Hanes urges division of railroad profits for public good
Walker D. Hines director general of railroads told the Transportation Club in Louisville that excess earnings above a reasonable return should be divided to protect the public and ensure fair returns for railroads. He urged consolidation, public labor participation, and bold regulation to avert loss of private capital.
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Louisville
Walker D. Hines
Transportation Gab
General Wood
Hines
Readjusting railroad rates under unified control
The speaker argues rate readjustment will be very difficult due to abnormal two year conditions. He suggests unified control could avoid large increases needed under private management and cites objections to the old system as unsatisfactory and increasingly so.
Hornsby Signs With Cardinals for 1920 Season
St Louis report states Roger Hornsby, NL leading batsman, signed to stay with the Cardinals for 1920. The Americans also announced six recruits. Manager Rickey said he refused a roughly $100,000 mix of money and players for the second baseman.
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ST. Louis
Roger Hornsby
Cardinals
Rickey
Jamaica tourism surges as liquor traffic debated
Tourists pack Kingston amid a government probe into state control of liquor. The influx is attributed in part to Prohibition enforcement in the United States.
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Jamaica
Kingston
United States
Time extended to reinstate war risk term insurance
Washington January 30 Former service men may reinstate war risk term insurance any time before July 1 1920 under a new ruling by the bureau of war risk insurance Applicants may reinstate regardless of lapse duration or discharge length if two monthly premiums accompany the application and the insured is in as good health as when issued The plan covers a widened list of beneficiaries and allows conversion to United States government insurance
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Washington
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Cholmeley-Jones
United States
Aviators Willing To Make Cash To Mexico
In Brownsville Texas on January 30 aviators from the Eighth Aero Squadron at McAllen await Mexican clearance to cross the border and haul oil and gasoline to Lieuts Davis and Grimes who made a forced landing thirty miles below Zapata County. Major Torres of Mexican troops in Matamoros district urged permission. Grimes and Davis are reported at Guerrero 140 miles west of Matamoros. The machine’s landing resulted from fuel exhaustion after fog. the two men are not prisoners, only in a technical sense, and are receiving courtesy at Fort Brown.
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Brownsville
Tex
Eighth Aero Squadon
McAllen
Texas
Mexico
Davis
Grimes
Zapata County
Torres
Matamoros
Mexican War Department
Guerrero
Fort Brown
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Peoria
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Tinois
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Cardinal
DLA
Hampshire St
Orpheum
O'Coats
O’coats
Union
Detroit
Rockford Sox
Durham
Rex Beach
Pierre Landis
Wyoming
Katherine Newlin Burt
New York
Joan Landis
Joan
Burt
West
BC Ranch
Mr. Beach
Houghton Mifflin Company
Whig
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