04 Sep 1919
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
1
Senator Knox and Democrats oppose the Versailles treaty amendments while McGumber backs rejection. The article notes negotiations at Versailles, including a Polish treaty and Rhine occupation accord, and argues for American nonparticipation in European settlements.
Chicago market records a sharp price decline with live hogs dropping to about 14.50 per 100 pounds and cattle around 16.73 per hundred. Slump worsens as thousands of hogs remain unsold and minimal buyers, while imports expect restocking after a week.
The House passed a revised food control act with penalties for profiteering and a tariff plan on tungsten and related materials. Congress debated ratification of the peace treaty, while President Wilson answered questions for a public transcript. Daylight saving was sustained by Congress over Wilson’s veto. Advices from Mexico City highlighted no American intervention. General Pershing returned to Paris after touring Italy. A streetcar accident in Washington injured Senator Fletcher, and Thomas Nelson Page resigned as ambassador to Italy. A steel executive, Alva S. Chisholm, died in Cleveland. Tobering reports from Europe note Soviet retreats and Polish advances as battles loom near the Dniester. An explosion damaged the American freighter Moldagan at Rio Janeiro.
Des Moines secured the 1920 Convention of the Town Association of County Officers. Grinnell police seek help to recover a stolen Ford. Mrs. B. Ball of Webster City elected chairman of the Royal Neighbors. Painters from across town attend a three way convention at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Al Stackham of Stiles dies by suicide in Bloomfield. John Grimes of What Cheer nearly electrocuted on a high tension line. New elevator planned by King-Wilder Co Cedar Rapids. Town fair opens with streetcar service return. postal wage raise eyed. Widow Mary Hanstrom sues for 50000 for husband’s drowning on duty. Ramsay forecasts 400000 Iowa auto registrations next year. County crops report notes gar den worm damage. spray advised. Cedar Rapids schools push portable classrooms as bids for a new building fail. Weather notes show good corn progress and seed yields ahead. Sioux City boy injured in national youth golf tourney. Fort Dodge cafe owner recalls armistice era pricing.
Read letters to the U S Department of Agriculture from farmers, ranchers, and breeders nationwide praising the federally aided tuberculin testing program. They urge cattle owners to test, seek compensation, and support accredited-herd plans to eradicate tuberculosis, with testimonials from managers and breeders across Iowa, Wisconsin, Maine, North Dakota, and beyond.
Glenn B. Wumb, a corporate lawyer with transportation expertise, becomes a focal point in debates over the Plumb plan to nationalize railroads. The plan, endorsed by 2,000,000 railroad workers and the American Federation of Labor, would shift from profit motive to service, drawing support from farmers groups and prompting cross party criticism. Wumb lives in Chevy Chase with his family. his son serves in Battery B of the Eighty third Field Artillery.
The American aviation mission led by Assistant Secretary of War Benedict Crowell recommends concentrating civilian, naval, and military air activities under a single government agency. A cabinet head is proposed to oversee the department with full responsibility for national security, civil aviation, and aviation development. The three-part report draws on studies in England, France, and Italy and discussions with military leaders and manufacturers.
Simon Eake, pioneer of the submarine, completes plans for a salvage submarine. In Long Island Sound the craft rests with a surface connection and an underwater chamber. A noncollapsible tube, airlock, and water balance enable a diver to walk on the sea bed from the vessel to the sub.
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Muke receives the Aero Club of America gold medal for inventing the torpedo plane patented July 11 1912 and used in war. Admiral Blake's letter lauds the club as unofficial but influential in guiding naval and military aeronautics and urging Congress to fund aviation.
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