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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1920
Page
7
Washington reports detail the Federal Reserve Board's effort to use reserve power to stabilize credit, to aid commerce and restore prewar balance. It urges cooperation from business and community and asks Congress to amend the reserve act to permit controlled credit for recovery.
Former President Herbert Hoover spoke at Johns Hopkins urging moderation in Europe policy and urging ratification only if it proves value without excessive reservations. He warned against treating treaty questions as a partisan issue and called for private commerce to lead recovery while highlighting the problem of underpayment for teachers and the need for domestic reforms.
REO JANEIRO February 22 Announcement says Albert King of the Belgians will visit this city in June. Aparthipnia in one of the most brau ilcal palaces is being renovated to receive the royal guests.
Bolshevik forces seized Murmansk and a ship in the harbor after a port revolution. The capture followed fighting near the White Sea port, previously a base for Allied operations against Bolsheviks. One vessel escaped seizure but was attacked by machine fire. details are from cables via Vardo Norway.
Ida ho February 23 news notes state seed commissioner D F Sheehan says many dealers display labels on seed lots sold for seeding purposes. The Idaho pure seed law requires each lot to indicate purity and accompanying data. Farmers buying wheat oats barley alfalfa clover should verify labeling to ensure seed quality.
Lynn Mass Feb 23 Four aged women burned to death in a fire at the Lynn home for aged. Attendants stated the victims were seated when the blaze broke out. The cause remains undetermined as investigators check for possible unsafe conditions.
Washington reports executives from 23 states approved a plan to mobilize motor transport resources in an emergency. Governors and highway officials replied to a Baker secretary letter, noting motor census data shows road transport could feed winter needs and keep business moving if rail service is interrupted.
Four guests at the Antoinette hotel on Broadway and 67th Street were driven out by a morning blaze. Water damage reached 23,600 dollars. Fire destroyed Edward Billy Edwards’s priceless football trophies. Origin of the fire remains unknown.
At Arlington National Cemetery on February 28 Rear Admiral Robert Peary the discoverer of the North Pole was buried with full military honors. Navy department officers and government diplomats attended as a cavalry escort and artillery battery led the procession. Chaplain Carroll Q Wright conducted religious services and the casket was carried to its grave while sailors fired the final salute.
Arizona reports a better food situation as Salt River peak fails to reach Phoenix on February 24. The Tempe State highway bridge, closed to vehicles by plate engineers, withstood the flood. dynamite use was abandoned.
Fen 23. After eight years since West 123rd Street police station opened, a 24 hour period ending at midnight last night passed without a single entry being made on the blotter.
Two Bolshevik delegations arrive in Esthonis to supervise peace terms and to reopen exports via Russian cooperatives. British editors urge resumption of trade with Soviet Russia, arguing peace is preferable to continued blockade and grain shortages, citing a memorial to Lloyd George and editorials from Daily Mail Daily News and Manchester Guardian.
Washington, Feb 23. Officials of the railroad unions and grievance committees attacked President Wilson’s railroad policy during a conference in Washington. Senators discussed the conference report on the railroad bill, with Cumming defending the standard return provision and the vast government expenditures projected for railway patronage and deficits. The debate touched on guarantees, income notions, and the burden of subsidies amid ongoing negotiations on eligibility and return values.
The Rastellan schooner with rudder lost sails and damaged hull drifted for two months. Captain and eleven crew were rescued by the steamer Deen Water, 450 miles east of Bermuda, February 18. Rastellan sailed from Loango Africa to Liverpool with palm oil and ivory.
Chicago reports thieves entered Hubbard Wanda parish house last night and stole thirty bottles and a ten gallon keg of sacramental wine. Also noting the International Woman Suffrage alliance conference shifting from Madrid to Geneva next June due to accessibility for delegates.
Parris Island report notes Privale James Kelly, marine corporal from Smithville Maine, performing a hazing stunt by tying to a hammock and using tires and ditches to produce a new nickname The Hou Idiot of the Marines The scene was witnessed by his fellow Marines and marks a notable yet unsafe stunt within the company
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