Food Bill Faces Senate Snag After Debate
Washington January 19. After hours of debate the senate failed to vote on the House approved 100 million dollar bill for European famine relief. President Wilson urged action while leaders expect passage Monday despite Republican and Democratic opposition over authority to tax for European charity and the sufficiency of justification.
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Clamp on Allied Relief Bill Sparks Senate Clash
A heated Senate debate pits Senators Borah Kenyon and Lodge against food administrator Herbert Hoover over a 100 million relief bill for Europe. Kenyon argues taxation for foreign charity is improper while Borah links Hoover to packer profits and monopoly control of food. The exchange reflects tensions between domestic need and postwar aid goals as Europe seeks stability.
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Food Administration
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Idaho
Wages Raised 10 Percent for Union Carbide Workers
Washington Jan 19 The War Labor Board awards a ten percent wage increase for Union Carbide employees at Sault Ste Marie Michigan retroactive to October 1 1918, reflecting wartime labor adjustments and company employment conditions.
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Union Carbide Company
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
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Welcome by Poincare and Wilson at Paris Peace Conference
Paris January reports the opening of the peace conference with address by President Poincare praising allied valor and America’s intervention, and President Wilson proposing Clemenceau as permanent chairman, followed by Britain's Prime Minister endorsing Clemenceau and the conference’s historic scope. The text covers welcome remarks and keynote statements from the three leaders.
Terrorist Tactics Blamed for Deaths in Berlin Victims
In Berlin on Friday January 17 Liebknecht and Luxemburg died amid accusations their own tactics fueled violence. Philipp Scheidemann condemns the lynching while Vorwaerts calls the deaths a consequence of violent appeals. Bavaria's independent Socialists urge a general strike against military rule as Berlin prepares for Sunday elections.
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Shanahan to Resume Confere nces Ahead of General Assembly
Springfield Jan 19 Speaker Shanahan of the house will resume conferences with house members this week prep to naming committees of the upper branch before the legislature convenes after a ten day recess. Tuesday will see Shanahan arrive from Chicago. no sessions are planned this coming week.
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Peace Conference Opens First Session to Press
Paris Jan 19 The first formal session of the peace conference was opened to the press of all nations. The number of future sessions to be held in camera remains undecided, but American, British, and Italian journalists plan to press for publicity if news flow is blocked by secrecy rules. Delegates say the prohibition on discussing conference affairs with correspondents remains in force, though no official announcement has been made. Next week will decide press representation and admission numbers.
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Government Workers Granted 3410 Wage Bonus in 1920 Plan
Washington reports that a $240 wage bonus will be given next July to nearly all government employees earning $2,500 or less, as part of the $8,000,000 appropriation bill for the new fiscal year. The total cost is about $14,000,000. Temporary agencies and postal employees are excluded.
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Poatal
War risk insurance rules amended in liberal shift
Washington January 19 a liberal policy change by the war risk insurance bureau now allows broader eligibility for government family allowances to supplement soldiers pay. Under prior rules many dependents were cut off after independent status findings, but under Col Henry D Lindsley supervision investigations will focus on actual fraud with restoral of any wrongly cut off allowances and back pay.
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War Risk Insurance Bureau
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War Risk Bureau
Col Lindsley
Detroit United Electric ordered to keep women conductors
The wartime National War Labor Board ruled that the Detroit United Electric Railway must retain women now serving as conductors and issue them working cards. The Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes was directed to ensure these women can continue on the railway lines.
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Detroit United Electric Railway
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Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Harsh Armistice Terms Draw German Government Protests
Associated Press reports Berlin officials led by commerce and labor ministers protest the latest armistice terms. They warn the pact would enable organized starvation in Germany, with criticism that delivery of agricultural machinery will cripple farming due to shortages of metals coal and trained workers. Food Minister Wurm is cited as reacting to the evolving situation.
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Fragmentary 2 Line Note on Suffering and Destruction
An unclear OCR fragment mentions physical and mental suffering and references delivery over to destruction. The text is incomplete and contains garbled phrasing, offering no definite event, people, or organizations to identify.
War record praised by Governor Lowden in Chicago
Illinois highlights cited by Gov. Frank O. Lowden and Samuel Insull at a Commercial Club gathering. Insull listed achievements including farm values of 879 million in 1918, 1.56 million fighting age men, 314,504 sent to national service, and 1.3 billion dollars in Liberty bonds. Chicago produced 393 million of the manufactured goods, with downstate contributing the rest. The council raised funds and earned money from war shows and a recipe book.
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Samuel Insull
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Commercial Club
Three Naval Pilots Die in Bay Seaplane Crash
Pensacola, Fla. Jan. 19 three navy airmen were killed near here when a seaplane fell into Pensacola bay. Ensign A D Wigmore and James J Wigmore both of Los Angeles and James J Gray of Pittsburgh, student aviators, were named and all bodies recovered.
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James J. Gray
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Sinn Fein to Open Irish Parliament Meeting to Press
Dublin officials said the Irish republican parliament meeting scheduled for next Tuesday will be open to the press and public on presentation of tickets obtainable at Sinn Fein headquarters.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Grateful to Nations for Great Honor
Premier Clemenceau responds to his nomination for presiding officer of the peace congress. He notes gratitude to nations and acknowledges the remarks of two eminent statesmen, signaling a cautious but firm stance on his role and the process ahead.
Peace Congress Opens in Paris with Big Speeches
The Paris peace congress opened with Georges Clemenceau chosen permanent chairman and Raymond Poincare delivering a welcome. President Wilson Lloyd George and Sonnino spoke as the assembly, in a formal mood, sought a cordial path to agreement on key postwar questions.
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Salle de la Craix
Georges Clemenceau
Raymond Poincare
Wilson
Lloyd George
Baron Sonnino
Russian Reds Capture Mitau Courland
Mitau the capital of Courland has been occupied by the Bolsheviks according to a German wireless dispatch. The Germans were forced to leave behind many guns and ammunition. After evacuation fires broke out in the town center destroying a large number of houses.
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Courland
Garment Workers Vote To Strike In New York
The International Ladies' Garment Workers union with 35,000 members in New York authorized a strike next week if employers do not grant a 15 percent wage rise and a 44 hour week. The vote was announced at Madison Square Garden.
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International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Madison Square Garden
Mooney
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Morrison
San Francisco
Hyland
Garment
Session Details At Paris Peace Conference Opening
Delegates fill a vast hall in Paris for the opening session of the peace conference. President Wilson arrives amid fanfare as Poincaré delivers a measured address in French, with an English interpreter afterward.
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