Conditions in Europe and the Russia question in 1919
Across Europe intense interest in the European situation and the U S stance are watched by governments. The piece argues the United States has never formed a treaty of alliance and warns against entangling alliances like those Germany had with Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey. It discusses the danger and limits of a Russian red army invasion fear and the geopolitical maneuvering around Roumania Bessarabia and France's cordon sanitaire, with Lloyd George and Trotzky figures cited and a caution against using foreign war to bolster home rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
France
Belgium
Germany
Soviet
Europe
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Lloyd George
Trotzky
Asquith
Warsaw
Red
Poland
Roumania
Bessarabia
Bratiano
Lenine
Tchitcherin
Moscow
Tse
Fragmented thoughts on music emotion and modern youth
A garbled excerpt discusses Dr Lambert and New Music, contrasts emotion and reason, questions golf scores, and riffs on nightlife, streets, and flirting era imagery. It hints at Lincoln era debates about imagination versus practicality, volunteers, and the flapper’s fashion.
Mystery links Congress absences to golf tees and posed figures
A fragmented editorial snippet hints at odd parallels between congressional absence and golf, questions about a vaudeville actress, and a critique of Europe debt blame. It mocks Margot Asquith and mentions Henry Ford’s presidential bid as a press-driven angle.
Rail wage cuts seen as part of return to normalcy
The rail labor board's order reducing maintenance of way wages fits a broader shift toward lower prices and wages. While individual cuts are small, they may spark disputes with organized labor as railroads align with other industries. The public could benefit from lower living costs if prices and taxes drop, but a universal reduction remains unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Labor Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Labor Board
Organized Railroad
A Joke and Its Nightingale Quest Across the Sea
A Chicago scientist visiting Liverpool claimed he crossed the Atlantic to hear a nightingale sing. The public misread the joke, flooding papers with ideas to help the quest. Crowds followed him to hotels, and motor buses toured supposed bird habitats while Americans and English shared humorous disappointment and amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Liverpool
England
Atlantic
Philomela
Adonias
United States
Civil Service Commission Faces Time Gap In Modernizing
A government efficiency report labels the Civil Service Commission as honest but antiquated. It praises its role as an employment bureau and gatekeeper against incompetence while urging updates to put the agency in step with contemporary needs and improve its use of top talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
United States Bureau of Efficiency
House of Representatives
Times
Why Another Conference Should Be Held
The Los Angeles Times reports Lloyd George urged continued conferences for Europe. He warned that Russia and Germany cannot be permanently subdued and that failure to seek peaceful solutions risks another war, with united Russia and Germany threatening all smaller nations unless Britain and the United States intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
the Hague
Genoa
Lloyd George
Russia
Germany
Europe
Great Britain
United States
Still Harping and Shipping Board Claims Stir Debate
The Evening Public Ledger discusses social mores with a humorous take on a Hoboken man jailed by his daughter and the enduring strength of family bonds. It contrasts flapper era views with aging viewpoints and cites Rev. Pennawell on flapperia as a diversion. It ends noting diverse business optimism in the Middle West, from ship concerns to cultural spending and farmer prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Public Ledger
Hoboken
Yesteryear
Lady Astor
Nancy
Almer Pennawell
Evanston
Ill
Omaha Bee
Middle West
Major Cara
Mary Garden
Wichita
Lett's Honor Col Ryan for Riga Fire Dept Membership
Riga Latvia May 6 Col Edward W Ryan Scranton Pa American Red Cross commissioner for the Baltic states appointed honorary member of the Riga fire department first American honored by Lettish firefighters Membership documents included a brass helmet hatchet and other service gear The act expresses Red Cross aid to organize the brigade in the new state
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Riga
Latvia
Edward W. Ryan
Scranton
Red Cross
Baltic States
Lettish
Ryai
Cripps Aims to Rebuild Fortune via Moscow Deal
Col Frederick Heyworth Cripps, son of Lord Parmoor, joins the British Beecham Trust in a Moscow contract to lease property and restore Russia’s capital. Cripps, 37, long based in Russia, lost a million-dollar British fortune to Bolshevik seizures but proceeds with a major reconstruction plan and fluent Muscovite ties.
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Russia
London
Moscow
British Beecham Trust
Beecham Troat
Lord Parmoor
Frederick Heyworth Cripps
Gallipoli
Parmoor
Henley-on- Thames
Col Cripps
Moscow and
Petrograd
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Col. Cripps
Dr A G Shortle Dead at 51 in Albuquerque
Dr A G Shortle, a national figure in tuberculosis work and an authority on sun baths for treatment, died in Albuquerque on Friday night at age 51. The obituary notes his prominent role in tuberculin research and sun therapy.
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A. G. Shortle
Albuquerque
N. Mex
G. Shortle
White House Caption Sparks British Propaganda Ruse
A Washington Post reminiscence recalls a 1917 episode where American films were sent to Britain to bolster morale. A caption claiming the White House was burned in 1814 provoked debate, yet the pricing of the wartime narrative helped rally Allied resolve. Col James Church, a former Rough Rider surgeon, is also noted for his wartime service. A New Jersey senator, Joe Frelinghuysen, faced questions about renomination as petitions poured in from voters. The Nashville gunboat, once famous for the Matanza incident, heads to scrap in Newport News, Va.
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Washington
William Christopher Pakenham
Potomac River
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Sir William Goode
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
National Capital
White House
Washington Country Club
Harding
James Robert Church
Army
Yrs
Bob” Church
Cuba
Rough Riders
Leonard Wood
Col
Roosevelt
Black Jack Pershing
France
Bob Church
Gen
Pershing
Army Medical Corps
Church
Fifteenth Street
Beng
Joe" Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Raritan
Joe Hail
Senate
Frelinghuysen
Jersey
Atlantic City
Joe
Nashville
Newport Mews
Matanres
Washington Post Co
Undeclared powers and child labor law debate at Arlington
A.B. Winters of San Francisco and J.H. Kirkland of Vanderbilt discuss the Supreme Court ruling on the federal child labor law. They argue states hold regulatory power unless delegated to Congress and call for state-led solutions, noting broad implications for governance and education. The exchange touches industry culture and the role of labor in civilization, with remarks on education and societal progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
A B Winters
San Francisco
Arlington
United States
Congress
J H Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
Willard
Kirks
Liebag
Deny Crane Court Martial Reports Declared False
Official dispatches from the French foreign office published by the French embassy call reports that Charles R. Crane of Chicago was tried by a French court-martial in Damascus and sentenced to 20 years for inciting anti French disturbances in Syria as wholly unfounded. The foreign office and embassy said the investigation found no basis for the claims Paris May 28. Crane left Paris for The Hague and will travel to London then sail June 3 on the Aquitania to New York.
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Foreign Office
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
Damasqua
Syria
Paris
Charles R Crané
Hague
London
New York
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