Senate Ends War With Germany and Austria
The Senate approved the Knox resolution by 49 to 28 to formally end the war with Germany and Austria. The measure goes to the House. President Harding will sign promptly. Republicans united behind the move while debates on the Versailles treaty and the League of Nations continue.
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Senate
Germany
Austria
House
Harding
Nelson
Minnesota
Namie
U. S
Townsend
Michigan
Sterling
South Dakota
United States
Lodge
League of Nations
Congress
Borah of Wade
Senator Lodge
Senator Shields
Tennessee
League
Shields
French plan to lure store babies born in France
The French government announced a premium paid on all babies born in France after May. The measure covers both legitimate and illegitimate births and aims to boost population.
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Paris
France
Baseball scores from coast to coast
National League results show Pittsburgh 2 Chicago 0 New York 7 Boston 2 Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 6 Cincinnati 8 St Louis 8 American League entries list Chicago 1 Cleveland 5 Detroit 2 St Louis 1 Washington 1 Philadelphia 6 with unclear some scores and teams.
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New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Keston
Detroit
Chicago
Aecatebedh
Lewis Sede
Ress Veeres
Pittsburgh
Boston
Brooklyn
Cincinnani
Louis
Los
Phildelphia
France to pay birth premiums to mothers by province and Paris
The plan provides 300 francs for the third child in provinces with scale increases to 61 francs by the tenth child. In Paris premiums rise 10 percent. An initial payment of 150 francs is due 40 days after birth. Only French mothers qualify.
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Paris
Two Sponge Officials Shot In Border War Claims
In El Paso on May 2 federal production officers W. Holzman and J. Watson were wounded as authorities claim liquor smugglers from Anthony New Mexico are involved. The incident heightens border tensions and port authorities plan searches.
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Paso
Tex
W. Holzman
J. Watson
Ear Anthony
N. M
Emergency tariff bill moves to Senate with Knox amendment
The emergency tariff bill with the Knox amendment for American dyestuffs protection was reported to the Senate by Senator Penrose, chairman of the finance committee. Debate starts today with an aim to pass before week’s end.
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Washington
Senate
Penrose
Committee On Finance
Holland Issue Looms Big Ahead in U.S. Trade Talks
State Department remarks call Holland’s plan to bar American capital from Sumatra oil fields a matter of wide commercial significance. The note to Holland aligns with open door and reciprocity principles and mirrors protests over Britain’s Mesopotamia and Japan’s Pacific mandates. Dr J B Hubrecht, Holland’s chargé d’affaires, says the remedy rests with the President, not Congress, as the anti investment law remains pending.
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Washington
Holland
Sumatra
State Department
Harding
Great Britain
Mesopotamia
Japan
Mandate Islands
North Pacific
Mandate
United States
J. B. Hubrecht
Congress
Indictments Target 10 Chicago Builders in Sherman Act Case
Federal grand jury returns indictments against 110 individuals and firms in sheet metal, plumbing, and steamfitting for conspiring to restrain trade. Accounts list L. Wolf Manufacturing, J. B. Clow & Sons executives, Kellogg Mackay officials, and others amid price boosts from boycotts across heating, plumbing, and sheet metal sectors. Total indictments rise to 178 in the investigation of building material prices.
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Chicago
Federal Gram
L. Wolf Manufacturing Company
Sora
Somme
Willan
EB. Clow, Jr
J. B. Clow & Sons
Clarence V. Kellogg
George T. Hinds
Kelloge- Mackay Company
Tollilwork Lines
Stock Yards Strike Shuts 1500 Handlers at Chicago
In Chicago on May 1 1500 live stock handlers walked out at the stock yards to oppose arbitrator Judie Alschuler government ruling. The strike jeopardized meat supply across 28 states as Enron Stock Yards Co rapidly filled posts with substitute workers. Strike followed wage cut notices to take effect May 1 as Griffin leads the Nikon union calls for action.
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Chicago
Judie Alschuler
Secretary of Labors
Alschuler
Oficlals
Enron Stock Yards
Griffin
Nikon
Marriage Laws Under Threat of Softness and Apathy
A speaker warns that conscience in the community wavers under new doubts and temptations. He cites emotional excitement and reckless marriages as signs of a breakdown in dignity and asks whether society should uphold Christ's teachings to protect the marriage institution or risk further erosion.
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Christ
Reparations Note Reminds Berlin of 12406, gold marks Due
Paris reports the reparations committee sent a note to Berlin reminding the German government that 12406 gold marks are to be deposited with the Bank of France under the Versailles treaty. Germany has not shown intent to pay and the note notes no invasion threat. The Ruhr invasion was delayed following British pressure for further reparations discussion.
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Berlin
London
France
Allied Supreme Council
Lioyd George
Briand
Germany
Paris
Bank of France
Ruhr
Pitan
Mayence
French plan for Ruhr occupation boundary outlined
French military authorities describe a two day operation to occupy a zone from the confluence of the Wapper and Rhine to Wesel. The boundary runs northeast past Solingen Elberfeld Barmen Hagen and Unna to the Lippe river and then northwest to Wesel. Complete mobilization of the class of 1919 is deemed necessary with arrivals starting May 3 for a May 7 occupation.
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Supreme Council
London
Wapper
Rhine
Solingen
Elberfeld
Barmen
Hagen
Unna
Lippe
Wesel
Mayence
Ruhr
Flat Owners Defend Homes Against Eviction Surge
In Chicago on May 2 tenants allied under the Chicago Tenants' Protective League held fortifications across the city. They barricaded doors and windows and resisted eviction attempts by landlords as clashes erupted at several strongholds. The effort aimed to deter rent collectors and preserve tenancies amid mounting tensions.
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Chicago
New York Bar Admits Former President Miller Announces
The former president was admitted to the New York bar by a special act passed by the assembly and signed by Governor Miller. This marks his official status as a lawyer in New York state.
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Athany
N. Y
Stey
Wilson
York State
Weaher
New York
Miller
Draft evaders targeted in Sixth army corps area
Chicago May 2 The first official list of draft evaders in Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin was sent to Col Eli Helmick at Fort Sheridan with instructions to round up 17000 slackers. Lists will be printed at Camp Grant and circulated to newspapers post offices draft boards and law enforcement with a 350 reward per name and public arrests authorized.
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Chicago
Sixth Army Corps
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Eli Helmick
Fort Sheridan
War Department
Helmick
Camp Grant
United States Marshals
American Legion
Port Sheridan
Fort Brady
Sault Ste. Marie
Fort Snelling
St. Paul
Jefferson Barracks
Chanute Fields
Rantoul
Rock Island Arsenal
Port Wayne
Detroit
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
United States
Printers and Builders Strike Halts Construction
Printers and builders are on strike causing work stoppages and halted construction projects across the area. Labor action disrupts printing, manufacturing, and building activities as negotiations continue.
Thousands Idle in Protest Over Wage Cut Demand
Chicago May 2 Thousands of workers in printing houses were idle as employers refused to grant the forty four hour week with forty eight hours pay unions demand. In other cities strikes were ordered as the wage cut proposal moves to a bitter end.
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Fivening Journal
Chicago
Lockout of Chicago Building Trades Union Escalates
In Chicago on May 2 the Building Construction Employers Association lockout of the building trades unions was declared to be fought to a bitter end as 35,000,000,000 worth of idle workmen faced the impact.
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Chicago
Building Trades Union
Building Construction Employers Association
Cleveland Strike Over Wage Cut Fallout
May men in twenty building trades lose their jobs as employers end the old wage scale and offer a twenty percent reduction after the contract expired May first. The take effect today as workers walk off the job.
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Cleveland
Stock Yards Strike Threatens Meat Shortage
Stock handlers at the union stock yards in Chicago threaten a general strike that could tie up the yards and cause a meat shortage in the city and nearby communities unless an early settlement is reached.
Treasury chief calls tax exempt bonds an economic evil
Secretary Mellon in a Washington letter to Representative Moroney argues that the government must raise 4 billion annually through internal taxes for several years and urges a curb on tax exempt securities held by states and municipalities as they drain capital from productive fields.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Representative Moroney
Michigan
House
Ways and Means
New York Shipping Tied Up by Sailors Strike
New York May 2 Twenty thousand seamen and firemen will leave ships in New York within days, with about 40 000 mariners idle in the city due to a strike among sailors and ship owners. Leaders of unions and seamen meet amid disruption to harbor work.
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New York
John P. Robinson Circus Veteran Dies at 77
John P. Robinson, veteran circus performer, died at his winter home in Pia on May 2 after a long illness. He was seventy seven years old.
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John Robinson
H Moach
Pia
John P. B Robinson
Cireus Exer
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