Japan Yields to American Views on Colonies and Turkey
Paris reports Japan accepts internationalization of colonies while Italy agrees to withdraw claims on the port of Piume as part of nationality measures. US troop withdrawal from Turkey expected. two days for plan on troop allotment. by April 1 fifteen divisions remain on the western front with five ready to embark. The peace conference also outlines allied delegation plans for Poschen and Temesvar regions.
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Russian and British positions under siege near Taresevo
Allied scouts report enemy reinforcements moving along winter swamps toward the Tiné and Taga river sector as about 1000 attackers press the British and Russian line west of Taresevo, forcing the evacuation of Alexieffskaya.
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Taga
Taresevo
Alexieffskaya
Peace Envoys Battle Itch At Paris Peace Conference
Delegates at the Paris peace conference contend with a skin rash dubbed Gale by the French and known elsewhere as the French itch. The ailment, not dangerous, resembles the seven year itch and has spread among soldiers brought from the front.
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Paris
Army reorganization plans stay unresolved at Congress
The discussion notes that pay for a potential army of half a million does not guarantee appropriations to maintain a permanent force of that size. Early in the year the army was expected to top the half million, then be reduced post demobilization. No final decision or permanent plan emerged from the committee during this session.
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Nent
Cotre Mitte
Compress
Secretary Wilson urges fast passage of emergency public works law
Secretary of Labor Wilson told a Senate joint committee the Kenyon bill to create a 100 million emergency public works board is needed to curb rising unemployment. He urged swift action, noting 262,000 unemployed in 50 to 60 cities since the armistice, and supported lending up to 200 million to states for public works to absorb workers returning from war industries.
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Fire sweeps Rockaway air station destroys six planes
A blaze at Rockaway Point naval aviation station in New York destroyed two hangars, one housing six airplanes, as fire crews from several stations battled the flames. The incident threatened nearby facilities and prompted emergency responses from multiple units.
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New York
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Bolshevik Forces Rally Near Vologda Railway Zone
Archangel area reports bolsheviki concentrating a considerable number of troops in the territory between the Vologda railway, with allied forces observing the buildup as of February 1. The event signals intensified military activity in North Russia.
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North Russia
Bolsheviki
Vologda
German State in Hungary Proclaims Autonomous Rights
From Budapest advices received, the Hungarian government issues a law stating that German citizens of Hungarian nationality who accept the constitution will be recorded as having the right of autonomous administration in internal affairs. It is said these Germans will form a ministry with a seat at Budapest.
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Amestentom
Muncarian Cttizens
Budapest
Gibraltar Status Denied in Britain Spain Pact Report
Paris reports that the Pais edition of the Daily Mail denies any arrangement for Britain ceding Gibraltar to Spanish jurisdiction and says no such prospect exists.
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Paris
Great Britain
Spain
Gibraltar
Pais
Daily Mail
Armistice Moves Forward in Illinois Labor Talks
Preliminary plans agreed at a confidential conference in Springfield between 15 representatives of the Illinois Federation of Labor and a delegation from the Illinois Manufacturers Association. Governor Lowden presided as Hoover-Towner mediation sought to stabilize capital and labor relations during reconstruction. Leaders hailed near agreement and an adjourned session in Chicago planned within two weeks to finalize details.
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Tllinois Manufacturers’ Association
Lowden
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George Perkins
Cigor Workers’ Union
Muld
Willian Nelson Pelouzse
Vilnois Manufacturers’ Assolution
Lam
Perkins
Chicago
Army and Navy Budget Plan Approved by House Committee
The House Naval Committee approved a three year navy program reducing capital ships from sixteen to ten and authorizing 160 million for the year with $21 million per battleship and up to four million for each of ten cruisers. The panel left 130 smaller craft in abeyance while awaiting world disarmament outcomes. An army of 400,000 was unanimously set as the annual force for pay appropriations starting next July, guiding the military bill amid expansion debates. The plan allows presidential pause if disarmament proof emerges.
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House Military Committee
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Doniels
Navy
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Nat Goodwin Dies After General Health Breakdown
New York report says Nat C. Goodwin the actor died in a hotel after a brief illness caused by a general health breakdown following eye removal surgery. He had come from Baltimore where he had been acting and his death follows the marriage of his fifth wife to Lt. Raymond Gilson. Georgia Gardner of Los Angeles, slated to be his sixth wife, arrived to arrange care. Goodwin, born in Boston in 1857, was a longtime stage star with five marriages.
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Raymond Gilson
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Georgia Gardner
Los Angeles
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Horn
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Mass
United States
England
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Eliza Weatherby
Nella Baker Pease
Maxene Dott
Edna Goodrich
Margaret Morefatal
Economic Revolution Forecast By Labor Official
A labor expert warned that postwar unemployment could trigger social unrest and force forceful measures to restore order. He noted wartime full employment, a persistent 1 million unemployed generally, and resistance by producers to resume prewar industries on a postwar basis. He doubted substantial wage cuts in the near term.
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Department of Labor
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United States
Packers' Cars Rapped Over Private Refrigeration System
Washington reports vigorous complaint to the interstate commerce committee that meat packers use privately owned refrigerators and peddler cars to undercut wholesale grocery jobbers. William F. Bede of Reid, Murdock & Coe accuses packers of concealing real facts and eroding wholesalers' trade.
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Groery
Peddier
Interstate Commerce Committee of the House
William F. Bede
Reid, Murdock & Coe
Chicago
Bode
No Retaliation Planned Over British Trade Rules
Washington reports the war trade board will not pursue retaliatory actions in response to Britain's import restriction policies. A board member authorized the statement clarifying the position and confirming the decision.
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War Trade Board
England
Washington
England Will Preserve Order Amid Glasgow and Belfast Riots
London reports the government has taken steps to maintain order after days of strikes and rioting in Belfast and Glasgow. Police and soldiers clash with demonstrators as 30,000 special constables may be called in Belfast, with leaders of the strike under pressure and shipyard employers warning of a six week lockout.
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Belfast
Ulster Volunteers
William Gallagher
David Kirkwood
George Square
Preliminary peace terms expected for Germany current armistice
Preliminary peace terms are prepared and will be presented to Germany soon with conditions for armistice renewal. The proposal outlines the framework and key demands expected to shape the settlement and postwar order.
Paris Peace Terms Set for February Seventeen Date
Special report from Paris states preliminary peace terms and conditions for a renewed armistice will be presented February 17. The dispatch notes ongoing discussions amid inquiries into alleged broader burglaries and asserts American soldiers’ innocence in these charges.
Pershing Denounces French Newspaper Reports on U S Soldiers
General Pershing, in a message to Secretary Baker, denounces sensational French newspaper reports alleging assaults by American soldiers and mass burgling as exaggerations or falsehoods. The exchange underscores wartime press scrutiny and U S military conduct during the period.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Pershing
Baker
Americs
Transport Runs Ashore Off Bembridge Rescue
Special to Evening Journal reports the American transport Narragansett ran ashore on a Bembridge ledge. Two thousand troops aboard were rescued by tugs with sixty American soldiers among the saved. the remainder were British.
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Narragansett
Bembridge
War department releases AEF casualty totals
Official casualty tabulation for American expeditionary forces shows 27,762 killed in action 11,396 died of wounds 14,649 missing in action and 2,785 prisoners, with ninety five percent complete.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
War Department
Archangel skirmish forces retreat under Bolshevik attack
Archangel Russia February 1 reports another Bolshevik assault on American and allied forces at Tarasedo forcing a retreat of about forty miles. The action underscores ongoing fighting in the region and the strain on Allied units.
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Russia
Tarasedo
Prisoners Strike at Leavenworth Barracks After Fire
More than 1 900 of 3 570 prisoners in the U S disciplinary barracks at Leavenworth refuse to leave cells or work after a quartermasters storehouse fire. They protest forced labor with black inmates, poor food, and unequal court martial sentences, citing the release of 118 conscientious objectors as another point of resentment.
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Kan
United States
War Department
Wilson Moved by Devastation in France Visit
President Wilson expressed deep distress after touring devastated French regions. He said he could not believe the sight could be so distressing. He planned to tour the coal mines in the north and the Somme region.
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Wilson
France
French Occupy Kehl Across Rhine from Strasbourg
The Thirty-eighth division of the French army formally occupied the town of Kehl in Alsace opposite Strasbourg. The move follows the armistice terms agreed on January 19.
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