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Newspaper
Grand Forks Herald
Location
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1919
Page
1
Dispatches from Paris describe Allied talks on occupying Foe City beyond the zone of occupation. Reports from Copenhagen state British troops seized Dunseldorf amid Spartacan resistance. Berlin reports detail a brutal seizure of the Kreuz Zeitung plant and Vorwaerts building with hundreds imprisoned.
World news briefs report Polish pianist and statesman Ignace Jan Paderewski was shot and slightly wounded when a gunman entered his hotel room in Warsaw. The attacker was apprehended and no further details were released.
President Wilson appeals to Congress for 100 million dollars in European food relief. Henry White warns Bolshevism advances westward and can only be checked by sustenance, not force. White says Russia Poland Germany are under Bolshevik control and urges immediate approval to enable the peace conference.
Wireless reports from Halifax detail the rescue of 44 crew members from the US ship Catalin after it sank off the coast early Saturday. One officer is reported drowned, and another crewman perished during the incident.
New York Jan 13 The national war labor board decided to find for harbormen despite owners opposition. Taft presiding announced the finding would be a recommendation that harbor owners comply with the board on living wage and an eight hour day. The board would begin testimony at 3 pm with Hutcheson Wilkison and M Michael Perkins appointed to conduct the inquiry.
Reports from Buenos Aires and Montevideo describe strong government action against Bolshevik supporters amid local strikes. Civilian guards patrol Cerro district as 160 suspects are detained, including individuals in top police and presidential offices. In Washington the government weighs commandeering private harbor boats after a labor dispute. Violence spreads with shootings and a hotel plot thwarted, while strikes disrupt transport in Rosario and Fort Worth.
In Binmarck North Dakota on January 13 the Nonpartisan league's legislative caucus won a parliamentary victory by gagging the minority and moving to reconsider O Connor s motion to refer the revolution to the committee of the whole. Townley and allies push for immediate passage and sending to the senate. Representative Dell Patterson leaders the revolt against minority objections, arguing for ratification and swift action.
Paris reports the inter Allied conference weighs China representation while debates over troop roles in Poland and Russia unfold. The United States resists enlarging free forces and aims to build a League of Nations with broad peace principles amid varied Allied positions.
In Batavia New York officials probe a collision that killed 21 aboard the South Byron wreck yesterday. Thirteen bodies remain unidentified in local undertakings as investigators seek cause and surviving passenger details. Names include Franklin Leonard of Bear Lake Michigan and Ballard Jones of New York City among the identified dead.
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