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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1920
Page
6
Report from Chicago urges removal of the Socialists as embargo on livestock dominates headlines. Danish crisis deepens as Premier Zable’s cabinet falls after clashes over constitutional reform and plebiscite zones in Flensburg, prompting calls for elections and a possible republic.
Chicago workers strike over higher pay and end of Sunday shifts. Municipal garbage workers and 900 stockyard clerks walk out amid gridlock as city budgets and salaries spark a broad stoppage. Meat plants threaten closures, belated shipping disruptions prompt appeals to federal mediation.
March 10. German government assures it will not send regular troops into the Ruhr beyond Versailles limits. A German delegation told allied authorities that forces in the Ruhr district do not exceed the allowed number and will not be deployed without alliance approval. M Meilland cautions that violations could trigger French occupation of parts of the zone.
Vanderlip will join Harvard as a lecturer with a stated term and salary arrangement. The appointment aims to extend the university's faculty expertise as the leading economist transitions from prior roles to teaching duties starting in September.
New York March 20 A stay of motion was granted to Harry Nintinky executive secretary of the Communist party there who was sentenced yesterday to from five to ten years in a state prison for criminal inarchy.
A San Francisco report states Willard Ellis, formerly cashier of Pingree National Bank of Ogden, is selected as president of the Federal Land Bank in Berkeley, succeeding William H. Darce. The article notes other managerial shifts, including Wilbur Love of Berkeley Bank leaving for Wallington to join the Farm Loan Board and John Guill Sr. of Chico remaining vice president and director.
Secretary of Labor Wilson called a conference to address the longshoremen strike crippling Atlantic coast shipping. Longshoremen threaten a railroad crew sit-in unless United Fruit stops pressuring unions to unload ships, while deep sea longshoremen stage a strike against the company employing strike breakers.
In Flemingsburg district Kentucky on March 30 a mob attacked officers transporting Grant Smith a 40 year old Black prisoner. He was beaten and dragged to a telegraph pole near Mays Lick along the Lexing ton pike before perishing. Smith had vanished two months earlier after a claimed assault and Roby Anderson a local woman is noted in this brief. The fragmentary report cites Smith being arrested in Michigan last week.
Russian Bolshevik forces clash with Polish troops east of Deraznia in a reported armored train battle. Two trains reportedly stood about 200 feet apart as Soviet cars were lost and withdrawal followed amid high casualties on all fronts.
Continental Oil Co. directors meet and decide a 200 percent stock dividend. Each holder will get two additional shares for every existing share. Books close April 10, with payouts planned before month end in Denver.
New York March 30 Brigadier General William W Harts who led American troops in the Paris area after the armistice arrived from France today He is expected to answer charges from other officers that he was responsible for cruelties to soldiers in prison camps While abroad he oversaw preparations for President Wilsons visit to Europe and was chief of staff of the army of occupation
A Berlin anti government command reveals only one Ruhr surrender condition remained. Reichswehr survival could trigger a new European war, and some leaders threaten mass killings of families rather than surrender. A New York money report notes Barter rate and Mexlead dollars.
Davenport Wis March 30 floodwaters from the Mississippi threaten riverfront areas with a stage 13.2 feet over flood level. Homes along Clinton Street Bridge crossing and nearby districts evacuate as water inches toward Burlington railroad tracks. In La Crosse area twenty five households move furniture from flooded homes and livestock is rescued from barns as the town girds for rising water. La Crosse remains mostly safe with high ground above the crest while surrounding areas face isolation by floodwaters.
Census tabulations forwarded to Washington place Cook County population at 3,232,296 including Chicago. Chicago city count appears as 2,834,827, per figures published recently, with final official tabulation pending.
The Dutch government is reported to have given Germany 4400 tons of wheat and barley for revictualling. The March report notes the transfer as part of wartime aid, with details uncertain and tied to supply arrangements in 1940.
The judiciary committee reports the five Socialist assemblymen as unfit and disloyal, urging their seats be considered for removal. Minority members dispute the finding, arguing oaths and constitutional limits prevent expulsion, while some Republicans support seating them. The issue will be set as a special order of business in the 53rd Legislature.
Ottawa March 30 Japanese and Chinese have become Canadian citizens by naturalization. The house of commons was told that 105 Japanese and 25 Chinese joined the citizenry this year. Immigration from both groups has been steady since 1911, with a total of 520 Japan ese and 2777 Chinese residents reported in the dominion.
New York March 30 The National Retail Dry Goods Association will hold its spring convention to San Francisco. Dates will be in late May or early June with prominent British merchants expected to attend.
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