Washington News Roundup of 1923 Economic and Rail Crises
Postmaster General orders report of mail interference to railway superintendents. Harding urges restraint to protect interstate transportation and mail. War Finance loans total 237 million. Coal disputes sent to government arbitration. Corn production forecast at 2.86 billion bushels, wheat at 817 million. Tariff on eggs set by Senate. Morse case denied appeal. Navy recruitment resumes. Charleston yard closing ordered. Prohibition agent Guanover sentenced. Bloomington rail walkouts protest troops and mail curtailment. St Charles tornado devastates town. losses exceed a million. Crop conditions improve on coasts and Northwest amid heat and drought effects.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Domestic Prices Rise as Labor Dept Reports
Department of Labor announced higher food costs in the United States. J. C. Colvin is dead. Tom R. Bhock and Charles Bebout are under bond in Wichita Falls Texas after an attempted liquor search at Colvin’s home. John D. Rockefeller is eighty three and celebrated with a birthday cake a round wet golf ball and a Saturday automobile ride.
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United States
Department of Labor
Washington
J. C. Colvin
Tom R. Bhock
Charles Bebout
Wichita Falls
Tex
Colvin
John D. Rockefeller
Dempsey and Wills Sign for World Heavyweight Title Bout
Sporting champion Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills through their managers signed a contract in New York to box for the world heavyweight championship at a time and place to be named later. Joe Lynch defeated Johnny Buff to regain the bantamweight title in New York as Buff’s seconds threw in the sponge in the fourteenth round.
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Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
New York
Joe Lynch
Johnny Buff
Buff
Death of Col. A. B. Enloe Leader in Tennessee Railways
Col. A. B. Enloe eighty six chairman of the Tennessee railroad and public utilities commission died at Nashville Tennessee after a long public service career. He was a prominent figure in the region and led state transportation policy.
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A. B. Enloe
The
Tennessee Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Nashville
Tennapar
London plans lump sum loan repayment to America
A London newspaper reports that arrangements for repaying the loan to America in a single lump sum are advanced. Repayment would be financed by a loan raised in both England and America.
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London
America
England
Hard Coal Men Back Peace Plan
Anthracite operators led by Michael Gallagher and S. D. Warriner say they accept President Harding's arbitration terms. They want a mandatory wage scale decision by August 10. Bituminous operators and miners will respond later as Secretary Davis voices resolve to secure coal and a clear arbitration plan.
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Washington
Harding
Michael Gallagher
Cleveland
S. D. Warriner
Philadelphia
White House
Davis
United Mine Workers
Arbitration Commission
Orders to U S Troops In Rail Strike Crisis
Washington July 14. Federal troops at strategic points are to be ready to carry out President Harding's proclamation to end the rail strike crisis. Corps area commanders will report untoward incidents to Washington, with no troop movements without direct authorization. Harding's proclamation receives senate endorsement.
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Washington
Harding
United States
Senate
Rail strike talks fail as carriers reject peace plan
Chicago July 14 rail officials flatly reject Ben Hooper proposal for a peace parley with B M Jewell head of the strike. They say a meeting cannot be arranged under present circumstances until the 300000 shopmen return to work.
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Chicago
Ben W. Hooper
United States Railroad Board
B. M. Jewell
Kidnaping of Rail Worker in Chicago
Six armed men in a car stopped another vehicle at 99th Street and Michigan Avenue and kidnapped John Matias, a 71 year old man from 100 block East 100th Street. He was beaten and thrown into the kidnappers car. Police seek the abductor vehicle and suspects.
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Chicago
M Ninety-ninth Street
Michigan Avenue
John Matias
East One Hundred and Second Street
Matias
Burnside
Illinois Central
Settlers Travel by Tractor Toward Canada for Farmland
Settlers bound for Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta rely on tractors and autos to reach new homes and farm lands. They bring full equipment and plan extensive spring operations on land eyed by scouts as productive. Alfalfa yields high for the region and corn shows early growth as farmers prepare silos for late summer fill.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lake Winnepegosis
Texas
Canada
Foghorn Gives Seaside Warning in Family Quip
A Boston Transcript quip imagines a seaside scene where Mr Beach asks his daughter to sing cheerfully, only to be told by Mrs Beach that the sound is not Helen but a foghorn. The exchange mocks melodrama with a humorously blunt coastal image.
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Mr. Beach
Cuticura Trio Advertises Baby Skin Comfort
The advertisement promotes Cuticura products for a baby with red rough itching skin. It recommends hot baths with Cuticura Soap and applications of Cuticura Ointment plus occasional use of Cuticura Talcum powder as part of an indispensable toilet trio.
Mutual Precaution Delicate Exchange Caught in Dialogue
A terse exchange unfolds between a girl's father and a young man. The father asks if the intentions are serious while the young man hesitates and inquires about the caller’s own feelings. The moment hints at guarded courtship and parental scrutiny.
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Sultor
Ship Us Cream Price Guarantee Claims
The notice asserts a price policy two cents over the market for cream shipments. It promises customer satisfaction on every check and guarantees prompt return of empty cans as well as prompt payment for each consigned can. It pledges to handle any claim quickly and to the caller's satisfaction and asserts clear, direct statements of intent.
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Railway Mail Service
Waushington
War Finance Corporation
M Harding
Tausig
Wabash Railroad
Daugherty
Court of Appeals
Charles W. Morse
District Supreme Court
Census Bureau
Nevada
Rhode Island
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Charleston
8. S.) Navy Yard
Carpenter
Frank G. Guanover
Prohibition
Eniiremen
Bloomington
Ill
Justice Seeger
New York Supreme Court
Walter S. Ward
Baker
Clarence Peters
Northwest
St. Paul, Minn
New Orleans
Pullman Company
Fitzhenry
U. S. District Court
Wabash
St. Charles
8. D
Gregory
Sioux City
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Rocky Mountains
Agriculture Department
Vatican
Rome
Paris
Star Motion Picture Theater
Honolulu
Southern
Ireland
Cathal Brygha
Charles Burgess
Dublin
U. S
Hooper
Fletcher
Colgate
Cashmere
Wiita
Murphy-Ward Dairy Co
Calumet Ave
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