Labor's bill proposed to take railroads under public control
A signed statement by engineers firemen and conductors allied with the American Federation of Labor calls for private capital to be removed from railroads. It favors tri partite control by public authorities, management, and labor to run the system and share savings, arguing the plan would reduce costs and raise service while expanding public ownership.
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American Federation of Labor
Congress
Organized Labor
Articus
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood
Wilson backs mises plan on railroads for employees
Washington reports President Wilson supports a Plumb plan for employee ownership of railroads with a government guarantee. Friends of the administration say the issue will shape the next campaign and reflect a realignment toward conservative and radical factions, with Congress to settle the matter rather than the director general.
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Wilson
Washington
Congress
Palmer study targets profiteers in food control drive
Attorney General Palmer orders Justice Department to take over enforcement of the Lever Food Control Act. Agents directed to investigate hoarding and profiteering nationwide with prosecutions to follow. Director Barnes reports the U S wheat crop is ample and grain policy aims to stabilize prices.
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Palmer
Federal Department of Justice
Wilson
Congress
Department of Justice
Barnes
The
Grain Corporation
Goovernment
Department of the Food Administration
United States
Wheat Prices and Bread Costs Spark Debate on Diet Expenditures
A speaker asserts no near term relief from inflated wheat prices and refuses to price wheat below the guarantee. He cites bread as the cheapest diet item and estimates a national food bill of 5 billion dollars, suggesting education to save money without sacrificing taste.
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Parnes
Corn And Pork Drop On Anticipated Policy Shift
Prices on the Chicago board of trade collapsed as traders awaited any government policy shift on the 1919 domestic wheat crop. Corn led the decline, dropping 22 cents a bushel, with December futures tumbling about 10 percent to around 1.41. Pork fell sharply, down 3.50 to 44.50 a barrel for September delivery, showing no rebound from the bottom.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Four Die In Ohio Storm Toll Tops Six Wounded
An electrical storm across Northern Ohio left four dead and about six wounded, with property and crop damage exceeding 2.9 million dollars. It drove 209 families from homes. In Youngstown two were instantly killed and another electrocuted by a live wire, and in Bellevue a boy drowned in a flooded street sink hole.
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Ohio
Youngstown
Bellevue
Americans Seek to Sell Oil Assets to Japanese Buyers
U S oil firms with holdings in Mexico are reported to be negotiating sales to Japanese interests while the state department investigates the arrangement and implications for U S interests. The report notes ongoing inquiries into the foreign sale of strategic assets and potential impacts on national policy.
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State Department
Shoe Prices to Rise in Spring Says National Association
The National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' association in Boston warned that prices will be higher next spring due to wartime stock depletion and European competition. The statement cites consumer prosperity and excessive current prices as speculative buying and calls for relief by late 1920.
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National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Boston
Silk Mills Hit by Paterson Strike Over 44 Hour Week
An estimated 15 90 to 17 000 silk workers joined a city wide strike in Paterson New Jersey with all silk mills involved. Total mill employment runs 25 900 to 28 001. The 44 hour week is the main dispute driving the action.
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Paterson
U S Peace Army Plan Pushes Three Month Universal Training
Secretary Baker presented to the Senate and House committees a War Department bill for universal military training of youths in their 19th year. The plan calls for a 510,000 peace army, 1,250,000 war strength, and a modified selective service reserve to fill divisions. Gen Pershing not consulted, plan tentative.
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War Department
Baker
Senate
House Military Committee
General Staff
Army
Pershing
Department
National Army
Germany
Boston Merchants Sentenced for Income Tax Conspiracy
William A. English and John O'Brien of Boston were each sentenced to 18 months in Greenfield jail and fined 10,000 dollars in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the government in income tax payments. They pled guilty in early June after offering 1.55 million dollars to settle IRS claims.
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William A. English
John O’brien
Boston
Greenfield
Internal Revenue Department
Eastman Gifts $3.5 Million for Rochester Music School
George Eastman of Eastman Kodak announced a 3.5 million dollar gift to the University of Rochester to establish the Eastman school of music. The endowment totals 2.219 million with a 381 thousand site purchase and a million for construction. The complex will include a 3000 seat auditorium for high quality motion pictures and music.
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George Eastman
Eastman Kodak Company
University of Rochester
Genesee Valley Club
Eastman
National Association of the Motion Picture Industry
Rochester
Eastman School of Music
School of Music
Reward Total Reaches 25100 for Bomber Outrage Suspects
California state authorities join federal county and city officials in the search for those responsible for the explosion and fire at Oscar Lawler home. Governor Stephens dispatched a telegram to Lawler and offered an extra 1000 dollars, boosting the reward to 25100.
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California
Oscar Lawler
Stephens
Reds Clash at Mines Sparks Belmont County Turbulence
Bolshevism smoldered among foreign miners in Belmont county before 200 radical workers clashed with 100 strikers at the Fort Pitt coal mine. A score of deputy sheriffs armed with riot shotguns guard the site as federal authorities investigate the disturbance.
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Belmont County
Fort Pitt
Hays Declines Indiana Governorship Candidacy
Will H. Hays chairman of the Republican National Committee will not seek the Indiana governor nomination. He resigns any gubernatorial bid to focus on national party leadership. He announced the decision at the Indiana Editorial Association mid summer meeting at Magnesia Springs.
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Hays
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Indiana
Indiana Editorial Association
Magnesia Springs
Would Permit Heavier Loans Bill Passed by House
A bill allowing national banks to lend 25 percent of unimpaired capital and surplus instead of 1 percent was approved by the house and sent to the senate.
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House
Senate
Airplane Crash Kills 14 Near Verona
A Caproni plane enroute from Venice to Milan with 14 aboard crashed near Verona from about 1000 metres, killing everyone on board.
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Caproni
Venice
Milan
Verona
Senate Passes Extra War Risk Insurance for Soldier
A special law providing an extra war risk insurance of 109 dollars per month for Henry Bitter of Dubuque Iowa Sr the only American soldier in the war to lose both eyes and hands was passed by the senate and now goes to the president for approval.
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Henry Bitter
Dubuque
Senate
Children Face Food Shortage Across Nation
A Washington statement from the Children’s Bureau of Labor says 3 to 6 million American children lack adequate food because current incomes fail to cover essentials. It notes 10 to 25 percent of U S school children go hungry in the nation.
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Washington
Children’s Bureau
The
Department of Labor
United States
Threat of Railroad Strike Grows Across the Nation
The threat of a railroad strike spreads as shopmen suspend work, risking national industry during crop movement. Reports say over 20,000 cars are out of service while labor seeks to overhaul profits and private capital control. A chamber of commerce poll shows 99 percent oppose government ownership of railroads.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Ofncial
Hines Seeks Cuts Over Rail Labor Cost Pressures
Hines urged the president to allow the railroad administration to cut costs by reducing living expenses rather than raise rates. He argued increases totaling about 300 million annually strain workers and that rules and working conditions should stay under railroad administration along with operations.
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Hines
Three Champs Jack Dempsey Douglas Fairbanks and Chaplin
Photo shows heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey at a movie studio with Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin lifting him aloft. The scene highlights a playful collision of sport film stars and the era’s strongman image as Fairbanks sports a famed smile.
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Doug
Charley
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Douglas Fairbanks
Charley Chaplin
Fairbanks
Kovish
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