Adoption of Knox Resolution Sparks Senate Clash
Washington reports the Knox resolution on the League of Nations and peace treaty draws senate opposition led by Senator Thomas of Colorado who calls it improper and unwise. Senator Spencer proposes Monroe Doctrine safeguards. debate over senate power in treaty making and party lines intensifies as Brig. Gen Amos Fries receives the French Legion of Honor.
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Spencer
Missouri
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Filel
Peace Congress
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Committee On Foreign Relations
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Ohio
Williams
Mississippi
Marshall
Moses
New Hampshire
Williames
McCumber
North Dakota
McCormick
Tllinois
Amos A. Fries
Chemical Warfare Service
Senate Passes Telegraph and Cable Return Measure
Washington reports the Senate approved by a record vote a bill to return telegraph and cable properties to private control and repeal the prior law that had taken those assets. The action follows extensive debate and marks a shift toward privatization of telecommunications.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Moves to Ratify Woman Suffrage
A mid-20th century report notes Pennsylvania lawmakers ratifying suffrage. The article mentions the state’s action being sent to the House after approval by the Senate and references federal commissioners. The piece emphasizes the momentum for constitutional change.
Daniels Fights For Separate Aerospace Services
Washington reports the Senate naval committee hearing on aviation funding where Daniels argues for increasing the appropriation from 16 to 35 and contends naval aviation should remain a distinct service within the Navy, warning that merging with the bureau would weaken the entire field and citing aircrafts as essential as destroyers or submarines.
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Aynate Naval Committee
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Naval Aviation
Navy Department
Bureau of Naval Ordnance
German sentiment shifts toward peace treaty
German views on the peace treaty appear more favorable as Weimar reports show the majority Socialists leaning toward acceptance while clericals and left Democrats swing toward agreement. Berlin notes residents resigned to seeing the treaty approved soon, though rumors in London claim a British fleet may be ready for action. Efforts to adjust rail links between Florence and Trieste continue amid unsettled political dynamics.
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Weaimar
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German Republic
Berlin
London
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Kiel
Flame
Triest
Viscount Northcliffe
Troop Ships Arriving
Troop ships arriving report confusion in the harbor as identifiers appear garbled. The text mentions Brest and references troop movements, with unclear names and dates.
Eight Hour Mail Service Between Chicago and New York
Chicago announces an eight hour mail service between New York and Chicago starting tomorrow. The chief Oliver Sprou of the Chicago bureau of aerial mail says the first plane will depart New York at 9 am and reach Chicago at 1 pm with 400 pounds of mail. The schedule trims the round trip to one day, with the return flight leaving Chicago at 6 am and arriving in New York at 2 pm.
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Chicago
New York
Oliver J. Sprou
Wood Praises American Troops at Penn Commencement
General Leonard Wood spoke at the University of Pennsylvania commencement in Philadelphia on June 19. Eight hundred eleven graduates were named, including twenty veterans of the class of 1919 who earned degrees posthumously for their service. Wood urged national unity and a strong American spirit, stressing cooperation between labor and capital and support for sound business to ensure prosperity.
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Leonard Wood
University of Pennsylvania
Europe
University of Pennsy
Wood
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Postpone Flight of British Air Machine for Time
London June 19 The flight of the British airplane R 34 to America is definitely postponed until Germany decides what she intends to do regarding the peace terms.
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London
America
Germany
Poiden
Hearing Set For Winnipeg Strike Leaders Friday
Federal and provincial officials meet as eleven strike leaders at Stony Mountain prison prepare for hearings on sedition charges. A special immigration act board will preside as hearings aim to curb conspiracies to undermine the government. Streetcar service in Winnipeg improves with nineteen cars in operation and service expanding to St Boniface across the Red River.
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Dome
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Dominion
Act
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Man
T. J. Murray
Stony Mountain Prison
A. J. Andrews
A. W. Perry
Brearne
Royal Northwest United Police
Ilee OY
St. Boniface
Red River
Winnipes
Arnold Income Tax Bill Killed in Wisconsin Legislature
Madison Wis June 19 The Arnold Income tax bill raising income tax rates in the state about 25 percent was killed in the Wisconsin lower house by a 62 to 27 vote. A reconsideration motion was entered and the bill will face final disposition on Saturday or Tuesday. No amendments were offered and little discussion occurred.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Measure debate ends as Coe seeks pit aid
In Superior Wisconsin on June 19 the measure faced a shutdown of debate. Coe pressed for action on the pit Mplayed and warned the $15,000,000 d it bonus measure might be paused. He urged large income taxpayers to bear part of the burden. The Lutheran Brethren church convention in Neosion decided against expanding missionary ranks next year. It authorized one or two Bible school buildings in Grand Forks North Dakota and began a fund for the denomination's needy.
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Superior
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Lutheran Brethren Church Convention
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Grand Forks
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Lodge Urges America to Stand Firm for Peace at Harvard
U S Senator Lodge in Cambridge outlines postwar goals in a Harvard address. He urges destruction of Germany's war power as key to world peace and warns Bolshevik rule in Russia threatens reforms. He cautions against glittering impossibilities and stresses American primacy and cautious evolution toward peace.
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Mass
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America
Germany
Russia
United States
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations
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Rome
Allies optimistic as Germans may sign peace pact
Paris June 19 delegates express general opinion that Germany will sign the treaty. American delegates hope for favorable terms while news from Germany is viewed as unfriendly. Foreign ministers discuss a Danzig intercommission with League of Nations handover and possible Polish autonomy on Ukrainian border. A plebiscite plan for Klagenfurt is considered to address Yugoslav and Austrian concerns.
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Inter- Commission
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Poland
Hayes
Council of Foreign Ministers
Whils
League of
Echo de Paris
Austria
Klagenfurt
Francia P. Gravan Named Special Assistant to AG
Francia P. Gravan former alien property custodian has been named Special assistant to the attorney general to oversee all investigation work and criminal prosecutions for the department of justice dedicating time to anarchist plots and related cases.
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Francia P. Gravan
Department of Justice
Prevention of Mine Accidents Conference Opens in Duluth
Duluth Minnesota June 19 The Lake Superior Mine Accident Preventive and Safety Conference opens to discuss accident prevention and miner welfare. Delegates from Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota will hear talks by E A Orley Frank Morse and others. A tour by automobile will cover Hibbing Eye leth Virginia Two Harbors and return to Duluth.
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Minn
Discumaon
Lake Superior
Maha
Nafetyens
Michigan
Wisconos Ehrf
Mintre
University of Minnesota
Hibbing
Eyeleth
Virginia
A. H. Fay
Bureau of Mines
Washington
B. O. Pickard
Jared
Ford Denies Taciturn Stand For Seconds Tod
Mount Clamens palek Jun Henry Ford is referenced in a Tribune report in New York over a letter thanking him. The article notes Ford's statements and a Delavigne letter introduced by Attorney Bievenson for the Tribune. Counsel says Ford had no knowledge of a prior Barliar remark about pacifists.
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Henry Ford
Tribune
St ‘Bel
Henry A. Wise
New York
Ford
Wood
Delavigne
Bievenson
Troop Transports Arrive at New York Harbor
Six ships landed a total of fourteen thousand nine hundred twenty five troops from French ports in New York. The Prinz Frederick Wilhelm carried two thousand six hundred twenty two men, followed by the Panaman two thousand one hundred eleven, the South Bend two thousand two hundred seventy, the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria five thousand four hundred eighty five, and the Great Northern three thousand four hundred fifty one. Lieutenant Commander E. A. Fee performed appendectomies on Corporal James Burke and Private Richard L. Belmar, with an operation for knee infection on Private William Overton. all are convalescing.
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South Bend
E. A. Fee
San Francisco
James Burke
la Croeme
Wis
Richard L. Belmar
Rowe
West Virginia
William Overton
la Cros
Devastated Belgium Region Visited by Wilson and Party
A derelict Belgium region receives a high level visit as President Wilson and party tour the damaged areas. The delegation meets local leaders including Klan cabinet and Cardinal Merc ier, amid diplomatic efforts and relief coordination.
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