Harding Offers Revised Rail Peace Plan After Strike Talks
President Harding revised his original railroad settlement proposal amid optimism of an imminent end to the strike. The new plan, shaped during talks with T Dewitt Cuyler and Ben W. Hooper, places seniority decisions in direct conference rather than a board ruling, signaling a more acceptable basis for compromise.
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Washington
Av&k. J
Harding
White House
Chicago Railway Labor Board
Ben Whlooper
Railway Labor Board
President presses rail chiefs on returning workers
Railway executives urged the President to fund 200 replacement workers and sought limits on restorations. The President, noting prior government backing for workers, asked railroads to cap the number of new hires and unions to limit the return of staff to former posts.
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Railroad Labor Board
Atrikera
Fis
Senate approves boosted tariffs on woolen blankets
Senate votes 33 to 24 to raise tariff duties on woolen blankets to 2 to 40 cents per pound and 30 to 40 percent ad valorem from Underwood rate of 25 percent. Felts duty ranges 2 cents to 40 cents per pound and 20 to 4 percent ad valorem. Senator Walsh argues duties exceed imports.
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Washington
Senate
Walsh
Dem. Mass
Lloyd George Angles at Smuggling Plan Talk
London Aug 1 Premier Lloyd George said the British government was considering tentative American proposals to curb spirits smuggling into the United States. A key idea is a reciprocal arrangement allowing search of vessels up to 12 miles offshore by both governments.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
United States
Mr. Lloyd George
Allies Pledge End to Greek Move on Constantinople
The Greek foreign minister assures Allies Greece will not occupy Constantinople without consent. London reports Lloyd George says Britain France and Italy oppose Greek advance. British Mediterranean Fleet sails to the Golden Horn with 11,000 Allied troops prepared to hinder any invasion.
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London
Constantinople
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Athens
Great Britain
France
Italy
Constantine
Asia Minor
Mediterranean
Golden Horn
Harrington
Hoover Plan On Coal Distribution Goes Into Effect
Government coal distribution under the Hoover plan moves forward with Henry B. Spencer in charge. Governors announce state purchasing and distributing committees to ensure proper allocation and curb profiteering. Offices open near Washington to centralize operations as distribution begins. No mining resumption reported in union fields. nonunion areas show better car loadings, led by Chesapeake & Ohio.
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Washington
President's Coal Committee
Henry B. Spencer
Spencer
Department of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Railway Association
Car Service Organization
Union
Pennsylvania
Chesapeake & Ohio
Drink records shattered on liner Homeric voyage
Passengers on the liner Homeric from New York drank 21 000 worth of champagne in seven days between ports. Officials note Americans spent freely in Paris and on board with nightly pools and high stakes in poker and bridge. Notables aboard included John W. Rainey Martin W. Littleton Jerome Kern Judge V. McAvoy Carroll Wainwright and Ogden Cochran.
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New York
Atlantic
France
Aixlex Bains
Deauville
Vichy
John W. Rainey
Martin W. Littleton
Jerome Kern
Judge V. McAvoy
Carroll Wainwright
Ogden Cochran
Coal Loadings Seen Up After Embargoes
Partial relief at Louisville Nashville and Norfolk and Western suggests similar car movements to last week. Embargoes declared last week are expected to boost coal loadings in the upcoming work period.
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Louisville
Nashville
Norfolk and Western
Warns Colonists on Fake South American Colonization Schemes
The commerce department warned Americans about unofficial promoters of colonization in South America. It noted active promoters in western states and that many settlers have sunk savings into remote land. It urged careful checks of transport, climate, and other factors and offered assistance.
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Washington
South America
Commerce Department
Department of Commerce
Wirth Rule Nearing End of Its Rope
Berlin reports the Wirth government faces an end of its policy of fulfillment as the ensuing week’s events test how long the cabinet can endure. Politicians warn of revolt within the coalition while Germania denounces Veincare’s note as French hatred and outlines the strain of currency and living costs. The piece notes Germany’s choice between terror and terror without end and cites US inaction.
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Wirth
X Ments Ost
Germania
Veincare
Germany
U. S
Lokal Anzelger
Lector Juegler
Boersen Zeitung
Siates
Amerin
Government to reject Poincare demand on clearing process
Early this week the government is set to refuse Premier Poincare s call for a clearing process linked to Allied control of German finances. Sharp notes are anticipated, signaling a major exchange since armistice days. Leaders say Chancellor Poincare would face broad backing if he issues a flat response, uniting both reactionary and communist factions.
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Poincare
Wirtt
France
Senate probe on 3 percent beer for soldier bonus
Washington reports Senator Calder studying a proposed amendment to the soldier bonus bill. The plan would authorize 3 percent beer production and tax it to fund the bonus, aiming to align with public sentiment shown in polls on beer and wine.
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Senate
Washington
Calder
New York
YANKS KILLED ON THE RHINE NEAR COBLENZ
Three American doughboys were killed and another seriously wounded when a motor truck of the occupation forces crashed into a telephone pole opposite Ehresbreitstein fortress near Coblenz. In Tennessee, dynamite destroyed the Cartwright drum and engine house as guards engaged attackers, with more than 50 shots exchanged.
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Berlin
Army of Occupation
Ehresbreitstein
Coblenz
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cartwright
Dunlap
Cleveland Reduces Street Car Fare to Five Cents
Cleveland officials announce five cent fares on all street car lines effective immediately. The penny trans fare remains in effect.
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Cleveland
Irish Leader Severely Wounded in Skerries Arrest Clash
Harry Boland formerly representing Dail Eireann in the United States lies in a Dublin hospital in critical condition after being shot in the abdomen during an attempted arrest at the Grand hotel in Skerries. A parallel report says ten irregulars were killed and several captured in the Kilmallock area as Free State forces battle irregulars.
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Belfast
Ireland
Harry Boland
Dail Eireann
United States
Dublin
National Army
Boland
Skerries
Grand Hotel
Hoostelry
O'Duffy
Limerick
Kilmallock
Free State
Meeting in Cleveland on Monday for wage conference
Joint wage conference set for Monday in Cleveland with operators and miners called by Lewis. The meeting aims to address labor terms and wage disputes pending between parties.
Conference aims to end coal strike with Cleveland talks
A wage conference of operators and miners from Central competitive bituminous fields will convene in Cleveland on Monday. John Lewis of the United Mine Workers called the session to seek an agreement to terminate the strike.
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Evening Journal
R Hit
Adelphia
Cleveland
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
McCabe Named Chief of Military Attaché Section
Col. E. R. W. McCabe, after serving as military attache in Prague for a year and a half, is appointed chief of the military attache section and foreign liaison at the War Department, succeeding Maj. Marlborough Churchil. He becomes the War Department contact with all foreign military attaches in Washington.
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Col
E. R. W. McCabe
United States
Prague
War Department
Marlborough Churchil
McCabe
Washington
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