World events in brief form noting leaders and legal actions
Brig Gen Henry Reilly elected president of the Reserve Officers association in Washington. The federal wage commission charged American Tobacco and nine Chattanooga wholesalers with unfair resale price methods. Attorney General Daugherty announced merger talks to avoid blocking a Supreme Court appeal. U.S. pressed Romania on debt. Treasury reports show revenues exceeded expenditures by over 180 million. Mrs. Watson declined temporary senate successor. Boston holiday ended. Taccatcher strike impact. Supreme Court denies research validity of state statute. Four firemen died in Philadelphia factory blaze. Great Falls bank suspended with deposits of 1 202 010. Indianapolis jumper drowned after Interstate fair exhibition. Gen. Pershing expected Oct 10 for American Legion convention. Evacuations near Sales, Minnesota due to peat bog. Ford adds coke to employee supplies. sugar prices rise in Salt Lake City and San Francisco. Thomas Lawson reportedly well. United Mine Workers reaffirm wage demands through 1925. Thieves cracked Marvel Jewelers safe in Toledo. Prohibition agents jailed near Dinle City. Pribilof Islands sun take valued at 3.6 million. American Sentinels formed in Chicago to guide youth. World Series game between Yankees and Giants ends late. crowd protests ensue. Record crowd pays 119,036 total receipts.
International and Domestic News Tangles Across Global Scene
A broad May to September 1920 style digest reports Mrs. Felton as Georgia’s new U S senator replacing the late Watson, Austrian deputies pressing for League of Nations intervention over fascist tensions in Tyrol, a Norwegian shipowner wins a £6,000 prize from The Hague, Tokyo arrest links to Yokosuka fortifications, Teapot Dome oil flow reaching 20,000 barrels daily, Somerset miner Mike Hancher crowned big pay champ, J Frantz Jusserendech to resume duties in America, a grand Mussulman Caliphate conference planned for December in Bengal, Lenin’s Kremlin room cork lining for noise suppression, Louis Barthou named head of reparations, over 80 dead in Ontario Quebec forest fires, Constantine and Sophia in Palermo en route to America, Irish Free State amnesty for irregulars, Panama bans liquor over 4 percent for officials, Mme Lebaudy’s court intrigue and $10 million estate, Thrace awarded to Turks with Constantinople under dual control, fires wipe Ontario mining towns, German marks slip on London market, and a tragic triple-liner collision near Melgrade.
Pulaski corn show aims to draw crowds and boost agriculture
Pulaski plans a large corn show from October 10 to 13 as Iowa farm towns push events to boost markets. Nearby Polk county reports nearly 2,000 hunting licenses since July, and Grundy county farmers back a cooperative grist mill to beat coal costs.
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Pulaski
Polk County
Des Moines
Grundy County
Secon
Clinton
Center Junction
Ringgold County
Farm Bureau
Roy Craig
Deloit
Denison
C. G. Rice
Council Bluffs
Elkhart
Bud Bordhurst
Shenandoah
Wade
Monticello
Washington Highway
Iowa
Elm Grove
Oakaloosa
B. B. Fullman
Washington
Mustatine
Internal Revenue Collector's
Dubuque
Waterloo
Parsona Colices
Theta Gamma
Edward A. Altenbernd
Wilton Junction
Swift and Company
New Market School
Gerada Pritchard
Sioux City
Big Farm
Oskaloosa
S. Aldrick
E. B. Woodruff
Tom Haley
Snyder
Jas. McEnany
Waukon
Kendall
H. Rist
Sidney
Minnesota
South Dakota
Ohio
John Parleh
Towa
Palimpsest
State Historical Society of
Suwan Paxson
Manchester
U S Bars All Booze Vessels Worldwide Prohibition Ruling
The attorney general issued a sweeping ruling banning liquor on American ships worldwide and barring foreign ships with liquor from entering U S waters. Territorial limits include Porto Rico Philippines Hawaii Alaska and the Virgin Islands, with the Panama Canal Zone exempt. Enforcement faces international pushback and potential injunctions as courts test the decision.
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Washington
Daugherty
A. D. Lasker
The
Shipping Board
United States
Porto Rico
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Virgin Islands
Panama Canal Zone
United States Shipping Board
Elmer Schlesinger
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Fts
Congress
In Favor of Salaries for Legion Department Commanders
James J. Wicker Jr of the American Legion tour argues department commanders should be paid salaries. He urges securing capable leaders who devote full time to Legion work, growth, and welfare, and says the role is a man-size job demanding hard work and dedication. The issue, debated nationwide, may reach the national convention in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Wicker, Jr
American Legion
Europa
New York
Roosevelt
France
Wicker
Virginia
Legion
New Orleans
Heroic Rescue at Chicago Beach Hins Davenport Hoffmans
Former soldier J N Hoffman rushed into Lake Michigan at Ardmore Beach when a woman in a limousine swam beyond the sandbar and panicked. Fully clothed he towed her to shore as spectators cheered. The woman, who would not reveal her name, said she would have drowned without his rescue.
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J. N. Hoffman
Dia
Lake Michiigan
Ardmore Beach
Chicago
Hoffman
Impules
Ele
Standard Oil declares 200 percent stock dividend
The Standard Oil Company of New York announces a 200 percent stock dividend, increasing capital stock from 75 million to 225 million and reducing par value from 100 to 25 per share. A stockholders meeting is set for November 3 to vote. After the news, the stock trades at a new high of 506 on the curb market.
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New York
Oct
Standard Oil Company of
New Orleans Streets Renamed for Legion Convention
Downtown New Orleans will be illuminated by 28 000 electric lights for the American Legion national convention in October. Streets will be renamed for five days, a court of honor will mark each block for allied powers, and signs will display states and World War fighters. The American Legion avenue will feature banners, divisions’ insignia will hang between streets, and reunions near division banners are planned. Canal Street and main side streets will glow with red white and blue lights.
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New
Orleana
American Legion
Canal Street
Mator
Aviators land after 85 hour flight records
San Diego pilots John A. MacReady and Oakley Kelly broke all sustained flight records in a heavier-than-air craft by staying aloft at Rockwell field for 85 hours 18 minutes 80 seconds after a long overflight from their base in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Lients
John A. MacReady
Oakley Kelly
Rockwell Field
May Name U S Representative
Washington reports indicate the administration may urge the senate to appoint an American representative to the reparations commission. In Paris Vincent Astor is said to be separating from his wife who has left for a six month European tour the day before his arrival.
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U. S
Washington
Senate
White House
Vincent Astors
Paris
Vincent Astor
Avenue de Bois Boulogne
Mrs. Astor
Europe
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Henry Reilly
Reserve Omcers’ Association
Wade Commission
American Tobacco Company
Chattanooga
Tenn
Department of Justice
Federated Shop
Wilkerson
Rumania
State Department
Treasury
Thomas B. Watson
Thomson,Ga
Boston
William Bross Lloyd
Supreme Court
Swoboda & Sons
Joseph Dielitsky
Philadelphia
Commercial National Bank
Great Falls
Mont
A. Chandler
Indianapolis
Tennessee
John J. Tershing
Sales
Mian
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Salt Lake City
Utah
San Francisco
Thomas W. Lawson
Sade
Misa Mary Lawson
Somesville
United Mine Workers of America
Cleveland
Marvel & Kiowa
Toledo
Egergent
W. C. Waters
J.C. Crenstroy
Trouenibush
Dinle
Seniskins
Pribtlof Islands
Seattle
Wash
Harry Christoffers
United States Bureau of Asbertos
George J. Harding, Jr
Moffett
New York Yankees
Giants
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Baseball
Dali
Shire
W. H. Felton
Cartersville
Om” Watson
Georgia
Vienna
League of Nations
Tyrol
Richard M. Andrews
Tokyo
Yokosuka
Teapot Dome
United States Naval Reserve
Casper
Wyo
Mike Hancher
MacGregor Coal Company
Somerset, Pa
Somerset County
Lan Jules Jusserenrench
America
Gaya
Bengal
India
Allahabad
Nikolai Lenin
Kremlin
Moscow
Louis Barthou
Prewler
London Dispatch
Ontario
Quebec
Constantine
Greece
Sophia
Palermo
Irish Prea
Dublin
Porras
Panama
Mme., Lebaudy
Emperor of
Mudanii
Thrace
Constantinople
Toronto
London
Loskovats
Loskovatz
Hawkeye
State News
U.S
American
Yankee
Ameka
Amon Wicker, Jr
American Legion Tour
Lake Michigan
Standard Oil
New York Company
Orleans
Eanseighbert A
Michigan
Frank 5
M. Churi Gee Hastings
Michayes
Pharp
Robert
Dohnell
Tate Tate
Wilbale
Crane
Huls
Michigan’ Ave
Chicare
Garry
Hizalualve
St. Los
London Opinion
Bayer
Aiiesa
Golan
Ding
Alo
Bell
Hewitt
Jewett
Cupid
Snurine
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