Copper Dens Me Inquiry Subject
The House sub committee on ordnance department expenditures investigates government copper deals during and after the war. Purchases totaled 15.8 million dollars mainly from United Metal Selling, linked to Bernard Baruch and John D. Ryan. Producers’ costs averaged 13.6 to 15.3 cents per pound in 1917–18, yielding large profits for some and modest for the selling firm.
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Washington
House
Ordnance Department
War Department
United Metal Selling ‘Company
Bernard M. Baruch
John D. Ryan
Federal Trade Commission
United States
C.W. Welsh
Tobias Wolfson
United Metal Selling Company
M. C. Wooster
The
Trade Commission
Wooster
Surplus Army Goods Sale Office Opens in Paris
Paris reports that C. W. Hare, director of sales for the United States War Department, has opened offices to oversee the sale of surplus Army goods to Europeans. The development signals a new phase in postwar reconstruction efforts impacting trade and regional economies.
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Paris
United States
France
Hare
C. W. Hare
United States War Department
Packers Wage Hearings Open In Chicago
Federal mediator Judge S A Alschuler presided as Chicago packing house workers demanded wage increases from 20 to 30 cents an hour with a 44 hour week. Current rates ranged from 42.5 to 83.5 cents, and a proposed family budget showed 1918 living costs at 1918 dollars for a five person household. A delegation from Fort Worth, Texas, and other outlying plants were expected to join future demands as hearings proceeded.
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James G. Condon
Alschuler
Fort Worth
Texas
Chicago
Viscount Grey Named British Ambassador to Washington
The Mirror claims strong authority that Viscount Grey of Falloden has accepted the post of British ambassador at Washington. The report places Grey in the line for a pivotal role in Anglo American diplomacy.
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London
Aus
the Mirror
Viscount Grey of
Falloden
Washington
White Paper Explains Papal Peace Proposal August 191%
The government’s white paper summarizes the papal peace note of August 1914. It calls for moral force over arms, mutual armament limits, arbitration, Belgian and French evacuation, Belgian independence, and German colonies restitution with sea freedom. Balfour acknowledges the pope, while Britain doubts peace progress. France aligns with Balfour. Germany’s Chancellor Michaelis supports arbitration and armament limits but not Belgian evacuation.
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Associated Press
London
Belgium
Balfour
George Michaelis
Germany
France
The Crisis at Gem theater based on Churchill novel
The Crisis shown at the Gem theater this week presents a human Lincoln integral to the plot. Selig staged scenes in authentic locales from the old St Louis courthouse slave auctions to Vicksburg cliffs, aiming for documentary-like accuracy and dramatic portrayal.
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William N. Selig
Winston Churchill
St. Louis
Gem Theater
Lincoln
Churchill
Mr. Selig
Stephen Brice
Vicksburg
Crown Prince Permitted to Visit His Folks
The Lokal Anzeiger reports the former German crown prince spent several days with his wife and children at Soden Prussia with Dutch government permission. He accompanied them part of the way back to Potsdam and has now returned to Holland. the report notes the visit was arranged with Dutch authorization.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Auf
Hia
Soden
Prussia
Potsdam
Frederick William
Holand
Archduke Frederick Declines King Aspiration
Berlin Aug 13 Archduke Joseph head of the new Hungarian government issues a proclamation stating there will be no attempt to appoint Archduke Frederick as king and outlines the government’s position amid ongoing political changes.
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Archduke Frederick
Associated Press
Berlin
Archduke Joseph
Glass of Salts If Your Kidneys Hurt
An old remedy promotes four ounces of Jad Salts daily to flush kidneys and ease bladder irritation. It claims meat consumption overworks kidneys, causing back pain, headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue, and nighttime urination. The preparation, sourced from grape and lemon acids, is described as inexpensive and healthful.
Archduke Remembers Oath to Hungarian Republic
The Tageblatt's Budapest correspondent reports the archduke pledging fidelity to the young Hungarian republic and affirming his past loyalty to the emperor's house, signaling no return to monarchy.
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Tageblatt
Budapest
F.delity
Chasers Race Bermuda to New York in Gasoline Vessel Test
Six submarine chasers veterans of U boat campaigns will depart Bermuda and race to New York under service conditions to lower the Bermuda to New York record for gasoline vessels. The 760 mile course will be aided by New York Yacht Club officers as judges. The chasers include craft 129 and 824, with prior action in Durazzo and submarine sinks. The tug Ontario will accompany and relay wireless updates.
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Washington
North Sea
Adriatic
Bermuda
New York
New York Yacht Club
Durazzo
Ontario
Board to Elect Wagon Drivers for 1919 20
At the regular meeting the Board of Education will elect drivers for school wagons for the year beginning September 2, 1919. Salaries range from sixty to one hundred dollars per month, depending on route length. Applications to Superintendent HAL G. Blue or wagon committee members David G. Clark William W. Parish and George W. Bice.
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Board of Education
Nexr
Superintendent of Schools
David G. Clark
William W. Parish
George W. Bice
Market Opening Sparks Brawls in Paris Central Market
Paris August opening of the central markets led to fights between vendors price vigilance committees and would be buyers. Vegetables hurled as missiles, shops looted for butter eggs cheese, and stalls closed except meat stands. Arrests made as disorder disrupted Montmartre markets and carts blocked streets. Mrs W Walker and two daughters of Jerome were seen shopping in Twin Falls.
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Paris
Montmartre
Thors
W. Walker
Jerome
Twin Falls
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IEC
Grey
America
C. H. Williams
Corner
Sanger
Robbins. Realty Company
Twin Falls, Idaho
Pope
N. York
Hal G. Blue
Swift & Company
Congress
Swift
Union Stock Yards
Chicago, Til
U.S.A
Bae
Freckles
BY Blosser
T. Cant Alek
Yoo Keao
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