Packers Defend Refrigerator Car Operations Before Senate Panel
Washington August 24 National Live Stock Exchange official Heinman defended packer control of refrigerator cars before the Senate agriculture committee considering bills to regulate the packing industry and separate car operations. He argued car ownership boosts efficiency and denied favoritism toward wholesalers or discrimination against competitors.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Kenyon and Kendrick
Co. B. Heinman
National Live Stock Exchange
Federal Trade Commission
G. O. Virtue
Frderal Trade Commission
Columbus Hosts 43d Grand Army Encampment in September
Columbus prepares to welcome the 43rd national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic during the September 7–13 week. Veterans from Spanish American and World War eras join G A R members with dignitaries such as President Wilson General Pershing and Secretary Baker expected. A parade, campfire at Memorial hall, and expanded participation by other veteran groups are planned.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Wilson
Pershing
Baker
Navy
Daniels
James H. Wilson
Nelson A. Miles
John L. Clem
Drummer Boy
Leonard Wood
H. L. Rodgers
Memorial Hall
James E. Campbell
United States Railroad Administration
GALR
Tobacco's 10 charms and a U turn on risk myths
Frederic J. Haskin surveys scientific views on smoking noting nicotine’s potent effects yet arguing tobacco aids some men, citing insurers and war usage as evidence of limited harm. He contrasts thrips and humans, cites writers and soldiers, and traces tobacco’s global spread and cultural resistance.
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Teolstol
Thomas Carlyle
England
Alfred Tennyson
Australia
Reels and Stars Highlight Vitagraph and World Pictures Plans
Gypsy O'Brien joins Vitagraph in The Day Resurgent as lead. Earle Williams film The Black Gate a Hilliard Booth mystery. Joseph Byron Totten debuts as Vitagraph director. World Pictures buys Possession rights by Joseph Franklin Boland. American director Herbert Brenon and star Eddie Loru make Twelve-Ten, shot in England and Paris, to be released by World Fixtures in September.
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Earle Williams
Vitagraph
Black Gate
Hilliard Booth
World Pictures
Joseph Franklin Boland
Fort Lee
Europe
Herbert Brenon
Eddie Loru
World Fixtures
England
Paris
France
Where Bonds Are Loosed Picturized on Dry Tortugas Isle
KR L Grant Watsons popular novel Where Bonds Are Loosed has been adapted to the screen. The tropical settings were shot on an island of the Dry Tortugas group off Florida in a tropical backdrop for the film.
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KR. L. Grant Watson
Bond
Fleurida
Film industry reviews producer-director plans and casting notes
Directors and stars including David F. Fischer Corinne Griffith and Tom Terriss are highlighted as industry watchers scrutinize the producer-director approach for new films. Corinne Griffith leads The Climbers with Hugh Tiuntley, plus a cast featuring Marmont Walker Spottswood Hallam and others.
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Corinne Griffith
Vitagraph
Clyde Fitch
Hugh Tiuntley
Marie Tempest
Percy Marmont
Corinne Walker
Crearage Spottswood
Henry Hallam
Emily Fitzroy
Jane Jennings
Josephine Whittell
Charles Medton
Tom Terriss
Three New Educational Weeklies From Goldwyn
The Goldwyn Distributing Company announces three Educational Weeklies ready for general distribution. At the Crossroads follows life led by inmates in Leavenworth Federal Prison in Kansas. School Days presents a modern industrial school linking vocational training with high school work. The Tale of the Olive and Orange explores culture and marketing of citrus in detail.
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Goldwyn Distributing Corporation
Leavenworth
Kansas
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