Action 5 Taken to End Freight Jam
The Commerce Commission plans to rush necessities to areas facing shortages and may bar "dead" freight to relieve congestion. Officials work with the American Railroad Association to apportion supply, while railroads press for a full program to lift the burden and avert shutdowns.
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Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Interstate Comerce Commission
Feo
Trey
American Railroad Association
Far Service Committee
Inter
Treasury
Red Division Routed in Beresina Dnieper clash report
An official communique says the tenth Bolshevik division was routed near the Beresina river mouth after two days of fighting while attempting to escape across the Dnieper. Remnants were killed or captured and four Bolshevik monitors were seized by Poles as bridgehead fighting continues.
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Warsaw
Beresina
Dnieper
Wilhelm Arrives at Doorn Exile Home in Holland
Former emperor Wilhelm reached Doorn from Amerongen in a dillomobile that slipped past photographers and journalists at one entrance while he departed through another. In Paris, four collaborators were executed at Vincennes prison for denouncing patriots to German authorities during the Laon occupation. The condemned were Toque Le moine Herbert and Mme Aubert.
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Wilhelm
Doorn
Holland
Wiliam
Amerongen
Paris
Laon
Vincentes
Toque
Lemoine
Herbert
Mme
Aubert
Hunt for Iowa Slayer Renewed in County Manhunt
Harley O Beasley, charged with the murders of his wife and two infant boys, was the focus of a renewed search led by posses under Sheriffs Wilson and Browning of Bond and Payette counties respectively. The investigation centers on Beasley's possible flight from Greenville and ongoing efforts to locate him.
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Iowa
Greenville
Harley O. Beasley
Wilson and
Browning
Bond
Payette
To Develop 26 000 000 Acres Western Canada Colonization
A movement in Toronto to develop about 20,000,000 acres of unused western Canada land has begun with a fund of 1 500 000 dollars. The plan aims to establish colonization and settlement across the vast acreage.
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Toronto
Russians Propose Armistice in Siberian Conflict
Vladivostok report says the Russian Soviet government offered an armistice between Japan and Siberia, relayed by a dispatch from Irkutsk. The move could ease tensions as fighting continues on the Siberian front.
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Vladivostok
Siberian
Irkusk
Former North Carolina Governor Robert Glenn Dead
Robert 2. Glenn, former governor of North Carolina and a member of the international grant westerners commission, was found dead in bed at the Royal Alexandria Note there. Death was due to heart disease. A trained nurse, who had cared for him the past year, was with him when he died. over exertion on the commission's tour of the St. Lawrence deep waterway project was said to have hastened his death.
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N. C
Winnipeg
Robert
Glenn
North Carolina
International Grant Weterners Commission
Royal Alexandria
St. Lawrence Deep Waterway
Busy Readers Digest of Washington War and Policy Clips
A compact roundup notes Hoover supporting free open shop before the senate labor committee. Wilson vetoes a broad congressional control bill over government publications. The House failed to override the veto on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation by 170 to 127. Danis accuses forged Sims signature in a naval probe. Senate panel backs extending a railroad relief revolving fund from five to fifteen years. Justice sends sugar profit margins guidance to US attorneys. Secretary Daniels publicizes Wilson war instructions to the Atlantic fleet. Senate Foreign Relations Committee backs sending a warship to Batum and guarding the Black Sea route to Baku. Congress signs bills for 50 cent pieces marking Maine and Alabama statehood bicentennial.
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Washington
Wilson
Batum
Black Sea
Baku
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Domestic Bank Robbery and Shootout Sparks Chicago Tragedy
Royal Walton, former postal clerk, held up five clerks near Kankakee and stole 80 000. He killed one officer and wounded another before dying in a Chicago apartment battle with police. Six men arrested in Pittsburgh for suspected union activity. Potatoes and beans crop reports show declines. Kenosha priest blackmail case tied to Mathew Turk and Dewey Daggerty. Deputy Sheriff Sid Siggs dies from gunshot in Cowden while pursuing an inmate. Libby, McNeil & Libby directors announce 50 percent stock dividend. shareholders to decide.
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New Orleans
Tilinals Central
Kankakee
Umul
Royal Walton
Irifly-first Street
Chicago
Sid Siggs
Shelbyville
Pana
Cowden
Lote Dayton
State Hospital For the Insane
Jacksonville
Iowa State News Highlights From 1919 1920 Iowa Topics
Iowa groups protest waterway vandalism on the Whitewater River while prosecutions loom. Charles City faces gas rationing as deliveries from nearby towns avert shortages. Wool growers gain about 340000 in 1919 with plans to grow membership to 4000. The 1920 golf tourney scheduled June 28 to July 3 at Des Moines Gulf and Country Club. University of Iowa receives 40000 in equipment for the motor transport corps. Dr. Burke appointed US Public Health Service examiner for IA, NE, MO. Thieves steal 2000 from Council Bluffs People’s Department Store. Burt’s caves near Maquoketa to host M G A camp in July with 30 Dubuque boys. Outdoor sports including canoeing and fishing. Hamilton county searches for Harley Beasley in triple murder case. reward 800. A special Hamilton grand jury session called. County wool grower movement expands with 70 associations formed. Twelve lamb clubs established. IA leads in club support. Celery culture described with manure fed soil, hotbed start, rows 12–15 inches apart, late May to early June planting, mulching, irrigation essential. Alarm over livestock declines. bankers urge organize for purebred paper credit, akin to auto paper finance. Teaching graduates seek better positions. more applications than in years, wages cited as unsatisfactory.
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Cascade
Whitewater
Charles City
Iowa
Motor Transport Corps
University of Iowa
War Department
Charles £. Burke
Medical Fraternity of Atalantic
United States Public Health Service
Nebraska
Missouri
People's Department Store
Council Bluffs
Central ‘Police Station
Burt's Caves
Ma‘quoketa
Jackson County
Dubuque
Canton
Dubuque Association
AllAmp
Hamilton County
Harley Beasley
Beasley
Boone
Laws
Teachers College
Beurens
Problems Facing Stricken World Russia Out of Balance
Russia's industrial growth lags its agriculture, jeopardizing national prosperity. The article argues the mismatch undermines economic stability and long term development, highlighting systemic issues across sectors and the need for coordinated policy reform.
Russia's Artel System and Industrial Imbalance Examined
Frank Comerford argues Russia mixes peasant life with urban labor through Artel co operatives, highlighting squalor in villages and the myth of balanced growth. He compares agricultural overreliance to Wilhelm II and cites List on manufacturing strength as essential for true national progress and independence.
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Frank Comerford
Russia
Russian Empire
Artel
Co-Operative Society
Europe
America
Peter the Great
TTR
France seeks raw materials to fuel wage readjustment
Leon Jouhaux, French labor leader at the Washington International Labor Conference, warned that France faces wage-driven price rises and a prolonged shortage of coal and cotton from the United States. He predicted a three to five year gap before French coal mines operate and anticipated economic disturbances as wages increase.
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France
Leon Jouhaux
Washington
Jouhaix
United States
Brence
Iving
Anguls
Japanese Miners Strike Amid Wage Demands
Japanese miners begin demand led strike actions with wage hikes, causing district unrest as police mobilize near NikIe and Astila. Reports mention workers at Won mine and Astila, with tensions rising over employment levels and safety measures.
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Japan
Astila
Nea NikIe
Utsuiatiivare
Wen Sendub
Depew Eyes Middle Class Union Idea From Speeches
Chauncey M Depew the famed railroad magnate and former senator proposes forming a Middle Class Union to organize the unrepresented majority. He says the project is enormous and would unite consumers of food and transportation, though he doubts quick success and notes strikes involve many beyond a ringside.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Jenifer
United States
Ehilrman
New York Central
Tie
Import Facts on U S Schools from Congressional Record
Scott Ferrin notes in Congress that U S scholastic population is 0 853 516 and 600 000 teachers. He cites National Education Association figures on school closures and undertrained teachers, plus per child spending and average salaries. He urges correction to prevent deterioration of schools.
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Scott Ferrin
Oklahoma
America
National Education Association
United States
Natonal Education Association
New Senate Minority Leader Chosen After Conference
Senator W. Unederwort of Ali bona is named the new minority leader after an uncontested party conference. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, who had led since the death of Senator Martin of Virginia, withdraws from active leadership but remains aligned with Democrats on foreign policy matters. The Nebraska withdrawal ends a deadlock and promises party harmony, with Hitchcock citing upcoming presidential campaign duties.
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W. Unederwort
Alibona
Tle
Senate
Hitehenek
Nebraska
Martin
Virginia
Hifchenek
Hitchcock
Washington
Caillaux Punished by France Three Years Imprisonment
Former French premier Joseph Caillaux faced a high court sentence for treachery and treasonous conduct. The verdict, delivered at Nealily hospital, imposed three years in prison five years forced residence and ten years loss of political rights. The prisoner showed sadness but did not comment as the document was read.
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Joseph Caillaux
France
Nealily
Caillaux
Dt Inc Wen
Senate
Leon Bourgeois
Presidis
Prigoner
Iruil
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Senate Labor Committee
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Worth-Kelley Ltte
United States Service
Army and
Marine Corps
House
Senate Naval Investigating Committee
Sims
Daniels
Senate Commerce Committee
Department of Justice
Department
Pennsylvania
Daniats
Maine
Alabama
National Committee For Iron and Steel Workers
Pittsburgh
United Staty Bureau of Markets
Kenosha
Wis
Mathew ‘Urk
Dewey Daggerty
Toledo
Ohio
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Iowa State News
Bolohevikt
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Igte
Prussia
Wood
Poland
List
Tist
Depew
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