Organization of Farm Cooperatives Forming State Unions
The Organization of the Co-Operative Farmer-Borrowers of the United States advances toward a national body. Local associations will form into state unions with conventions once 10 unions are founded. this follows a suit challenging the federal act and aims to coordinate farm loan groups nationwide.
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Co-Operative Farmer-Borrowers
United States
National Board of Farm Organizations
Washington
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
John F.crosby
Crosby
Russia
United States of American
Machinists Union of
San Francisco
Trunsine Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
House of Representatives
Siegel
New York
Southern California Naval Petroleum Reserve
Naval Department
Tidewater
American Railroad Association
Indictments in Chicago Yardmen Strike Face Jail Terms
Forty one leaders including John Granau and W L Bond indicted for conspiracy to violate the Lever Act by interfering with interstate coal and food shipments. Warrants issued. arrests to follow as federal authorities pursue the strike organizers who sparked a nationwide stoppage.
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Chicago
Alschuler
John Granau
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
W. L. Bond
United Enginemen’s Association
Granatu
Reading
Federal Railroad Labor Board
Jvoads
Dubor Board
Shipping Board Allows Water Carrier Rate Increases
The Shipping Board authorized water carriers to raise freight rates 20 to 40 percent and passenger charges 20 to 331/4 percent. Increases take effect by January 1 with one day’s notice. Rates vary by route including Great Lakes, New York to Caribbean regions, and coastal interchanges, with applies to related services and excess baggage.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Great Lakes
New York
Canal Zone
Suit for Receiver of Monroe Car Maker Filed in Indianapolis
William Small president of the William Small company files in superior court at Indianapolis a suit for the appointment of a receiver. He alleges the Monroe automobile maker is insolvent and in danger of liquidation.
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William Small Company
Monroe
Indianapolis
William Small
Municipal Theater Plan for Rio Opens Public Stage
Rio de Janeiro moves toward a municipal dramatic theater with a stock company. The project, already approved in two readings, aims to stage dramas by national authors using native talent for public benefit under city auspices.
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Rion de Janeiro
Tennessee Suffrage Certification Sent to Washington
Tennessee ratification of the federal suffrage amendment is mailed to Washington for formal proclamation. Opponents seek court action to block. Tennessee Supreme Court action and a Knoxv ille session loom as riders in the legal fight.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Washington
Colby
Roberts
Thompson
Lisden
Tennessee Supreme Court
American
Constitution League
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Lansden
Knoxville
State Department
Creditors of Ponzi to Get 50 Cents on Dollar
Boston August 25. A possible payout under 50 cents on the dollar was indicated for Ponzi creditors as official estimates of his liabilities rose to seven million dollars. Ponzi claimed assets near four million, while he cited loans of twenty thousand to Hanover Trust officials amid a stormy hearing with receivers.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota Daily Star
the Star
Herbert E. Gaston
Yargo Courier-News
Gaston
Nonpartisan League
Clara Gorgenson
Racine
Wis
Clumh
Coney Island
Earl Monger
Manhattan
Parkway Beach
Farmer's Union of
Missouri
Kansas
Alabama
Nebraska
Kansas City
Willam Hirth
Columbia
St. Paul Street Railway Corporation
Charles Ponzl
James M. Olmstead
Ponzi
New York
Socialist
Socialist Party
Committee of 48
Jwsus Gerber
Erwin B. Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Fort Leavenworth
Governors Island
Grasson
Bergdoll
John B. Floyd
Department of Justice
Ray Chapman
Cleveland
Chapman
Boston
Charles Ponzi
Seavcng
Ponzl
Robert G. Dodge
Poenzl
Iit
Daniel H. Coakley
Pougi
Ates
Penzil
Aomilionaire
Edward A. Thurston
Mr. Coakley
Henry Chintnieliski
William S. McNary
Hanover Trust Company
Gomplers Blames Bosses For Industry Shutdowns
Samuel Gomper s addressing the state federation of labor in Binghamton New York on August twenty fourth claimed shutdowns in industry are part of a political plot. He warned workers to resist employer coercion or choose to do their own work.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Samuel Gomipers
State Federation of Labor
U S Secret Service Man Deported From Mexico
Dr Paul Altendorf a U S secret service agent in Mexico during WWI arrived in Juarez under guard for deportation as a pernicious alien He claimed to have exposed a German operative linked to 1917 Atlantic coast explosions and multi million dollar property losses.
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Juarez
Paul Altendorf
Secret Service
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
Altendorf
Kingston Island
Black ‘Tom
Atlantic
Wisconsin Fares Not to Increase With Others
Milwaukee August 24 no passenger fare increase will take effect in Wisconsin on August 26 nor the 50 percent Pullman surcharge. Inter and intrastate fares remain three cents. Railroads contest state commission authority while notices also reach agents in surrounding states. Montana warns no intrastate increase with upcoming national hike. legal action could cap fares at three cents.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Rairoads
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tt Ds
Hinoix
Iowa
Minnesota
Michigan
Livingston
Montana
Northern Pacific
Palmer to Probe Coal Conspiracies Across Dealers
Attorney General Palmer directed United States attorneys to investigate alleged dealer conspiracies to raise coal prices. Federal agents reported repeated resales to inflate prices without direct profiteering. Prosecutions to follow if conspiracies are found. focus includes trade practices and wasteful devices used to lift consumer prices.
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Washington
Atg
Palmer
United States
American Authoress Detained in Constantinople
American authoress Mrs Maude Radford Warren arrived in Constantinople after eight weeks with Bolsheviks detaining her at Baku She traveled from Persia the day Bolsheviks seized Baku and was not imprisoned but kept under surveillance and denied a train to Batoum until her information on Bolshevik military movements was current.
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Constantinople
Maude Radford Warren
Baku
Montana Tax Levy Holds Steady and Grain Storage Rates Unchanged
Montana keeps the 1920 total tax levy at 4.975 mills with no bounty fund levy. Net levy sits at 2.975 mills, plus 1 mill for livestock, 1 mill for the sanitary board, and various small state bond and veterans' funds. The Grain Grading Commission declines to raise grain storage charges, keeping storage rates steady though handling costs rise to four cents per bushel. The Montana railroad commission debates a 20 percent rise in passenger and baggage rates, while a court question on regulatory authority lingers. Frank Woody outlines signage rules for political ads to ensure accountability and libel protection. Montana added one post office in the year, with 88 openings and 87 closings amid uneven crop years.
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Helena
Montana
Montana State Livestock Commission
Livestock Commission
Livestock Sanitary Board
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
Montana Railroad Commission
Western Passenger Association
Montana Board
State
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Soviet Russia
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American War Department
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Supreme Court of the United States
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