World News Roundup of Global Events This Week
A digest notes Germany seeks a moratorium on reparations payments risking financial upheaval. Zwickau proclaims itself a soviet city after clashes leaving many injured. Petrograd judges execute and sentence dozens in church treasure seizures. France backs confidence in Poincaré amid war-era policies. Rail and fuel policy shifts and labor board actions shape domestic life. Foreign reports cover Italy disarmament tweaks, Japanese army cuts, and Ukraine talks.
Kansas Troops Mobilized Over Parsons Strike
Kansas mobilizes four National Guard companies and three cavalry troops to Parsons to back a planned resumption of M E T shops amid strikers. Governor Allen and local officials prepare protections as tensions rise and federal officers reinforce rail security.
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Government May Dig Coal
Government may order coal mines to operation as a federal force to protect interstate commerce. Attorney General Daugherty's rail order empowers use of force and has already been applied in Chicago Slater Missouri Kansas points. The coal strike remains to be disclosed though it may be treated as vital to transportation under federal authority.
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Germany Headed For Ruin Warns Washington
U S authorities say Germany faces total financial collapse unless it reforms its financial system and allies ease their control over German resources. Relaxing Allied pressure could reduce the drain on German production.
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Germany
Deaths in Forest Fires' Wake
In Portland Oregon and across the Pacific northwest a smoke blanket from about one hundred forest fires has killed four people and caused over five million dollars in property damage.
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Ore
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Tulsa Bandit Slays Sapulpa Jeweler in Getaway
S. T. Wilson, a Sapulpa jeweler, was killed and Charles Redford of Tulsa was wounded when a bandit who had robbed a gasoline filling station attempted a quick getaway in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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