Western Canada Opportunity to Feed World Warned
An editorial argues that Western Canada holds a vast opportunity to aid global hunger as Europe and allied nations face wheat shortages. It notes high 1919 prices, limited 1918 surplus, and Hoover troves of grain needs in Germany, with Canada urged to expand farming, shipping, and settlement to meet rising demand.
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United States
Treasury
Hoover
Germany
Austria
Poland
Italy
India
Troover
Europe
Russia
Bulgaria
Serbia
Roumania
Canada
Pop. Aes the Weasely Whisky Field Shock
A fragmented notice notes corn in the field may be made into whisky causing shock among locals. The text suggests a claim that the field was left open for a single user, implying a monopolized share. No clear names or dates are present.
Danzig Second Front Opens Sea Corridor for Poland
At the Paris peace talks the council of four disposed the Polish German boundary issue with Danzig to be internationalized and a corridor from Danzig to Poland's frontier granted for sea access. The Adriatic dispute with Jugoslavia and Italy remains to be settled soon. Irish delegates seek three seats at the talks, while British dominion reparations are to be handled after treaty signing.
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Danzig
Adriatic
Paria
Council of Four
Sidney Sonnino
Fom
Paris
Reuter
Germany
India
London
Great Britain
Pershing Arrives in Brest with Son on Leviathan
General Pershing greets the American convoy as Newton D Baker and Warren Pershing land in Brest aboard the Leviathan. Mrs Phoebe A Hearst dies at seventy six at the Hacienda Pleasanton, widow of Senator George Hearst.
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Newton D. Baker
Warren
General Pershing
Brest
Leviathan
Phoebe A. Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Pleasanton
San Francisco
Washington Sees Ishii to Return for Government Conference
Washington reports the Japanese ambassador to the United States Viscount Ishii will return to Japan soon for a conference with his government. Militant suffragists plan White House picketing and call for an immediate extra congressional session. Railways Director Hines announces a 10 cent per ton freight-rate cut for road-building materials shipped to states and municipalities. The Victory Liberty loan, offering two classes of notes at 4 and 8 percent, will open to the public April 21 with a total of 4.5 billion dollars.
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Viscount Ishii
United States
Japan
Washington
Congress
White House
Railways
Hines
Washington Dispatch
Victory Liberty
Iowa Farm Labor Shortage Figures From Guthrie Survey
A Guthrie survey for Iowa State College shows nineteen counties seeking 8 to 25 farm laborers this spring. Single workers average 10 percent more demand, married workers 3 percent. pay ranges 40 to 70 dollars, with top wages up to 100 dollars in Ida county and 90 dollars for a married worker in Sioux county. The report also covers a bank shortage at Batavia, a probate death, and local legal sparring in Muscatine.
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Iowa
W. J. Guthrie
Agricultural Extension Forces
Iowa State College
Guthrie
Ida County
Sioux County
Casey Fields
St. Joseph
Casey
Batavia Savings Bank
Walter Lewis
Lewis
J. T. Hackworth
Ottumwa
Ottumwa National Bank
Batavia Bank
J. M. Sterner
George P. Israel
J. J. Curray
George Messenger
Mary O'Rourke
Waukon
Thomas O’rourke
Dubuque
Patrick
James Kaveny
Hanna Conaway
Crete
Neb
Thomas Kevany
Ireland
Clara Fry
Nevada
Iowa City
Bolshevik retreat and European war updates Across Fronts
A London wireless message reports a ten mile Bolshevik retreat in the Murmansk region while Berlin says Danzig strike ends and Berlin newspapers note communist executions in Budapest. Reports cite Red Cross findings of mass killings near Osa, and Brest hosts General Moreau praising the Rainbow division. Geneva and Moscow dispatches hint at semi official talks with allies. A Berlin dispatch confirms Dernburg appointed finance minister. Reuters denies Cowdray oil control claim. Bolshevik forces retreat on the Murmansk front are confirmed by a Moscow wireless message.
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Murmansk
London
Urod
Moscow
Reopen Price Question Moves To Discuss Stabilization
President Wilson orders the industrial board and the railroad administration to reopen talks on price stabilization. Chairman Peek says the board will take up the issue at once, though action may wait for Director General Hines to return from the west. Redfield consulted the president by cable and the full text was not released.
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Paris
Edward F. Dunne
Illinois
Frank P. Walsh
National War Labor Board
Michael J. Ryan
Philadelphia
America
Ireland
Col. House
Walsh
Wilson
Edward DeVallera
Count Plank
House
Sean O
Washington, D. C
Industrial Board Department of Commerce
Railroad Administration
Peek
Hines
Redfield
Railroad
Bolshevik Sympathizers Fail to Storm Vienna Parliament
Bolshevik supporters tried to storm the Austrian parliament but were dispersed with a few wounded. The city remained generally quiet. The outbreak marks the first Bolshivik incident here since last November.
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Vienna
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Osa
Messrs. Simmonds
Emerson
Rudolph Teusler
American Red Cross
Omsk
Perm
Moreau
Forty Second
Rainbow
Clemenceau
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Lenine
Trotzky
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Bernard Dernburg
New York
Mexico
Reuters, Ltd
Sioux City
Humphrey
Pierce ST
Phenix
Pullford Tractor
Forry Truck & Tractor CO
Pearl St
Bolles & Rogers
Ist
Iowa Sts
International Motor Trucks
International Harvester Company of America, Inc
Ste Sioux City
Mandel Auto Repairing CO
Seventh St
Towa
Pearl Street
Chicago
R. N. Koenigsberger
Mer and
Prop
Connection
Jones Sts
Kodaks
Zimmerman Bros
Eastman Kodak CO
Jackson
Iowa Corner Ltd
Jackson Sts
Price
4Th St
Hawkeye Hide CO
Water S
Sioux Gig
West Hotel
Nebraska Sts
Stockman
Weater
Frank J. Donohoe
Parcel Post
Woolfson & CO
Acme Hay &Millfeed Co
Iown
Omaha
Lincoln
Consolidated Products Co
Dept. S.C. Lincoln, Neb
Middle West
Yaskine Bros. & Co
Jaws
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