Plan for 6 000 000 Workers Strike Surfaces in Labor Move
A national strike plan involving 6,000,000 workers surfaces as leaders accuse big industries of plotting to end the eight hour day. W. A. Maker says plans will be submitted to Samuel Gompers and AFL leadership. Canada to form a 5,000-man air force drawn from former Royal Air Force volunteers with annual training cycles.
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New York
Wm. A. Maker
Marine Workers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Capt. Maher
The
Erie
Canada
Ottawa
Royal Air Force
Miss Martin Seeks Senate Nomination in Republican Push
Anne Martin, based in Washington, D. C., declares she will run again for the U S Senate as a Republican if offered the nomination on her platform. She opposes the treaty and the leagues of nations and says she will not fight a bipartisan fusion candidate in the primary. if opposed, she would run as an independent. Meanwhile in China, Harbin railway workers seize control of the Chinese Eastern railway seeking to restore order and remove politics from management.
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Miss Martin
Senate
Washington
I. C
Anne Martin
United States Senate
Nevada
Leagues of Nations
Asias Martin
Peking
Petrograd
Archangel
Novo Teharkask
Astrakan
Harbin
Chinese Eastern Railway
Moonshiners Clash Officers Wounded in Hazard Kentucky
In Hazard Kentucky two alleged moonshiners Robert Cornett and Kilburn and two deputy sheriffs Logan Johnson and Jerry Cornett were seriously wounded after a clash at Buffalo Creek. The shootout followed an attempt to arrest them as rumors say they sold moonshine under the name Rald Petrograd Homes for Gold. Russian raids on Petrograd homes seized gold articles and jewelry, dubbed golden week, as the Soviet government boosts pay for commissars. Washington considers lifting the Russia trade ban as allied powers await the Russian cooperative mission in London for talks.
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Robert Cornett
Kilburn
Sher
Logan Johnson
Jerry Cornett
Hazard Hospital
Buffalo Creek
Hare
Johnson
Cornett
Areasur
Rald Petrograd
Waltington
D. C
Petrograd
State Department
Washington, D. C
Russia
Supreme Council
Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
London
Debt cuts and political shifts mark busy Washington week
March saw a $705.68 million drop in the national debt leaving total debt at $24.698 billion. Senate and House leaders agreed on about a three month recess starting in June. Census data include Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania population 73,888 and Waterloo Iowa 32,280. new results show various percent changes. Congress debated air mail transcontinental route New York to San Francisco via Chicago and Omaha. President Wilson plans summer at Woolf's Hole Massachusetts. Charles A. McQueen named commercial attache in Santiago Chile. Financial and military notes include Bolshevik resistance in Poland and troops under presidential orders.
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Washington
Wilson
Charles R. Crane
Woolf’s Hole
Massachusetts
Post Office
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Omaha
Senate
Domestic stock dividend declared by Columbia Motors at Detroit
Columbia Motors of Detroit announces a 706 percent stock dividend with par value $10, to be delivered to stockholders within 30 days. In related financial notes, customs receipts hit a March high in New York totaling $22,281,?58, with ongoing shipments of gold and diverse federal reports shaping the week’s economic tone.
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Columbia Motors Company
Detroit
Mich
New York
Newton
Navy medical inspector Dr. William Martin dies in San Francisco
Personal notice reports seventy-one year old Dr. William Martin retired medical inspector of the United States Navy who helped fight yellow fever in Florida and Louisiana passing away in San Francisco. Also noted is the death of Minnie Webb Curtis, former national president of the WCGTU, from Datos, Texas.
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William Martin
United States Navy
Florida
Louisiana
San Francisco
Minnie Webb Curtis
Datos
Tex
Hoover Signals GOP Bid At Chicago Nomination
Herbert Hoover formally announced in Chicago his acceptance of the Republican presidential nomination if the issues require it. A Georgia presidential primary petition had listed Wilson’s name but was withdrawn by several signers at Athinte, prompting action to remove him from the ballot.
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Herbert Hoever
Chicago
Wilson
Georgia
Athinte, Ose
Danish employers press for general toll to May ninth
A London Morning Post Tokyo cable dispatch reports increased wages drive Danish employers to proclaim a general token on May 9. Turkish leader Mustapha Keis claims support for Eng land. Sir Tamar Greenwood named chief secretary for Ireland. Hamer replaces Mac Pherson.
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de Elgin
Mustapha Keis
Anatolia
Keis
England
London Morning Post
Tamar Greenwood
London
Irelan
Hamer
Ian MacPherson
Eam
Estherville to Get New Three Story Fireproof Hotel
Iowa reports Estherville plans a new three story fireproof hotel costing about $50,000. Wart Rowland sold 9 head of Shorthorns for $41,850 at the first stock sale in the new Iowa City sales pavilion, averaging $1,925. Various Iowa farming groups report cattle sales, club activities, and farm management programs shaping 1919 outcomes across multiple counties.
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Sales Pavillon
Iowa City
Wart Rowland
Tnsted Evangelical Church of the
Des Moines
Center Point
M. T. Maze
le Mars
Pringhar
Pringhsr
Iowa
Farm Bureau
A. W. Lynn
Newton
Commercial Association
Hamilton County Farm Bureau
Northwest Iowa Teachers Association
Newell Dwight Hills
Brooklyn
Do. A. Walmer
University of Iowa
Mossman
Morningside College
Sioux City
Theda Gildemeister
Winona
Minn
Homer Seerley
Cedar Falla
William Gray
University of Chicago
Farm Bureaus
Dairy Extension Department
Worth County
Census Bureau
Davenport
Centerville
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Liberty Lands
Probing the Meaning of Bolshevism in Postwar Life
A veteran recounts a peer's remark that he is a bolshevik and uses the episode to explore what the term means. He argues the word has become a universal label shaping judgments of work, politics, and social change, urging careful, diagnostic understanding rather than knee-jerk branding.
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Frank Comerford
United States
Ile
Thorale
Meno
Doctor of Medicine
Roumanian Wells Restore Oil Output After War
Roumania reports many wells put back in working order following German advances and military measures. Falkenhayn's experts focused on reconstruction but faced setbacks and slow progress to restore Kon Miunian oil fields to prewar importance. Romania and Austria-Hungary allegedly agreed on a convention to exchange petroleum and essential materials for industrial products.
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Tourania
Falkenhayn
Rommanhin
Evidence of German Crimes Presented by Belgian Officials
The document cites findings against German forces with testimony compiled by Louvin librarian M Delannoy and Belgian commission secretary Neneh Davignon, noting indictments against those responsible for acts of savagery. The listing includes Paul Lambotte of the Belgium art galleries and Frenets academy secretary M Launy, whose role is described as central in the alleged crimes.
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M. Delannoy
Louvin
Neneh Davignon
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