Johnson Again Attacks Russian Policy in Senate
Senator Johnson of California blasted U S policy toward Russia calling for immediate withdrawal of all American troops and the adoption of his resolution. He denounced the Lodge peace plan and the idea of policing Europe, warned against sending American troops to back European conflicts, and revealed a Soviet note asking allies about reentering war and possible support. He charged U S troops in Russia act under British officers with no proper American oversight.
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Brest Litovsk
All Russian Congress of Soviets
Germany
United States
Japan
Astern
Siberian
Vladivostock
Letters from Deetjen Rebut War Zone Rumor
Several men report letters from W. L. Deetjen 17 Wes leyan football star of inter collegiate fame dated January 17. The letters confirm he was alive then, disproving a rumor two months earlier that the former athlete had been killed in action.
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Deetjen
W. L. Deetjen
Wesleyan
Officials press reroute of express trains through Naugatuck Valley
Prominent officials from New Britain Bristol Naugatuck Waterbury and other places attended a Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Hotel Elton today to urge the New Haven road to reroute several express trains through the Naugatuck valley after they were taken off this division.
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New Britain
Bristol
Naugatuck
Chamber of Commerce
Elton
New Haven Road
Naugatuck Valley
Ford-Newberry Probe Gets Senate Favorable Report
Washington reports a senate committee approved a favorable resolution to investigate the Ford Newberry senatorial election. If adopted, the resolution will authorize an immediate probe into charges against both Ford and Newberry.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Audit and Control
Senate
Ford
Newberry
Tobacco Census Report on Leaf Tobacco Holdings
Washington reports January 1, 1919 leaf tobacco held by manufacturers and dealers totaled 1,234,884,896 pounds, up from 1918. Stemmed and unstemmed totals are broken out, with October 1918 and July 1 figures referenced for comparison.
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Washington
German Peace Delegation Personnel Listed
London dated dispatch from Amsterdam lists the German peace delegation members as Phillip Scheidemann Konrad Haussmann Brockdorff Rantzau Mathias Erzberger and Count von Bernstorff, the former German ambassador to the United States.
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Amsterdam
Phillip Scheidemann
Konrad Haussman
Brockdorff Rautzau
Mathias Erzeberger
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Over-gallant. John Fletcher Bound Over for Bigamy
Daily Sketch item notes soldier John Fletcher bound over for bigamy at the same court. He had been twice recommended for gallantry. The brief reference highlights a contrast between his gallantry recognitions and the legal charge.
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John Fletcher
Dyer Hubbard Arrives Home From Overseas in Middletown
Dyer Hubbard, long overseas with the Yale unit, returned to Middletown last night and is now at his home in New.
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Dyer Hubbard
Yale
Middletown
New
London held designer Deveulle in cocaine death case
In London fashion designer and Orientalist Deveulle also spelled Devoe is held on a manslaughter charge connected to the death of Billie Carleton, a fashionable English American actress found dead in her Hotel Savoy apartment in London about a month ago from an overdose of cocaine. Deveulle is reputed in New York society for entertaining drug devotees of prominence.
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London
Billie” Carleton Ceasee
Deveulle
Billie” Carleton
Iss Carleton
Hotel Savoy
Devoe
New York
Stock Market Opens With United States Steel Day’s Focus
New York trading opened with heavy attention on United States Steel common. Early sales in 15,000 shares at 89 3-4 to 90 1-4 and 500 shares at 90 1-2. Steel stocks dominated pre noon activity with 110,000 shares. other issues declined. Afternoon saw a reaction with further swings and steady closes for bonds. Also noted: grain markets in Chicago with corn and oats down.
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New York
United States Steel Common
Republic Iron and Steel
Bethlehem Steel B
Marine
Steel
Marine Preferred
Mexican Petroleum
American Hide and Leather Preferred
Texas Company
Steel Common
Baldwin Locomotive
Utah
American
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Fortune Teller Quip Sparks Inheritance Guess
A feisty exchange about a fortune teller yields a joke about inheritance. A wife proclaims she will inherit after paying 50 cents, while her husband dismisses the value of the reading.
Roosevelt and Ingalls Poem Quotes Inspire Patriot Pride
The text cites Dr William A Webb of Randolph-Macon College as saying Roosevelt favored lines praising vigor and living fully, with descriptions of hunting, river scenes, and feasting. It also quotes John J Ingalls Opportunities about pursuing fate and success, noting it as another Roosevelt favorite from the Kansas City Star.
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William A. Webb
Randolph-Macon College
Colonel Roosevelt
John J. Ingalls
Mart
Kansas City Star
Obituary for Arthur C Hazard in Florida funeral plans
Arthur C Hazard son of Mrs Flora Hazard et Cromwell died in Jacksonville Florida on January 23. The funeral will be held at A L Southmayd's mortuary chapel Thursday at 1 30 P M with Rev W D Beach officiating. The body will be taken to Plainville for interment in the West Cemetery family plot.
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Flora Hazard
Cromwell
Jacksonville
Fla
A. L. Southmayd
W. D. Beach
Plainville
Republican Leader Seeks Daniels Impeachment Over Wireless Purchases
Republican Leader Mann told the House that Secretary Daniels ought to be impeached and removed. He claimed Daniels illegally used war funds to buy wireless systems, amid debate over a deficiency bill from the appropriations committee authorizing more than 15 billion dollars in appropriations and contracts.
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Washington
Mann
House
Daniels
Appropriations Committee
Bolsheviks Hover Over Peace Talks Amid Invasion
London dispatch reports the Bolsheviks show reluctance to halt their invasion as talks near Prince’s Island in the sea of Marmora. The Daily Express editorial warns of ongoing murder in Estonia and notes British opinion would welcome breaking off negotiations. The piece questions alliance dealings with Russian murderers versus German ones.
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London
Prince’s Island
Sea of Marmora
Daily Express
Esthenia
Russia
Jeremiah O’Leary Espionage Trial Moves Forward
In New York on January 29 five tentative jurors were chosen as the Jeremiah A. O’Leary espionage case resumes in federal court. Seven more jurors are to be selected before peremptory challenges. defense may strike ten and government six. Witnesses are summoned for tomorrow as testimony is expected to begin.
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Jeremiah O’leary
New York
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Waiting for Kaiser's Grandson in Amsterdam
The Kreuze Zeitung marks the ex Kaiser’s birthday and vows to keep the flag until the grandson is old enough to inherit. Rumors point to the former crown prince’s son as the likely successor, referenced amid abdication chatter. A second item humorously contrasts a student’s study grind with a light dialogue from an old Chicago News snippet.
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Kaiser
Amsterdam
Kreuze Zeitung
William Hohenzollern
Emperr
Fragmentary dialogue about stage performers and peony eel remark
A garbled exchange mentions small peony eel and asks why big music companies employ small girls. The line implies a controversial view of stage size and representation but remains unclear.
Front Row Demand Amid Bank Woes
A quarrel over a check and a $500 withdrawal exposes a club scene where a debtor pleads to pull funds from a handbag with a handkerchief, highlighting financial strain and a tense social moment.
Most Decorated American Returns From War
Captain S Crillon Chapman of New York returns after years with Allied armies. He earned the Medaille Militaire Croix de Guerre with palm and three stars Belgian War Cross Russian Croix de St George and the Italian War Cross. He served with France Belgium Russia Italy and the United States and is credited with downing three German planes.
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S. Crillon Chapman
New York
Aptain Chapman
France
Belgium
Russia
Italy
United States
Lafayette Escadrille
Albert
United State
Chapman
Influenza Attacks Baboons in Africa Threaten Epidemic Spread
A South Africa led outbreak sees baboons in Transvaal reportedly contracting influenza as the disease devastates human populations, with Cape Town alone losing thousands and orphans increasing. Farmers worry baboons raid crops, while health authorities fear expanded spread into remote areas. The report contrasts animal and human losses amid ongoing epidemic control efforts.
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South Africa
Cable
Cape Town
Cape Argus
Brantzes
Transvaal
Army airgruft three times more aircraft than needed
Washington January 29 Major Lyons of the aircraft service testifying before the house military affairs committee said the American army now has three times as many aircraft as required under Baker’s 500000 man army plan. He estimated 2000 officers and 92000 men needed to operate 2006 planes for the proposed army and that the original $1.499 billion aircraft budget for fiscal 1919 had been cut to 17.3376 million with most funds for operation and only some for aircraft construction and experimentation.
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U. S
Washington
Baker
Lyong
Aircraft Service
House Military Affairs Committee
Lyons
Army
Navy Appropriation Cut in Second Deficiency Bill
Washington January 29 the house voted out four million three hundred thousand dollars from the navy department in the second deficiency bill amid charges by Representative James R Mann of Illinois that Secretary Daniels used much of the funds in advance to buy radio ship to ship stations after Congress refused permission.
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Washington
Navy Department
House
James R. Mann
Illinois
Daniels
Congress
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