Government bonds surge as millions invest in Liberty issues
Meantime analysts note Liberty bonds and Victory notes have risen in public interest with around 20 million respondents supporting the war effort. Officials caution holders not to sell, predicting most bonds will rise above par in time while government buys them back to fund ongoing expenditures.
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Angton
Liberty
Victory
Mellon
Faery Mellon
Jenny
United States
Jey
Liberty Bonds Victory
Senate Commerce Committee Hearing On Rail Act
Daniel Silard of the Baltimore Ohio Railroad and Alfred P. counsel for the National Association of Railway Executives testified before the Senate Commerce Committee. They opposed proposed legislation to repeal rate authority by state commissions and warned it would end in government ownership of railroads. Willard argued the transportation act must be preserved, suggesting government ownership as an alternative and predicting financial turmoil if the act is abandoned.
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Shington
Wilard
Spcces
Willard
Maryland Leads Birth Rate Rise in 1920 Census Report
The Census Bureau notes Maryland shows an uptick in births in 1920 within a larger area of 24 states plus D C, despite a general decline from 1916 levels amid influenza and war. Maryland’s rate reached 24.8 per 1000, ranking eighth among states, with 36,212 births in 1920 and 29,452 white births.
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Maryland
Census Bureau
District of Columbia
Maine
Bureau
United States
Kentucky
Michigan
North Carolina
Pennayivan
South Carolina
Utah
Virginia
California
Washington
Kansas
Martinsburg Player Clings to Beloved Bats After Train Crash
In a Martinsburg Blue Ridge League tale, infielder Frank W. Lloyd and pitcher Mike Pforaich stranded from a wreck near Altoona. Lloyd, who had bought six new bats, was found hauling what appeared to be an injured passenger but turned out to be the club bat bag. He crawled through a broken window to save his sticks.
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Frank W. Lloyd
Martinsburg
Waynesboro
Martinsburg Blue Ridge League
Joe Ward
Harrisburg
Lloyd
Horseshoe Bend
Altoona
Lloyds
Mike Pforaich
Glassport
Fforsich
New Thrift Bond Issue for Small Investors
Treasury announces a new unlimited thrift bond series to aid savers. Denominations start at 25 dollars, sold at 24 dollars, with five year maturity and par redemption. Other denominations offer proportional redemption, plus 3 percent interest. Investors may redeem at any time for original investment plus credited interest.
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Washington
Tresstecretary
Presto Aarding
Treasury Securities
DOCTOR'S SLAYER FOUND IN BRROOKLYN MURDER CASE
New York reports that Lillian Raizen wife of Brankisn tor manufacturer confessed to killing Dr Abraham Glickstein. District Attorney Levis of Brooklyn said the slaying occurred at Glickstein office on Tedford street Saturday evening. The motive was an attempted attack on Raizen on the eve of her wedding last March.
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Glickstein
New York
Lillian Raizen
Levis
Brooklyn
Abraham Glickstein
Tedford Street
Snow coats White House grounds in first of season
Aerial view shows the executive mansion and grounds blanketed in fresh snow. Navy dirigible C-7 is seen flying low over Washington in a test maneuver near the White House amid winter scenery.
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Executive Mansion
White House
Washington
Nine Die In Boarding House Fire Near Detroit
A fire at the farm home of Mrs. Margaret Kuken two miles north of Detroit killed nine people and seriously burned three others, including several children. Names reported include Mrs Wakens thehand and two of her children, Mrs Tiina Cas nek of Detriot, and Mrs Want nef ex pected by ea tai, with one survivor leaping from a window. The blaze destroyed the dwelling and the death toll may rise as investigators assess the scene.
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Margaret Kuken
le Detroit
Wakens Thehand
Ea Tai
Josepl
Fragmentary news note on mine blast injuries and names
A garbled report mentions burn injuries from a mine blast with several partially readable names and ages. It references hospital treatment and an unclear list of persons including a 22 year old and a possible military or local unit. The text also includes an unrelated dialogue about a gentleman giving money for a dress.
Worst is over on farm says report
The report outlines efforts to cut farm costs by studying production and consumption both domestically and abroad and to provide farmers credit on easy terms. It suggests reuniting Bureaus of Markets and Crop Estimates and farm management with agricultural economic work under one merged unit.
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Wallace
Congress
Bureaus of
Pfallace
Speeding Arrest Retold In Quip About Pinch
A terse exchange recalls a six week old chase where the speaker jokes about arrest for speeding. The remark frames the incident as a lighthearted remark rather than formal charges.
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