Warsaw government evacuates as allies reject troops plan
Aug 10 dispatch reports the Polish government leaving Warsaw for Kalisz as Bolshevik forces advance toward the Narew. Cavalry nears Miawa and Przysnysz has fallen, with propaganda pamphlets urging Poland to become communist. Allies in Hythe agree to blockade and non troop support, aiming to aid Poland while Western Europe braces for bolshevism.
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London
Warsaw
Moscow
Kalisz
Posen
Sokolov
Przysnysz
Bolshevist
Chor
Miawa
Cilephanow
Orzvo
Warsaw-Danzig
Felix Dzierinski
Revolutionary Committee
Poland
Hythe
Lloyd George
Western Europe
Millerand
Western
Europe
Marshal Foch
D Wilson
Allies Weigh Immediate Aid to Poland in Minsk Talks
France and Great Britain may offer military naval and economic assistance to Poland with plans awaiting Minsk talks between Soviet and Polish negotiators. If Russians show reasonable stance on the Poles, allied aid could be withheld. The British government allows the Russian mission to stay in London until Minsk concludes.
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France
Great Britain
Poland
Minsk
London
Dr Reinsch Accepts Wisconsin Senate Nomination
Shanghei Aug 1 Dr Paul R Reinsch former American minister to China has formally accepted the Democratic nomination for United States senator for Wisconsin.
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China
Wisconsin
Charlie Touzi Faces Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition
Boston August 10 An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against Charlie Touzi whose international exchange ventures have stirred interest. The filing was made by Charlie Cantwell James Fernald and Harry Farrell who hold notes totaling 87)
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Boston
Charlies
Yawl Sets Atlantic Record For 35 Foot Vessel
The Typhon reportedly completed a nonstop Atlantic crossing from Cape Race Newfoundland to Bishop's Rock Solly Islands a distance of 2108 miles in 15 days 9 hours arriving at Cowes Isle of Wight on August 10 Passengers included Frederick Baldwin of Toronto James Dorsett of Washington and William Cutting of New York who reported heavy seas during the voyage
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Isle of Wight
Atlantic
Typhon
Cape Race
New Foundland
Bishop's Rock
Solly Islands
Frederick Baldwin
Toronto
James Dorsett
Washington
William Cutting
New York
Suffrage Action urged as Tennessee Legislature meets
Governor Roberts urged prompt ratification of the federal suffrage amendment in a message to the Nashville special session. He cited Republican and Democratic state conventions backing ratification and argued the action legal despite a constitutional clause. The governor urged early ratification to place women on an equal footing in voting.
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Nashville
Tenn
Roberts
Saernment
Solicitor General
Supreme Court
Ohio
New Plan Outlined to Move Grain and Coal Supply
The Geological Survey paints a bright but mixed week for coal and grain movement. Despite a drop in output due to mine strikes, bituminous production reached 302,727,000 tons year to date while anthracite rose to 4,570,000 tons by July 31. Tidewater shipments set a record with 27,461 carloads dumped, and July's total coal cars reached 104,826 across regions including New York and Hampton Roads.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Miinmis
Indiana
Sone
Tidewater
Inland shipment totals reach millions through Lake Erie
The report notes shipments to Lake Erie ports for the Northwest rising to 6.814 million tons by July 31, trailing W118 by about five hundred million tons and behind 115 by six and a third million tons. Data shows overall year totals around 172,112 tons in the cited segment.
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Lake Erieporta
Blaze at Joliet Prison Destroyed One Building
A Joliet prison fire destroyed one building of the chair factory and damaged a second. Estimated loss is $20,000 in mostly finished stock. Officials deem the blaze incendiary, but the cause is undetermined. Convict fire department could not control the flames. Joliet and Assistant Chief Ruddy sent two companies to help. John L. Whitman, state prisons chief, was present for a parole board session.
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Joliet
Pire
John L. Whitman
Parole Board
Thomas Ruddy
Archbishop Mannix Arrives at Penzance from Baltic
Arch bishop Mannix was landed from a destroyer at 4 15 pm and proceeded to the railway station to London. He declined to talk, saying he had nothing to say now. He stayed at Canon Wade's house and moved freely with two detectives observing him.
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Penzance
Mannix
London
Canon Wade
Penzanes
Uberty
Queenstown
Mennix
Wivern
Great Lakes transport urged to ease grain routes
Washington August 10 plans are being worked out by the interstate commerce commission and railways to maximize grain movement on the Great Lakes. Governor Harding of Iowa urged using lake boats to relieve congestion between Chicago and Buffalo. The commission heard that 122 million bushels could move in a single trip from Lake Michigan and Lake Superior ports to Buffalo, with 75 000 cars loading capacity. Agricultural interests warn of bankruptcy without car supply for grain. 120 crop expected to equal 1918, threatening widespread economic impact.
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Washington
Iinterstate Commerce Commission
Great Lakes
Clark
Northwest
Harding
Iowa
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Buffalo
Governor Landing
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montana
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
J.J. Murphy
State Railway. Com
Northwest grain car shortage sparks railway reform plea
Commissioner Murphy warned Northwest railroads had only 86 percent of box cars with 20 percent unusable for grain loading. He urged the commission to transfer cars from territories owning excess cars to Northwestern grain shippers. Jacobson estimated 500000 cars needed to move a 700 million bushel grain crop.
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Northwestern Grain
Great Wave of Smuggling Reaches Coast and Border
Washington reports whisky smuggling into the United States has grown to a large illegal traffic. Customs officials say they are wholly inadequate to counter the scale and would need a small army to patrol coastlines and borders, according to Assistant Secretary Shouse.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Customs Service
Shouse
The
Treasury
Stocks Drop in New York Amid World News and Sterling Dip
New low figures for the year appeared in many stocks during the first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Pol ish situation and a 7 cent drop in sterling exchange spurred renewed liquidation and short selling across the board. Shares with strong speculative following led the weakness as foreign rates fell 10 to 35 points. Dealers linked the weakness to adverse foreign news and exporters pressing grain and cotton bills onto the market with little demand at concession levels.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Sterling Exchange
Substantial corn gain. wheat expected drop in crop report
Washington August 10 figures from the government August grain report show corn up by 224 million bushels July to July and a forecast total of 3 008 000 000 bushels. Wheat production is forecast to fall by 14 000 000 bushels to 795 000 000. Potatoes tobacco and hay improve with higher forecasts.
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Washington
15000 Men Affected by Raise
Fifteen thousand workers are affected by a wage raise. The total annual impact is thirty one million dollars in additional payroll, spreading across multiple industries and companies. The measure appears to lift annual earnings and may influence job markets.
Railway workers awarded retroactive wage rise in board ruling
Seventy five thousand railway express workers in the United States win a retroactive pay increase totaling about 31 million dollars annually. The railway board ordered an average rise of 33 dollars per month per worker in the decision announced today in Chicago.
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Evening Journal
Chicago
Railway Express
United States
Railway Board
Capture of Ciechanow Shuts Warsaw Danzig Rail Line
Special to The Evening Journal reports that forces captured the town of Ciechanow today, cutting the Warsaw Danzig railway and impacting strategic transport in the region.
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Ciechanow
Danzig
Evening Journal
Paris
Warsaw-Danzig
Russia weighs war threat over Bolshevik Warsaw drive
Moscow reports Russia may consider war with Britain as Bolsheviks press toward Warsaw. The tone suggests growing international tension amid the Russian campaign and British involvement.
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Evening Journal
Moscow
Russia
Britain
Bolshevists
Warsaw
Germans in Favorite Game
Paris reports France seized documents from Herr Ollmens, former reichstag deputy, detailing a German plan to undermine the Sarre commission. The papers name the Heimatdienst propaganda bureau, funded with 5,000,000 marks, as behind Sarre agitprop and the regionwide strike.
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Paris
Sarre Valley
Herr Ollmens
Reichstag
Sarre Commission
League of Nations
Heimatdienst
Sarre
Cox to appeal to women in national campaign
Gov. James M. Cox outlined a plan to win the nation’s 10 million women voters in the coming November election. A flying squadron of nationally known women speakers will lead the effort, backed by 5,000 local women speakers in every precinct, with Mrs. George F. Bass of Chicago named executive chairman of the women’s campaign committee.
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Dayton
James M. Cox
League of Nations
George F. Bass
Chicago
First U S Mail Air Flight Opens Chicago to Minneapolis
A United States mail plane began the regular daily service from Chicago to Minneapolis. It departed from a Maywood field and was due to land at Fort Snelling in the afternoon. An elaborate celebration was planned for the first Chicago to Minneapolis air mail landing.
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U. S. Postal Service
Government Field
Chicago
Minneapolis
Maywood
Fort Snelling
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