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Reports from London and Berlin note China urges Peace Congress to scrap treaties with Veking and Tokio amid 21 demands. Marshal Foch allows Polish legion to travel by rail through Germany signaling possible limits on Danzig. Hungary declares war on Serbia while Britain’s Lloyd George denies France-England rift. League of Nations covenants nears completion with 15 of 27 articles drafted. Premier Paderewski sails for Paris to urge Polish aid. John Fr. Hegeman of Metropolitan Life dies in New York region. Labor protests Prohibition ratification in Boston. 50,000 attend. Telegraphers vote for general strike affecting 100,000. Distinguished Service Medals awarded to Wood Scott Morrison. Building industry leaders say industry can stabilize prices. 10,000 San Francisco machinists end strike. Liberty Loan drive to start in Cincinnati. US nurses unit returns to New York after 23 months. James W. Good cites possible extra taxes and bonds. General Dickman’s son dies in air crash.
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John EF. Morrison
National Federation of the Building Industries
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House Committee On Appropriations
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Southern Thing Field
Congress to tackle soldiers compensation and treaty powers
Congress reconvenes to consider higher monthly allowances for totally disabled soldiers. Senator Ladue revises views on presidential treaty powers based on S. Cummings’ quotes. Packers say lifting restrictions won’t lower meat prices. Philippines presents independence appeal to Secretary Baker. War Industries Board price authority questioned amid disputes. ITMC severance of USS ships sale announced by P. A. S. Franklin.
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Palmer prepares opinion on Debs case for president
Attorney General Palmer is drafting his opinion on the Debs case and will forward the report to President Wilson soon. A St Louis suffrage meeting telegram thanked the President for his behalf of woman suffrage and support for the League of Nations.
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Allied satisfaction with Polish troop landings at Danzig
Reports indicate Allied powers find Germany's proposals for Polish troop landings and rail transport at Danzig satisfactory. Smuts arrives in Budapest as envoy to Hungary. King Albert returns to Belgium. A Rhine left bank commission is to be formed. Vienna bread rations cut. Maynard warns Finnish troops may align with Bolsheviks. German WWI losses tallied. Dr Albert Suhnee to represent Germany at peace talks. Influenza spreads in Stockholm. hospital commission formed. Djemed Bey admits 800,000 Armenians massacred. Coblenz bridgehead troops move toward Frankfurt amid Spartacist unrest.
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Wilson Urging Speed in Paris Talks on Peace Terms
Edward W. Pickard reports that President Wilson pressurizes the Paris peace delegates to speed up work on the German settlement. Talks focus on reparations, Rhine left bank neutrality, Saar, Danzig, and possible cooperation with the Russian Soviet government amid bolshevik threats and Allied concerns.
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