World Notes on Air Service War Debates and Leaders
Summary of global aviation plans and political shifts postwar. British firms eye a transatlantic airship link and acquire the R-54 and R-39. Brazil to receive six former German torpedo boats. Sir John Alcock dies from injuries. UK courts limit government power. Canada fumbles leadership plans as Sir Robert Borden health wanes. Wilson grants pardons. housing sale bill moves through Congress.
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America
Brazil
John Alcock
England
Athintic
Tis
France
John Sankey
King's Bench
Ilegal
Robert Porden
Canada
Sir Robert
Victor I. Berger
Congress
Wisconsin
Henry T. Bodenstab
Berger
Bodenstah
House of Representatives
FE. L. Philip
United States
Hamburg
New York
Marl Caddock
Sam Clapham
Chicago
Caddock
John C. Pollock
Industrial Workers of the World
Kansas City
Kan
Leavenworth
Pollock
James W. Gerard
Germany
Wilson
South Dakota
James J. Hill
St. Paul
Louis W. Hill
Operators Seek Constructive Settlement In Coal Strike
Washington December 24 The bituminous operators association says the investigation of the coal industry is courted and a general meeting of mine owners will be held to consider settlement. Spokesman Phil H Penna notes operators will abide by the president's arbitration plan while urging prior consultation and a peaceful resolution.
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Washington
Bituminous Operators’ Association
Palmer
United States
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Terre Haute
Phil H. Penna
Penna
Activity of radicals to be probed subject
Washington reports announce a general congressional inquiry into radical activity in the United States to begin after holidays with hearings at eastern ports. Rep Johnson says investigations will revive seized seditious documents as western jails hold many radicals and anarchists in line with figures like Berkman and Goldman. Caminetti notes the Buford's destination will be decided by conditions in Europe.
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United States
Forestry Service
California
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Idaho
Robert Capelle
San Francisco
India
Hiram W. Johnson
H. L. Carnahan
Los Angeles
Corporations
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Oakland
Cal
Fred W. Foss
Foss
el Paso
Tex
Leer Tinkler
Hyde Park
N. C
Pedro Ramierez
Ohta
Willian A. Carlyle
Wyoming
Rawlins
Senate
House
Johnson
Housemmigration Committee
New York
Soviet Russia
Departments of Justice
Alex Berkman
Emma Goldman
Buford
Soviet
Russia
Anthony Caminetti
Europe
Immigration Service
Finances and Festivities Mark Paris Christmas Scene
The Petit Parisien likens France’s unbacked government funds to a man drawing on an empty bank as Christmas and New Year expenses rise. Paris restaurants report brisk bookings with seats filled, showing festive spending persists despite the financial paradox.
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Paris
France
Petit Parisien
Lloyd George outlines Ireland home rule two parliaments plan
Premier Lloyd George addressed Parliament detailing a proposed Irish home rule bill. He argued secession would be fought with force and described a plan for two parliaments in the north and south with a connecting council. He outlined taxation powers and imperial controls while promising minority protections and staged transfers.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Commons
Dublin
Viscount Lord French
Ireland
Europe
Russia
Brower
America
Treland
Westminster
United States
United Ireland
Uninvited Kids Wreck Party At Armory Riot
Thousands of uninvited children flooded the 1st regiment armory in New York for a Christmas festival. Fourteen thousand kids surged for gifts set out for seven thousand invited needy children, triggering a riot despite police and soldiers efforts to control the crowd.
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New York
1St Regiment
Diannunzio Quits Fiume Command
Dispatch from Rome reports Gabriel dAnnunzio has abandoned command at Fiume and is said to be aboard a ship at sea. The notice frames the poet soldier as leaving leadership duties while at sea.
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Diannunzio
FIUME
Gabriel d’Annunzio
Rome
Cummins Railroad Bill Enacted by Senate
The Cummins railroad bill passed the Senate 46 to 30 ending debate and sending the measure to conference. It retains anti strike provisions and anticipates return of roads to private operation by January 31 absent a veto. Debate lingered over private ownership and labor provisions with House action set for early next month.
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Washington
Cummins
Senate
Congress
House
Wilson
Dans
Railroad Administration
Wilsondhere
la Follette
Wisconsin
Shipload of Undesirables Sails for Unknown Port
New York December 22 The US Army transport Buford with 249 passengers including anarchists communists and radicals banned from the US for conspiring against the government sailed at dawn. Destination sealed, landing likely at a northern port offering access to Soviet Russia. Leaders Berkman and Goldman aboard with 245 men and two women.
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New York
United States Army
Buford
Ark of
America
Russia
United States
Forts
Hamilton
Wadsworth
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Ethel Bernstein
Dora Lipkin
G. A. Hitchcock
Hilton
War and Labor Departments
Egg boycott cuts 12 cents off price
Chicago December report says housewives boycott of butter and egg dealers lowers egg prices by 12 cents a dozen. A letter to Major A. A. Sprague from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes eggs fell from 77 to 65 cents per dozen over three days and that there is no market.
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Chicago
A. A. Sprague
Fair Price Committee
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
State Fuel Conditions and Prohibition Oversight Update
Fuel conditions in Montana show little change as price restrictions remain in effect. Prohibition director-elect J. K. Devlin will begin duties by January 16, coordinating raids, reports, and public outreach while not acting as a law officer. Snow cover supports grazing next season, and forest aerial patrols are under consideration with Helena to host a patrol sub-base.
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Helena
Havre
Montana
United States ‘Supreme Court
Devlin
Western District
Denver
Devon
Chambers of Commerce
War Department
Fort William Henry Harrison
M. H. Gerry, Jr
Gerry
Great Northern Railroad
L. B. Woods
Sweet Grass
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Ever Heming
Edward J. Thompson
Alberto Angrassin
Atlanta
Thompson
Cleveland
United States Housing Bureau
Treasury
Lane
Iis
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Elihu Root
Motor Transport Corps
Verneuil
Robert Clendenning
Clendenning
Behin
House Post Office Committee
Gomes
English House OF
South
North
Imperial Services
Goldman and Berkman
Uncle Sam
Commis
Sioner
Fort
Merchants’ Association
Montana Trade Commission
Great Falls
George M. Bourquin
State Trade Commission
Bourquin
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