Morris and Company Packers Hear in Congress on Prices
Mor ris and Company Chicago packers faced questioning before the House Interstate Commerce Committee over proposed bills to regulate the industry. Morris defended efficiency and byproducts use, arguing licensing would curb competition and raise consumer costs, citing profits and price trends from 1914 to 1918 and stressing consumer square dealing.
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Washington
Jan
Mor
Chicago Packers
Morrris
House
Sims
Sendrick
Federal Trade Commission
Armour
Morris
Department of Agriculture
Morris and Company
Chicago
United States
Nelson Morris
75-BNY Drops Dead at a Baltimore Museum
In Baltimore Maryland on January 27 Webster Rusk 25 of Seattle Wash the heaviest boy scout in America collapsed and died of heart failure while on exhibit at a local museum. He weighed 275 pounds stood 5 feet 11 inches tall and had a 40 inch waist. Police moved the body to the morgue and a telegram was sent to Mrs. Busk informing her of her son's death.
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Baltimore
Webster Rusk
America
Rusk
E. H. Busk
East Row Street
Seattie
Insk
Will Complete Demobilization in Six Months
General March told the Senate military affairs committee that all American forces in France will be brought home and discharged within six months. He said 785,000 men in U S camps will be discharged before March first, while 1,800,000 troops are currently abroad.
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Washington
France
March
Senate Military Affairs Committee
United States
Armour Before Agricultural Investigators
Washington January 27 A vast army of buyers located in stockyards nationwide and in constant telegraphic contact with home offices begins daily operations to maintain prices and steady the market. Francis J Heney FTC counsel cross-examined 74 Ogden Armour before the Senate agricultural committee regarding market actions.
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Hugh Meehan
T. N.S
Washington
Bur
Francis J. Heney
Federal Trade Commission
Ogden
Bill on packing industry faces constitutional objections
Jan 27 reports described Levy Mayer arguing before a Senate agricultural committee that the Kendrick bill would regulate fox reserves and control measures in the packing industry with few constitutional objections. Armour contended the bill did not control the market but held influence as buyers did not act in concert with others. He noted Dericqules had secured bank paper and received a recommendation letter to National City Bank.
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Bil
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Levy Mayer
Ogden Armsour
Senate
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Mayer
Armour
Herey
A. E. Dericqules
Chicago
Dericqules
National City Bank of
New York City
Gruesome discovery of the woman in Englewood Cliffs
Hackensack N J January 27 authorities in Bergen county investigate a grisly find of a partly decomposed well-dressed woman on the palisades edge at Englewood Cliffs. The body likely dates a month, with no ID found, and a note tied to a chloroform bottle. Prosecutor Huckins suspects the deceased may have taken her own life.
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Bergen County
Palisades
Englewood Cliffs
French and Roumanians Enter Kiev City
Vienna reports that French and Roumanian troops have entered Kiev the capital of Ukrainia in a bold wartime maneuver announced today. The action marks a significant shift in the regional front as allied forces press toward strategic objectives in Eastern Europe.
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Vienna
Kiev
Ukrainia
Zeit
Unfair to National Guard Men and Army Demobilization
A critique argues regular army gains as war profits arise from acquiring company funds through demobilization of state and national guard forces both domestically and abroad, warning of disruption to service members and funding.
Criticism Expected Over Army Demobilization Funds
Washington faces scrutiny as officers and men debate whether surplus funds from demobilized National Guard and National Army units will benefit the regular army. A War Department circular directs funds to a general treasury deposit and allocates discretion to the secretary of war, prompting concern that regulars may reap the gains of soldiers’ efforts.
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Washington
Regular Army
National Guard
National Army
War Department
United States
Adjutant General of the Army
Secretary of War
German Food Situation Is Far From Hopeless
Washington reports the German food situation is not hopeless in rural areas but cities face growing chaos and malnutrition due to transportation failures. Wheat rye and barley harvests are well below ten year averages. oats and potatoes are poor. Rural districts struggle to carry through to the next harvest while urban areas see severe shortages despite some animal feed supplies.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
Supreme Court Rules Against Pierce Oil Co
The Supreme Court ruled that a city can forbid keeping petroleum tanks within 300 feet of a residence without violating the Constitution. The decision denies Pierce Oil Corporation of Hope Arkansas a decree reversing the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court
Pierce Oil Co
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Pierce Oil Corporation of
Women Canteen Workers Harassed by German Soldiers
In Coblenz, German soldiers repeatedly threatened two Salvation Army canteen workers, Miss Margaret Sheldon and Miss Bertha Lowe, while billeted in a crowded apartment. After multiple nights of harassment, they moved to a safer billet and were issued a 32 caliber revolver by an officer. The women continued serving hot doughnuts and coffee to American GIs as they endured the unsettling episodes.
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Bert Ford
Miss Lowe
Germany
Kaiser Quietly Celebrates His Sixtieth Birthday
London report notes the ex Kaiser’s quiet 60th birthday at Amerongen Castle with focus on hopes for a return to power. The dispatch hints the ex Kaiserin remains politically active and questions her advisership while outlining plans tied to Hohenzollern prospects. William Hohenzollern was born January 27, 1859.
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London Express
London
Amerongen Castle
Potsdam
Amsterdam
Si Kaiserin
William Hohenzollern Was
1859
Millionaire Clubman Hurt at Hunt Will Get Well
Windsor T. White, millionaire manufacturer and sportsman of Cleveland, Ohio, hurt when his horse fell during a hunt with the Trafford Hounds at My Lady's Manor near Baltimore on Saturday afternoon, is reported improved at Union Protestant Infirmary.
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Baltiimore
Windsor T. White
Cleveland
Ohio
Union Protestant Infirmary
White
Trafford
My Lady's Manor
Small Nations Hear Request At Today's Session
A series of brief items notes Portugal unrest in Oporto where monarchists regain control in several cities, French aviator Col Roget missing over the Mediterranean, and Russian-Kolsheviki actions near Shonkursk. Belfast shipyard strike spreads with 44 hour week demand. U S Supreme Court upholds Missouri cemetery assessments. New York unemployment rally ends with no order, demonstrators dispersing.
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Viseu
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Paris
Col. Roget
Belfast
Clyde
Leith
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Supreme Court of the United States
Suprem Court of Missouri
New York
New Haven
Conn
United States Employment Bureau
Fitzgerald
Germany on the road to normalcy amid postwar strains
A Hague dispatch reports Germany stabilizing after wartime shocks. Spartacists and independents appear to seek conciliation with Socialists. Bolshevik threats fade. Businessmen plan for the future as authorities gain leverage to curb strikes and control food supplies while a league of nations gains appeal. Berlin to extend meat rations and halt potato rations. Berlin streets to darken at 11 p m starting February. neutral observers see reorganization as achievable.
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John T. Parkerson
Hague
Germany
Berlin
Sconomi
League of Nations
Wilson
America
United States
Conferees Reach Complete Agreement on Famine Fund
Washington January 27 Conferees on the $100000000 famine fund bill reached a complete agreement. Nearly all Senate amendments were accepted directing that the money be spent on American wheat as far as practicable, not used against Germany or allied states, and that relief be extended to Armenians Syrians Greeks and other Christian and Jewish populations of Asia Minor. An unmixed account of expenditures will be reported to Congress. The conference report will go to the president for signature after Senate and House approval.
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Washington
Senate
Germany
Congress
House
Weather Forecast For Western Pennsylvania This Week
Weather report from Washington on January 27 forecasts above normal temperatures with considerable cloudiness and intermittent rain chances Monday Tuesday and again Thursday Friday. Outlook for Western Pennsylvania calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with moderate temperatures.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
War Contract Bill Subject of Discussion
Washington January 7 Senate debate opens on the war contract bill to validate informal wartime agreements. Senator Chamberlain says passage will loosen government funds and enable industries to resume peacetime operations and reemploy laid off workers. Disagreement over who should adjust war contract claims surfaced between Secretary of War and a proposed war contract commission.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Chamberlain
Cummins bill would strip president of rail power
Senator Cummins introduces a bill in Washington on January 27 proposing to strip the president of the power to return railroads to owners at will. The measure targets executive control over railroad relocations and reversals, aiming to curtail presidential authority in transport policy.
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Gummins
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Cummins
Town
Winterfield resigns German armistice post at Spa
Berlin dispatch reports Devon Winterfeld resigning as chairman of the German armistice commission at Spa. The move follows Marshal Fochs decision to occupy the Strasbourg bridgehead, an action seen as signaling distrust of the German commission. The resignation is official in nature.
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Berlin
Devon Winterfeld
Spa
Marshal Foch
Strassbourg
Belgium and Servia seek greater say at league talks
Paris January 27 protests by Belgium and Serbia against their representation on the league of nations commission continue to shape discussions at the foreign office. amid mixed appeals from Belgium and Servia, the big five face a proposed division of powers while President Wilson studies Smuts and Bourgeois plans for a composite peace scheme.
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John Edy Nevin
I. N.S
Paris
Belgium
League of Nations Commission
Foreign Office
H. Hymans
Saturda
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Pesare
Leage of Nations Committee
Servia
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Germany
Supreme Council
Poland
Russia
Joseph Noukens
Lu Cheng Hsiang
League of Nations
J. C. Smuts
Leon Borgeois
Persident Wilson
Wilson
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Rheims
Battlefront
Throuugh Geileau Wood
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