Waste in U S Industries Blamed on Management and Labor
A report from the American Engineering Council assigns responsibility for over 90 percent of industrial waste to management and labor. It cites massive unemployment and billions tied up in idle equipment, urging national information services, standardized practices, health programs, and improved wage analysis to cut losses and prevent deaths and accidents.
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St. Louis
Caan
American Engineering Council
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
J. Parke Chenning
New York
L. W. Wallace
Washington
American Engineering Council of the
Federated Engineering Societies
U. S
National
Industrial Information Service
National Statistical Service
Economic Waste Cited Across Industries in Report Findings
A government study cites plant idleness and waste across sectors. Printing could trim over 100 million dollars in paper stock by standardizing brands. Building remains about 6 percent efficient, while the shoe industry wastes roughly 35 percent.
Shipping board blamed for daily deficits in Senate
Senator Poindexter of Washington charged the United States Shipping Board with gross mismanagement and said the agency piles up a deficit of from 1,000,000 to 4,000,000 dollars each day. He cited reliable information to support the claim in the Senate.
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Peindexter
Body
Washington
United States Shipping Board
Senate
Poindexter
Mistrial Declared in Burket Boy Slaying Case
Knox Indiana June 4 The jury hearing the murder case of eleven year old Ceit Parket for the death of Benny Slavin failed to reach a verdict and was dismissed. The trial will likely be set for October.
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Knox
Ind
Parket
Indiana
Benny Slavin
Willan Christoph
Sinn Feiners in Ambush Kill Ten Near Westport Ireland
A large ambush near Westport County Mayo killed ten Sinn Feiners and wounded several police officers. Police patrols in motor cars were attacked by about 100 armed men. cars burned and arms seized, with several hours of fighting reported.
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Westport
County Mayo
Cork
Stevenson
Ballybofey
Kylebeg Cross
Borrisokane
County Tipperary
Japan Rethinks Russian Policy Amid Vladivostok Turmoil
Report from Tokyo states Japan will not interfere in Russian internal affairs while former Vladivostok leaders head to Harbin with Japanese guards. Bolshevik forces concentrate near Iman as anti Bolshevik factions clash. Semenoff may trigger new tensions. Merkuloff urges him to stay away.
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Tokyo
Japanese War Department
Vladivostok
Chita
Japan
Yovourn
Vindivostok
Semenoff
Ceeasck
M. Markuloff
Semeneff
Merkuloff
Diplomatic Farce Decreed by Tottering Powers
A fragment argues that capitalistic diplomats will pursue folly and that Germany France England need to be supported or exploited. It contends we must not interfere with folly and must shift the center of gravity to the west as European diplomats struggle with unsolvable problems while others remain the decisive factor.
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Germany
France
England
Cormany
Estern
Ieinglund
Balkan Peninenta
Automobiles Cause 58 Deaths in Cook County May
Chicago reports 58 traffic deaths in May the highest monthly toll in Cook County since records began with Coroner Hoff man noting 227 auto fatalities this year against 167 in the same period of 1920. In Rockford Capt Homer Read was re elected president of the Illinois Police Association at the 24th annual convention in Springfield.
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Chicago
Cook County
Hoffman
Rockford
Homer Read
Ilinoie Police Association
Illinois Police Officers
Springfield
Inet
Greeks Massacred by Turkish Troops in Armenian Cities
Athens reports from Constantinople describe new massacres of Christians at Sawean and Trebizond on the Black Sea coast of Armenia. Streets are said to be strewn with Greek bodies as shops are ransacked. An American destroyer has arrived at Samsun to protect Americans there.
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London
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Constantinople
Sawean
Trebizond
Black Sea
Armenia
Samsun
Soviet Army Annihilates Anti Force Amid Baltic Dispatches
Russian dispatches report Soviet troops annihilated anti Bolshevist forces at Vladivostok aided by Japan. Budenny leads Bolshevik cavalry against Ukrainian threats in southern Russia. Another note cites Tehiteherin’s Feb 6 1921 document claiming Soviet foreign policy aims to weaken opponents in the west and aid Germany with promises of security.
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Vladivostok
Harbin
Iman
Smoltin
Stockholm
Sweden
Budenny
Wrange
Russia
New York
Pawl. Milyoukov
Russian Information Bureau
Bolshevist Commignant
M. Tehiteherin
Muyoukov
Paris
Tehnclevin
West
Propa Mda
Westward Strategy for Influence and Shadow Diplomacy
The text outlines a plan to act as a decisive but concealed power in Europe and the West. It advocates official recognition only when needed, expanding trade relations, spreading propaganda, and increasing authority among workers, with a fallback to shift focus to the Balkans and Near East if circumstances require.
Belgium Pays Tribute to U S Role in World War I
June 4 Belgium's foreign minister M. Jasper praised the United States for its wartime example of justice and right. He recalled U S support to Belgium during the German occupation and at Versailles, where Americans pressed for Belgium property rights.
Dedication of Confederate White House Reopened in Montgomery
June 4 dedication ceremony in Montgomery marked the reopening of the Confederate White House where Jefferson Davis first resided as president. Representatives from states that seceded in 1801 participated in the event, commemorating the Confederacy after four years of war.
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Montgomery
Ala
White House
Union
Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Immigration Ban in Force Limits European Migrants
Officials began enforcing the new immigration restrictions in June limiting European aliens to small monthly quotas. Armenia, Turkey, and other European countries face limited arrivals in June and for the fiscal year, with totals varying by country. Palestine, Syria, and other regions have specified June and yearly quotas.
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Washington
Armenia
Turkey
Europe
Angola
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Monaco
San Marino
Malta
Gibraltar
Palestine
City Near Flooded by Waters in Central Colorado
Heavy rainfall caused floodwaters to surge through a Colorado city, forcing evacuations and emergency responses as residents faced rising water levels near Home Creek and Main Street. Local officials issued alerts and coordinated with regional agencies for relief and shelter.
O Callaghan Removed From Cork Lord Mayor Role
Special report notes O Callaghan, Lord Mayor of Cork, left Ireland for the United States as a stowaway. The dispatch cites a U.S. inquiry and claims he departed amid political controversy and unspecified charges.
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Cork
O' Callaghan
O'Callaghan
Bsed
Asauraare
Bhp
Mn of
Miners Reject Peace Offer in Ongoing Strike
Tenon reports the executive body of the striking coal miners rejected the government settlement proposal. Separately in New York prices for new potatoes reached 4.25 dollars per barrel wholesale, up from about 1 dollar a year ago, while new tomatoes sold at 3 cents per pound wholesale.
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Tenon
New York
Bergdoll Expatriate Draft Evader Sought by Britain
Washington June 4. Interest rises as Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the wanted draft evader, is reportedly being pursued by British authorities. Officials refuse to detail measures but indicate Britain may aid the United States in bringing him back from Germany, possibly over Canadian passport violations.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland Bergdall
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Bergdoll
Peoria church janitor charged after fatal shooting
George Hathal, a 43 year old church janitor in Peoria, killed his housekeeper Tricor Laut and wounded her lover William Jedis in a dispute over property. He claimed the housekeeper and aid by the lover had threatened his life and plotted to take his property. The housekeeper died in Italy, and Hudson faces indictment.
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Peoria
Cheois
Oeath
Hudson
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