Strikes And Power Struggles In Weimar Germany
Berlin grapples as two rival governments vie for control. Kapp proclaims a democratic regime while Ebert seeks support from loyalists to counter the counter revolution. A general strike spreads, barbed wire, cannons, and armed guards loom over Unter den Linden as Saxony Bowls Bavaria and Baden condemn the move.
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Berlin
Germany
Wolfgang Kapp
Limsslf
Friedrich
Ebert
Kapp
von Leuttwitz
Dresden
Stuttgart
Unter den Linden
Wilhelmstrasse
Chantelier Kapp
Saxony
Bavaria
Wurttemburg
Baden
National Party
Tsader
Count Posadowsky
Hamburg
Darmstadt
Revolt Stirs Former Kalaer Amerongen Holand
News from Bentinck castle centers on German counter revolution rumors unsettling former emperor William and the household. Count Hohenzollern exhibits unusual nervousness, with activities like stopping wood sawing and pacing. A symbolic 16,000th tree was mentioned amid celebrations.
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Kalaer
Amerongen
Holand
Bentinick Castle
William
Hohenzollern
Nationalists Active in Turkey
Maj. F. M. Scanland convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of race car driver John M. Hutchings from the El Paso Phoenix road race on November 2 1919. Penalty one to ten years. motion for new trial denied. appeal granted. bail set at 10000. Case tied to the death of Hutchings during the race.
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Turkey
la Cruces
N. M
F. M. Scanland
John M. Hutchings
Supreme Court
John Hutchins
Obligations Must be Fulfilled in Paris Tone
Paris Premier Millerand states that the new German government must fulfill Versailles obligations. He adds Berlin’s laws are incomplete for judging the German counter revolution and its effects. He affirms the allies will ensure full execution of the treaty despite events in Germany.
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Paris
Millerand
Berlin
Germany
World News Digest: Wilsons Stance and Global Tensions
Mixed reports crown a day of international and domestic events. Wilson reaffirms December 9 agreement amid Fiume talks. Lodge treaty reservations trim references to Japan and China. Palmer probe Open. refinery and rail issues loom as railways reestablish preferential policies.
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Senate
Washington
Japan
China
Iowa Farm News Highlights From Pringhar and State Fair Plans
South of Pringhar farmers weigh high tension power projects and land options amid rising fertilizer and seed costs. Wickfield farm sale draws buyers from many states with Lookout Lad progeny selling for thousands. 1919 corn yields set records in Scott County with LeRoy A. Haines's 111.4 bushels per acre earning a silver trophy. Annual White Sweet clover promises major fertility gains. Iowa poultry, dairy, and 4-H programs expand with health education and large junior fair prizes.
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Pringhar
Wickfield Farms
Cantril
Puarole
Beauty
Lookout Lad
Lookout Oldfield
J. A. Franklin
Georgia
Lookout Longfellow
Iowa
Linn
Scott County
LeRoy A. Haines
Princeton
Raymond A. Pearson
Iona Corn and Small Grain Growers Association
L. J. Meyer
Iowa County
Chris Kinsell
Benton County
A. E. Johnson
Pocahontas
J. C. Wentrum
Hamilton
Emil Kronger
Scott
G. V. Griffin
Palo Alto
Harold Nielsen
Monone
Lewis Senmitz
Plymouth
L. V. Carter
Hardin
H. D. Hughes
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
New England
Charles H. Obye
Cedar County
Obye
Nature study urged in public schools by federation leader
Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, chairwoman of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs conservation department, urges a comprehensive nature study in public schools with Dr. Philander P. Claxton’s approval and nationwide federation backing. Her 1920 report links conservation, natural resources, Americanization and thrift to cultivate individuality, character and sympathy in today’s youth.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Conservation
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Philander P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Authors to Fight Royalty Taxes
Rex Bench leads the Authors league in a campaign against the federal income tax on royalties from books, stories, plays and other works. They argue royalties should be treated as dividends and seek tax, urging 1,800 members to file returns accordingly if supported by the internal revenue commissioner, with surtax above 5,000 dollars. Eric Schuler signs the members’ directive.
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Rex Bench
Chicago
Authors’ League
Uncle Sam
Author's League
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Gelett Burges
George Creel
Owen Davis
Parker Fillmore
James Forbes
Arthur Gutterman
Henry Sydnor Harrison
Rupert Hughes
Orson Lowell
J. Hartley Manners
Alice Duer Miller
Harvey O'Higgins
Channing Pollock
Arthur Somers Roche
Leroy Scott
Jesse Lynch Williams
Eric Schuler
Budget Measure Gets Good Start in Senate
Senator Medill McCormick announced a unanimous sub committee endorsement of a national budget bill blending the McCormick and Good bills. The plan creates a separate Budget Bureau in the Treasury, moves extraneous bureaus, and establishes an independent Accounting Department to review and report on departmental expenditures to Congress. The President must submit the budget by December 10 each year.
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Medill! McCormick
Minois
Senate
Keyes
Edge
Simmons
King
McCormick
House
Treasury Department 2
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Treasury
Accounting Department
Holden and Burnham to Lead Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railways
Hale Holden and Claude George Burnham named to head the Chicago Burlington and Quincy system when federal control ends on March 1. Holden, a former president of the Q and Colorado and Southern, is a Harvard-educated lawyer and rail veteran. Burnham becomes executive vice president of the Burlington.
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Hate Holden
Claude George Burnham
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Sam
Mr. Holden
Colorado and Southern
Burtham
Burtington
Ilulden
Kansus City
Willams College
Harvard Law School
Problems Facing Stricken World and Workers in War Aftermath
Frank Gomerford argues that war trained civilians to kill, creating a forceful mindset in workers who return home. He links soldiers' discipline to labor unrest, profiteering, and demand-driven price hikes. The piece critiques direct action, profiteers, and wage declines, noting demobilized soldiers' frustrations and the shift in employment dynamics postwar.
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Frank Gomerford
Manny
Europe
Fife
Destruction of Lorain Library Deemed Teuton Crime
Col William Barclay Parsons leads a letter by the United States committee for the restoration of the Louvain library citing German destruction as deliberate and unjustified. Prosecution of German crimes abroad will proceed under a new German prosecutions plan with local complainants allowed under updated general procedures.
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Crimea
France
Belgium
National Committee of
United States
Louvain
Wiliam Barclay Parsons
Eleventh Engineers
Haig
Channel
Nicholas Murray Butter
Columbia University
Germany
Ber Nn
National Assembly
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Alabama
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Westerville
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Wis
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Peter W. Summers
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Hampton Roads
John F. Jeske
Federal Penitentiary
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Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Marshall
Phoenix
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Indiermus
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Votuinunist Party
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