War Labor Board to Act Wilson Asks Ship Owners
President Wilson requests ship owners aid urged by the War Labor Board to address labor disputes and expedite essential ERS measures, with actions to be taken promptly to support wartime production.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1919
Page
1
Berlin turmoil widens as Ebert forces claim gains
Paris reports Eichhorn, Spartacan police chief, fled Berlin amid uprisings. Leipzig soldiers and workers councils push for immediate removal of the Ebert government. Berlin claims three day suppression, while police headquarters face conflicting reports. Civilian casualties rise with hundreds wounded. Local papers debate government stance as tension persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zurich
Eichhorn
Berlin
Ebert
Paris
Mafin
Copenhagen
Germany
Leipzig
Great Council of Soldiers
Bol- Shevik
Brandenburg Gate
Friedrichstrasse
Charite
Wilhelmstrasse
Liebknecht
Tages Zeitung
Jan
France
Natrons
United States
Prophecy of German Rule Under Marshal Foch Within Two Months
An analyst forecasts German territory coming under Marshal Foch commanded forces within sixty days. He cites rising disorder beyond the Rhine and argues France and Belgium cannot delay military rule to protect resources for postwar reconstruction of ruined areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Marshal Foch
Rhine
France
Belgium
Marks a new diplomacy in Anglo American ties
London reports John W. Davis pledging united U S Britain in a speech at a Pilgrims luncheon. Lord Curzon and other leaders praised frankness and lasting friendship, noting occasional temperament differences but few impediments to harmony in the era of the new freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
United States
John W. Davis
America
Court of St. James
Lord Curzon
Mr. Balfour
Paris
Rickenbacker Named Premier American Ace in France
Washington January 11 Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker of Columbus Ohio was the premier ace of the American air force in France with 26 enemy planes to his credit An official report to the war department shows 43 aces in the American army at war end and five or more enemy machines downed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Columbus
France
War Department
Wilson Conference Plans and Minority Rights Policy
Paris dispatch notes President Wilson and the American mission chief meeting Gen Tasker H Buss to discuss the Russian situation and a possible commission to study political economic and military aspects. The article highlights safeguarding minority rights through proportional representation communal governments and constitutional guarantees. Fuel orders in Washington are lifted except for natural gas rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Wilson
Tasker H. Buss
St. Cloud
Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Cabinet of England Named In Lloyd George Ministry
The Lloyd George government forms with George Nicoll Barnes and Sir Eric Geddes as Ministers Without Portfolio and Arthur J. Balfour as Foreign Secretary. The North Carolina Senate also ratified the federal prohibition amendment by a viva voce vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nicol Barnes
Sir Eric Geddes
Arthur J. Balfour
London
David Lloyd George
Treasury
Lord of the Privy Seal
House of Dominons
Andrew Bonar Law
Council
House of Lords
Earl Curzon of
Kedleston
George Nicoll Barnes
Eric Geddes
F. E. Smith
Edward Shortt
Hamar Greenwood
Cecil Bisshopp Helmsworth
Viscount Milner
Air Ministry
Winston Spencer Churchill
Viscount Peel
War Office
Henry W. Forster
Montagu
India
Edwin S. Montagu
Sir S. H. Sinha
Admiralty
Walter Hume Long
Thomas J. McNamara
Board of Trade
Albert Stanley
W. E F. Bridgeman
Department of Overseas Trade Development and Intelligence
Arthur Steel-Maitland
Christopher Addison
Stephen Walsh
Laborite
R. E. Prothero
North Carolina Senate
Raleigh
N. C
Rioters Dead in Buenos Aires Clash at Vasena Iron Works
Civil unrest erupts as a general strike paralyzes Buenos Aires with more than 200 casualties. Troops from Campo Mayo deploy, cavalry patrols patrol the city, and the Vasena works scene dominates the clashes amid a heavy guard around the government palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vasena
Buenos Aires
Jao
Campo Mayo
Vasena Iron Works
Aid measure expands foreign trade work and census funding
The 1920 appropriation bill totals $96,318,000 with $905,500 for the foreign trade bureau of commerce. It increases 19,435 salaries and expands world market investigations while trimming wartime jobs. The State Department gains an undersecretary title, and census funding climbs to $18,650,700 as internal revenue and other agencies receive boosts amid job eliminations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
America
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
State Department
Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
War payroll cuts spur broad federal budget reductions
The report outlines sweeping savings from eliminating wartime positions and trimming payrolls across the Navy State Department and related offices. Contingent funds are shaved, military research is canceled saving 460000, and subtreasuries in eight cities are phased out saving 463000. The House subcommittee cites the Fed reserve system development as justifying the changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
State
Bureau of Standards
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Philadelphia
St. Louis
San Francisco
Federal Reserve
House
Middle West Troops Back From Brest on Ulua
The British transport Ulua arrived from Brest in New York with 1,008 American troops. The ship carried 15 officers and 421 men of the Sixth anti aircraft section, 9 officers and 266 men of the Twelfth anti aircraft section, 2 officers and 49 men of casual company 822, 5 officers and 118 men of the One Hundred Ninth Trench Mortar battery, and 9 casual officers with 9 civilians from the Y M C A and K of C field forces. The One battery is from the middle West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ulua
Cunard Line
Brest
K. of C
One Hundred and Ninth Trench
Middle West
Republicans Open Campaign in 1920 Precandidates Meeting
Chicago January 11 kickoff for the 1920 presidential campaign as the Republican national committee meets. Will Hays empowered to form an executive committee and needed subsidiary bodies. The line targets Democratic extravagance war costs and mismanagement, opposition to government ownership of utilities, and a firm stand against socialism and bolshevism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican Naonal Committee
Will H. Hays
Stolen $250,000 in Liberty Bonds From Detroit Mail
South Bend Indiana reports Studebaker Corp robbed of 25 bonds worth 250000 sent by registered mail from Detroit. Investigators from post office and secret service sweep the Midwest for the bonds and suspects. Five registered parcels were received January 4. four recovered, one missing with the bonds. A 17 year old mail clerk is implicated in the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
U. S. Liberty
Federal Reserve Bank
Post Office
Secret Service
Middle West
First National Bank of Detroit
Mich
Studebaker Company
Detroit Bank
A. R. Erskine
President Wilson asks board to decide Marine Workers strike case
President Wilson cabled the War Labor Board to take up again the Marine Workers strike in New York Harbor. He urges an immediate finding and believes private boat owners will be moved by patriotism to accept the board's recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Wilson
War Labor Board
New York Harbor
Harbor Strike Ends If War Labor Board Rules
Special to Evening Journal New York Dan 11 War Labor Board asked to act on Wilson request to terminate Harbor strike. Marine Workers Association says it will abide by any ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evenine Journal
New York
Dan
Marine Workers
War Labor Board
Wilson
Death of Spartacan Leader in Berlin Street Fighting
Special to Evening Journal reports Dr Liebknecht a Spartacan leader in Germany was killed in street fighting in Berlin on Thursday according to a Copenhagen dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Can
Berlin
Evening Journal
London
Liebknecht
Germany
Copenhagen
Hines Named Director General by President Wilson
Walker D. Hines was named Director General of Railroads by President Wilson to succeed McAdoo. The appointee previously served as Assistant Director of Railroads and was former General Counsel and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Santa Fe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Walker D. Hines
Wilson
McAdoo
The
Santa Fe
Earling resigns as chairman of Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul rail
Albert J. Earling, 71, resigns as chairman of the board of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway. Ransom M. Calkins, elected president in November, will take over his duties. Earling began as a telegraph operator at age 17 and helped pioneer the Pacific coast electrification of the St. Paul line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Albert J. Earling
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. al Railway
Ransom M. Calkins
The
St Paul
Earling
St. Paul
Waukee
Roswell Miller
Pacific Coast
Continental Divide
Cable Line Case Dismissed by Federal Judge Hand
New York reports the injunction suit by Commercial Cable and Commercial Pacifi against Postmaster General Burleson to stop government seizure of their cable sites was dismissed by Federal Judge Learned Hand. Chicago reports bond dealer Millard H. Cutter arrested on forgery and confidence game charges involving a $500,000 security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commercial Cable Company
Commercial
Pacifi Cable Company
Burleson
Learned Hand
Chicago
Millard H. Cutter
Las Vollesced
Also Mentioned on This Page
Foch
Hans
Spartacus
Rickenbacker Premier
Ohioan
RUSS
Bliss
England
Law
Commons
Churchill
Shipping
J.P. Maclay
Labor
Robert Ste
Venson
Laming Worthington-Evans
Auckland Geddes
Duchy of Lancaster
the Earl of Crawford
Alfred Mond
Gordon Hew
Sir Ernest Pol
Albert Holden Illingworth
Sir Joseph Compton Klrkett
Austen Chamberlain
Argentine Republic
Uncle Sam
Dhe
Tris Gipe
Lai
Studebaker Corporation of
Detroit
Hines
A. J. Earling
St. Paul Road
Coast
Cable Line
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