Methodists Ready Start Largest Religious Drive
Mahop Thomas Nicholson of Chicago outlined the Methodists plan to raise 115000000 in five years in a keynote address to the joint centenary committee. The program aims to base world affairs on Christian righteousness and improve housing and schools. The speaker urged extending God’s love to all relationships and education for the masses in India China and Russia.
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Chicago
Thomas Nicholson
America
India
Isles of the Sea
Wild rumors about Poland shocks allied capitals
Delegates arriving report rumors of disorders in Poland traced to German origins. One claim said Paderewski was wounded by an assassin in Warsaw, but no direct confirmation ever surfaced. The Vienna dispatch reached Copenhagen and London on January 12 but remained unverified.
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Copenhagen
London
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Warsaw
Canada Moves to Solve World Food Problem
A garbled report discusses Herbert Hoover opposing a plan with Hon Calder. It mentions provincial farmers and a distant aim to address global hunger. The text is fragmentary and unclear about specific actions or outcomes.
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Canada
Herbert Hoover
United States
Calder
Debate on Mercy Bill Delays Famine Aid Vote in Senate
Prolonged debate and growing opposition blocked a Senate vote on the 109 million dollar famine relief bill sought by President Wilson for Europe. Senators Harding Johnson Poindexter led Republican opposition while Weeks Hollis and others defended the measure amid arguments over reconstruction, constitutionality, and aid impacts.
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Europe
Harding
Ohio
Johnson
Californa
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Hardwick
Georgia
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Congress
Chaon
America
Hoover
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Bolsheviki Prepare for General Terror Across Asia and Africa
London reports that Bolsheviki leaders plan extensive revolutions in China Africa and India. Agents may be sent to stir trouble in Asia if the Omek army weakens. Kiev’s new directorate shows weak policy and uncertain stance toward Bolsheviks with possible internal sympathizers.
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London
Holcheviki
China
Africa
India
Asia
Omek
Ural
Admiral Kk
Ukraine
Kiev
Lura
Kigy
Mann Charges Wilson Plan Forcing Extra Session
Representative Mann told the House only four of fourteen appropriation measures had passed in the short session and six more must pass. He questioned whether the president ordered Democrats to push an extra session and cited bills on censorship and wheat purchases among other unusual measures. The House committee was also told the United States will pay actual troop transport costs, while Col Battilton noted food complaints on British ships stemmed from early tea breakfasts now changed after American objections.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mann
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Congress
United States
House Committee
Battilton
Swiss Government Bars Bolsheviks From Nation
Geneva January 21 The Swiss government vows to bar Bolshevik agitators from cantons and seal Switzerland against foreign subversive propaganda. President Calender says measures will deter strikes and unrest and maintain order amid tensions over troop movements in Zurich.
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Gyles
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Defeat of Bolshevism Sparks Swiss Resolve and Unity
The federal assembly pledges full support to the federal council against anti constitutional intrigues and urges energetic action to preserve public order. Readers recognize Swiss resolve to resist Bolshevik propaganda as Europe faces peril, with troops showing strong morale and a warning to agitators. Switzerland, as Germany and Austria's neighbor, cannot remain indifferent to the crisis.
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Federal Assembly
Federal Council
Europe
Russia
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
International Trades Union Congress Takes Shape in London
An adjourned British labor conference with Samuel Gompers and American delegates agreed to form a nucleus for an international trades union congress. A five member committee will engage British labor to organize the event and set an early date so the congress can meet with the peace talks.
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International Trades Union Congress
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Associated Press
London
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Samuel Gompers
England
Laussane
Berne
Arthur Henderson
Trades Union Congress
B Borne
Dickerson Insertion Letter Read In German Propaganda Probe
Washington Jan 21 The Senate committee investigating German propaganda reads into the record a June 24 1918 letter from Major General Frank McIntyre to Dickerson then in the army. The letter concerns Dickerson allegedly writing weekly letters to Viereck and notes involvement of secret service and military intelligence. Gompers says American labor leaders will meet in Paris and Berne to discuss the labor movement separate from a British organized conference.
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George Sylvester Viereck
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Fatherland
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Fim Antonio
Wald
Gompers
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Military Intelligence Branch
Vierech
Wynghie
Madame Lebaudy Faces Grand Jury Murder Charge
Madame Jacques Lebaudy returned to her Minneola home after Nassau county grand jury charged her with first degree murder for shooting her eccentric husband on January 17. She said she killed him to preserve happiness for herself and her 16 year old daughter, appearing near a nervous breakdown.
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