Reds Prepare to Defend Petrograd as Huns Attack Finland
German forces push into Russia amid Bolshevik resolve to defend Petrograd by guerilla tactics. Reports claim four German ships carry soldiers and munitions to Vasa while Moscow presses for full surrender, with Stresemann urging continued military pressure until Bolsheviks prove seriousness.
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Crest of Flood Reaches Pittsburgh as Rivers Crest
Associated Press reports the Allegheny and Monongahela flood crest reached Pittsburgh with a stage of 27.1 feet at the Point Bridge. Rivers remained stationary early today and danger was deemed past. Industrial plants along the Allegheny were flooded and many families evacuated. higher levels were forecast for the Ohio river areas, including Wheeling with 87.5 feet predicted for tonight.
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Auto Turn Turtle Fatal Car Crash Kills Two
In Circleville February an automobile carrying Donald Carr aged 20 was killed and Carl McCrer land aged 23 was fatally injured when the vehicle overturned. Police say the crash occurred while both men were riding in the car, with details still incomplete.
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Anne Circleville
Donald Carr
Carl McCrerland
Fast Trains To Be Taken Off
The railroad administration announced that fast passenger service between New York and Chicago Chicago and St. Louis Washington and southern points and other major terminals will be eliminated soon. Some routes will be kept for fast traffic while others shift to freight than passenger use.
Longer hours for rail men reach labor agreement
Washington March 21 The accord between Director General McAdoo and A. O. Wharton heads toward longer locomotive and rolling stock repair hours plus apprentice and helper promotions and open shop terms. It covers more than 100000 railway workers in a major AFL fed union deal.
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Shipworkers Drive Exceeds All Hopes Amid Union Rally
Preliminary estimates place royal forces at about 250000 shipworkers joined unionists in a patriotic drive. The movement aims to mobilize thousands more as workers resist collaboration with unorganized peers across the industry.
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Washington
Bo Vurgll
Import Licensing Power Sees Man from Wisconsin
Peterson of the war trade board bureau wields a crucial weapon in import licensing. He can deny permission for all other articles if a nation won't export any item to the United States. A Wisconsin lawyer and practical farmer, he has traveled widely in South America studying its resources and potential.
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Socialists Urge Peace With Austro-Hungary Clash
The Austrian Socialist party demands the dual monarchy open negotiations with the United States and backs President Wilson's peace principles. British forces push toward Jericho after advancing 74 miles in Palestine, and 625 German prisoners were captured in Lorraine.
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Army 15 Behind King Alfonso at Madrid Demonstration
Official dispatches from Madrid received in Washington describe a demonstration linked to the regimental colors of the old military academy moving from the royal palace to the Toledo museum. The event is presented as evidence of army unity behind King Alfonso and the government with broad Spanish public sympathy.
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Uniform Fraud Plot Tied to Army Cloth Theft
Federal grand jury indicts three clothiers and two employees in New York for conspiring in extensive army uniform cloth frauds. Investigators tied the case to the Universal Cloth Shrinking Refinishing works and the arrest of Louis Davison. About $5,000,000 in cloth and supplies were reported stolen.
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Universal Cloth Shrinking & Refinfahing Works
New York City to Drop Unnaturalized Workers
More than 1000 city payroll workers who are not citizens or only have first papers are to be dismissed after a ruling by the assistant corporation counsel. The move follows a new city ordinance barring employment of unnaturalized persons.
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United States
Corporation Counsel
New City
Reorganization Bill Revised by Senate Report Soon
In line with a compromise on war reorganization legislation the administration bill extending President Wilsons authority to coordinate government agencies was revised today by the Senate judiciary sub committees and ordered reported next Monday to the fuel committee.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Judiciary
Swatow Earthquake Toll Rises to About Six Hundred Dead
Reports from Amoy show 600 killed and over 2,000 injured after the Swatow quake. Thousands left homeless as several villages in the hinterland were wiped out.
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Amoy
Ching
Swatow
Control to Be Big in Next Campaign
Senator Lewis of Illinois warned in the Senate that the administration railroad bill signals government control of major utilities and will dominate the 1930s campaign. He said the measure marks the government taking over railroads and would extend to telegraph, telephone, and fuel products. He argued railroads cannot return to private hands under current conditions.
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Washington
Lewis
Illinois
Senate
Candstone
French plan meatless weeks to ease cattle shortage
Paris January 1944 report states the French government will designate one meatless week each month through spring and summer to conserve cattle. The plan aims to stabilize prices, with a proposal for 100 municipal meat markets to reduce costs and improve supply.
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Puriy His
War Finance Corporation bill passes Senate panel
The Senate Finance Committee reported favorably today the administration measure to create a war finance corporation with 4.5 billion dollars in capital to aid war industries. The director would be presidentially appointed with Senate confirmation, replacing McAdoo’s previous setup. McAdoo agreed to the amendments, likely earning Republican support.
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Packing trains to move east for allied export
Six trains loaded with packing house products will be moved eastward daily for a month to export to the Allies. Secretary McAdoo announced the plan to British and Italian ambassadors and the French high commissioner during the Washington briefing.
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Associated Press
Bannerd
Washington
McAdoo
Vorwaerts Sarcastically Attacks Admiral von Tirpitz
AP report from Amsterdam dated February 21 relays a German socialist paper Vorwaerts recounting Admiral von Tirpitz’s Essen speech. He denounced war loathing no one in Germany, attacked British mammonism, urged public spirit, railed at trust magnates in America and England, and mentioned the Krupp works in Keven.
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Fatherland Party
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America
England
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Krupp
Senate Railroad Bill Delayed By Amendment Debates
Washington Feb 21 Hope to dispose of the railroad bill in the Senate before adjournment today was abandoned due to delays on amendments. Plans were made to continue the debate tomorrow as the session faced extended discussions.
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