Demand rises in varied industries nationwide
Washington reports a broad upturn in business activity with improving production and consumption across sectors. Textiles and cotton exports grow while unemployment shows improvement. Steel and copper output edge higher, exports surge, and stock levels fall, signaling a cautious but overall better economic tone.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Department of
Come Moron
Steel Industry
Tn Avge Wal
Ratifications Exchanged in German American Peace Treaty
Berlin ratifications of the German American peace treaty were exchanged at the foreign office between American commissioner Wilk Loring Dressel and Karl Wirth chancellor and foreign minister. The exchange enables action on the Austrian treaty in Vienna and Harding is expected to issue a proclamation of peace to bring the terms into effect. In Springfield, Thomas W. Haley, released from Leavenworth after a six month sentence for no buddy, is staying with R B P Dickerson who has hired him on a ranch near Nianga Mo.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Wilk Loring Dressel
Karl Wirth
Vienna
Harding
Buddy
Springfield
Thomas W. Haley
United States Army
Leavenworth
Kun
R. BP. Dickerson
National Loyalty League
Dickerson
Haley
Niangua, Mo
Favora Plain Diet Debate Moves Canners Meet
The Western Canners Association held its 75th semiannual session in Chicago where speakers urged Americans to abandon fancy dishes and desserts. Fred Dutton of Columbus argued the war shifted palates and budgets toward high priced foods, advocating a return to substantial meals.
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Chicago
Western Canners’ Association
Fred Duttom
Columbus
Ohio
Service Men to Guard Mail in Kentucky
Veterans who served with the A. Bh. FB in France will guard the U S mail in Kentucky. They are selected for physical condition and marksmanship. The first detail leaves on important trains to all parts of the state and to Hiannipolia St Louis and Nashville according to postal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
A. Bh. FB
France
United States
Kentucky
Hiannipolia
St. Louis
Nashville
Parachute Jumper Extinguishes Fire Over Oakland
Hundreds of Armistice Day celebrants watched Price Miller leap from an airplane and battle a parachute fire. He climbed the ropes and tapped the fabric to quell the flames, the canopy righting about 1,000 feet from the ground. Miller landed safely despite a burned hole in the parachute.
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Oakland
French Premier Reveals German War Prep at Conference
Western Newspaper Union report states M Briand urged full public disclosure of France’s military, economic, and political situation. French officers present German plans show 60 million potential war-ready people vs France’s 40 million, with clandestine arms and munitions factories expanding in neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Washington
M. Briand
France
Boat
Germany
Ministry of War
General Bunt
Allied Commission of Control
Holland
Switzerland
Sweden
Buat
Arma
Allied Supreme Council
Privates Accuse Officers Over Autocratic Privileges
A petition from the Private Soldiers and Sailors' Legion to the Senate accuses Army officers of creating an autocratic aristocracy. It protests a pending bill to retire former reserve officers with disability pay and same privileges as regulars.
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Washington
A. I. Mr
Sam Browne
Senate
National Executive Committee
Soldiers and Sailors’ Legion
Harding Signs Road Bill Promises Colorado Allotment
President Harding approves a $76,000,000 federal highway act. The funds must be matched by state money, except in Colorado where more than 6 percent of land is unappropriated public land. The Bureau of Roads reports Colorado’s allotment at $1,041,175.00.
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Harding
Washington
Treasuries
Colorado
Bureau of Roads
World Peace Speech Highlights Lloyd George Remarks
Lloyd George, at a London banquet, urged peace prospects from the Washington conference while warning the world must maintain momentum toward disarmament. He praised Britain’s role aiding Ireland and emphasized stabilizing markets and labor recovery as essential to restoring business and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
London
Corden
Fobes
Lord Mayer
Trish
Lloyd George
Washington
Britain
Treland
British Commonwealth
Tie
Burt
Ain Arms
Lord Salisbury
United States
America
Foreign Born in U S by Jan 1 1920 Census Figures
The United States total foreign born population reached 18,020,002 on January 1, 1920, up 404,806 or 3 percent since 1910. Of these, 408,088 were naturalized, 1,228,400 had first papers, 5,898,005 were aliens, while 805,500 status remained unascertained. North Dakota led in naturalization rate at 73.8 percent. Arizona had 78.7 percent aliens, South Dakota 11.6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
North Dakota
Arizona
South Dakota
Jail preacher claims converts during revival at prison
Rev Marion Griffith, jailed after pleading guilty to operating a whisky still in Joplin Missouri, told the police chief he converted four fellow inmates during his revival services behind bars. The remark frames his jail stay as a religious outreach amid his sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Marion Griffith
Campaign to fund women’s union colleges abroad starts
A 20 day drive across 100 cities seeks funds for women’s union Christian colleges in China India and Japan. The effort targets support for education overseas and raises awareness among donors and local communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Women's Union Christian Colleges
China
India
Japan
Submarine Fire Near Surface Strands Crew of Twenty Two
Sub On Fire Under Sea at ten fathoms below during a test run from San Diego to Los Angeles. Six crewmen and Commander Lieut. M. Stonestret suffered serious burns or smoke and gas effects. A swift ascent to the surface saved the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Callifire
San Diego
Lieut
M. ¥. Stonestret
U S Reduces Levies in Senate Passages and Proposals
Washington The revised tax revision bill passed the Senate after a long session with a 38 to 24 vote. The bill would cut many taxes, raise others, and set new exemptions. if all changes take effect the net effect may reduce taxes by about 750 million dollars nationwide, with conferees named to reconcile differences and the measure sent to the House for conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wester
Union News Service
Washington
Senate
House
Ja Mollette
Moses
Norris
Broussard
Treasury
Penrose
McCumber
Smoot
Simmons
Williams
Allied council demands withdrawal of invading Jugoslav troops
Paris reports the allied council of ambassadors sent a note to Belgrade demanding immediate withdrawal of invading Jugoslav troops from Albanian territory. Troops must leave beyond the Albanian boundary line recently defined by the ambassadorial council. Meanwhile the League of Nations executive council is summoned to meet in Paris on November 18 to consider the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Belgrade
League of Nations
Sheppard-Towner Bill For Maternity Protection Advances
Washington Bill to protect infants and maternity moves forward after the House Interstate Commerce Committee favorably reports it. The measure sets a five year program with an annual appropriation of 1,000,000 dollars for use by both states and the federal government to safeguard infants and mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Mayor Ejected From Street Car In St Paul
St Paul mayor L. Hodgson was forcibly removed from a street car after refusing to pay an extra fare for riding one block beyond the fare limit. He said he would bring the issue to the city council seeking an understanding with the street car company on loop terminals.
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St. Paul, Minn —L
Hodgson
St. Paul
Discontent Sparks Crime Wave Says Detective Flynn
William J. Flynn, head of the Justice Department bureau, links a crime cycle to warCreated disorder. He points to band activity and abnormal wartime conditions as causes behind events like the Paxton train robbery and a million dollar truck hold up in New York City.
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New York
William J. Flynn
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Paxton
Nation Pays Tribute to Unknown Soldier Funeral
Washington observed the burial of America’s unknown soldier with a 16 hour line of mourners and a grand procession. The funeral cortege left the capitol at 8 30 am, Harding and Coolidge attended, and a two minute national tribute followed by hymns and prayers concluded with taps and a twenty one gun salute.
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Washington
America
Arlington Cemetery
Capitol
Harding
Coolidge
Taft
Supreme Court
Cabinet
Congress
American Legion
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Aqueduct Bridge
Potomac
Weeks
C. H. Brent
A. B
Presbyterians Liquidate Debt in Atlantic City
The Presbyterian church in Atlantic City New Jersey announced to the executive commission of the Presbyterian Church in the United States that it has liquidated its indebtedness to the Interchurch World Movement. A total of one million dollars was pledged and a subcommittee recently completed a final payment of $593,865.
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Atlantic City
N. J
The
Presbyterian Church
United States
Commission
National Federation of Musical Clubs Urges Library Music Sections
Resolutions adopted here call for opening musical sections in public libraries nationwide to advance musical education. The federation also urges Congress to pass a bill creating a national conservatory of music.
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St. Louis
National Federation of Musical Clubs
Congress
Conservatory of
War Secretary Urges Legion to Tell Truth on French Executions
Secretary of War Weeks asks the American Legion to aid in proving to the public the facts about charges by Senator Watson of Georgia that American soldiers were hanged in France without trial. He writes Lieut. Col. Hanford MacNider, urging Legion efforts to obtain full details on conditions in the A B F.
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U. S
Washington
Weeks
American Legion
War Department
Watson
Georgia
France
Hanford MacNider
Legion
A. B. PF
Wyoming News Briefs Reflect Diverse Local Affairs
Wyoming wins Atlantic fleet football title 28 to 6 over Delaware at Newport. Meeteetse area rigs planned. Cheyenne Elks plan new $250,000 home. Converse county tax case loses first round. H B Durlain case yields 3 year federal sentence for theft. Rocky Mountain herbarium advances botanical status. Mirror Lake camping fined for carving initials. Wyoming Tinier delivers 800000 railroad tires to Union Pacific. various cattle disease reports and a Morton State Bank robbery with vault attempts and theft of papers.
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Union News Service
U. S
Wyoming
Delaware
Newport
Chicago
Albany County
Wyoming State Board of Child and Animal Protection
W. G. Harris
Cheyenne
W. A. Blackmore
Casper
J. J. Giblin
Cheyenne Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Vremont County
Beekeepers’ Association
George H. Cross
Converse County
C. A. Brown
Douglas
Jack Gordon
Mitchell
H. B. Durlain
Leavenworth
Kans
United States District Court
Sioux Falls
Gordon
Rocky Mountain Herbarium
University
Avan Nelson
Dr. Nelson
Rocky Mountain
Mirror Jake
Medicine Bow Forest
P. B
Englemann
Andrew Olson
Wyoming Tiner Company
Union Pacific
Fort Steele
Medicine Bow National Forest
Douglas Creek
North Platte River
Laramie
Jose Jolson
Natrona County
L. B. Nicholson
C. O. Brown
Rawlins
Dey, Tider
State Agricultural College
Laraile
Morton State Bank
Big Piney
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Prof. Payson J. Treat
Payson J. Treat
Leland Stanford University
Tokyo
Treat
Imperial University of Tokyo
Imperial University At
Hong Kong
Far East
Teuton
RAY OF Hope
Orient
U.S
U. K
Michael Kalenin
Russian Soviet Republic
Kalenin
Russia
Catafalque
Presbyteriana
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