German Assembly Ratifies Peace Treaty 208 to 115
The German National Assembly approved the peace treaty by a 208 to 115 vote with 95 abstentions. Foreign Minister Muller warned the ratification would lift the blockade. Debate featured protests and appeals over Alsace Lorraine and Articles 227 to 250, signaling a forty year path of fulfillment.
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Weimar
Associated Press
German National Assembly
Herman Muller
Assembly
Herr Fehrenbach
National Party
Fehrenbach
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Germany Ratification Resolution in National Assembly
The German National Assembly approves the peace treaty with the Allies signed June 28, 1919 and the Rhineland occupation protocols. The measure states the treaty and related documents are agreed to and that the law takes effect on promulgation day.
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Weimar
Associated Press
National Assembly
Germany
Associated
Rhineland
France Urges Allied Help to Pay War Debt
Paris reports Finance Minister Louis Klotz pushing for financial union with the United States and Britain to liquidate war debts and authorize more currency. Italy's Nitti calls for peace talks, reconstruction, and a broader alliance with Allies while reforming government and curbing expenses.
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Italy
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Louis Klotz
Finance
Bank of France
M. Peret
League of Nations
United States
Great Britain
M. Klotz
Tus
Stephen Pichon
M. Picton
Paria
le Journal
Chamber
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Adriatic
Tittoni
Signor Nitti
Senate
Nitti
Trentino
Fiume
Very Good Tiger Remarks on Ratification Amid Dispatch
Paris July 9 The Associated Press reports a messenger interrupted the Council of Five to deliver a note to M Clemenceau. The note announced ratification of the peace treaty by the Weimar Assembly.
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Associated Press
Nitti
France
Italy
Paris
Council of Five
M. Clemenceau
Weimar Assembly
Wilson to Lay Treaty Before Senate Tomorrow
President prepares to present the peace treaty and league covenant to the Senate with a public address outlining Versailles negotiations and urging U S endorsement. debate over ratification looms as Congress weighs open or executive sessions and potential presidential testimony.
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Wilson
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Paris
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White House
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Dry Prohibition Closes City Cabarets and Salons
Prohibition end threatens New York cabarets and saloons with closures as food sales alone fail to sustain business. About 800 chorus girls lose jobs. 65 of 104 saloons report they must shut if whiskey sales stop. Hotel bars pivot to soft drinks and beer, while many saloonkeepers advocate licensing cuts to stay afloat.
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Britain stirred by possible countrywide prohibition drive
Reports from London indicate a forthcoming countrywide prohibition campaign this fall. British press supports making England an American desert and the film trade is said to import American prohibition propaganda reels. Prohibitionists may run a Billy Sunday style campaign, though patience will be needed with the British public.
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London
Merrie Eng Land
Osborne as Gob Studies Navy Life in Uniform Change
Thomas Mott Osborne temporarily resigns his lieutenant commander rank to serve as an enlisted sailor aboard the battleship North Dakota. He aims to experience enlisted life and push reforms, aided by Secretary Daniels, after prior prison reform work at Auburn and Sing Sing.
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N.H.) Navy Yard
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Becan
Wilson
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Prinon
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Jong
Sing Sing
Auburn
Night crowds greet British airship over New York
New York residents witnessed a gleaming dirigible, the B-34, pass high above Manhattan and Brooklyn by moonlight and searchlights. Police and spectators tracked its flight from Roosevelt Field to the East River, while naval operators received weather and short messages from the airship.
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Times Square
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Flatbush Avenue
Navy Yard
East River
Forty-second Street
New’ York
Roosevelt Field
Mineola
Atlantic
William J. Ferick
Charles Gaul
Sperry
Reid
Lynn Patterson
Preston R. Bassett
Jeremia Thompson
Rai
Letters from R-34 dropped over Fortune Newfoundland
The letters parachuted from the British dirigible R-34 during its Fortune flight were found miles away today. One letter from General Seely was sent to Newfoundland's Premier Sir Michael Cashin by telegraph, with Lt. Shotter noting the parachute burst and curious townsfolk gathering.
Iowa Cloudburst Kills Seven and Injures Many
Dubuque Iowa July 9 seven persons died and many were injured as a two inch rainfall flooded Dubuque County. A pavilion at Union Park collapsed under the water causing five drownings and six bridges were washed out with crops ruined and trains derailed.
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Iowa
Dubuque County
Union Park
Big Airship Roars West Then Returns Homeward
The British airship R24, nearing Roosevelt Field, heads out to sea to outrun a fast moving storm from the Great Lakes. Commander Major Scott orders a rapid circuit over Manhattan before continuing toward England as a Weather Bureau bulletin urged haste.
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Long Island
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Great Lakes
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Maitland
Maitland Summoned As Result of Warning
A World War II air crew prepares for departure as Maj Scott orders embarkation amid rising winds. Soldiers in flight suits line a field while Wopsy the Ra4 mascot eats from a tin before being secured aboard at 11 19.
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Scott
Wopsy
Ra4
J. J. Quinn
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