Global and domestic unrest spark varied responses across nations
Premier Lloyd George proposes a fixed low coal output to raise wages and avert strikes while Tokyo seeks US help on Japanese American tensions. Turinese clashes with machine guns and armored cars mark the strike wave. Kingston veterans protest US naval movements on the St Lawrence. Cardiff warns of a looming industrial slump, and Millerand is named French presidential candidate. Irish unrest follows the Balbriggan riot with police deaths and factory arson. Russian civil war advances boost Wrangel's gains as Ulster violence erupts. Federal Reserve Board picks D C Wills of Cleveland amid broader economic crisis warnings.
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United States
California
Turin
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Kings College
Cambridge
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America
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Dublin
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Russia
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Carriel on-Shannon
Leitrim
Irelan
Washington examines prohibition and campaign finances
International congress delegates scrutinize government wartime and election literature. Senator Kenyon summons agency heads to testify on public funds used for political aims. Roland W. Boyden named unofficial U S representative at Brussels finance talks. A tropical storm shifts inland away from the Gulf coast as weather officials expand their northern Louisiana operations. Soviet Russia violates an Armenia agreement, reported to the state department.
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P. P. Claxton
Bureau of Education
Washington
Roland W. Boyden
Beverly
Mass
United States
Brussels Financial Congress
League of Nations
Houston
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Pensacola
Mississippi River
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Russia
Armenia
Ecesy
Neutical de Vices
Tiflis
Weird murder mystery in Los Angeles revealed
Discovery of the body of Jacob Denton, a Los Angeles capitalist, buried in a sealed box under earth for months, exposes a bizarre homicide case. Police call it the strangest murder mystery in the city.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Franklin
Greenville
Ala
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Manchester
N. H
New York Assembly Judiciary Committee
Assembly
Gillett
Henry Ford
Ford
W. B. Beauchamp
Methodist Episcopal Church
Knoxville
Tenn
Poland
New York
Alexander Brailovsky
Broad
Wall Streets
St. Gabriel's Church
Charles Barrett
Black Belt
Free Raw Material Drives Italian Industrial Calm
Milan and northern Italy face a developing social and economic experiment as workers push for better wages and material control while avoiding Soviet government. The government remains neutral, viewing the action as economic rather than political, aiming to avert factory idleness by ensuring import of raw materials for metallurgical mills.
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Milan
Italy
Russia
Turin
Lenin
Giolitti
Wool Price Reduced by Cleveland Worsted Mills
Cleveland Worsted Mills officials announced a 15 to 30 percent cut in wool prices citing lower raw material costs. Vice-president George H. Hodgson stated the reduction is effective now but will reach consumers in spring as current goods hit the market.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Worsted Mills Company
George H. Hodgson
Polish delegates empowered to sign armistice at peace talks
Polish foreign minister Prince Sapieta announced that the Polish delegation at the peace conference in Riga has full powers to negotiate and sign an armistice. He sent a message to Moscow stating the delegates will also be authorized to sign a final treaty.
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Riga
Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Prince Sapieta
Newsprint Output Boost From Metal Substitution
Everett W. Morgan of Pneumatic Scales Corporation asserts that replacing wood with metal in shipping cases will raise annual newsprint production by 4,000,000 tons. The statement references chemical engineering and industrial efficiency.
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New York
Everett W. Morgan
The
Pneumatic Scales Corporation
Caline Toes
New Panama Canal Traffic Record Set in August
A new record for canal traffic was set in August with 266 commercial ships passing through the Panama Canal carrying 1 040 cargo. Tolls collected reached 936 209 dollars.
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Canal Washington
Panama Canal
Canal
Federal Judge Allows Rail Receiver to Seek Eight Hundred Thousand Loan
Federal Judge George Carpenter authorized the receiver for the Chicago and Eastern Indiana railroad to apply for an $800,000 loan from a $200,000,000 fund established by the Esch-Cummins transportation bill.
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Chicago
George Carpenter
Chicago and Eastern Indiana Railroad
Esch-Cummins Transportation
To Close Milk Plants Belvidere Its Orders Stated
Managers of the Borden Milk Company announce cease buying milk after September 30 and plan to close five plants in Missouri and Wisconsin.
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Belvidere
Borden Milk Company
Minois
Wisconsin
Flour Prices Reduced in Portland Mills Note
Portland mills cut patent flour prices by 45 cents per barrel to 12.60. This marks the first market change since late July, signaling a shift in the local flour market and pricing.
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Portland
Mills to Run Three Days a Week in Winchendon
The cotton mills of N. D. White and Sons will switch to a three days a week schedule starting September 30, affecting about one thousand operatives. The move aims to adjust operations in the mass production facility located in Winchendon Massachusetts.
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Winchendon
Mass
N. D. White and Sons
Gradual Price Cuts Foreseen in Food Costs
New York report states a steady fall in food prices and a gradual reduction in restaurant charges nationwide, forecast by August Janssen, president of the Society of Restaurateurs.
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New York
August Janssen
The
Society of Restauranteurs
Harness Shipment for Villa's Men in Mexico
A San Antonio saddlery firm has shipped 1600 sets of harness to the Mexican government for distribution among the former followers of Francisco Villa. The move supports the ongoing arrangements involving Villa's rebel band and their integration into Mexican military assets.
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Villa
San Antonio
Texas
Francisco Villa
Cincinnati's Largest Check Reaches City Auditor
City Auditor Cartel receives a record 250000 dollar payment for deficiency bonds authorized by the city council, marking the largest check in Cincinnati's history.
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Cincinati
Cincinnati
Cotton curtailment urged as prices fall in Union county
Union county Cotton Association urged farmers to plant less cotton and grow more feed crops after prices dropped below production costs and a large crop loomed. A large courthouse meeting pledged to stand for better prices, while earlier small turnout failed to curb acreage.
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Monroe
South
Union County
The
Cotton Association
Warrenton
Warren County
Court House
United Action
Fatal Auto Accident Claims Salisbury Merchant McGinnis
Salisbury mourns as 45 year old Lenoir merchant and lumberman Ns McGinnis dies in a car crash ten miles west of Salisbury at Second Creek while en route to a republican rally. Four other Lenoir men escaped unhurt as the vehicle went into the water. McGinnis was found drowned in the creek.
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Salisbury
Lon McGinnis
Lenoir
Second Creek
McGinnis
Caruso to Sing in Charlotte October 25
Enrico Caruso world renowned tenor to appear at the city auditorium Charlotte on October 25 in what promises to be the only chance for southeastern fans to hear him. Local citizens underwrite the $12,600 cash guarantee to bring the concert to Charlotte. Other items note a yacht incident at Wrightsville Beach, farm price agitation in Warrenton, prohibition activity in Asheville, a Lincoln county trial, and bank growth in Belmont.
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Caruso
Charlotte
Enrico Caruso
City Auditorium
North
South Carolina
Southeast
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
Atlanta
Texas
City health chief warns diphtheria endangers children
Dr. A. J. Warren, city health officer, warns parents to guard young children as diphtheria season begins this fall and expected to claim more lives. He notes the germ thrives in fall and early winter and urges caution for those with sore throats and related symptoms.
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Charlotte
A. J. Warren
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