Set Coal Prices For Producers In Light Of Strike
Secretary Hoover announced a maximum price of 3.50 per ton for coal at the mines in 80 percent of production areas during the strike. A small minority of operators from western Kentucky refused to cooperate and sought higher prices. Consumers can ensure a square deal by checking freight rates with the max price, confirming contract coal status, and allowing for retail distribution costs.
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Washington
Hoover
Western Kentucky
Hibover
Veterans care costs soar with World War I aftercare
Washington reports over 2.0 billion dollars spent by the United States on sick and disabled World War I veterans. Annual spending projected at 500 million for years, with 33,000 in federal hospital care and peak load expected around 1926 at about 35,000. Vocational training reaches 108,000 ex servicemen, with dependents receiving allowances. total veterans’ costs, including future undisabled bonuses, could exceed 4.0 billion dollars.
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Washington
United States
United States Veteran's Bureau
Open Water Lanes Plan Moves Toward Treaty
Washington announces the fire step toward a St. Lawrence Great Lakes waterways project. It has opened negotiations with the British ambassador in Washington to craft a treaty with Britain and Canada enabling digging the ditch and giving the middle western region access to global water lanes.
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Washington, D. C
St. Lawrence-Great Lakes
Washington
Britain
Canada
Middle Western
Senate panel OKs soldier bonus bill with bank loan clause
Washington the house soldier s bonus bill amended in several important particulars retained the bank loan provision. The senate finance committee approved it 9 to 4. Chairman McCumber plans to report the measure to the senate in a few days and hopes for action before the tariff bill passes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
McCumber
Senate
Poincare Recommends Abstaining From Haie Conference
Premier Poincare says France should skip the Haie conference on Russian affairs unless it is pre cleared as an economic expert discussion between specialists, not diplomats, to ensure the agenda.
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Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
France
Ha Ie
Governor Visits Park Site Tour Across Northwest Nebraska
Governor McKelvie returns from a tour with the state park board to inspect potential sites in Broken Bow Crawford Agate Harrison Chadron and Valentine. The group examined locations as possible Nebraska state parks following the recent legislative creation of the park board.
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Lincoln
McKelvie
Nebraska
Broken Bow
Crawford
Agate, Harrison, Chadron and
Valentine
Treasury certificates offer in Washington six months note
Secretary Mellon offers a new six month treasury certificate issue for subscription totaling about 200 million dollars. The issue is dated July 1 and matures December 15, with usual tax exemptions.
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Washington, D. C
Mellon
Treasury
Explosion Injures Factory Workers at Blumau near Vienna
Ten people are dead and at least sixty injured after an ammunition factory explosion at Blumau near Vienna. Rescue teams and officials assess the scene as workers rushed for safety, with authorities investigating the cause and scope of the blast.
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Vienna
Blumau
Labor Shortage Looms Across Key Industries in U S
Unemployment nears vanishing point as over two million men gain work in ten months. Department of Labor reports shortages in building trades lumber automotive and farm sectors. Iron and steel warn of looming labor gaps in coming months.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Labor
Iron and Steel
Leather Strength Tied to Humidity Levels in Tests
The Bureau of Chemistry explains leather strength and elasticity rise with humidity. Testing must use uniform moisture to be valid, as dry conditions can misstate strength. A controlled testing room, unmatched elsewhere, ensures consistent results while detailing dust explosion dangers and preventive measures across industries.
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Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Dust Explosions Book From NFPA on Dust Hazard Losses
A new book titled Dust Explosions, summarizing seven years of USDA research, will be issued by the National Fire Protection Association in Boston. Prepared by David J. Price and Harold H. Brown, it targets reducing dust explosion losses across industries including grain, coal, cotton, and manufacturing. The work notes about 21,000 plants produce combustible dust annually, contributing nearly seven billion dollars of output, underscoring the economic stakes.
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United States Department of Agriculture
National Fire Protection Association
Boston
Massachusetts
David J. Price
Harold H. Brown
Bureau of Chemistry
Department
Buffalo calves boost US buffalo preserves counts
Forty six new buffalo calves are reported on three of the four game preserves managed by the Biological Survey of the Agriculture Department. At the National Bison Range in Montana the herd reaches 417 with 28 calves born this spring. Wind Cave in South Dakota has 15 calves and Niobrara, Nebraska three. The department notes success in maintaining herds at these points and Sullys Hill, North Dakota, amid dwindling large buffalo populations nationwide.
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Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
Wind Cave
South Dakota
Niobrara
Nebraska
Sullys Hill
North Dakota
Biological Survey Protects Endangered Native American Animal Range
The Biological Survey has taken special steps to establish suitable ranges and safeguards for a species once threatened a few years ago and now considered extinct in its native American habitat.
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Biological Survey
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