Senator Watson attacks FTC investigators over radical affiliations
Grafton Sentinel reports Indiana Senator Watson introduces a resolution demanding inquiry into Federal Trade Commission investigators. He accuses members of radical leanings and pro Soviet sympathy among staff such as Stuart Chase Samuel W Tator S Kravitz and others. He says the probe will focus on FTC personnel rather than the agency as a whole. The piece notes parallel accusations about Department of Justice agents and cites the Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
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Watson
Margolis
Kenyon Committee
Senate
Indiana
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Chicago
Stuart Chase
Samuel W. Tator
Lenine and
Triesky
Russia
S. Kravitz
Risa
Federal Trade Commision
New York
Bullitt
Paris
Sherry Haddock
Department of Justice
Pittsburgh Gazette Times
The Railroad Problem in Congress Debate
Seven armerent bills consider plans for railroad reform with the Interstate Commerce Commission backing the Esch-Pomerene approach to privatized ownership under broader supervision. Senate measures favor private ownership with a federal incorporation and a regional transportation board to advise on revenue for rate setting, while railroad executives want the board to certify revenue and leave rates to Congress. The debate centers on attracting capital for needed improvements and ensuring private roads pay their way while delivering fair returns.
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Congress
Inter-ate Commerce Commission
Ap Te Bil
Esch-Pomere
Brdadty Trists
Privat
Senate
Cummins
Railway Corporation
Federal Transportation Board
Interstat Commree Commission
Transportation Board
Commerce Commision
Government supervision for railroads urged in postwar plan
The article discusses the need for closer federal oversight of railroad revenue, expenditures, and operation. It favors a governmental transportation board and a commerce commission to certify needs and ensure fair rate application, rejecting a return to private control while noting public demand for a square deal and healthier railroad management.
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Interstate Commission
Railroad Brotherhoods
Congess
Governmental Transportation Board
Commerce Commission
World Trade Convention Aims at Global Reconstruction
The Atlantic City trade convention gathers delegates from the United States and Europe to rehabilitate world trade after war. It seeks solutions to upheaved routes and finances, guiding future legislation and reconstruction efforts. Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
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Washington
Hawe
Atlantic City
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Europe
United
Republic
Government wine law limits home production for bachelors
The Department of Internal Revenue ruling from Philadelphia restricts home wine making to households with wives. The legal interpretation ties wine and women in one home, denying singles the 200 gallon allowance. The effect curbs personal production for bachelors and raises questions about enforcement and fairness.
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Department of Internal Revenue
Ced
Philadelphia
Vintage Benson Brings Wedlock To Unexpected Advantage
A fragmented paragraph discusses marriage as a remedy for a man resisting law and seeking stability. It notes bachelors facing options as the era’s social norms shift, presenting matrimony as an unconsidered solution amid evolving circumstances.
In the Midst of Prosperity Voices Rally Chaos
An editorial reflects on widespread unrest amid abundant harvests and rising living costs. It critiques demagogues, labor grievances, profiteering, and a coal miners strike demand, urging individuals to assess their own conduct and avoid fueling chaos while pondering radical wage ideas.
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Harold Bell Wright
Browning
Miners and profiteering spark clash over work week and profits
The passage argues that miners seek a larger share of loot via a thirty hour week and sixty percent raise. It warns profiteering breeds further greed across coal operators and businesses. The public will act against both, noting patience is running thin as discontent grows.
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Coal
What's in a Name A Reader Explains Treaty Amendments and Reservations
A reader asks how amendments differ from reservations in treaty terms. An amendment is a formal structural change requiring assent from signatories, while a reservation clarifies America’s understanding without binding others. Reservations aim to prevent doubt by stating conditions upon ratification.
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America
United States
Reluctant miners press leaders to accountability
The piece argues miners and steel unions lack responsiveness to workers and public opinion. It warns unions risk becoming industrial despots, citing Russia as a cautionary example of autocracy and failed policy. It urges district and national officers to justify aims before further action.
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Russia
Cleveland
Will Await Ratification On United States War Involvement
The State Department will not act under the covenant until Senate ratification. Reports say General Bliss opposed dispatch to Silesia and that troops are held at Brest for potential use after ratification. Debate continues on U S participation in treaty commissions before ratification and the broader implications for league duties.
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State Department
United States
Senate
Silesia
America
Paris
Bliss
Tec
Baltimore Sun
Germany
Polk
Washington
War Department
Brest
Supreme Council
League
Time for a show down in Fairmont mine debate
The senate heard two sharp statements critiquing United Mine Workers leadership. Senator Frelinghuysen warned of a new autocracy in trade unionism steering toward Bolshevism, while Senator Pomerene attacked the miners’ strike process as influenced by alien radicals. The piece notes unease over a shift from worker vote to centralized wage policy, drawing a Russia soviet comparison amid coal industry tensions.
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Fairmont
West Virginian
Chamber of the Senate of the
United States
United Mine Workers
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Pomerene
Ohio
Vonierene
Clebeland
Russia
Mine Workers Union
Eel
Rights and riots amid Arkansas race conflict and labor talks
An NAACP representative cites a settlement at Arkansas race riots contradicting earlier hostilities. The report links Negro organization to protection of workers and disputed shares, while broader labor and steel market notes show high activity, firm prices, and shifting wages. An odd Chicago dispatch laments doughnut holes vanish from the bakeries, prompting urban paranoia about cost of living.
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Arkansas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Chittsburgh Gazette Times
Fittsburgh
Operaton
Eaton Belt
Wilson
Industria
Chisago
National Bakers’ Association
Chicago
Sentinel
Castoria Ad For Infants Ends Over 30 Years Use
Mr and Mrs Noah Warder of Richmond Indiana arrived in the city on train No 12 to visit his brother James Warder of Web and other relatives in this town Mr and Mrs Charles E Davis announce the arrival of Marion Eleanor Davis on Monday October 27 1919 as a permanent visitor to their home The Happy Leak Parkhill on the west side
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Noah Warder
Richmond
Ind
James Warder
Web
Charles E. Davis
Marion Eleanor Davis
Bappy Leak
Parkhill
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Grafton Sentinel Pub
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