Ogden Merchants to Close Early on Saturdays in War Savings
National Council of Defense backed a Ogden merchants plan to close shops at 7 p m on Saturdays to save coal and energy. The move aims to cut furnace coal use by hours, reduce delivery and gas consumption, and shorten clerks' shifts. Local business leaders like W T Wright & Sons and Paine & Hurst endorse the effort as wartime conservation.
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Ogden Merchants
National Council of Defense
Ogden
Ogden Wilh
Richards
County Council of Defense
Sail
Moe
W. Beckett
Trades and Labor Assembly
Buyilding and Trades Counci
Ivor
Charga
Thasa
Wright & Sons, Co
J. Burt & Co
Last & Thomas, Paine & Hurst
Wolfer's Cloak & Suit
Loader Millinery Co
Ive Got the Nicest Little Home in Dixie
A small ad notes a novelty talent show item titled Ive Got the Nicest Little Home in Dixie at a boat show on January 14 15 and 16 with prices 5c and 1 00. The read appears an A well specialty number by talented performers at the event.
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Dixie
Nowar Jax
Four Children Die in Hastings Fire Tragedy
In Hastings mining camp near Trinidad Colorado a fire destroyed three one story Eralite dwellings killing four children. The oldest and the youngest are two years old. A lamp overturned started the blaze as mothers Mrs. John Zalo and Mrs. Mary Paxotlich, widows of Slavish coal miners lost in last year’s Tastings mine disaster, prepared supper for boarders in the boarding house.
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Trinidad
Colo
Hastings
Here
John Zalo
Mary Paxotlich
Tastings
Victhma
German Woman Arrested as Spy Suspect in California
Hilzabeth Guistorf, a German woman, was arrested in Sianford California on suspicion of espionage. Police found two letters mentioning Fort Grant Oregon and the Presidio of San Francisco and a mysterious act of plans in her possession.
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Sianford
Cal
Hilzabeth Guistorf
Fort. Grant
Ore
Ann Trancisco
Vegro Makes a Rich Grab at Hibernian Bank
In Denver, a Black man entered the Hibernian Wonk and Trask company bank before noon, reached into the paying teller’s cage, and took several hundred dollars. Bank employee Wheeler chased the man down a crowded street and captured him. The report, from the Louisville Courier-Journal, notes the suspect appeared experienced and fled after an attempted getaway.
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Colo
Hibernian Wonk & Trask Company
Wright Leads Campaign for War Stamp Agencies
Thirty-two committee members organized to establish agencies for price stamps in the Metropolitan Insurance Co building. Districts split citywide under captains Lynch, Weight, Redfield, Buchmiller, and Ure. About 400 workers attended a noon meeting with Judge Reeder urging mass stamp sales, while Wright explained the 23 cent stamp but warned it won’t yield a $100 certificate. Snow and cold hit Texas towns as reports filed from the north.
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Tuett of Gales
Metropolitan
Ifc. Insurance Co
Cal. Hudson
Ohairian
W. C. Wright
Snles
Driggs
State School For the Deaf
G. A. Wright
Salon
Twenty-fourth
Washington
D. Lynch
Ogden River
F. W. Redfield
Elty Lyme
Scow+ croft company
Ase
W. H. Reeder
Whs
Fwalth
CG. A. Wright
Cold Texas Snow Hits Despite Mild Dallas Light Wind
The report notes Brownsville unusual warm spell, Dallas at five degrees above, and Amarillo the coldest with nine below and heavy snow. San Antonio at 12, Del Rio 14, El Paso 16, with widespread winter conditions across the state.
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United States
Dallas
Amarillo
San Antonio
del Rio
Paso
Texas
Protests Grow Over Coal Freight Rate Increase
An intervenor filed with the utilities commission protesting the Denver Rio Grande and other railroads seeking a 15 cent per ton rise in coal freight. The proposed schedule would pay $1.75 per ton from Carton county mines to points of destination, while protests seek $1.35 for lump and $1.20 for slack. Ogden joins with local corporations already opposing the raise.
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Geden City
Utilities Commission
Denver
Rio Grande
Reilroads
Utah Mins
Carton County
Ogden
Provo
Ogden’ Oty
Severe winter grips Nebraska and Midwest with record cold
Nebraska endures extreme cold with readings from 33 below in Valentine to 26 below in North Platte and Norfolk, Lincoln at 21 below. Omaha reports 21 below the year's low. Weather bureaus warn of continued cold as system blankets Colorado and surrounding states with ongoing frigid conditions and heavy snow.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Kaalate
Valentine
North Platte
Norfolk
Tastata
Real Sugar Prize Offered For Theater Ideas
Miss Catherine Bleecker, New York's only lady theater manager, offers a large package of real sugar as a prize for new and valuable ideas in managing her Broadway theater. She praises her own leadership and the theater's affairs under her direction.
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Catherine Bleecker
New York
Miss Bleecker
Snowstorm Delays Eastern Colorado Rail Traffic
Drifting snow in eastern Colorado stalled rail movement and delayed trains, especially from the east, with several hours of lateness reaching Denver. Weather bureau forecast warmer weather by tonight. readings across major towns ranged from 20 below in Leadville to zero in Flagstaff. Chicago dispatch notes the far eastern snowstorm began today, increasing traffic disruption and travel delays.
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Colorado
Denver
Conn
Waslher
Havare
Mont
Sheri+dau
Cheyenne
Wye
Leadville
Colo
Flagstaff
Ariz
Rox Uwell
NH. M
Cilicago
Jan
Weather Bureau
Governor refuses call for dry law special session
Hartford Conn Jan 11 Governor Mateus Ifolcomb refused to call a special session of the general assembly to consider the prohibition amendment adopted by Congress. The question may be voted on at the Legislature's special session in March.
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Hartford
Cons
Ian
Mateus Ifolcomb
General Assembly
Congress
Deputy Income Tax Collector Moves Ahead of March 1 Filing
Ralph H. Argubright, deputy income tax collector for the federal government, travels from Ogden to Twin Falls Idaho to begin duties March 1. He says all taxpayers must file by March 1 or face 6 percent penalties and potential fines. Investigations will target tax evasion including corporate schemes. The Ogden district collector is R. E. Wood, stationed at the courthouse February 28.
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Ralph H. Arawbright
Ogden
Twin Falls
Idaho
Argubright
Salt Lake
Charce
Ydabo Falls
Aroubright
Warner
RE. Wood
Court House
Argutright
Vigorous plea for American troops home and abroad
London January 14 Winston Churchill, British minister of munitions, addressed the American Luncheon today issuing a strong call for sending American soldiers to Europe quickly and in large numbers. The appeal emphasized rapid deployment and high troop totals to support the Allied war effort.
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Churchill
U.S
France
London
Winston Gaer Eer Churchil
Europe
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