Nation Balking at High Food Costs and War Agencies
Washington officials report surplus army food will be sold to consumers via parcel post starting August 18. Congress and the executive plan wage and living cost adjustments, with Palmer and a high government committee drafting a program for the president’s review. Rail wage disputes spark talks of government ownership, seen as unlikely. Jessie Haver presses Packers storage release. Hagipton backs the Kenyon bill.
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Washington
Parcel Post
War Department Division of Sales
T Railway Brotherhood
Congress
Palmer
Senate
House
Mies Jessie KR. Haver
National Consumers’ League
George F. Hagipton
Farmers’ National Council
Kenyon
Bandit Steals $192 From Pearce Bros Store at Pier 2
A lone robber, about five feet four and dark complexioned, entered Pearce Bros clothing store at Pier 2 yesterday morning, waved a revolver, and forced four clerks to lie down. He grabbed $192.75 from the cash register while $10,000 on the counter remained untouched as he escaped into the daylight.
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Pearce Bros
Pier 2
Japanese Get Me at Business
I W Ringer warns that to compete with the Japs Americans must adopt harsher working conditions and abandon living standards. He claims Japs push white workers from the meat trade, control hog feeding contracts, and attract restaurant kitchens and business contracts, urging drastic action to counter what he calls cream-separator disparities.
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Cascades
Pacific Coast
I. W. Ringer
Pacific Meat
First Ave
Ringer
Yellowhammer Debate Echoes in Williams Parlor Tale
A humorous salon tale recounts Stub defending a yellowhammer’s power and the Patron, a prominent local peddler, listening intently. The chatter centers on fictioneering and boasts of masticating barns, with Stub claiming wit and delivery to sway the room as the Patron seeks attention.
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Williams
Gene Hatton
Second Avenue
Stub
Rail shop men strike hits Chicago and southeast states
Chicago and southeastern rail shops report massive walkouts. About 25 000 in Chicago district and up to 30 000 across 13 states join the strike delaying traffic. Workers seek 85 cents an hour plus higher minimum for helpers, with various trades affected. railroads deny full strikings but warn impact.
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Chicago
United Press
John D. Saunders
Pennsylvania
Burlington & Quincey
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Chicago & Great Western
Ilinois Central
Chicago & Northwestern
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Chicago Belt Line
Atlanta
Altho
Minah Bird Tale Sparks Honolulu Hat War
In a rowdy Honolulu scene a Patron derides yellowhammer gossip while a Minah bird is praised for stealing hats and even a sky-piece. The tale ends with a debate interruption as Paris reports a peace committee vote approving the German treaty by 34 to 1.
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Hawaiian Islands
Panama
Honolulu
Hawaii
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
The More a Man Doesn't Know Leas He Doubts
A concise aphorism noting that ignorance increases doubt for a man who learns less or misunderstands. The saying hints at the link between knowledge and confidence and reflects cautious, skeptical temperament.
Protests Pour Into Capitol as Price Pressure Grows
Washington Aug 2 United Press reported nationwide protests against the high cost of living pouring into the capitol. The president expects recommendations in a fortnight from a commission led by Colver Hines and Leffingwell. Cabinet officers and Palmer will review the report to find plans to lower prices. Proposals include monetary contraction cheaper wheat licensing dealers and profit limits. The president and Hines tie railroad prompts to the cost of living as one issue.
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Washington
United Press
Capitol
Federal Trade
Colver
Hines
Leffingwell
Palmer
President
International Food Agency Move Gains Momentum
Aug 2 London reports United Press says an international agency would purchase and control food supplies to curb global price rises. The plan awaits U.S. cooperation and is under review by the supreme economic council. It calls for reviving the wartime international organization to solve the issue amid recent coal price jumps.
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Ask International
London
America
Supreme Economic Council
Los Angeles Seeks Help to Curb Living Costs
Los Angeles County officials urged the California delegation to push for lower living costs. The board of supervisors forwarded a resolution stating current prices impede a man with a normal salary from supporting a family.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors
California
Cubs Trade Veteran Her yom for Braves Outfielders
Chicago announces Charley Her yom, a veteran infielder now with the Boston Braves, is traded to the Cubs. Leslie Mann and Charles Pick move to the Braves. Herzog will report here Sunday.
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Chicago
Charley Her Yom
Boston Braves
Chicago Cubs
Leslie Mann
Charles Pick
Braves
Herzog
Seattle Pike Place Market Monopolized by Japanese Vendors
Market Master John Winship says twelve years after Seattle opened its first public market, Japanese proprietors now control about half of the 200 stalls at Pike Place and dominate truck garden products. They pay 10 cents a day per table, with the city covering cleanup costs, yielding a perceived monopoly and higher prices than local groceries. Winship admits the situation is one he cannot rectify and invites suggestions.
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Pike Place
John Winship
Winship
Seattle
City of
Star Thereday
Big Chicago Fire Destroys 75 Homes Near Stock Yards
United Press reports a three hour blaze in Chicago destroyed seventy five wooden houses, many homes of Mexican and Lithuanian workers near the stock yards. Police say five Negro suspects fled the area after the alarm.
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Chicago
United Press
Free pageant drawing 1500 participants at UW on Sunday
One thousand girls and five hundred men will take part in the elaborate pageant Seattle Seaport of Success at Denny Field on the University of Washington campus. The free evening show starts at 7 p.m. Sunday under War Camp Community Service auspices with admission free.
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Seattle
Seaport of Success
Denny Field
University of Washington
45Th St
20Th Ave
Roosevelt Park
Wallingford
Mth Ave
Demands for Immediate Release of Food by Packers
Washington demands that millions of pounds of food be released to lower living costs. The National Consumers’ League and Farmers’ National Council back the Kenyon bill to regulate packers. They claim huge stockpiles and potential annual savings of 80 to 100 million dollars.
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United Press
Washington
National Consumers’ League
Jessie R. Haver
Farmers’ National Council
George P. Hampton
Kenyon
Miss Haver
Hampton
French Troops Reported Slain in Strassburg Disorders
Revolutionary demonstrations were reported in Strassburg with several French officers and soldiers killed and some bodies said to be thrown into the river. Martial law was threatened as French troops remained quartered there near the Rhine after the armistice.
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Berlin
United Press
Strassburg
Rhine
Mower
Alsace
Hungary's Red Cabinet Resigns in Budapest
UPI reports from Budapest say Bela Kun and the entire Red cabinet resigned after hours of talks as Bolshevik rule collapsed. A social democratic coalition led by Julius Peidl forms to pursue peace with the Allies and constitutional government.
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Vienna
United Press
Hungary
Budapest
Bela Kun
Red
Julius Peidl
Copenhagen
Julius Beidel
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