Hoover Tennig Ball in Warm Senate Debate
In a heated opening of the House appropriation fight for 100 million dollars in European famine relief, Senator Hitchcock urged passage as a peace measure and warned against repudiating allies. Johnson and Borah clashed over layoffs, profits, and Hoover’s role, while Hoover denied packing-house bias and defended wartime food controls amid skepticism from Cummins and Smoot.
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Washington
House
Wilson
Hitchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Hoover
Europe
Supreme War Council
America
Johnson
Jones
Hanson
Seattle
Wash
California
Telegrama
Borah
Cummins
Congress
Cummina
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Utah
United Press
Paris
Herbert Hoover
United States Senate
Chicago
Mail
Swift & Company
Food Administration
Stock dividend ruling on tax status in 1916 law
J. M. Mayer ruled that stock dividends are subject to federal income tax under the 1916 income tax law. A separate item notes a restoration order concerning rice and war trade measures dated January 23.
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Associated Press
York
United States
J. M. Mayer
Many Transports Depart for America From Europe
Washington reports numerous units aboard transports bound for American ports. The Martha Washington sails from Brest for Newport News with 20 officers and 1 981 men. La Lorraine, Bordeaux, carries 88th division detachments to be discharged at Camp Dodge. Scranton, St Nazaire, carries three casual officers to New York. Orizaba returns 2 568 troops to the United States with 380 sick or wounded. The Connecticut and Mallory are due with troops and wounded. The 27th division of the New York National Guard is ordered assembled for convoy home from France, with the 30th and 37th divisions likely to follow.
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Martha Washington
Brest
Newport News
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Bordeaux
New York
Camp Dodge
339Th Field Artillery
Missouri
Scranton
St. Nazaire
Orizaba
Signal, Corps, Chemical Warfare Service
Army
Mercy
France
Connecticut
Mallory
327Th Field Artillery
Washington
New York National Guard
Bolshevists Kill Russian Officers Reported
A Russian army physician Doctor Endokunoff says 750 officers from the Russian army 950 from a prison camp at Gnadenfrei and 400 from Nolese were shot by Bolshevists on January 2 as they neared the Prussian frontier. German sailors and soldiers with the prisoners corroborated the claim. The report, he said, had reached the Danish foreign office.
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Copenhagen
Berlinske Tidende
Endokunoff
Gnadgafrei
Kunoff
Gnadenfrei
Nolese
Bolsheviata
Aear
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Intermountain Shipments Suits Denied by I C C
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied two million dollar claims by Spokane area shippers against transcontinental railroads. The suits followed a ruling that broad rate structures discriminated against Spokane and other Intermountain points.
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Washington
Spokane, Wash
Vicinity
Interstate Commitree Commission
Spokane
Berlin Strikes Dark City as Electric Workers Walk Out
Berlin, Jan 21. The capital of Germany faced a citywide transportation blackout as electric power employees went on strike. All streetcars halted, many large restaurants closed, others dimly lit by gas, and the government cut telephone service in the commercial district.
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United Press
Berlin
United States to Acquire German Liners for Troop Repatriation
Paris reports that the United States will use German Lloyd liners for repatriating American troops. German ships seized at U.S. entry will be remunerated and returned after peace. Britain, France, and Italy receive other German ships for troop movement and supply transport. A civilian-led transfer plan to be finalized at Spa talks next week.
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United Press
Paris
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Spa
Death of Emperor Postpones Korean Japanese Wedding
United Press reports the death of Grand Prince Yi, emperor of Korea, on January 21 postpones the marriage of Prince Yi and Princess Mashimoto of Japan. The union would join two imperial houses and affect regional alliances. The incident promises to shape royal dynastic plans amid mourning and state announcements.
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United Press
Tokyo
Prince Yi
Korea
Mashimoto
Japan
Single Yank Prisoner Now Remains in Germany
A. P. report from Berlin dated January 23 states only one American prisoner remains in Germany. He is at Stuttgart and too ill to be moved at present.
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Germany
Associated Press
Berlin
Associated Presse
Stuttgart
Irish temporary government formed amid election plans
Dublin reports a temporary Irish premier and four ministers chosen, with a temporary chairman and 24 deputies at a secret Sinn Fein session. An official Gaelic communique notes a cabinet with a constitution enabling a premier to appoint or remove key ministers and nationwide election plans to follow.
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England
United Press
Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Uns
Sinn
Portugal Clamps Down As Monarchist Uprising Persists
A Madrid wireless dispatch cites a Vigo telegram saying the monarchist movement in Portugal has grown more serious while Lisbon reports the government is near quelling the revolt. The Lisbon Journal says heavy fines are imposed on Oporto Viseu and Braga districts for daily rebellion.
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Associated Press
Paris
Portugal
Madrid
Lisbon
Oporto
Vizeu
Hraga
Rout of Bolsheviats After Narva Reported
Esthonian officials claim a complete rout of Bolsheviats after Narva. Advance guards now 76 miles from Petrograd and capturing prisoners and munitions. Bathonians plan to push toward Luga and Pilusa rivers to encircle Petrograd.
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London
Narva
Helsingfora
Daily Mail
Petrograd
Luga
Pilusa
Pukev
Approval of Naval Program by Committee Adopts Plan
By Associated Press in Washington the naval committee approved a plan for a 226000 man naval force with officers for the year beginning July. The vote approved the naval appropriation bill and the committee will complete its report. The Bonnetlinkt Bonnetlinkt was unanimous, though the force is 25000 below Secretary Daniels' recommendation.
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Associated Prosa
Washington
Daniels
Con Breve
Navy Offieldis
Gerard views on Germanys future from former ambassador
New York January 23 former Ambassador James W Gerard weighs Germanys postwar policy He predicts a very democratic government perhaps led by a figurehead president with a cabinet responsible to parliament and notes Prussia will likely split into smaller states He says the coalition question may resolve in days and that Germany may cause more trouble abroad in the next decade.
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United Press
New York
Germany
James W. Gerard
Gerard
Poincare
France
Prussia
National Assembly
Permanent State Defense Council urged by national group
The council of national defense through state and territorial committees urged states to legislate for a permanent nonpartisan community organization led by state leaders to replace the wartime system. Governor Clarkson announced the proposal, recommending commissions drawn from education, agriculture, and labor to oversee the effort.
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Asociated Press
New York
Council of National Defense
State and Territorial Council
Woman's Committee
B. Clarkson
United States Council of National Defense
Clarkson
America
German peace army authority shifts to minister of war
Amsterdam January 23 The supreme command of the German peace army moves from the people's commissioners to the minister of war who will answer to the government The soldiers and workers council approves the transfer and retains responsibility for social and economic army regulations Officers will wear a dark blue stripe on the left sleeve All other distinguishing marks are abolished The obligation to salute reciprocal has been abolished in large cities
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Amsterdam
Russian War Order Demands Petrograd Surrender
London dispatch reports Leon Trotaky the Russian war minister ordering Zinovieff the Petrograd governor to surrender the city without a fight if attacked by Russian forces, signaling a planned capitulation rather than a defense.
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Associated Prose
London
Leon Trotaky
Zinovieff
Petrograd
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