Swift asserts food administration aided producers and consumers
Washington dated report quotes Louis F. Swift of Swift and Company urging continued government control of meat markets as essential during shortages. He warns a one cent pork price drop could cost his firm millions, defends federal oversight as safer than full packer licensing, and criticizes the bill as class legislation while noting competition and new plants. Levy Mayer argues the bill unconstitutional and accuses the FTC of biased investigations.
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Louis F. Swift
Swift and Company
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Food Administration
Live Rock
Mr. Swift
Swift
Anheeuser-Busch Brewing
St. Louis
Levy Mayer
Armour and Company
Mayer
Federal Trade Commission
Yorkshire Miners Win Queer Strike
London reports a wave of English labor unrest as 147,082 Yorkshire coal miners walk out over a denied 20 minute meal break. The dispute affects shipbuilding on the Clyde and centers on a shift to a 47 hour week with no breakfast break. A Daily Mail note calls the fringe radicals a small but active minority opposing capitalism and union leaders.
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London
England
Yorkshire
Clyde
Daily Mail
Socialist writer Lloyd found guilty of disorderly conduct
William Bross Lloyd socialist writer was found guilty by a jury of disorderly conduct for carrying a red flag on his car during his Hillnots senate campaign and fined 25 dollars. He gave no notice of a motion for a new trial. George Krupp, accused with him, was fined 1.
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Chicago
William Bross Lloyd
United States
Hillnots
George Krupp
Early spring flowers push up amid mild weather in Bloomington
Bloomington local note reports tulips and flag lilies sprouting after an unusually warm spell. Officials fear wheat may also begin to sprout if temperatures do not soon drop, risking damage unless a colder spell arrives.
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Bloomington
Joint river and rail rates go into effect in St. Louis
The new joint river and rail tariffs extend to Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana and Missouri north of the Missouri River. Chicago gains lower combined rates to New Orleans reducing the path via St Louis, expanding St Louis trade territory about 20 percent and prompting calls to upgrade municipal wharves.
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St. Lews
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Tawa
Llinois
Indiana
Chicago
Missouri
United States
Texas
Louisiana
Southeastern States
National Guard to receive surplus Army equipment proposal
Brig. General John W. Heavey urged the House Military Affairs Committee to rider an army appropriation to turn over surplus regular Army equipment valued at 375 million dollars to the National Guard. He said keeping the Guard in its prewar form and expanding its strength per the 1916 act would aid national defense. Heavey noted the Guard fielded 367,000 men and 12,123 officers during the war with only 352 officers discharged for inefficiency. Universal military training was urged in connection with the National Guard. The 1916 act aimed for sixteen divisions and 400,864 men, but wartime conditions prevented full implementation.
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Washington
John W. Heavey
Militia Bureau
House Military Affairs Committee
Army
Secretary of War
National Guard
Regular Army
Heavey
General Staff
United States
German National Assembly to Meet in Weimar Feb 6
The German national assembly will convene in Weimar on February 6 and sit about two months. It will first choose a provisional government, then adopt a constitution. The existing government offers no new proposals. the draft from the interior ministry serves as a discussion base.
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Weimar
Rv Associated Press
Berlin
German National Assembly
Ministry of the Interior
Constituent Assembly
National Assembly
Germanys Defeat and Independence Movement Origins
A fragmented analysis traces the German states push for full independence to opposition against Prussia, noting the complex attitudes that shaped postwar sentiment. The piece suggests American readers may find the idea surprising given prevailing views of German unification dynamics.
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United States
Germany
Prussia
Lincoln and Jefferson Quinetet Tie in Junior High Basketball
Lincoln defeats Jefferson 6 to 4 on Lincoln courts as Irving routs Dewey 29 to 8. Next Tuesday Jefferson faces Dewey at Jefferson and Wednesday Irving meets Lincoln at Salem hall. Schedule runs January to April with multiple Lincoln Irving Dewey Jefferson matchups. Some men do some mighty queer stunts for the purpose of keeping their names before the public.
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Jefferson
Irving
Dewey
Jefferson Court
Salem
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