Peacemakers Begin Work on New Map of Europe
Albany January 23 after a five hour debate the New York Assembly ratified the Federal prohibition amendment by 81 to 66 with eleven Republicans joining Democrats and Socialists against the measure a Republican caucus decision preceded the vote and the Senate may act next week remarks taunted Republicans for following party whip and for supporting a dry amendment.
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Europe
New York Assembly
Albany
Publican
Assembly
Senate
Smith
Blakely
Wilson
Westchester
Caulfield
Kings
Inhins
Pellet
Steintinns
Tilesman and Weiss
New York
Miller
Fiie
Malone
Welsh
Tone Point
Drefend
Sweet
Ohio Senate condemns Hearst over New York welcome plan
The Ohio Senate adopted a resolution denouncing William Randolph Hearst for being named chairman of the New York returning soldiers reception committee and urged Congress to route demobilizing troops through ports other than New York. The measure, read under suspension of rule, moves to the House for action.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
William Randolph Hearst
Hylan
New York
National
House
Congress of the United States
Clothing Strike Ends and 44 Hour Week Granted
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America announced that the three month strike has ended with a forty four hour workweek for employees. An advisory board led by Felix Frankfurter and Louis Marshall urged adoption of the shorter hours nationwide, with wage data to be studied later. The report calls for standardization, a skilled investigators and an impartial chairman to mediate future disputes. Paris and Lisbon note arrivals of peace delegates amid revolutionary jitters.
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Greater Terday
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Felix Frankfurter
War Labor Policies Board
Louis Marshall
William Z. Ripley
Sidney Hillman
Max H. Friedman
Mens’ and Boys’ Clothing Manufacturers’ Association
Boston
Rochester
Philadelphia
Baltimore
York
Arine
Elerated
Ten Thousand Service Men Seek Jobs in New York
Dr George W Kirchwey state director of the United Employment Service warns that about 15 000 discharged servicemen stay in New York seeking work as 10 000 service men in city. He calls the unemployment surge serious and says higher rents prices and a civilian army of jobless will grow unless industry and public works absorb the surplus.
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Army
Navy
New York
George W. Kirchwey
United Vf Employment Service
Mos
Kirchwey
Only One U.S. Soldier In German Prison Now Remains
A late January Associated Press report notes that of American soldiers captured on the Western Front only one remains in Germany. The prisoner is at Stuttgart, too ill to be moved, according to the AP correspondent.
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Erlin
Germany
Associated Press
Stuttgart
Portuguese King’s Monarchy Crisis Rumors Spread In Europe
Wireless dispatches from Madrid and Vigo report conflicting signals on Portugal’s monarchy and a rising movement. Rumors say Manuel may flee and Miguel of Bragança could be offered the throne. An American connection through Anita Stewart links to Dom Miguel’s candidacy. Continued on page three.
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London
Revel Wiielesses
Madrid
Vention
Oporto
Manuel
Portugal
Libpyadine
Om Miguel of
Heagansa
Anita Stewart
Miss Stewart
Dom Miguel
Braganca
James I Heney Smith
Paris
Dartmere
Willian Rhinelander Stewart
James Henry Smnith
Bolsheviks Routed as Petrograd Evacuated by Reds
Copenhagen dispatches report Bolshevik forces evacuating Petrograd and removing stores. Leon Trotsky transfers HQ to Niizhny Novgorod, while anti Bolshevik sentiment grows. Estonian forces near Petrograd claim a complete rout of Bolsheviks after Narva, with guards within 75 miles.
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Copenhagen
Petgrad
Berlinske Vidende
Helsingfors
Leon ‘Rotzky
Nizni-Novgorod
Vetrograd
London
Leon Trotzky
Zinoviev
Petrograd
Sinovefl
Zinovieff
Russia
Bolshevik Russia
Bolshevists
Narva
Daily Mail
Representation in German Assembly by party factions
The document outlines party representation for the German National Assembly to convene in Weimar in February, listing parties from Socialists to Liberals and Catholics, with names and minorities noted. It states there will be no Polish party in the Constituent Assembly as Poles of Posen refused to elect representatives, signaling secession from the German state.
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National Assembly
Weimar
Reichstag
Haeame
Christian People's
Centre Clerical Democratica LV
Bourenois Thadiea
Liberal
Coe
Conservati
PaneGerma
Germa National
Peasant’s League
Lundependent
Peasants
Democratic League Republican
Tollels
Saxiaave
Posen
International Labor
League of Nations
International Labor Commission
Bureau
Barnes
Mission
Supreme Council
Rossiiki
World Court opposition shapes labor and Bolshevik policy
Paris dispatch reports the Supreme War Council weighing a Russian conference as Bolsheviks gain influence amid fears of intervention. Britain outlines an international labor commission to arbitrate cross border issues while Lenine boosts Red Army to about 300,000. Economic collapse follows Bolshevik rules with starvation and currency chaos amid transport cuts and factory shutdowns.
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Pen
Dotioune Special’ Cahte
eCongrese
UNM
York
Paris
Dan
Supreme War Council
Red Army
Lenine
Brest- Litovek
Russia
Ukraine
Urala
Moscow
Petrograd
British Labor Strikes Ease as Miners Accept Meal Breaks
London reports a easing labor crisis as the York shire miners reach a settlement with Coal Controller Sir Guy Calthorp granting twenty minutes of meal relief per shift. Shipbuilding and engineering trades show progress toward settlements. debates on a forty seven hour work week surface among delegates led by J. R. Clynes. London bakers threaten a general strike over banning all night work as demobilization fuels unrest.
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New York
London
General Workers’ Federation
J. R. Clynes
British Plan For League Gains Favor In War Council Talks
Reports from Versailles describe the supreme war council meeting and the joint Allied commission formation as they discuss labor legality waterway control and the Russian question. The United States and Britain edge toward accord, with plans for a league of nations seen as a foundation for postwar peace and Russian settlement.
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Iris
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Joint
Allied Commission
United States
Allied
Associated Powers
Quai d'Orsay
Isbor
Supreme War Council
Foch
Haig
Diaz
Versailles
U.S
Britain
England
Wilson
Lloyd George
Supreme Council
Peace Congress
League of Nations
Stephen Pich
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Donohue
Aflor Adior
Fenton and Chamberlain
Owen
If. A. Weilx
Mead
Grane
Everett
St. Lawrence
Hed
Mir
Ieader
Annerblyman
Hearst
Brazil
Lisbon
Epitacio Pessoa
Raoul Fenadon
D Jers
Dr. Kirwin
Forest
Association To Help
American Soldiers Ad Sailors’ Protective Association
Reds
Trotzky
Bolsheviks
DRS Lenine
Bolsheviki
Frederic Moore
International Tribunal
Society of Nations
Great Britain
George Nicoll
Peace Conference
Congress
Straits
Labor Conference
Central
International Commission For the Betterment of Labor
War Council
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