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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1921
Page
8
Principal Events Review notes that the Senate did not ratify the peace treaty leaving the United States technically at war with Germany, though in practice the nation is at peace. The piece covers postwar readjustment, minor conflicts abroad, and domestic optimism despite radical activity and economic uncertainty.
A historical recount of postwar events from January to December detailing ratifications of the Treaty of Versailles at Versailles, League of Nations activities in Paris, and shifting fronts. It covers Polish Soviet fighting, Turkish peace terms, Bolshevik advances, and diplomatic moves involving Britain France Italy and the United States.
Amid postwar unrest and political upheaval 1920 saw France’s Clemenceau clash with election, Ireland’s home rule debate, a Berlin counterrevolution led by Kapp, Mexican revolutionary turmoil, and Italy’s cabinet crises with anarchist unrest flaring in Ancona. Cork riots and British measures framed the era’s crisis map.
The account reviews strikes and riots across Europe and Ireland, noting Obregon's presidency in Mexico, France's leadership changes, Italian demonstrations for Soviet Russia, Cork hunger striker Terence MacSwiney’s death, Greece’s royal succession, and wartime Ireland clashes. It discusses protests, executions, arrests, and mass violence shaping late 1920s politics.
In 1920 the United States saw a heated presidential year with Republicans nominating Warren G. Harding and Democrats nominating James M. Cox. The GOP won a sweeping victory in the election, while women gained full voting rights nationwide. Prohibition and related legal actions dominated early in the year, with trials and expulsions affecting state legislatures and federal cases.
The Tribune notes constitutional approval of the amendment and the Volstead Act enforcement. The Interstate Commerce Commission raised rail rates in 1919 to fund higher wages, boosting passenger charges by 20 percent plus a Pullman surcharge, and freight rates by 2 to 40 percent regionally. It also reports the Chicago Communist Labor party leaders’ trial ending with 20 convictions, and the New York Socialist assemblymen being unseated after re Election. Cotton and wheat prices fell sharply prompting farmer resistance, while night riders pressed growers to hold crops for higher prices.
The 1920 Senate and House battled over the Versailles treaty and League covenant with repeated rejection. Key actions included Cummins-Esch railroad and army reorganization laws, Water Power and Oil Land Leasing measures, and Lodge reservations. The treaty failed to pass again, Wilson vetoed wartime budget measures and a Philippines independence push emerged in his December message.
The 1920 period saw intensified labor unrest after World War I with European strikes and U S disruptions. The steel workers strike collapsed in January while France faced rail stoppages in February. A coal miners pact followed in March ending a two year dispute. Chicago saw an outlaw rail strike beginning April 15 with federal seizures of leaders on April 14. The Cummins Bed wage board refused to hear cases from striking workers. A new coal strike began in April amid ongoing tension.
The record traces Bolshevik linked strikes across Italy Paris and Britain from March to October. It notes troop interventions in Naples and Denver, rail and coal wage awards in the United States, and widespread factory seizures and worker takeovers as workmen push for co operative management and higher pay amid a broad industrial crisis.
The period saw Shamrock IV win early races before Resolute claimed the America's Cup in July. Golf title discoveries included Charles Evans Jr and Jock Hutchinson winning western and national events. The U S led in Olympics with 212 points, Dempsey and Carpentier claimed heavyweight titles, while a 1919 World Series fixing scandal shook baseball amid pennant and series outcomes.
The board, with Judge Kenesaw M Landis of Chicago as chairman, sets an annual salary of 42500. Rorcoe Sarira won the 25 mile automobile race in Los Angeles on November 2. Gaston Chetrelet was killed in a collision during the race.
A year in review notes heavy tolls from a string of disasters worldwide. Tornadoes strike Georgia Alabama Indiana Illinois Mississippi and Tennessee in March and April causing dozens of deaths and millions in damages. An explosion at Rothenstein Prussia kills over 300. Earthquakes devastate central Mexico and Italy, with Florence area quakes killing hundreds. Floods hit Japan, and Chile and Central America suffer later quakes.
A roster of renowned individuals who passed away in 1920 is given with dates and roles. Included are artists, musicians, authors, explorers, scientists, financiers, and politicians such as Nicholas Sicard Maud Powell Heginald DeKoven Cyrus Townsend Brady Edward Payson Ripley Julius Chambers Wittm Mickle Rear Admiral Peary John Bankhead Mrs Humphry Ward Elmer Apperson Gabriel Rejane George Perkins William Vanderbilt Isham Randolf Henry Ford and others. The list spans January to December and includes national and international figures from various fields.
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