Ford Criticized Over Ford Boat Offer For Muscle Shoals
International Newswire reports in Washington that Henry Ford is labeled a pirate by the Senate Agricultural Committee for offering to take over the Muscle Shoals project with a $14.5 million taxpayer gift. Senator Norris leads the attack, arguing the proposal would cede waterpower to a private corporation and mortgage unborn generations. Ford rejects the charges, calling them old bluff and stands by his bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate‘agricultural Contualttee
Ford
Senate
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Congress
Senate Committee
Michigan
New York
Eder
Norris
Cinfernationnal News
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Mugelo Shoals
Old Bluff
Pat Ts
Tariff Flexibility Plan Defended By Republicans
Republicans press a flexible tariff defense arguing rates are not fixed and can be changed by the president with conditions. They frame a tariff commission as key to a non partisan approach while fending off Democratic critics during the campaign. A brief note on a fish specimen is also mentioned in the same page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular
Mes York Frening Port, Inc
Life Guard Deemed Ideal Husband by Mrs Lauer
Chicago July 20. Mrs Victorian Lauer wife of Captain Fred Lauer of Oak Street beach extols life guards as ideal husbands listing reasons: long duty hours, no office nights, no letters hidden in swimsuit pockets, no clothes to press, and other chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Adonis
Victorian Lauer
Fred Lauer
Oak Street Beach
White and Allen clash over pro union placard display
Gov Henry J. Allen and William Allen White, longtime allies, publicly differ over a placard White posted in his Emporia Gazette window supporting railway shopmen. Kansas Industrial Court deemed it an infraction. White defends free press and speech while Attorney General Hopkins warns of arrest for inciting lawlessness.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Henry and
Henry J. Allen
William Allen White
Kansas
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Gov. Alen
White
Emporia Gazette
Law
Bill
Governmor_ Alien
Meenryt al White
Alen
Richard J. Hopkins
Altho
Gov
Allen
Arthur Cupper
Kunrgas
Five Cars Derby Off Track After Rail Break Near Albany
A broken rail near Adams station between Smithville and Leesburg derailed five coaches of the Southland limited from Chicago. One passenger was seriously injured. others were taken to a local hospital. The derailment occurred early today as the Southland left Chicago at 9 20 p m Tuesday on the Pennsylvania line. The engine and first three cars stayed on rails and carried the injured to Albany.
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Associated Press
Albany
Southland” Limited
Chicago
Adams Station
Smithville
Leesburg
Southland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rail Labor Board Abandons Strike Settlement Move
The article reports widespread shopmen violence and government asks for troop withdrawal while governors and state officials consider taking over coal mines and overseeing railroad operations. It notes attacks in Fort Worth and Waycross and an appeal to the federal circuit court of appeals by shopmen counsel in East St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas & Pacific
Yanimaster
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Conumon
Lioux City
Waycross
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
East St. Louis
Chicago & Eastern Times
United & Circuit Court of Appeals
Chaffee
Alo
Hyde
Alex
Groesbeck
Michigan
Harding
L. C. Pons
Waycrass
Atlantic Coast Line
Battles Rage in Ireland as Free State Fights Irregulars
Dublin July 20 battles rage at Limerick Waterford as Free state troops clash with Republican irregulars. Irregulars block Waterford access. regulars strike from Mount Misery with light artillery and machine guns. Free state capture King John castles at Limerick amid clashes with no known heavy casualties. Rebels conscript youths in Tullamore Birr area. three mine blasts hit near Ulster frontier. Twenty killed and forty wounded in Limerick fighting. Waterford siege continues.
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D International News
Dublin
Limerick
Watterford
Waterford
Mount Misery
King John
Provisional
Free State
Leinster
Monaghan Cavan
Leitrim
Roscommon
Clare
Belfast
Ulster Frontier
Tullamore
Birr
Bottle
London
Wree
Lions Club Disavows Strike Resolution In Waterloo Iowa
The Lions Club of Waterloo Iowa disavows a July 12 strike resolution published in two newspapers. At a noon meeting in Black's tearoom the club adopted a resolution stating no such resolution was ever presented or passed by the club and disowning responsibility for the published text. President W M Sheldon and Secretary T J Harrison signed the disavowal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Black
Lions Club of Waterloo
Towa
W. M. Sheldon
T. J. Harrison
Farewell party for women leaving city
A luncheon at Black's tearoom honored Mrs. Emma Reber her daughter Mrs. Winifred Weimer and Miss Elizabeth Hildebrand of the First Brethren church as they move to California. Forty one attended with talks by Rev. W. H. Beachler Mrs. A. Bontrager and Miss Mary Horner. Hildebrand heads to Lom Dock Cal to live with sister Mrs. James Scroggy. Reber and Weimer join their husbands in Long Beach.
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Black’s Tearoom
Emma Reber
Winifred Weimer
Elizabeth Hildebrand
California
First Brethren Church
W. H. Beachler
A. Bontrager
Mary Horner
Hildebrand
Lom- Dock
Cal
James Scroggy
Chicago Auto Strike Sparks Streetcar Turmoil
Chicago faces a looming streetcar strike as 19,000 surface and elevated workers prepare to walk out. Police tighten traffic plans while an estimated 200,000 cars are expected to substitute for streetcars and thousands of special officers are sworn in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clerks Strike Hits Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Five hundred clerks in the Chesapeake and Ohio offices at Richmond Virginia walked out at 10 am as the strike order of the Clerks and Freight Handlers went into effect Officials also reported 75 freight handlers in Chicago joined. The strike affects about four thousand men across the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Chesapeake & Ohio
Richmond
Chicago
Weather bulletin lists Iowa Minnesota towns in area
Highways U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau issued a weather bulletin from Charles City Iowa dated July 20 1923. The report covers subscibed territory including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo and Waverly.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Charlie City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Wisconsin Supreme Court Bans Saloon Customs
Madison July 20. The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules in the Alby case that all saloons must go under the state prohibition. The ruling states that prohibiting intoxicating liquors also outlaws the distinctive saloon culture of standing at the bar and drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Supreme Court
Alby
Iowa Operators Insist on Federal Troops
Iowa union leader Joe H. Morris warns miners to refuse to enter the mines as government plans to operate coal mines proceed. He says the government favors operators, urges loyalty to the United Mine Workers, and predicts a mass mobilization would be required to mine coal, calling it a life and death fight for the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Associated Press
Albia
United Mine Workers’ Union of America
Joe H. Morris
Iowa
Washington
Union La'or
Gov't
Kentucky
The
Coal Commission
Tennessee
Coolorado
Texas
Alabama
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
Famine in Russia 24 Million Reported by Nansen
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen told the League of Nations council in London that twenty four million Russians are starving. He described famine areas as desolate and peasants too weak to till or harvest. He urged creation of an international commission to oversee relief work while noting lack of funds hampering his current committee.
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International
London
Trictjof Nansen
League of Nations Council
Dr. Nansen
Nansen
Bank at Dana Robbed No Loss Estimated
The Bank of Dana in Green county near Dana was entered and robbed last night. Only papers were reportedly taken. President of the bank is C B Branton of Deltas Center. In Madison the milk law's constitutionality was upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a Carnation Milk Co. of California suit.
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Dana
Grand Junction
Bank of Dana
Green County
Here
C. BH. Branton
Deltas Center
Theank
Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
State Supreme Court
Carnation Mk Company
California
Michigan coal mine plan faces Harding approval
Governor Groesbeck telegrammed President Harding urging state operation of Michigan coal mines to ease fuel shortages and quicken takeover. Pittsburgh officials pledged to open mines. union leaders warned against strikebreakers and possible worker removal across company mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Jones
Michigan
United’ Mine Workers of America
City Officials Don Hostlers' Overalls on Branch Line Run
July 20. Pittsfield and Peak county face railway disruption as striking workers abandon the Wabash spur. Five volunteers from Pittsfeld volunteer as engine hostlers to keep the engine groomed and the Pittsfield spur connected to the main line at Maysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hostlers
Quincy
Pittsfeld
Hill
Peak County
Pittsfield
Maysville
Father Visits Ti J Gamble in Moline
John Gamble of Moline visits his son L. J. Gamble and Mrs. Gamble at 1002 Fourth Street West. The 84 year old elder Gamble shows vigor, drove from Moline with Henry Wheelock, covering 207 miles in a single day with notable energy.
Court’s Can’t Stop Laughter Of Child Host Story
Nahant Massachusetts July 20 No court in the land can regulate a child’s laughter. Mike de Carlo answers wealthy neighbors who oppose his entertaining poor city children and “working poor” by offering them a free room for a week. He has hosted guests with food and refreshments despite objections.
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Nahant
Mass
Buch
Mike de‘ Carlo
Mike
Farmhand Courting via Radio Sparks Elopement
A Missouri farmhand Will Finchem and Mrs. Katie Hauser fled after a radio courtship at the Hauser farm near Oakwood. Police say the couple, 27 and 55, disappeared following the affair, which involved a home radio station installed on the Hauser premises. Finchem, once with a Des Moines station, is said to have pursued the romance after the husband forbade visits.
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Es Moines
Katie Hauser
Will Finchem
Missouri
Hauser
Oakwood
Finchem
Des Moines
Swain
Five Killed Two Hurt in Railroad Crossing Crash
Five persons were killed and two seriously injured in a grade crossing accident at Stevensville near Bridgeburg Ontario. The party traveling from Toronto to Buffalo included Dahiel Fitz and his family. two others, Joseph Baker and his son, were among the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeburg
Ont
Stevensville
Toronto
Buffalo
Dahiel Fitz
Denver
Joseph Baker
Proper
Retail Food Costs Rise in U S Month
Washington D C July 20 The retail cost of food to the average family in the United States rose per cent in the month from May 157 to June 15, according to a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics of
Department of Labor
Iowa briefs recounts tangled marriages and tragedies
A. W. Tongue of Omaha sues county clerk over a 14 year old daughter's marriage to 18 year old Robert Seninger of Cedar Rapids. In Bloomfield an eight year old boy dies after clothing catches fire from a blaze. Mrs Dan Arthaud of Washington Ia drowns in a cistern citing mental low mood. Rollie F Houseal files for divorce from Marie after a new love interest appeared 16 days into marriage. Mrs W W Fritsche and daughters plan to attend a Chicago pageant and visit Milwaukee and Kenosha Wisconsin.
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Towa City
Omaha
Robert
Sen
Ninger
Cedar Rapids
Bloomfield
Joel Hopkins
Ash Grove
Olds
Dan Arthaud
Washington
Will
Chicago
W. W. Fritsche
Ll. C. Larson
Maria Fritsche
Thompson Avenue
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Wis
Lenine Recovery Report Triggers Cheers at Meeting
At a workers' meeting in Momon on July 20 President Zinoviet of the central committee of the third Internationale announced that Premier Lenine is not only recuperating but has almost completely recovered. The statement drew cheers and applause from the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Momon
Zinoviet
Central Committee of
The
Third Internationale
Lenine
Army Plane Patrol Forest Fire Defense Details
The War Department assigns seven airplanes for forest fire defense patrols in Oregon. Air service personnel from Grissy Field San Francisco and Mather Field Mill Valley California will conduct the patrols. Southern Idaho fruit harvest 1921 netted growers 5 110 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
War Department
Oregon Forests
Air Service
Grissy Field
San Francisco
Matherfeld
Milla
Cal
Southern
Ydaho
The
Crowers
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Washington, D. C
Pimitlear’ Corporation
Sebk
Atisee Schwals
Iles
Barklay
Gov. Allen
Split
Rail Labor Board
Ireland
League Council
International News Wire
Pittsburgh
RW. Gardiner
Pittsburgh Coal Producers’ Association
International News Service
Gardiner
WW. F. Hanaway
District 5
United Mine Workers
Mmine
United Press
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
McCray
Interstate Commerce Commission
Daugherty
White House
Department, of Justice
Paueherty
Carey
Jmy United Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ray Carey
Wyoming
Hurton Railroad
Young Coal Co
Willys-Knights & Overlands
Cadillac
Overland Waterloo CO
Franklin
Baum-Mcdonald Auto Co
Lafayette
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