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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1919
Page
16
Harvey E. DeWalt of the United Tee and Coal Company says ice, currently several inches thick, could be cut if the cold wave endures. Philadelphia reports warn of a natural ice shortage as plants shift to artificial ice, but Harrisburg firms have kept ice houses ready with a capacity of 65 000 tons.
In Philadelphia Magistrate Gates ordered George Shoulick to provide Patrolman Hannish three replacement teeth after a dispute with a Russian housemate led to a saloon confrontation. Hannish was punched, losing three filled teeth, and both men ended up in St. Mary’s Hospital recovering.
Samuel M. Vauclain president of Baldwin Locomotive Works will depart for Europe on a business trip leading a group of bankers and legal interests. The aim is to secure equipment contracts on a larger scale than previously attempted by American concerns. Vauclain declined to discuss details.
On his deathbed Cleofonte Campanini chose Gino Marinuzzi as director of the Chicago company. New York reports say directors will confirm the selection. Marinuzzi had debuted in the season and Campanini reportedly pointed to him at the bedside with the remark This is my successor.
Philadelphia, Dec 20. Mrs. Marion L. Cohen Polak of the Big Sisters criticizes the Retail Grocers' Association offer to take over surplus navy goods and sell to grocers at a high profit. She denounces the plan to resell to the public at a "fair margin of profit" as aimed to beat the public.
Diarbekir Turkey reports mass Christian flight toward British lines as fear of massacres and stalled armistice leave non Moslem communities unsafe. Near East relief notes assurances from authorities but rescues of Christian girls deported to harems face new threats of death.
Berlin officials and the Ministry of Labor unite to curb begging by pretended wounded soldiers. Investigations across Berlin, Essen, and Hamburg show most claimants are not genuine, with cases of sham injuries and rapid recoveries.
Chicago dispatch reports Republican National Committee on Arrangements to convene January 5 with Chairman A. T. Hart summoning members and the party's women’s division also called to attend. Will Hays expected to meet with committee members.
Philadelphia marked the 142nd anniversary of the Continental troops march to Valley Forge amid a snowstorm. Providence named Henry D. Sharpe chairman and Dr. Hermon C. Bumpus associate chair of the executive committee for a three million dollar endowment drive led by Brown University’s W. H. P. Faunee.
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