Federal Trade Commission targets Pittsburgh Plus pricing plan
The Federal Trade Commission announced a complaint against United States Steel Corporation and 11 subsidiaries for unfair competition in inter state trade. It alleges the Pittsburgh plus price scheme vets all shipments from Gary and Pittsburgh with freight to the destination, controls ore supplies, rail and transport, and fixes uniform prices across subsidiaries. The commission set May 31 as the date to answer, with trial to follow on the merits.
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United States Steel Corporation
Intergate
Federal Trade Commission
Qairmen Thomson
Turd and Nugent
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Caskill
Murdock
Steel Corporation
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Commission
Chicago
Duluth
Birmingham
Unitedates
Pittsburgh
Cade
United
Ue Corporation
Gary Steel
United States
Ailof
Mattie
Teal Corporation
Lake Superior
Alas Ha
Hat
Uiat
Steel Coronation
Im. Innsylvania
Ohio
New York
Newoeey
Delaware
Maryland
Massachus
Piteeburgh
Rome Excavations Claim Saint Peter and Saint Paul Tomb Site
Excavations at San Sebastiano on the Appian Way reveal a house like Christian monument with inscriptions suggesting Saint Peter and Saint Paul may have lived in Rome. Archeologist Marucchi leads the dig and hopes to locate the tombs, with a world wide subscription urged to fund progress.
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The
Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
San Sebastiano
Paul
Rome
Wigth Poraty
Len
Fegrattter Marucchi
Inge
Ferree
Harvard Pedagogue Held After Moonshine Raid in Back Bay
Boston moonshine raid leads to the arrest of Louis Agassiz Shaw, Harvard Medical School chemist and assistant in applied physiology, held on $500 bail. A top floor still with six gallons of mash and five-and-a-half gallons of distilled liquor is found at 6 Marlborough Street. Shaw, from an eminent Boston family, claimed moonshine served as punch ingredient at society dances. Officers describe the scene as a shock to elite circles while Shaw cooperates with authorities.
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Louis Agassiz Shaw
Back Bay
Boston
Tribune
Harevard
United States
Hays
Marlborough Street
Shaw
Harvard Medical School
Boston Blue Book
Ike
New York Graft Panel Appointed By Lusk Machold
A Joint Legislative Committee to probe Hearst Hylan and Tammany was formed by Senator Lusk and Speaker Machold. Meyer Robinson Adler Ullman Donohue and others named as members. The panel will meet Friday at Murray Hill Hotel for organization. Two original supporters remained, others replaced after last minute changes. For crime, a writers club raid uncovered an underground Communist propaganda network with three arrested and five trunks of literature seized.
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Hearst-Hylsa-Tammany
Clayton R. Lusk
H. Edmund Machold
Schuyler M. Meyer
Manhattan
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Herkimer
Maxwell S. Harris
Kings
Frederick W. Kavanaugh
Saratoga
Cortland
Bernard M. Downing
James J. Walker
Democrsta
Assemblymer
House
Elon R. Brown
Watertown
Steinberg
Joseph Steinberg
Robinson
Assembly
Tammany
Livingston
New York American
Watson
Cnt
Hylan
Machold
Meyer and
Charles J. Scully
Department of Justice
Writer's Club
Bleecker Street
Abram Jakarta
Russia
Israel Amter
Julius Fakiar
Brook Avenue
The
Bronx
John Edward Siebert
Twenty-seventh Street
Sheepshead Bay
Siebert
Writers’ Club
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Scully
Fichert
Pennsylvania
Agenta
Sichert
New York
United Communist Party
Communist Party
Jakarta
Amter
Pays $4,000 for Platinum but Gets 9 Lbs of Tin
Norwich man George Rucktschler paid $4,000 for what he believed was platinum. A stranger claimed to smuggle in platinum from Russia and sold him Seraptin nine pounds. Rucktschler tested the sample, confirmed platinum, and sold it in advance for $4,000. He then received a $6,000 check from Binghamton sellers which was halted before cashing. He pursues the con artist as the ruse unfolds.
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Norwich
Rial Dispatch
the Tribune
Syracuse
George
Rucktschler
N.Y
Russia
Binghamton Sen
Binghamton
Tribune
Beekman
Omer
W. A. Thompson
Men of
Furuseth
Bengon
United States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
United States
Nation Faces Ship Tie Up Tomorrow
A general tie up of all American ports except the Great Lakes looms on May 1 after negotiations failed over a 2 15 percent wage cut. President Harding faces a potential arbitration move as union leaders press for terms and back further talks with the White House and Hoover.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Shipping Board
Benson
Marine Unions
White House
Andrew Furuseth
International Seamen's Union
Harding
Hoover
France to Make Ruhr Seizure Alone if Allies Refuse Aid
Berlin reports indicate Germany prepared a new offer to either America or the Reparations Commission to meet the Paris demand of 226,000,000,000 gold marks in annuities and seek an economic accord with France. Hugo Stinnes drives the move, while Stresemann signals a possible shift for a joint settlement with French interests.
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France
Ruhr
Germany
Joseph Shaplen
Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
Berlin
America
Reparations Commission
Hugo Stinnes
Gustav Stresemann
German People’s Party
Reichstag
Stinnes
People’s Party
Allied Supreme Council
London
Paris
Social Democrats
der Tag
Vorwaerts
Wehrenbach
Walter Simone
Stresemann
Everyody
Hunger and wine in Honey Spot students spark Stratford aid
Stratford town officials and citizens mobilize to feed intoxicated Honey Spot School District children after parents gave home made wine with little food. Dr Howland cites food shortage as key factor. Committee approves $1000 and launches $20,000 fundraiser starting May 9 amid broader regional poverty from factory layoffs. Ex service men protest to ease charity injunction.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Stratford
Honey Spot
Deruyter Howland
Board of Education of
Chamber of Commerce
Demandig
Department of Charity
French Expect New Invasion to Yield Up to Two Billion Gold Marks a Year
Paris financial experts estimate that Allied revenue from the Ruhr for reparations will reach 1.5 to 2 billion gold marks annually. British officials are less optimistic. Lord d Abernon brings Berlin's explanation of Germany's offer to Washington as the Allied plan to invade the Ruhr gains formal support.
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the Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
London
Ruhr
Lord d’Abernon
Berlin
Washington
Italy and United States Back Yap Equality in Mandates
The Italian government pledged full cooperation with the United States in Yap discussions, seeking equal rights among mandatories and backing the American note of April. Italy supports the Anglo French proposal to study the issue in a juridical committee and aims for a resolution that avoids discrimination among nations.
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Tribone
Washington
Tteljan
United States
Thatus
Island
Yap
Waron Vittorio Rolandi Ricci
Hughes
Italy
Mandate
Council of Ambassadors
Wilson
Lansing
Paris
Japan
Yapa
Conference of Ambassadors
Americans Detained in Nuevo Laredo Charge Emissary Links
Mexico arrests San Antonio men Jesse and Martin Trejo in Nuevo Laredo on charges of acting as emissaries for Francisco Murguia. They are held incommunicado as General Cubanes refuses the U S consul access, prompting a Washington protest plan if no immediate interview and release.
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Mexico
U. S
Laredo
Tex
San Antonio
Shelx
Boy Playing Cop Kills Little Sister in Home Shootout
Salvatore Giglio eight years old of 36 Warren Street shot and killed his five year old sister Angelina while playing cops and robbers. He took his father's pistol from a table drawer to make the game realistic. the weapon was placed to the sister's temple. Neighbors heard the shot and found Salvatore crying. He was taken to the Children's Society and will be assigned in the Children's Court to face charges of juvenile delinquency.
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Salvatore Giglio
Warren Street
Angelina
Salvatore
Temple
Siglio
Children's Society
Beyan
Forty Irish Soldiers Seized in Dublin Action
Crown forces surrounded a building in Blackall Place and captured forty members of the Dublin battalion of the Irish Republican Army. Bombs were thrown at auxiliaries in Brunswick Street, wounding two civilians. Later auxiliaries twice occupied and searched the offices of The Freeman's Journal.
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Dublin
Crown
Blackall Place
Irish Republican Army
Brunswick Street
Freeman's Journal
Paris Says Berlin Can Present New Proposals After Invasion
Paris government insists Germany could submit new reparations proposals after occupation. Briand and Foch fly to London for Supreme Council talks as France plots Ruhr seizure if Allies withhold support. Paris expects German concessions but warns occupation may proceed with or without allied consent.
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Paris
Berlin
London
Associated Press
France
Ruhr
Germany
Supreme Council
Brigand
Marshal Foch
M. Berthellot
Foreign Office
M. Briand
Senate
Chamber of Deputy
Lloyd George
Downing Street
Briand
Nueleus
Clemenceau
André Tardieu
Earea
Cance
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Sehneder
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Jarding
Loucher
U.S
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