Banquet honors Union Pacific officials in Cheyenne
More than 175 men attended a Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Plains Hotel honoring Union Pacific leaders. 1450 members plus guests heard Governor Carey and executives William Jeffers and B. H. Calvin speak on topics reflecting ties to Cheyenne and the railroad.
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Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce
Union Pacific
T. Blake Kennedy
Robert D .Carey
Cheyenne
Gheyenne
BH. E. Calvin
Union Pacific System
A. D. Kelley
Taxation Bill Moves Through House on Personal Service Firms
The House passed an amended 1918 revenue law targeting personal service corporations. It would tax undistributed profits at 20 percent and set 30 percent net income levies for 1948 and 20 percent for 1949 to curb litigation. Treasury says without it the government could lose billions in taxes annually.
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Poindexter bill on railroad strikes gets house favorable report
Washington May 28 Favorable report ordered on the Poindexter bill to curb railroad strikes. The committee attached anti-strike provisions from the railroad reorganization bill, making obstruction or violence a felony and outlawing conspiracies to halt interstate transportation. Action not set until Congress reconvenes after conventions.
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Washington
House
Congress
Admiral Sims Lagt Witness In Senate Conduct Of War By Navy
Washington May 28 The Senate war conduct inquiry ended with Rear Admiral Sims as the sole witness and the panel reading in record remarks from Fullam and Wika in reply to portions of Secretary Daniels testimony. Admiral Fiske urged reorganizing the department noting the navy might have entered the war without key agencies if not for his efforts.
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Wika
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Fiske
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Chief of Naval Operations
Senate urged embargo on bituminous coal exports
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts urged a senate embargo on bituminous coal exports to avert industrial paralysis from coal shortages. The inter-state commerce commission was asked in a 9 resolution by Rep. Dallinger of Massachusetts to halt all coal exports.
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Senate
Walsh
Massachusetts
Inter-State Commerce Commission
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High Water Interferes With Jacksons Mail
Jackson Wyoming May 28 Mail service between Jackson and the outside world has been intermittent due to the Snake river swelling. The main bridge at Jackson is dry after the river altered course years ago. Winter mail crossed on a temporary bridge near Wilson, now removed to prevent washout, forcing communication to rely on boats when crossing is safe.
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Jackson
Wyo
Snake River
Wilson
Soldier Bonus Legislation Moves Toward House Action
Washington May 28 After weeks of hearings and negotiations the soldier bonus bill will be taken up tomorrow by the House. Opponents vow a bitter fight to delay or defeat it but concede defeat is likely. Representative Murphy Ohio filibustered to stall business before a floor vote. Chairman Campbell announced a six day suspension of all House rules to allow fast action on the measure.
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House
Murphy
Ohio
Campbell
Rules Committee
Riot on Martha Washington over Prohibition Enforcement
In Montevideo on May 28 a disturbance broke out aboard the North American steamer Martha Washington as an officer tried to confiscate a bottle of whiskey from a coal passer. More than twenty crew members joined the scuffle. port authorities intervened and thirty crewmen were landed before order was restored. The U.S. consul has opened the case. The ship was en route to New York from Buenos Aires.
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Montevideo
Martha Washington
United States
New York
Beunos Aires
Drastic action to relieve car shortage taken
Washington May 28 Inter state commerce commission orders five railways entering Galveston Texas to unload 2700 grain cars and return them to service to ease a freight jam. The move follows railway objections to using equipment as public warehouses as another city could be targeted.
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Washington
Inter-state Commerce Commission
Galveston
Texas
Wilson Endorses Virginia Platform In Letter Of Support
President Wilson outlined the 1920 campaign issues in a White House letter praising the Virginia Democratic platform. He commended the league of nations plank for Versailles treaty ratification without reservations and endorsed finances and reconstruction proposals including tax law revisions and opposition to blanket war bonuses. The letter, sent to Senator Glass, signals expected alignment with the national platform.
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Associated Press
Wilson
White House
Virginia
League of Nations
Senator Glass
San Francisco
League of Unions
Armenia seeks sea access via Batum under Allied control
The United States President and allies debate Armenia’s borders with Batum as a free port. Batum, a key Black Sea port, links to Trans-Caucasus routes and fuels regional oil centers in Baku. Georgia and Azerbaijan rely on this outlet.
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Washington
Associated Press
Armenia
Wilson
Republic
Batum
Allied Peace Council
Black Sea
Baku
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Senate panel urges caution on Mexico recognition
The Senate foreign relations subcommittee notified Chairman Lodge it is ready to report after six months of testimony on Mexico. It favors caution in full diplomatic recognition of the revolutionary government and calls for clear understanding of obligations Mexico must assume.
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Senate
Mexico
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Carranza
Bill Mackenzie Flight Claim Dubbed by Customs
William Mackenzie, who claimed last Thursday to have landed a plane near Fairbanks after flying from Hermosillo, Sonora, is identified by U S customs as a former civilian employee of the army transport corps at Nogales. They say he owned no aircraft and has no flight records, casting doubt on his Bisbee tale of escaping Carbajal authorities by air.
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American Legion Post
Red Cross Society
Bisbee
Mexico City
Hermosillo
Carranza
AFL Demands 2500 Dollar Wage For Laborers In Railroa d
Chicago May 28 Officials of railroad employes say they will not resist men leaving railroad service and may acquiesce unless the railway labor board grants a prompt and fair wage increase. B M Jewell acting president of the Railroad labor department of the American Federation of Labor testifying urged a minimum 2500 annual wage for common labor plus differentiated rates for hazard experience and board terms. He warned that without an increased wage the situation could go beyond the control of union leaders.
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Railway Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Railroad Labor Department
American Federation of Labor
Jewell de
National Agteements
Jewell
Gompers and Kansas Governor Clash Over Strikes
In Carnegie Hall Samuel Gompers and Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen debated labor and capital issues. Allen argued government may protect the public during strikes while Gompers said no law can force a worker to stop work. Gompers called the Kansas Industrial Court law the un-American slave law. The crowd jeered and applauded as questions rang out.
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New York
Kansas
Carnegie Hall
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Henry J. Allen
Allen
Gompers
National freight case before ICC seeks $1.6 billion rise
Reported hearings on proposed freight rate increases totaling about 1.617 billion annually were suspended until June to allow shippers and state rail canvass for cross examinations. The article notes nationwide protest and preparation discussions as the Interstate Commerce Commission weighs the request.
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Washington
Elog
Inter-Sta Commerce Commission
Ny Commission
New Rebel Commander in Control at Siberian Port Wasitington
An American counsel in Harbin reports General Semenoff declared the Valdivostok government non existent and voided its concessions. He announced himself as successor to Admiral Kolchak and said he would appoint an administrative head for eastern Siberia.
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Wasitington
Harbin
Manchuria
State Department
Semenoff
Valdivostok
Kolchak
Siberia
Political buzz in Chicago as GOP convention scene unfolds
In Chicago the Republican forces gather as national committeemen and followers swarm the city. Indiana's J B Kealing says the convention will be free and open with a young faction to pick a candidate appealing to voters. Montan Carlo, O Podd and others cite a trend toward Governor Lowden. Miller arrives with briefs on 122 contests filed at Washington. Twenty three more contests to come from Texas. The Miller-led committee says excess delegates will be removed if states do not act.
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Indiana
Robert M. O Podd
Porto Rico
Lowden
Johnson
Wood
France B. Miller
National Committee
Washington
Texas
Miller
Congress Mulls Probe Into Bergdoll Escape
Washington May 28 Congress considers a resolution to probe the escape of Grover Bergdoll Philadelphia draft evader proposed by House Military Affairs Committee Chairman Kahn.
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Washington
Grover Bergdoll
Philadelphia
House
Kahn
Military Affairs Committee
Republicans Fail To Override Wilson On Peace Resolution
Washington May 28 The House failed to override President Wilsons veto of the Knox resolution to end the war with Germany and Austria lacking 29 votes for two thirds as the vote stopped 220 142 with ten Democrats and two Republicans joining to sustain the veto amid hours of debate defending the Presidents position and arguing against peace terms.
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Austria
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