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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
2
The treasury plans to issue five month maturity loan certificates bearing 4 1/2 percent interest starting August first as part of a broad distribution to fund operations. Secretary Glass notes favorable market conditions and expects sizable increases in bonds and notes sales through August and September due to railroad and army payments.
William Harman Black former vice chairman of the war labor board argues that price fixing commissions are the only solution to universal profiteering in life’s necessities. He warns of escalating living costs and a consumer breaking point unless inflation is checked by a ruling that would authorize price fixing.
Fragmentary memo from Munich dated August 48 1917 reports German finance minister Mathias Erzberger staging a dramatic scene in the national assembly. The papal nuncio in Munich writes to Michaelis about the Vatican involvement and peace efforts.
A report notes the union recognition issue has impacted finances with millions of dollars lost. Direct effects are referenced though specifics are unclear.
President Wilson told the Senate that U S troops in Siberia are a vital element to keep the Trans Siberian railroad open and prevent chaos while aiding economic relief. Allied strategy with Japan aims to save the Czechoslovak armies and stabilize Russian efforts for law and order without interference.
Good year Tire and Rubber announces a Chicago commission will set damage payments to families of thirty nine dead and injured in the recent blimp disaster. The company says it will pay amounts the commission decides, but families may reject and pursue court action if desired.
The first aviators strike in New York history ended after twelve hours with an agreement between mail pilots and the postmaster general to resume service pending final negotiations. The action followed the department’s refusal to reinstate two discharged pilots.
Philip Thompson, an American boy kidnapped by Mexican bandits thirty miles from Mexico City, is released after a ransom of 1500 pesos. The Mexican foreign office urged payment to avoid harm to the boy and will refund the sum and pursue the bandits.
Thomas Fitzgerald, 39, a married man, confessed to police he killed six year old Janet Wilkinson on July 24 by strangling her. He led officers to his home where the body was found hidden beneath coal under the basement steps.
Dispatches from Agram and Gratz report a serious Croatian revolt seeking separation from Serbia and the creation of a republic. Troops desert their units and officers tear insignia as the army buckles under suppression by the Serb forces and Croatian authorities.
Nebraska items cover Elks planning a new lodge home in Omaha, Lincoln firemen wage rise, Dodge County leaders push a peace league, Lyons farm sold at 450 an acre, Richardson county five mill levy passes. Wilson invited to Omaha, illegal fishing fines, hog prices rally, Nelson obituary, county bridge fund raised, auto law warnings, North Platte court house project, 5 mill direct levy, bank assessments probe, Blue Springs school site vote, adjutants promoted, license renewals overdue, anti Mexican sentiment reports, teachers' psychology course, special session call, Fort Fort centennial plans, Ravenna flood, Walthill sales pavilion, Blair Dasidh move, Lincoln streetcar push, hail damage Beatrice, harvest labor patterns, Goldenrod highway contract, state workers gains, Hemingford Legion, wheat yields, recall petitions, drouth stocks info, Auburn fair prep, court house relocation vote, Nickerson sale profit, train robbery, university military plan, Davenport pardon rejection, Hartington Legion charter, Milford power line, Fling war history research, Brown county wheat disappointment, cigarette law implementation.
Illinois Governor Lowden's Midwestern trip interrupted as Chicago street car workers vote to strike. About 15 000 men reject a 65 cent wage offer from 48 cents, 8 hour day proposed, and threaten a citywide walkout. Suburban lines west of Chicago remain unaffected.
Seven people were killed and more than forty injured as renewed race riots erupted in Chicago's south side black belt. Over five hours scattered clashes occurred between whites and blacks and police, with gunfire from houses. casualties included five blacks and two whites. Police stations across the area flooded with reports.
Fragmentary report notes an American doctor was attacked in Ayutla Jalieco Mexico around September 1913 and later murdered. Details are incomplete in the OCR fragment.
The defendant in a Chicago case faces a sentence after contending the trial was unfair. An appeal is planned as part of a broader effort to challenge the proceedings and address alleged constitutional faults. He argues the trial did not meet due process standards.
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