City Employees Rail Clerk Wage Demands Stir Cincinnati
City water works wage talks raise rates and costs to public as unions press for raised pay for firemen engineers and oilers. Officials note past profits and warn higher rates may be needed. debate linked to bread price and city finances. Delegates at railway convention face long session with pay bumps and travel allowances.
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Water Works
Pers
Water Works Department
George Bernhardt
Stationary Firemen’s Union
Charles Manwood
Engineers’ Union
Cincinnati
Gackt
Weather And Temperature Readings Across States
Weather outlook for Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Indiana shows clearing cooler days with Saturday fair conditions and Sunday rising temperatures. Temperature extremes listed for locations include Kansas City Boston New Orleans Omaha Galveston Denver Nashville San Francisco Memphis Winnipeg Cincinnati noting highs lows and precipitation figures with May 16 1919 records and hourly wind and rain details from 7 p.m. to noon.
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Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Kansas City
Boston
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Denver
Nashville
San Francisco
Memphis
Winnipeg
Cincinnati
Tage
Vel
Rein
St. Vain
Mills Move Toward Lower Flour Prices via Grain Corporation
The Food Administration grain arm plans to release surplus wheat to mills in Portland Duluth Chicago and Buffalo starting May 20 1919. Mills must file applications detailing on hand contracts anticipated needs and expected flour production with customer grade preferences and price baselines set above the Grain Corporation buying scale.
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Food Administration Grain’ Corporation
Cincinnati Grain
Hay Exchange
H. D. Irwin
United States Grain Corporation
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Grain Corporation
Portland
Ore
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Buffalo
Northern Spring Wheats
Jamestown Swedes Denied U S Citizenship in War Era Order
Fifteen Swedish born men who had begun naturalization papers before the war renounced allegiance to the United States to avoid service and were denied final citizenship by Justice Charles B Wheeler in Jamestown New York Supreme Court.
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U. S. Jamestown
N. Y
Jamestown
United States
Charles B. Wheeler
Supreme Court
Germany
Federal Wheat Director Tightens Corn Open Trades to Curb Speculation
Julius H. James informs Chicago Board of Trade president L F Gates to reinstate a 200000 bushel limit on open corn trades to curb speculation. President Wilson orders expansion of the Grain Corporation’s capital as July licenses and contracts roll out to stabilize prices and guarantee $2.26 wheat to producers.
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Federal Food
New York
Julius H. James
Federal Wheat
L. F. Gates
Chicago Board of ‘Trade
Chicago Board
Barnes
Tierbert Hoover
The
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
United States
Julius H. Barnes
Presidential candidates eyed after armistice
A New York Evening Post report surveys postwar candidate talk across the United States. Major General Leonard Wood draws wide Republican interest, while William Gibbs McAdoo is favored by many Democrats for the nomination.
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The
New York Evening Post, Inc
Washington
United States
Leonard Wood
William Gibbs McAdoo
Wilson's 3000-Word Message Sets Opening Moves
President Wilson plans a roughly 3,000 word message to Congress focusing on domestic issues including woman suffrage. In Washington the day’s talks centered on organize the new Congress with Democratic and Republican meetings to set committee assignments and leadership. House Democrats debated Speaker Clark opposition while Republicans vote on Steering Committee size and leadership contests.
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Longworth
Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
Congress
Washington
Ashington
House
Committee On Committees
Martin
Virginia
Pomerene
Ohio
Clark
House Democrats
House Republicans
Republican Committee On Committees
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Representative Knutson
Minnesota
Knutson
Representative Greene
Vermont
Greene
Europe
Senate
Seaplanes of Navy Wing Bound for Europe
Three Navy seaplanes journey toward Europe, with final Honolulu? no, Azores staging at Ponta Delgada. Plans show planes likely to sight Corvo 300 miles west, weather clearing, supply boats stationed at Corvo and Horta. Destroyers stand by for possible open sea landing. Crowds await aviators at the water front.
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Ponta Delgada
Azores
Associated Press
Porta del Gada
Corvo
Ponta del Gada
Horta
Islnd
Fayal
Lisbon
German Marks Devalued Raise Dollar Value in Relief
An American Relief Administration announcement from New York reports the German mark depreciation allows over three times as many marks per dollar as before the war. Hoover fixes 12.64 marks per dollar for May transfers to Germany for relief, with other rates: Voland 10.5, Finland 9.10, Czecho Slovakia 15.5. Funds pass to individuals via remitters who may use them freely. one mark is now about eight cents, versus the old 23 cents par rate.
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Associated Press
New York
American Relief Administration
Hoover
Ina
Germany
Voland
Finland
Czecho- Slovakia
Peace talks proceed as Austria awaits formal start
The peace council in session at St Germain advances toward Austrian delegation credentials. Delegates and mediators, including Lloyd George absence noted, discuss frontiers and renunciations while Turkey and Bulgaria talks loom. Naval and troop concentrations at Smyrna and Saloniki hint at broader postwar settlements. Local clashes in Agram report casualties amid Croatia Serb tensions.
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St. Germain
Council of Freign Ministers
Smyrna
Greece
Selenikii
Europe
Turkey
Bulgaria
Three U S Navy Airplanes Headed for Azores on Historic Flight
The NC-3 NC-4 and NC-1 departed Trepassey Bay Newfoundland bound for the Azores in a perilous trans Atlantic test led by Commander John H Towers. Bar Harbor intercepted cryptic signals as destroyers kept pace and the crew aimed for Plymouth England data show progress near 500 miles from Trepassey.
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Washington
Trepassey Bay
N. F
Azores
United States
Navy Department
Cape Race
Naval Radio Station
Bar Harbor
NC 3
NC 1
Associated Press
Europe
Naval
Trepassey
NC-1
John H. Towers
Thatcher
Maine
Navy
Ponta’ del ‘Gada
Rockaway Beach
Plymouth
England
Trepassey, N. I
Columbus
A. C. Read
P. N. L. Bellinger
Trepassey Harbor
Narrows
Newfoundland
New York
Will J. Davis Chicago theater figure dies at 75
Will J. Davis longtime Chicago theatrical manager and owner of the Iroquois Theater who survived its fire in 1903 died at his home in Chicago. He was 75 and survived by his second wife Mary Ben O’Hagan and a son Will J. Davis Jr. His career included credit for discovering Mary Garden.
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Chicago
Will’ J. Davis
Mary Garden
Jessie Barnlett
Mr. Davis
Mary Ben O'Hagan
Will J. Davis, Jr
Artists Barnstorm for Art Education Without Highbrow Attitude
The American federation of Art voted to spread art barnstorming through towns and waste places to teach fundamentals. Traveling exhibitions will expand as a campaign for artistic enlightenment, reaching all sections without a highbrow approach.
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Associated Press
New York
American Federation of Art
Federation
West
United States
Gerrit 4
Beneker
Berlin Vows Unity in Face of Peace Terms Pressures
Semi official dispatch contradicts Pan German insinuations that Sebert Scheidmann aims to sign allied peace terms. It asserts unity between Versailles plenipotentiaries and Berlin and says the government and people stand together against the compact.
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Berlin
Pee
Associated Press
Sebert-Scheidemann
Patton
Cabind
Versailles
Dirigible C-5 Lost As Edwards Fails To Locate Vessel
The Navy Department released the Edwards destroyer report from St Johns Newfoundland stating Dirigible C-5 is lost. The commander reports inability to confirm whether the merchant ship that sighted it abandoned or failed to rescue and that Edwards could not locate either vessel.
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Washington
Navy Department
Edwards
St. Johns
Ribbon of destroyers marks Atlantic course
A Navy Department order details the trans Atlantic flight of American seaplanes from Trepassey Bay to the Azores, with sixty four destroyers four battleships and other craft forming a protective ribbon fifty miles apart. Ships along the route carry searchlights flares and star shells and maintain radio communication throughout the night.
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Washington
Navy Department
Trepassey Bay
Azores
Harris Laning
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Chesapeake & Ohio Lines
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Saloniki
Will J. Davis
Oklahoma
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