Liberty Loan Sinking Fund Proposed for 25 Years
Washington reports Ways and Means approves a Liberty Loan bill to retire war bonds within 25 years and to sustain export finance. It also calls for stabilizing past bond prices, continuing the War Finance Corporation, and authorizing foreign loans with a minimum 1 percent interest. The measure awaits House debate after the sundry civil appropriations bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
War Finance Corporation
United States
Witchin
Senate
Mareha
Kitehin
Congress
Albert Rathbone
the Treasury
Foreign Loan Bureau
Ccmmitt
Treasury Department
Chamber of Deputies
Treasury
Congress debates foreign loan limits and bond options
Representatives Moore and Sloan push a bill restricting future loans to foreign governments to the unused portion of ten billion dollars and allow eighteen months after the peace proclamation. The measure aims to sell overseas equipment and support wheat exports while limiting government losses on guaranteed prices. The committees back Secretary Glass on reopening the four to four and a quarter percent bond conversion privilege and authorize extension as needed.
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Corporation
Moore
Pennsylvania
Sloan
Nebraska
United States
Pro
Glass
West Virginia Casuals on Armistice Era Troop Ships
Five ships carrying troops from overseas docked in New York on February 25 1919. Casual companies including No 905 of West Virginia and No 495 of Virginia traveled aboard the Henderson and Orizaba along with the Manchuria and Pueblo. A British influenza outbreak caused quarantine though some sailors died and many suffered pneumonia. Lieutenant A C McDonald of Fitchburg MA claimed to capture fifty Germans single handed days before the armistice. Chaplain W B Hoge of Little Rock commented on German starvation reports as propaganda.
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New York
Henderson
Orizaba
Bordeaus
West Virginia
Virginia
Manchuria
St. Nazaire
Pueblo
Brest
Pennsylvania
Hopoken
Iiseur
Ospital
Seventy-First Coast Artillery
Boston
Nevada
New Mexico
Long
A. C. McDonald
Fitchburg
Mass
Wamarad
W. B. Hoge
Little Rock
Ark
Army of Occupation
Germany
Lyle Hall
Charleston
W. Va
Peace Conference aims speed up work of commissions
The supreme council discussed methods used by commissions tasked with examining territorial, economic, financial, and judicial matters to accelerate progress at the peace conference. A wireless message from Wireless Welcome to Wilson in New York expressed support for his efforts and was sent by the George Washington transport and the war-time commission of churches representing twenty-four denominations.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Wilson
New York
George Washington
Government Expenditures May Surpass Four Billion
Washington reports indicate next year’s needs may exceed four billion dollars in taxes and require short term securities to cover a year. Expenditures for 1919 20 could run six to ten billion, but officials view figures as preliminary. Funds depend on army policy, loans to allies, wheat guarantees, shipbuilding, and war contract settlements.
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Washington
Iass
Treasury
Wll
Albanian groups urge Albania’s claims before peace conference
In Pittsburg on February 22 1919 President Wilson and French Premier Georges Clemenceau were urged by the Albanian National Party and Albanian Federation Vater to present Albania’s claims at the peace conference. About 500 members from across the United States attended the meeting.
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Pittsburg
Wilson
Georges Clemenceau
Albanian National Party
Vatar
Albania
United States
Allen and Traub disputing 35th division equipment claims
General Traub told the Senate military affairs subcommittee that Allied reports at the end of the Argonne show no shortage of American artillery or horses in the thirty fifth division. He praised replacements and stated air superiority would require vast planes, while denying bias toward regulars over national guards.
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Washington
Fed
Peter K. Tra
Senate Military Affairs
Allen
Kansas
Tranh
Traug
Thirty-Fifth
House Rules Committee
Trauy
America
Traub
C. J. Martin
Argonne
West Virginia Team Struggles in Eastern Trip Loss
New Brunswick New Jersey February 22 West Virginia basketballers posted a poor performance on their eastern trip as they lost to Rate 5 by 43 to 22 with the game marked by miscues and weak offense.
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West
Washington's Birthday Luncheon Highlights American Soldier Valor
Speakers at the Paris Washington's Birthday luncheon praised American troops and the navy's role in supplying Europe. General Pershing lauded soldiers in trenches and at the front while Admiral Benson noted navy duty and postwar support. Hoover urged unity to resolve chaotic European conditions and feed Europe.
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Yaris
Peising
Harbert Hoover
Willian G. Suarp
William 3. Benson
Washington
Cluo
Tvaris
Masala Korsay
Pershing
General Pershing
Benson
Navy
Army
Atlantic
Hoover
Europe
Nine Die as Train Crash Cripples Pittsburgh Street Line
Nine killed and about seventy five injured when a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train rammed into a double header locomotive in Pittsburgh near Swinburg Street. Debris blocked Second Avenue as crews worked to recover bodies and assist victims.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Somo
Swinburg Street
Second Avenue
Oil Land Leasing Bill Returned to Conference
Washington reports the Senate overturned the conference report on oil gas and coal land leasing. Latollette charged the conferees exceeded authority by adding Alaska coal land expansion. Pittman defended the amendment but will seek to drop the Alaska extension and return the bill for final enactment this session. Jowell centenary celebration closes in New York with attendees from multiple nations.
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Washington
Senate
Enator Latollette
Wisconsin
Kirby
Arkansas
LaFollette
Alaska
Pittman
Nevada
International Socialist Congress Plans August Conference
Jeyne February 22 reports delegates from the Berne comet tee intend to summon another international Kecialist conference to meet early in August, with the announcement made here today.
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Jeyne
Berne Comettee
Explosion Probe Faults New Jersey Laws and War Dept Controls
Senate subcommittee reports that excessive explosive stocks at the Gillespie plant in Morgan New Jersey violated state laws and prompted the disaster near a major city. It urges federal regulation of storage near populated areas and a rigid War Department inquiry into army officers involved. The blast killed 87 and damaged property worth about 8.5 million dollars, displacing over 10 000 people.
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New Jersey
Gillespie Imunitsions
Morgan, N. J
Senate
Military Affairs
Myers
Montana
Beckham
Kentucky
Frelinghuysen
New
Gillespie
Ordnance Department
War Department
Factory Fire Investigation Cites Likely Accident
A committee said the explosion at the factory was probably accidental. The company sought additional guards from the War Department but was unsuccessful.
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War Department
Red Cross to Launch Nationwide Clothing Drive
The American Red Cross, led by Herbert Hoover as head of the European relief administration, urges urgent clothing relief for millions freed from German control. A countrywide Red Cross campaign will start in March aiming to gather ten thousand tons of clothing shoes and blankets.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
European Relief Administration
Hed Cross
Red Cross
Alebt
German Prisoners Repatriated Report Questioned
Swiss papers claimed 200,000 German POWs were repatriated from Russia. A reliable private message cautions the figure is an exaggeration and puts returns at about 38,000 so far.
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Kerne
Russia
Senators Readiness to Speak on League of Nations Clash
The Senate plans extended debate on the League of Nations with many senators set to speak after Senator Reed's two hour attack accusing the League of abdicating U.S. sovereignty. Other leaders including Lodge Knox and Owen indicate speaking slots around the White House conference.
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Washington
Senate
Reed
Missouri
United States
Lewis
Illinois
Poindexter
Vorah
Wilson
League
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Lodge
Senator Knox
Pennsylvania
Loreign Relations Committee
Knox
Owen
Oklahoma
Hitchcock
Nebraska
House
America
Taft
Sherman
Miiniwis
Jinhurst
Arizona
Mekhetlar
Tennessee
Thomas
Colorado
Mer
Plan Wrought by Nineteen Men At Paris League Conference
A nineteen man drafting group met in Hotel de Crillon in Paris to finalize the League of Nations plan in thirty hours. President Wilson presided at all but the last session, with rapid translation and no time pressure. The final article was read at 7 28 pm and adopted, completing the commission's work for presentation to the plenary session.
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House
Paris
Lee
Tid
Muehme
League of Nations
Heim
Wilson Latde
France
Jie
Otler
Wilson
League
Supreme Council
Lord Robert Cecil
Lord Robert
United States
Ruhr crisis ends as Essen council halts general strike
The soldiers' and workers' council at Essen in the Ruhr region decided to stop the general strike after an agreement reached at a Munster conference between government troops' commander and council representatives.
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Amsterdam
Essen
Ruhr
Munster
Red Soldiers Disarmed in Copenhagen Occupation
Berlin reports state troops occupied the city this morning and disarmed Red Soldiers while arresting their leaders amid ongoing unrest in Prussia. The actions followed disturbances that prompted government intervention.
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Copenhagen
Hana
Prussia
Berlin
Red Cross Sends Second Train for Poland Relief
The American Red Cross dispatched a second special train to Poland with twenty carloads of foodstuffs to aid starving Poles.
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Poland
Berne
American Red Cross
New Bar Vaulting Record at Troy Meet
Troy, N Y Feb 22 Martin J McDonaugh former South Atlantic AAU hurdling champion set a national record in bar vaulting clearing six feet eleven inches The previous best was six feet eight inches achieved by McDonaugh in Philadelphia in 1916
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Troy
N. Y
Martin J B. NcDonaugh
South Atlantic Association
McDonaugh
Philadelphia
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