New York Grange Decries Labor Costs and Price Rise
The New York State Grange representing about 125,900 farmers attributes high living costs to urban labor, urges an economic adjustment, and calls for a cost accounting of farm products and a wage scale tied to earning power. They argue strikes and urban wage gains raise food, clothing, and housing costs and challenge city workers to a transparent cost study.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State Grange
Sherman J. Cowell
W. Neonap
Magter
Luis Sien
America Arbiters for World War I Speech Text Fragment
Excerpted lines from a Wilson era speech criticizing German ambitions and revival of power in Central Europe. Calls citizens to reflect on the sacrifices of mothers and fathers who sent loved ones to France and questions the motives behind wartime actions.
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Germany
America
France
Marshal Foeh to attend American Legion convention
ST PAUL Minn Sept 9 Marshal Ferdinand Foeh commander in chief of the allied armies will visit the national convention of the American Legion in Minneapolis November 11 according to word received at state headquarters of the Legion today from the French ambassador in Washington.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Minn
Marshal Perdinand Foeh
National Convention of the
American Legion
Minneapolis
Legion
Washington
Invention Tank Award Decision Facing Eight Claimants
London September 9 The awards body will meet in October to select the inventor of the tank from eight claimants. Naval, military and civil engineers and designers are among those awaiting the decision.
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London
Pershing To Remain Commander In Chief Of AEF
General Pershing will retain the title and duties of commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Forces for the time being. Headquarters will be established in the old land office in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Pershing
Old Land Office
Mexico Senate considers amnesty bill for expatriates and armed exiles
In Mexico City on September 9 a bill proposing an amnesty law was introduced in the senate. It would grant immediate protection to expatriated Mexicans and others who had taken up arms but now act in good faith to support the government. Carlos B. Yetina, author, cited delicate Mexico United States relations and urged swift cross faction cooperation. Senor Zetina received warm applause after closing his speech.
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France
South
Paris
League of Nations
Associated Press
Mexico City
Senate
Carlos B. Yetina
Mexico
United States
Senor Zetina
Women Picked Up for Activity in Robbery
Mrs. Viola Jeffries, her three year old daughter, and Miss Clara Thornton were arrested in Los Angeles after being implicated in a confession by Raymond Osborne as participants in the Sata Clara Bank robbery last Wednesday. The women said they left Thornton and La Teeves in the Semiah hotel Salt Lake City late Sunday afternoon.
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Associated Press
San Jose
Cal
Viola Jeffries
Clara Thornton
Thornton
Whitey LaReeves
Raymond Osborne
Sata Clara Bank
Los Angeles
George W. Lyle
Thornton and
la Teeves
Semiah
Salt Lake City
Naval Board Probes Fire Aboard Battleship New Mexico
A naval board of inquiry met aboard the New Mexico in San Francisco Bay to investigate the death of three sailors and injuries to 40 others from a fire aboard the battleship that burned for three hours last night. The ship is the flagship of Admiral Hugh Rodman, commander of the Pacific fleet.
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San Francisco
Naval Board of Inquiry
New Mexico
Hugh Rodman
San Francisco Bay
Pershing to head consolidated overseas force information center
The vast overseas records will be centralized here and at General Pershing’s side, with a small staff of officers who worked with him in France ready to respond to Congress inquiries. Officials say Pershing suggested the new arrangement after expected plans for a long vacation before resuming duty.
Young Roosevelt attacks Bolshevist criminals in Colorado campaign
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, son of the late president, declared sympathy with organized labor but fierce opposition to Bolshevism and all red flag groups. He spoke at the municipal auditorium and at Aurora Government Hospital, calling Bolshevists criminals and condemning similar propagandists under different names.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Theodore Rosevelt
Colorado
American Legion
Municipal Auditorium
Government Hospital
Aurora
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