House Repeals War Time Laws Lever Act Retained
The House approved a repeal of most war laws 323 to 3 with only Garrett Sims and Welling dissenting. The Lever food control act and the trading with the enemy act were kept to curb profiteering and regulate trade. The measure heads to the Senate before weekend adjournment as Democrats expect President Wilson to sign.
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Tennessee
Welling
Utah
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House Democrats
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Representative Connally
Texas
Representative Walsh
Massachusetts
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Igoe
Missouri
Cein
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District of Columbia
Senate Sets Saturday for End of Congress
Washington June 3 The Senate adopted the resolution to end the present session after the House approval. Democrats and Republicans united to pass the measure 44 to 24 despite a bloc seeking to attach an amendment for reconvening after party conventions. President Wilson signaled no recall unless a grave emergency arises.
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Senate
Wilson
Underwood
Alabama
Tumulty
Wilsons Prize Sheep Shorn Of Winter Coats
Washington June 3 Under compulsion President Wilsons flock of prize sheep exchanged their winter coats today for summer attire The flock now numbers twenty six sheep and twenty two lambs yielded 185 pounds of wool which will be given to the Salvation Army Last year the gilt was presented to the Red Cross The prize ram of the flock who invaded the White House offices last week is serving a term of solitary confinement.
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Washington
Wilson
Salvation Army
Red Crees
White House
Brakes Save Man Struck By Street Car Death Averted
William Dickson aged 66 of 206 Forest avenue narrowly escaped death when a Zoo Eden car rear ended him at Erkenbrecker and Drury avenues. The motorman swerved and hit brakes instantly. Dickson suffered a fractured skull and body lacerations at General Hospital. A second incident on Elder and Him streets left Charles Simbach 70 with a fractured left leg after an automobile truck struck him. He was also taken to General Hospital.
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William Dickson
Forest Avenue
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Erkenbrecker
Drury Avenues
Dickson
General Hospital
Zoo-Edén
Charles Simbach
West Liberty Street
Frank Seagivene
Jones Street
Elder
Him
Row Over Ice Cream Bill Ends With Arrest
Cleveland Kols 31 of 730 West Eighth Street fought over his ice cream bill at Joseph Margolis Confectionery on Barr and Cutter Streets. The altercation damaged a showcase and a large window. Margolis swore out a warrant charging assault and battery. Kols was jailed by Officers Kaderlie and Giver. case slated before Judge Alexander this morning.
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West Eighth Street
Joseph Margolis
Barr and
Cutter Streets
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Margolis
Kaderlie and
Giver
Alexander
Women Pickets Burn British Flag At Treasury
The U S State Department asked DC officials for a factual statement about yesterday's flag burning in front of the Treasury by women supporting Irish freedom. No arrests were made and the incident drew little public attention as picketing continued outside the Treasury Building.
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U. S
Washington
State Department
District of Columbia
Treasury
Department
Postal Salary Bill Passes Two Houses to Conference
The Senate approved without a vote a bill increasing postal employee pay after brief debate. The House followed with similar action and sent the measure to conference. Effective July 1, it would add about 33 million dollars to the postal payroll the first year, per the Congressional Commission’s recommendations.
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Senate
House
Congressional
Poles in Wild Flight Pursued by Vast Bolshevik Force
Report from Copenhagen dated June 3 says the Polish army is in wild flight with a huge Bolshevik force on their heels. A dispatch from Constantinople notes the Bolsheviks entered Teheran, Iran capital, on the same day.
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Denmark
Constantinople
Teheran
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War Department to Lay Off 5000 Clerical Staff by July
Washington reports the War Department will prune its clerical ranks by July 1 due to Congressional cuts. Since May 1 about 1500 workers have already been dropped, leaving roughly 60 000 staff after July as aligned with current appropriations.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Water Power Bill Epochal Marks Ten Year Fight
The water power conservation measure, after a decade of debate, advances to President Wilson for signature. The plan creates a commission of three secretaries to site development, with private rights to be bought out after fifty years. Expected effects include new industrial power, newsprint support, and long term regional development nationwide.
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Washington
United States
American Republic
White House
Wilson
Congress
Gifford Pinchott
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
World War Ends Old Kentucky Feud With Joint Memorial Day
In Kentucky, a long lasting feud between Stanford Lincoln County and Lancaster Garrard County families ends as World War I service brings reconciliation. Veterans from both counties join American Legion posts and plan a joint Memorial Day observance.
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Kentucky
Stanford
Lincoln County
Lancaster
Gerrard County
France
American Legion
Mary Kline Dies After Long Cancer Fight
Mary Kline died at St Francis Hospital after a protracted battle with stomach cancer. Her case, publicized by Rev. Arthur Talmage Abernethy, drew attention to hospital care conditions and prompted community support. She left behind a crippled son Willie and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery following a funeral led by Dr Abernethy with Daughters of America and Daughters of Rebekah participation.
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Mary Kline
Arthur Talmage Abernethy
St. Francis Hospital
Spring Grove Cemetery
Kline
Three Boys Hurt in Mine Dynamite Blast
In Alliance Ohio three boys, Frank Sebo aged four, John Sebo aged seven, and Harold Agnew aged thirteen, were near an abandoned coal mine when a dynamite explosion occurred late last night. Frank died, John was fatally burned, Harold in serious condition. The boys had entered the mine area in the early evening where a large quantity of dynamite was stored.
Diamond Firm Fined for Lever Act Violations
The Antwerp Diamond Company operating three Buffalo stores was found guilty in Rochester in U S District Court of violating the Lever Act by charging unjust prices for clothing. It was fined 18000 dollars after prosecutors showed merchandise bought for 49446 was sold for 123148 in the last ten months. Judge Hazel denied the motion for a new trial.
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Rochester
N. Y
Antwerp Diamond Company
Buffalo
United States
Hazel
Chicago Mayor Prepares Libel Suit Against New York Tribune
Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson filed summons in New York City to sue The New York Tribune for libel over a Tribune editorial he says questioned his Americanism during the war. Attorney John F. Cowch did not disclose damages sought.
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William Hale Thompson
Chicago
New York Tribune, Incorporated
Tribune
Johnson opens fight in Chicago for League plank
Senator Johnson arrives at the Republican convention in Chicago and pledges a clear anti League of Nations plank. He declares the party must defend American independence and not dehumanize ordinary Americans, signaling a broad campaign on the convention floor.
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Chicago
Plank
League
Senator Johnson
California
League of Nations
Republican Party
Interprester
Takaeos
Fede
Lincoln
Credits To Aid Central Europe Extended by Stronger Powers
Paris reports new and substantial relief credits for Central Europe including Austria and Hungary. Britain Denmark Holland Norway Sweden and Switzerland arrange credits mainly as raw materials and foods with the US providing extensive commodity aid. Beneficiaries include Czecho Slovakia Jugoslavia Romania Baltic states Armenia Georgia Austria and Hungary. Commitments listed: Denmark 12 million kroner Norway 17 million kroner Sweden 10 million kroner Britain 10 million pounds Holland 12.5 million florins Switzerland 15 million Swiss francs.
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International Committee For Relief Credits
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Jugo-Slavia
Rumania
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Armenia
Georgia
Willard Promises Full Co operation Of Roads in Freight Jam
Willard, president of the Association of Railway Executives Car Service, pledges full cooperation with the Interstate Commerce Commission to relieve a freight jam. He reports he has notified rail executives to fully comply with orders 1 2 and 3 and expects prompt, complete action, hoping to avoid further penalties.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Daniel Willard
Association of Railway Executives’ Car Service
Commission
New York
Treaty With Colombia Heads to Senate for Final Action
The United States would pay Colombia 25 million dollars for the Panama partition under the proposed treaty. The Foreign Relations Committee recommends return to the Senate for final action after a subcommittee amendment was deemed unnecessary. The Colombian government expressed dissatisfaction, but records show no correspondence. the American minister offered resignation amid negotiations.
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Colombia
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Supreme Court of Colombia
United States
Panama
Ords
State Department
Bogota
Washinon
Bill to regulate meat packers shelved by House until December
The House Agricultural Committee voted to postpone action on meat packing regulation until the next Congress. Six members opposed the delay, moving the bill as unfinished business. The measure would place packers under FTC supervision and give ICC control of stockyards and related operations, with enforcement penalties.
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House
Washington
House Agricultural Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Anderson
Minority Report Defends Palmer On Sugar Price Fix
A minority report by Representatives Whaley Summers and South Carolina defends Attorney General Palmer for setting a fair Louisiana sugar price. The measure, they say, used proper authority to bring cane growers under Lever Act provisions and served both producers and consumers amid sugar shortages.
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Minority Report
Palmer
Louisiana
Washington
House Sugar Investigating Committee
Whaley
South Carolina
Summers
Texas
Majority Committee
Congress
Henry Mooney
Japan to ship cheap sugar to United States from Asia
Japanese centrifugal sugar can be laid down in Seattle for about 17 dollars per 100 pounds. Information from Kobe via a Seattle firm says 80 000 to 90 000 tons are available for export. A second firm plans 55 000 tons of Japanese Formosa and Javanese sugar sent direct to New York and about 5 000 tons to San Francisco.
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Wash
Kobe
New York
San Francisco
Escaping Prisoner Shot in Columbus
An unidentified Black man died after being shot by Deputy Sheriff J. E. Sandusky when he tried to escape following arrest on suspicion of stealing a automobile in Columbus Ohio this morning June 3.
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Columbus
J. E. Sandusky
Politician Funds Yield Big Forms in 1920 Campaign
A Washington dispatch estimates total political spending for the 1920 presidential race may reach twenty five million dollars. National committees may spend only a few million each while state committees drive much of the total. The Senate inquiry into primary expenditures is prompting talk of further investigations after conventions.
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Washington
United States
Union
Bit
Senate Committee
Congress
Palmer
Pomerene Proposes Broad Inquiry Extension
Washington June 3 The Associated Press reports Senate committee inquiry into pre election campaign activities moves into a new phase or near conclusion pending Senate action on Senator Pomerene's proposal to radically alter the scope of the inquiry and its procedures Future developments remain uncertain.
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Associated Press
Senate
Pomerene
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