Mead Fibre Begins Million Dollar Paper Plant Construction
Mead Fibre Company starts work on a new three building mill complex near the current plant. Thirty to forty workers are on site with plans to expand staffing. management expects completion in about three months. The existing plant will resume production Monday as coal supply stabilizes. The firm employs 225 to 250 workers with a strong local payroll.
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Mead Fibre Company
J. H. Thickens
Thickens
Senate Okays Four Billion Dollar Soldier Bonus Bill
The Senate passed a four billion dollar soldier bonus bill by 47 to 22 after four hours of debate. The measure moves to conference with the House, where leaders expect quick action. Supporters say final enactment is likely even with a future presidential veto possibility.
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Ohio
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Trammell
Florida
Heflin
Alabama
Sterling
South Dakota
Owen
Oklahoma
Watson
Georgia
McKellar
Shields
Virginia
Australian export trademark scheme adopted by states
All state governments agree to adopt the federal uniform export trademark plan. Goods for export will bear an Australian mark with a distinctive design. Each manufacturer may use its own trade mark in addition to the state mark.
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Associated Press
Sydney
Korean Students Challenge Old School Methods in Seoul
In Seoul Korean students rebuke mission school practices demanding changes to teachers and curricula. They call for abolition of morning services and Bible teaching, dismissal of foreign educated teachers, and equal pay for Japanese and Korean staff. The strike began at Pai chai American Methodist mission with Rev. H. D. Appenzeler and has spread to other mission schools.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Korea
Seoul Press
Paichai
Japan
Youths Led Astray By Motion Pictures
Three Honolulu youths confessed to highway robbery and assault leading to two life imprisonments. They said lurid serials inspired their crimes after watching numerous films and attempting to imitate scenes.
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Honolulu
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Russians Need Trunks For Paper Currency
Moscow report advises visitors to Russia to bring large suitcases to carry vast amounts of paper rubles as pocket belts are inadequate. A Moscow restaurant menu shows meals priced at 26,000,000 to 30,000,000 rubles.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Labor Day Statement by John L. Lewis
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers issues a Labor Day statement from Indianapolis warning of forces seeking to treat labor as property and to crush workers. He says organized labor remains unbroken since 1921 and urges employers to be fair to achieve industrial peace and harmony between labor and management.
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Indianapolis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
America
Labor
Shanghai Anti Vice Experiment Seen Failing
Shanghai officials report that the anti vice program in the international settlement has not reduced vice but spread it, undermining confidence after two years of operation. The municipal council confirms closed establishments stay closed, yet former occupants covertly continue in private spaces beyond police reach.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Detroit to host Pulitzer air races record chase
Detroit officials predict a 200 mph world speed record at the Pulitzer air races on October 14 with 23 naval and army planes entered, totaling 28 in the event. The course from Selfield Field near Mount Clemens spans about 40 miles and must be flown four times.
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Detroit
Mich
Army
Navy
Washington
Selfrield Field
Mount Clemens
Naval
Lake St. Clair
Start Chamber of Commerce in Japan Tokio
Business leaders launch a movement to form a national chamber of commerce in Japan. The aim is to unify commercial and industrial activity and promote businessmen welfare with backing from government authorities and lenders like Mitsui and Iwasaki.
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Associated Press
Tokio
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United States
Toyoji Wada
Empire
Mitsui
Iwasaki
Aerial Ticket to India to Cost Three Hundred Dollars
London reports that air travel to India could be offered by 1930s collaboration of large tech firms and the government. The proposal envisions airships with 5 million cubic feet capacity flying at 80 mph carrying 200 passengers from London to Bombay in three days. No promoter profits, only a subsidy to provide a 4.5 percent dividend to public investors.
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Associated Press
London
India
Bombay
Tangier crisis shadows Tangier as Europe argues over Morocco
The Tangier question raises tensions among Britain France and Spain as London and Paris plan talks on Moroccan affairs without Castilian diplomats. The Algeciras framework created zones of influence and an international zone around Tangier but failed to unify or stabilize the port and region amid renewed European rivalry.
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Morocco
Spain
France
England
London
Algeciras
China
Prices Advance in City of Tokio
The Bank of Japan index for wholesale prices in Tokio in June rose four points from May and over eight points from June last year. Rice surged 18 points amid harvest fears. beans tea and eggs also rose. Timber steel and paper fell. overall prices in June stood about 107 percent above July 1914 levels.
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Tokio
Bank of Japan
Federal injunction sought against striking railroad unions
The federal court granted a sweeping temporary injunction against six striking shop craft unions their officials and members to keep railroads operating. The injunction covers interference with trains and railroad property and is in force until September 11 pending a hearing for a permanent injunction.
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Chicago
Calenais
Daugherty
American Federation of Labor
Railway Labor Board
Johnson Says Courts Won’t Stop Rail Strike
President Johnson of the Machinists International Union said the Chicago suit would not deter strike leaders from pushing to make the stoppage effective. He warned it would take more than an injunction to halt railroad disruption within thirty days. The court action stunned labor leaders and surprised government officials.
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Washington
Johnson
Machinists’ International Union
Chicago
Babe Ruth Suspended Third Time by American League President
Babe Ruth is suspended for three days by AL President Johnson for language toward umpire Connelly after an incident in New York last Wednesday. He will be eligible to return on Labor Day.
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Babe Ruth
Chicago
Johnson
American League
Ruth
Connelly
New York
Plot to Kill Rail Presidents Alleged in Strike Probe
The Record-Herald reports a radical plot to kill three railroad presidents during a shop strike inquiry. Targets were presidents of New York Central Pennsylvania and Chicago and Rock Island lines.
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Chicago
the Record-Herald Today
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Chicago & Rock Island
Reward Offered for Dynamiters in Paducah
Citizens in Paducah Kentucky have raised a reward of 5100 dollars by noon today for the apprehension of the dynamiters who last night blew up the homes of Illinois Central railway employees. Police are on heavy duty today as striking shopmen add 100 dollars to the fund.
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Paducah
Illinois Central Railway
Swain Renominated in Fourth District Primary
J J Mc Swain of Greenville was renominated for congress in the Fourth district as Tuesday's primary results showed the nomination essentially se curing election.
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Associated Press
Spartanburg, S. C
J. J. Mc Swain
Greenville
Congress
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