Meredith Talks to the Bankers on Tax Cuts and Farm Prices
Washington, Oct. 20. Secretary of Agriculture Meredith warns that shrinkage in farina values will leave American farmers $2.5 billion worse off than 1910 prices, urging bankers to provide liberal credit and support co op enterprises. Hawes of the bankers association calls for federal tax reductions and rail trust reforms to ease agricultural and industrial unrest while stressing responsible leadership on boards.
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Washington
Meredith
American Bankers’ Association
Bankers of America
Mr. Meredith
Indict Armour and Co in New York profit acts case
A federal indictment charging Armour and Co. of Chicago and several company officers with profiteering under the Lever Act was returned in New York. The 127 count indictment accuses the firm of inflated profits in wartime price controls.
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New York
Armour & Co
Chicago Packers
Fifty Injured in London Demonstration at Downing Street
A London crowd of about a thousand unemployed demonstrated near Downing Street. Stones from the treasury window injured several, a parapet collapsed, and mounted police were deployed. Fifty were injured, including two policemen and a woman, with twenty sent to hospitals. A red flag shown by Tottenham Socialist group drew comment on its meaning.
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London
Whitehall
Lloyd George
Downing Street
Treasury
Pallee
Tottenham
Socialist and Labor Party
Mine bombing and attack at Rockford coal mine
Morgantown W Va Oct 19 dynamite damaged the mine tipple and entrance of the Connellsville Basin Coal and Coke Rockford mine. Twelve men working escaped. Attacking party fired on the power house drawing nonunion miners who gathered there. One assailant was killed or badly wounded.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Rockford
Body of Bank Messenger Found in Pine Thicket
Camden and Burlington authorities hunt for a yellow roadster linked to the murder of Davin Paul a Broadway Trust Co messenger. His battered body was found in a shallow grave near Tabernacle New Jersey, about 26 miles from Camden.
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Camden
N. J
Burlington Counties
Davin
Paul
Broadway Turst Company
New Jersey Pines
Tabernacle
Chicago Flyer Is Killed in Mail Plane Crash
Chicago date report says United States air mail pilot McMullin, flying between Chicago and Omaha, was killed when his aircraft crashed near Batavia, Illinois. Instructions indicate the crash occurred on October 18. Local officials released confirmation of the fatal accident.
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Mal
McMullin Olea
Batavia
Ill
Omaha
Chicago
McMullin
United States Air Mail
Batavia, I
Edward. “Hubbard
Seattle
Victoria
Hubbard
British Columbia
Great reception to Yank flyers escorted by 66 planes
Washington welcomed home Alaska expedition aviators in a grand capital ceremony. Four squadrons totaling 66 aircraft plus America’s largest dirigible flew to Alaska and back, covering 8000 miles in 16 days. Secretaries Baker and Daniels honored the crew. the voyage yielded valuable geodetic data and mapped errors.
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Wishington
America
Alaska
Mineola
Langleyfeld
Washington
Government
Gompers Urges Freedom and Progress Over Tyranny
At Ellis Island Samuel Gompers, AFL president, warned Americans that the United States faces a clash between freedom and progress versus tyranny and reaction. He urged calm about deportations and said immigrants should be told if there is a legitimate objection to their staying in the country.
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Hawes
America
Mr. Hawes
New York
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Ellis Island
Gompers
Hunger striker dies after 67 days without food
Michael Mitzger ald an Irish hunger striker held without trial at Cork Jail died after 67 days of fasting. His death marks the first such case in modern Western civilization.
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Michael Fitzgerald
Cork
London
Michael Mitzgerald
Supreme court refuses Munday embezzlement appeal
Washington October 19 The Supreme court declined to review the case of Charles B Munday a Chicago banker convicted of embezzlement and given an indefinite penitentiary term in the lower court This denial ends Munday access to further appeal in the federal system.
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United States Supreme Court
Chicago
Washington
Supreme Court
Charles B. Munday
Obregon Says Mexico's Debts Will Be Paid
Obregon pledges that the new Mexican government will recognize all legal foreign debts and the rights of Mexicans and foreigners in Mexico. He spoke at Dallas during the Texas state fair visit, saying the United States will recognize the government once stability is shown and that Mexico will not become a province of the United States or the world.
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Dallas
Tex
Mexico
Alvaron Obregon
Southern Republic
General Obregon
Texas” State Fair
W. P. Hobby
Texas
Hobby
Robert Garcila
Obrepon
United States
Alfredo de la Huerta
de la Huerta
United States of America
Yank Flyers Over Coblenz
American officers and men and German observers watched Captain Arthur's pursuit squadron perform aerial stunts over Coblenz near the Rhine. Coblenz authorities protested as they were ordered to prepare a new airdrome costing 1,000,000 marks for the squadron.
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Paris
Coblenz
Arthur
America
Rhine
End Flight Across Canada Completes To Vancouver
Commander Tyler and Captain A G Thompson landed in Vancouver after flying 60 miles in 80 minutes finishing the trans Canada trip begun October 7 from Halifax. Colonel Leckie and Major Bobbs led the first leg but crashed near St Johns Newfoundland and were uninjured.
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Vancouver
B. C
Tyler
A. G. Thompson
Canada
Halifax
Robert 8. Leckie
Basil Bobbs
St. Johns
N. B
Supreme Court refuses review in Socialist party case
Washington October 18 The Supreme Court refused to review the New York conviction of the American Socialist party for violating the espionage act. The party was fined 8000 for publishing Scott Nearing's pamphlet The Great Madness. Nearing was tried simultaneously and acquitted.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
New York
American Socialist Party
Scott
Nearing
Neatsing
Treasury outlines plan for war debt and practical thrift
Secretary Houston forecast $4 billion in federal expenditures for the next fiscal year and outlined a war debt handling program aimed at steady redemption. He urged strict economy at all government levels and maintaining taxes to sustain debt reduction, predicting a drop in short term certificates and eventual redemption of the funding debt. A separate proposal urged a $100 million foreign trade financing corporation under American Bankers Association auspices to issue debentures and bolster export credit.
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Washington
Houston
Treasury Department
Amer+ tean Bankers’ association
Treasury
Mr. Houston
The
American Bankers’ Association
Committee On Commerce and Marine
John McHugh
United States
Federal Reserve Bank Diatricta
Red ultimatum to Armenia prompts allied aid request
Paris dispatches report the Russian soviet government demanded immediate transit rights for Bolshevist troops through Armenia to join Turkish nationalists in Asia Minor. Armenia reportedly rejected the ultimatum and appealed for Allied assistance.
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Paris
Armenia
Asia Minor
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
A vintage ad claims Pape's Cold Compound cures a cold in hours. By taking a dose every two hours for three doses, it supposedly clears nasal congestion, stops runny nose, relieves headache and feverishness, and ends grippe misery. The ad highlights quick, sure relief at a few cents with no quinine.
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Pape
Movement to uplift stage fizzles over censorship fear
The local effort to uplift the stage collapsed after business leaders showed strong interest in serving on a committee to censor girl shows, contradicting claims of lack of interest and sparking debate on morality and control.
Cutteura Advertises Skin Care Soap and Routine
An old advertisement extols Cutteura Soap and Cutteura preparations for daily use. It claims gentle cleansing, relief for itchy skin, and promises clear skin and soft hands with regular use. The copy targets a routine daily wash and scalp care as essential beauty steps.
Fair Valuation of Stolen Kisses Exchange
A witty exchange questions how stolen kisses should be valued by stating they are worth their face value in a brief, humorous quote likely from a vintage column or dialogue. The line playfully probes moral pricing with a clever rebuttal.
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Fair Valuation
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