Navy Strikes Shake Seaboard Shipping Dispute
Reports from Washington describe a national shipping dispute as labor secretary Davis and Hoover attempt a settlement amid rioting in Baltimore. Five steamships prepared to sail. Old North State faced crew defections and food in ovens as delays mounted. Navy crews refused to man ships, prompting tempers and legal questions about control of vital merchant vessels.
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Filbert Hoover
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Washington
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Navy
Wil F. Henson
Bost
Atlantic
Pacific
Potomac
Old North
Ser
Tutein Francis R. Mayer
Juan
Aisper
Mayer
Bury
Sea
E'S Union
Auto Man Inherits British Title and Fortune
Francis B. Courtney, longtime Cadillac Car Co. head in Detroit, sails May 6 to England to assume the title of Baron Courtney and receive a fortune valued at more than a million. He says he will return after settling his affairs. He has kept the secret from friends for years.
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Tribune Tetroit
Francis B. Court
Yatine Department
Cadillac Car Company
Montreal
England
Atom Courtney
Courtney
Detroit
Francis Whee
Baron Courtney
Mr. Courtney
Bern
Widow Annette Rankine Found Dead In Brooklyn Bay
The body of Mrs. Annette Kingsley Rankine wealthy widow of East Sixtieth Street was found in the bay near Day of Thirty-ninth Street Brooklyn. Identification was made at the Kings County Morgue by Mrs Rankine’s former companion and chauffeur after she disappeared April 1. The rings and watch valued at $2000 were missing. Detective Weissner notified and examination of clothing confirmed identity. The body was moved to the Brooklyn Morgue for further inquest.
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Brooklyn
Annette Kingsley Rankine
East Sixtieth Street
Kings County
Missink
Rankine
Frank Clouding
Marine Sason
Edward Weissner
Drcas
U S Steel Cuts Wages of Day Labor 20 Percent
The United States Steel Corporation announced a 20 percent wage cut for day laborers at its manufacturing plants effective May 16, following a two day conference with subsidiary presidents. Salaries will be adjusted and the company continues efforts to abandon the twelve hour day within the next year. About 125,000 to 160,000 workers are affected, with pay dropping from 46 to 37 cents per hour.
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United States Steel Corporation
Broadway
Elbert H. Gary
Gary
Steel Corporation
Britain to Set Clocks Two Hours Ahead of Sun
London May 3 The London Gazette forecasts daylight saving in Great Britain extended to two hours over Greenwich mean time. The Home Affairs Secretary is authorized to advance clocks two hours. The actual order is not yet issued but expected to aid coal conservation amid the mine strike.
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London
Great Britain
London Gazette
Secretary For Home Affairs
Greenwich
House votes down bill to win man a bride
In Washington May 8 the House rejected a Siegel bill aimed at easing naturalization obstacles for Emil Fisher an Australian immigrant who wished to marry a New York City woman. Lawmakers argued the issue should not occupy Congress with matrimonial affairs as Fisher’s case was discussed amid broad opposition.
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U. S
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Tribune
Washington
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House
Emil Fisher
New York City
Australia
China
United Statiang
Olutmel
Congress
Immunity in Probe Sought By Aldermen
Aldermen refuse to waive immunity as Samuel Untermyer probes alleged falsification of Board records in the water meter scandal. William Kenneally and Frank Cunningham refuse. O Rourke declines. Evidence points to altered "without recommendation" note and possible grand jury referral. Cetti reveals bribery pressure from Skelly and a $15,000 payoff claim to push the Badger meter. Forgery and tampering accusations fill the City Hall hearing room as officials testify about the General Welfare Committee records.
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Lockwood Committee On Housing
Board of Aldermen
William P. Kenneally
Frank A. Cenningham
O'Rourke
Kenneally
Mr. Untermyer
General Welfare Committee
Collins
William
Cetti
Badger Concern
Ohn J. Flaherty
Berger
Grand Jury
City Hall
John E. Skelly
Third Street
Brooklyn
William C. O'Keefe
Ian
Skelly
Getti
Frank S. Hanly
Broadway
Untermyer
Abraham Beckerman
Clifford S. Bostwick
Tax receipts show March drop from prior year
U S income and excess profits taxes collected in March totaled 547,481,140, down from 630,989,318 in March 1920. For the year to end of March, receipts from these taxes amounted to 49,287,484,997, a decline of 521,174,803 compared with the same period last year.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Germany Proposes New Step. U S May Join Supreme Council
London reports Allied leaders plan to invite the United States to send representatives to assist in all future negotiations with Germany and in settling Versailles terms. The move signals renewed U S participation in European affairs and follows Secretary Hughes’s handling of German notes.
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Germany
U. S
Supreme Council
Harold E. Scarborough
The
Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
London
Allied Supreme Council
the Tribune
United States
Europe
Briand
France
Mandate Deals Bar U S Participation in Allied Talks
Washington May 3 The United States blocks for now further American involvement in the Reparations Commission and Supreme Council as demand for rights in Yap Mesopotamia and other mandates keeps the country from European settlement efforts. The government cites need to protect American interests and avoid direct European entanglements while pursuing a settlement.
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Washington
Yap
Mesopotamia
Mandate
Reparations Commission
Supreme Council
America
Herding
Hughes
United States
Death by Self Inflicted Gunshot Ends Bank President’s Life
Moorestown New Jersey May 3 Joseph Kaighn president of Moorestown Trust Company died last night by a shotgun blast near his home barn. A bank shortage of 80 000 tied to his personal account prompted the tragedy after examiners reported the shortage to directors. Kaighn, a 49 year old law partner of Camden Prosecutor Wolverton, faced restitution failure and mounting nervousness over exposure. He lived with his widowed mother and leaves a noted New Jersey family name with Kaighn’s Point named after the family.
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Moorestown
N. J
Joseph Kalghy
Moorestown Trust’ Company
New Jersey
Kaighn
Charles A. Wolverton
Camden
Keighn
Lucy Kaighn
Mr. Hn
Mr. Kaighn
Wolverton
Trust Company
West Jersey Trust Company
New Jerasy
Chew's Lending
Camden County
Bartram’s
William Marton
Atlantic City
German Veteran Seeks to Paint Pershing Portrait
Gustav Klammerich, Bavarian painter, offers to paint General John J. Pershing in a letter to the Knights of Columbus. The order plans to present a portrait to the French government, but officials doubt a German painter will be chosen. Klammerich cites his Bavarian fighting spirit and service with a Bavarian regiment in claiming fitness for the commission.
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Gustav Klammerich
Bavaria
Knights of Columbus
John J. Pershing
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Commel
Germany
Klammerich
Columbus
Planes Accuse Smuggling From Pacific Steamships
Ottawa report says H. H. Stevens of Vancouver charged in Parliament that airplanes bring drugs from incoming steamships on the Pacific Coast. He alleged drugs are dropped into the water by conspirators aboard ships and later salvaged by planes.
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Pacific Coast
H. H. Stevens
Vancouver
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House of Commons
Stevens
German reparations bid telegraphed from Berlin to Paris
Berlin reports a new German offer to the Allies was telegraphed Tuesday from Berlin to the German Ambassador in Paris for transmission to the Reparations Commission. The Times suggests it may mirror acceptance of Paris January 29 decisions. It may go to London and before the Supreme Council. A visit by German Ambassador Sthamer to the British Foreign Office spurs speculation on a potential cabinet resignation or new reparations proposals.
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Tribune Cowbright
New York Tribune Inc
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London
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Great Britain
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Konstantin Fehrenbech
Stresemann
France
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Berlin
Reparations Commission
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Times
Supreme Council
Sthamer
Foreign Office
Reichstag
Paul Loebe
Chamber
Hughes
Simons
Loring Drese
Washington
Allied Council
United States
Herr Locbe
George Ledebour
Herr Loebe
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Committee On Foreign Relations
Harding
Reaz Zeitung
Rhine
Tagliche Rundschau
Lokal Anzeiger
Boersen Zeitung
Freiheit
Polit Ayarsitic
Redhoed
SLA Roma
Pehren~ Kach
No Black Troops To Be Used in Ruhr Operation
French military headquarters at Mayence reports that only white French and Allied troops will take part in the Ruhr Valley operation. The briefing, prepared by General Siar, emphasizes exclusion of Black troops from combat units and details the composition of the assault forces and support elements. The plan underscores racial policy amid Allied coordination and German occupation dynamics.
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Associated Press
Ruhr Valley
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