Hand of Justice and League Provisions Spark International Talks
The document outlines postwar arrangements for Central Europe, with Czecho Slovakia access to the sea and joint control of rail and canal zones. It calls for a permanent League of Nations body to regulate labor and draft conventions, plus an international labor office and annual conferences. The text also details troop and supply transport, through routes to Fiume, and German lease terms in Hamburg and Stettin, with equal treatment of goods and ships among nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adriatic
Fiume
Este
Germany
Hamburg
Stettin
Czecho-Slovakia
Great Britain
Kiel Canal
League of Nations
Appean International Commission
International Labor Office
International Labor Oflce
League of Nations Labor Provisions and Occupation Notes
Historic text outlines League of Nations methods for enforcing labor standards through publicity and economic action. It details inquiries to governments, commissions of inquiry, and potential reference to the permanent court of international justice. It also covers postwar German occupation terms and phased withdrawal timelines for Rhine bridgehead areas and allied troop presence.
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League
Permanent Court of International Justice
Germany Accepts Treaties and Frontiers Decisions
Germany agrees to recognize peace treaties and allied conventions with powers allied to Germany. It accepts decisions on Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey territories and the new frontiers. Germany waives pecuniary claims against other signatories prior to treaty effect and accepts prize court decrees, with Allied right to review. The treaty becomes effective on deposition in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turke
Paris
New York Stocks Rally on Peace Treaty Hopes and Steel Shift
In New York May business sparked by speculative enthusiasm, session momentum grew as traders interpreted the peace treaty summary and a surge in steel industry signs. United States steel and allied equipment shares rose narrowly with some issues up two to five points while utility and Liberty bonds showed strength. Totals on call dubious as towns remained uncharged.
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New York
Congress
United Sta Steel
Liberty
International
Eas
Wales
United States
Chicago Markets Show Mixed Gains Amid Grain Fluctuations
In Chicago trading the corn market faced unsettled activity with July futures near 81 60 to 1645 and September around 108 as traders noted weak prospects for wheat. Bearish pressure and nervousness dominated, large farmer orders were hit by automatic selling, while provisions fell on renewed moon-named months reflecting seasonal trading lore.
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Galmin
Unt. A
Toon
Oldest European flag Denmark noted in map of new nations
From the New York Herald an article recalls Denmark’s flag as the oldest in Europe, tracing its 700 year origin to King Valdemar. It discusses national flags in a postwar world, listing countries with red, black, green, and other colors, and notes diverse flag histories across Europe and beyond.
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New York Herald
Europe
Poland
Ukrainia
Lithuania
Finland
Denmark
Valdemar
Anzies
Artoix
Picardy
Union
Max
Tong
England
France
United States
Italy
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Austria
Turkey
Serbia
Belgium
Greece
Long-Distance Banking Mystery In World War I Enlistment
A Seattle soldier named Chambers enlisted with $600, deposited $500 at a front line Canadian bank to secure credit, was wounded near the Argonne, invalided home, and attempted to route funds via the YMCA and Presidio. Banks could not verify signatures, leading to a tangled transmission between Ottawa Paris and Seattle as officials sought proper credit.
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Chambers
United States
France
Canada
Seattle
Alanicn
Y. St
Charles Te
Miner
Vanhier
Army
YM. CA
Presidio
New York
Paris
Coblens
Germany
Hostess House Opened by Women in Nice France
Miss Julia Russell of Detroit travels to Nice on vacation and launches a hostess house for women soldiers and war workers. The Y W C A and V W G A units staff the center, offering clubs, restaurants, and entertainment for nurses and female personnel attached to the war effort.
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Nice
Parin
Julia Russell
Detroit
Viviera
Ner
Sentess House
Cerg Alt
Miss Mussel
Signal Corpe Firls
Hells
France
Misa Tunel
W.C
Germany
Ger
Long Hike Legend Nears Octogenarian Dare
Dan Uneary, famed long-distance walker now 78, continues extended tours across North America and Canada. Observers note his erect posture and decades of endurance credit his disciplined routine and clubs he helped establish. The piece references a deep coal mine in Upper Silesia at 1348 feet below the surface.
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Dan Uneary
Akron
Ohio
Canada
CP Iia
Cauchow
Upper Silesia
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Hand OF Justice
Washington
Tiere
Labor Program
Oecupy
Rhine Bank
Rhine
Cologne
Coble
Maing
Interai
AML
Inyterfere
NEW York Exchange
Chicago
Pla
Brazil
Hungary
Mexico
Bolivia
All- Braz
China
Tennessee
Proro
Rt-Phillips
Aliss Helen Roberts
Uncle Sam
Yukon
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