Soviet Leader Sats Russia in Favor Peace
In an interview from Reval Esthonia on Apr 6, Litvinoff, head of the Russian legation abroad, reiterates peaceful aims and denounces rumors of mobilization as lies. He says Russia seeks reconstruction, disputes a Pravda report on halted demobilization, and notes Allied and American attitudes while pledging reform for the working class.
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Im Litvinoff
Russia
Ile
Pravda
Moscow
Hungary
Roumanias
Poland
Japan
M. Litvinoff
Roumania
Reval
United States
Muchtvinoff
M. Lit Vinoff
Riga
Wits Esthonia
Southern Pacific reelects fifteen directors at annual meeting
Anchorage Kentucky April 6 AP all fifteen directors including Robert Goelet J Kruttschnitt L F Loree Ogden Mills and Samuel Reg were reelected at the stockholders meeting. A resolution authorized directors to act on federal railroad control. About 33000 stockholders representing 2.5 million shares attended via proxies. Southern Pacific serves as holding company for Southern Pacific and allied roads with a domicile near Louisville.
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Anchorage
Kentucky
Southern Pacific Company
Robert Goelet
J. Kruttschnitt
L. F. Loree
Ogden Mills
Samuel Reg
A. K. Vandeventer
Southern Pacific and Allied Roads
Louisville
Utah Assembly Approves E-cigarette Law Amid Crime Wave Claims
Salt Lake on April 6 reports the Utah legislature passed the e-cigarette law and where officials warn it is connected to a crime wave. The article cites remarks linking the law to rising social disorder and criticizes the American Legion post.
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Salt Lake
Utah
West
Prohibition sparks bold quotes on salt lake stills
Dr Jashen recalls hell holes of saloons and the wave of righteousness as prohibition passes in absentia. He warns of five thousand stills in Salt Lake and home brewers, arguing the measure threatens freedom and risks a rise in crime and labor unrest.
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Jashen
Salt Lake
Invalids Will Fare Very Well in Milwaukee
Four and seven-eighths gallons of beer every thirty days will be the maximum a doctor may prescribe to an individual under Internal Revenue rules. Physicians face strict accountability if they prescribe more than necessary, the message from Washington stated.
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Milwaukee
Internal Revenue Department
Washington
Miners Strike Backed by Transport Unions
The British miners strike gains support from the Transport Workers Federation as delegates plan joint talks with the National Union of Railwaymen and miners. The triple alliance aims to press for coordinated action, potentially broadening the stoppage and negotiations. The federation represents Waterside, seamen, carters, cabmen and related unions.
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London
Transport Work Reg
Transport Workers
National Union of Railwaymen
Miners Union
Robert Williams
Triple Alliance
J. H. Thomas
British National Transport Workers Federation
Carters
Riots Rage in Cowdenbeath Mining Town Scotland
Disorders in Cowdenbeath Fife worsened at midnight on the first night of unrest with melees between rioters and police. Several police officers and a number of strikers were injured as protesters breached cordons, cut electric wires, and plunged the town into darkness while reinforcements were dispatched.
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Scotland
London
Cowdenbeath
Fifeshire
Dunfermline
Lanarkshire Mines Hit By Strikes Across Districts
Lanarkshire districts report disorders as striking miners interfere with pumping operations at several mines. Arrests are mentioned. In London the truce proposal by Premier Lloyd George arises as mining and transport workers rally in support or postponement of action, while negotiations with mine owners proceed.
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Lanark
Scotland
Lanarkshire
London
Lloyd George
Triple Alliance
J. H. Thoma
Nationa Union of Railway Men
Ahiteh
House of Commons
Liegd
Miners Federation
Consul narrowly avoids being shot in Cork incident
Mason Mitchell United States consul in Queenstown escaped a fatal shooting when his car nearly triggered a soldiers’ halt. Ben Harrigan of Ford Works accompanied him as deaf drivers failed to hear the command. a bank manager intervened to prevent gunfire.
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Cork
Apl
Mason Mitchell
United States
Queenstown
Mitchell
Benjamin Harrigan
Ford Works
Pelly
Hibernian Bank of Cork
Union Scrap Heads to Arbitration to Avert Court Battle
In Detroit the parties from the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railroad Shop Laborers and the union executive board sought arbitration to end lawsuits. Judge Patrick O'Brien proposed arbitration to prevent further disruption. both sides agreed he could serve as arbitrator. Everett of Sebastopol and Hall of Rock Island, former board members, claim dismissal by Edward F. Grable.
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Detroit
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Bot
Patrick O’brien
Alex M. Everett
Sebastopol
California
John Hall
Rock Island
The
Brotherhood
Edward F. Grable
O'Brien
Everett and
Liall
Grable
Mexico appoints minister to soviet Russia
Mexico City reports that El Universal names Salvador Macado ro as the new minister to Russia. The dispatch notes the appointment amid ongoing negotiations and water pumpmen strike implications.
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Mexico
Russia
Mexico City
Soviet
el Universal Today
Salvador Macadero
Grangers Propose National Marketing Plan for Grain
Delegates at a Chicago ratification meeting debated compulsory pooling of grain as 25 percent irreducible minimum. The plan, from seventeen farmers, seeks a national cooperative marketing system with optional pooling and a United States Grain Growers Inc. corporation to manage contracts and central facilities.
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Chicago
Farmers Grain Marketing Committee
Northwest Wheat Growers Association
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
Wheat Growers Association of America
Wichita
Kansas
Aaron Sapiro
San Francisco
Northwest Wheat Growers
A. C. Bailey
Kingsley, Kas
Kamsas
Wheat Growers Association
Committee of Seve
United States Grain Growers, Inc
Feaure
Arner
United States
von Stock Company
Iyidends
Venteen
Art Corporation
Wallace urges marketing aid to farmers not quack nostrums
Secretary Wallace told the Farmers Marketing Committee in Chicago that the Agriculture Department should assist farmers in marketing crops as it does in production. He warned against quack nostrums and urged careful adjustments to production and marketing with fair prices for producer and consumer.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Farmers Grant Marketing Committee
United States
Strap Hangers On Aerial Jitneys
London reports the first aerial strawhanging occurrence as a London to Paris air service resumes. On the second day, a departing plane carried three passengers without seats, who rode in the passageway gripping luggage racks.
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London
Lonfin
Paris
Canada joins court as nations ratify ICJ statutes
Geneva reports Canada signs protocol ratifying ICJ statutes increasing adherents to the court. League secretariat asks member states to nominate judges conditional on ratification. In Washington AP notes the United States invited to name a representative to the ICJ, but officials would not say if the invitation will be accepted.
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Geneva
Canada
International Court of Justice
Co Ae
League of Nations
League
Assembly of the League
Hague
Washington
United States
State Department
Nebraska Pen Overcrowding Sparks Sheriff Protest
Nebraskas jail system faces severe overcrowding as sheriffs ask Warden W T Penton to stop sending more prisoners to the state reformatory. Local officials warn the facility cannot handle additional inmates.
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Nebraska
W. T. Penton
Srewgee
Exiled Charles Delayed by Protests in Austria and Hungary
Five hours delayed his journey toward Switzerland following a failed bid to reclaim the Hungarian throne as thousands of workers in Bruck and Lower Austria protested. In Budapest Charles walked to Steindamer station with Bishop Ikes, stood among supporters, then returned to his train amid a singing crowd.
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Vienna
Charles
Switzerland
Frohnleiten
Bruck
Lower Austria
Budapest
Steinamanger
Ikes
Jury Deadlocks Over Blue Sunday Movies in Platteville
In Platteville Wisconsin a jury failed to decide if Sunday cinema violated law after the WCTU complained against theatre owner William Tracy. With the panel split, a new trial was expected and the WCTU plans to reopen Sunday showings at Light Street Theatre if needed.
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Platteville, Vic
Apl
Platteville
Womans Christian Temperance Union
William Tracy
Bey
Turin Factory Lockout Declared by Owners
London April 6 AP a lockout has been declared by the owners of the Fiat plant in Turin central Italy amid tensions over production and labor actions observers report the move aims to pressure workers and authorities as industrial stoppage spreads in the region
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London
Turin
Mandate Notes Assert U S Rights Over World War Mandates
Washington reports say the United States sent notes to Japan Great Britain France and Italy asserting full rights as an allied power to review and pass on mandates. The notes reiterate U S safeguards over Yap and insist no Japan assignment without broad agreement.
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Washington
Japan
Great Britain
France
Italy
Pacific
Equator
State Department
Colby
United States
Yap
Pacifie Ocean
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Island of Yap
Supreme Council
United States Declines Allied Treaty Decisions
A Paris dispatch reports the American note to France asserting U S rights in all postwar matters. Identical messages were sent to Britain and Italy with issuance to follow from the state department. The Echo de Paris editor Pertinax views the move as the United States refusing any Versailles or league of nations decisions.
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Chas, Hughes
United States
State Department
Washington
Pertinax
Echo de Paris
Accats
Dlares
America
Supreme Council
League of Nations
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U. S
Myron T. Herrick
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Ogahas
Hughes
Oyeal
League of Aerea
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