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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1920
Page
2
A South Carolina court has ruled that Ford Motor Company of Detroit must pay a substantial damages award in a civil matter. The verdict places the automaker under financial liability for claims presented in the case.
Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian delegates propose four amendments to the league. The items address governance, competition rules, scheduling, and funding mechanisms. Debate centers on fairness, parity, and international cooperation.
A jury verdict in the McMaster v Ford case awards Ford Motor Co 40 9900 in damages and Union Automobile Co of Charlotte N C one dollar in a dispute over a wall mounted gauge attachment claimed unsuitable by Ford dealers The trial lasted over forty hours in Columbia The piece also notes labor and league of nations items with no local implications.
The coal strike’s impact on financial London sees the pound weaken to 2.44 dollars on buying orders for coal shipments from the United States to Europe. Continental exchanges also moved against Great Britain, growing weaker on the news.
The Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal in New York where the American Socialist Party was convicted of violating the espionage act and fined 3900 for publishing Scott Nearing's pamphlet The Great Madness.
Alabama farmers urged to hold cotton 120 days after price fell from 40 to 20 cents per pound. Miles Alwood, state agriculture commissioner, called planters to stay out of markets for four days to protect the crop. In Topeka Kansas Amelia voters enrolled under Parmer Labor banner denouncing Democratic and Republican foreign policies.
The retirement of Les ter Ho Monks president and G Peabody Gardner Jr vice president from active identification with W A Hartiman and Co Inc was announced. A target boat bound for Pensacola Massachusetts will arrive about the 61st of next month to serve as target for coast defense rifles and mobile batteries near Pensacola.
The first death among hunger strikers in Cork jail was reported as Fitegerald who died after 68 days fasting. MacSwiney in Brixton prison continued his fifth day of hunger strike as reports stated he was fairly well.
In Britain a million miners are on strike and thousands more in docks and industry are unemployed. Transport workers rail unions plan to discuss a broad sympathetic strike as labor and political leaders call this one of the era’s greatest upheavals.
An official of the French military mission in Poland told the Associated Press that Polish forces might have fallen to Bolshevik armies without French support. He cited the Russian offensive against Warsaw as a turning point and emphasized French aid helped sustain the Polish defense.
President elect Gen. Alvaro Obregon announced in Dallas that the new Mexican government will recognize all legal foreign debts of Mexico and all legal rights of Mexicans and foreigners in Mexico alike. Obregon spoke at an international banquet.
Charles S. Allen, secretary of the Wholesale Trade Association of New York, predicted that the recent decline in bituminous coal prices will be followed by a much more decided drop within a short time.
Ensign R. M. Cook of the naval air station flew a navy flying boat toward Houston to attend his own wedding. The report notes other items: Soviet gains on the South Russian front and a Milan hotel bombing during a League of Nations meeting.
Southern cotton commission merchants urged the federal reserve board to suspend regulations on unfit financial paper to ease credit stringency. Governor Harding said rediscounted paper tied to the crop mortgage does not fit the Federal Reserve act. Senators criticized the board for its interpretation of the law.
A banker states the United States has one of the best banking systems the world has ever seen and expects no further financial panics. He asserts stability and resilience amid market fears.
George R E Roberts of National City Bank of New York told Rock Hill business men the U S banking system remains strong and predicts no inevitable panic or industrial collapse. He blamed low world purchasing power and high exchange rates for drops in wheat and cotton prices and urged patience and cooperation.
Eight white farmers near Bald Knob in White County Arkansas were arrested on charges of conspiring to destroy cotton gins. The owners reportedly received warnings to close the gins until cotton prices rose.
Columbia reports Red Cross chapters in South Carolina spent 227273 during the past year. Home service and civilian relief received 59402.85, public health urging 20420.75, influenza epidemic aid 7548.16, and 98782.24 went to national and international work. Washington meeting discussed potential American aid to Cuba at the request of President Menocal.
Telegram from Hamburg reports a large midnight fire on the steamer Victoria Luise of the Hamburg American line at Vulcan yards. Palmer seeks reactions as to appointing a special assistant to the attorney general for prosecutions of operators and minors awaiting ballot.
This brief roundup highlights seven days of global events affecting many nations. Leaders, economies, and societies navigate crises, diplomacy, and shifting alliances shaping the international landscape.
Italy grants amnesty for pre September 19 1919 crimes easing deserter penalties. Plebiscite in Klagenfurt favors Austria over Jugoslavia. Irish raids kill and wound, with manpower promised to quell unrest. US, British, and Serbian events weigh on postwar tensions.
Summary of disclosures on a Marine killing probe ordered by Major General Barnett during the occupation. Also notes Fairchild seeks Supreme Court action against woman suffrage amendment, railways appealing to Wilson over transportation act payments, Cuba seeking US aid, a Baker committee finding no irregularities in 22.2 million wartime awards, US absence from League meeting due to non ratification, and sugar price shifts from 25 cents to 11 cents for refined, raw sugar down from over 23 cents to 7 cents.
A collage of reports covers health fears from tuberculosis spread to urban populations, a Huntington WV WCTU leader’s remark on high school cigarette use, and various violent incidents including night riding, cotton gin explosions, and legal actions. The piece ties labor, crime, and politics with regional unrest and a presidential race backdrop.
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