Palmer presses action on retail gouging profits
Washington reports Attorney General A. M. Palmer telling the house agriculture committee that retail profiteers contribute to high prices and should face swift action. He proposes extending the food control act to cover clothing, containers, fuel, fertilizer, and production implements, with penalties of up to 5000 dollars or two years in jail. He opposes executive price fixing and favors conspicuous prosecutions.
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Washington
House
A. M. Paiffer
House Agriculture Committee
Als
Congress
Gilbert Haugen
Food Administration
Palmer
Department of Justice
Local Notes From Linton and Nearby Areas
Local reports show residents traveling to Strasburg and the Twin Cities. Meals rise to 60 cents after September 1. Quarantine for the Corner family lifted. several people visit Bismarck Minneapolis and Haselton. hunting season nears as plans for a new home in Dinton emerge.
American Legion Notes in Linton North Dakota
Dan R Richardson Post meets on the first and third Fridays each month in Linton. Visiting soldiers sailors and marines welcome. F B Streeter is Commander and Geo Montieth is Vice Commander.
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Dan R. Richardson
American Legion
Linton
North Dakota
Carnegie Estate Size Reported At Several Times Fifty Million
New York August 21 sources say Andrew Carnegie’s estate for probate next week will be several times fifty million dollars. The steel magnate and philanthropist had said he would die a pauper yet the authoritative briefing indicates a far larger estate awaiting distribution.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Bolsheviki Slay 310 Persians in Armenia
Details reach London of a Bolshevik attack on the Persian consular agent at Armavir Armenia. Seven hundred eighty Persian subjects were killed or slain including Muslims and Christians in the seizure.
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Bolsheviki
London
Armarvir
Armenia
Senate Repeals Daylight Saving Law Over Veto
Washington reports the Senate passed the daylight saving repeal 57 to 19, with the House earlier approving over the President's veto 283 to 100, making the measure law. In Louisburg North Carolina a mob shot a Black man, Walter Elliott, after he allegedly attacked a farmer's wife and bore his corpse to a churchyard tree.
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Washington
Senate
House
Grey Will Sail September 16
London reports Viscount Grey to sail on September 16 as Britain’s ambassador to the United States with a prompt voyage arranged from the Aug 22 dispatch.
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Grey
London
Abe
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