Lloyd George backs upgrading British warships says urgent need
LLOYD GEORGE IN FAVOR OF BETTER BRITISH WARSHIPS. In the House of Commons the prime minister urged replacing obsolete capital ships, linking the move to the forthcoming Washington conference. The government faces pressure over naval estimates and wartime program priorities. PARIS reports an appeal to aid famine-stricken Russians along the Volga basin. The Russian Constituent Assembly committees urge immediate relief for millions facing starvation amid disease outbreaks.
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Cemimittas
Traffic Through Canal Drops to New Low in June 1920
Panama Canal report shows the June 1920 commercial ships total fell to 192, down from May and June 1920 figures. Tolls collected were 1,711,967, down from May and prior June, but for the full fiscal year tolls reached 17,276,899, surpassing the prior year’s total.
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New Army Orders Change Officer Station Moves
Washington July 21 Under directions from Secretary Weeks chiefs of all branches and departments may move an army officer who has a change of station within the period without specific Chief of Staff approval. One officer due for foreign service will be recommended for transfer within a year before deployment, giving the officer a chance to state wishes beforehand.
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Weeks
Greeks Pursue Turks on Asia Minor Front
London July 27 dispatch from the Greek foreign minister at Athens says the Greeks hold the Hakis Shehr railway junction and are pursuing Turkish Nationalists along the Asia Minor front. Eskishehr was taken after a fierce struggle at 8 pm Tuesday. King Constantine has moved his headquarters to Usha with the general staff.
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Painters Accept One Dollar Daily Wage Cut in Albany
Albany union painters voted to take a one dollar per day wage cut amid a broader strike by building tradesmen that began May 1 to protest a 24 percent reduction. Before the strike painters earned 4.69 dollars daily as open shop policies spread among contractors.
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Harry A. Wilhelm
Albany Building Trades Council
Ex-Emperor Charles Seeks Exit From Berne
Paris reports that ex-emperor Charles of Austria Hungary demanded permission to leave Switzerland for enmarie a move seen as concealing a plan to restore him to the throne of Hungary. Diplomatic notes exchange centers on whether Switzerland will permit his departure.
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Berne
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Reduction of Printing Bill Discussed in Washington
Washington July 21 means of lowering the government's annual printing bill of about 17 million dollars were under discussion today between Budget Director Dawes and Public Printer George T Carter. Standardization of forms and sizes of public notices and consolidation of 16 independent Washington printing establishments were under consideration as economy measures.
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Dawes
George T. Carter
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Whiskey Still Case Highlights High Prices in Britailes
In Britailes Conn John Crane of Dewey shree admitted running a home still and selling some of the hoaze. He explained he could not afford forty cents and smash for whiskers yet could not get along without it. His poker court tale led to a fine totaling 210.74 dollars.
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