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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1919
Page
6
The Whig argues Mayor Thompson enforced laws and cleaned up vice, challenging rival apologists who resist change. It claims enforcement improved saloon and district conditions and condemns calls for compromise ahead of the upcoming election.
The piece argues George Wilson is clearly more fitted for the supreme judge position than Kempsen. It stresses experience training and stress as key to voters judgments and urges support for Wilson as the better choice for high state office.
The piece argues unrest among laborers stems from lack of personal stake in work. Capital and management shape production while workers feel no ownership or identity, causing rebellion beyond higher wages or shorter hours. A Canadian economist notes workers are cogs without control or meaningful participation.
Gunners of the 2nd coast artillery and Fifth regiment arrived in New York aboard the Santa Anna with 1448 aboard including 387 officers and 40 casual officers. They march to Camp Grant as units from the 72nd field artillery detachment homeward from France. A pneumonia outbreak caused several deaths while awaiting transport. Col Sidney Guthrie led the detachments and Capt James Valentine reported one officer and one man died by January 15.
Paris March 29 The German note in reply to the Allies demand for passage of General Hallers Polish troupe through Danzig is not regarded here as a violation of the armistice provisions Officials concede the right of Germany to suggest port routes for the troops and believe the difficulty can be settled without a breach The German aim is to reduce clashes between Polish troops and German civilians.
Washington March 30 In a briefing Gen March said Hungary events have not altered US military policy. Troop withdrawals from France continue rapidly with March reporting 244186 March homeward, far above earlier estimates. Discharges reach 1460641 with 27637 reserve commissions issued, while Britain transport payments are deemed fair and exclude indirect ship costs.
A Budapest based Hungarian wireless dispatch states that foreign military missions have extended the protection of the Hungarian Kojeviet Republic under leas Bela Kaniss leadership. The report comes from London dated March 29.
Washington reports that clocks were set forward from 2 am to 3 am as daylight saving time begins for the season. The period runs until October 26 when clocks revert. Law passed by Congress under conservation aims. farmers opposed. repeal efforts defeated in the Senate.
Weather bureau forecast for the week starting Monday notes considerable cloudiness with occasional rain and local snows in the Great Lakes region. Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys expect rain midweek, with generally fair skies and temperatures near or above normal.
Governor Henry Allen of Kansas condemned U S censorship, calling it faulty and equating it with German folly. He cited letters from soldiers and said the 34th division, a Missouri and Kansas unit, faced shortages, lack of comfort, and about 1,200 wounded left in mud without head rests.
In early spring Prickly Porky the porcupine loses most of his quills and fears predators. Sammy Jay notices the missing spears and alarms the forest, warning that a hunter could eat him. Prickly Porky realizes true fear without his quills as Old Man Coyote and Buster Bear loom nearby.
Timeline notes a 1289 Sicilian Vespers massacre beginning as bells tolled for evening service. 1806 Joseph Bonaparte named King of Naples. 1813 Britain declares blockade of US ports including New York and Charleston. 1856 Crimean War ends with peace shots. 1842 ether first used as anaesthetic by Dr Charles Jackson. disputed claim by Dr William Morton. 1867 Alaska ceded by Russia to the US for 7.2 million dollars.
Worcester Mass March 30 Dr Robert H Goddard professor of physics at Clark college under patronage of the War Department Smithsonian Clark University and Worcester Tech has developed a rocket with an altitude potential of 70 miles and a ground range of at least miles Tests with 380 pound models in a Worcester lab show the propulsion system fits a gas engine at the shell base and starts without a cannon.
A testimonial letter praises Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy an herbal preparation used for over four decades. The writer cites weight loss recovery after hospital care and a return to work, claiming the remedy improved health and appearance. The ad notes the product has been on the market 40 years and is sold by druggists with samples available for ten cents.
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