Allies Await Invites as Berlin Discusses Reparations Note
London reports deny Germany sent new reparations offer. Berlin cabinet weighing Secretary Hughes note while Washington debates U S participation in the reparations council. Officials seek official text to gauge American stance and possible unofficial observers.
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Supreme Council
Conference of Ambassadors
Express Company Plans Revision Of Wage Schedule
The American Railway Express company notified 80,000 employees that a wage schedule revision would take effect June 1. It also announced a planned revision of hours of service and working conditions to start July 1. The notice was issued in New York on May 4.
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American Railway Express Company
Ito
Survivors From Burned Ship Reach Seattle
Forty three survivors of the Japanese freighter Tokuyo Maru, burned off the Oregon coast, arrived in Seattle amid shock and exposure. Eight lives were lost, one body recovered. the Buford transported survivors, telling dramatic escape stories amid explosions and flames.
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Tourist Fares in Wisconsin Reduced for Northern Resorts
Chicago May 4 Representing railroads serving Wisconsin announce a fare cut from 1 6 to 2 1 2 cents per mile for tourist travel to northern Wisconsin summer resorts. The reduction mirrors a similar decrease to northern Michigan points. Ottawa May 4 Gold vein discovered near Kazubauzua in Gatineau district draws Ottawa residents to stake claims. Provincial labs in Montreal indicate gold ore deposits valued at $810 per ton based on assay of warmples.
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Senate Fights Over Navy Bill Predicted In Washington
Washington May 4 An impending Senate fight over the administration’s plan to defer action on naval disarmament was forecast as Senator Borah Republican Idaho reintroduced a resolution to authorize and request a disarmament conference with Britain and Japan. He moved to suspend Senate rules to speed passage and other disarmament advocates planned to press the issue.
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Baseball National League score fragment recap
Incomplete baseball report shows Philadelphia and Boston with partial innings and runs, plus scattered names Meadows Braggy Fillingim Gowdy Brooklyn New York Chicago and others amid garbled text and a rain note. The fragment includes hints of pitchers Ructher Miller Ryan Snyder and Hargrave Freeman O Farcen, with unclear outcomes.
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Allied council invites US to reparations body
Briefs from London Washington Dublin Dublin reports Sinn Fein appeal for votes Eamonn de Valera asks Irish to back Sinn Fein for parliament New York finds the body of Mrs Anstie Frankin in the harbor and butter prices slide to 37 cents per pound Washington taxes show March declines of 139 million dollars in income and excess profits.
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Sinn Fein
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Ansistie Frankin
New York Harbor
Washington
Landis denies resignation from federal bench
Chicago May 4 Judge Kenesaw M Landis in a formal statement denied reports that he resigned from the federal bench to devote more time to his baseball commissioner post. He said he has not resigned and has not spoken to imply resignation. Rumors followed Judiciary committee action endorsing a bill restricting judges from pecuniary gain while on the bench. Landis noted talks with Charles Nagel about purchasing chairs from the federal building but offered no reason for retirement timing beyond June.
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Kenesaw M. Landis
Tolaay
Senated Judiciary Committee
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Landis
Charles Nagel
Cumodian
Federal Building
Nagel
Insurrection spreads in Upper Silesia districts
The insurrectionary movement in Upper Silesia expanded through Beuthen Pless Rybnik and Tarnowitz. Polish fighting groups reportedly seized Kattowitz and nearby towns after machine gun duels with Germans, then French troops imposed control. Eight Poles were killed and 16 wounded in clashes as Poles sought districts along the Polish frontier before Uster Allied commission restored calm.
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Pless
Rybnik
Tarnowitz
Kattowitz
Ninety Moros Killed by Philippine Officers in Sulu
Philippine constabulary reports say a detachment killed ninety Moros including Marajah Cantong near Taglibi in Sulu, about 500 miles from Manila, in an engagement that Sunday. Adviers received at headquarters confirm the toll and identify a religious fanatic leader among the dead.
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Marajah Cntong
Philippine Constabulary
Taglibi
Sulu
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Constabulary
Senate Committee Increases Navy Appropriation Bill
Washington May 4 The naval appropriation bill was increased from 394000000 to 496500000 today by Abe senate naval committees and ordered reported to the senate in nearly the same form as it passed last March. Ailee Mareau recommended amendments by Senator Boreh of Idaho for a naval disarmament conference but were rejected.
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Senate
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House
David H. Blair
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Abe
Ailee Mereeau
Boreh
Idaho
Ship Workers Strike May Be Prolonged
Washington reports on May 4 that a direct settlement of the shipping wage dispute looked unlikely after a conference among Secretary Davis, Secretary Hoover, and representatives of the Shipping Board and steamship owners. Davis planned further talks with union spokesmen as both sides hold firm on wage cuts and related questions while the Shipping Board maintains the 13 percent wage reduction order issued by Chairman Benson last Saturday.
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Shipping Board
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Lauck Urges Higher Wages for Railroad Workers
Chicago May 4 Wages of unskilled railroad workers should rise and not fall as cost of living and pay in other industries set the baseline for railway pay W Jett Lauck consulting economist for the unions told the railroad labor board during the hearing noting railroad figures showing declines in living costs and lower industry wages mislead and cost of living figures based on wholesale prices should not be used by the board.
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W. Jett Lauck
Railroad Labor Board
Six Boys Charged With Looting Cars to Be Tried Thursday
Six youths charged with looting box cars in the Great Northern yards will be arraigned before Police Magistrate K T Purcell on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. They had been arraigned yesterday but their case was continued to tomorrow.
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Bove
Clothing Industry Investigation Urged by Senate Panel
Washington May 4 Senator Reher Republican Idaho introduced today a resolution urging a senate labor committee to investigate the clothing industry for abuses and possible hate acts amid wartime shortages and labor tensions. The text references a broad inquiry into practices and conditions affecting workers and product quality.
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Senate
Rerah
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Dalton Jury Discharged After 24 Hour Deliberation
The jury in the case of William Dalton, a 16 year old bank clerk, disagreed after nearly a day of deliberation and was discharged. The judge eyed a new trial date. Dalton testified he could not resist the bonds as it was easy to steal a package worth $772,000 from Northern Trust.
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William Dalton
Northern Trust Company
Charles A. McDonald
Dalton
Terworth
Senate panel to probe railroad costs and repairs plan
Washington on May 4 reports the Senate Investigating committee will study higher railroad operating costs and the use of outside firms for repairs when it meets May 10. Chairman Cummins said managers will be asked why operating costs last year rose to about six billion dollars, up one billion. New York on May 4 notes the Federal Reserve Bank cut its rediscount rate from 7 to 6 1/2 percent while rates on government securities and bankers' acceptances stay unchanged.
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Senate
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New York Federal Reserve Bank Today
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Job Printers Strike Shows Little Change Across Cities
Indianapolis reports printers firm on a 44 hour week as unions claim under 10,000 out nationwide. Chicago says employers largely pat, with most city reports indicating 1,118 out of 125 cities and 5,589 workers affected. Fargo Duluth Winona St Cloud and Chicago arbitration board details outline weekly wage reductions and 48 hour standards amid ongoing disputes.
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International ‘Typographics’ Union
Unnion
J. W. Hays
International Union
Chicago
J. M. Vollmer
National
St. Cloud
Minn
Unilon
Extires
W. Meet not interfered with by arrests at LW convention
Chicago May 4 Four score Industrial Workers of the World have been sentenced to prison for wartime conspiracies against the government. LW officials say the thirteenth national convention will proceed in Chicago May 9 as planned. Roy Brown chairs the national executive council and leads convention plans.
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Roy Brown
National Executive Council
Extradition Fight Ties Omaha Robbery Suspect in Canada
William Mayer alias William Conney alias J Burns of Omaha Nebraska was arrested in Minot charged with involvement in a Saskatchewan liquor wholesale house robbery. Three Omaha men MacCoy Enright and Hoga armated in Butte Montana are also linked. Extradition battles led by counsel H Sinkler and Will fight extradition.
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