Farmers Urge Equalization of All Rates
The Farm Bureau Federation executive committee urged equalization of freight and passenger rates at a June session. They argued farmers pay 60 to 65 percent of railroad freight and that passenger charges should rise similarly. The group reviewed an Interstate Commerce Commission railroad hearing and reported plans to form a bureau of economics and statistics with a $35,000 budget and a $1,000 census of stock and grain cars.
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Farm Bureau Federation
Interstate Commerce Com
Bureau of Economics O
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Sweet Potato Growers Plan Exchanges Meeting
Sweet potato growers and storage house men of the South are called to meet in Atlanta on June 8 to discuss organization along the lines of the Georgia Florida and California fruit exchanges. The objective is to boost production and use of sweet potatoes, according to the Georgia association and the Georgia Federation of Farm Seed.
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Atlanta
South
Georgia
Florida
California
Georgia Association
Georgia Federation of Farm Sea
Educational department forms to aid farm bureaus
The department, created with a $40 000 budget, aims to engage farm bureaus nationwide and secure city support to improve conditions during readjustment and to prevent a trend of lowering food prices. Articles of incorporation for the national bureau under Illinois law were approved and filed. A referendum will be held on compulsory arbitration of strikes and the Adamson eight hour bill, which supporters say would reduce farmer production by about one third.
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National Bureau
Illinois
Secretary of State
Adamson
Fuel Outlook Gloomy Says Coal Operators
In Knoxville officials from the Southern Appalachian Coal Operators Association warn the coming winter could see a worse fuel crisis than last. They report all operators behind on contracts with near zero reserve stocks and demand a 50 percent car supply boost. Coal runs at $9 to $10 a ton when available as they appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission for more cars.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Appalachian Coal Operators’ Association
Southern Railway
Louisville and Nashville
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Appalachian Coal
Southern Railroad
Gold Shipment Flows From Russia via Swedish Steamer
The Swedish steamer Gauthard, after delivering autos and harvesters to Reval for the Russian Co operative Society, returned with 148 cases of gold worth 1,000,000 francs. Experts deem the metal first class. A Moscow train reportedly carried 4,500,000 francs in gold to Reval, guarded by soldiers.
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Stockholm
Associated Press
Gauthard
Reval
Esthenia
Russian Co-operative Society
Moscow
Allen Holds Labor Question Is First
Gov Henry J Alten in Columbus outlines Kansas industrial relations laws before the Chamber of Commerce. He says the presidential campaign will hinge on domestic issues and a party must oppose industrial warfare threats to safeguard essential industries.
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Columbus
Henry J. Alten
Kansas
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
League of Nations
Allen
Louisiana's Twenty Delegates Go Uninstructed
Louisiana's twenty Democratic national convention delegates will go uninstructed at the state convention in Baton Rouge. They will carry carte blanche authority on presidential nominees suffrage and prohibition, though a late caucus fought for including beer and light wines.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Persian officials deny Bolshevik capture of Tehran
London reports quote Persian officials stating there is no truth in claims that Bolshevik forces occupied Tehran. An official Telegram from Tehran received this morning did not mention any advance from the Caspian coast.
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London
Bola
Teheran
Caspian
Square Dances Take Place Jazz in London
London notes a swing away from jazz and shimmy dancing toward the waltz as square dances are revived and halls grow quiet with dancers migrating to America in a shift seen by teachers as a return to traditional forms. A second brief item reports a record apple crop indicated in the Shenandoah Cumberland district spanning 215 miles from Staunton to Harrisburg with about 3,000,000 bearing trees, aided by favorable winter and spring conditions and no frost damage.
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London
America
Winchester
Shenandoah-Cumberland
Staunton
Harrisburg
Paev Anch
War tuberculosis disease in France shocks nations
Paris reports three million French citizens suffer from war tuberculosis caused by gas, poor nourishment, and shocks. Infant mortality rises in families of soldiers. the disease is linked to war conditions and ongoing hardship. A testimonial from Walter Farrand of Irvington, New Jersey promotes Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and rheumatic troubles.
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Paris
France
Walter Farrand
Springfield Ave
Irvington
N. J
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Quality Lumber
Government Street Lumber Company
Russia
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Voile
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Gayfer
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