Kronstadt Rebels Seize Petrograd In Bolshevik Turmoil
A Helsingfors dispatch reports Kronstadt rebel troops capturing Petrograd after heavy bombardment and street fighting. Washington notes Kronstadt fortress still held by rebels while Bolsheviks, led by Trotzky, attempt to direct forces elsewhere.
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Helsingfors
Copenhagen
Olid
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Washington
State Department
Trotzky
Moscow
Ion
Parbowka
Lisinos
Revolutionary Committee
Kronstedt
Baltic
Russia
Soviet Russia
Pskov
Esthonia
Pennsylvania Rail Board Orders Wage Cuts
The Pennsylvania Railroad board directs officials to notify all employees of wage reductions citing economic conditions. The action will align with U S Labor Board regulations in Chicago. General W W Atterbury previously signaled that national agreements could be abrogated, risking labor board overload with wage dispute cases.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
United States Labor Board
Chicago
W. W. Atterbury
Ten Thousand Dress Workers Strike in New York
About 10 thousand workers in misses and children's dress factories went on strike in New York on March 1, 1920. The stoppage involved a large portion of the garment industry and reflected labor unrest among women workers.
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New York
Garment Strike Ties Up Industry in Greater New York
At the International Ladies' Garment Workers' union headquarters officials claimed the industry in Greater New York was practically tied up by a strike. They said the action sought to establish minimum wage scales, restore pre-reduction rates, and force recognition of the union and its agreements.
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New York
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Foch Orders Censorship Over Rhine Dispatch Wires
Paris reports Marshal Foch has ordered war censorship of news from the Rhine districts. French censors will oversee all wires from the American army of occupation though U S forces do not participate in the new occupations.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Rhine
Degoute
Wandby Steamship Crashes Off Walkers Point in Fog
In Kennetonkport Maine on March 10 the large freight steamship Wandby bound from Algiers to Portland ran aground at Walkers Point after misjudging position in dense fog. Radio dispatches say the captain believed he was at the mouth of the Kenebec river.
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Kennetonkport
Algiers
Portland
Walkers’ Point
Kenebec
Hert signs antialien land bill in Washington
Olympic Washington March 10 Governor Hert signs a bill barring aliens ineligible for citizenship from owning or leasing land and prohibits traffic in land with such aliens. The law takes effect in 60 days.
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Olympic
Wash
Hert
Livestock Provisions Under St Germain Treaty Served
The reparations commission served formal notice on the Austrian government to fulfill livestock terms of the St Germain treaty. It requires delivery to Italy, Yugoslavia and Romania of 20,000 head of cattle, including 6,000 milch cows.
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Vienna
Treaty of St. Germain
Italy
Jugoslavia
Romania
Harding Sends Message to Senate on Colombian Treaty
President Harding asked immediate ratification of the Colombia treaty promising $25,000,000 to compensate for Panama separation and canal building. The senate met in executive session and adjourned after a brief discussion as Republicans split on administration policy.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
Colombia
Panama
Borah
Johnson
Lenroot
Kelloggs
Poindexter
Hughes
State Department
Mletcher
World conference eyed on arms limits and world court
President Harding plans a June first meeting inviting all nations to discuss both armament limitation and an international court of arbitral justice. The talks aim to form a new peace association, led by the United States, not a military alliance, with a naval holiday first objective and adherence to the 1916 building program.
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Washington
Harding
International Court
Association of Nations
United States
Denby
International Association
Prevent League
Harding Presses for Armament Cuts to Secure Lasting Peace
The president expresses firm belief that the United States can lead a practical path to permanent peace through actual limitation of armaments. Congressional leaders, after consultations about a double conference, view the proposal as practical and expect other nations to accept the invitation.
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Harding
Dougherty Receives Red Hat in Rome Ceremony
Pope Benedict solemnly bestowed the biretta on Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia, naming him titular head of the Church of Saint Voerens and Vehillens amid the Agpian War era in Rome.
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Rome
Benedict
Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Harding Retains Treasury Aids Gilbert Laporte and Kelley
Washington March 10 three assistant secretaries of the treasury Parker Gilbert Jr Droomfield N J Ewing Laporte St Lenix and Dichelas Kelley were renominated by President Harding. They will serve temporarily until the department can be reorganized by the new administration. Gilbert heads fiscal offices Laporte handles internal revenue war risk insurance customs and Kelley foreign loans. A detailed itemized statement of expenditures from the 150 million special war funds is due within three months.
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Washington
the Treasury
Parker Gilbert
Jr. Droomfield
N. J. Ewing Laporte St. Lenix
Dichelas Kelley
T Marding
Department
Gilbert
Laporte
Internal Revenue
Wilson
Congress
U S to Lift Restriction on Whiskey Dispensing to Doctors
Government guidance holds no authority to bar manufacture or sale of liquor for nonbeverage uses and allows doctors to prescribe liquor with a ten day limit of one pint. new regulations will be drafted to govern medicinal beer, wine, and spirits and enforce limits, with penalties for misuse.
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Washington
Attorney General
Intenal Revenue Bureau
Kramer
Prohibition Bureau
Thes
Regulators to Draft New Rules on Malt Beverage Plants
Kramer notes the shift from the label brewer to re alcoholizing plants for six malt beverage producers under half a percent alcohol. He warns regulations must be rewritten, predicting heavier and broader problems amid changed enforcement. Palmer’s broad Volstead Act ruling, sought by Houston, questions IRS permit authority for medicinal whisky and wine production.
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Palmer
Secretary of the Treasury
Houston
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Warning to Porto Ricans on self government debate
A historical note reports a letter to President Taft from Horace Towner, chair of the insular affairs committee, warning Porto Rican leaders and readers against continued propaganda in politics and newspapers. The message asserts no new plan for broader self government and condemns independence rhetoric influencing opinion.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Campa
Torcelo
Horace O. ‘Towner
Unite States Congress
Towner
Friends of
Aye
R R Employes Fear Anti-Union Plot At Hearing
Railway labor leaders testifying before the national agreement hearing before the railway labor board urged the public to block what they call a concerted capital movement to down labor. J Smock charged railroads betray the public and workers and warned of economic action if agreements are abrogated. He claimed railroads import thousands of Mexicans to compete with American labor and urged curb on railroad powers.
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Chicago
Railway Labor Board
J. ©. Smock
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Bhaberers
Reads
Steeck
Hays Pledges Postal Service Overhaul with Employee Partnership
Postmaster General Will Hays vows to reform the postal system and makes 300000 workers partners in a mission to humanize an institution. He stresses the service aim over profit or politics and calls labor not a commodity in a pledge to improve nationwide efficiency.
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Hays
U. S. Postal Service
Washington
Department
Crissinger Considered for Top Federal Posts
Washington reports D. R. Crissinger a Marion Ohio lawyer is under consideration for comptroller of the currency or for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board. White House aides say no definite selection has been made. Crissinger previously ran for Congress in the Marion district as a Democrat while backing the Republican national ticket.
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Washington
D. R. Crissinger
Marion
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Crissinger
Vtesinger ix A
Congres
Afarton
Occupied Towns Quiet as Allied Forces Move In
Cologne March 10 The people of occupied towns behave with propriety as Allied troops complete occupation in a few hours. General Begentte says the population was surprised but made no demonstrations and the occupation will be kept as easy as possible for troop safety. General Gaucher begins disbanding part of the home guard while retaining enough to aid police.
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Cologne
Generat Begentte
Dasseldorff
Gaucher
Dassel
Ford says worst is over as business gains appear
Detroit March 10 Henry Ford predicts improving business in Detroit with gains expected nationwide after wartime readjustment. He expects greater economy and steady growth, noting Ford production nearly on prewar schedule and a future rise in activity. Washington March 10 war department reports recruit costs fell in 1920 with 130 040 men to colors averaging 86.75 dollars each down from 127 in 1919. February 1920 costs 81 92.38 each versus 42 79 in December 1919.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Ford
Washington
War Department
Former minister to Mexico to resume Berlin post
Heinrich von Mekherdt who served as minister to Mexico will return to Berlin to take up the post once held there. Since his return in 1919 he has headed the Spanish American division of the foreign office.
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Inderees
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Aime
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Dougherty
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Kelley
U.S
Congressional Body
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