Washington Post Subscriptions and Rates 1920
The Washington Post offers prepaid subscriptions with carrier delivery in Washington and Alexandria. Rates include daily and Sunday editions, with annual, six month, and monthly options. Mail subscriptions require payment with order and may be paid by various methods. Editor President Edward B McLbe an announces post office registration. Foreign advertising reps listed. Saturday edition date July 24, 1920.
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Threat of War Over Polish Bolshevik Conflict
The piece warns Americans may be drawn into a Russo Polish war via US aid to Poland or munitions shipments. It questions executive policy under the league of nations and urges a nationwide referendum to decide whether the United States should intervene in European affairs or stay neutral.
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Washington
Lenine
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League of Nations
League
Interior promotes cheap tours to U S parks
The Department of the Interior urges Americans to see national wonders at low rates. Government hotels, guided trips, and 208 automobiles are offered to visit Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain, Crater Lake, Glacier, the Grand Canyon, and California sequoias. This patriotic program aims to boost domestic travel.
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Yellowstone National Park
Rocky Mountain Park
Crater Lake Park
Glacier Park
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Sequoia Groves
California
Department of the Interior
Unclear fragmentary note on praise and future success
A fragmented note expresses praise for a project or entity and hopes its new leadership or approach will bring deserved success, albeit with garbled wording and missing specifics.
Public payer burden as rail wage award eyed
The railroad wage decision is blamed for higher transport costs borne by the public. Analysts note wage boosts force increases in passenger and freight rates, milk tariffs, and Pullman charges. Executives pass costs to consumers, while workers accept the award “under protest” and prepare for further demands. The piece urges moderation from unions and acceptance of eventual board decisions.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Publc
Bryan weighs bolt but stays in party warns of epoch
The message from William J Bryan to the Prohibition national convention signals a potential bolt from the Democratic ticket while affirming continued party membership. He says he has not decided how to vote but will remain a Democrat, amid questions of his stance after the San Francisco convention and Cox opposition.
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Princess Sergius Obolenkko on stage for hero husband support
Princess Sergius Obolenkko, now in Lome with notable success on the concert platform, joins her husband in a public display of support amid a tangled royal family history. The piece traces her mother Princess Yourlieffaka and the family’s fortune, misfortune, and wartime fates, including emigration, bankruptcies, and personal losses. An adjoining note covers Admiral Sir Percy Scott winning a £1 million royalties suit against Wickerdord, praising his naval ordnance innovations and detailing Britain’s high regard for his signals devices.
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Guatemala to Join Parley on Central American Unification
The Guatemalan foreign minister accepts Salvadoran invitation to send delegates to discuss Central American unification in San Salvador on September. He notes Guatemala will direct its destinies after next month’s elections and reiterates willingness to negotiate for a peaceful, just, durable reconstruction of the region with Honduras Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
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Census shows huge growth in many cities including Calexico
Census figures released yesterday list Calexico with a startling 6808 percent rise. Other notable jumps include Pocatello Idaho up 642 percent and Rochester Minnesota up 749 percent, while Phoenixville Pennsylvania reports a 24 percent decline.
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Radio Te legraphers Seek Pay Raise On Board Agenda
A committee of the United States Radio Telegraphers Association urged a $60 to $75 monthly pay raise and an eight hour day for wireless operators on ships. After talks with the board and bureau of navigation, an annual wage agreement for August 1 was discussed. A graded licensing system by vessel tonnage or years of service was debated. New York figures Benjamin Beckerman H Q Horneéry A Lynch Alfred De Silva Paul C Levin and Sara Schneider represented the union.
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Henson
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H Q Horneéry
A Lynch Alfred de Silva Paul C Levin
Sara Schneider
New York
Diamonds Seized From Sailor in Stockholm Smuggling Case
New York July 23 Unset diamonds valued at about 5000 banded as $50,000 in total were seized by customs officers today from a sailor on the steamship Stockholm. The man Jack Robson claimed he did not know who handed him the stones before sailing for America. He said he would deliver them to unidentified persons. Collector Byron R Newton said the seizure was the largest by the port customs guard and suggested more suspects may be involved in related smuggling cases.
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Spellacy Refuses Post as Navy Assistant Secretary Candidate
Thomas J Spellacy of Hartford denies being offered or accepting the job of Assistant Secretary of the Navy to succeed Roosevelt when he retires. He says his only ambition is to return to Hartford. Roosevelt is surprised by the rumor. no successor will be named until Secretary Daniele returns from Alaska.
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Conn
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Daniele
Alaska
Wu Ting Fang vows to outlive Count Okuma to 125
Wu Ting-fang former Chinese minister to the United States, now returning to China from a holiday in Japan, declined to discuss the Chinese revolution but humorously said he would live longer than Count Okuma. He claimed he will live to 125 while Okuma boasted of outliving him.
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Wu Ting-fang
United States
China
Japan
Count Okuma
Okuma
Viviani Arrives in Buenos Aires for Franco-Argentine Talks
Former French prime minister Hene Viviani arrives in Buenos Aires for an extended visit to strengthen Franco-Argentine relations. He receives an enthusiastic welcome as his program includes an Allied Chamber of Commerce banquet featuring representation by the United States Chamber of Commerce.
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Zionists Elect Brandeis and Plan Palestine Fund
The Zionist conference elects Supreme Court Justice Louis D Brandeis as honorary president and creates an executive committee led by Chaim Weizmann and Nahum Sakelow. A special Palestine economic council and a board of trustees will oversee funds. A foundation fund of 125 million dollars is announced to establish Palestine as the Jewish national home.
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Bernard Prexner
America
Max Nordau
Nathan Straus
Julian M Mack
Mary Foils
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Bir Stuart Samuel
Meyer Berlin
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International Law Move Backed by Jurists at The Hague
The jurists conference seeks to create a permanent court of international justice and to convene series of international law conferences for postwar principles and new agreements. The plan, led by Elihu Root and Baron Des Champs, won unanimous support with Root thanking Japanese delegate M Adachi for his pledge to sign.
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Ship Liquor in Iron Barrels to Maryland Official
Bristol Tenn July 23 Five hundred forty gallons of whisky confiscated by the government after a five year old assault case and held at the post office due to disposal issues were shipped today to a government official at Perryville Md. The whisky was sent in nine 60 gallon sealed iron bar rels to deter tampering en route. It had been offered at public auction here a year ago with buyers from across the country presenting certified checks, but the goods could not be moved under law. The government bid at 1050 a gallon.
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Big Lake Ship Deal Involves Goodrich Line
Negotiations for the sale of Goodrich Transit Company to Chicago Racine and Milwaukee Line have been ongoing for weeks. If completed, the merged entity would become one of the largest Great Lakes steamship operations, dominating trade from Chicago to Detroit and Cleveland and extending along both shores of Lake Michigan.
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Earl of Clancarty Sentenced for Bankrupt Credit Offense
London July 23 Earl of Clancarty found guilty of obtaining credit without disclosing bankruptcy status. He was sentenced to three months in jail. The case has drawn sensational notices due to the defendant's prominence and social position.
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U S May Sell Six New Tankers
The Shipping Board considered sale of six near completion concrete tankers with purchase options. If options lapse, bids will be called. Four vessels lie on the Pacific coast and two at Jacksonville, Fla. Each tanker measures 426 feet and 7,500 deadweight tons. Tokyo reports Japanese mercantile fleet officials will not abide by Genoa conference decisions, citing exclusion from the congress.
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Timely Topics Discussed By Capital Visitors
A Willard hotel gathering features speakers assessing the 1920 campaign. Angus McSween, James Rudolph Garfield, Col. Darden, and Judge Griggs share views on Harding, Cox, and the Ohio battlefront, highlighting campaigns, alliances, and the importance of Ohio.
Soldiers May Gather Crops Plan Considered by War Ministry
July 23 report notes a proposal to deploy regiments into agricultural districts to aid harvest. Frances harvest expected to be good, yet farm labor shortages persist. Also July 22, American Steel Branch opens in Hamburg to supply steel and engineering products for German shipyards, with Berlin offices.
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Berlin
Dr William Younger Dead in Parle
Dr William Younger, an American dentist and pioneer of tooth transplantation, died yesterday in Parle. His work on transplanting teeth made him a notable figure in early dental science.
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Parle
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