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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1920
Page
3
The newspaper notes its editor Robert II Stevenson and the Associated Press hold exclusive rights to AP dispatches and local news items printed in the paper. It reserves all republication rights for special dispatches and other content.
The American Legion held its annual convention in Cleveland during the last week of September with a 20 000 strong parade. The article urges gratitude for the veterans and calls for peaceable resolution of world troubles and a renewed commitment to youth, health, morals, and patriotism for the country’s future.
The article argues for universal fuel-saving education in schools, expanding practical economy across genders. It urges proper training on burners, drafts, air mixtures, and heating systems, plus home discussions to prevent shortages and enhance conservation.
A Texas state bank study shows ninety five dollars lost from every hundred invested in oil stocks. The piece blames ignorance poor management and bad judgment more than fraud and urges prudent investing rather than chasing miraculous gains. It warns that many savers dream of large returns from oil but face steady losses.
The article warns small savers against unproved oil ventures and dubious promotions promising outsized returns. It stresses that reliable, firsthand information exists for sound investments, while greed and poor management ruin many.
Pittsburgh labor leaders from the policy committee of hard coal workers in Canton plan to ask Secretary Wilson for wage increases matching recent bituminous gains. They seek a 13 percent rise for contract miners, plus about 19 percent for day laborers, and a revision of wage differentials.
In New York on Oct 4 Sir Thomas Mackensie former New Zealand prime minister told New York Chamber of Commerce members about vast opportunities in Australia and New Zealand for American business. He cited yearly meat imports from New Zealand and urged leveraging Panamanian trade routes.
Metropolitan club members about 2,500 strong join civilians and business leaders offering to serve as volunteers to assist in ridding the city of criminals. Commissioner Inches cites liquor smuggling from the border and a strained regular force as motives for the call.
A new metal cow device installed on the navy hospital ship Relief produces milk from milk powder and water, with butter fat and pasteurization. A connected freezer yields ice cream fresh from the cow, promising a reliable dairy supply despite climate or isolation at sea.
A Chicago psychoanalyst argues that gender roles are converging and being equalized. He says when women become masculine enough, society could return to first principles with females doing useful work while men stay idle to hunt and fight. He warns against pursuing moonshot ambitions and questions the risks of scientific overreach.
Boston October four. Joseph Daniels furniture dealer and claimed partner of Charles Ponzi testified before Referee in Bankruptcy Olmstead about how he disposed of fifty thousand dollars Ponzi paid in settlement of a million dollar contract suit. Objections by attorney Isaac Harris and Olmstead’s threat to cite for contempt followed as Daniels persisted.
The commentary argues that aggressively political figures who condemn honey use in campaigns risk losing funding for their own races. It notes a paradox where a prosperous American cannot fathom how poverty stricken areas can pay 35 shillings a ton for coal.
The note discusses Australia adopting a pay as you go policy and contrasts it with the United States. It critiques political rhetoric and highlights a desire among many to strike a twentieth amendment to prohibit enforcement of prohibition.
Daniels testified he gave Harris 4800 dollars in cash from a total ten thousand. The remainder was deposited as a certified check drawn on Hanover Trust, issued through the First National Bank.
In Rochester on Oct 4 a civil service convention urged a central agency to reclassify federal employes and set wage scales tied to skill and cost of living. They called Congress to enact, favoring a rate of pay and opposing identification passes in peacetime. the convention ends tomorrow.
Ukrainian press bureau in Vienna issued a statement denying Ukrainian forces carried out pogroms in Galicia. It blamed bands of deserters and said authorities have executed several ringleaders. A Jew ish deputation thanked General Petluran for protective measures. London dispatch cites 200 Jewish deaths in Galicia pogroms.
Madrid reports fifty postal experts from nations worldwide gather at the state chamber for the international postal congress. Wing Alfonso welcomes them to the first congress in six years, noting the previous war disruption. The meeting will discuss US proposals to establish a dedicated service for official correspondence.
Paris welcomed 239 French repatriates arriving from Russia this evening in an official ceremony. The event marked the return of citizens displaced by wartime displacement and highlighted ongoing postwar gratitude and national recovery efforts.
Government representatives describe repatriates mainly men and children long in Russia. Soldiers from the French military mission accompany them. Some returnees had been Russian prisoners of war.
Seventy army trucks and automobiles completed the cross country trip from Washington to San Diego arriving with 22 officers and 162 enlisted men. The convoy began June 14 and traveled the Bankhead national highway finishing its ocean to ocean journey.
Madrid reports 1919 foreign trade totals with imports at 898 million pesetas and exports at 11,316 pesetas. Imports rise by 308 million pesetas from 1918 while exports increase 316 million pesetas.
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hold a hearing Friday at the federal building in Des Moines on the Iowa passenger rate case under consideration by the commission and the federal court.
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