Billion Dollar Congresses Foresee Peace Era Budget
Representative Good of Iowa warned that next Congress must face large expenditures and strict economy. He estimated 1921 appropriations at over 3.8 billion dollars, with military cuts possible but deficits likely to persist without bond sales and wartime revenue measures.
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Steel Executive Barry O Jones Dies at 47 in Bethlehem
Barry O Jones secretary of Bethlehem Steel, Bethlehem Steel Corp, and Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, and director of all three firms, died of heart trouble Thursday in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. He was 47.
Veteran Publisher of Elgin News Dies
Adam 4H Lowrie editor of the Elgin Daily News for 36 years and a founder dies at 82 after years of declining health. He earlier led Adrian Times and Adrian college, helped found Inland Daily Press association, and served as treasurer of the National Editorial association. His son Will L. is consul general in Lisbon and another son Richard is acting editor.
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Gore Favors League But Wants Changes
United States Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma said he favored a League of Nations with amendments to protect American institutions. He urged a provision allowing withdrawal if unsatisfactory and proposed that the U S not be obliged to join wars unless U S voters approve action in defense of interests, rights or honor.
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Ruhr Strike Reaches Krupp Gun Plant
Copenhagen April 4 dispatches report the Ruhr strike extending to the Krupp works with about 120000 workers involved. Hamborn in Rhine Province was expected to join, and delegates in the central Ruhr coal region planned to quit after April tenth while keeping pumps running, risking mine flooding.
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Berlin
Shackleton Warns Of Two Russian Fronts And Bolshevik Threat
Sir Ernest Shackelton, director of equipment and transport with the northern Russian expeditionary forces, reports returning from Murmansk and Archangel. He says both fronts face danger as Bolshevist forces, disciplined and well equipped, outnumber Entente troops in close contact with them.
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Allies face fragile front call for immediate reinforcements
The remark notes a fragile allied front with cautions against another Khartum. Sir Ernest urges sending reinforcements immediately to strengthen positions and prevent a collapse.
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Poland Needs Food Red Cross Mission Report
Washington April 3 Acute suffering and distress in eastern Poland described in Red Cross cables from a mission that toured 1500 miles over eight days. In twenty cities and numerous villages they distributed food clothing and medicines finding epidemics of typhus smallpox and trachoma. Pinsk especially hard hit with population halved and 500 dying amid lack of medical care and nourishment.
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Smuts Chosen Over Mangin for Hungary Mission
Paris April 3 Associated Press reports General Jan Christian Smuts was sent as the British member of the League of Nations mission to Budapest instead of General Mangin of France. The shift signals talks over fighting in Hungary as the situation is said to have improved. French advisories indicate Ukrainian forces under Petlura are within 20 miles of Kiev threatening Bolshevik recapture.
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Stuttgart Streets Filled By Rioters
Berlin dispatch notes Stuttgart swarmed by crowds with gunfire as Spartacists enter. Armored cars, police, and troops patrol streets while Esslingen sees a police grenade attack leaving several dead or wounded. Food shortages worsen the crisis.
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