Wage Increase Request Meets Warm Reception From Rail Union
President Wilson urged Congress to form a commission to study railway wage raises. Chicago officials of the Federated Shopmen’s Union welcomed the idea, aiming retroactive raises to January 1 1919. The nationwide strike broadens as locals eye action despite Washington guidance.
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Wilson
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Mannion
Washington
Railroad Administration
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Wisconsin
Iowa
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Kentucky
America will aid Polk says on Russian government
Paris August 2 Frank L Polk American assistant secretary of state and head of the U S peace delegation said the senate foreign affairs committee would finish its German treaty report by mid August and ratify within two weeks He added that all Russian government will receive moral and material aid from the United States and Bolshevism is not to be faced in his country.
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Paris
Frank L. Polk
United States
United States Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senate
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Americans to leave Rhine as forces withdraw
Coblenz August 2 All American soldiers except about 8 000 who will stay on the Rhine indefinitely will be out of Germany by August 20 according to latest general headquarters instructions carried out in the Coblenz area. The First division has been turned over to the transportation department and first units will entrain for Brest around August 12.
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Rhine
Germany
General Headquarters
Cob- Genz
Transportation Department
Brest
Kolchak Army Worn Out and Losing Ground
Paris dispatches report Admiral Kolchak's forces may move from Omsk to Irkutsk as morale sinks and recovery of lost territory appears unlikely. In San Francisco a daily 25 000 crowd attends a government bacon and canned foods sale, now retailed at cost to the public.
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Paris
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Irkutsk
Siberia
Kolchak
Frisco
San Francisco
Weimar National Assembly Ratifies New German Constitution
Berlin August 2 The Weimar National Assembly finally ratified the new constitution establishing a republican government for Germany. The Majority Socialist faction backed the outcome while defending the need for stronger democratic elements amid fears of further revelation.
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Berlin
Germany
Eee
Debate Delayed as Colombia Pact Gains Immediate Consideration
Washington July 25 The Senate will pause the peace treaty debate to focus on the Colombian treaty though the League of Nations pact remains in the foreground. The House plans a full recess Aug 2 to Sep 8 delaying several bills, including prohibition enforcement. The Colombia treaty involves 25 million dollars from the United States and will be reviewed by the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Washington
Senate
House
United States
Panama
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Shantung
Tokio
Wilson's Tour Postponed After Pacific Fleet Review Delay
President Wilson will not depart for a nationwide speaking tour before August 15 and possibly not until late August. Secretary Daniels announced after a White House conference that the review of the new Pacific fleet at San Francisco, originally set for August 15, has been postponed so the President can be present.
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Pacific Fleet
Washington
Wilson
Daniels
White House
San Francisco
Woman Destroys Tots Then Self in Kimberley Fire
In Nelsonville Ohio on July 30 Mrs Tony Stravisar killed or asphyxiated seven children aged six weeks to ten years by tying them to beds and flooding the room with coal oil before likely taking her own life. Authorities were to move the children to the Athens county home. The event occurred in Kimberley a mining town nearby.
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Nelsonville
Ohio
Athens County
British troops discharged totals reach over two million
London reports that up to July 1980 124,016 officers and 2,933,796 other ranks have been discharged or demobilized, reflecting a large postwar reduction in armed forces.
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London
Clash at Koangchengku Sparks Official Report
An official report received by the Japanese embassy describes troops at Koangchengku clashing after an assault on a South Manchuria tail employee.
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Koangchengku
Manchuria
Government action discussed to curb high living costs
Washington reports show Cabinet officials meeting with President Wilson and Congress to address rising prices. Resolutions seek price investigation, currency deflation, and selling wheat at market price with government funds offset. Attorney General Palmer and major officials convened to review measures against profiteering and cost of living pressures.
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Wilson
James
Michigan
House
White House
Railroad Administration
Railroad Brotherhoods
Senate
Palmer
Glass
Houston
Redfield
Hines
Murdock
Federal Trade Commission
Treasury
Leffingwell
W. B. Colver
Attorney General's
Department of Justice
Americans Face Huge Loss Under Sonora Agrarian Law
More than a thousand Americans may lose millions in investments after Sonora Mexico passes a new agrarian law under Governor Callies. American companies file complaints with the State Department, which plans representations to the Carranza government to block enforcement due to injustices against U.S. citizens with large land investments in Sonora.
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Washington
Sonora
Mexico
Callies
State Department
Carranza
United States
War Department surplus food to be sold at once
Washington reports the house adopted a resolution after a full day wrangle, directing Secretary Baker to place on sale without delay surplus War department food products valued at 120 million dollars held by the War bureau.
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Washington
House
War Investigating Committee
Baker
War Department
Austrian Cabinet Denies Imminent Resignation
Paris reports quote Doctor Karl Renner denying that the Austrian cabinet plans to resign. Renner, chancellor and head of the Austrian delegation at St. Ger main, rejected recent rumors of a near collapse of the government.
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Paris
Karl Renner
Eee
St. Germain
Pershing Plans Rhine District Deployment Timeline
Fragmentary text outlines Allied Army movements with dates Aug. 15 and Sept. 1. Mentions First division departure and Eighth auxiliaries totaling about 6,000 personnel in a Rhine district deployment.
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Rhine District
Deed & America
Deport Undesirables Under New Lower House Bill
Washington July 31 a bill to deport undesirable aliens under government authority may send home enemy aliens. The measure tightens deportation laws and targets aliens considered dangerous whether convicted or not as well as those convicted of wartime law violations.
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Lower House
Washington
Soldiers seek German wives amid war zone tour
Washington reports Rep King says 200 American soldiers filed requests to bring home German wives after a six weeks European tour. He notes that soldiers are not allowed to fraternize formally with Germans, yet a doughboy with a fraulein is a common sight.
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Washington
Representative King
King
Dominion to Buy Canada’s 1919 Wheat Crop
Ottawa on July 31 reports the Dominion government will purchase and market the 1919 Canadian wheat crop. It will be sold at prevailing world prices with surplus proceeds shared among original sellers and efforts to curb speculation and profiteering.
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Ottawa
Allies Demand Unconditional Resignation of Budapest Government
Vienna rumor says Allied powers press for the Budapest soviet government to quit unconditionally during talks on Soviet withdrawal led by Bela Kun. Thompson pays $1500 ransom toMexican bandits for his son’s release. Mexican authorities promise refund and pursuit of attackers, per State Department.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Budapest
Bela Kun
Vienna
Rts West
Busts of Near-Statesmen Stalled by Deferment Voice
The Houston Post argues that sculpting busts of near-statesmen should be deferred until they have been dead at least ten years. The piece suggests little need for extensive statuary once that period passes.
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Washington
Minn
Houston Post
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