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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
13
The Washington Post lists subscription options with daily and Sunday delivery, prices in advance, and payment methods. It details rates for daily, Sunday, and combined plans, plus foreign ad reps and address. The note dates Friday June 20, 1919.
Notice to subscribers instructs readers to send old and new addresses for mail delivery to The Washington Post Company. It urges renewals before expiration, notes payment in advance, and specifies options daily, daily and Sunday, or Sunday only, with expiration dates shown on the address label.
The piece argues that despite Wilson's league of nations, Europe unravels as Italy, France, and England face internal pressure and delayed peace. It notes Premier Orlando's peril, Italian sentiment over Fiume, muttered English discontent, and Germany's possible rejection of the treaty. It warns that without swift peace, capital Geneva and a revised peacemaking order loom.
A House committee cut the sundry civil bill defense of the United States employment service from 4.4 million to 290,900 and limited use to a District of Columbia clearing house. The War Department has no true placement system for returning soldiers. only twelve states have employment services. If funding ends, a national framework to assist soldiers and workers reentering employment may vanish. The War Department says soldiers are being aided via the U S employment service, risking disruption next year.
The text argues that states cannot solve the employment problem alone, with industrial states lacking capacity and agricultural states lacking labor pools. It urges continuing the federal employment service to manage the nationwide readjustment and to fund functional jobs for returning soldiers, rather than burdening states with duties.
A proposed great Federal corporation would rehabilitate Europe after the war with hundreds of millions in capital. War Finance Corporation may hold stock, with rest allocated to international bankers and exporters. Senate action expected. supporters warn of underwrite risk, opponents fear loss of sovereignty and league guarantees.
The article reports that peace talks ban German Lutheran missions from Africa Asia Latin America and much of the Dutch East Indies amid accusations of inciting unrest in colonies. It notes opposition by Brockdorff-Rantzau and details Conyngham family lineage and connections to royal intrigues in Britain.
The Senate met at noon and adjourned at 8 pm with debates on the Monroe doctrine and the league of nations. Sherman and Sheppard announced upcoming speeches, while the War Department and aviation funding faced scrutiny. The House debated the four hundred thousand troop provision, the wire property return, and the civil bill. Committee hearings covered taxation, temperance, immigration, and industrial tariffs.
The Shipping Board announced a new steamer line from New York to the Black Sea with calls at Smyrna Constantinople Varna and Constanta terminating at Odessa. The Huachuca 7200 deadweight tons sails next month followed by Polybius 10000 dwt in July. Plans include monthly sailings and expansion as trade grows with faster ships and larger tonnage.
Britain imposes temporary limits on silk Hosiery imports with a 25 percent levy, while London authorities prepare to adjust the quotas. The move follows diplomatic discussions with British officials and signals a tightening stance on textile imports.
Washington Post issue presents a condensed schedule for trains from Washington to major cities. It lists departure times for routes to Chicago Boston New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh and others with multiple lines and carriers. Changes are daily and schedules may vary as railroads adjust offerings.
The War Department announced yesterday the Distinguished Service Cross awards to Maj. Lyman S. Frazier of Kansas City and a long list of officers and enlisted men from multiple states including Somergett Virginia Philadelphia Torrington Connecticut Franklin North Carolina Minneapolis Kansas and more for service braving action abroad. General Pershing also notified that he awarded the Distinguished Service Medal to Lt. Col Augustus Trowbridge supervisor of flash and sound ranging devices and to Lieut Col Bruce Magruder executive officer at the American expeditionary forces intelligence service.
Charlott eaville Va June 19 special to The Washington Post reports a giant sun spot near the sun’s center observed at the Leander McCormick Observatory Virginia. The dark region forms roughly a 45000 mile diameter circle with the central spot about 48000 miles long and 35000 miles wide. Several smaller spots surround the area and more groups dot the sun indicating a disturbed solar surface as the current three year wait for solar maximum continues.
Under Guatemala government appointment, Prof BE W Kemmerer of Princeton University will study the country's monetary system to establish a currency on a gold basis. The State Department announced the plan yesterday. Kemmerer will depart for Guatemala soon. he has previously advised the Philippine commission and the Mexican government on finance.
The War Department sales bureau reported selling the entire surplus of 7,600,000 yards of gauze from army storehouses to concerns in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut at prices from 6 to 6.6 cents per yard. Total receipts for the week ending June 12 amounted to 11,500,500 dollars, with prices ranging from 50 cents for a remnant of canvas to 6,606,606 dollars for Wood Bidcke.
Democratic leaders in Washington weigh convention sites and presidential prospects. GOP gains and Woodrow Wilson’s renomination are debated amid discussions of a Pacific coast gathering. A proposed Buffalo Erie county piggery prompts profit estimates while daylight saving and prohibition loom large in political discourse.
Dr T J Holmes of Vicago argues that foreign students will surge in U S colleges within five years. He notes Japan, Kina, and Europe show benefits of study abroad and urges U S students to study overseas while Spanish may rival French as a preferred foreign language in American colleges.
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