Coal price cuts agreed by operators to $1.50 a ton
Washington June 28 immediate general reduction of one dollar to 1.50 a ton at the mine was agreed by coal operators. The move aims to cut prices further after cost studies with government input and calls for secretary of the interior FTC and national defense council approval. About 600 million tons mined last year. savings measure praised by Secretary Lane.
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Associated Press
The
Banner
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Federal Trade Commission
Committee On Coal Production
National Defense Council
Lane
Mysterious illness claims sixteen young lives in Oran
Cape Girardeau Mo June 28 six teen children have died in days and more than 25 are ill in Oran Scott county from a mysterious malady doctors are puzzled by. Symptoms resemble enterocolitis but the illness differs in key ways according to specialists in children's diseases.
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Associated Press
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Oran
Scott County
Priests Of Cardinal Mercier Arrested In Germany
The Telegraaf reports several priests from Cardinal Mercier of Belgium entourage were recently arrested and imprisoned in Germany. One is Bishop Legraive of Malines and twenty others are held in Belgium, including Cardinal Mercier's private secretary sentenced to a year for preaching on Whit Sunday about Christian Charity.
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Belgium
Cardinal Mercier
Government plan stamps out wheat speculation nationwide
Chicago June 25 President Griffin of the board of trade issued a statement outlining government plans for food control. The plan calls for absolute control of the wheat trade in all its commercial aspects. No speculation in the wheat market will be permitted, while trading for present and future deliveries in other eras remains unrestricted.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Griffin
Board of Trade
Flying record set from Hampton Roads to Long Island
A new army flying record may have been set as Captain John P. Barthels and Lieutenant Stevens from the Hampton Roads government aeronautical experiment station flew to Minneola, Tong Island, in four hours and 15 minutes. The trip, made without mishap, demonstrated remarkable speed and endurance for military aviation.
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Associated Press
The
Banner
Newport News
John ©. P. Barthels
Lieutenant Stevens
Government Aeronautical Experiment Station
Hampton Roads
Minneola
Tong Island
Mishay
Oregon Town 15 Swept Away by a Breaking Dam
Associated Press reports Rock Creek near Killamacue lake sixteen miles west of Haines was largely destroyed when a fifty foot dam failed. The town's buildings were wiped out and communications are down. casualty details are unavailable.
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Oregon Town
Associated Press
Baker
Oregon
Haines
Rock Creek
Killamacue Lake
Italian Steamship Sunk Reported in Week of June 24
Rome reports the weekly shipping statement shows only one Italian steamship sunk in the week ending June 24. Arrivals at Italian ports were 583 and departures 536.
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Associated Press
The
Rome
Wife of German ambassador dies in Turkey
Basel dispatch reports Frau von Kuhlman wife of the German ambassador to Turkey died of typhus in Constantinople. Dr von Kuhlman formerly served at the German embassy in Washington.
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Turkey
Associated Press
Basel
Switzerland
Constantinople
Frau von Kuhlman
Dr. von Kuhlman
Washington
Canucks Take Town Near Lens In Fresh British Advance
Canadian troops stormed and captured the German front line before Avion near Lens under heavy artillery. The British line moved within a mile of Lens center on a two mile front with Canadians pushing toward the Lens Arras road at Leauvette and taking prisoners. German dug outs housed Fifth Guard Grenadiers who refused surrender. one officer and 21 grenadiers retired to a dugout believed still occupied awaiting consolidation.
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France
Avion
Lens
Lens-Arras
Leauvette
Fifth Guard Grenadiers
Senate Endorses Reed Resolution on Newsprint Prices
Washington June 28 The Senate endorsed Senator Reed of Missouri’s resolution urging the federal trade commission to explain why it has not ordered newsprint paper manufacturers to desist from illegal prices. The measure passed without objection. Officials said action by the justice department will depend on the forthcoming Sherman antitrust prosecutions. the trade commission noted it cannot prosecute and defers to the Justice Department.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reed
Missouri
Federal Trade Compission
Senate
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Forday
New York
The
Trade Commission Today
Coal Barons in OFO Profits 100 Percent
Coal operators testifying before the Senate commerce committee amid resolutions by Senators Pomerene and Cummins to regulate coal production, distribution, and pricing. E Maurer of Cleveland cites rising production costs from 1.20 to 1.97 per ton from 181% to 1017, with miners paid 60 cents per ton. Prices to public range 2.25 to 4.50 per ton, while jobbers receive 4.50 to 5.00. Maurer warns the crisis must be corrected to spare the people and railroads from unfair treatment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ohio
Senate Commerce Committee
Conection
Pomerene
Cummins
E Maurer
Cleveland
Terente
Jeferdon
Belmont
Maurer
Federation of Labor declines to attend socialist confab
Associated Press reports June 28 that the American Federation of Labor will not participate in the International conference of trade unions set for September 17 in Switzerland. Gompers telegraphed President Lindquist calling the gathering premature and unhelpful, while Lindquist described the Swiss conference as addressing trade union peace demands called by Stockholm, with participants from Holland Denmark Norway Sweden Finland Germany Austria Hungary and Bulgaria.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
International Conference of Trade Unions
Stockholm
Switzerland
Gompers
Lindquist
American Federation
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Long struggle expected on the bone dry section
The Senate began consideration of the food control bill with an amended prohibition section. The original bill was set aside as a new draft was substituted and the bone dry provision sparked a likely long fight. Some senators warned they would block passage unless the Senate's new cloture rule could force a vote.
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Washington
Senate
Battery E Meet Your Superior at Columbus War Meet
Major Harold Bush of Columbus was commissioned colonel and commander of the First Ohio field artillery when the War Department declined a regular army appointment below brigadier general. Captain Clarence Deems, inspector and instructor, had been the recommended officer. The First Regiment includes Batteries C Columbus D Dayton E Mt Vernon and F Toledo.
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Fey
Columbus
Harold Bush
Columbua
First
Ohio Field Artillery
War Department
Clarence Deems
Ohin Artillery
Ohio Guard
Dayton
Mt. Vernon
Tohtane
Former candidate for governor dies in Columbus
Horace L Chapman aged 30 a noted coal operator and 1397 Democratic candidate for Ohio governor died at his Columbus home from infirmities of age. He began in coal mining over 25 years ago in Jackson and later helped build railroads to expand southern Ohio coal outlets. Funeral planned for Saturday afternoon.
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Associated Press
Banner
Columbus
Horace L Chapman
Ohio
Jackson
Central Passport Board Formed to Preclude Spying
Associated Press reports a central passport board now operates among ally embassies to limit travel. Approval takes 12 days before departure from Italy and remains valid only for the uninterrupted journey to the destination.
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Prasa
Italy
Police grant extra shoes repair allowance in London
London police officers in the metropolitan area receive a weekly shoe repair allowance raised to 24 cents from 12 cents. The measure increases discretionary funds for maintenance as officers typically buy their own footwear.
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Associated Press
Banner
London
Big Cotton Crop Forecast From Laguna District
The Laguna district reports to the department of agriculture that Mexico will harvest a tremendous cotton crop this year. It is reported that the pink boll weevil has been exterminated in the district.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Laguna
Department of Agriculture
Mexico
Jitney Bus in Louisville to Quit After July 1
The Louisville Jitusy Bun Co announced that the jitney buses operating in Louisville will be dissolved after July 1 following a two year, stormy run. Bonds posted to cover judgments, rising fuel and tire costs, and profit loss led the corporation to decide liquidation as drivers retained ownership of their machines.
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Associated Prose
Bannael
Louisville
Louisville Jitusy Bun Co
Daily Market Broadcast From East Buffalo and Chicago
Market reports show slow cattle and hog receipts in East Buffalo with mixed prices, Pittsburgh listing weaker hogs and steady calves, Chicago markets steady to lower on hogs and steady on cattle, plus grain quotes for wheat corn oats and sector stock listings across major exchanges. Strong entity mentions include Associated Press origin, Chicago and New York stock lists, and several commodity price points across livestock and grain sectors.
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Sanner
East Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Toledo
Lal. Alsike
Timothy
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