Legal Approval for Railroad Consolidation Reaches Stage
Washington June 23 The Interstate Commerce Commission grants nominal approval to the Van Sweringen merger of five midwestern railroads clearing the way for compulsory consolidation. Critics say barriers under the Sherman act fall and a campaign for nationwide system consolidation begins. Senator Cummins plans to introduce a bill at the next session to compel consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Hutchinson
Wewa
Wasitington
Interstate Commerce Commission
van Sweringen
Harding
Kansas City
Congress
Cumming
Iowa
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Spanish War Veterans Close Nineteenth Encampment in Altoona
A parade of delegates from ninety camps closed the nineteenth annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans in Altoona. George R. Krepps of Philadelphia named a national encampment delegate. bylaws committee included Oscar T. Taylor Pittsburgh Walter S. Reynolds New Castle and Edgar H. Neeley Butler. Resolutions urged one hundred percent American history in public schools protested a flag design charge and favored moving encampment week to early June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Altoona
Actate
United Spanish War Veterans
George R. Krepps
Philadelphia
Oscar T. Taylor
Pittsburgh
Walter S. Reynolds
New Castle
Edgar H. Neeley
Butler
Husband Kills Wife Mistaking Her For Burglar
In Sistersville West Virginia on June 23 Sanford Gallaher a farmer killed his wife Mary Gallaher after she arose early in darkness. The coroner ruled accidental death after he reportedly mistook her for a burglar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Sistersville
W. Va
Sanford Gallaher
Mary Gallaher
State Supreme Court Decisions Brief Session in Philadelphia
The State Supreme Court under Chief Justice Robert Von Moschats ker met for a brief session in Philadelphia and handed down opinions on pending cases heard by the tribunal. The court also ruled on pending rules and petitions and scheduled a house-cleaning ahead of adjournment until fall, affecting western district cases. The Superior Court will meet next month in the same city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Philadelphia
Lane
State Supreme Court
Robert von Moschatsker
Rhe
Western Judicial District
Superior Court
Supreme Court Decisions Affirm Appellants Across Counties
The court affirms several appeals including Hutchinson v Magee in Allegheny County, Sapriment v Moore in Fayette County, Diefen Nort in Erie County, and Toftmean v Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. Judgments are affirmed at the costs of the appellants. appeals from the Court of Common Pleas are quashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Hutchinson Vs
Toftmean
Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie
Leviathan Sets World Speed Record, Lasker Reports
Albert D. Lasker wires President Harding from the Leviathan announcing the steamship broke world records for sustained speed on its trial run. The ship logged 28.04 knots in one hour and averaged 27.48 knots over 25 hours, claiming the fastest ship status and praising the merchant marine and ship redesign efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinternational News Service
New York
Albert D. Lasker
United States Shipping Board
President Harding
Inez Leviathan
Laskar
Harding
Marine
Leviathan
America
Panama Canal Defense Cost Estimated at Five to Ten Million
Washington reports Panama canal defense plans discussed in the War Department. Projections suggest a total outlay between 5 and 10 million dollars to extend France Field for a larger air force and to install sixteen inch guns on the Pacific side. Opinions differ on gun placement, with options for offshore islands or mainland batteries. Secretary Weeks says boards will study the matter and army navy review will follow. total cost not expected to exceed about 75 million, including 700 thousand for France Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Panama Canal
War Department
Weeks
France Field
Pacific
Army
Joint
Army-Navy Board
Says Wife Gave Child Away During Absence
Herman Gelke petitions in circuit court to overturn a probate court order granting Orville to Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Card. Gelke claims the baby was not abandoned and that the adoption was illegal. He left for St Louis before birth and says he sent money and now supports the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Orville
J. Howard Card
Herman Gelke
Gelke
Bertha
St. Louis
Card
Mongolia and Russia draft trade and postal pact
Moscow reports that Soviet Russia and Mongolia have drafted commercial and postal agreements to be signed soon. Elbek Dorzhy, head of Mongolia’s delegation, says the move aims to deepen trade for geography and political reasons with Russia as intermediary to China, boosting exports of leather wool and other goods.
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Moscow
Russia
Mongolia
Elbek Dorzhy
Monogtian Commercial and
Dorzhy
China
Judge Emery Starts His Charge To Jury Just After 2 O'clock
The trial of Mrs. Joseph Dufford ends a day with Judge Emery to begin charging jurors at 2 PM. District Attorney Hildebrand argues for conviction, stressing insanity questions and the defendant's alleged perilous state and motives amid testimony from character and local witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery
Commonwealth
Turu
Hildebrand
New Castile
Twn
Dutford
Carl
Harry Wirtz
Cambriden Springs
Contract Awarded for Harlansburg Road Project
County commissioners announced the State Highway department awarded the contract to Burns and Burt for the Harlansburg road from Harlansburg village to Butler county line. Butler county already awarded the section from Lawrence county line to Slippery Rock borough. Work on both sections to start at once.
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State Highway Department
Burns and Burt
Harlansburg
Butler County
Lawrence County
Jina
Slippery Rock
Candidate Uses Same Old Bait
A Wilmerding man proclaims candidacy for county commissioner with a long standing platform: lower taxes and elimination of dead timber in county offices. The phrase is common but rarely enacted. Wickagas port News notes a patrolman finding a hareo wandering at night, tying it to a tree and alerting police.
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Wilmerding
Wickagas
The Chances He Had Taken
A year after graduation John Hepworth works in a large city office and dreams of luck and romance with the president's daughter Muriel Tolman. Promoted or not, his days mix routine, mishap, and a stray $50 bill mistaken for nothing as he navigates workplace snubs and a fateful lunch misfortune.
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Tom Hepworth
John
Beartinghouse
John Hepworth
Mim
Daddy
Muriel Tolman
John's Corporation
Tolman
Rickman
Daniel
Hepworth
Rogers
Totman
Phat
Higgins
Biggins
Tiggins
Ike
Beast in Carolina woods spooks hunters at cabin window
Hunters in two winters of ce parrn Carolina woods chased a wildeac to a clear ing and fled when the beast leaped into a cabin window. On the porch, Friend Husband sat unfazed as the frightened pair urged action. The tale ends with a defiant grim refusal to aid the creature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ce Parrn
Carolina Woods
American Legion Weekly
Daily Thought and a Curio Note on Rarding's Picture
A quotation attributed to Bacon on graciousness to strangers frames a worldly citizen with an open heart. The fragment notes a man engraved Rarding's picture on a nin head and escaped, hinting at a curious archival item connected to a misread or miscopied artifact.
Excavators Uncover Egyptian Buildings Near Jordan River
London reports that the Beisan Beisan Beisan excavation by the Pennsylvania mission reveals substantial Egyptian structures with centuries of occupation. Two large inscriptions mention Seti I and Ramses II, indicating Egyptian military dispositions and naming nearby Jordanian towns including Pelsan, a small settlement 59 miles northeast of Jerusalem.
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London
Pennsylvania
Beisan
Faiestine
Jerusalem
Set II
Dameses Il
Seti
Egypt
Jordan
Pelsan
Jerusalg
Says Indian Was First American
In a lecture at Northwestern University Professor William I. Fras argued there was no race in the Earth prior to the so called American Indian. He dismissed a South American skull find as a fossil claim and noted the red man’s culture and social organization rivaled or surpassed white societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Euire
Butler
E. B. Bartlett
Kentleman
Carl Dufford
Jesna
Jesus
Mr. Bartlett
Oughin
William E. Porter
Porter
Dufford
Dafford
Pires
Paul Duftard
Commonwealth
Harry Hosley
C.ly. Akens
Hildebrand
Surrek
R. Lawrence Hildebrand
Moday
William I. Fras
Northwestern University
Las
South America
Clubs Outbid Best Hotels In London
London clubs outbid top hotels as fashionable night spots appeal to officers on leave. The scene shows no sign of national financial distress, with clubs growing from wartime demand and city nightlife adapting to postwar leisure.
London clubs draw high society to vaudeville shows
The article notes clubs grown from small beginnings attract top ranks in society and public life, with Irene Castle appearing in London as a dancer. Reported receipts reached substantial sums as entertainment venues outbid hotels for foreign artists while nightly performances continue in intimate halls.
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London
Lasinfornia
Irene Castle
German Girls Prefer Strike Doles To Work
ESSEN June 23 Thousands of women and girls have been thrown out of work due to factory closures from occupation but continue to receive strike allowances. Many rely on munic or government support with meals and weekly pin money. Near Essen an old barracks has been turned into a camp for unemployed women with over 400 housed there.
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Essen
Hubras Am
United States
Five Thousand Dollar Gifts Honor Fifty Years of Service
New York June 23 Two employees of Elmer and Amend drug and chemical firm were treated to a dinner at Cavanargh's Chop House in honor of fifty years of service. Elmer president Rudolph Zimmerman and Louis Moses presented each with a $5,000 gift. Twenty eight employees had served two decades or more. A Lattstown, Pa. dentist faced an injury claim after a dental procedure.
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New York
Elmer & Amend
Third Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Stataer
Cavanargh
Ifty
Rudolph Zimmerman
Louis*Moses
August Elmer
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Spanish Veterans Committee
Altank
Lasker
New Leviathan Record
Shipping Board
Deere
Francis Carrick
Chicago
Richard ©. Tesmar
Pred
Thompson
Francia Carrick
Tesmer
Clarence Campbell
Hareo
By John Palmer
Weslern
Lord Help the Wildcat
Bacon
Higgins Bros
the Higginggins
Clare P. Dushane
Jordan River
Says Indian
Shrings
Red Man
Continent
Best Hotels
Lattstown
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