World News Digest Reports Baron de Courcel Death
Paris Journel des Debats notes the eighty four year old Baron Alphonse de Courcel former French ambassador in London has died. The report also covers demonstrations at Versailles German peace terms troop concentrations Marshall Foch orders and shifting U S telegraph policy daylight saving repeal and other postwar developments in Washington Paris and Berlin.
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London
Paris
International incidents and political shifts across Europe and America
Reports from London Berlin and Brussels note reforms and unrest including repatriation plans riots and political shifts. Sinn Fein leader Countess Markievicz receives four months in prison while labor unions confront Bolshevik influence as strikes and legal changes unfold in Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Sinn Fein
Mallow
Ireland
Cork
Scheidemann Cabinet Falls Amid Peace Treaty Turmoil
The German cabinet falls as Noske is named to head a new government amid renewed debate over the peace terms. German envoys face pressure from factions while allied powers prepare for possible invasion and carve out a multi-front plan to seize strategic sites in Germany. Meanwhile, Villa incursions on the border prompt renewed American troop actions and political debate in Washington.
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Palmer Defends Bosch Magneto Sale Before Senate Panel
Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer testifies to a Senate judiciary subcommittee defending his 1919 sale of the Bosch Magneto Co seized as German property. He says $4.15 million was fair and that the sale had advisory committee approval, denying charges of favoritism and noting he was glad Americans profited from the deal.
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United States
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
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Bosch Magneto Company
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New York State
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Otto T. Barnard
Ralph Stone
George L. Ingraham
Alex Griswold
Bueyers
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20000 Grain Cars Ready For Crops
In Kansas City Missouri on June 23 20 000 grain cars are ready to move crops for Kansas Oklahoma and Northern Texas. Hale Holden regional director for the railroad administration said 40000 cars will be available in the territory by July 1.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Hale Holden
Railroad Administration
Secretary Baker authorizes 26,450 border recruits
Washington June 23. Secretary Baker announced the recruiting of 26,450 men for service on the Mexican border to replace those drafted for the war emergency.
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Washington
Secretary Baker
Admiral Benson Lands in New York Aboard Arkansas
Admiral William D Benson chief of operations United States navy arrived from Brest aboard the battleship Arkansas. Twenty five casual army officers also returned on the warship.
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Benson Home
New York
William 8. Benson
United States Navy
Brest
Arkansas
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