Polish Crisis and the Red Army’s Retreat From Poland
The Polish crisis centers on Polish forces clearing occupied territory while bolshevist supply lines falter. Danzig corridor risks, with German residents hostile to international harbor status, complicate aid and munitions flow. Labor movements in Europe threaten shipments, needing Minsk talks and field tactics to decide if war material to Poland is allowed. The Polish advance continues as naval powers move toward Danzig to bolster logistics.
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Red Army
Red
Danzig
Poland
Europe
Reginald Tower
France
Reginald
Antwerp
England
Russia
Minsk
Imperium
The Blockade Runners and Prohibition Enforcement
A scathing focus on the failed enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act. It details offshore bootlegging by camouflaged vessels from Cuba and the Bahamas, drastic gaps at borders, and costly, elusive attempts to curb smuggling while noting occasional large hauls and the persistent appetite for liquor. It includes social quips and brief global touchpoints.
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Senate
Atlantic
Cuba
Bahama I
Alanda
Piorida Everglades and Keys
Key West
Isoou x Perie
No Amendment Needed for Women to Vote Under Federal Nineteenth
Pennsylvania Attorney General W S Schaffer concludes that ratification of the federal nineteenth amendment automatically nullifies state provisions restricting suffrage by sex. The opinion argues the nineteenth mirrors the fifteenth, striking any male only or sex based limits in state constitutions and laws, and requires women to meet standard voter conditions like taxes and registration.
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United States
W. S. Schaffer
Pennsylvania
William C. Sproul
United States Supreme Court
Schaffer
Gov. Sproul
Going Home to Vote in Washington Elections
A civic drive urges residents to return to their home states to vote this fall. Parties mobilize voters to register and pledge turnout, arguing a strong showing supports national issues and highlights Washington enfranchisement debates.
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Washington
Alfonso XIII Secures Barcelona Victory with Royal Visit
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY reports Alfonso XIII won broad support during a Barcelona visit, forming a royal bond with Catalonia. The king walked unaccompanied, transforming nationalist sentiment, triggering a major private palace project funded by banks and unions, with plans for the royal family to spend extended periods in Barcelona.
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Alfonso
Catalonia
Alfonso XIII
Barcelona
Spain
Charlemagne
Aragon
Madrid
London
Paris
Iberian Peninsula
Santander
Atlantic
Bay of Biscay
Midshipmen Arrive in Panama Aboard U S Ships
Panama August 23 American battleships Connecticut New Hampshire Minnesota Kansas Michigan and South Carolina arrived with 1 500 midshipmen on a training voyage. The vessels are set to depart for Annapolis on Wednesday.
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Panama
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Kansas
Michigan
South Carolina
Annapolis
Buys Into Motors Corporation
Explosive Trades Ltd of London acquired a 25,000,600 interest in General Motors Corporation of America, according to advices received yesterday from London by the Department of Commerce. The British firm is among Europe's largest trading concerns.
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Motors Corporation
Explosive Trades, Ltd
London
General Motors Corporation of America
Department of Commerce
Europa
WILL INTERCHANGE PATENTS BETWEEN AT&T AND GE
New York Aug 23 The American Telephone and Telegraph Company and General Electric have signed a contract to share patents and developments in electrical communication by wire and radio The Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering urged the agreement stating it serves the public interest and aids ships safety The Radio Corporation of America, in which GE is involved, also participates in the accord.
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AMTIC
ULOSE
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
General Electric Company
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy Department
H B. Thayer
Telephone Company
Radio Corporation of America
Four U S Aces to Compete in Paris Cup Race
Four American aces sailed on the army transport Antigone to join the Gordon Bennett international cup in Paris next month. Capt Rudolph W Schroeder holder of the world altitude record Capt Walter Kilmer Cant Corliss C Moseley and First Lieut Arthur J Pur year will represent the United States. Kilmer voiced confidence Americans will prevail meeting allied aviators. Also aboard were 600 regulars replacing men whose terms expired including John T Schofield and Maj L D Telusou, the Romanian military attaché.
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New York
Paris
Rudolph W Schroeder
Walter Kilmer
Corliss C Moseley
Arthur J Pur
Kilmer
America
United States Army
John T Schofield
Raker
L. D Telusou
Roumanian Legation
Washington
Redfield Urges Finance Education At Publishers Meet
New York August 25 William C Redfield former Secretary of Commerce told members of the National Publishers Association that educating those in government on true national economy is vital. He warned against both idle non spending and foolish excess. Koons and As slatant Postmaster General spoke. Officers elected include H M Swetland president Robert J Cuddihy and Philp S Collins vice presidents Frank C Hoyt secretary and Roger W Allen treasurer.
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New York
William C Redfield
Commerce
National Publishers Association
Congress
Koons
H. M. Swetland
Robert J Cuddihy
Philp S. Collins
Frank C Hoyt
Roger W. Allen
Big Liners May Race For Transatlantic Record
New York Aug 22 shipping men foresee an interesting contest as the liner Olympic and the Aquitania depart next Saturday on possible record transatlantic voyages. Both ships, recently converted to fuel oil burners, have the crews chasing new speed marks. Olympic at 46359 gross tons and Aquitania at 45647 tons are closely matched.
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New York
Olympic
Aquitama
England's Wheat Crop Low Report
Rome report on the 1920 wheat crop notes Hungary yields 930000 tons inside treaty borders. Other countries未 provide estimates, but Bulgaria Denmark France Serbia Luxemburg Holland Romania and Sweden report good crops while Germany Czechoslovakia Poland Scotland and Ireland are average and England and Wales fall below average.
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Rome
Bulletin of the International Institute of Agriculture
Hungary
Bulgaria
Denmark
France
Serbia
Luxemburg
Holland
Roumania
Sweden
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Scotland
Ireland
England
Wales
May tie up banana ships in Honduras port Ceiba
New Orleans reports a well organized strike by banana gatherers and Honduran longshoremen threatens serious disruption of fruit shipments, especially via the Ceiba port. The steamship Ceiba returned without cargo, while Tela, the principal banana port, remains only lightly affected.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Ceiba
Tela
Will Quiz Big Clothiers
Chicago officials and Hart Schaffner and Marx executives were summoned to the grand jury probing the high cost of clothing. They were ordered to bring all books records and bills to determine if retailers are charging undue profits.
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Chicago
Hart Schaffner & Marx
City Population Rises in Selected Centers
Census figures released show Kansas City Missouri at 324 416 up 30.6 percent and Petersburg Virginia at 31 002 up 38.6 percent. Santa Barbara California reaches 19 441 with a 667 percent rise and Elyria Ohio climbs to 20 474 up 381 percent. The report also lists 324 410 in Kansas City and 324 410 in Petersburg as figures cited.
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Missouri City
Petersburg
Kansas City
Santa Barbara
Calif
Elyria
Ohio
British Gold Imports Heavy in Early August
Federal Reserve Board reports heavy gold imports from Britain and Ireland totaling 6 664 189 in the first ten days of August while France sent 476 505. Total U S gold imports from all countries August 1–10 reached 8 071 045 with exports at 8 430 743. Silver imports exceeded exports at 1 441 014 vs 454 862. Asia received 10 157 159 in gold exports since January 1, and South American nations took 104 721 300. Silver exports to Europe were 4 054 282 with 266 510 in gold exports.
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Wngiana
Federal Reserve Board
France
United States
Europe
Asia
Agia
Cable to Guide Ships in Fog Experiment in New York Harbor
The Navy Department plans an experiment in New York harbor to remove steering dangers in fog through a cable laid across a tortuous channel. A table of radio magnets and radio compasses will let ships follow the cable at full speed regardless of weather, with a radio operator signaling when a vessel drifts. Navy radio experts note Marconi’s rumored radio piano term, amid comments on musicians aboard ships in distant seas.
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Navy Department
New York
Navy
Marconi
Mediterranean
America
United States Navy
Bullard
Bureau of Naval Communication
French Discuss Sea Rates and Shipping Stabilization
Oscar Cauchois of Compagnie Generale Transatlantique and Admral Benson led talks on a transatlantic rate conference to curb rate wars. No decision reached. Benson expects French interest in an agreement, while he rejects tonnage division at ports as contrary to free seas policy. Coal supply and prices cited as port-side concerns for La France with coal at 18 dollars per ton.
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Oscar Cauchois
Companie Generale Transatlantique
Benson
The
Shipping Board
Admral Benson
Becuse
Cauchols
la France
General Edwards Transferred to Second Brigade Command
Boston dispatch reports Gen Clarence R Edwards reassigned from Northeast department to command the Second Brigade, First Army Division, at Camp Dia N Jo. He is expected to report by September 1 as part of a larger army system reorganization creating an army corps structure under Maj Gen David Shanka. Gov Coolidge issued a formal statement expressing regret over Edwards departure.
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Boston
Clarence R Edwards
Department of the Northeast
Camp Dia N Jo
David Shanka
Gov Coolidge
Edwards
Northeast
Railroads Claim Big Gain in Car Shortage Reduction
The railroad car service commission reported the greatest improvement in the car shortage since January. Freight cars loaded in the week ending August 7 totaled 442000, down from 914000 the prior week and 72900 in 1919. The shortage for the week ending August 14 stood at 125219 cars, with 132370 cars the week before. In mid August railroads moved 79913 cars, while the prior week showed an accumulation of 84 19 cars.
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Railroad Car Service Commission
Telephone incomes rise for March 1920 in US firms
Operating incomes of 70 telephone companies for March totalled 7,309,979, up 853,233 from March 1919. For the quarter ended March 1920, operating income reached 22,600,607, up 4,809,76 percent, about 27 percent higher than the same period in 1919, per Interstate Commerce Commission reports.
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Interstate Commerts Commission
Atlantic Gulf Oil Corp Wins Major Fuel Contract
The Atlantic Gulf Oil Corporation was awarded a Shipping Board contract to supply 6 million barrels of fuel oil at $125 per barrel and 9 million barrels of crude petroleum at the same price, to Tecamate, Mexico, for the year starting January 1.
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Atlantic Gulf Ol Corporation
The
Shipping Board
Tecamate
Mexico
Slogans and satire mark campaign talk in capital visit notes
The report surveys campaign slogans debated by visitors in Washington and traces historic uses from 1840 to 1920s. It notes critics urging slogans emerge from real issues while recounting past cries like Tippecanoe and Tyler and Lincoln era expressions as a backdrop to current public discourse.
Baker Foresees Deficit In Army Pay
Secretary Baker said yesterday he would notify Congress that current appropriations for army pay may be insufficient. He noted authorized strength near 220000 with recruiting ongoing and indicated the War Department could exceed the appropriation if necessary to cover deficits.
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Secritary Baker
Congress Wren
Congress
Approxia Ely
Inourt
War Department
Nome Ready to Greet Fliers In Alaska Arrival
Nome Alaska on August 3 sees miners and Eskimos gather to witness the arrival of four United States Army airplanes completing their flight from New York. Report says the planes were at Ruby about 300 miles away awaiting favorable weather for the final leg toward Nome.
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Nome
Alaska
United States Army
New York
Ruby
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