War Revenue Bill Signals $6 Billion Tax Plan For 1919
The conference on the war revenue bill outlines a tax package totaling about $6.0 billion for 1919 with an accompanying $12 billion in bonds and further needs. It taxes bequests, incomes, and war excess profits, extends liquor and tobacco levies, and provides a $60 bonus to every soldier sailor and nurse. Federal officials from the president down are taxed. state officials are not. The measure preserves most Senate rates, adjusts estate and insurance taxes, and introduces new or raised levies on beverages, cigars, tobacco, and soft drinks.
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Washington
Congress
House
Kitchin
Senate
Treasury
Wilson
General strike sweep nets 55 000 in Seattle
Eight hundred troops under Brig. Gen. Hayden leave Camp Lewis for Seattle to stand ready for emergencies as a general strike paralyses the city. Gov. Lister promises immediate protection and maintains contact with the situation while labor leaders claim 55,000 workers are on strike.
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Camp Lewis
Seattle
Wash
United States
Tacoma
John L. Hayden
Army Intelligence Department
Joseph D. Leitch
Justines
Baker
Washington
Tcaion
United
Ole O. Hanson
Central Labor Council
Olympia
Peb. T
Ernest Lister
Taxation changes on tobacco dealers and amusements
The bill regulates leaf tobacco dealers and amends amusement admission taxes effective April 1. A general 1 cent per 10 cents fraction rate remains after petitions with thousands of names opposed a prior plan to double it. Club dues over $10 yearly are taxed at 10 percent.
New German Empire Founded On Peace and Justice Says Ebert
German Chancellor Ebert declares the nation will form an empire founded on peace and justice as the old order dissolves. He calls for a National Assembly to unite the people and establish self rule in Germany.
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Ebert
Gether
400000 Yanks to Remain in Paris War Plan
Marshal Foch estimates 400000 American troops are needed to guard the Rhine until peace is signed. The French offer a contingent up to double, the British would keep 200000, Belgium requests 100000 along the Rhine. An allied occupation force of 1500000 is deemed necessary to ensure German compliance and payoffs, with the rest of American forces set to return as ships become available.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Rhine
Belgium
Germany
Poland
Base Three to Be Closed Evacuates American Forces
London dated February 6 reports sweeping orders from General Pershing to General Biddle for the immediate evacuation of all American soldiers from base 8 covering England within two months. All army offices in London Liverpool and Southampton to close. Red Cross hospitals to shut soon. Biddle and staff to return to America or move to France.
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England
General Biddle
General Pershing
Haumont
France
Red Cross
Liverpool
Southampton
America
Atlantic Congress for a League of Nations Opens in New York
More than 3,000 delegates attend the two day session in New York City under the League to Enforce Peace. The event includes state branches in New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia and West Virginia and is the first of nine congresses this month nationwide.
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Atlantic Congress
League of Nations
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Virginia
West Virginia
Bremen Taken by Regulars in Government Victory
Copenhagen reports Bremen fully under government troops after a bombardment that killed many. Anarchists declare a republic in Duesseldorf as rioting and looting spread through Holstein and the Ruhr industrial region.
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Bremen
Duesseldorff
Holstein
Ruhr
AFL chief cites 500,000 unemployed in U S
Frank Morrison secretary of the American Federation of Labor urged the house rules committee to speed passage of a four year immigration prohibition bill. He said 500,000 men in the United States were without work.
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Swift & Co
Rodenburg
Illinois
Taggart
Kansas
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Francis J. Heney
Senate Agriculture Committee
Armour & Co
Pennsylvania
Veeder
Mr. Heney
Mr. Lasater
Mr. Hoover
Frank Morrison
Congress
House Rules Committee
American Federation of Labor
United States
First German National Assembly Opens in Weimar
German chancellor Ebert opens the first session of the national assembly at Weimar to draft and adopt a new constitution. About 410 representatives meet amid Weimar's poetic city lore to accept or amend the draft and consider a union of states modeled on the American system.
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Amsterdam
Friedrich Ebert
Weimar
Berlin
Herr Pfannbuch
Alsace-Lorraine
Herr Frichhorn
Spartacans
Grand-Duchy
Saxe-Weimar-Fisenach
Leipzig
Athens
Ilm
Saale
Ebert
Indemnity to Belgium Reported at $2 Billion
Paris dispatch says United States Great Britain France and Italy agreed on a 2 billion dollar indemnity to Belgium with the first installment due immediately. The Versailles talks focus on forming a league of nations and reconciling German compliance with armistice terms.
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Versailles
Wilson
League of Nations
Paris
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Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Society of Nations
Wilsom
Supreme War Council
Permaning
Mafin
Germany
Society of Nations Commission of the Peace Conference
Crowder urges census via war draft process after record enrollments
Provost Marshal General Crowder reports that selective draft enrolled over 24 million men in four days with 13 million enrolled in one day and urges the next census be handled through the war department draft system. He cites cost per capita dropping from 217 dollars in the Civil War to 6.52 dollars under the recent draft.
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Washington
General Crowder
War Department
Swiss to Get American Cotton
Switzerland obtains cargo space for immediate export of 20 000 bales of cotton as part of the rationing agreement recently signed by Swiss and American governments.
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Washington
Switzerland
Treasury Sec Glass No Extension for Tax Returns to March 15
Washington February 7 Secretary Glass stated the treasury will not grant any extension for filing income and profits tax returns beyond March 15. No delay will be allowed for taxpayers seeking more time.
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Treasury
Secretary Glass
Washington
Glage
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