Packers Open to Modified Federal Meat Regulation
Thomas E. Wilson, president of the American Institute of Meat Packers, told a House committee in Washington on May 6 that a modified form of federal regulation is acceptable. He supported supervision by the Department of Agriculture along Haugen bill lines, urged avoiding harsher rules, and warned that a new independent commission would duplicate work, raise costs, and threaten private enterprise. Wilson noted packers oppose extreme action but back regulated marketing aligned with producers’ interests.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Thomas E. Wilson
Chicago
American Institute of Meat Packers
Houses
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Senate
Wilson
House Committee
Institute
Americas
Washington, D. C
United States
Supreme Council
sTeparations Commission
Council of Ambassadors
Auckland Geddes
Briish
State Department
Hughes
Harding
Little Cyclone Lifts Roof Off Party in Wilf District
A minor tornado in Los Angeles May 7 left seven homes roofless in the fashionable Wilf district after a day of rain. Wires were knocked out, a roof was torn off A Becker’s house during a party, dining room drenched, guests soaked. A valuable Chinese dog belonging to Mrs. W R Woolwine vanished, but no serious injuries were reported.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Wilf
Motion Picture Colony
A. Becker
W. R. Woolwine
Farrell urges shipping conference to stabilize trade
James A. Farrell president of U S Steel told the Foreign Trade council in Cleveland that an international conference of maritime actions is needed to stabilize shipping. He warned the future of American shipping is at stake and urged American producers to back the nation’s shipping during the current crisis.
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United Press
Cleveland
James A. Farrell
U. S
Steel Corporation
Foreign Trade Council
Farrell
Britain Cannot Join Japan An Anglo American Split Predicted
The Weekly Spectator argues dominions would not tolerate an Anglo Japanese alliance aimed at America. It says Australia and New Zealand would side with the United States in a war over Japan, Canada and South Africa would oppose aiding Japan, and 99 percent of the public would condemn government moves to back Japan against kin.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Spectator
Japan
England
America
Saultgereeds
Stant
Australia
New Zealand
Cansadx
San Francisco
Canada
Immigration Bill as Landmark in American History
The piece argues the immigration bill marks a historic shift in U S policy, noting a stance contrary to open immigration. It contemplates deep significance beyond current understanding and suggests a national instinct to preserve traditional norms while people move globally.
Telegraph Briefs Roundup of Global Labor and Policy News
London miners offer to arbitrate wage claims with Sir Arthur Duckham for immediate strike settlement. Paris reparations commission delivers Germany payment schedule to a delegate. Washington anticipates calling Emma Bergdoll for testimony. Chicago printers end strike with 44-hour week concession. U S unemployment up 0.4 percent in April per Labor. Dallas railway chief W A Ebb and officials resign. Indianapolis reports about 3,000 printers on strike. Oppeln informs Germany civilian police force of 3,000 to aid retreating Entente forces. New York saloon faces probe over a telephone booth with a spigot for drinks.
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Associated Press
London
Arthur Duckham
Paris
Reparations Commission
Germany
Washington, D. C
Peters
House Investigating Committee
Emma Bergdoll
Chicago
Washington
Department of Labor
Dallas
Tex
W. A. Ebb
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Indianapolis
Tad
Union International
Oppeln
Upper Silesia
New York
John Dowling
Addie Ades Adventures Chapter 53 Ad Buyer Seeks Runabout
In this Minute-e-Day serial scene Addie notes a man arrived in the garage claiming to purchase a runabout she had advertised in yesterday s Courier He had changed his mind after a brief exchange citing demand and a lack of progress in starting the vulcanizing business She suggests placing ads for the runabout and for vulcanizing services to boost trade Based on Basil L Sim Smith 1901 copyright in Waterloo.
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Jim
Addie
Courier
Gopyright
Basil L. Simi Smith
Waterloo
Women Jow Baby Bill Battle Draws Nationwide Debate
Washington May 6 The Sheppard Towner maternity bill split public opinion as women nationwide write in favor and against federal aid to save mothers and infants. Proponents say it will reduce mortality through state f ed programs and visiting lecturers while opponents call it socialism and a threat to states rights. Doctors branded it as socialist and wasteful, while supporters cite life saving potential and public health education.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Jon
Reme
Sheppard
Children's Bureau
Washington
Federal Treasury
American Medical Society
Alfred H. Quessy
Fitchburg
Mass
Senate’ Committee On Education
Quessy
Stillman family address dispute over historical letter
Bestivais challenges the Sev enty-second sheet address as incorrect and says the Stillman family lived at 276 Park Avenue in 1919 after leaving the Seventy second street home in spring 1918. He recalls a Quebec summer and return to New York before settling on Park Avenue. Beauvais plans to consult an attorney to explore rights in the case.
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Stillmans
New York
Bestivais
Stillman
Park Avenue
Seventy Second Street
Quebec
Beauvais
Railroad Lawyer Speaks Against Union Contentions
Carter recalled friendships between railroad and employee representatives that were strained by recent actions. He argued the Transportation Act worked until February 18 when executives moved to wage case filings and urged the board to consider fair wages for American workers rather than lowering standards to foreign labor.
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Carter
Emplore
Hel
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Southwest
Wood and Forbes Begin Philippine Investigation Mission
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and W. Cameron Forbes arrived to lead President Harding's commission to study conditions in the Philippine Islands. After a civic parade in their honor, the two commissioners set a schedule of daily two-hour sessions for public input and began reviewing a petition from the Philippine independence commission seeking independence. Their statement stressed a full, fair, impartial report to the President, not an automatic finding of fault with Filipinos.
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Associated Press
Manila
P.I
Leonard Wood
W. Cameron Forbes
Harding
Philippine Islands
Fernandez
Philippine Independence Commission
Wood
Forbes
Beauvais Denies Witness Claims in Dearest Letter
In a continuing exchange from page one, Beauvais rails at alleged statements about his presence in Mrs Stillman’s room and dismisses Grand Aunses witness accounts as false, insisting his brother Arthur will reveal the truth. He says he cannot yet spare time for New York, though the matter grows serious.
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New York
Beauvais
George Adams
Teachers Ordered to Keep Faces Clean in Public Schools
New Bedford Mass March 6 A school superintendent issued an order forbidding cosmetic use by teachers in public schools. He stated teachers must have clean faces and dirty faces lead to sending students home to wash. The directive also condemned shortened skirts but left skirt length to teacher discretion.
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New Bedford
Mass
AL Ton P. Keith
Rediscount Rate on Commercial Paper Falls in Seventh District
The Federal Reserve bank in the Seventh district cut the rediscount rate on commercial paper from 7 percent to 6.4 percent. The rate for bankers' acceptances and loans secured by government securities stays unchanged.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank
Seventh Reserve District
Labor leaders at Cincinnati draft unions program
The American Federation of Labor executive council drafts a plan to guide organized labor next year. It targets open shop repeal, anti-persecution laws, resistance to injunctions and compulsory arbitration, and considers wage costs and living expenses. More than 4,000,000 unemployed. 25,000 miners out of work with 300,900 idle days. Samuel Gompers responds to open shop critics, saying they cannot hurt the labor movement.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Organized Labor Forces
United States
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Denver
Colo
William Green
United Mine Workers of America
Gompers
H. van Matre
Chamber of Commerce
Fen Matre
Samuel Gompers
Auto Thief Suspect Captured After Two Mile Gun Battle
Des Moines May 6 Police captured HE F Zimmerman Anthony Ia after a two mile running gunfight with pursuing officers. The suspect confessed membership in la Bang and is linked to a gang blamed for unsafe streets and auto thefts during the spring months.
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United Press
Des Moines
HE. F. Zimmermen
Anthony
Gang of Autothieves
Zimmerman
la Bang
College Girls Learn Real Work in Denver Factories
Eighteen college girls from Nebraska Kansas and Colorado will seek jobs in laundries factories and domestic service in Denver this summer to gain firsthand knowledge of the problems of less fortunate sisters. The YWCA plans the experiment. girls pay for food lodging and recreation from their earnings. They will work six weeks and share experiences at the end to foster sympathetic understanding of the industrial world.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Nebraska
Kanesas
Colorado
Pressmen Agree 44 Hour Week in Des Moines
Des Moines pressmen and local employers have reached a 44 hour work week agreement. The union says workers will forgo four hours of pay while negotiations on the same issue continue in other cities.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Mar
Pressmen’s Union
Hi Y Clubs Sell Stamps for Relief of Famine Victims
Hi Y clubs of Waterloo begin selling three cent life saving stamps to aid famine victims in China. Surgeon Hsieh of Che Kiang, now studying at State Teachers College Cedar Falls, spoke on famine conditions stating an area the size of the United States is affected and three fourths of the population are farmers with few jobs after crop failures.
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Waterloo
China
Hsieh
Che Kiang
State Teachers College
Cedar Fails
United States
Colby Sees U S Enter Peace Through Back Door
London May 6 Bainbridge Colby former secretary of state told the American Luncheon club that American entry into the peace would come in a manner showing duty to the world. He praised Anglo American friendship as the sturdiest fact in international relations and warned against thoughts of weakening ties Between Britain and the United States.
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Associated Press
London
America
Bainbridge Colby
Colby
Enrance
Mr. Colby
Ship Owners Make Another Attempt to Settle Sailor Strike
The American Steamship Owners Association planned further conferences in New York to resolve the strike by marine workers who walked out over an 11 percent wage cut. Independent operators were summoned to gather, with workers to be invited to participate next week. The shipping board steamer Callao departed for Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.
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Associated Press
New York
American Steamship Owners’ Association
Shipping Board
Callao
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Questions Treaty in Hooch Plot Case in Chicago
In Chicago on May 6 the Sunny Brook Distillery case heard by U S Commissioner Mason was continued to May 20. Defendants Rosenfield and Harrison face a decision on trial venue between Chicago and El Paso for alleged conspiracy to ship 1000 cases of whisky into Mexico.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Mexico
Levy Mayer
Sunny Brook
Mason
Louis Rosenfield
Sunny Brook Distillery Company
F. W. Harrison
Texas
el Paso
Congress Deliberates Bills Across Committees
United Press reports renewed consideration of the army appropriation bill in Congress. Thomas E. Wilson of Chicago Packer opposes the packer control bill before the House Agriculture Committee. Committees review the deficiency bill, Scott seamen's bill, and the abolishment of the comptroller of the currency. Ways and Means subcommittees draft permanent tariff schedules while postoffice legislation reclassifies postal employees. Hearings begin on the McNary reclamation bill and debate continues on the Young emergency tariff bill.
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United Press
Thomas E. Wilson
Chicago
Packer
House Agriculture Committee
Appropriations Committee
Merchant Marine
Banking and Currency Committee
Ways and Means
Postoffice
Goo Sewate
Committee On Irrigation
War payments back seat as Poles push front
Allied and American diplomacy focus on German reparations and enforcement. British and French troops reinforce amid talks on mandates while in Silesia Polish forces press claims. Italian reinforcements evacuated disturbed towns under fire. The cabinet contemplates participation as US reassesses role.
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Associated Press
Oppeln
Silesia
Col. Bond
Gross Strehlitz
Bond
Rosenberg
Rybuik
Paul Davis Dry Goods becomes million-dollar corporation
The Paul Davis Dry Goods Co. filed articles increasing capital stock from 152708 to 1000000 dollars to fund rapid expansion including a new modern department store at Commercial and Fourth. Five thousand common shares offered. rest funded by cumulative preferred stock. Large blocks offered to employees and city residents to become partners.
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Paul Davis Dry Goods Comepany
Fourth Streets
Paul Davis
J. A. Weobs
Davis
Three killed four hurt as engine strikes car at crossing
Ottumwa May 6—1 section foreman Kelly of the Burlington and his mother-in-law Mrs J Williams 60 and Pauline Johnson 14 were killed when his car was struck by a switch engine at Vine Street crossing. Mrs Ed Kelly Roxie Dowling and Floyd and Stella Shelton were injured.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
D Kelly
Buriington
J. Williams
Pauline Johnson
Brush
Two Chicago May Day Strikes Ended
Chicago May Day grain of text reports two strikes settled today. Livestock handlers who walked out Saturday returned to work after submitting differences with employers over a wage cut to an armit er. Union printers also returned to work. Their demand for a 44 hour week was granted but they must accept a $4.95 weekly wage reduction.
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United Press
Chicago
City Sues For 75000 Over Icy Sidewalk Fall
Mrs Emma Eickleberg of 427 Albany street filed a district court suit against the city of Waterloo seeking 15000 in damages for injuries from a February 1921 fall on an icy Vine street sidewalk between High and South Barclay streets. The complaint alleges permanent injuries and a serious fracture.
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Emma Eickleberg
Albany Street
City of
Waterloo
Vine Street
High
South Barclay Streets
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