Grant Leather Corp Wins Navy Belting Contract
Grant Leather Corporation of Kingsport has won a Navy Department belting contract to supply belting for the next quarterly order. The formal notice arrived early this morning. The exact amount is not public but is believed to run into thousands of dollars. Twelve big leather plants nationwide reportedly bid for the contract.
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Grant Leather Corporation
Navy Department
Grant Leatherorporation
Kingsport
United States Navy Department
Grant Leather Cor
Meade Fibre leases Grant Leather building for storage
J H Thickens manager of Meade Fibre says a large Grant Leather pulp storage building is leased temporarily to store about 200 tons of pulp. The move is to ease full capacity while keeping the mill running. orders are above any year so far and prospects look promising.
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Grant Leather Corporation
Meade Fibre Company
J. H. Thickens
Meade Fibre
Thickens
American Children Aid the Albanians School Dedication
Nickels and dimes from U S children funded a 300 pupil vocational school in Tirana Albania. Dr A Ross Hill, former Missouri University president and Red Cross Europe head, led the dedication with Albania's cabinet, diplomats, and League of Nations reps present. The Vatra band from Worcester played The Star Spangled Banner as the flag was raised.
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Associated Press
Tirana
Albania
United States
A. Ross Hill
Missouri University
American Red Cross
Europe
Diplomatic Corps
League of Nations
Worcester
Mass
Hill
Ambrose Kelly
Mechanicsville
N. Y
America
Monument Planned in Lodz for U S relief work
Lodz plans a monument next year to commemorate American relief efforts. The Kropla Mleka society leads the drive with Bishop Tymieniecki directing the Catholic church. Lodz, a major Polish manufacturing city, endured wartime ruin prompting extensive American aid.
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Lodz
Kropla Mleka
Drop of Milk
Tymieniecki
Catholic Church
Poland
Urges Greater Service Policy at NA convention
Atlantic City delegates quote Martin Insull urging a policy of greater service by industries and individuals in American business. He notes current slipshod practices and argues workers must be better informed and act as diplomats to maintain personal contact with employers and improve service as utilities grow.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Martin J. Insull
Middle West Utilities Company
Chicago
National Electrical Association
Insull
Ptaron
Simons Attacks Superstitions at Unitarian Meeting
Boston report says Rev Dr Minot Simons urged a rational religious faith amid modern science. He warned that superstitions from childhood still tyrannize souls while 10,000 new Unitarians joined churches in a North American campaign. Dr Samuel A Eliot is noted as a speaker.
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Associated Press
Boston
Minot Simons
Department of Church Extension
American Unitarian Association
Dr. Simons
North America
Simons
Samuel A. Eliot
Charles W. Eliot
The
Arctic Coast Saw Mill Ordered for Herschel Island
Edmonton reports the first Arctic coast saw mill will be shipped this month to Herschel Island at the Mackenzie River mouth. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will use it to manufacture lumber for posts along the Arctic coast. The two cycle engine runs on fish oil or Fort Norman crude oil and should be operating by September as Eskimos hear a circular saw for the first time.
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Associated Press
Edmonton
Alta
Arctic
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Herschel Island
Mackenzie River
Mounted Police
Fort Norman
Presbyterian education report highlights fund progress
Des Moines Iowa. Dr Edgar P Hill general secretary of the Presbyterian board of education told the assembled church that the challenge fund to raise 35 million dollars in eight years is in its second year. He cited 5.086 million raised first year and over 6 million in the last twelve months. 1015 students received aid totaling 151783 dollars with 172 leaving college for financial reasons.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Presbyterian General Board of Education
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Edgar P. Hill
New York
Presbyterian
Rotary
Soldiers and Sailors
Ex-Ruler Leads Secluded Life at Japanese Palace
Tokio. The abdicated emperor of Japan, under regent Hirohito due to ill health, lives in seclusion at Hayama near Yokohama. He receives care from the empress and family, with strict guards. American visitors were politely warned away from vantage spots during the emperor’s afternoon walk.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
Prince Hirohito
Imperial Palace
Hayama
Bay of Kamakura
Yokohama
Unemployed Swedes Head for New Farm Colonies
A group of Eskilstuna toilers bound for southern Lapland seeks homesteads of about 60 acres each in Wilhelmina district. They form the Wilhelmina Pioneers Union and will share expenses and profits for three years while a government building master oversees a community dwelling. Each family seeks a $1500 loan on easy terms with state backing likely.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Sweden
Eskilstuna
Lapland
Wilhelmina
Riksdag
Learn to Treat War Gas Burns
Dr. Lafayette Page of Indianapolis reported on American methods for treating lung burns from gas during World War I. He described managing 6,000 gassed soldiers with Base Hospital No. 32 in France and noted only two deaths, attributing fatalities to secondary lung inflammation from poor drainage and abscesses. He cited oil-based solutions aiding drainage and reducing coughing and spasms.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
American Medical Association
Lafayette Page
Indianapolis
Page
No. 32
France
U.S. Dollar Gains Value Against Chilean Peso
American exports to Chile face milder exchange burdens than Britain as the dollar rose about 50 percent against the peso over the last year. Commercial attache C A McQueen notes market reluctance to buy U.S. goods stems from overall business stagnation despite lower US prices, with France and Germany as possible exceptions.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Great Britain
C. A. McQueen
United States
McQueen
France
Germany
Russia Launches War on Diseases
London reports the American Relief Administration in Russia is targeting ten million people for inoculation against five diseases including typhoid para typhoid smallpox and cholera. The campaign uses vaccines education sanitation and lab support with funds from the American Red Cross and US surplus stocks.
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Associated Press
London
Medical Department
American Relief Administration
Russia
Roux
Second Pasteur Institute
Samara
Foucar
American Red Cross
United States
Appeal to King to Save Little Refreshment Kiosk
London reports friends of Mrs. Caroline Orford appeal to King George to spare the family run refreshment kiosk in St James Park after 300 years of continuous operation. The stand, started by her great great grandmother near the Mall, faces relocation due to the Guards war memorial project. An influential committee seeks another site.
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Associated Press
London
King George
Caroline Orford
St. James’ Park
Orford
Mall
Horse Guards’ Parade
Office of Works
Guards’ War Memorial
Story of Crane's Trial Unconfirmed Paris Report
Paris dispatch from the Associated Press notes the French foreign office acknowledging a reported conviction of Charles R. Crane the American minister to China by a French court on a charge of inciting to riot. The report remains unconfirmed according to the telegraph text.
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Crane
Trial of Soderman Nearing Its Finish
Dallas jury nears end of high profile case as lawyer closings focus on manslaughter or murder verdict after court instructions allowing acquittal. The defendant David E. Soderman faces charges in the death of Jay Clay Powers.
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Soderman
Dallas
Texas
David E. Soderman
Jay Clay Powers
Eleven Alabama Miners Die in Explosion
Eleven miners were killed in a night explosion at the Aemar Mine No. 3 in St. Clair county Alabama. Five of the deceased were white according to reports received today from the Alabama Fuel Company.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Aemar
Alabama Fuela Company
St. Clair County
Treasury aides face renewed push to reinstate officials
The Blair-Dover matter returns to President Harding as a petition from over a dozen Ohio members urges reinstatement of Childs former Ohio supervisor of collectors. Frederick Geilinger of West Virginia is reported not to be under any pending investigation while Samuel G. Patchell, chief pr ner of the accounts unit, is suspended.
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Treasury
Washington
Blair-Dover
Department
Secretar
Harding
Ohio
Congress
Childs
Opeenue
Actig
Frederick Geilinger
West Virginia
Bureau
Samuel G. Patchell
Ruth barred after on field incident with umpire
Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees was declared ineligible to play pending a complete investigation after a dispute with Umpire Hildebrand. He reportedly left the game and then went into the stands when offended at the umpire’s booth, and is not expected to play today.
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Chicago
Babe Ruth
New York
Ban Johnson
Americ
Hildebrand
Ruth
Daugherty to Direct War Fraud Prosecutions In Person
Attorney General Daugherty will personally direct the prosecution of war fraud cases. He will be aided by a cadre of distinguished lawyers from across the country, including Representative C Frank Reavis who will resign to work on the cases, Col Harry W Anderson of Richmond and former Representative Roscoe McCulloch.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daugherty
Department of Justice
C. Frank Reavis
Nebraska
Congress
Harry W. Anderson
Richmond
Roscoe McCulloch
Canton
Von Hindenburg addresses juvenile performers in Luneberg
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg spoke to a juvenile gymnastic display in Luneberg where his grandchildren performed. He urged discipline and dignity, saying minds and bodies must serve the fatherland and uphold moral standards.
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Luneberg
Germany
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Mexican mayors back idle land tax plan in Mexico City
Secretary of the Interior Calles supports a congress of Mexican mayors proposing a tax on idle lands. He cites Sonora as showing better crops after implementing such a tax, suggesting wide benefits.
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Mexico City
Calles
Sonora
Educational exhibit highlights medical progress in St Louis
A large session by medical and nursing associations showcased public health education. Exhibits covered child health, venereal disease prevention, cancer research, and demonstrations of X ray diagnosis and worm prevention in the South.
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Nual
An Association
Edu
C Association
Red Cross
Ciety
Association
Pu Nursing
United States
Public Service
South
St. Louis
St Louis Bill Proposes Blue Law Sunday Closures
Heckel introduces a bill labeled blue law aiming to close stores on Sundays in St Louis. The measure would regulate bakery hours hardware sales and smoking car restrictions, seeking to restrict personal liberty via local ordinances.
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St. Louis
Heckel
Bo Heckel
Free City of Danzig Continues Child Feeding
London reports the Free City of Danzig has enacted legislation to continue child feeding with American aid after withdrawal planned for June. The program, run by the A R A, began in April 1921 and is slated to continue, with Poland cited as the first beneficiary.
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London
D.zig
Poland
Zig
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