Big 5 Lifts Blockade Today Trade Begins at Once
Big 5 lifts blockade, trade starts immediately as R-34 nears home with one engine out. The giant airship, still strong, reports 43 knots speed after engine failure. Crew remains safe and reserves ready, radios say. Airship northwest of Azores approaches Mineola base. coastguard and air ministry monitoring. Commander G H Scott notes engine trouble possibly wing gondola port side.
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London Greeted by Arrival of R-34 Dirigible
Reports from July 1 indicate the airship R-34 is en route to London after a northerly course, expected to arrive around 1 PM British time, with searchlights set to blaze to guide the craft over Pulham and the Thames. The K-28 is preparing to move from its Fulham hangar while the Howl’s path remains uncertain.
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Mrs Mooney Denied Talk With President Wilson
Mrs Mooney wife of Thomas J Moot serving a life sentence for a Provo fire case in San Francisco called at the White House and conferred with Secretary Tumulty. Tumulty said the President had done all possible for her husband and would read any petition she wished to submit. Mrs Mooney then left for the Department of Justice to see Secretary Wilson.
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Ford to Raise Minimum Wages to Seven Dollars a Day
Henry Ford plans increasing Ford Motor Company minimum wage from six to seven dollars daily, affecting about thirty thousand employees by early August. Edsel Ford did not confirm but indicated further raises may follow.
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Beaten Stationery Firm Senior Partner Dies at Desk
Gardiner C Hull senior partner of Hull Deppisch was beaten to unconsciousness at his desk on Fulton Street yesterday afternoon. He died at Volunteer Hospital with a skull fracture after the assault. a blood stained hammer was found. The crime appeared not to be a simple robbery as cash and valuables remained. Hull, 58, lived in Brooklyn and was a deacon. his partner August Deppisch visited the jail later with condolences.
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Ford Reorganizes to Gain 89 Percent Control of Ford Motor
Detroit July 11 Edsel and Henry Ford move to hold 89 percent of Ford Motor Company stock by purchasing minority shares led by James Couzens who retains 1 percent. Dodge brothers exit minority stake. John F. and Horace Dodge retain partial holdings. Bank syndicate offers 75 million to aid purchase, total price about 100 million. Company plans profit sharing via reorganization while maintaining leadership and policy.
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Ford’s Profits This Year Are Revealed in Trial
Ford Motor Company president Henry Ford son William testified at a six day libel trial against The Chicago Tribune. He described the company’s war efforts and generous gifts from his father, countering Tribune claims that Ford’s pacifist stance threatened U S military power.
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Will Explain Treaty Executive to Go Before Foreign Relations Committee
President Wilson faces Senate scrutiny as the Foreign Relations Committee plans to question him over the treaty and its terms. Senator Hitchcock, sidelined by leadership shifts, may appear multiple times while Senator Swanson steps into leadership rumors amid party tensions.
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Foch May Lead Allied Drive to Oust Bela Kun
Paris July 11 The peace conference supreme council discusses aiding Czecho Slovakia and Jugoslavia in suppressing Bela Kun and his Hungarian communist forces. Reports from Copenhagen say Budapest sent a Moscow mission that met Lenine and Trotsky. The delegation reportedly secured counterfeit banknotes for Bolshevik propaganda.
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Daniels Will Not Sail With the Pacific Fleet
Secretary Daniels announced he would not accompany the new Pacific fleet to the West coast but will join the fleet at San Diego around August 10. The fleet’s calling from Hampton Roads was moved to July 22, with plans for the fleet to reach San Francisco by August 1 where President Wilson may view it during a tour. He also said he accepted an invitation to attend the Pearl Harbor navy drydock opening in August.
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Germany Will Limit Import of Luxuries
Berlin July 11 The Cabinet plans to ease importation of necessaries like footwear and clothing while restricting luxuries and raw materials to what is deemed economically advantageous. Since firms lack credit, import syndicates should be formed with government involvement in their leadership.
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Mexicans Seize British Oil Wells
Washington reports the Mexican government confiscated the Scottish Mexican Oil Company property, a British firm with American stockholders, under the Carranza decrees. A 20,000 barrel oil well was brought in by theMexicans while Britain seeks diplomatic recourse. Paris dispatches note U.S. involvement in stabilizing Mexico looms, with Europe hopeful for progress before the League of Nations formally begins.
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Clemenceau Presses Military Role Within League Pact
Paris July 11 Premier Clemenceau told the chamber committee assessing the peace treaty that the league of nations must adopt Leon Bourgeois's plan for a military and naval state within the league. He said those responsible for the war should be tried and noted the Allies faced changed issues in peace talks. He recalled the aim to secure world peace through alliance of four great powers and cited France’s treaties guarding against German aggression. Bourgeois's plan for an inter Allied force in France was rejected by the commission on February 13.
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Allies May Force New Ratification
On July 11 reports say the German National Assembly at Weimar may require ratification of the peace treaty by states losing territory. The new constitution demands that ceded territory trigger ratification by those states in addition to central government approval. Russia over Sar Basin and Poland restoration could compel independent action. Official documents on ratification reached the French Vopelen Office, and legal experts from the council of five began review.
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Licenses and Boats Ready for Shippers
Paris July 11 The council of five will raise the blockade against Germany tomorrow after legal experts certified the official ratification document is in due form. In France the measure becomes effective after publication in the Journal Officiel of a decree annulling prior blockade decrees.
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Shipping Board To Establish Lines With Germany
The Shipping Boardwill establish steamship lines to Hamburg and Bremen from Boston New York Baltimore and Philadelphia to carry cotton and general merchandise as soon as cargoes are available. Blanket licenses will allow American firms to trade with Germany once peace is proclaimed. Trade remains technically war status until ratification of the peace treaty.
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