Palmer GALL REVIVES FOOD ADMINISTRATION FAIR PRICE MACHINERY
Palmer calls local price committees to target hoarders and curb costs as the Justice Department restarts the nationwide food administration framework. Aimed at enforcing fair prices, committees will assess cost, profit margins, and publish fair price lists while reporting findings to state authorities and the Department of Justice.
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Palmer Gall
Food Administration
Department of Justice & General
Developments of Day in Fight on Food Cost
Attorney General directs state administrators to revive infrprice oxing machinery as first areas expected today. Federal Reserve Board vows currency restraint to curb food costs. Opposition grows to President's plan for universal price marks. District reconsiders sale price committee under Dr. W C Fowler health officer. Fowler warns high prices threaten city health. Commissioner's approval pending. Government urges county officials to cooperate with federal food administration and prosecute violators. Wire confirmation of cooperation.
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United States
Food Administration
A. Mitchell Palmer
House
Wilson
House Committee On Agriculture
Hutchinson
New Jersey
Congress
Palwer
Federal Reserve Board
W. C. Fowler
Fowler
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Brownslow
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Actors Strike Gains Labor Backing In New York
New York actors seek support from stagehands musicians and other unions as ten theaters remain closed. Leaders including James P Holland Hugh Freyne and Frank Gillmore attend a high level meeting to rally aid while managers claim the strike will fill gaps with new talent and reopen venues.
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New York
Actors' Equity Association
James P. Holland
New York State Federation of Labor
Hugh Freyne
American Federation For Labor
Charles C. Shay
International Allance of
Joe N. Weber
American Association of Musicians
Frank Gillmore
Actors’ Equity Association
Paul Turner
W. B. Rubin
Holland
Producing Managers’ Protective Association
Richard Gordon
Winter Garden
Forty-Fourth Street
John Drew
Lionel
Jack Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore
al Jolson
Harry Fox
Ed Wynn
Frank Fay
Prince of Wales Ship Renown Near St Johns Fleet
The admiralty wireless service said the British battleship Renown carrying the Prince of Wales was met by cruiser Dauntless 120 miles off St Johns at 3 pm. Dragon accompanies Renown. Dauntless led preparations for the royal visit. The flotilla sails slowly toward Conception Bay and will arrive Tuesday.
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St. Johns
Newfoundland
Admiralty
Canada
Dragon
Conception Bay
Nal
District Eyes Price Fix Plan Led by Dr Fowler
District health officer Dr William C Fowler would chair a nine member price fixing committee to curb profiteering by setting weekly fair price guidelines for food in Washington. The plan, a revival of the old food administration, aims to lower milk and ice prices and includes dealers and citizens from Washington, with support from Commissioner Brownlow and District Attorney Laskey.
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Washington
William C. Fowler
National Capital
Fair-Price Committee
Fowler
Food Administration
Tha
Whan Dare
Maryland
Virginia
Dr. Fowler
Brownlow
Rome
League Covenant Fear Foils French Belgian War Hope
Secretary Lansing resumes Senate testimony as France and Belgium question the league covenant. Belgium warns the league may fail to deter early war, prompting reliance on specific treaties. French leaders share fear of unprovoked German attack, though Germany is stripped of arms. the core worry is how the league’s early operation might trigger conflict rather than prevent it.
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Albert v. Fox
Washington Post
Lansing
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Belgium
Lansing Wll
Chamber of Deputies
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League
Wilson
Sengtera
Clemenceau
Germany
League of Nations
Paris
Buddapest
Roumania
Danube
Budapest
Herbert Hoover
Vienna
Banat
Italy
Hungary
Plumb Plan Fails to Win Support in Congress
A casual canvass of House Interstate Commerce Committee members shows not a single vote for the Plumb plan to nationalize the railways. The conference on democracy in industry met in Washington to study proposals and adopt cautious, principle based views on government transportation costs, private property rights, and efficiency amid rising living costs.
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House
Interstate Commerce Committee
United States
Congress
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Glenn E. Plumb
Aljad
Revere
Washington
National Commission On Democracy In Industry
Plumb
Walter Clark
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Fleeing Alien Prisoner Shot Near Chattanooga Incident
Reports from Chattanooga Tennessee describe two German alien detainees escaping under gunfire during an electric storm. Richard Lindera and Robert Beese were halted by a rifle bullet. another account mentions casualties in Kentucky as families suffer across crossings.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Richard Lindera
Robert Beese
Barageke Gt Fort
Oxlethorpe
Luders
League Covenant Sparks European Security Debate
Senators note American desire to understand why France and Belgium distrust the league after German diplomacy gains admission via Wilhelmsstrasse intrigue. Officials warn the covenant may be essential for war prevention, yet many doubt its success and seek real protection independent of the covenant.
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League
Wilhelmstrasse
Europe
France
Belgium
Tte
Italy Touts War Sacrifices and U S Trade Ties
Rome reports Premier Nitti urging closer economic relations with the United States and praising American enterprise. He cites Italy’s war losses of about 500000 dead and a million disabled, outlines plans for tax hikes and currency reform, and envisions strengthened democratic bonds with America amid a costly postwar era.
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Rome
Frandace Nitti
Italy
Otrens
United States
Signor Nitti
America
Nitti
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