Harding Maps Plans for Quick Action on Mines and Rails
President Harding weighs government takeover of the Marc coal mines and possible control of failing railroads as the nation faces strikes. Advisers say he may seek immediate power to operate mines and refrain fromRailroad seizure unless rail conditions worsen. Discussion includes Hoover Fall and Cummins with officials cruising the Potomac.
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Lasker
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Baseball scores and standings from a light schedule
National League results show Philadelphia 1 over Chicago and New York 12. St Louis and Boston 6 6, Cincinnati 7. no other games scheduled. American League reports Detroit 2 and Washington 7 as the lone game played.
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Lowis
Om & Hat
Cibvetand
DUN REVIEW SHOWS A BUSINESS SLUMP
New York reports show a mixed business picture with labor unrest weighing on expansion. Coal mining resumes ease some tensions while a railroad strike and higher production costs hold back profits and shipments. Prospects improve as summer ends and strikes settle.
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New York
French Reject German Reparations Offer and Moratorium
Paris reports Premier Poincare rejects German guarantees and a moratorium plan tied to Hugo Stinnes and Rohr mine wood deliveries. British observers say the scheme overemphasizes industrialists, weakening the German government and worsening the political stake in reparations talks. Sir John Bradbury notes a tense reparations committee meeting follows divergent views.
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Poincare
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Germany
Berlin
Reparations Commission
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Rohr
Art
Frank
M. Poincare
John Bradbury
German French: urged half way meet over views and crisis
The document cites Sten and Said Be Wee urging Paris and Berlin to meet halfway on France Germany tensions. It notes the German financial crisis and threat to social order while French observers report apparent prosperity and use of dolls by many Germans adopting foreign currency.
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Sir John
Mioden
Aneludio M. Mauclore
Bergen Identified as Married Daredevil in Fatal Shooting
New York report says 26 year old film daredevil and lady killer Bergen, shot by George F. Cline in Edgewater New Jersey, was a married man though he posed as a bachelor. His wife May Bergen learned of the death from newspaper stories and confronted Cline’s wife Mary Cline at the police station.
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Bergen
Hhowever
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National Guard
Ford to close all plants September 16 over coal crisis
Henry Ford announced the Ford Motor Company will shutter its plants in Detroit and other cities on September 16 due to fuel shortages. He blamed Wall Street money interests and public officials for the strike-induced disruptions, saying up to 55 000 Ford workers will be idle and about 300 000 others affected through orders. He warned coal prices and rail disruptions threaten the economy and called for action to end the crisis.
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Interesting Radio Returns Last Evening In Rock Island
Charles Barker heard a Methodist church sermon broadcast by radio in Rock Island last night and stayed home to listen. The preacher spoke on The Place of America in the Thought of God and presented figures claiming wealth rose from 185 to 210 billions between 1914 and 1919 as well as a claim about 1650 million people filling Texas at nine per acre.
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Charles Hegoset e.Jennly
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Texas
Ford Plant Faces Shutdown Amid Coal Shortage
Wout fone reports the plant will close due to coal shortages after failed attempts to avoid shutdown. The decision, made by executives after near daylight discussions, sets September 16 as the shutdown date with no clear resumption timeline.
Bituminous Coal Output Surges. Anthracite Remains Low
Washington notes weekly Geological Survey report shows bituminous mines under the Cleveland wage pact producing at least 6,000,000 tons for Aug 21–26, reaching 6,250,000 with other districts. Anthracite output stays near zero. transport limits linger in the mid and south Appalachians. In 1921 the week yielded 6,140,000 tons total, with 1,890,000 anthracite and 7,750,000 bituminous. current figures remain 4,000,000 to 6,000,000 tons below normal for all coal.
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South Appalachians
Rotarians Hear Keeley Oration and Club News
The Rotary noon meeting featured Atty. M. W. Keeley presenting a humorous plan using serving pans to speed dish removal, though unused today. Harry Ward and Harvey Young shared entertaining reports from Rotary visits to New York and Chicago.
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Harry Ward
Harvey Young
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Chicago
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New York
Rotary
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C. J. Wilson
Atty. Frame
Raymond Bowers
Richard Maxwell
Debt stance affirmed by U S on foreign bonds
The United States will not cancel any foreign debts and will not hint at such action. Washington would not dare propose it, as citizens remember funding every dollar through Liberty bonds.
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Washington
Sioux City
Grand Duke Cyril Declares Guardianship of Aute Sim Throne
Grand Duke Cyril of Russia proclaims himself guardian of the Aute Sim throne. He is cited as the grandson of Alexander II and cousin of the late emperor in a formal proclamation.
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Autesium
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