Senate Talks Prices Farmers Are Defended
The Senate debated the cost of living with Chairman Gronna promising a cost-cutting committee meeting. Senators questioned wheat prices, government guarantees, and profiteering, while others blamed inflation on currency, distribution margins, and world conditions. A later note mentions pie prices rising and a push for an all-American canal costing 36 million dollars.
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Senate
Gronna
Agriculture Committee
Pittman
Nevada
Thomas
Colorado
Rman
Sherman
Smeot
Utah
Smoot
Washington
Phelan
Phil Dowing
el Centro
Calif
White House
Wilson
Colorado River
Imperial Valley
Germans Threaten to Burn Zeppelins Rather Than Deliver Them
German forces near Berlin threaten to destroy 24 Zeppelins instead of handing them to the allied peace commission. Each airship has 25 tons capacity and could fly Berlin to San Francisco. Germany seeks permission to fly or a buyers’ path to the United States. otherwise the airships may be destroyed.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Paria
Herlin
Alles
United States
Berne
Switzerland
Havas
Berlin
Allied Armistice Commission
Germany
Damaged Text Hints at Postwar Itemized Documents
Readable fragments indicate the loss or seizure of important papers related to agreements affecting Belgium and France and machinery removed by the Germans. The note suggests archival documents or treaties tied to postwar restitution or occupancy.
Bequeathings and Estate Income Noted in Local Notices
Maude F Parker a niece of Mary A Whiting inherits 1000 and a share of the estate income after prior bequests. Florence A Estes receives 500. Jewelry passes to several friends and relatives. American Security and Trust Company named trustee. Navy seaplane NC 4 to tour beginning September 1 from New York to Portland and down the Atlantic coast to the Gulf and up the Mississippi. Firefighters battle three-shed blaze at 2314 16 18 Nicholson street causing 200 loss.
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Mary A. Whiting
Maude E. Parker
Maude F. Parker
Mr. Whitng
Florence A. Estes
American Security and Trust Company
Navy
Roosevelt
New York
Portland
Atlantic Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Misssissippi River
Nicholson Street
John Ellis
Efe Dougherty
A Crosse
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Granna Calig
Borah
Kellogg
Nelson
Minnesota
Department of Agriculture
Food Administration
Kirby
Arkansas
Barnes
Senator Gronna
Emedi
Smith
South Caroline
McCumber
North Dakota
Idaho
Mincouri
Reed
Simon
H.C. of L
Lord Salisbury
Lae
Rian
Pao
Paris
5Th Ave
46Th St
H St. N. W
Shoreham Hotel
Geor
Fou
Oakland
Vastanan
Connecticut Avenue
Harry W. Burr Washington
District Oakland Company
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
St. N. W
Washington, D. C
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Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta, GA
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