Village station agent salary question sparks PSC review
The Public Service Commission confronted a case in Colway near Syracuse where a village station agent holds three jobs under federal control, drawing 7,730 annually with 2,418 paid to help. He sells about 300 tickets monthly and also works for Western Union and the American Railway Express. The commission denied United States Railroad Administration’s petition to discontinue the Solway agent, suggesting policy revision to cut compensation rather than remove service.
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Wander Railroad Administration
N.aa
Public Service Commission
Colway
Syracuse
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Railway Express Company
United States Railroad Administration
Sol‘way
Public Service
Irvvine
Schleswig Votes Danish in Northern Schleswig Elections
In a Northern Schleswig municipal vote the Danish bloc won a clear majority. At Hederaleben 16 Danish candidates were elected to 9 Germans and five socialists. Norburg elected seven Danes to five Germans, while Loegumos saw six Danes, four Germans and two others chosen. Enthusiasm suggests a plebiscite on Denmark’s claim may follow.
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Ihagen
Schleswig
Prussia
Denmark
Hederaleben
So Far
The Providence Journal notes strong opposition to the League of Nations in the United States. It argues the plan is ambiguously drawn, hurried, and unconvincing, and finds no current readiness to endorse it, suggesting even a bare majority could struggle to support it domestically.
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Providence Journal
Wilson
League of Nations
Europe
Washington
United States
Balancing European events signal improved outlook
The article notes a modest improvement in Europe with Germany's fate seeming less chaotic and bolshevist threats fading. It cites elections turning against chaos, a Polish coalition between Pilsudski and Paderewski, and a possible peace offer from Bolshevik Russia as signs, while warning that the postwar situation remains unsettled and subject to change.
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Europe
Germany
Liebknecht
Rosa Luxemburg
London
Petrograd
Esthenia
Pilsudski
Mr. Paderewski
Poland
Warsaw
Paris
Macaulay
Mr. Watterson
The horrors of peace include money sunk in wild cat stocks
A terse line notes the dangers of speculative ventures during peacetime, warning that funds invested in risky stocks could vanish without trace. The remark frames financial instability as a hidden cost of postwar calm.
Oil Discovery in England Might Shift Global Oil Map
The New York Sun reports a Derbyshire Devonshire estate oil find with expert suggesting England could rival Pennsylvania. With 1916 UK imports at 100 million dollars, home production would ease scarce shipping and reduce coal reliance. Oil may lie across Lancashire Yorkshire Shropshire and Sussex, reviving Britain’s energy outlook.
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England
New York Sun
Duke of Devonshire
Chesterfield
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
California
Texas
Illinois
Louisiana
Kansas
West Virginia
Ohio
Withal
Great Britain
Island
Canada
Tively
India
Britain
America
Devonshire
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Shropshire
Sussex
Derbyshire
James Young
Arry
Chicago Chief Negro City
Chicago emerges as a focal point for the Negro population in America with estimates placing the community at 125 000, up from 25 000 two years earlier. Causes include labor demand, high wages, and wartime travel. many work in packing houses and align with labor federations. Black residents have converted areas once occupied by whites into a distinct district with hundreds of Black merchants and many owning homes and improved streets and buildings.
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Chicago
America
Negr
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MGA
One Hundred and Seventh Infantry
Committee On Public Information
Washington, D. C
Pape
Envis Wine
Mother Gray
Mother Gray CO
LE Roy
Nujol Laboratories Standard Oil CO
New Jersey
Broadway
New Yorks
Nujol Laboratories
Stenderd Oil Co
New York
Greaiwer
Middletown Merchants and
Middletown
Dletown
Red Cross
National Y. M. C. A. Knights of Columbus
Salvation Army
War Camp Community Service
United War Workers
Near East
Old Middletown
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