Port Shipping Board Dilemmas and Local Ship Use Plan
Washington discusses the postwar shipping board's challenge between national and sectional views. A plan proposes local communities receive surplus ships to operate via chamber of commerce organized companies, funded by local capital, with government donating ships. The aim is to market America’s surplus abroad efficiently.
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Washington
New Shipping Board
Congress
Shipping Board
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Gulf Coast
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North Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Chamber of Commerce
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New York Evening Post, Inc
Peace Resolution Reported Friday By House Panel
The House Foreign Affairs Committee will meet Friday to report a peace resolution not expected to reach the House this week. Republicans plan to report the Porter resolution, which would end the war, replacing the Knox measure repealing the declaration of war. The declaration of war would be opposed regardless of form.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Senate
Marion vote seen as irrelevant to Richmond city manager move
Richmond advocates say Marion’s 5 to 1 rejection shows little about Richmond. they argue Marion voters were not fully informed and that Richmond’s conditions differ. Anti city manager leader Gath Freeman predicts Richmond will reject the plan too, asserting it reduces democracy and risks autocracy.
Senator Watteen Bid Makes Bonds Legal Tender
In Washington on June 1 Senator Watteen of Georgia introduced a bill to make federal bonds legal tender. He blamed the current weak industrial and financial mood on contraction of the circulating currency. Separately the city issues oiling petitions, with street work underway after starting Wednesday morning.
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Watteen Democrat
Georgia
Germany deposits first reparations payment via New York banks
The first installment of Germanys reparations, 33 732 000 dollars, was deposited at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York through Hallgarten and company Emptable Trust Speyer and company and the Guaranty Trust company. The transfer used banking credits rather than cash and credited Bank of England and Bank of France.
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Associated Press
New York
Germany
United States
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Hallgarten and Company
Emitable Trust Company
Speyer and Company
Guaranty Trust Company
Federal Reserve Bank
Bank of England
Bank of France
Hamburg
Stillman Divorce Hearings Postponed to June 7 8 9
In Poughkeepsie New York James A Stillman sues Fifi Potter for divorce. Hearings were postponed to June 7 8 and 9 after illness and scheduling conflicts among counsel. Stillman’s side opposes further delays and intends to press the case. Both sides deny delaying for out of court settlement talks.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
James A. Stillman
Fifi Potter
Scott C Bone Nominated Governor of Alaska
Scott C Bone a former Seattle publisher and Republican campaign publicity manager was nominated by President Harding to be governor of Alaska. He had been appointed governor by Harding and is in New York with Mrs Bone visiting relatives. Alaskans had favored his appointment after months of consideration.
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Scott C. Bone
Seattle
Republcan National Committee
Harding
Alaska
New York
Bone
John Starr
Westcott
Moore Local Forecast Forecasts Scattered Thunderstorms Nearby
Cool tonight with mostly fair skies for 36 hours ahead. Scattered local thundershowers Likely in Wayne and adjacent counties. Indiana to remain generally fair tonight and Thursday with possible showers in extreme north. North portion warmer Thursday. No general rains nationwide. three storm centers extend from the Rock Mountains.
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United States Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
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Rock Mountain States
New State High School Classifications Announced for Wayne County
The State Board of Education no w places Wayne County high schools into first second or third class commissioned categories with Richmond High School named the only first class school. Most districts will be second class. no certified or accredited schools exist yet. Condemned buildings including Williamsburg Whitewater and Hagerstown require approved facilities before commissions. First class requires nine months, trained teachers, approved buildings, and a consistent program. second class mirrors except for eight month terms. Accredited status may apply to schools meeting standards, with diploma reciprocity rules for graduates transferring to commissioned schools.
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Williamsburg
Whitewater
Hagerstown
Claigh
State Board of Accounts
Mooresville sisters struck by freight train fatal injuries
Hazel Stevens aged 18 and her sister Jennie Colee aged 25 were struck by a freight train while walking along a track to work in Mooresville Indiana. Hazel died and Jennie was fatally injured though she survived. The incident occurred early today and investigators believe the sisters did not hear the whistle.
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Widespread Rail Wage Cut Reduces July Increases
The railroad labor board ordered a two thirds cut of last July's wage increase, effective July 1 on 104 roads. The overall average cut is about 12 percent from the prior rise of 21 percent, impacting roughly two million workers and following a history of wage growth during government control. The board notes some workers will see far higher earnings than others, while officials say the reductions, though substantial, are insufficient to meet current needs.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
H. F. Byram
Milwaukee and St Paul
Melton
Chicago Great Western
Marion Votes Down City Manager Plan
In Marion Indiana a June special election decisively rejected the city manager form by about five to one. Total votes were 5 745 against and 1 592 for with only the First ward precinct showing a pro plan majority. The turnout was light as many voters, including women, did not cast ballots. The campaign featured speakers from cities with the new system and Marion becomes the first Indiana city to vote on the measure. Dates for similar elections were set in other cities statewide.
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Gath Freeman
Anticity Manager Organization
Marion
Freeman
Indiana
Ind
What I Think of the City Manager System
A former county official notes the city manager plan lets voters remove an ineffective city manager before a term ends. He argues the new system rewards accountability and would influence his vote on June 14.
Bavarian Stand on Disbanding Guards Displeases Berlin
Berlin reports discontent over Bavarian premier von Kahr’s refusal to disband the Einwohnerwehr civilian guards on the eve of Chancellor Wirth’s Reichstag address. The move strains Berlin’s aims to meet Allied demands and complicates arms collection, especially in rural areas as pressure from local leaders and employment fears mount.
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Associated Press
Berlin
von Kahr
Bavaria
Einwohnerwehr
Wirth
Germany protests new currency order in Saar region
Germany filed a note of protest with the League of Nations over the Saar district adopting the French franc as its official currency for posts and railways starting in May, arguing the move violates the Versailles treaty and alters terms illegally.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
League of Nations
Saar
League
Commission of Government
Tulsa riots kill 74 as militia is called in
Tulsa Oklahoma June 1 nine white men are known dead and authorities estimate 65 negro fatalities after a race clash that raged until noon. martial law and national guardsmen were deployed to patrol the negro quarter with thousands held in detention camps. fires devastated nearly 10 blocks of the negro section while gunfire and arrests continued through dawn.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Gustafson
Oklahoma City
Standpipe
Susset Hill
Oklahoma National Guard
No Man’s Land
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