Ways and Means panel eyes debt refund plan for foreign loans
Washington February 7 The House Ways and Means Committee signaled approval of refunding 10,000,000000 of American loans to foreign nations and deferring interest for up to three years. Some members urged preserving authority for funding while others pressed for future action after Treasury talks. Committee may issue a sense of Congress rather than a full bill, as Treasury officials seek no new legislation but contemplate funding via long term securities with five percent interest and annual installments.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
United States
Fordner
Green
Iowa
Kitchink
North Carolina
Democratic Committee
Treasury
Norman Davis
Department
Roumanian Government Owns World’s Largest Wine Cellar
A railway tunnel 2,609 feet long, built for transit, proved unsuitable for its purpose due to poor construction and was leased to a wine dealer who converted it into a storage for wines, claiming the largest wine cellar worldwide.
Sloan's Liniment Advertisement Claim
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a remedy for rheumatic twinges lumbago neuralgia muscle strain and joint stiffness. It claims rapid relief without rubbing and lists prices 34¢ 40¢ and 1.40. Sold by druggists nationwide with emphasis on frequent pains and aches.
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Sloan
Ian
Aurora faces severe influenza outbreak with 4000 cases
Reports from Aurora indicate 4000 influenza cases and the highest state death rate. Dr. Drake urges Mayor Townsend and Aurora Commercial Association president Mead to enforce quarantine and curb spread. Dr. Winner reports lax quarantine enforcement and no orders to close schools, churches, theaters or public gatherings. Epidemic spreads from north to south with peak not yet reached in the south.
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Springefeheld
Aurora
Jil
Health Department
Drake
Drakes
Winner
Oldest St Louis Grocer to Close After Prohibition
The David Nicholson Grocer Company, oldest wholesale and retail grocer in St Louis, will go out of business after March due to prohibition reducing trade. Established 1843, the firm had $2,000,000 yearly before prohibition, now about $1,500,000. The firm imports fine liquors and expects to sell 300 barrels of domestic whisky in bond at medicinal prices.
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Louis
David Nicholson Grocer Company
North Sixth Street
St Louis
Joseph Lyttle
St. Louis
Lyttle
Bond Am Kentucky
Mexicans Hold Two U.S. Pilots As Negotiations Continue
In Douglas Arizona dispatches report Lieutenants L. M. Wolf and G. M. Usher, American aviators held since Monday, will be kept in Mexican custody pending talks with Washington over repeated landings of U.S. pilots on Mexican soil. Sonora papers call the landings violations of sovereignty. A Navazari dispatch says Mexico will seek a full explanation from the U.S. before release. Meanwhile the men are under technical arrest but free to move within the city.
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Douglas
Ariz
Web
Nacozari
L. M. Wolf
G. M. Usher
Washington
Sonora
Navazari
Mexico
Civic Flag Hoisted on Dublin City Hall
Dublin February 7 civic flag replaced the Sinn Fein banner over the city hall as the municipal council met. The council rejected O Brien's proposal to remove the mace and sword as relics of feudal authority and symbols of servitude. Applications filed at the king's bench division for the release of recently elected lord mayor Tom Kelly, held in Wormwood Scrubbs prison.
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Dublin
Sinn Fein
Vitry
O'Brien
King's Bench
Tom Kelly
Wormwood Scrubbs
Taming of a Radical by William Hard
A 1920 essay argues that labor leaders’ views hinge on industry conditions. Foster’s radical organizing in steel mills contrasts with mining, showing leaders adapt to nonradical steel environments. The piece contends commercial factors shape strikes more than propaganda and previews further analysis.
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William Hard
Associated Newspapers
Hard
American Federation of Labor
William Z. Foster
Foster
United States Steel Corporation
The
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Chicago Federation of Labor
WHS
Henry II
England
Thomas A. Backett
Cantterbury
Thomas
Mr. Foster
Pittsburg
Labor Party
Thomas A. Becket
United Mine Workers
Certificate Issue Marks End of War Financing Program
Washington February 7 Subscriptions to the last series of certificates of indebtedness closed completing the treasury’s postwar financing. About 25 billion dollars in liberty and victory bonds remain outstanding to be retired under sinking fund provisions. Certificates totaling roughly 2.95 billion were issued to anticipate tax installments. tax receipts are expected to exceed obligations, enabling prompt retirement as they mature, with the issue dated February 2 and maturing March 14 aligned with the first tax installment.
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Washington
Treasury
Defer Strike Seven Days Notify Hines
In Petroit Michigan on February 7 the general chairmen of the Maintenance of Way Employes and Shop Laborers Union unanimously approved a plan to call a nationwide strike if needed to win wage gains. They defer action seven days pending the Washington conference outcome and said union members in Washington fear little chance of agreement with the railroad administration. If a strike occurs the union would act independently of other railroad groups, and other departments could face layoffs if road beds deteriorate or shop forces are crippled.
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Railroad Administration
Food profiteers and hoarders crackdown nets arrests
Washington February 7 the campaign against formal profiteers and hoardholders has netted 95 arrests. Some cases have gone to trial with 28 convictions and penalties up to 5000 dollars and one year in prison. Over 100 sugar profiteering arrests and 11 convictions to date.
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Washington
Fomal
Department of Justice
Fire destroys Regal docks and Brookland ship
A blaze at Regal near Havana destroys the American Agricultural and Chemical Company buildings and their contents valued over 10 million dollars. The fire, originating on the nitrate laden freighter Brookland moored at the Regal docks, leaves the Brookland a total loss as explosions disturb residents and several firemen are injured.
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Itavana
Feb
American Agricultural and Chemical Company
Regal
Brookland
Rega
Patek Warns on Pledges in War Peace Talks
London reports from Warsaw that Foreign Minister Patek calls the preservation of pledges a key issue in the peace negotiations. He stresses assurances must be kept as talks advance, amid ongoing diplomatic activity.
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London
Warsaw
Patek
Proposals Question Bolshevik Promise Assurances
The minister raised how the Bolshevik government could be trusted to keep its promises and who would guarantee support to Poland if peace with the Bolsheviks occurred and the pact was violated.
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Poland
Boots Dickson post circus to be held at Glisness Ford garage
Palmyra Missouri residents organize a Boots Dickson post circus with Rialty Jazz band from Quincy providing music The event aims to draw strong community support with elaborate costumes and a large turnout Also note several local obituaries and family movements including Floyd Hansbrough returning from Okolona and Mrs Hollingsworth’s death in St Louis away from Palmyra
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Floyd Hansbrough
Okolona
Miss
Palmyra
Mallory
Georgia H Bennett
Milllory
Maywood
Tosora
Carson Mallory
St Louis
St. Louis
Mes. LW. Smith
Mr. Hollingsworth
E Hollingsyworth
Dian Wallneht
J. 8 Green
Local notices mix with health updates and travel snippets
Several brief items report individuals visiting Columbia and returning home from Kansas City and Georgia. Miss Leta Todd plans a few days in Columbia. Diphtheria reports near Mark with Miss Waby Tegalo improving after anti-toxin. Mrs. Byron J. Sims and others travel or recover from illnesses. influenza hospitalizations appear in St. Louis.
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Leta ‘Todd
Columbia
Lallue
Broanswick
Mark
Waby Tegalo
Byron J. Sims
Jacksonville Qh
Wilmore Hayden
Ava Milton ¢Tfahn
Kansas City
S. N
S. N Glivson Tadleather
Crb Bye
Washinton
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Robin
Swift's
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Marshall
American Legion Circus
Thomas R. Marshall
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American Legion
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Prompt Delivery Service
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Deliri Sie Saab
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