Federal Reserve Reports High Business Activity Amid Labor Shortage
The tenth Federal Reserve district notes continued high overall business with extensive building and manufacturing underway. Labor shortages drive scarce raw materials and rising prices, while consumer demand remains uneven and boycotts and wage pressures threaten supply. Agricultural and steel markets show tight conditions and contracting activity reflects earlier war-era gains.
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le Homaumg Journal
Chicago
Tenth
Federal Reserve District
Mple
Mar
Tor
Philadelphia Adopts City Government Overhaul Under Mayor Moore
Philadelphia January 25 1920 many changes in city government began with Mayor J Hampton Moore taking office The new 21 member council earns 5000 a year and replaces the old two chamber body All city employees barred from political activity The city gains power to pave repair and clean streets and manage waste while still allowing contracts The mayor a reform leader has vowed to end the old gang system and crack down on underworld activity including vice and criminals William W Hoper a Princeton football coach is named among new council members
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Morning Journal
Philadelphia
J. Hampton Moore
Moore
Congress
New
Couneil
William W. Hoper
Princeton
Monument to France to rise on Marne memorial
A colossal stone statue named Americas Gift to France will be erected near Meaux on the Marne to honor Frances 1914 stand against Germany. Fundraising will begin in March with broad national participation while a committee led by Thomas W Lamont of J P Morgan plans the sculpture by Frederick McMonnies.
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Morning Journal
New York
Marne
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
America
France
Lamont
United States
Frederick McMonnies
Meaux
Marshal Joffre
Marshal Foch
M. Pichon
Myron T. Herrick
Livingston Farrand
Washington
Poles Mobilizing Reported by Copenhagen Cabinet
Copenhagen dispatch reports the Polish cabinet has ordered mobilization in response to Bolshevik activity. The Waarean source notes the measure aligns with authority cited in the Poliiken.
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Copenhagen
Pol Cabinet
Poliiken
Weather Outlook for Spencer and Arizona Next Two Days
Local forecast indicates Monday and Tuesday will bring partly sunny skies in Spencer with warmer temps. Arizona expects icy cloudy conditions and cooler air Tuesday. Temperature readings and wind speeds are listed in the end-of-day university report.
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Arizona
Morris and Company Reports 1.25 Percent Return for Year
Chicago January 24 Morris and Company bakers report net earnings of 763641.95 for the year ending November 1 1939 on a 5602568464 investment yielding 1.25 percent. Sales volume rose but profits fell about 4.5 million due to anti packet agitation and lower meat prices. Total income 6845471 expenditures 6141829 assets 114001575. President Edward Morris cites pre war sound basis and wage increases of about 20 percent.
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Chicago
Morris and Company
Mickers
Edward
Morris
Farewell Banquet Honors Winslow Masonic Leader
A Winslow Arizona farewell banquet for H McKellips, longtime Mason lodge member, former city councilman, and Chamber of Commerce president, was held at Masonite hall with speeches and a smoker. The couple has moved to Phoenix.
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Winslow
Ariz
Masonite
Masonic Lodge
H. Mciellips
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. McKellips
Phoenix
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Ill in Pasadena
Spanish author Vicente Blasco Ibanez was reported slightly better after illness in a Pasadena hotel forced cancellation of a lecture engagement. He remains confined to bed with a severe cold, physicians say.
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Los Angeles
Japan Defends Siberian Troop Deployment Policy
Premier Hara in the lower house justified sending Japanese troops to Siberia as necessary to aid the Czechs and protect railways and garrisons. He argued withdrawal was not feasible while Bolshevik movements and Korean independence efforts remained. War Minister Tanaka counted a thousand Japanese lives sacrificed maintaining order in Siberia.
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SY Moening
Sreday
Tokio
Siberia
Hara
Diet
Sanily
Japan
China
United States
Orive
Britain
Uchida
Vladivostok
Tanaka
Biberia
Reds Invading the East
Wireless from Warsaw reports a bolshevik rumor that Red cavalry entered Persia and Ingia as of early January. no verification provided and date undated.
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London
Warsaw
Red Cavalry
Persia
Ingia
No Compromise by Republicans on Principles of Reservation
Article X on Reservation may be changed but there will be no modification of spirit or belief. The document stresses firm stand, outlining that core principles remain intact amid possible legal or constitutional changes.
Treaty Reservation Talks Face Critical Senate Hurdle
Washington officials report rapid briefing of Democratic leaders on Lodge and Hitchcock limits for the peace treaty reservations. Republicans seek language changes to article ten and League voting power, while timing and mood of bipartisan talks leave risk of a break and renewed negotiations in days ahead.
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MOT
Journal
Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
League of Nations
Republican Committee
Nho Senate
Johnson
California
Borah
Idaho
Senator New
Indiana
Lodge
Hitchcock
Wickersham Says Lodge Reservations Require Treaty Re submission
Former U S attorney general George W Wickersham states that adopting Lodge reservations would force resubmission of the peace treaty to the allied powers and Germany to render it a legal binding instrument He critiques the fourth tenth and eleventh reservations as undermining the covenant and legality of the pact and argues ratification would be invalid without broader acceptance.
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New York
Senate
Germany
George W. Wickersham
United States
League
Mr Wickersham
Fall and Smith in El Paso to Continue Border Inquiry
United States Senators A B Fall of New Mexico and M A Smith of Arizona arrive in El Paso to join the foreign relations committee sub committee in a Mexican affairs inquiry. Witness summoning will take several days and testimony likely not begin before Thursday.
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Fall
Smith
EL Paso
DY Morning Journal
Texas
United States
A. B Fall
New Mexico
M. A. Smith
Arisona
Foreign Relations Committee
San Antonio
Renator
Flu in New York Defies Efforts to Halt Spread
New York on January 25 reports 2855 new influenza cases in the last 24 hours, Copeland says. Deaths total 30 with pneumonia deaths rising. since January 1 influenza cases reach 8799 and pneumonia 3187, as health authorities struggle to contain the outbreak.
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New York
Copeland
Kansas City
Camp Pike
Dallas
Texas
Reward Offered for Conviction of Dublin Murderers
A proclamation by the lord lieutenant offers £16,000 for information within three months leading to the conviction of any person guilty of the murder of fourteen Dublin police officers. The list includes Detective Smith and Commissioner Redmond among others, with £1,000 for secret information that leads to convictions. A free pardon and crown protection are promised to non-guilty informers.
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OY Morning Journal
Dublin
Jan
Lord Leutenant
Detective Smith
Redmond
Finnegan
Thurles
Chairman Seligman Goes to Washington
Special Correspondence from Santa Fe reports State Chairman Arthur Seligman of the Democratic Committee leaving for Washington D C to discuss party and political business with national leaders including U S Senator A A Jones. A Democratic daily’s prospects will be revisited though earlier optimism has faded.
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Santa Fe
Arthur Seligman
Democratic Committee
Washington, D. C
United States
A. A. Jones
Cpital
Revolt Rumors Stir Red Garrison in Moscow
Dorpat dispatches report a revolt breaking out in the Red garrison at Moscow. A second message says Moscow's people's commissaries have shifted to Tver as plague spreads.
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Nelsingfors
Dorpat
Moscow
Tver
Garfield Warns Compromise On Coal Strike Is Dangerous
Dr H A Garfield former fuel administrator argues in Farm and Home that the coal strike compromise is unsound and risks a vicious wage spiral. He says current miner wages are sufficient and that raising coal prices harms the public and inflates living costs across industries.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
H. A. Garfield
Farm and Home
Garfield
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Train Wreck Near North Bay Kills and Injures Several
A Canadian Pacific Railway collision between the first and second sections of a Vancouver bound train near North Bay Ontario leaves several dead and many injured. The incident occurred about eleven miles east of the town with passengers reported killed and injured.
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Morning Journal
Brecial
North Bay
Ont
Paacific Railway
Vancouver
Coolidge Declares No Contest for Bay State Delegation
Governor Coolidge stated he is not and has never been a candidate for president and will not seek a Massachusetts delegation for the Republican convention. He emphasized not using the governorship to advance personal interests and said no contest for delegates has been contemplated or desired.
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Coolidge
Bay State
Morning Journal
Boston
Coolldge
Massachusetts
Chicago
Bich
Leniew
Diamond rush eyes new Bechuanaland field near Taungs
In Beuchamaland a desert area near Taungs is set to open for diamond digging around March 24. Diggers from across Africa plan to stake claims amid warnings of failure while the government builds a township to house the influx and thousands of hopefuls, including many women, prepare to move.
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Africa
Morning Journal
Johannesburg
South Africa
Tongs
Beuchamaland
Cape
Zambesi
Mozambique
Congo
Veterans of Foreign Wars oppose removing American dead from France
The national council of administration of the Veterans of Foreign Wars adopted resolutions opposing moving bodies from France. Commander-in-chief F Warner Karland urged a national cemetery be created in France for American dead. The council set September 13 to 18 for the Washington encampment with about 50,000 veterans expected, including 800 to 1,000 delegates.
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Momming Jolrnal
New York
France
National Council of Administration of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
F. Warner Karland
Kansas City
Veterans
Washington
Commander Kallind
Gus &. Hartung
Denver
Cole
Testimonial Dinner Set For Homer S Cummings
Gov. Ward Edwards of New Jersey and Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York invited to speak at a testimonial dinner honoring Homer S Cummings, Democratic National Committee chairman, hosted by the National Democratic Club on February 1. The event aims to showcase political voices with a large committee of over 240 Democrats nationwide.
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New York
Baward
Edwards
New Jersey
Alfred KE. Smith
Homer & Cummings
Democratic National Committee
National Democratic Club
Kedun Clash With Kolchak Forces Ends in Heavy Losses
In a chaotic Zakutok scene chaos erupted as Kolchak forces faltered. Czech and American units engaged Semenoff's men with armored trains and large squads in a decisive clash. U S troops captured a car and surrounding positions, marking a significant setback for the Russian leadership.
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U. S
American engineers and Red Cross captives reported
A garbled telegram from Joseph H. Ray says Colonel Blunt and seven American engineers along with Miss Ford Captain Charette and other Red Cross members were captured by Bolsheviks at Khiuchinskaya near Chita East Siberia. An entire Polish army of former prisoners is also said to be captured.
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Chita
East Siberia
Harbin
Manchuria
Tuesaday
Associated Press
Blunt
Miss Ford
Charette
Red Cross
Khiuchinskaya
Joseph H. Ray
Irkutsk
Irkutsk Region Turmoil Precedes Kolchak Overthrow
A summary of events around Irkutsk as Admiral Kolchak’s government falls. Pontoon bridges are sabotaged, a social revolutionary government forms, and fighting erupts between revolutionaries and Kolchak loyalists. Czechs take control of rail lines near Krasnoyarsk, allied mediators seek safe zones, and foreign nationals evacuate with American Red Cross involvement.
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Momnin
Chita
Associated Press
Irkutsk
Admiral Kolchak
Kalchinkoff
Red Cross
Ernest L. Harris
Semenofft
Four Mexican Children Hurt by Aerial Bomb Near Paso
Four Mexican children were badly injured when an aerial bomb they played with exploded at Ascarate Texas five miles southeast of Paso. The device is believed to have fallen from an army patrol aircraft. The victims were taken for treatment and are expected to recover.
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Morning Journal
Leeeed Wwemeh
Paso
Texas
Foor
Ascarate
Here
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