America debates fate of German colonies after war
A cable dispatch from January 30 1919 reports President Wilson’s stance on the League of Nations and the disposition of Germany’s colonies. Allies press for partition while Wilson argues the league should before implement territorial questions, making colonies subject to international administration.
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Robert J. Bender
America
Tent Wilson
Germany
United
E of Nations
League
Wilson
Disposition Of Colonies At Peace Conference Sparks Debate
Delegates at the peace conference clash over German colonial holdings with Britain backing Australia and New Zealand, Japan seeking favors in Manchuria, and France supporting claims in Shantung. The United States stance remains unsettled.
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John Edwin Nevin
I. S
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Great Britain
Manchuria
Shantung Peninsula
United States
City eyes new fire trucks amid budget strain
City officials consider purchasing four new fire apparatus as a solution to equipment shortfall. The plan is discussed in a stalled budget context with emphasis on financial feasibility and potential delays.
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Ap Mely
Hamaker
iMate
Canton
Mesnar
Tuck
Verland
Lumbus
4Maker and
Mesnar Ex
Best Bar In France Now Candy Shop
The American mission to negotiate peace was told not to close the Crillon bar after the US government seized the Hotel Crillon in the Place de Concorde. Bar men at the Crillon made martinis and bronxes with English gin, and prices were high with four to five and a half francs per drink.
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France
Paris
Jah
United States
Place de Concorde
George
Chatham
Crillon
Governor Urges Speed Up of Ohio Public Works Project
Governor Cox advocates immediate public improvements in all Ohio cities and counties to create jobs for thousands of idle workers. He sent letters to 160 mayors and county boards, calls for rapid action, and proposes community conferences with bankers builders and laborers to safeguard fair pricing while preventing delays. Reports show unemployment twofold this winter as the state shifts from war to peacetime economies.
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Columbus
Cox
Ohio
United States Employment Service
Local ads feature prices and events at Market Ave and Hall
Advertisement framed page notes piano sale items at Woomer Piano Co 426 Market Ave S E M Peek manager. Listings include dance nights at Schlabach's Hall Monday and Thursday, Werner's Orchestra, Friday specials at Buehler Bros Cut Rate Markets with meat prices, a K of P Knight Bank social at Garrettson's Chocolate Shop noon meals at 11 to 2 with 50c and 75c, and license details for U S Food Adm. Use.
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Schlabach
Werner
Adv
Buehler Bros
Canton Selection Boosts Harding Backing in Ohio
Canton attorney George H. Clark was chosen to head Ohio's 24 member state advisory committee for the 1920 Republican campaign. The move signals stronger Harding support as the party lines sharpen with Clark succeeding Warren G. Harding and the group planning an early organizational meeting.
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Starkee
Columbus
George H. Clark
Canton
New State Advisory Committee
Stark Co
William McKinley
Glave
Atlee Pomerene
John J
Ohio
Harding
Committee
Clark
FE. M. Fullington
Newton H. Fairbanks
Springfield
State Central Committee
Reconstruction Campaign to Raise Funds for War Area Aid
Rev. J L Lautenschlager of Massillon heads a Lutheran driven drive in Stark, Wayne, Holmes, Carroll, and Tuscarawas counties starting February 6 for ten days to fund emergency reconstruction in war devastated Europe. The Ohio goal is 75000 dollars and the national total is five hundred thousand dollars.
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Europe
Canton
JL. Lautenschlager
Massillon
Lautenschlager
Stark
Wayne
Holmes
Carroll
Tuscarawas
Columbus
Ohio
The
United States
Yale Freshmen Arraigned After Wentworth Hall Riot
Four Yale freshmen were arraigned in New Haven court after a small riot at Wentworth Hall near the Yale campus. One injured student, Henry Picket Withers, 19, remains in hospital with severe scalp wounds. The four arrestees are Robert H. Gries, 18, Jerome Goodman, 18, Donald Friende, 17, and George Dejordy, 19. Withers will be arrested when he recovers. all face breach of the peace and obstructing police charges. case set for February 6.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Wentworth Hall
Henry Picket Withers
Withers
Robert H. Gries
Cleveland
Jerome Goodman
Donald Friende
Mamaroneck
N. Y
George Dejordy
Bugler Ferry Returns Home With Five Gold Bars
Bugler Michael Ferry of Company I 18th Infantry, among the first 50,000 American troops to France, arrived home with five gold service and wound bars on his sleeve. He was wounded twice in four American drives, most recently in the Marne battle July 18, 1918, suffering a severe leg injury that required multiple operations. He credited Algerian troops and German prisoners with assisting after the injury and expects discharge from Camp Sherman by early April while visiting his parents at 712 Eleventh Street SE.
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Michael Ferry
18Th Infantry
France
Bne
Ferry
Battle of the Marne
Soissons
Paris Road
Camp Sherman
Morris Ferry
Bolshevik Regs Claim Frontline Gains Across Multiple Fronts
A Soviet dispatch reported by wireless from Moscow claimed advances on all fronts. Archangel region villages captured, Groino and Markovic taken, Kama river villages seized, Ekaterinoslavy recaptured from Petluriany, and forces pushed the Narovar river mouth area.
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London
Moscow
Archangel
Platettka
Narovar
Gulf of Finland
Groino
Markovic
Mirafonovic
Perm
Kama River
Petluriany
Petlura
Ukrainian Peasant Army
Canton Victory Safe campaign suspended due to sickness
The Stark County Council of National Defense announces a temporary halt to the house to house Victory Safe campaign because widespread illness and unemployment hinder solicitation. Some committees will finish targeted areas, but full canvassing remains paused until conditions improve.
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Canton Victory
Btarkco Council of National Defense
R. E. Rebb
Stark Co Council of National Defense
Victory Safe
Canton
German Army Below 500000 Mark Cited by Occupation
A Courier report from Coblenz on January 30 says there are no more than 120000 German troops outside Germany, including about 10000 in Turkey. The organized army is not more than 600000, with Berlin sources suggesting closer to 300000. American troops report Rhine excursions with bands and regimental flags aboard excursion boats.
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Coblenz
Germany
New York Man Becomes World’s Largest Private Aircraft Owner
Roy A. Conger of New York announced the purchase of 250 airplanes 700 engines and vast quantities of parts from the Canadian government. The deal follows Canada’s wartime allocation of planes for British flyers and includes plans to divert the fleet into commercial transportation in Canada with future US expansion. Conger owns a large Erie Pennsylvania airplane factory and has six months use of Seaside Field Toronto to assemble and rebuild the aircraft.
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New York
Roy A. Conger
Canada
Great Britain
Conger
United States
Erie
Seaside Field
Toronto
Start to School February 3rd Canton Actual Business College
A local notice announces the start of a program on February 3 at Canton Actual Business College. It outlines enrollment details and aims to guide students toward business studies.
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Canton
Actual Business College
Prize Beauty Must Have These Points
New York prize beauty rules set by Christy Stanlaws and Fisher require a balanced blend of facial features and carriage. A pug nose ruins Venusian bodies, while chin strength feminine, hair fullness, dignified head sit, and intelligent luster matter, with movement rated beyond facial beauty.
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New York
Howard Chandler Christy
Penryhn Stanlaws
Harrison Fisher
Illustratera
Christy
Ship Building Waits on Terms of Peace Pact
President Wilson withholds the right for foreign nations to contract steel shipbuilding in U S yards until a peace conference agreement writes the American interpretation of freedom of the seas into the treaty. Senator Fletcher says the Shipping Board blocks foreign building while domestic orders idle. He argues subsidies are unnecessary and the United States can manufacture ships as cheaply as competitors.
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Washington
Jan
Wilson
Fletcher
Senate Commerce Committee
Shipping Board
Senate
Flecher
Congress
United States
America
German Plans Offensive on Poland Reported
Berlin reports indicate German military preparations for a major offensive against Poland with over 20 000 volunteers deployed to the Eastern Front. Polish forces near Brandenburg border. Volkerat of Tromberg protests ongoing negotiations. Berlin braces as debate grows over capital location.
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Berlin
Brandenburg
Volkerat
Tromberg
Spartacans Order State of Siege in Wilhelmshaven
Spartacans still controlled Wilhelmshaven today and dissolved the workmen's and soldiers' council. They shelled public buildings and banks and seized the railways and telegraph facilities as advices from the city indicate.
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Berlin
Spartacans
Wilhelmshaven
Tele
Strike headed by Bolshevists leader asserts
London dispatch reports British and Irish general strikes labeled Bolshevist and directed by local sovietlike boards in open opposition to national federation leaders. Frank Smith of the Federation of Engineers and Shipbuilders cites shop stewards financed by Lenin and a Tyne district 47 hour week action. An executive council disclaims links beyond the Tyne strike while a Barrow congress is planned.
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London
Great Britain
Ireland
National Federation of Trade Unions
Frank Smith
Federation of Engineers and Shipbuilders
United Press Today
Lenine
The
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Tyne
England
Scotland
Barrow-in-Furness
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