Americans in Mexico Pursue Bandits After Kidnap
Marfa Texas August 20 American soldiers intensified pursuit of bandits who abducted and held Lieutenants Peterson and Davis for ransom. The fliers were freed after $8500 in gold was paid to bandit leaders. Heavy Chihuahua storms disrupted Army telephones and reports of a skirmish circulated as aircraft arrived for air protection near El Paso Fort Bliss.
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Tex
Mexico
Candelaria
Texas
Peterson
Davis
Hom
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Two Witnesses Heard On Meat Packing Regulation
The Senate agricultural committee heard opposition to federal licensing of the meat packing industry. William T. Hardin of St. Louis argued licensing would force other industries to submit to regulation. Emanuel Wassermann of Norfolk warned that any hurt to packers would hurt retailers. Debate touched on consumer complaints and pricing uniformity among packers.
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Norfolk
Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
William T. Hardin
St. Louis
Emanuel Wasserran
Packers
Kenyon
Rail executives urge return of private railroad control
Washington August 20 The Association of Railway Executives backs returning railroads to private operation under conditions to ensure adequate revenue and service. Thomas DeWitt Cuyler testifies proposing Congress direct the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve self sustaining rates and central plus regional rate authorities without government dividend guarantees.
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Ommendat Ants
Association of Railway
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Thomas DeWitt
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central Committee
Union Picketing Halts Some Local Work at Furniture Plants
Crowds of unionists prevented entry at Miant Furniture and nearby plants this morning, deterring workers and delaying shifts. Autos from Greensboro were turned away after protests while police reported no arrests. In Washington Palmer argued against broad price controls, urging an anti profiteering law with fines and imprisonment as the best curb on profiteers.
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Miant Furniture Company
Greensboro
Machine Lef
Arman
tHant
Palmer
Food Administration
Bankers Meeting Calls Idol to Winston-Salem
W A J Idol a member of the executive committee of the State Bankers association leaves today to attend the annual meeting to be held in Winston-Salem on August 20 21 and 22.
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W. A. J. Idol
The
State Banker’s Association
Winston-Selem
Daylight Saving Bill Killed After Senate Vote
Washington voters note the Senate accepted repeal of the daylight saving act, voting 97 to 19 to uphold the House repeal measure over the President's veto. The turn of events ends the act's duration and marks a major policy shift.
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Washington
Senate
House
Asheville Woman Tries Self Destruction Over Ill Health
Mrs. Sarah Reynolds of 51 Montford Avenue attempted death by taking several tablets of bichloride of mercury early this morning. She said she despaired over her ill health and her son's prospects for recovery and admitted to physicians that she attempted self destruction after arriving from Tennessee with her son.
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Asheville
Sarah Reynolds
Montford Avenue
Tennessee
Try to Get Drugs On Forged Prescriptions
In Goldsboro on August 20 a well dressed stranger attempted two morphine grabs with forged Dr. T. M. Bizzel signatures. He left one prescription at Hicks and Hawley then tried Brown Gratham with a similar forgery. Police watched both stores but the man did not return.
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T. M. Bizzel
Hicks & Hawley’s
Brown-Grantham Drug Store
Theis
Hundred Reds Seized In Ohio Bolshevik Raid
In Youngstown Ohio on August 20 about one hundred Russian suspected bolshevists were held in the county jail after police broke up a radical meeting. The raid interrupted a speech reported as highly radical at the gathering.
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Youngstown, O
Senator outlines reservations separate from ratification
The senator said the President advised embedding reservations in a separate resolution rather than a ratification resolution to avoid new negotiations. He noted the reservations have not been submitted to the president and align with seven Republican senators on withdrawal, Article 10, and the Monroe Doctrine.
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League
SWOFEX HEADS OF UNIONS FLEE AND FORFEIT SECURITY
Mexican border raids and bandit depredations prompt a new punitive expedition led by Major General Joseph T. Dickman to confront raiders along the Rio Grande with cavalry machine guns and airplanes. The effort is described as handling the border nuisance without gloves and signals a tougher U S response to cross border violence. In a separate municipal court session Scott Kiser is charged with retailing whiskey while two key witnesses fail to appear delaying the case until Friday. Kiser is jailed in default of bond and his attorney plans an appeal on a separate gambling conviction with an $800 total release bond.
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Ikxiser
Kirkman
Robbers Use Drugged Cigarettes Across Britain
Scotland Yard investigates a surge in robberies where victims are drugged with cigarettes. One incident saw a man robbed in a railway carriage after smoking, and a discharged soldier was stripped of money and clothing beside a suburban road.
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Lonwon
Scotland Yard
Fire destroys major buildings at Nissen Wagon works
A $500,000 blaze in Waughtown, Winston-Salem, wipes out two main George E. Nissen Wagon Co. buildings, a lumber stock, and wagons. The plant, 80 years old with a 50 wagon daily capacity, suffered heavy loss with little insurance.
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Winston-Salem
George E. Nissen Wagon Company
Waughtown
Germany dissolves food-supply societies as disbandments rise
Berlin reports five of twenty seven wartime food control societies have been disbanded with more to follow. The central purchasing company that oversaw all German war fod purchases is repurposed as an employment bureau.
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Berlin
Germany
Senate panel warned of Shantung deviation in policy
John C. Ferguson official Chinese president advisor told Senate foreign relations committee that acceptance of the Shantung provision marks a deviation from American policy of friendly cooperation with the Chinese government. S. S. Lambeth of Thomasville is in town on business.
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Shantung
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John C. Ferguson
S. S. Lambeth
Thomasville
200 Mile Air Dash Foils Plan of Packers to Ship Food
Flying 200 miles in an airplane Special Agent M F Probst of Miami an agent of the department of justice has stopped 27 carloads of foodstuffs at Key West en route to Cuba United States District Attorney Phil Lips said the shipment consigned to Swift and Company of Havana included seven cars of lard six of eggs one of cheese three of grapes and pears and ten of livestock.
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Tampa
Fla
M. F. Probst
Miami
Department of Justice
Key West
Cuba
United States
Phillips
Swift and Company
Havana
Last-Minute Government Supply Orders Reported
The local post office says today is the final day to place orders for government groceries. By 3 pm, orders totaled 138.92 dollars, nearing a total of 1,000 dollars with more expected before 6 pm. Postage will switch to parcel post rates. refunds for third zone charges are planned. District Attorney W. C. Hammer has not yet arrived to lead the profiteer case, but is expected soon.
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