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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1919
Page
12
In a quoted exchange, a man notes a lobby scene nouned as a one piece orchestra with about a dozen men, while a woman retorts that they have only plarned one piece all morning. The dialogue highlights a playful war of words in a public space.
In cooperation with national welfare groups and local organizations the United States employment service plans bureaus for returning soldiers sailors and war workers in every city and town. Qualified reps will staff army camps and posts to help find suitable employment after discharge linking national and local efforts through local bureaus. The program urges reintegration with emphasis on farm work and community responsibility to aid men homeward bound.
Sir Satyendra Sinha becomes India's foremost citizen and the first East Indian to hold a poss ion in the imperial cabinet. He earlier served on the viceroy's executive council and as king's counsel, educated in Calcutta, studied in England, and rose from barrister to advocate general of Bengal. He represented India at the 1917 imperial conference and was made a Freeman of the realm.
Dispatches indicate Crown Prince Alexander of Berbia, acting as regent in the Croats and Slovenes kingdom, has unsettled peace commissioners by signaling continued Balkan troubles. The report notes history dating to King Peter I and prior abdication amid Austro German control.
A garbled passage references Alexander and an heir status in 1969 after a resignation. It mentions Prince George and a supposed murder in vague terms, with scattered dates like 1969 and a note about birth in S88. Context, names, and facts are unclear due to damaged text.
W B Shafer Jr of Norfolk proposes a Shafer Plan to grant every soldier a twelve month pay bonus funded by a three billion dollar appropriation. He argues soldiers deserve compensation for discipline and service while civilians earn higher wages, and tax impact would be minimal compared to wartime costs. The plan aims to reward service and recycle national wartime costs back to veterans.
Wyoming Utah and Southern Idaho League to Enforce Peace branches co operate to hold the Mountain Congress for a League of Nations in Salt Lake City on February 22 and 24. Governors mayors and leading organizations in three states invited to delegate. Taft and a group of prominent speakers will attend. The congress is the seventh of nine national events to marshal support for a world league to sustain lasting peace and guide postwar development.
The article notes ongoing demobilization in Britain with 15 depots ready to process up to 20 daily, focusing on miners, sick and wounded, convalescents, over 41 draftees, and other groups. It details transportation limits, rail constraints, and plans for occupation forces in Germany, citing General Milchcock and General Hitchcock.
Officers describe handling of discharged soldiers with orderly processing. Returning men receive meals, ration books, unemployment coupons, railway warrants, and a coat return label. Identification disks are often swapped, causing misidentifications. Soldiers keep uniforms and tin hats, while overcoats are exchanged for cash. A tailor shop offers three suits, or $12.60 if declined. current prices favor taking the suit.
Rotarians are asked to attend promptly at the Dundhees on Wednesday with a 12 10 deadline for Piains seating. President J B Walton notes the call. In Vladivostok on January 21 General Janonia is named commander of Lettish troops in western Biborla with 26 000 fugitives mobilizable and to be sent to Lithuania.
The state president of the W T U convened a special session yesterday afternoon at the Carnegie Library to discuss prohibition legislation. Bills already introduced in the house were read and debated.
Personal news items report Sergeant Dengslas Von Kennell’s safe arrival in New York from overseas and no letters since last September, plus moves of Mrs. Arthur Broder and Mrs. Arthur Boyd, and a Los Angeles actress Mire Marsden set to star in a major film. The Cheyenne marriage of Miss Mary Martinec and Mr. Thomas Retive is noted, with reception venues and local ties. A Belgian damage estimate from the German invasion is discussed in Brussels.
The Woman's club extends a cordial invitation to legislators to attend its literary and business sessions at the Gaurnegie library. The 2:30 pm conference precedes a 3 o'clock program headlined by Rev. S. A. Huston's talk Jerusalem Then and Now. Guests may attend, each member may bring one.
The report details extensive German destruction and seizure of Belgian plants during the occupation. Machinery was removed or blown up, supplies stolen, and coal fields forced into use as currency. Recovery will be costly and laborious, with estimates of years to resume production and multi-million franc damages.
Johannesburg reports the influenza epidemic disrupts mining production and recruitment, with 17 companies representing 27 percent of the industry posting November losses of 22 million dollars. In London a Bos London inquest reveals rising opium and cocaine use, with parties and trips used to obtain drugs.
A garbled town column lists services and ads for auto tire vulcanizing and repairs at Plains Auto Co. Apparent notices mention a messenger service and reasonable prices. The text is fragmentary with several unreadable names and items.
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