Retrenchment Hits Steel Copper and Film Firms
Theaters and mills plan staff cuts across the Duquesne steel plant in Pittsburgh, copper mines in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls Montana, and the Famous Players Lasky film group. One shift to be eliminated in six of seven Duquesne merchant mills, a pay cut of 50 cents daily for copper workers, potential further copper industry retrenchment, and shutdowns as producers curb costs. Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan to finish current schedules before layoff, with more than sixteen Lasky studios affected.
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Chicago
Duquesne Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Mont
Copper Export Association
Adolph Zukor
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Moving Picture
Gloria Swanson
Thomas Meighan
Lasky
Mark Skids Off Wall Street Into a Bottomless Pit
Depreciated beyond the point of comprehensible worthlessness the German mark fell from Wall Street the financial center of the United States as it had previously dropped from the horse in Switzerland and from exchange dealings in several European capitals.
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Wall Street
New York
United States
Switzerland
Europe
Rioters Seize Krupp Works in Essen Clash
A mob of thousands occupied the Krupp steel works at Essen and barricaded main buildings. At least seven people were killed and around two hundred wounded in fierce clashes with the police described as unable to control the disturbance.
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Krupp
London
Essen
Saya
Daily Express
Blue
Kellogg to Succeed Harvey as Ambassador to Britain
Former Minnesota senator Frank B Kellogg is set to be named ambassador to Great Britain succeeding George Harvey. The appointment, while not officially announced, is expected to take effect soon and was learned from high authority.
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Kellogg
Minnesota
Britain
Washington
United States
Frank B. Kellogg
George Harvey
Great Britfilm
Policeman Slays University of Illinois Student in Urbana
A University of Illinois freshman, twenty two year old Dr Phil Sharp of Urbana, was shot and killed in Urbana Champaign by motorcycle policeman J D Hillyer who says he saw him taking tires from an automobile.
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University of Illinois
Urbana Champaign
Phil Sharp
Urbana
J. D. Hillyer
DoJ Prepares Special Grand Jury for Veterans Bureau Fraud
Indictments are expected as the Department of Justice readies a special grand jury in Washington to hear fraud cases tied to the war veterans bureau. The move followed discussions between Attorney General Daugherty and President Coolidge.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Department of Justice
War Veterans’ Bureau
Daugherty
Coolidge
Britain Accepts 12 Mile Search Unit for Blocked Vessels
London news notes establishment of a 12 mile unit to search vessels suspected of liquor import into American waters after U S support. In Washington a Jersey probe is anticipated as Trenton charges draw Prohibition Director Chamber Tafa into the enforcement case.
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Great Britain
U. K
London
United States
Blg Ory
Jersey
Washington
New Jersey
Trenton
Irelnghuysensen
Chamber Tafa
Paper marks seized at Dutch frontier in Berlin dispute
Officials confiscated about three tons of paper marks at the Dutch frontier near Berlin. Dutch merchants had bought the currency to use for wall paper and advertising attractions, raising tensions between Germany and the Netherlands.
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Berlin
Steinmetz Dies After Pacific Trip at Schenectady Home
Dr Charles Proteus Steinmetz famed electrical wizard dies at his Schenectady residence following a physical breakdown after a Pacific coast trip. Born in Zurich he arrived penniless in New York in 1889 and rose to be a leading authority in electrical engineering and mathematics.
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Goant
Schenectady
N. Y
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Pacific Coast
Steinmetz
New York
Zurich
Switzerland
Zurich Polytechnician
Ells Island
Whs
Doctor Steinmetz
Germany asks Allies to ease reparations payments
Germany pleads its inability to continue the reparations schedule due to economic collapse from the Ruhr occupation and the depreciation of paper money. Berlin asks the Allies to reexamine resources and capacity to pay and permit explanations of measures to balance the budget and stabilize money while acknowledging the obligation to indemnity.
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Germany
Paris
Berlin
Ruhr
Return of Dixie Colored Folks Eager From Alabama
About 17 000 African Americans formerly from Alabama and the South seek to return home to native land. The Lake Michigan region chamber of commerce advised Memphis Tennessee has provisions to return 31 000 families. Other cities needing labor are invited to bring the negroes back.
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Dixie
Moblie
Alu-Ineliles
Lake Michigan
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
Tenn
Ontario Miner Finds $20,000 Silver Nugget
Cobalt Ont. reports a massive silver nugget weighing about 8,200 pounds, 76 percent silver, worth over 20,000 dollars. Owner Angel Clemens of New Liskard, a carpenter, found it while assessing work on his chimney.
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Ontario
Cobalt
Angel Clemens
Liskard
Clemens
Tugel to press for trade pact and U S recognition
In Copenhagen, an Italian trade delegation source says Tugel will push for an official trade agreement and U S recognition soon. Meanwhile in New York, Southern Vacue reports life group policies totaling about 100 million dollars for 90 000 employees per Julius Kruttsebaltt.
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Reda
Copenhagen
Tugel
United States
Southern Pacific
New York
Southern Vacue
Julus Kruttsebaltt
U S Offers Europe Help and Support for Reparations Talks
Secretary Hughes informs Great Britain the United States is willing to join an advisory economic conference on Germany’s capacity to pay reparations, conditional on France and all affected powers agreeing to participate. Britain seeks U S aid to halt Germany’s dismemberment and restore status quo with Germany and France sharing reparations.
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Washington
Hughes
Great Britain
United States
Germany
France
London
Lloyd George
Coolidge
Europe
Graft Charged to Colonel Forbes of Veterans' Bureau
Washington charges allege Col. Charles R. Forbes, director of the Veterans' Bureau, conspired with contractors to award hospital contracts without competition. The scheme was said to guarantee profits of 150,000 per contract, Forbes to receive a third of the amount.
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Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Stead Special Investigating Committee
Senate
Charles R. Forbes
Veterany Bureau
United States May Aid Germany With Wheat Shipment
Washington reports the administration favors aiding Germany if famine develops this winter. A plan by western wheat growers to ship six million bushels to Germany is said to have Berlin covering payment guarantees.
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United States
Germany
Washington
White House
West
Berlin
Bandits Hold Up Paymaster at Local Mine
Bandits seized a $14 000 pay roll from Belleville’s St Lawry bank tied to Mine No 1 of the Southern Coal Coke and Mining Company. Paymaster Ganaway and guard Walter Ames were assaulted as they alighted from a street car near the mine. A mobile bandit group escaped with a satchel of cash.
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Bellevills
A. Ganaway
Walter Ames
Ca. St. Lawry Bank
Coal, Coke and Mining Company
Bread and money crisis grips Berlin and northern towns
The capital and many northern cities face severe scarcity. Bread is largely unavailable as prices soar to unimaginable marka levels. Poorer districts lack bread and even fashionable restaurants cannot serve it.
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Berlin
Prisoners Denied Release Amid Dublin Strike Danger
Dublin reports no prisoners released due to the danger strike. The Free State government states that none will be freed on this basis, though freedom may be granted on other grounds.
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Dublin
Free State
Children Come From Farms, Says Agriculture Doctor
The nation's crop of children comes mainly from farms rather than the food crops, according to Doctor Galpin in charge of farm population studies for the Department of Agriculture.
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Wushington
Galpin
Department of Agriculture
Worth Remembering Travel and Global Facts
A miscellany notes Ireland’s population decline from 8 million to 4.5 million over 73 years and Hungary granting municipal suffrage to women but not public office eligibility. It cites fire preventability, a remark on Madrid’s elevation as Europe’s highest city, and an early electric interurban sleeping-car service between Indianapolis and Columbus. It adds gender norms in Herbig and a US letter average of 112 per person a year.
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Hungary
Madrid
Earape
Indianapolis
Columbus
Ohio
Herbig
United States
Heat Indicating Paints Demonstrated at London Factory
At a London factory a display showed heat sensitive paints whose colors shift with temperature. One turns from red to black near 206 degrees Fahrenheit, another shifts from yellow to dark red around 118 degrees. The items are called heat indicating paints, valued as curiosities.
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London
Puiut
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