Arkansas Special Session Closes After Suffrage Move Adopted
In Little Rock the Arkansas Legislature ends after two days of wrangling. A Senate resolution to extend the session failed by one vote. The session ratified the federal suffrage amendment and approved a $30,000 per diem and mileage appropriation. Governor Brough signed the measures. Notables present included Senator Marty Ponder and Speaker Newton.
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Arkansas Centennial A Mobile of News Across Counties
The Arkansas Centennial section notes Little Rock reports on agriculture and industry, Shiloh Miller road progress by volunteers, Confederate pensions and deaths, wheat yields in Teton andอื่น counties, school planning led by J Wood Henry, and local business meetings in Texarkana and Ware. It also records wartime remembrances, educational expansion, and civic projects across multiple towns including Heber Springs, Searcy, Rogers, and Pine Bluff.
Labor Presents Railroad Plan To American Public
Labor unveils a railroad reform proposal framed as a public benefit over private profit. The plan calls for worker participation in management and for profits to be limited, with a goal of reducing living costs and ensuring safe, reliable rail service through a state aligned, worker controlled model in partnership with owners and the public.
West Indies Cession Proposal Drafted in Britain
The National News reports serious consideration in Britain of ceding parts of the West Indies to the United States as part of wartime debt settlement. The proposal is being weighed on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Belgium Buys U.S. Supplies For Government Control
The Belgian minister of food has purchased all American supplies in the country valued at 1000000 to 600000 foynes. The goods will be retailed under government control.
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Bitter fight on French treaty kept behind iron doors
The Senate refuses to send the French American treaty to the Government Printing Office and seals the copy in a guarded enclosure. Debate centers on reservations, entangling alliances, and the power to declare war, with Wilson opposing qualifiers. A separate note cites an American Red Cross report about an abnormal rise in blind children linked to malaria.
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Lawmakers Set Prices Plan and War Inquiry in Europe
Officials in Berlin outline a decree to fix weekly normal prices for food and drink with a commission in each department. A war inquiry tribunal will be formed from top courts to determine responsibility for the conflict. Italy seeks coal and may allow American operators into Europe’s market due to Saar Valley and Britain shortages.
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Martial Law Enforced as Troops Patrol Chicago Streets
Eight Illinois regiments guard the city with 500 sworn citizens at Stock Yards. Trains fired on and 33 dead with 1,500 injured reported as racial violence terrorizes Chicago. A three mile square security zone locks residents in. pass requires military permission. Adjutant General notes calmer conditions but continued tension remains.
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Cities giving soldiers jobs lead nation in reemployment rates
New York San Diego top the list of 77 cities in veteran job placement with 152 and 126 percent figures. Minneapolis Dayton Fort Worth and others follow as the country averages 66 percent. The report also notes St. Louis and other cities expanding services outdoors during warm weather with church congregations under open skies.
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Soldiers may reinstate insurance after discharge
Washington notes that soldiers sailors and marines who dropped polices with the war risk insurance bureau may reinstate within 18 months after discharge without paying back premiums. Other items mention Helfers Union traders selling fender below market and a Pulitzer Scholarship at Columbia University offering 1500 yearly for music study in Europe. Wood River refinery raises salaries affecting 500 workers.
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Seven Senators Agree on Changes in League Reservations
Seven Republican senators aligned with the treaty to push a defined set of reservations as a middle ground to win broad senate support for the League of Nations and Versailles terms. The group includes Spencer Missouri McCumber North Dakota McNary Oregon Cummings Iowa Col Rhode Island Lemke Wisconsin Kellogg Minnesota.
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Lawmakers Seek Action on Rising Cost of Living
Lawmakers and commissions push to curb living costs after railway workers’ ultimatum. Attorney General Palmer convenes Cabinet officers. calls to halt gambling in essentials and push government marketing of crops at market prices. Igoe and others urge committee action to stop price manipulation and profiteering.
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