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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1919
Page
15
Public notice details subscription options for The Washington Post. Includes prepaid rates, delivery to Washington, Alexandria, and options by day, month, or year, with emphasis on advance payment and acceptable payment forms. Notes editor and post office details and foreign reps.
The Washington Post reminds subscribers to notify address changes promptly to continue receiving the paper. Mail subscriptions must be prepaid and include choice of daily, daily and Sunday, or Sunday only. Expiration dates appear on the address label.
The piece argues the United States government fails to provide clear policy on Mexico, risking alienation of foreign nations and harming Mexicans. It condemns mixed military actions against Carranza and Villa, urges decisive steps to protect Americans and Mexican civilians, and questions potential loyalty to broader aims like Armenia or Turkey.
Investigators estimate 300000 to 500000 New Yorkers, many foreigners, support unlawful seizure of property and overthrow of government. State Senator Lusk backs the inquiry into sedition as dangers from socialism and anarchy grow. Foreigners are depicted as a threat while agitators profit from radical writings. The piece calls for action against murder, arson, riot, and sabotage.
A fragmentary, charged quotation argues for expulsions and jailing of dissenters, claiming dangerous ideologies must be silenced and traitors excised, equating anti flag voices with internal treachery and calling for harsh measures.
A letter from allied powers rejects Germanys plea to spare Germans from treaty hardships now that a new government is in place. It argues Germans shared responsibility for wartime policy and atrocities, condemning them as accomplices. President Wilsons stance shifted from sympathy to acknowledging German accountability for the past five years.
Amid Belgian horse thefts during wartime, clubs from Belgium and Berlin clash over stolen pedigrees. The Belgian Jockey Club reports German and Austrian rivals demand pedigrees in exchange for a hunter’s freedom, prompting bans on German owned or trained horses across Britain and France. The epistolary scuffle underscores racing ethics postwar.
Congress adjourned at 5 15 p m after noon meeting with Knox addressing a resolution to separate the covenant of the League of Nations from the peace treaty. McCumber to respond. Edge and Bevan actions on daylight saving and Cairo detention inquiry. Churchill discussed Germany spies and arrestees. Various bills and resolutions advanced or postponed including irrigation, labor-capital talks, and surplus food stock inquiries. Federal tunnel consent for New York New Jersey under Haddon River, and war risk insurance debates noted.
Navy planners anticipate six high speed battle cruisers will join the reorganized Pacific fleet once completed. Officers foresee a special division for these vessels due to instability in Pacific conditions and expect the main force to split into two fleets for Atlantic and Pacific areas. Plans await Admiral Befohnons review on his return from Paris. Ottawa Canada June 1.
The Washington Post presents a condensed train timetable from Washington to major cities nationwide. It lists departures to Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Louisville, Memphis, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Richmond, and St. Louis with multiple daily times from various rail lines. Changes occur day to day as new schedules are issued by railroads.
Col J ler is assigned as officer in charge of the division of laboratories and infectious diseases at the Surgeon General's Office. He relieves Lieut Col G R Callender who becomes assistant curator at the Army Medical Museum. City not specified.
A Washington Post bulletin from the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World notes that wise and liberal local advertising brings new dollars to town and keeps dollars circulating locally. Each dollar spent generates about a dollar in local activity, with most of the rest flowing to wholesalers and manufacturers. Advertising is described as a powerful market force shaping minds and commerce.
The Army Air Service announced that four Curtiss IN 4 planes will depart from Hazelhurst Field to Seattle for mapping an aerial route across the continent. A 16 officer and 36 enlisted crew will travel with observation balloons and motor trucks, making stops at Philadelphia Pittsburgh Columbus Indianapolis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis and Bismarck among others.
War Department says casualty counts from France flow mainly from the French war office and are about a year behind. Lieutenant Harle Boothe, former chief of the American Expeditionary Forces central records office, estimates it will take another year to fully verify the French records.
Dispatches report Brazil's President Epitacié Pessoa, aboard the French cruiser Jeanne d Arc en route to New York, received Portugal's grand cordon of three orders Power and Sword Christ and Santiago from the Portuguese government marking a formal decoration.
A P Allensworth of the American Linseed Company cites Argentina's swift suppression of Bolshevist agitation in Buenos Aires. He notes 2,000 killed in a week, 800 anarchists sent to Terra del Fueg o, and a quiet political scene since, while warning U S exporters to study the methods of foreign governments to advance commerce in South America. He argues for skilled American agents who understand local methods and courtesy in business dealings.
Debate in Congress centers on establishing a permanent national employment service under the Labor Department with a director appointed by the President and a woman assistant director for female employment. The plan earmarks at least 75 percent of annual appropriations to states by population, and argues the service will place skilled workers in suitable roles during reconstruction and development. Several lawmakers urge permanence beyond demobilization citing 400000 soldiers aided by government bureaus since the armistice.
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