London Walks 8000 Strike Expands Parcels Transport Chaos
Londoners walk as 8000 workers including hotel staff join a growing strike causing tube closures on Central and Brompton lines. Officials warn of broader disruption as talks on meal breaks and eight hour days continue with engineers to strike next, affecting rail services and city transit.
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National decision stalls local dispute over swift employers
The dispatch notes employers say local action is blocked and the issue must be resolved by the national organization, leaving local authorities unable to proceed.
Workers Win Bombay Strike Ends After Wage Increase
The three week strike affecting 86 cotton factories in Bombay ends. Employers, advised by the governor, grant workers a 20 percent wage raise and a 20 rupees bonus.
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Bombay
Yanks Hold Against Bolshevik Attacks Near Tulgas
Archangel reports say American and Allied patrols repelled a night assault on Upper Tulgas, killing 20 Bolsheviks, wounding others, and taking 7 prisoners. Allied forces moved on the Tareseve sector while Bolsheviks shift toward the Dvina and Vaga fronts. Clear skies and cold weather accompanied the night fighting with the northern lights visible.
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Tulgas
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Suffragists Plan New York Dockside Demonstration
Washington reports suffragists plan a large demonstration in New York when President Wilson's ship docks returning from Europe. Miss Alice Paul will travel to meet leaders to organize the event as part of a nationwide campaign to push the suffrage amendment through the Senate this session.
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Four Minute Men Honored in Springfield War Work Report
Springfield reports the war work bureau presented half a million dollars from Red Cross and allied groups and invested 12 million in Liberia loan bonds. J F B MacPherson summarizes the bureau’s financial work and service certificates are issued to men who served as four-minute men.
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Treason Charge Over Capital Meeting Praised Soviet
Senator Thomas of Colorado denounced a Washington gathering that praised the Russian soviet government saying a powerful unnamed group seeks to overthrow the U S government. He cited a conspicuous House member and noted Representative Mason of Illinois spoke urging troops home from Russia with Gordon of Ohio and Dillon of South Dakota present. Albert Rhys Williams and Louise Bryant, recent returnees from Russia, led the speaking.
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Silk Workers Strike Paralyzes Paterson Mills
About 26 000 to 27 000 silk workers in Paterson New Jersey idle as United Textile Workers push for a 47 hour week. Some small shops totaling 2 000 workers have yielded to union demands. Mill owners largely back 54 hour week and meet to decide action.
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Dowager Empress Clings to Belief Sons Not Dead
Paris reports Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia refuses to believe her sons are dead. She remains at Yalta Crimea, declining royal visits and insisting on definite proof of the fate of former Emperor Nicholas II and Grand Duke Michael. Rumors in European press about Nicholas Romanoff's whereabouts draw attention.
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British Parliament Opens With Unusual Twists
The thirty first Parliament of the United Kingdom opens with Treland largely unrepresented save for a few Ulster Unionists and 73 vacant Irish seats. Countess Markiewicz, the first woman elected to the body, will not attend as she is a Sinn Feiner.
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City Runs Street Cars Amid Labor Dispute
Wichita Tex Feb 4 The city operates the street cars as a strike after controversy between the street railway company and its employees continues pending settlement.
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Wilson urges world league to curb armaments and defend freedom
President Wilson, in Paris before the chamber of deputies, urged a society of nations and a league to guarantee liberty, saying Europe faces questions from the Rhine to Siberia. The big four endorsed a Poland Czech Slovakia agreement ending Teschen disputes and ordered frontier surveys and a control commission.
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Indemnities and Greco-Turk claims outlined at Paris talks
Lord Salisbury urges fair distribution of war indemnities with a universal tax to fund the pool and stipulates that enemies pay debts in gold or in goods. Venizelos presents Greek claims to restore northern Epirus Thrace to Constantinople and Smyrna region, with plebiscite option for racial balance. Crespi calls for a single allied financial front to recover wartime losses.
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Paris
Signor Crespi
Lansing Heads Board Not Opposed to Five Year Plan
Washington reports Director General Hines told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee he favors a few large railways with strong government supervision rather than full ownership. He urged a five year extension of government control to stabilize crews, wages, and investments. Paris notes Secretary Lansing elected president of a war responsibility committee.
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McAdoo
Paris
Robert Lansing
Committee On
Foreign Office
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Andre Tardien
Lansing
United States
Armenia
Turkey
Europe
Near East
Lowell mill operatives win four hour week demand
The Lowell Cotton Manufacturers' Association voted to grant the demand of the operatives for a four hour week to become effective immediately. Cotton mills here employ approximately 2,000 persons.
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Lowell Cotton Manufacturers’ S Aspciation
War Headlines From Germany Signal Turbulent Times
Newspaper war notices describe government troops marching on Bremen and allied cities as Berlin potters over resistance. Spartacists eye a final battle while authorities push to disarm and suppress terrorism nationwide amid shrinking coal and factory strains.
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