President expands tariff commission to set rates
President Harding signs an executive order elevating the U S tariff commission to a central role in fixing tariff rates and overseeing revisions of the Fordney McCumber law. The order directs all requests under the tariff act of 1922 to be filed with the commission for investigation and recommendation, leaving final decisions to the White House within 50 percent flexibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
U. S. Tariff Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Tariff Commission
U. S
Armistice Signed Ending Greco Turkish War
Turkey accepted allied armistice terms and signed at Mudania marking the end of the Greco Turkish conflict. Izmet signed for Turkey with Generals Harrington Charpy and Marbelli representing Britain France and Italy. Greece must withdraw forces by October 28 or fifteen days after the armistice takes effect as the Maritza river area is ceded.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Mudania
Greece
Izmet
Mustapha Kemal
Harrington
Great Britain
Charpy
France
Marbelli
Italy
Lrace
Maritzi
Gains in All Commodities Signal Industry Rise
Washington reports August production across most industries rose, with many records across coal and rail sectors. Department of Commerce figures show August output higher than July and near the best levels since 1920, despite ongoing labor unrest and strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of ‘Commerce
Washington
Department of Commerce
China to Get Kiangchow Lease Restored by Japan
Japan has decided to restore the lease of Kiangchow in China as part of diplomatic talks. The move signals a step toward rebuilding postwar regional arrangements and may influence nearby settlements and trade routes.
Ship Burns at Sea City of Honolulu Destroyed on Voyage
Passengers and crew of the liner City of Honolulu were rescued after the ship caught fire in the Pacific Ocean about 1,400 miles east of Hawaii and 670 miles west of Los Angeles. Sixty seven people were aboard with lifeboats helped by West Faralon, the first vessel on scene four and a half hours later. Authorities, Army transport Thomas and Enter prise joined in the rescue while Casania heard the distress calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
City of Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Los Angeles
United States Army
Thomas
Matson Navigation Company
Enterprise
Casania
Edward L. Doheny
Shipping Board
Germans Favor Dollars Over Mark In Currency Shift
Berlin reports a broad shift as German dollar enthusiasts devalue the mark. Citizens dismiss holding marks as folly while hoarding dollars becomes the dominant investment across classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ruling Blocks Prohibition Agents Aboard Ships
Federal Judge Hand issues a temporary injunction restraining prohibition enforcement on White Star Line vessels and United American Line ships, halting actions by agents aboard these ships. The order originates in New York as of October 11.
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New York
White Star Line
United American Line
Hand
British Ambassador to Pay 50 Million to U S on War Debt
London October 12 report states British ambassador to the United States will deliver a check for fifty million dollars to the Federal Reserve Bank as settlement of war debt. The exact amount is not yet confirmed. the payment follows anticipated arrival of Sir Robert Horne in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
London
Auckland- Geddes
Federal Reserve ‘Bank of
Robert Horne
Violence in Rock Island Streak Ends in Deaths
In Rock Island Illinois Oct 16 three die and a fourth is injured in renewed city violence centered on the red light district. Police officers Gus Kirsch George Green and Edward Miter confront Robert Scott a colored man shot and killed Green and wounding Kirsch Scott mortally wounded Miner dies on the operating table state troops likely to assist federal agents as Looney family linked to rival political and underworld factions.
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Rock
Island
Ill
Rock Island
John Looney, Jr
Young Looney
Red Light
James
Dude”) Brown
Levee
Gus Kirsch
George Green
Edward Miter
Robert Scott
Twenty-second Street
Green
Scott
Miner
Kirsch
Rum to Stay on U S Ships
Federal Judge Learned Hand granted a temporary restraining order preventing H C Stuart acting collector of the port Ralph A Day and John G Appleby from enforcing the Daugherty prohibition order. The order, sought by the International Mercantile Marine Corp acting for American Lines, covers the steamers Finland and St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Learned Hand
H. C. Stuart
Ralph A .Day
John G. Appleby
International Mercantile Marine Corporation
American Lines
Finland
St. Paul
Rockefeller Jr Gains 52 Million in Stock Dividend
New York reports John D Rockefeller Jr increases wealth by 52 million dollars from a 400 percent stock dividend of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. He held 38 970 shares, previously valued at 125 dollars each, now rising toward 245 dollars per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Rockefeller
Brazil Women Get Ballot In Rio Vote
Brazil chamber of deputies approved a reform enabling women to vote. In Rio de Janeiro on October 16 the finance committee report detailed the measure and its effects as it moved toward broader suffrage.
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Chamber ‘of Deputies
Rio de Janeiro
U S Market Report: Farm and Grain Prices Oct 11
Market report details week ending October 11 with quotes on hay feed grain dairy stocks and fruits and vegetables. Highlights include No 1 timothy prairie prices across major markets, Chicago and St Louis grain cash prices, dairy butter and cheese values, hog and cattle prices in Chicago, and fruit vegetable price ranges for potatoes cabbage apples and grapes.
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Washington
Timothy
Cincinnati
Chicago
Minneapolis
St Louis
Prairie
St. Louis
Iowa
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Michigan
Three Die in Berlin Riot Assaults
Berlin reports three killed and about 100 wounded from Sunday protests linked to communist activity. Fighting squads attempted to break up meetings of the League for Freedom and Order, with nationalist supporters beaten and twenty carried away and robbed of their clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
League For Freedom and Order
Legion Seeks 10 Million Toward Hospital Upgrades
The American Legion rehabilitation commission urges Congress to appropriate 10.009 million dollars to equip currently under construction hospitals and to fund new neuro psychiatric facilities. The report harshly criticizes government progress to date.
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Congress
New Orleans
The
American ‘Legion
Commission For Rehabilitation
Dentist’s new idea sparks a comic one pull plan
A Washington Star excerpt laughs at a dentist’s proposed extraction method that would have patients involved in a chain pulling, suggesting an overextended procedure and a humorous stimulant closing line.
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Washington Star
Ungainly French Saying in Love and Garages
A quirky quotation contrasts romance and practicality with a French simile about a man in love entangled like a sparrow caught by birdlime, followed by a humorous remark that the easiest castle in the air to realize is a garage.
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American Industries
Kemal
Thrace
China
Kiagchow
Japan
Hilton
Col
A. W. Abbott
Gall
Rum
John D., JR
Brazil
Cloyed H. Marvin
Southern Branch
University of California
University of Arizona
Tucson
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Legion
University ‘of Toronto
Lsc
Horskovits
N.Y
Oriental - Novelty Co
Corpus Christi
Texas
Sents
Wm. R. Lipps
Snyder-Hess Bldg
Massillon
Nanking
God
Jesus Christ
Santa Claus
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