Readjustment Seen as Prices and Rail Crisis Linger in 1920
A Seventh Federal Reserve district report cites downward price trends for most commodities except food, thrift rising, and improving labor as signs of a readjustment in economic life. Rail shortages and strikes threaten transportation, with credit tight and demand high, while clothing costs ease. The report notes the need to curb nonessential spending and mobilize credits to move the 1920 crop.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve District
Washington
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Marshall
McCormick
Illinois
Federal Reserve Advisory
Sugar Refiners Arrested in Sugar Profiteering Case
Boston May 27 Representatives of large sugar refining firms were arrested on charges of sugar profiteering. Henry E Worcester vice president of Revere Sugar Refining and W F Green general manager of American Sugar Refining held in 10000 bail each. The corporations faced similar bail. Complaints claim millions were earned via sugar boarding in this district.
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Boston
Henry E. Worcester
Revere Sugar Reiining Company
W.F. Green
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
Reyes
Castle Burned In Ireland Near Brandon
A fire destroyed Kilbritain castle near Brandon in County Cork Ireland causing estimated damage of 500000 dollars. The blaze underscores ongoing damaging fires in Ireland.
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Ireland
Dublin
Kilbritain
Brandon
County Cook
Engine Lets Go Two Killed In Boiler Blast
In Bay City Michigan on May 27 two men died when the boiler of the Michigan Central local passenger locomotive exploded near the city. Victims R J Smith and Frank Schmeipp, both Detroit residents, were identified.
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Bay City
Mich
Michigan Central
R. J. Smith
Frank Schmeipp
Detroit
President warns coal miners against anthracite strike
Washington May 25 President Wilson warned anthracite operators and miners that no strike must occur in the coal fields during this critical period. He offered to appoint a commission to decide unresolved disputes and keep mines operating retroactive to April 1. Secretary Wilson said the wage scale committee may reach a mutual agreement or submit the dispute to the commission.
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Washington
Wilson
Joint Scale Committee
Department of Labor
Negro killer shoots fiance during robbery near Alexandria
Miss Pearl Clark of Chicago, secretary to Representative Fred A Britten, was attacked by William H Turner, a Black robber, as her fiancé Ty Morgan Moore tried to defend her. Moore was shot dead. Turner fled but was captured at sunrise in a nearby forest after Miss Clark’s screams brought help. Moore worked for the Naval Torpedo company.
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Alexandria
Johnson Wins in Oregon Primary Carrying Seeded Lead
Portland Ore May 25 Senator Johnson of California carried the Oregon presidential primary with a plurality of 1347. Returns from nearly all counties show Johnson 40082 Wood 38735 Lowden 14485 Hoover 12822.
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Portland
Ore
Johnson
California
Oregon
Wood
Lowden
Hoover
Battle Rages Along 90-Mile Front Near Warsaw
Russian Bolsheviks attack in waves on the northern fighting front aiming to break Polish lines and reach East Prussia. Fiercest fighting in months rages as villages change hands daily and positions swing along the 90 mile battlefield.
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Warsaw
Poland
East Prussia
Wealthy Man O'Ban non Inmate Despite Estate Rise
John William O Ban non, heir to a large estate in New York, has been adjudged mentally incompetent and remains an inmate of a sanitarium despite the estate rising about two million dollars in value.
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New York
John William O’bannon
Vermont Republicans Adopt Suffrage Resolution in Convention
The Vermont Republican convention in Montpelier on May 28 adopted a resolution in favor of suffrage and a platform calling for a peace treaty with reservations and non autocratic government.
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Montpelier, VI
Vermont
Senate probes Wood campaign funds in New Jersey lead
Senate investigation heard Frank H Hitchcock say the largest Wood campaign expense in any state was 15000 in New Jersey with 12000 in Maryland following. He listed Wood campaign managers and aides including William C Proctor Norman Gould Thomas C Miller and Moses. Governor Lowdens total fund reaches 404984.78.
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Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Leonard Wood
Senate
Wood Organization
New Jersey
Maryland
Hitchcock
New York
Wood
General Wood
Kenyon
William C. Proctor i
Norman Gould
Thomas C. Miller
Moses
New Hampshire
Lowden
U. L. Emmerson
Shoes cheaper by winter forecast by leather color
Washington says lower shoe prices expected late next winter and in spring as hides and leather cost ease. Edward A. Brand secretary of the Tanners' Council testifies before a senate committee that cheaper leather will bring cheaper shoes within ten months at least and prices should fall next winter.
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Washington
Edward A. Brand
Tanners’ Council of the United
30 Percent Clothing Rise Foreseen by Haberdasher Editor
Frederick T. Frazer editor of the Haberdasher predicts clothing prices will jump 30 percent next fall despite government efforts. He warns the public not to assume prices have peaked or begun to fall.
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New York
Frederick T. Frazer
the Haberdasher
New York Governor Signs Beer and Boxing Bills
Albany reports Governor Smith signed the Walker bill legalizing beer with up to 2.75 percent alcohol by weight and also signed the boxing bill restoring professional boxing to legal status.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Morgan offers London residence for American embassy
President Wilson sent a message to Congress transmitting an offer from J Pierpont Morgan to gift his London house to be used as the American embassy building in Washington.
Two Die in Bull Fight at Alantora Arena
Madrid reports a bull charged into a private box at a bull fight in Alantora Almeria province. Two people were killed and 20 wounded as the panicked crowd fled.
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Madrid
Alantora
Almeria
Coal Operators Victory Over Lever Act Ruling
In Indianapolis on May 28 Judge A B Anderson quashed indictments against 125 coal operators and miners in 13 of 18 counts while upholding five. He ruled amended section four void and original section four insufficient along with section 26 of the Lever act. The decision halts part of the coal controversy from the nationwide miners strike last November. Hughes and other counsel challenged constitutionality and indictment accuracy.
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Indianapolis
Ind
A. B. Anderson
United States District Court
Anderson
Charles Evans Hughes
Million Dollar Wood Campaign Fund Revealed
Senate investigators heard details of Major General Wood’s presidential bid expenditures. Col. William Procter disclosed a 1 million dollar fund with half from himself, and reported 200000 spent in Ohio and 54000 in Michigan. Palmer campaign totals were given as 459610 by C C Carlin.
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William C. Procter
Senate
General
Washington
Wood
William Cooper Procter
Ohio
Michigan
Procter
Palmer
C.C. Carlin
Virginia
Spring Magic and a Long Haunted Summer
Jim Reynolds reads a Mary McGhee poem and recalls youth as spring revives old memories. His partner hints a new widow Mary McGhee may join an advertising firm, stirring Jim to plan a planned vacation that becomes a fresh emotional crossroads.
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Jim Reynolds
Mary McGhee
Mary
Jim
Claire Inman
Claire
Galahad
Ale
Bill
Harlan
Mary McGhee Martin
Edith Gould Weds Yale Undergraduate In Elkton Elopement
Miss Edith C. Gould and Carroll L. Wainwright eloped after being refused a license in Philadelphia. They traveled 70 miles to Elkton Maryland and married by Rev John McElmoyle. George Gould sent good wishes upon learning of the union.
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New York
Edith C. Gould
George J. Gould
Carroll L. Wainwright
Yale
Bishop Wainwright
Peter Stuyvesant
Lcense
Philadelphia
Elkton
Maryland Gretna Green
John McElmoyle
Woolen firm indicted for profiteering under Lever Act
The American Woolen company of New York and Boston, with William M. Wood as president, were indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 counts for selling cloth at unjust prices. Net profits for 1919 totaled $15,518,115 after tax and contingency reserves. a 15 percent wage increase was recently announced.
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New York
American Woolen Company
Federal Grand Jury
American Woolen Company of
Boston
William M. Wood
More Troops to Ireland Amid Ireland Unrest
London May 28 reports additional forces are being sent to Ireland to quell property destruction. Orders arrived at Aldershot sending the Campbell Highlanders to deploy for service in Ireland.
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Ireland
London
Aldershot
Campbell Highlanders
Sutherland Holds Lead in Wheeling Primary News
In Wheeling West Virginia on May 28 an official tally of Ohio County and Wheeling total votes in the statewide primary shows Senator Sutherland still ahead of General Wood.
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Sutherland
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio County
Wood
Bairnsfather's Feelings and a Peace Dinner Toast
Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather spoke at a Blackfriars club peace commemoration dinner at Cafe Monica. He said his cartoons began as simple interpretations of British soldiers moods described by "Ole Bill" "Bert" and "Alf" and recalled drawing at Plug Street sending the first picture to London in a newspaper and later receiving his first check.
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Bairnsfather
Blackfriars Club
Cafe Monica
Bruce Bairnsfather
Ole Bill
Bert
Alf
London Times
Virgin Timber Resources in Pacific Northwest
The Western Oregon and Washington forests hold the nation’s largest virgin timber reserves and supply a large share of U S lumber. Since 1905 Washington led in production, Oregon ranks third in output but first in standing timber, with rising cuts likely to push it to the top among timber states.
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Oregon
Washington
United States
American Forestry Magazine
Washington, D. C
Tobacco Use Across Population Figures Revealed
The article reports that 70 percent of adult males and a third of the population use tobacco in some form. It states per capita consumption is seven pounds yearly for all and twenty pounds for users. About 25 million smokers and chewers average twenty-two pounds each, with 8 million cigarette smokers at 4,500 cigarettes annually and 5.5 million cigar smokers destroying 1,500 cigars apiece.
Flowers Send Rest Day Message From Pupils
A country schoolmarm, ill in the morning, learns no school that day. Late in the afternoon her pupils send a large bouquet with a note asking her to stay sick tomorrow as well, and they will send another bunch if needed.
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Boston
Watchmaking Schools Ubiquitous Across Switzerland
Specialized technical schools in nearly every Swiss city town and many villages focus on watchmaking. The widespread system supports a robust craft economy and trains skilled artisans for the global timepiece industry.
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Switzerland
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Freighy
Miss Pearl Clark
F. A. Britten
Maj
Governor Lowden
Secretary of Tanners’ Council
Haberdasher
Walker
United States Court
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Edith Gould
Elkton, Md
Bride
U. S
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