Ford Profit Sharing Disputed In Ford vs Tribune Case
Edsel B. Ford testified in Mount Clemens on the libel suit filed by Henry Ford against the Chicago Daily Tribune. He described profits and wage policies, noted a $50,000,000 annual profit in 1914 and 1916, and explained plans to keep profits around $25,000,000 yearly while pursuing car price cuts. He discussed wartime production and his limited formal schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mount Clemens
Mich
Edse B. Ford
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
Ford
Eliot G. Stevenson
Aftarmey
Witnese
Laioyer
Missioner
Stevenson
Alfred Lucking
Lucking
Stevenson R
Liberty Motors
Eagle Boats
War Department Surplus Food Delayed Declaration Sparks Probe
Washington July 11 Gen Marek chief of staff told a war expenditures sub committee the surplus food stocks could have been declared in February instead of May and that on July 8 the surplus stood at 121 100 000. Chairman Reavis pressed who was responsible for the delay and noted the distress from high living costs. Gen Match said over careful subsistence officials delayed but a February report could have been safe. March stated the surplus values for corned beef bacon roast beef fresh frozen beef and poultry corn beef hash canned vegetables and more. Secretary Baker sought to prevent market flooding by delaying the announcement and denied exporting these foods instead of domestic use.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Marek
Army
War Department
Reavis
Gen. March
Match
Quartermaster’s Corps
Baker
Geni March
Denver Jitneys Are Driven From Service by Federal War Tax
Denver residents faced a standstill as jitney car service collapsed under wartime taxes. Drivers could not cover operating costs with a five cent fare, with taxes of two to four dollars per vehicle forcing owners to quit. Pedestrians filled streets as rapid transit vanished.
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Denver
Colo
Wall Street
Internatio
Ean
Standard cuts gasoline prices in nine state coverage
The Standard Oil company reduced gasoline prices from tank wagons by two cents a gallon in Chicago St Louis and Minneapolis territories and by one cent in all other territories. Kerocene price was raised by one cent in all territories.
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Chicago
Company of
Tadiana
St. Louis
Minneanotis
City in Brief (Garrison visits and local notes)
E J Wenner visits his mother in Garrison while Miss Minnie Bruner plans a Minneapolis trip. Mrs W H Woellstein visits relatives in Decorah Iowa and Miss Anna Mae Collins spends a weekend in Mason City. Diphtheria reported at 752412 Commercial Street. Dr M Conroy, Globe-Ga zette publisher, visits the city. Various residents travel, visit, or move, including licenses issued to Alvan Knotts and Sylvia Feil, and several relocations and job changes in local firms.
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E. J. Wenner
Urstase
M. Conroy
Mason City Globe-Gagelle
W. R. Sieg
Campbell Avenue
Canada
Alvan Knotts
Woplar Blu
Sylvia M. Feil
Cedar Falls
Eva McCosh
Greene
Highmore
Waterloo
Louis Anderson
Dubuque
Sky Vaudeville For State Fair Visitors
State management announces Lovie Gertson and Lieut Watter Pack of Chisago aviaters will present sky vaudeville for Iowa State Fair visitors in August. They pilot small 24 foot wing span aircraft with 90 horsepower Gnome motors performing stunts and reenacting the Chateau Thierry battle in the amphitheatre night show.
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Lovie Gertson
Lieut
Watter Pack
Chisago
Aviatora
Chateau Thierry
R34 dirigible crosses Atlantic toward London
Reports from London and New York detail the R34 airship's progress on the Atlantic crossing. By noon it was about 550 miles from Mineola with speeds up to 60 knots, aided by favorable winds while nearing the Azores.
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London
Atlantic
Greenwich
New York
Indiate
Alto
Triumph
Azores Islands
St. Johns
N. F
Naval
Azores
Clifden
G.H. Scott
Glennon
Third Naval District
Mineola
Scott
Washington
Navy Department
All's Wall
Special Pact Action by Teut States May Be Needed
Paris reports that ratification by the German national assembly may not suffice for the peace treaty. The new constitution requires separate ratification by states losing territory, risking independent action by Bavaria over the Saar and Prussia over Polish territory restored. Newspapers warn against allowing German legal experts to challenge the treaty.
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Teut
Associated Press
Paris
Weimar
Petit Parisien
Bavaria
Saar
Prussia
Poland
Mother and Daughters Rescued After Building Collapse
Decatur UK July 11 Mrs Clarence Renfro and her two daughters were buried in the ruins of a three story building on South Park street when it collapsed this morning. Firemen rescued them an hour later. Mrs Renfro severely injured and her daughters bruised. Four or five others suffered minor injuries.
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Associated Press
Decatur
Mres
Clarence Renfro
South Park Street
German Ratification News Found Good by Premier Clemenceau
Paris July 11 The council of five interrupted to receive a note from M. Clemenceau who read Very good and passed it on This AP dispatch announced ratification of the peace treaty by the Whiaiar assembly.
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Clemenceau
Paris
A Wessenger
Council
M. Clemenceau
Associated Press
Whiaiar Assembly
Food Packers Face U S Board Scrutiny Across World Reach
A federal trade commission report details major meat packers Swift Armour Morris and Wilson expanding control in South America Europe and the United States. It claims involvement in leather fertilizer cotton seed oil and breakfast foods to corner meat substitutes. Louis Swift denies collusion and accuses the commission of jumbled figures and political propaganda.
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Paraguay
Sugar Machinery Corporation
United Fruit Company
Swift & Company
Hawaii
Wilson & Co., Inc
Alaska
Moria
Gulf of Mexico
England
France
Italy
Holland
Big Five
Sioux City
Kansas City
South St. Paul
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
South St. Joseph
Hill City
Minn
Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago
Toi
Armour
Swift
Morris
Wilson
United States
South America
Argentina
Swift & Co
Swift, Armour, Morris and Wilson
Uruguay
Louis Swift
Federal Trade Commission
Louis F. Swift
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Wilson & Co
Heney
Ex-Parte
Commission
Trade Commission
Noone
Altho
Washington
Ford stock reorganization places Edsel Ford as sole partner
Detroit July 11 Edsel B. Ford becomes the nearly sole partner of his father Henry Ford in the Ford Motor company after a purchase of all minority shares except for James Couzens 2 blocks. The Dodge brothers also sold stock.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Edsel B. Ford
Henry Ford
Frank L. Klingensmith
James Couzens
Ford Motor
John F
Horace B. Dodge
Dodge Motor Company
Mount Clemens
Edsel Ford
Ford
California
Yeelines
New York
Tensions Rise Between Austria and Hungary Over Recall
Dispatches from Vienna and Budapest show high tension as the Austrian foreign minister demands the recall of the Hungarian minister. Sub-Lieut Jean Navarre, a leading French ace, died after an airplane crash. A 24 hour general strike begins July 24 at 5 am. Marshal Foch ordered Polish troops to cease action in Lithuania. A tor nado in Bradford, Pennsylvania killed two and left many injured and 23 houses demolished. Lieut Commander A G Read received the Aero Club of America gold medal.
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Associated Press
Paris
Vienna
Budapest
Jean Navarre
France
Foch
Lithuania
Bradford
New York
A. GC. Read
The
Aero Club of America
Vessels Tied Up as Firemen Strike Demands $15 Increase
Coastal steamers halt sailings or face tie up as firemen water tenders and oilers strike for a $15 monthly wage rise. Government ships under the United States Shipping Board remain unaffected and may see crews join the strike. Grain rate complaints from North Dakota to Minneapolis and St Louis were dismissed by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Shipping Board
Union
Shipping Board
Washington, D. C
Railroad Commissioners of
North Dakota
Minneapolis
St. Bovis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Waterloo Hospital backers vow open door policy for all doctors
A statement circulated by the Waterloo Hospital association clarifies the project for a new fireproof hospital. It denies claims that only a few doctors benefit and asserts the facility will welcome licensed doctors of good repute from Black Hawk County and Waterloo Medical societies, with no favoritism.
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Waterloo Hospital Association
Citizens OF
Waterloo
Cal
Black Hawk County
Carleton
J. R. Macartney
W. H. Brunn
Fred J. Clare
A. H. Frank
Ainons Johnson
Austin Burt
F. J. Bighmey
J.D. Liffring
Minnie J. Crippen
W. 0. Logan
H. L. Goughnour
Geo, E. Lichty
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Sarah Hubbard
G. W. Hubbard
Jesup
W. J. Lincoln
Francis Poyner
Columbia Street
Duluth
Spaulding Mine
Grinnell
National Association of Letter Carriers
Water- Ino Association
J. J. Miller
Ais‘iers
Agnes
Clara
Tesup
May
Seller
Fairmont
Interlaken
Fred E. Stewart
Spokane
Wash
Jane Conner
Mason City
Elsie Ffatzgraf
Dairy Cattle Congress
Altstadt & Langlas Company
Jr. W. Kinzie
Marshalltown
Clara Wiltse
Clarence W. French
A. J. French
E. B. Hadley
Liberty
H. Davis
Ladies Tailor
La+ fayette
SKY Vaudeville
Maken
Advivea
Packers
U. S. Board
Quaines
Hope
FORDS
Henry
F.C. Lee Optometrist Ano 1
Sycamore Street
Eversday
Beyond the Gates
Beulah
Magaris
the Game
Moon Face
Lady of Rome
Saracinesta
Mr. Crex
Monte Carlo
the Gadfly
Typhoon
the Gambier
Warwick
Black
Scholian Cigar
Campbell
East Fourth and
Water Streets
Opp
Union Mill
Stearns & Foster
Nichols & Gates
West Fourth Street
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Northwest
Groton
Milwaukee
Howrey & Herren
Waterloo, Iowa
Realtors
Waterloo Savings Bank Bldg
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