Germans to Sign Uncondtional Peace Treaty in Paris Week
Paris reports indicate Germany will sign the unconditional peace treaty with the allied powers this week in Versailles. Despite German pleas to remove provisions assigning responsibility for the war and a trial for former Kaiser William, the allies insist these terms remain. The George Washington is readied to sail, signaling imminent signing and a final meeting with German plenipotentiaries.
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Paris
Germany
William
Herr Bauer
Versaille
Peace Congress
George Washington
Wilson Ray
France
Tielian
Orlando
Harve
Fergus Falls Tornado Toll Rises Across City
A Fergus Falls tornado killed between 66 and 70 people and injured over 100. State troops began wreckage searches at dawn, with 38 bodies recovered and many feared buried in debris including the Grand Hotel where about 50 were present. Much of the south side near the river is ruined.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Icrnade
Hed River
Armistice Reported in Galicia Polish Ukrainian Clash Ends
A Warsaw dispatch says fighting between Poles and Ukrainians in Galicia and Velhynis has ended with an armistice. An agreement reportedly also settles the Dniester line border, with neither side crossing.
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Galicia
Paris
Velhyenis
Warsaw
Dniester
Rand Science School Raided by State Troops
New York state troops acting for the Lusk committee raided the Rand school for social science at the request of the state attorney general and opened a safe believed to hold written and printed material of a revolutionary nature.
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Rand Science School
New York
Lusk Joint Legislative Committee
Rand School For Social Science
Budapest Leaders Warn Against Capital Removal Plan
At a meeting of the national soviet, Minister of Society Protection Varga and other members argued that the attempt to eliminate the capital from Hungary has pushed the nation toward ruin, urging caution in policy.
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Hungary
Budapest
Protection Varga
National Soviet
Toronto Trolley Strike Sweeps City Streets
Toronto street railway workers have gone on strike demanding a 55 cent hourly wage increase and a standard eight hour day, halting trolley operations across the city.
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Toronto
Toronto Street Railway Company
Germans Sink Last of Fleet in Kiel and Wilhelmshaven
German crews scuttled the remaining warships not surrendered under the armistice. Reports say 12 warships and several destroyers in German waters were sunk by German crew members at Kiel Wilhelmshaven and other ports.
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Weimar
Kiel
Wilthelmshaven
Tere
Entente
Germany rejects treaty terms insisting on immediate League entry
Germany's 60 000 word reply to the peace pact argues the treaty breaches the armistice and enslaves the German people. It demands self determination, opposes extradition of the Kaiser, and offers counter proposals on reparations and territorial adjustments including Alsace Lorraine, Saar, East Prussia, and Poland with a call for an international neutral court for war crime questions.
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Paris
Germany
League of Nations
Committee On Public Information
Count von Brockdorf-Ramzau
Wilson
Saar
Alsace ‘Lorraine
Exkaiser
Holland
Europe
General Biddle Relinquishes Command in England
General Biddle who led American troops in England since US entry has relinquished his command to Colonel Pierce. He will remain in Europe on leave for some time and may visit continental battlefields.
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London
General Biddle
England
United States
Cifronel Pierce
Biddle
Europe
Battlefelds
France orders 506000 tons ships for French flag
Paris June 16 Edward N. Hurley approved orders placed in American shipyards for 506000 tons of merchant ships to operate under the French flag. The action aligns with wartime supply aims and strengthens Franco naval commerce networks.
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Paris
Edward N. Huriey
Peace Terms Are Upheld In Final Reply To Germany
Paris reports the big four delivered the revised peace terms to Germany after long contention over civil administration of Rhine districts. Clemenceau’s covering letter denounces German conduct and insists on a take it or leave it stance with a five day deadline for Germany to respond. The treaty promises League of Nations membership in time and outlines reparations, plebiscites, and territorial adjustments while Danzig is made a free city.
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Saar
France
Prandh
Germany
Schleswig
Denmark
Algace-Lorraine
Sté&Te
Paris
Big Four
Rhine
Tiger
Count v
Ricdoore Sanszau
Peac
Weimar
Ebert
Rantzan
National ‘Assembly
Clemenceau
Gerrmans
Foch
Garman
Clemencenn
League of Nations
Upper Silesia
Kiel Canal
Suez
Panama
West Prussia
Denmrk
Danzig
Poland
Koenigsberg
Georges ‘Clemenceau
Laghes
Eropire
Treviged
Premiex
Europe
Austria
Serbia
Interesting Items of News from Lowe Trafford Summer
A scan of events includes paving and guttering for forty five blocks, Drake University diplomas for one hundred sixty graduates, Spencer land sales at 680 front foot, planned west Marshalltown storm sewers, and revoked citizenship papers for Swan D. Rosendahl. Also noted are a 35 000 to 410 000 dollar city hall project, 200 testimonials for returning soldiers, and various local business and political items across Iowa counties.
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Trafford
Drake University
Spencer
Main Street
Marshalltown
Swan D. Rosendahl
Cedar Rapids
Pat’ Brown
The
Clay County
Elub
Lake Mills
Iowa
Epi
Lowe
Ruth Phillips
Pella “High School
Fe Statey
Wesleyan
Raymond Severson
Onaire
Army Worm Invades Corn Belt Across Illinois
The army worm has invaded central Illinois with widespread damage. Reports describe numerous fields attacked daily from Decatur to Macon County as farmers race to stop the invasion and protect crops.
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Decatur
Illinois
Macon County
Taiddie Western wheat crop harvest likely sufficient
Kansas City report quotes A L Barkman in charge of the federal employment service stating the Taiddie Western wheat crop will not suffer for want of a harvest. The statement comes as a reassurance about labor sufficiency for harvest operations.
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Kansas City
A .L. Barkman
Federal Employment Service
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