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Show NEWS HISTORY OF THE NISI WEEK A Complete History of What Has Been Happening Throughout the World T WESTERN Two airplanes have been ridded to the western division of the United Btates nlr mall service' to handle mall congested at Iteno, New The Mountain States Shoe Retailers association will hold its fifth annual convention at Salt Lake September 10, 11 and 12. Reductions of 43 cents a hundred pounds on fresh meats and 20Jj cents on packing house products from Salt Lake to San Francisco and Los Angeles Angel-es have been announced. Clarence Bulrd, formerly In charge of the rehabilitation section in Utah, Unilted States veterans' bureau, has teen placed In charge of the employment employ-ment work for Utah and Western Wyoming. Wy-oming. The recent established employment em-ployment service bureau is designated to place federal vocational trainers In work In which they have been trained. train-ed. Movement of 4000 to 5000 cars of potatoes po-tatoes is expected this season from the early potato section of southwestern southwest-ern Idaho and eastern Oregon, centering center-ing around Caldwell, Idaho, according to a bulletin just Issued hy the United States department of agriculture. However, How-ever, the number of .cars actually shipped ship-ped will depend on market conditions. The Lincoln county fair which has been held annually nt Callente, New, for five years, will op-en September 27 and will last three days. Every effort will be made to have representative exhibits from nil parts of the county. The mines of Pioche will send a collection col-lection of their ores, the heavy lead-silver lead-silver copper ores of the district being be-ing a feature of this exhibit. Geo. W. Schoenhut, suptugenarian, pedestrian and self-styled "Monarch of the Highway," is in Slt Lake on his sixth walk across the continent. He left San Diego, Calif., August 7 and expects to reach New York for Thanksgiving, Thanks-giving, with the exception of half a dozen short automobile rides, he has walked the entire distance from the Pacific coast In approximately three weeks. Jerry Illnes, 27, escaped from the Utah state prison. He was serving an Indeterminate term for second degree burglary committed in Carbon. The ordinary wooden shingle Is a grave danger In almost every city, fire chiefs from all parts of the United Btates decided at their convention recently re-cently In San Francisco. GENERAL America's toll of accidental deaths during 1020 was 70,000, a life snuffed out every bIx minutes, according to a report of the national safety council it the annual safety congress at Detroit. De-troit. James, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spiecker of Omaha died of nicotine nic-otine poisoning caused by swallowing i cigar stub, according to the certificate certifi-cate of death signed by Dr. J. M. Er-ruan. Er-ruan. Fifty Shubert theaters in New York city will be forced to close their doors at the first wintry blasts unless an Immediate eoal supply is obtained, according ac-cording to Lee Shubert of Sam and Lee Shubert, theatrical producers A wire laden with "safety first" campaign banners caught William Buckland, 72 years old under the chin as he rode on top of a bus. He was lifted out of his seat and thrown over the two immediately behind him. His .throat was severely slashed. Prospect of continued high coal prices and difficulty of obtaining sufficient suf-ficient supplies are accelerating substitution sub-stitution of fuel oil for generation of steam, particularly In New York City. K. H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, in Chicago, said that "there seems to be a general feeling that activities are increasing and that great prosperity will be witnessed wit-nessed whenever conditions relating to production and transportation will permit." per-mit." Charles F. Zuehlke, proprietor of a St. Louis bakery, uses a pint of whisky daily In pies he sells for 5 and 10 cents apiece, according to his explanation to federal prohibition agents at a hearing hear-ing on petition to revoke his license to handle liquor. Zuehlke says the whisky keeps the pies from getting Old. WASHINGTON Funds totalling $000,i'kjO have been authorized by President Harding to enable army engineers to begin construction con-struction work on the Wilson dam, at Muscle Shoals, Ala., on an extensive scale, pending use of the $7,.o(iO,IH0 appropriated by congress, which becomes be-comes available October 1. Since November, 1920, the refining branch of the oil industry has been conducted at a loss, according to evidence evi-dence submitted to the state committee commit-tee on manufacturers, which is investigating in-vestigating the oil business. The industry in-dustry as a whole producers, refiners, refin-ers, transporters and jobbers made an average net profit In 1921 of a little more than 4 per cent. Congress Is given an opportunity "to do a grand thing In empire building in connection with the soldiers' bonus, Senator McNury, republican, Oregon, declared in the senate in urging his reclamation amendment that measure. Calling attention that in every war the government had provided as aid, land for the veterans, he argued that there was no good reason for the ahannon-ment ahannon-ment of this national policy ut this time." The administration bill for control and distribution of coal during tho mining and transportation emergency was passed by the house, 214 to 51, and sent to the senate wi!h assurance of early consideration. The senate passed the soldiers' bi-us bi-us bill by a vote of 47 to 22. Notwithstanding Not-withstanding the overwhelming nature of the vote In favor of the bill, it became apparent through a careful an-aylsis an-aylsis of the roll call and the "pairing" "pair-ing" announcements that the measure cannot be pnssed over President Harding's Hard-ing's expected veto. An order Instructing postmasters throughout the country to stop the delivery de-livery of malls at every dwelling house not having a Blot or box for mail at the front door was Issued by Assistant Postmaster General Barlett Exports of American foodstuffs for the month of July and the seven months -of this year ending with July showed a material decline, the department depart-ment of commerce announced. The general decline is to be expected, officials of-ficials stated, due to the formal readjustment read-justment and return to pre-war conditions. condi-tions. Meat and meat products and wheat took the biggest drop while exports ex-ports of coarse grains, due to the low price in this country, continued to increase. in-crease. FOREIGN Following the officlul protest which the Latvian government Bent to Moscow Mos-cow regarding the unseemingly conduct con-duct of seventy communists now spending a vacation at the seaside at Riga, the Latvian police obtained evidence evi-dence to support the note. The police po-lice possess photographs showing that the communists are not wearing the red bathing suits furnished them and that they are Adam and Eveing in the beautiful garden surrounding their palatial pa-latial palace. The police say that the photographic negatives would be confiscated con-fiscated in any other country in the world except Russia. The majority of 44,545 against prohibition pro-hibition is shown by the unofficial tabulation of the votes cast in Sunday's Sun-day's referendum throughout Sweden, on what are believed to be complete returns. Five motor bandits invaded the town of Formost, Canada, bound and gagged gag-ged employees of the Union bank, blew the safe and escaped with $S2,000 in cash and negotiable securities. The Japanese cruiser Nitaka went down in a typhoon off the Kamchatka coast with virtually all hands, according accord-ing to confirmed advices received by the Japanese admiralty. The n;val report said tliat practically none of her crew of 300 was saved. The destroyer Maki has been ordered to the scene of the disaster. General Fetronillo Hernandez has revolted in the state of Purango, Mexico Mex-ico taking the field with 300 men. according ac-cording to letters received by Mexicans Mexi-cans residing In El Paso, Texas. Captain Ronald Amundsen, Norwegian Norwegi-an explorer, has definitely abandoned for this year ids plan of an airplane flight from northern Ahu.ka across the North Pole to Spit.bergen or Grant's Land, but plans to hop off next spring. The Canadian dollar touched par this week for the first time s:n-ce August, 1915. Great Britain will hold an International Inter-national Air Congress in London tho last week of June, 1923. The conference con-ference will he open to all countries which are signatories of the International Interna-tional Air Convention. The technical and scientific development of aeronautics aero-nautics in all 1U aspects will be discussed. |
