Victory Loan drive in Cincinnati reaches 27.49 million dollars
Admiral Sims addresses a large Cincinnati Music Hall audience as the Victory Loan drive reports 27,491,400 raised toward a 30,500,000 quota. Women workers contribute seven million. Iron Molders union gives 200,000. Team W tops one million. A silk flag is presented to the Princess Pat Band amid patriotic songs.
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International Iron Molders’ Union
Hamilton County
Pat
France
Belgium
Sims
John Wershing
Admiral Sims
John Galvin
T. J. Davis
John J. Rowe
Team VY
International Brotherhood of Iron Molders
Team W
The
Observer
Cincinnati
Victory Loan Committee
Amount. P.c. Ed
Admirals Praise War Leadership and Seattle Strike Debate
The piece recalls Admiral Sims' remarks on wartime naval strategy and the Victory Loan appeal, then shifts to Seattle's general strike of 1919. It notes mixed opinions on the event, with Mayor Hansen and local labor leaders shaping the narrative and concluding the strike undermined by public pressure and forgotten aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Nelson
Paul Jones
One Tune on Violin and Half Million for Loan
Violinist Jascha Heifetz and pianist S. Rachmaninoff led a Metropolitan Opera House Victory Loan rally in New York on April 28. A donor pledged 500000 for Ave Maria after Heifetz' request, and another donor promised 1200000 after Rachmaninoff played The Star-Spangled Banner, fueling large subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jascha Heifetz
S. Rachmaninoff
Metropolitan Opera House
Heifetz
Gounod
Rachmaninoff
Weather overview and regional temperatures across states
The bulletin reports Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia with showers Tuesday and partly cloudy and warmer conditions Wednesday. Temperatures at stations including Boston Kansas City New Orleans Omaha and others are listed with highs and lows. The data note a record April 28 1919 ending at 7 p.m. meridian time and compare the day with prior years.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Boston
Kansas City
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Denver
Nashville
San Francisco
Pei
Memphis
Winnipeg
Edéo
Cincinnati
Fa .S.W
Rioters Drive Girl Strikebreakers to Roof in Linton
Indiana militia rushed to quell a riot after 500 locals assaulted the Linton telephone exchange in a strike dispute. Eight female strikebreakers fled to the roof before rescue, as authorities mobilized troops from Terre Haute and Sullivan to restore order and protect workers.
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Linton
Indiana
Associated Press
Terre: Haute
Ind
Sullivan
Indianapolis
Harry B. Smith
Terre Haute
Brandt C. Downey
Frank Wampler
Central Union Telephone Co
Home Telephone Co
Smith
Linion
Peace League Unanimously Wins Backed by Critics
Former Ambassador Dr David Jayne Hill denounces the League covenant as an organ of power not justice. Senator Pittman backs revision while Senator Sherman balks at Article 16 and a two year withdrawal, signaling divided Senate views on a League of Nations agreement.
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Germany
Washington
Associated Press
League of Nations
David Jayne Hill
George Washington University
Hill
League Covenant
Dr. Hill
League
Executive Council
Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Sherman
Illinois
Pepper warns amendments do not change core League covenant
George Wharton Pepper asserts amendments to the covenant leave the nine nations voting bloc to decide disputes. He warns a 1 to 2 vote could bind the United States and bar force to defend sovereignty, calling withdrawal a valueless option and favoring remaining on the steam roller.
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Philadelphia
George Wharton Pepper
League of Nations
League For the Preservation of American Independence
United States
Wilson outlines new provisions in League covenant
President Wilson explains changes to the League of Nations covenant with emphasis on new articles, withdrawal rules, council expansion, equality of employment, seat location, mandatories, and amendments. He moves to appoint Sir James Eric Drummond as first secretary-general and to designate Belgium, Brazil, Greece, and Spain to the council, plus a nine-member committee for organizing the league's initial setup.
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Geneva
League
Council
James Eric Drummond
Belgium
Brazil
Greece
Spain
Council of
League of Nations
Eric Drummond
Wilson
League Council
Baron Makino
Paid Passenger Drowns In AlK Flight Crash Over Charles River
A New England Airplane Company flight carrying fare for minute, used to dump passengers, plunged 150 feet into the Charles River Basin in Cambridge. Passenger J Lester Allen of Dorchester Boston drowned. Pilot Ensign W Elliott Nightingale was badly bruised. Cambridge policeman John Cummings and M S H Williams helped recover the pilot and search for the body. Nightingale blamed engine trouble for the nose dive.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
New England Airplane Company
Charles River
J. Lester Allen
Dorchester
Boston
Ensign W. Elliott Nightingale
John Cummings
Nightingale
Cummings
M.S. H. Williams
Allen
Waiter falls from Delmonico's roof kills society leader's widow
In New York on April 28 a waiter fell from Delmonico's roof during a Fifth Avenue parade of the 165th Infantry, striking and killing Mrs. Grace L. Whitehead, widow and Chicago society leader. The waiter Robert Palmer was hospitalized with a fractured skull. Mrs. Whitehead's body was identified and to be sent to Chicago.
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Chicago
Chamber of Commerce Heads Call High Prices Unjustified
St Louis April 28 A W Douglas chief statistician of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States told 1000 organizations that high prices persist without reason and that freedom of supply and demand would push prices down to normal levels. He criticized government transportation and noted a large grain export surplus and rising livestock. The councilors urged a budget system for government and broader funding for agricultural estimates and standards.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Sun
A. W. Douglas
Chamber of Commerce of the United
National Councilors
Chamber
Douglas
National
Leaking Bomb Targeted Mayor Hanson in Seattle
Police said a broken bomb arrived at Mayor Ole Hanson’s office in the Seattle City County Building. The device, postmarked New York and tied to Gimbel Brothers, spilled acid and held dynamite risk as Hanson toured Colorado on a Victory Loan speaking trip.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Ole Hanson
Seattle City
Hanson
Colorado
New York
Gimbel Brothers
New York City
Seattle mayor responds to bomb at office attack
Mayor Hanson of Seattle denounces an attempted bombing saying labor has no connection to the act and calls out cowardly assassins for not attacking him directly. He questions the attackers courage and condemns the method.
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Pueblo, Co’o
Associated Press
Hanson
Seattle
Land
Thieves Loot Toledo Narcotics Office For Wrong Evidence
Federal Narcotic Inspector Geist states burglars entered the old Post Office Building office Sunday and pried open drawers taking $270 worth of morphine and cocaine. The items stolen were not the intended evidence for cases against seventeen suspects charged with violating the Harrison Narcotic Act.
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Toledo
Federal Narcotic Inspector Co
F. Geist
Geist
League of Nations Covenant Adopted at Paris Conference
The League of Nations covenant in revised form was adopted by the Peace Conference with no dissent. Sir James Eric Drummond named Secretary General as Italy not represented. Labor principles to be inserted. Kw for a trial of the German Emperor discussed but not yet decided.
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Paris
Associated Press
Wilson
Peace Conference
League of Nations
Baron Makino
Council of
League
James Eric Drummond
Italy
Council of Four
Versailles
Orlando
M. Clemenceau
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Ole Hansen
Peace League
Kaiser
Red Cross
Delmonico’s
Fifth Ave
Derly
165Th Infantry
Robert Palmer
Grace L. White
Ward Shumnay
Chamber of Commerce Authority
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