U. S. Supervision of Mines Urged by Coal Commission
Washington September 24 The United States Coal Commission issues a final report urging federal supervision of coal through a new division of the Interstate Commerce Commission with licensing powers. It would require cost and profit reports, encourage consolidations but allow rejection of unfair deals, and act as a federal fuel distributor in emergencies to stabilize prices and mining conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Coal Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Conl Commission
Supreme Court
500 000 Meals a Day Served by Yankees to German Children
Berlin reports that 4 989 tons of flour 2 531 tons of milk 1 083 tons of sugar 209 tons of cocoa and 606 tons of fat were used to feed German children last summer under Quaker auspices. About 500 000 meals were served daily in 1 600 cities at an average of two cents each. The relief is financed mainly by the American central committee and supported by the German government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
American Central Committee For the Relief
Austria
Navy's Giant Dirigible Reaches Washington on Longest Flight
The ZR-1 dirigible arrived in Washington at 1:25 PM after departing Lakehurst NJ at 10:35 AM. It flew low over the capitol, up Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, circled the area, and passed the Lincoln Memorial as President and Mrs. Coolidge observed from the grounds.
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Washington
Lakehurst
N. J
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Lincoln Memorial
Profiteers in Spain to Hang, Rivera Says
President Primo Rivera declares profiteers in food and rent will be hanged if needed. The directorate cites exorbitant living costs and vows to abolish middlemen unless profits fall. A royal decree bans price rises on food and rents and another decree cuts railway passes.
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Madrid
Primo Rivera
Fifty Die as Polish Mine Disaster Hits Reden Mine
In Sosnowiec area near Reden mine a fire damp explosion left fifty dead and their bodies recovered while forty more remain buried alive. Emergency crews report the disaster occurred due to fire damp conditions.
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Warsaw
Reden
Sosnoś§tie
Australian ship program costly says Department of Commerce
The Department of Commerce reports government shipbuilding and operation in Australia have been a costly venture with total losses nearing 11 million pounds. The statement outlines the financial impact and reflects the heavy expenditure tied to the program.
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Washington
Australia
Department of Commerce
Unknown Thessalian City Unearthed From Early Byzantine Era
Archaeologists report the discovery of a hitherto unknown city in Thessaly dating to the early Byzantine period. The find has sparked significant scholarly interest and raises questions about regional urban development in antiquity.
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Constantinople
Thessaly
Berlin Money Panic Fearing Rapid Collapse of Mark Exchange
Berlin reports a currency panic as the mark plummets from 250,000,000 to 80,000,000 per dollar and fortunes swing wildly. Finance official Fellinger is blamed for steering the exchange, with Germans unknowingly facing inflation as prices soar for meals, hotels, and goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Fellinger
New York
Amsterdam
Switzerland
Reichsbank
Dry Forces Rally Called by National Church Council
Federal council of churches issues call for a nation wide rally and a good citizenship and patriotism conference in Washington on October 14 to 16. The organizers include 756 business leaders clergy congress members mayors university heads and women’s organization leaders urging renewed active support for prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Council of Churches
Congress
Gold thieving dental mechanic confessed theft from veterans
Harry P. Clayton a dental mechanic at the Mount Alto Veterans Bureau hospital admitted to doctors and police that he replaced half the gold ordered for bridgework and sold the rest. Government agents estimate the loss at about $5 000.
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Washington
Harry P. Clayton
Mount Alto Veterans’ Bureau
Naval Aid Urges Battleships Over Aircraft in War Plans
Capt. Luke McNamee argues the navy should center on battleships rather than airplanes. He warns that sole reliance on air power could allow enemy advances on Panama and other territories, citing high aircraft costs and short lifespans.
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Washington
United States Navy
Luke McNamee
Director of
Naval Intelligence
McNamee
United States
Panama
Porto Rico
Alaska
Philippines
Virgin Islands
Hawaii
Guam
Samoa
Record Auto Output Reaches New High This Year
Commerce department figures show 2,431,061 passenger cars and 258,774 trucks built by 181 manufacturers up to September 1. Last year’s production totaled 2,389,414 passenger cars and 244,822 trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Frank L. Mann Revived After Electric Shock At Grand Rapids
Frank L. Mann forty was declared dead after a 1500 volt electric shock. Dr O H Gillette used adrenalin with fifteen drops injected into Mann's body. Within two hours he revived and, though badly burned, is rapidly recovering at St Marys hospital.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Frank L. Mann
St. Mary’s Hospital
O. H. Gillette
Mann
President backs ICC plan to consolidate U S railroads
President Coolidge favors the ICC tentative plan to merge American railroads into a few large systems. The support came after a White House conference with N L Amster of Boston, president of the Citizens' National Railroad League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
N. L. Amster
Boston
Citizens’ National Railroad League
Spanish-American War Veterans Pick Commander
Chattanooga Tennessee September 22 Delegates to the United Spanish American veterans twenty fifth annual encampment elected Albert D Alcorn of Cincinnati to the post of commander in chief. The 1924 annual meeting will be held at Michigan City Indiana.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
United
U S Market Report September 22 Hay Dairy Fruits and Livestock
U S market report for the week ending September 22 lists prices for hay timothy at 23.25 27.00 20.90 per unit across Cincinnati Chicago Minneapolis. Dairy butter 47% 92 score, cheese prices Wisconsin markets at several varieties. Fruits and vegetables include Long Island potatoes Maine Irish cobbler and other regional prices. Grain Cleveland Chicago No 3 red winter wheat 1.04 No 2 hard winter 1.07 No 2 mixed corn 46c. Live stock in Chicago with hogs $8.85 top, steers $8.00 11.90, cows 35 11.35, lambs 12.00 14.50.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Chicago
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Long Island
Maine
O. B
Minnesota
Red River
St. Louis
Elbertas
Michigan
New York
Iowa
Illinois Man Would Trade His Children to Pay Debt
Coal City Illinois Sept 21 Frank Vodacek values his three children at 10.72 dollars each after the Smith Wallace Shoe Co of Chicago obtained a 382.16 judgment. He offered his children in payment of the debt stating he had no money to pay the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City
Frank Vodacek
Smith- Wallace Shoe Company
Chicago
Vodacek
Roosevelt May Head the Navy Department
Washington reports Col. Theodore Roosevelt of Oyster Bay N Y assistant secretary of the navy will likely become secretary of the navy marking a cabinet change under President Coolidge Edwin Denby of Michigan the current secretary has signaled retirement plans to withdraw from the post
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Roosevelt
Navy Department
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. X
Navy
Three U S Scientists Die In Gas Blast At Washington
Washington September 21 three men were killed and six injured in a gas explosion at the fuel testing laboratory of the Bureau of Standards. L L Laver of Lower Salem Ohio was killed instantly Urban J Cook formerly of Cincinnati and Stephen M Lee of New London Connecticut died later in the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Standards
L. L. Laver
Lower Satem
Urban J. Cook
Cincinnati
Stephen M. Lee
New London
Conn
Bulgarian Red Plot Nipped Says Dispatch From Vienna
A Sofia report says recent Bulgarian Communist revolt plans were unfounded and halted before arising. Within two days authorities arrested 2000 people including ten Russians and confined them in Sofia jail.
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Vienna
Bulgaria
Sofia
Sofia Jall
Man kills self to be buried beside fiancée in Menominee
Otto Lishka shot himself at his tire shop in Menominee after his fiancée Belle Lemieux died in a car crash nearby. In a suicide note he requested burial beside her.
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Menomines, Mich
Otto Lishka
Belle Lemieux
Government Seizes Over Five Thousand Moonshine Stills
Washington reports 5,000 plus moonshine stills seized in the past fiscal year as part of the federal crackdown. Prohibition Commissioner Roy Haynes released the figures outlining the crackdown's scope.
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Washington
Roy Haynes
Disaster hits Yokohama as 70000 bales of raw silk burned
About 70 000 bales of raw silk were destroyed in Yokohama by the quake with 55000 bales in wholesalers hands and 15000 in others. The report notes the widespread loss across the silk trade and the impact on shipments and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ongkn
Yokohama
Alabama switches from hangman to electric chair finalizes bill
The Alabama legislature approves a bill substituting the electric chair for the hangman's noose in executions. The measure becomes law upon the governor's signature, replacing the old method.
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Hangman
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
House
Inter
Wheeler to reside in friend’s garage apartment
President Emeritus Benjamin Wheeler of the University of California and his wife will live in a small garage apartment owned by friends after a fire damaged their home in Berkeley. The fire assessment occurred Monday, with residence relocation planned by September 24.
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Berkeley
Cal
Benjamin the Wheeler
University of California
Warne Vota of Homesteading
Washington September 24 Secretary of the Interior Work issued a statement to ex service men warning of hardships and the capital required to obtain reassurance and support for homesteading plans and settlement efforts.
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Warne Vota
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Wage raise extended to Brockton shoe workers
The Brockton Shoe Manufacturers Association extended the 10 percent wage increase to class B factories. The decision applies to most classes of workers in Brockton Massachusetts factories as of September 22.
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Brockton
Mass
Brockton Shoe Afanufacturere
Mining Expert William Tudor Dies in Venice
Boston reports the death of William Tudor a mining expert who passed away in Venice Italy He was a Harvard graduate of 1871 and a noted figure in mining circles His death note comes as a loss to the field and to his associates in Boston and beyond.
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Boston
William Tudor
Venice
Italy
Harvard
Favorite Story of the Quarter in Lesson Plans
The devotional outlines list senior and adult class review methods with focus on John the Baptist Mary Peter John Matthew Mary Magdalene Martha Stephen Barnabas Paul Mark Luke Timothy and other NT figures. It links Peloubet and Cramele lessons to life lessons, leader lessons, and helper lessons for varied ages.
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Peloubet
John the Baptist
Virgin Mary
Peter
John the Apostle
Matthew
Mary Magdalene
Martha
Mary
Stephen
Barnabas
Paul
Mark
Luke
Timothy
Cramel
Magdalene
Martha-Mary
John
Jesus
Christ
Corner Stone of Society Quote Cited by Garfield
A Garfield quotation asserts marriage and family are the cornerstone of American society and civilization. The line underscores traditional social values attributed to the 19th century statesman.
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Garfield
Quote by Schiller on enemies and reconciliation
A concise reflection states that a merely fallen foe may rise again while a reconciled adversary is truly vanquished, underscoring the finality of reconciliation over renewed conflict.
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Schiller
Hatred’s Violent Tide Pulls Us Down
A reflective line by La Rochefoucauld warns that when hatred becomes violent it destroys the hater more than the hated, implying self-destruction through spite and aggression.
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la Rochefoucault
Mrs Coffman in Sidell Finds Relief After Seven Years
Mrs Coffman of Sidell Illinois describes seven years of illness with a severe back and side pain. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength and daily function after refusing surgery. She plans to teach her daughters to use the remedy and urges others to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidell
Lydia E. Pinkham
Spa M.corrman
R.B.2
Sidell, IL
Threat for Threat From Courtroom Exchange
A courtroom exchange centers on a heated threat from a woman who declared she would kill the speaker. The speaker replied that if she acted, they would sever all ties and never speak again, highlighting deteriorating relations.
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U. S. Supervision OF Mines
Coal Commission
Interstate Commerce Body
Spain
Rivera
Robert Bridges
England
University of Michigan
Robert Frost
New England
Lieut
J. B. Lawrence
U. 8
U. S
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Illinois
P. B. Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Mrs. Coffman Ini
Bellans E
LLANS
Reg& Cross Ball
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Chesebrough Manufacturing CO
Consolidated
State Street
U.s.pat
T. J. Coffin
Brooklyn
N.Y
Jaques
Jares Capsule Co., Inc
Plattsburg, N. Y
Jakes
Heugenical Laboratories Co
Planters
Florida
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