League Critics Confident After Counting Noses
The Republican majority on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee moves to attach reservations to the League of Nations covenant as part of ratification. Delegates report near unanimity among Republicans, with several Democrats likely to support reservations, and a push to strike the Shantung provision from Japan.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League
Moses
Foreign Relations Committee
Reid
Gore
Myers
Montana
Walsh
Massachusetts
King
Utah
Wood
Alabama
Ashurst
Arizona
Phelan
California
League of Nations
United States
Ods
Borah
Johnson
Fall
Brandeeges
Poindexter
Poinmdexter
Senate
Knox
Shantung Peninsula
Japan
Foreign Relations
Bobu Hoot
Ledge
Root
Shipping Board offers wage rise to end ship strike
The Shipping Board announced concessions to end the steamship workers strike, proposing a 10 percent wage increase for deck officers and engine room staff, eight hour port days, and no immediate three watch system for deck crews. Training boys receive $40, and stewards gain $15 plus $10 for others. joint grievance committees will interpret rules. negotiations continue with unions and ship operators.
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New York Times
Washington
Atlantic
Gulf
Shipping Board
Iastern Seaboard
Raymond B. Stevens
Edward N. Hurley
Oscar Carlson
Marine Firemen, Oilers and Water Tenders
Carlson
Burling Slip
New York
Hboard
Gulf Ports
Hines
Congress fights to repeal wartime ban on beer and wine
Wet leaders marshal forces to repeal wartime prohibition in the House. They seek a joint resolution authorizing the President to lift the ban on beer and wines before demobilization ends, with further debates on intoxicant definitions and enforcement rules as the bill moves toward passage.
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George S. Graham
Pennsylvania
Judiciary Committee
Australian Seamen's Strike Ties Up Melbourne and Sydney
Melbourne and Sydney ports are largely shut by a seamen strike that began in Queensland and spread through Victoria and New South Wales. The New South Wales Government orders a secret ballot on continuing the strike while the union favors arbitration. Queensland seeks chartered cargo ships to ease shortages but Acting Prime Minister Watt delays consent pending conferences in Melbourne.
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Melbourne
Australia
Sydney
Queensland
Victoria
New South
New South Wales
Watt
Allies Refuse Talks With Kan Until Armistice Terms Are Met
Paris July 13 allied and associated powers refuse to parley with Bela Kan until he satisfies armistice conditions. Vienna July 11 suggests Count Michael Karoly as a compromise president, though he opposes Peace Conference territorial changes and would not lead under current borders. Reportedly Communists smuggle funds out of Hungary using planes and cars to buy contraband.
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Paris
Bela Kan
Vienna
Associated Press
Hungary
Michael Karoly
Massacre in Fiume Drives Allied Tensions Uncovered
Eyewitness account by Thomas Stewart Ryan reports Italian troops and sailors attacking French forces in Fiume on July 6. He recounts Italian officers ordering to load and charge, French guards provoked by no provocation, and combat near Piazza Regina Elena as a wounded French colonial soldier lies amid rioters.
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Chicago Tribune Co
Paris
Fiume
Lam
France
Italy
Abbazia
Savy
Giovanni Giumani
America
Grazioli
Dante
Piazza Regina Elene
Quais
Red Cross
Airship K-34 Delivers New York Times Mail to London
King George receives mail from America via the airship K-34 with copies of The New York Times and Times Magazine. Officials and dignitaries, including Lloyd George and Earl Reading, monitor the arrival at Buckingham Palace and The Chequers. Newspapers praise airship mail as a potential future transatlantic service.
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America
Wilson
New York
New York Times
Buckingham Palace
Wigram
Lloyd George
Criccieth
Wales
Special Courier
Earl Reading
United States
Lord Lee
Earl of Reading
Mr. Davis
Hempstead
Long Island
Tondor
Pulham
Post Office
Air Ministry
London
Lord Northcliffe
Alcock
The
Chronicle
Atlantic
Rechange Ad Listing for Menten Y Steck at 71 Broadway
Classified ad fragment notes continued on page three for TIARTSHORNE FALES & CO. listing Menten Y Steck Rechange located at 71 Broadway.
Prize Air Contests Offer Record Sums Across Continents
Atlantic City reports twelve upcoming aerial events organized by the Aerial League of America and the Aero Club of France. Prizes total about $642,000 with events from New York to Paris, including a New York to Paris flight for $25,000 and a transpacific flight for $50,000.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
Henry Woodhouse
Aerial League of America
United States
Canada
Central and
South America
Aero Club of France
Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe
Portugal
Brazil
England
Septemb
Airship R-34 Returns Home From Atlantic Voyage
The R-34 lands at Pulham after a 75 hour Atlantic crossing from Long Island. Major Scott and crew receive congratulations from King and Air Ministry officials. Aboard were the mascot cat and official pigeon. one pigeon lost at sea en route. The voyage proves airship ocean travel possible and boosts Anglo American friendship.
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Pulham
England
Maitland
Bond Street
Boothby
Air Ministry
Scott
Tabby Cat
Atlantic
New York
Durrant
Clifden
Ireland
East Fortune
Putnam
General Maitland
Broadway
Long Island
Dirigible Flight Report Highlights Fog and Distance
A historic airship voyage covered 800 miles in the first eight hours, yet the return trip was marred by dense fog causing a 24 hour delay. The crew logged a 75 hour total trip time with significant weather challenges and endurance.
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Major Scott
Scott
New York
Broadway
Newfoundland
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