win eviction case in first Ohio all female jury
Akron Ohio reports a historic verdict as a twelve woman jury delivers a defendant verdict in an eviction case. The all female jury marks an inaugural moment for Ohio courts and one of the rare instances of a women juror panel being impaneled in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Akron
A. F. O’nell
Ohile
Ratification of Suffrage Becomes Nineteenth Amendment
Washington report on Secretary Colby signing the proclamation making the Susan B. Anthony woman suffrage resolution the nineteenth amendment. The simple ministerial act followed Tennessee ratification and drew reactions from suffragists and militants who expected ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
State Department
Colby
Fred KK. Neilson
Ifi
National Woman's Party
Suffrage Workers
Washington News Highlights Higher Living Costs and Naval Plans
The latest federal figures show a rising cost of living in the United States from December 1912 to June this year across staple foods and clothing. Navy plans a monster Zeppelin in Bedford England costing about 1 750 000 and 560 feet long. Hog Island shipyard bidders must place a 1 000 000 deposit upon offer acceptance. Typhus cases prompt U S health authorities to set up examination stations at Danzig Bremen Bordeaux Marseilles Barcelona Lisbon Naples Salonika and Copenhagen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bis Country
Bedford
England
Navy
Benson
The
Shipping Board
Hog Island
America
New York
Danzig
Bremen
Bordeaux
Marseilles
Barcélona
Lisbon
Naples
Salonika
Copenhacen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Guy Briggs
Bound Brook
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
Hanover Street
Hitz
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Post Office Department
Kansas
Assarla
Henry Sullivan
English Channel
Nation’s Business
Brest- Litovsk
Trotzky
Prussia
Tuchatschewski
Napoleon
Leon Trotzky
Marine
Prince Bibescu
Prince Antoine Bibesco
Roumania
Elizabeth Asquith
Herbert H. Asquith
World News
N.Y
Bureau
Pribolof Islands
Behring Sea Seal Islands
Pioneer Paper Maker
Women Save Home
F.H. Parker
F. H. Parker
Penthese Island
Carey
Massachusetts Board of Health
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