Schwab Defends Expenses Before Walsh Committee
Charles M. Schwab testified he paid his own October 1918 expenses and did not take a salary while directing the Emergency Fleet Corporation. He called Abadie’s figures “absolutely false” and said any voucher was not charged to ship construction. Witnesses from Bethlehem Steel and other fleet leaders are due to testify next week.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
Walsh Congressional Committee
E. H. Abadie
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Schwab
Fleet Corporation
Abadie
Wilson
Mr. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Eugene G.grace
Emergency St Leet Corporation
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Charles Plez
Chicago
R. D. Gatewood
Division of Construction and Repairs
Robert Hague
Mail Loot in Pastor’s Home in Mount Vernon Illinois
Post office inspectors recovered almost all of 185000 linked to a registered mail theft in Mount Vernon. Four suspects were arrested including Rev Guy Kyle former pastor of Free Methodist Church. About 100000 was found in an egg crate at Kyle home, mostly 20 and 50 dollar bills. Additional arrests expected as inspectors raid various sections. Kyle denies involvement saying he learned of the money only when found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Post Office
Guy Kyle
Freee Methodist Church
Kyle
Loren Williamson
Mail Theft at Union Station Stuns Chicago Policemen
Chicago authorities mobilized every officer, postal inspector, and government agent in a wide search for four youths who hijacked a mail truck at Union Station. They escaped with twelve registered mail sacks with an estimated value over 500000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Union Station
Deportation Ordered for Russian Soviet Official Weinstein
Secretary Wilson ordered Gregory Weinstein chancellor of the Russian soviet bureau in the United States deported. Weinstein sails Saturday from New York on the Stockholm with Martens and other Russian officials. The reasons match those for Martens, despite Soviet counsel’s request to cancel the warrant. The Justice Department opposed cancellation to prevent possible reentry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gregory Weinstein
United States
Wilson
Labor Department
Weinstein
New York
Stockholm
Martens
Russia
Department of Justice
Hoover proposes national board to regulate market trading
Herbert Hoover before the House Agriculture Committee urged creation of a national board of experts with regulatory powers to improve marketing conditions. The board would regulate credit beyond farm loans and help stabilize grain and cotton markets while avoiding rigid law on future trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Hoover
House Agriculture Committee
Mail plane crash near Madison injures pilot
A mail air plane bound for Chicago crashed during a forced landing at Dane County fairgrounds south of Madison. Pilot Smith escaped serious injury after leaping free and delivered the mail to the Madison post office before continuing to Chicago.
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Madison
Wis
Chicago
Smith
Dane County
Fair Grounds
Here
Madison Police Board Accepts Lynaugh Resignation
The Madison board of police and fire commissioners unanimously accepted Patrolman Matthew B. Lynaugh's resignation. Lynaugh had been acquitted of first degree murder in the killing of Carl Jandorf, a university student, last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quits Police
Madison
Wis
Madison Board of Police
Fire Commissioners
Matthew “B. Lynaugh
Carl Jandorf
Reds Halt Armenian Revolt in Baku
A terse report from Baku states Armenian revolt actions were halted with authorities asserting control. No further details provided due to fragmentary text.
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Baku
Apna
Boston Manufacturer Urges Tariff Opposition on Cuban Sugar
Edwin F. Atkins of Boston urged the Ways and Means Committee to oppose any tariff rise on Cuban sugar. He warned higher tariffs would hurt Cuba and argued current policy protected U S sugar industries. He cited a 1,000,000 ton surplus and urged lenient treatment to ease the industry crisis.
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Boston
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
House
Congress
Census Committee
Barbour
California
Senate
Missouri
Iowa
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Mississippi
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Vermont
Michigan
Ohio
Connecticut
New Jersey
North Carolina
Texas
Edwin F. Atkins
Ways and Means
Cuba
Atkins
United States
Brooklyn
Thompson
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Manufactures Committee
Town revives Sunday laws in Berwick accord
Berwick Pennsylvania council orders strict enforcement of long forgotten Sabbath rules. The police will close soda fountains ice cream parlors and newspaper stands on Sundays and prohibit street newspaper sales. Gas stations are barred and drugstores may only dispense medicines.
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Berwick
Berwick Council
Swedish Minister to U. S. Appoints Wallenberg to America
Stockholm January 22 19XX Alex Wallenberg named minister to America in a Swedish cabinet reshuffle. The posting formalizes Sweden’s diplomatic ties and places Wallenberg as head of the Stockholm legation to Washington with duties in North American affairs.
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U. Ss
Stockholm
Alex’ ‘Wallenberg
America
Arrested Student Ends Life in Pittsburg High Case
Pittsburg high school figure Wallace Ringle a senior and business manager was arrested charged with a hold in a case connected to a student life ending incident. The article provides fragmented details about the arrest and the involved parties.
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Pittsburg
Kanan
Wallace Ringle
Ringle
U S Weekly Market Report Grain and Livestock Summary
United States Bureau of Markets reports week ending January 20 with wheat price swings showed declines into midweek then a late uptick on export demand. Chicago and Minneapolis prices cited. hay, feed, fruits, vegetables, dairy, and live livestock markets mixed with weaker butter, cheese gains, and general livestock price declines across categories.
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U.S. Bureau OF Markets
Washington
Minneapolis
Buenos Aires
Chicago
Kansas City
Winnipeg
Sac Ee
Timothy
Cincinnati
Omaha
Prairie
Minnneapolis
Northwestern
New York
Phildelphia
Boston
Wisconsin
Square Prints
Steel workers accept cut at Inland Steel plant
Chicago workers at Inland Steel voted in a secret Indiana Harbor meeting to accept a company wage reduction. The reduction ranges from 17 to 20 percent by department, despite some workers wanting to strike. AFL organizers advised against hasty action.
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Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Federation
Farm er Slain Near Lincoln in Logan County Barn
Illinois report says Louis Martin a prominent Logan County farmer was shot through the heart while milking a cow in his barn a few miles from Lincoln. The death is under investigation with local authorities examining the scene and collecting evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Louis Martin
Logan ‘County
Farmer
Lincoln
Red Clover Seed Quality for Northern Farms
The U S Department of Agriculture urges careful seed selection for red clover. Emphasizes seed size purity and weed absence, recommends home grown seed when possible, and outlines simple germination tests to gauge true clover content and sowing value.
Silage Carriers Shown For Efficient Farm Feeding
A Practical setup to feed silage shown with three long flat bottom feed banks of 4 by 36 feet, built from 2 inch lumber and supported by iron pipe and steel posts. The system allows emptying one silo at a time, with feed bunks usable for silage and grain, aiming for low backs in steers.
Improvement of Pet Stock in Better Lives Better Stock Campaign
The U S Department of Agriculture notes difficulties in classifying pet stock such as Belgian hares captive ducks dogs and other pets under the Better Lives Better Stock program. Categories focus on cattle horses sheep goats poultry and other livestock while a separate list tracks 176 pet stock entries bred to purebred sires. Nearly 400000 head of general farm livestock are listed nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Soybean Growing Popular Across the Nation in 1920
The soybean has become a crop of special importance nationwide with large 1920 acreage and rising interest in its use for food and oil. The USDA introduced new varieties expanding growing areas from the North and West to the extreme South. Mandarin Easy Cook Aksarben and Hoosier arrived in northern markets while Otootan Laredo and Biloxi see wide southern cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United ‘States
Department of Agriculture
Otootan
Laredo
Biloxi
Silage Yield Conversions From Early Almanac Data
A fragment lists silage to forage conversions: one ton silage equals one ton beets sugar. three tons silage equals one ton clover hay. three and a half tons silage equal one ton lucerne hay. two and one quarter tons silage equal one ton marsh hay. half ton silage equals one ton pumpkins.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Union
Frank R. Gooding
Idaho
Nugent
Hoover
United Provinces
Agra
Oudh
India
Tondon
Sir Harcourt Butler
K. C, Ileb
Illinois
Lhunt
Sam
United
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