Hire All Idle Men Plea of See's Wilson
Developments in the unemployment situation reveal business leaders urging rapid public works to absorb discharged soldiers. John Mitchell advocates industrial demobilization with farmhands leaving first, followed by factory workers, while officials question Baker's service retention orders as insufficient to ease the transition.
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Trade Boom Predicted After Reconstruction Says Wilson
Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson predicts an unprecedented prosperity for the next ten years following postwar reconstruction and demobilization. He urged immediate business starts, warned against wage cuts, and discussed demobilization, raw materials, foreign trade, and shipbuilding as key factors shaping a robust postwar economy.
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27th Division to Arrive in New York in February
War Department reports a cable from France indicating the 27th Division New York National Guard will sail to New York around February 15 aboard transports. The 77th New York National Army is expected to depart from France on March 5. Assignments include 16th and 116th units, Signal Corps, 10th Army Artillery Park, and Transportation Corps units.
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Jobs Pledged To Soldiers of 77th Division
Plans announced here promise gold star graves and posts in civil life for all 77th Division soldiers. The Division Association will seek loyal employers and arrange employment, while adjutants preserve grave locations from the Vesle to the Argonne. A major effort will ensure each veteran reenters civilian life, with officers pledging support and a future employment network.
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Demented ex-athlete shoots wife and sergeant then kills self
Bertram B. Ripley a retired lumber broker and Princeton alumnus killed himself after wounding his wife Mrs Marion Ripley and Sergeant Maitland Petrie in their New Jersey home library. Ripley had suffered mental distress over not serving in the military and fixated on Petrie’s naval uniform. Both victims were hospitalized in critical condition. Ripley died later. The tragedy followed a breakfast with family members and occurred after a morning routine. Continued on page four.
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British Stop Building Warships During Parley
British orders suspend work on war vessels including light cruisers as peace talks continue in Paris. Delegations from Britain and the United States work to speed decisions so peace terms can be presented to Germany.
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St Enda's College Seized by British Troops in Dublin
Dublin dispatch reports St Enda's College founded by Padraic Pearse seized by military authorities. The piece notes Pearse's execution after the Easter uprising and details turmoil within Irish political groups, with references to Ulster, partition talks, and a fundraising drive in the United States for the college endowment.
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President Wilson Calls For Crusader Role For Peace
Paris January 25 The second session of the peace conference heard President Wilson declare the need for a permanent settlement and a league of nations guided by the opinion of mankind not governments He stressed emancipation from the old system as essential to real peace and said he too must be a crusader in the cause facing heavy costs.
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World League Plan and Reports On Great Issues Before Peace Parley
The peace conference adopts a resolution to create a league of nations as part of the peace treaty with a permanent secretariat and international conferences. It orders committees from allied governments to draft constitution, breach of war laws, and adjust commissions on responsibility for the war, reparations, and international control of ports waterways and railways.
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Allies Policy May Give Rein To Terror Says Wickersham
Paris dispatch notes executive committee of the peace conference weighs Russia policy. Wilson supported by Clemenceau and other premiers, while some British and French press condemn recognizing Bolshevism. The plan, to bring Russian leaders to a conference at Princess Island, aims to let Russia choose its own path and oppose outside dictation, with Bolshevism treated as equal to other Russian districts in need of order.
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Open to All Responsible Governments League Draft at Paris
Paris January 25 The peace conference unanimously adopted the league of nations project and published a draft for a permanent organization to carry on business between meetings. A Commission of Fifteen would inquire into responsibility for the war and breaches of war laws, with Wilson and Colonel House as American members.
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