Statue of Lafayette replica planned for Metz unveiling
Knights of Columbus fund a bronze Lafayette statue to honor American aid in freeing Alsace Lorraine. Paul Bartlett will cast a same‑age replica for the Louvre court and set four bas‑reliefs on the pedestal, to be unveiled by Marshal Foch next September with French officials attending.
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Alsace
France
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Louvre
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George III
Lafayette
United States
Lorraine
Paris
America
New Jersey
General Pershing
Columbus
President Wilson
Marshal Foch
St. Lemont
James A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
Order
Atlantic
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Kaiser
Paul Martlett
New York
Washington
Louvre Court
Bartlett
Hyder Alaska Camp Sees Open Town Dream Die
Hyder Alaska, a new mining camp, was briefly open with whiskey bars and dancing before U S Marshal John Rowan shut it down. Many residents fled to Stewart Canada, while Stewart may see renewed law enforcement next spring from the Royal Northwest Mounted Police.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Hyder
Stewart
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Dawson
John Rowan
Territorial
United States
Brazil Plans Expanded Navy After Congressional Appropriation
Brazil approves about 842.786 million for the navy for 1920. Active personnel exceed 7,100 excluding officers. Navy strength lists 84 ships including four battleships and 40 destroyers. Proposals include two cruisers, five destroyers, three submarines, six small submarines, a mine layer and a tender.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Supreme Council
Eighty Million More Annually for Ex Service Men
The Sweet Bill expands compensation under the war risk act doubling and raising monthly rates for disabled veterans. The new schedule increases totals for dependents and permanent disabilities, with monthly caps up to 200 for certain double disabilities and extra nurse allowances. Payments apply to widows and dependents of deceased veterans and to disabled ex service men after discharge, based on earning capacity reductions.
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Congress
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Advances in War Risk Insurance and Disability Compensation
The amendment expands disability ratings for wartime injuries and enables government hospital care and necessary appliances. It introduces a sliding scale for temporary and permanent disabilities, with examples of monthly payments. It also covers cases where illness or injury occurred after induction but before active service enrollment.
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Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Bureau
Fugitive From Green River Captured In Cheyenne
Earl Schiffbower, wanted by Green River authorities for grand larceny, was picked up in Cheyenne Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Louis Larson and will be sent back today to face charges with an officer from Green River arriving to escort him.
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Earl Schiffbower
Cheyenne
Louis Larson
Green River
Schiffbower
How Movie Stars Look In Real Life On Beach
Photographs by a Palm Beach photographer capture famous screen figures on the beach in street clothes and without makeup. The casual shots show actors and actresses acting natural and give readers a glimpse of their everyday appearance.
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Tographer
Palm Beach
Anti-Dumping Legislation Faces Careful Senate Review
Washington reports Representative Cordell Hull warns that the anti-dumping measure, rushed through the House, would burden American business and raise costs for manufacturers. Hull cites limited dumping cases, extensive enforcement costs, and possible protectionist effects on trade as he urges thorough Senate study before passage.
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House
Senate Committees On Finance
Cordell Hull
Ways and Means Committee
Mull
Finance
Senate
Joseph W. Fordney
Hull
Stull
Mr. Hull
Canada
Australia
Union of South Africa
England
Wall
United States
France
America
Tariff Commission
One-Man Strike Forecast by Gen Leonard Wood
Gen Leonard Wood warns teachers may trigger a one man strike if pay remains low. He argues teachers and professors must receive top salaries to attract the nation’s best brains and sustain a sound government. He says labor and capital are interdependent and urges cooperation under the constitution.
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New York
Leonard Wood
Helen Taft
Bryn Mawr College
General Wood
Wei
Reconstructing Europe Brings Vast Web of Commissions
London report notes the Versailles era plan creates twenty four commissions to govern and delim it borders for Germany and surrounding regions with an attending staff of clerks. The Saturday Review warns the system could be costly and protracted and may endure until the next war.
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London
Europe
Saturday Review
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Germany
Belgium
Saar
Rhine
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Upper Silesia
East Prussia
Stuhm
Rosenburg
Marienburg
Danzig
Sleswig
Naval Commission
Air Force Commission
Repatriation Commission
Clearance of Debts Commission
Insurance Commission
Eibe Commission
Navigation One
Oder Commission
Niemen Commission
Danube Commission
We Must Smash the Red Flag and Its Followers
The speaker urges loyalty to the American people and the Declaration of Independence insisting on one language in public schools and a single allegiance. They call for national solidarity and a strong pure American spirit while condemning internationalism as deadly to the nation.
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Batile
Wyoming Roads Report From Cheyenne Office
Weather Bureau notes February 18 1920 reports southeastern Wyoming roads generally good. Muddy sections from Bosler to Walcott and Medicine Bow. Snow and mud beyond Casper with rough areas 30 miles out. Four inches of melting snow in Sheridan district.
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Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Bosler Medicine Bow
Walcott
McKinley
Casper
Sheridan
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Leonard A. Wood
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