Paris Cafes Longer Hours and Cheaper Meals Return
Correspondent notes Paris cafés stay open later and offer national dishes at 30 percent discount as the Food Ministry relaxes limits. Crowds fill Boulevards while rain and a power outage dampen mood. demobilization adds a sense of dull relief as postwar life returns. The first after war salon opens March 20 at the Cercle Artiste et Littéraire venue, marking a cultural reopening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Aph
Associated Press
Food Ministry
Salon du Cercle Artstique Et Litteraire
Salon Vélney
Conference to discuss league covenant in private session
Washington May 1 Republican senators were summoned to New York for a secret conference with party leaders. The aim is to solidify opposition to the league covenant and deter ratification. Key figures Hoar Root Hughes Hays and others attended or were mentioned. The outcome could influence a senate vote and rally support for a fight against the covenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
League
Natiis
New York
Wilt “Hays
Charles Hughes
W. Ruavitcox
Elihu
Capitol
Lode
Massachusetts
Brandegee
Connecticut
Foreign Relations Committee
Knox
Pennsylvania
Aid
Sen
Mors
Wadsworth
New
Foties
Kenyon
Iowia
Frelinghuysen
Nek Jersey
Wah
Rimy
Senate
Jarah
Idaho
Hiram Johnson
California
Senator Johnson Prepares Statement On League Covenant
Senator Johnson works on a statement to be issued in a day or two he says will reshape the league covenant and affect a six dollar figure noted in the draft.
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Johnson
Victory Loan Meeting Schedule With Local Speakers
A long list of Victory Liberty Loan campaign meetings is published with dates ranging May 1 to May 9 at various community venues. Speakers include M W Samples, Rev Rhoades, J L Maysilles, J W Burns, I G Allender, E H Waters, W L Reddick, P KE King, and Clyde G Turner coordinating transport. substitutes may be arranged if a speaker is unavailable.
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Wates
Victory Liberty Loan
Pruntytown
Wesley Chapel
Knottaville
E. H. Waters
Wilson School
Far Diatrict
Rhoades d
Weber Baptist Church
G. W. Ford
Long Run School House
W. L
Ieddick
Shelby Run School House
My. J
Turkey Run School House
J. L
Maysilles
J. W. Burns
May &Rd
Wendel City Hall
Mid Rhoades
T. F. Lanham
E. Flesher
Shrayer
W. Burns
G. Allender
Simpson
Hoffman Hall
Jays Fleming
Gabe Fork
Flage@Run
Reddick
Rock Union
Ke, King
W. P. Samples
Buck Run
C.J. E. Wyckoft
Sand Lick Lodge
Bonths
Creek District
J. C. Deck
K. M. Rhoades
Bluevisle School
H. A.J. Abbott
A. D. Craig
Clyde G. Turner
WV commission grants new phone rates with refunds
The West Virginia Public Service Commission allows Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone to implement new rates starting tomorrow. It requires refunds to subscribers if the Supreme Court voids the postmaster general’s pricing authority, and delays a merit hearing on the increase until the court rules.
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Sharlestton
W. Va
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
United States Supreme Court
Supreme’ Court
Fervenerat
United Navy
County Victory Liberty Loan Meetings Take Hold
County reports show two Victory Liberty Loan meetings successful as interest in the bonds grows. In county districts progress lags but officials expect renewed effort will push them toward their quotas despite slower turnout.
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Iat
Victory Liberty Loan funding the postwar costs
Reports from New York dated May 1 outline how the Victory Liberty Loan will finance demobilization and postwar needs. The plan covers troop transportation, demobilization, veterans’ welfare and training, hospital care, war risk insurance, and civil government expenses totaling billions. Estimates show about 2,320,273,000 for army costs overseas and at home, with ongoing care for 200,000 sick or wounded soldiers and 12,000 in training programs.
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New York
Victory Liberty Loan
France
Liberty Uoans Committee
Belgium
United States
Atlantic
Army
Federal Board For Vécition
Navy
Trin
Eich White
Mayor Urges Jail for Reds in National Appeal
Seattle Mayor Henry Hanson travels to Chicago and St. Louis on a Victory Loan mission while issuing a nationwide call to arrest and deport I W W leaders and punish anarchists. He vows to ban the red flag and to crush disorder amid bomb scare reports, urging all U S mayors to act now.
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Kansas City
United States
St. Louis
Cicago
Victory Loan
Cleveland
Ohio
Boston
Seattle
Hanson
Topeka
Hoon
Urs
I. W. W. Hall
West Virginia Links History and Boundary Affairs
West Virginia, April 30, links history with disputes over debts and border lines with Virginia and Hardy County. A state commission oversees bridge projects across the Potomac and joint efforts with Maryland, while the Legislature names committees and lists lawmakers including Stewart, Barr, Hartin, Gro, Cuppert, Shaw, Rouss and Kuykendall.
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Ssburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Uhis
Potomac River
Maryland
West Virgnia
State Senate
House of ‘Delegates
Edgar B. Stewart
Monongalia County
Milton Barr
Jefferson County
George Hartiin
Grant County
Roy C. Gro
Berkeley County
David B Cup- Pert
Pucker County
LeRoy Shaw
Preston County
Milton Rouss
J. Sloan Kuy
British fears of Britain securing California oil
San Francisco May 1 United States Senator James D Phelan warns that Britain is seeking to acquire California and Mexican oil fields. He telegraphs Secretary Lane from Bakersfield asserting a planned British coup could violate the Monroe Doctrine and threaten U S commerce and naval power via oil control.
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San Francisco
California
United Sites
James D. Phelan
Interior
Franklin D. Lane
Phelan
Bakersfield
Robert Balfour
Balfour, Guthrie and Company
Lane
Great Britain
Mexico
Sir Robert Balfour
United States
Two American soldiers sentenced after desertion in Germany
April 8 report via AP: Two privates who dressed in German uniforms and moved ahead of U S troops in December were court martialed and sentenced to twenty years hard labor for desertion and eight related offenses. They spoke little German and blended with deserters, aiding in looting during their run.
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Associated Press
Army of Denpation
Rhenish Prussia
Germany
Two Americans Captured in Coblenz Incident
Two men, Froderick Rich and Frank Richards, claimed as early American entrants to Coblenz during the Third Army march toward the Rhine, were involved in a theft sting where loot was hidden in a German woman's basement. German police shot Richman during a pursuit, and the Americans, after investigation, chose not to press charges against the officer who fired. American officers then arrived to take custody of the men.
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Froderick Rich
Aan
Frank’ Richards
Coblenz
Rhine
Mill
Richman
Shipyard Workers Rally Against Bolshevik Propaganda
Washington April 20. Industrial shipyard workers denounce Bolshevik and WW agitation in letters, articles, and poems across yard papers. A Shipping Board report calls the mass of criticisms a vigorous Americanism manifesto as labor supports voting against radical propaganda.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Newark
N. J
Submarine Boat Corporation
Lincoln
Compass
Chester
Riverside Review
McDougall-Duluth Company
Duluth
Minn
W. W
Bor
Tinorgan‘d
Moshico
Millie
Ata
Pacific Coast
Wanda
Seattle
G. M. Stan
Diféy Construction Company
Airplanes to Be Used in Novel Ways Across the Nation
New York crowds report Curtiss Airplane and Motor Company will sell several million dollars worth of war surplus aircraft. Between 1000 and 1200 claims will be tapped for sale. Buyers include oil prospectors in Oklahoma and Texas to reach remote claims, a Nebraska physician to visit seven towns, and an Ohio manufacturer to manage a southern cotton plantation using air machines.
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New York
Th Crirtida’ Airplane and Motor Company
Curtiss Airplane Company
Oklahom
Texas
Nebraska
Ohio
Victory Loan meeting raises five thousand at Knottsville
War era enthusiasm marked the Victory Loan gathering at Knottsville last night at Wesly Chapel. Attys Harry Friedman and Guy Allender Rev Waters and Clyde G Turner spoke urging Taylor county to meet its quota to support returning servicemen. The crowd surpassed $3,000 and subscriptions rose toward $9,000 as Mrs Jones 18 Moran offered a musical feature.
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Prunts Éown
P. E. King
Wesley Chapel
Knottsville
H. Waters
Br. J. Guy 4Nender
Wesly Chapel
Harry Friedman
Guy Allender
Rev. Waters
Clyde G. Turner
Taylor ‘County
Taylor County
Water
Tna
Jones
Moran
German Army Cuts to 325000 in Demobilization
Coblenz May 6 American intelligence estimates place the German Army at about 325000 personnel across classes under arms as of May 1 marking the end of demobilization and the start of the Reichswehr reorganization. The figure includes remnants of old units and troops scattered in Germany, with 25000 available for service, plus 140000 on the eastern front, 40000 Luettwitz Corps near Berlin, 40000 Freewillin volunteers elsewhere, and 20000 others not counting home guard or hospital-bound soldiers. Changes to these numbers are possible though officials have not yet commented on a formal ban or policy shift.
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Coblenz
Reichsver
Germany
Arma
Informa
Luettwitz
Berlin
Freewillinser
Home Guard
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Merdall
Hampshigg
Mary
Harcock
Will
Stewart
M. J. Malamphy
Organtown
Hagerstown
Washington, D.C
J. Royston Stifler
Benalter
J. Mitchell
la Pinta
Louis Eppler
Cumberland
Edward M. Tovacy
Leon R. Yourtree
Hartown
Harry H. Tobinson
John H. Shearer
Eawin A. Weimer
Oakland
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