Firemen Union Disputes Lead to Dismissals in Cincinnati
Four firemen including Captain Fred Moorman were fired after joining the Firemen's Union. Federal Labor Department will send a representative as protests escalate. Samuel Fink of the Ice Fighters' Association reports the situation growing uncontrollable and calls for multiple meetings at Ratterman's Mall to address the dispute.
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Victory Loan Drives to Use Theater Dialogues in Campaign
Theater patrons will hear Victory Loan dialogues staged between acts replacing the Four Minute Man talks. Ned Hastings, Keith’s Theater chairman, says a dozen or more dialogues will engage audiences to deter cigarette breaks. Meetings and speakers bud get plans, with 50 million dollars expected from Hamilton County.
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Hamilton County
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Chamber of Commerce
Gerard Warns Against Flood of Bolshevism at Music Hall
Former U S ambassador James W Gerard warned Cincinnati audiences of a flood of Bolshevism that could reach the Western Hemisphere. He described Germany's 300000-man army and “bribe” payments of fourteen marks daily to curb Bolshevism, and urged League of Nations covenant to end war’s horrors.
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Cincinnati
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Chamber of Commerce
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Brotherhood of Man
Criticism Beneficial To League In Public Debate
The piece notes a shift in the League of Nations controversy as President Wilson accepts Taft amendments. Republican Senators praise the approach as strengthening Americanism and broadening support. It cites Lodge Knox opposition and points to ongoing debates over the Monroe Doctrine and territorial concerns in the Western Hemisphere.
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New York Evening Post, Inc
Washington
League of Nations
Wilson
Taft
White House
League Nations
Radical Army Reorganization Keeps Rainbow Division as Cavalry
General staff announces peace strength 500000 with a one army design preserving war honors. Eleven regular divisions will recruit from home areas and fourteen divisions retain war-time designations, including the Forty-second Division becoming the Cavalry Division. Regular regiments reassigned to preserve traditions. personnel to follow.
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Washington
General March
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Army of Occupation
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Golde backs plans to aid police and fire fighters
George Golde, president of the Retail Stores Association, urges fundraising to improve police and fire conditions. He supports permanent relief if possible, or a temporary measure from the War Chest if needed, noting higher living costs from the war. He warns he would oppose a strike and pledges business support to the mayor.
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George Golde
Retail Stores Association
Cincinnati
Weather Outlook for Ohio Indiana Kentucky West Virginia
Ohio _ cloudy Sunday with possible local rain in the north portion cloudy and cooler Monday. Indiana _ partly cloudy Sunday and Monday. Kentucky _ partly cloudy Sunday and Monday cooler Monday. West Virginia _ Monday partly cloudy and colder.
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North Portion
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West Virginia
Balke Sues for Whisky Possession in Federal Case
Rudolph I Balke of Cincinnati sues John B Thompson of Harrodsburg in U S District Court Covington seeking eighty cases of whisky valued at 3100 now stored in the defendant’s warehouse. He claims refusal of possession and seeks 500 in damages. Judge Cochran orders marshal to seize and deliver the liquor to Balke. merits to be heard later.
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Cincinnati
United States District Court
Covington
John B. Thompson
Harrodsburg
Mercer County
Cochran
United States Marshal
Telegraph Rates Boosted 20 Percent by Postmaster General
Washington March 29 Postmaster General Burleson announced a 20 percent rate increase for domestic telegraph messages effective April 1 to cover higher operating costs from wage hikes. Government and commercial leased wires will pay the new rate, with no change in newspaper press or special wires leased by press groups.
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Associated Press
Washington
Burleson
Federal Wire Board
Kaiser and All Guilty Aids Must Answer for Crimes
Paris March 29 The Monroe Doctrine amendment to the League of Nations covenant has been sent to the Council of Four for final decision. An obstacle at the last League of Nations Commission meeting delayed action because the amendment’s broad terms risk including other doctrines rejected by British dominions. With conference efforts failing the amendment was referred to the Premiers and the President as the final court.
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League of Nations Commission
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Robert Cecil
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Associated Press
League of Nations
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City clocks shift. saloons delay service till 7 am
Columbus reports a time change confusion as the city council scheduled clocks ahead to 2 am tomorrow, with ordinances allowing saloons to move at midnight Monday. Saloons will be one hour behind other businesses all day Monday due to the timing discrepancy.
Daylight saving time to advance nationwide tomorrow
Official time will move forward one hour at 2 AM to start the second daylight saving season. The change, tied to wartime law, lasts until the last Sunday in October. Rail schedules and daily routines will adjust, with experts predicting greater time savings this year.
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Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
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Treaty delayed by reg eo long of the council
Paris March 29 The American delegation at the peace conference reports slow progress from the Council of Four as talks stall over reparations and new basis of agreement emerges The critics warn of abandonments of positions and call for firmer procedure possibly a cloture style rule to push settlements
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Allies demand Hungarian Soviet Government resign
Budapest faces disorder lootings and property seizures as Allied dispatches report calls for a National Assembly under Allied supervision. Authorities inventory shops banks and factories as government seizes real and personal property. Protests and arrests rise amid widespread control measures.
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Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Copenhagen
Wilson Selects Adviser Panel to Tackle Reparations
Paris March 20. President Wilson held lengthy talks with Thomas Lamont and Norman Davis of the Supreme Economic Council and the American delegation on reparations. Several formulas are under consideration and progress suggests a decision by Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Paris
Wilson
Thomas Lamont
Norman Davis
Supreme Economic Council
Council of Four Instructs Foch On Course To Be Taken
Paris reports the Council of Four led by President Wilson instructing Marshal Foch on measures at Danzig after Germany denies Polish troop landings. Berlin notes a grave foreign policy breach as German officials discuss the Entente demand for German surrender and Poland’s role amid Bolshevik concerns.
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Foch
Danzig
Berlin
Hallerin
Vossische Zeitung
Weimar
Nudent
Herr Hammerstein
Spa
Germany
Saif
Nudant
Grmany
France
Poland
Entente
German guns mounting along Prussian coast near Danzig
London dispatch reports that Germany is reinforcing Dan zig with coastal guns. Additional artillery is said to be installed along the Prussian coast near that port as part of wartime preparations.
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London
Danzig
No Change in US Military Policy Despite Hungary Events
Washington March 29 General March announced no alteration in U S military policy. Troop returns from France proceed faster than planned and movement remains uninterrupted. Homeward movements for March total 244 186 against earlier 200 000 estimate.
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Washington
Hungary
March
United States
War Department
France
Lemberg shelled by Ukrainians. civilians killed and wounded
Paris reports from Havas dispatches via Warsaw indicate Lemberg faced heavy shelling from Monday into Tuesday morning. Scores of civilians killed and hundreds wounded, with damage to St. George's Cathedral and the Archbishop's palace.
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