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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1920
Page
7
A brief notice from New York City area sources references a monthly $979 payment plan and a poste matter with a partial Detroit angle. The fragment hints at financial terms but lacks details for full interpretation.
The Federal Reserve Board reports renewed business strength and optimism as labor improves and loans shrink for nonessentials. Crop prospects are strong, farm labor ample, and livestock healthy. Transportation bottlenecks, especially car shortages, restrain coal, iron and steel, and grain shipments, but orders persist. The nation is urged to meet transport needs with urgency and full mobilization of rivers, canals, and highways to secure recovery.
The proposed Anglo French oil accord is compared to a Roman triumvirate with Lloyd George and Millyrand as duumvirs dividing oil rights across the world including British colonies Roumania Galicia Russia and Asia Minor. The United States protests seeking open access to oil resources and promises support for equal opportunity in European and Asia Minor fields. The State Department signals an open door stance and backing for American interests.
Samuel Gompers argues production is nation’s need while praising fair employer conduct. He warns wage cuts may be needed as prices fall, urging workers to consider conditions before striking and stressing shared duty to sustain industry and public interests.
An anticipated Swiss overhaul of passport controls signals a broader shift away from the wartime system. The end of the strict visa and police permit regime would reduce travel delays and humiliations many endured at borders. The article notes Russia and Turkey once required passports and praises Switzerland for leading potential reform.
Gen Sir Herbert Chermside marries at seventy to Countess Otto Stenbock widow of the Swedish envoy note Newstead Abbeys blight famed as Byron's home. The piece recalls his Arabic mastery, roles in Ottoman headquarters and Crete, and family woes surrounding Newstead and the Webb family, ending with the new Lady Chermside and her kin.
Mexico City July 30 Referring to the petroleum situation Pastor Rouaix secretary of agriculture and development in the Carranza cabinet declared today that while the constitution may be retroactive the statutes emanating from it cannot have retroactive effect The new law must recognize nationalization of subsoil but must not destroy past rights He urged reconciliation with new ideas while respecting rights acquired by previous laws Mexico City July 29 Petroleum taxes: 3 000 000 pesos paid into treasury for May and June delayed due to high valuation. provisional president de la Huerta fixed price basis on New York quotations The petroleum interests planning a petition to de la Huerta to derogate Article XXVII which nationalized subsoil
The American Luncheon Club hosted about 200 attendees as Ambassador John W Davis prepared to depart for America on vacation. The lord chancellor lauded American resources and energy that aided Allied victory and urged a continued effort in postwar reconstruction. Davis replied that he would urge Americans to sustain the same resolve for reconstruction.
The Department of Agriculture reports a sharp June drop in wool consumption by about 17.9 million pounds versus the year’s average. June input to manufacture was 55 million pounds, down from higher monthly totals earlier in the year due to textile industry curtailments from weak orders cancellations and deferred shipments.
In Cleveland June 39 talks on the railroad labor board wage award continued among the four big brotherhoods. A meeting in two weeks was set to decide formal steps. W G Tee said membership in the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen grows by about 100 to 12 daily, with other unions also seeing increases due to higher wages from the new scale.
Advices to the Department of Commerce report a proposed steamship service between Rotterdam and South American ports by Van Nievelt Goudriaan and Halland American Line. Sailings would occur every fourteen days calling at Montevideo Buenos Aires and Rosario. Before the war German lines dominated the Rotterdam South American trade.
Reports from Kingston Jamaica indicate a surge in contraband spirits as vessels from America arrive. Crews purchase rum and whisky, with prices up to 60 dollars per case, signaling a 100 percent rise in illicit imports. Authorities disclose evidence of whisky smuggling into the United States via Cocoanuts bags.
Paris reports Capt Andre Tardieu says the France Belgium military convention, under negotiation since January, has been completed and will soon be promulgated officially. He asserts it will greatly enhance France's military potentialities.
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced on Tuesday that government spending for mail transportation rose by about 63 million dollars in the first months of this year compared with the same period last year.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States adopts an industrial relations platform by referendum, endorsing open shop operation and equal treatment of labor and employer organizations. It rejects strikes in public utilities and supports tribunals to settle utility labor conditions. Separate platform proposals pass by about 1700 to 2 or 3.
The Shipping Board will withdraw October 1 from the national wages and working conditions commission for longshoremen. Chairman Benson announced the board will create direct negotiation with the Longshoremen's Association, aligning with its practice of dealing with major labor groups. The move follows collective bargaining principles to protect longshoremen, the American merchant marine, and Atlantic and Gulf coast ports.
American owners of goods seized under British orders in council may reclaim possession by proving ownership. The ruling, transmitted to the Star Department, states the claimants pay detention and insurance costs, with reimbursement via the British procurator general in London upon filing formal applications. The decision hinges on ownership at the time Britain declared peace.
The reorganized Austrian cabinet was reported to the State Department by the American commissioner. Vienna lists members including Dr Musselef minister without portfolio Dr Karl Renner secretary of foreign affairs Ferdinand Hanusch social administrator Dr Julius Deutsch minister of war Eduard Hesal minister of commerce Alax Haueis minister of agriculture Walter Brelsky minister of interior Tr Roller minister of justice Dr Resch minister of finance Dr Karl Pesta minister of railroads and two undersecretaries with no vote.
Census figures released show New Brunswick New Jersey up 327 to 9 394 a 402 percent rise while Clarksburg West Virginia grows by 18 668 to 20 289 a 2029 percent jump Jefferson County expands with Louisville at 286 369 a 69 percent increase Sault Ste Marie Michigan falls 519 to 12 098 a 41 percent drop Missoula Montana down 201 to 12 668 a 16 percent decrease Nacogdoches Texas rises 17 to 9 546 a 62 percent gain Columbus Georgia climbs 16 571 to 31 125 a 614 percent surge.
A native revolt broke out on Formosa with aborigines rising in Shin Chi Ku district. Advices said a strong indigenous force challenged Japanese authorities and Tokyo prepared measures to quell the uprising.
Venezuela plans to expand export trade by appointing commercial attaches to the United States Great Britain and other principal countries. The attaches will operate under the foreign affairs ministry and report to the government through the foreign ministry.
Prominent yachtman J J McAndrews of New York blasts the Resolute and Shamrock IV event as a dead calm test, urging a return to common sense sailing rules. He argues the contest was a technical exhibition, not a true test of vessel design or navigating prowess.
A regional appeal urges cooperation between the United States and Veco to foster peaceful reform in western hemisphere states. The piece highlights Branca Vila’s retirement and bands of bandits disrupting northern Mexico’s economy, while noting plans to reopen operations and expand industry. It cautions that disputes between Mexican governors and federal authority could affect conditions in Baja California but should not derail broader regional progress.
London July 30 The court of appeals ordered that £4006 006 in securities held by King Ferdinand Bulgaria at the outbreak of World War I be returned to Ferdinand The court previously ruled they should be forfeited to the British government The decision rested on the securities being private property and not affecting Bulgaria s revenue.
Geneva dated July 30 reports two hundred delegates to attend the international socialist conference opening tomorrow under Hemi Vandervelde president Belgian minister of justice. Delegations from Britain France and Germany are present while Italy and Austria are not officially represented. Focus centers on Nikola Tserine Russia and reactions of the Soviet premier toward the second Internationale and war responsibility.
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