Britain’s Expenses Reach Huge Total
In the House of Commons a statement from Chancellor J Austen Chamberlain put April 1 to July 26 expenditure at nearly £4.5 million daily. Sir Laming Worthington Evans outlined pension costs rising to a full year at the current rate and announced new pension scales for totally disabled single men at 40 shillings weekly and for married men at 50 shillings weekly, with proportional increases for children, widows, and dependents of soldiers.
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London
House of Commons
J. Austen Chamberlain
Sir Laming Worthington Evans
Sir Laming
Russians propose Spitzbergen join Norway under peace plan
The Russian commission in Paris tells the peace conference it favors Spitzbergen being given to Norway. It calls for an international convention to protect property rights of people from various nations on the archipelago located in the Arctic between Franz Josef Land and Greenland.
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Paris
Spitzbergen Archipelago
Arctic Ocean
Franz Josefland
Greenland
Spitzbergen
Norway
London Cheered R-34 After Transatlantic Flight
The giant British airship R-34 landed at Pulham Norfolk on July 13 after its first trans Atlantic flight. It left for East Fortune Scotland, the departure point for its return to the United States, and was seen circling London at low altitude, cheered by crowds.
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London
Pulham
Norfolk
East Fortune
Scotland
United States
Salvage Plans For Scapa Flow German Fleet
Walter Hume Long stated in the house of commons that the scuttled German battleship three light cruisers and fifteen destroyers at Scapa Flow are ready for salvage. He noted work is progressing on three additional destroyers and there is no plan for a court of inquiry.
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London
Grand Navy
Scapa Flow
Orkney Islands
House of Commons
Walter Hume Long
Admiralty
Aviator Ro land Rhh Sets U S Altitude Mark
Ro land Rhh, civilian aviator, flying a Curtiss wasp bi plane, reached 30 700 feet in a Roosevelt Field flight setting a new American altitude record though not surpassing the world record of 33 136 feet by Adjutant Casale of the French army from Villa Coublay last June.
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Mineola
Roland R
Roosevelt Field
Adjutant Casale
Villa Coublay
Peace Proposals Not Given Lenine Denied in Commons
In London Andrew Bonar Law denied Liberal claims that Sir Phillip Kerr shared a memorandum of peace proposals with Bolshevik Lenine via William Bullitt. Law stated Lloyd George did not know of Bullitt’s mission to Russia until Bullitt’s return and that no memorandum was given.
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London
Phillip Kerr
Lloyd George
Lenine
Wm. C. Bullitt
United States
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Jeader
Bonar Law
Bullitt
Russia
You Should Stay Clear Of The Other Fellow
A brief maxim frames advice to steer clear of the rival or competing person. The note emphasizes avoiding direct confrontation and keeping safe distance in crowded or tense situations.
Government Plan For Marketing Crop 1919 Wheat
The government announces a board to buy and market the 1919 wheat crop with cash advances to farmers on sale, export sale by the board, and a surplus sharing system among original sellers. It aims to fix prices, prevent profiteering, and ensure rapid movement of wheat to market while protecting domestic flour costs.
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Ottawa
Canada
Europe
U.S
Fort William
Board of Grain Supervisors
Tornado Hits New Brunswick farms and towns
A violent electrical storm and wind swept through New Brunswick including Carleton county near Florenceville and Centreville. Eleven barns were razed and a warehouse at East Florence belonging to B F Smith and Company Limited was destroyed. Trees, poles, and hay wagons were scattered as the storm widened to about a quarter mile.
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Frederickton
N.B
New Brunswick
Carleton County
Florenceville
Centreville
East Florence
B. F. Smith and Company, Limited
Marshal Foch Welcomed London for Freedom of the City
Marshal Foch was given an enthusiastic welcome in London as he rode from the Carlton to Guildhall with General Weygand. The ceremony, attended by Prince Arthur of Connaught and other dignitaries, bestowed the freedom of the city and the sword of honor while Foch praised British soldiers and industrial effort and recalled Allied war efforts in 1918.
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London
Marshal Foch
Weygand
Carlton Hotel
Guildhall
Foch
Prince Arthur of
Haig
Britain
Meuse
Rhine
Congress Is Peeved Over French Treaty Debate
President Wilson discussed the German peace treaty with four Republican senators who oppose the League of Nations as ratification efforts begin. Debate centers on entangling alliances and Congress's power to declare war, with criticism that the pact could limit future Congress decisions on war or peace.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
League of Nations
Senate
Committee
France
Congress
Proof Of Seditious Conspiracy Winnipeg
Court heard letters seized by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg read at the preliminary hearing of eight labor leaders. The letters discuss force, riots, revolutions and an organized push to seize government, with reference to unemployment demonstrations and Bolshevik ideas.
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Winnipeg
Calgary
Socialist Party of Canada
United Mine Workers of America
Toronto
R. B . Russell
Russia
R. B. Russell
R.N.W.M.P
Vancouver
Edmonton
Race Riots Bring Military Rule to Chicago
Chicago endured race riots with Governor Lowden calling in State troops and Mayor Thompson requesting protection. A three mile by three mile red zone was set around the South Side black belt with searches for weapons and restricted passage. Incendiary attacks rose as railroad lines and deliveries faced obstruction while Negro leaders warned of hunger amid supply fears.
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Chicago
Lowden
Thompson
122Nd Street
55Th Street
Michigan Boulevard
Wenworth Avenue
New York Central Railroad
Dickson
Black Belt
Demand For Harvest Help Winnipeg
Manitoba harvest labor demands rise as 10 000 workers needed across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. J A Bowman provincial employment service superintendent warns unemployed men delay for six dollar day harvest pay and two thirds workload. Returned servicemen are prominent among workers sent to farms. 400 to 600 men to Manitoba will be allocated.
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Winnipeg
J. A. Bowman
Employment Service of Canada
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Bowman
Victory Loan Total Reaches 767.8 Million in Britain
In the house of commons Chancellor J Austen Chamberlain announced the victory loan raised 767.8 million pounds. The figure surpasses the prior total by 59.809 million pounds.
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London
House of Commons
J. Austen Chamberlain
Thoughts Travel Fast Yet People’s Thoughts Remain
A compact reflection notes that ideas spread quickly while individuals may keep personal thoughts private. The line contrasts swift information flow with enduring private mindset and social dynamics.
Industrial unrest threatens Britain and peace talks in Paris
The report discusses Bulgaria seeking favorable terms in Paris over Dobrudja and Macedonia while Britain faces mounting industrial unrest risking temporary disaster for commerce. Police strikes, rail and mine workers, and the triple alliance threaten national programs and potential political upheaval as the government resists union demands.
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London
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Liverpool
Bakers
Triple Alliance
E. Shortt
Yorkshire Miners Ignore Leaders
Leaders refused the government's formula and the Miners Federation decision to return to work, leaving the Leeds conference deadlocked. No resumption plan was announced and the outlook is serious for ending the coal strike.
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London
Leeds
Miners’ Federation
French Bond Sale Planned in New York Market
French finance minister Louis Klotz shapes a deal with a U S banking group led by J P Morgan for selling French treasury bonds in New York at sixty and ninety days. The issue totals 50 million dollars with a U S treasury department check.
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Paris
Louis Klotz
United States
J. P. Morgan and Company
New York
Treasury
United States Treasury Department
Submarine G-2 Sinks in Long Island Sound
The U S submarine G-2, listed as obsolete and used for experiments, sank with open hatches off Pleasure Beach in Waterford Bay. Two of its eight crew were drowned. the remaining six, all from New London, were rescued.
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U.S
New London
Conn
US S
Long Island Sound
Pleasure Beach
Waterford Bay
Dominion Loan Helps Canada Buy Crops and Goods
Sir Thomas White reports that since September Great Britain received $167,000,000 in government credits for last year’s wheat and about $25,000,000 for other foods and $12,000,000 for timber. The Victory loan funds enabled extension credits for these purchases, crucial to postwar prosperity. It isn’t the frame that matters, it’s the picture within it.
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Thomas White
Ottawa
Sir Thomas White
Great Britain
Canada
Dominion
Peace Will Be Ratified This Month
Reports indicate the German peace treaty moves toward ratification with August discussions in Paris. Germany has arranged refined copper shipments for manufacturing needs, while Montana grinds forward as the state senate ratifies the federal suffrage amendment.
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Helena
Mont
Montana State Senate
House
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Japan
England
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Arctic
Sofia
Bulgaria
Dobrudja
Macedonia
New Dominion Loan
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