Famous Players Lasky accused of monopoly by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission charged the Famous Players Lasky Corporation and eleven others with unfair competition under the Clayton act. It alleges the firm has consolidated control of the motion picture industry, chain ownership of theaters and distributors, and excludes independent productions from major New York theaters. It notes 67 cents of every dollar spent by moviegoers goes to Paramount labeled films.
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Washington
Famous Players- Lasky Corporation
United States
Canada
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Paramount
Paramount- Artcraft Pictures
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
New York
Pluayers-Lasky Corporation
New York Theater
Criterion
New York City
Putnam
Charles Frohman, Incorporated
Empire Theater
Lyceum Theater
Paramount-Artcraft Pictures
Two Auto Racers Killed at Pike's Peak Trials
W A Coleman assistant sales manager of a Denver based auto firm was killed and Harry Majors of Colorado Springs injured during speed trials on the Pike's Peak road near Colorado Springs. Coleman and Majors were well known in racing circles. Coleman won last year’s Denver Times road race from Denver to Pueblo.
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Coleman
Majors
Pike’s Peak
Denver
W. A. Coleman
Harry Majors
Colorado Springs
Denver Times
Pueblo
Sulzer Firm Wins $5,000,000 Submarine Diesel Contract
The Swiss engineering firm Sulzer of Interlaken Geneva has received a U S government order for 5 million dollars worth of Diesel motors for submarines. Earlier a second order of 1.25 million pounds was secured from Japan. Sulzer specializes in large Diesel submarine motors.
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U. S
Geneva
Sulzer
Interthur
Shipping Board Patronage Row Shrinks Payroll Ties
Washington reports a major clash as 621 Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation employees face possible removal from payrolls by October 1. Their dismissal follows orders from R H Montgomery with Senators pressing for detailed salary data, while four of six high earners, including Vice Presidents Love Small Frye and Director Farley, face scrutiny. The claims board has adjourned as legality questions linger.
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Washington
Lasker
Shipping Board
Chicago
Emergency Fleet Corporation
R. H. Montgomery
Congress
Mr. Lasker
Fleet Corporation
Love, Small and Frye
Sales Farley
Claims Board
Meals
Shipping Ard
Bolling
Washington News Roundup Signals Mixed Disarmament Hopes
President Harding urged progress toward disarmament while predicting burdens will be eased. West Virginia coal strike tensions prompt federal troops discussion. Senate Finance Committee suspends Fordney tariff hearings after many objections. Tear gas stockpiled for potential miners action. Henry Ford may visit Washington on Muscle Shoals nitrate plant talks. Famous Players-Lasky cited by FTC over alleged antitrust violations. details to follow. Berlin peace treaty sent to Senate for September reassembly.
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West Virginia
H. H. Bandholtz
Senate Finance Committee
House
Henry Ford
Washington
Weeks
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Federal Trade Commission
Germany
Berlin
Senate
Congress
White Ho
Senate Finance Committee Advances Tax Bill Revision Form
Senate Finance Committee moves toward a complete revision of existing revenue laws restoring a unified bill. Treasury experts favor a full revamp while Ways and Means preferred amendments to the current law. The panel began section by section review with 14 of 89 pages covered amid debates on personal service corporations and gifts bequests.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Senate Committee
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Penrose
Finance Committee
Thomas S. Adams
Treasury Department
House Committee
Supreme Court
Smoot
Utah
Smoct
Whisky Warehouse Raid by 40 Armed Bootleggers
Forty bootleggers with an auto fleet raided Mildred Pennsylvania government liquor warehouses stealing about 50 barrels of whisky. They forced a rear entrance and moved the loot through 500 yards of woodland to awaiting automobiles.
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Mildred
French medalist Amie Mouroux to sculpt Harding portrait
Mme Amie Mouroux, the first woman to win Paris’s Prix de Rome, is creating a medal of President Harding for the French government. She is recognized as a prominent French medalist in this historic commission.
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Mme. Amie Mouroux
Paris
Harding
President orders miners to return home in West Virginia
President Harding through the War Department orders the Mingo marchers to return to their homes. Secretary of War Weeks directs Major General Bandholtz to enforce the proclamation, with federal troops possible if the strikers do not comply. Troops ready at Camp Sherman and Camp Dix to deploy.
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Harding
War Department
White House
H. H. Bandholtz
Mingo
Department
West Virginia
Bandholtz
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Min- Zo County
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McCorckle
Young
War Weeks
Wainwright
Harbord
World News in Brief Condensed Form
New York grand jury calls motor car thefts a crying shame and urges stiffer penalties. Langdon ND reports 75 I W arrested on arrival and sent out of town. Lima OH lacks gas after natural gas company franchise expired and rates refused. Berlin notes death of Field Marshal Von Buelow, ex German commander. Albany NY Court of Appeals nixes state soldiers bond issue law. Belfast riot toll rises to 14 as military cordons remain. Mexico City Supreme Court blocks retroactive oil refiners clause in ART XXVII B. Budapest treaty of peace with the United States and Hungary signed. Chicago reports Uncle Joe Cannon will retire from Congress next year.
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Langdon
N. D
Laltimoore
Lima
Lima Natural Gas Company
Berlin
von Buelow
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Belfast
Mexico City
Mexican Supreme Court
Texas Company
Budapest
United States
Hungary
Bunkfy
Grant Smith
Chicago
Joe” Cannon
Congress
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warns on Genuine Packaging
An advertisement warns that genuine Aspirin bears the Bayer name on packaging or tablets and has been proven safe for twenty one years. It urges using Bayer labeled pills for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache and pain. Pricing noted for small twelve tablet tins and larger drugstore packs.
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Bayer
Women need Swamp Root for kidney and bladder trouble
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder issues often misattributed to other causes. Pain in the back headaches and nervousness can signal kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root is advertised as a remedy available at drug stores with a sample offer by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Babylonian Writing on the Wall Sparks Nebuchadnezzar Reference
A snippet quotes the London Athenaeum and the Boston Transcript as mentioning a wall inscription that drew Nebuchadnezzar's interest. It contrasts this with a modern admonition not to keep off the grass.
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London Athenaeum
Nebuchadnezzar
Boston Transcript
When a Man's Married
A humorous quip exchanges between Flub and Dubb about marriage as a life change. They joke that a man is incomplete until he marries and that marriage completes him in a tongue in cheek banter.
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Dubb
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