Waterloo Strike Action Shifts as Walkouts Pause
Strikes ease in Waterloo factories with machinists from Litchfield and Dart Manufacturing delaying demands. Union officials plan a central meeting while Iowa Dairy Separator seeks a court injunction. About 125 Galloway office girls walk out over pay and hours as 60 strikers depart for jobs in other cities.
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Waterloo
Litchfield Manufacturing Company
Labor Temple
Litchfield
Waterloo Construction Machinery Company
Novelty Wire Works
Iowa Dairy Separator Company
William Galloway Company
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Dart Manufacturing Company
Central Labor Union
T. N. Stuffiebeam
Stufflebeam
D. BR. Henderson
Union Ynen
Galloway Company
Galloway
W. A. Dodd
Treaty Protocols and Polish Pact in Senate Briefing
Paris dispatch reports the Polish Parliament ratified the Germany treaty and a minority protection pact by 245 to, while the Senate receives the German peace protocol with explanatory letters from Wilson and Lansing. Lodge documents the Big Five Poland pact and Rhine governance text. hearings focus on enemy property acts and ongoing Senate briefings with Wilson and key lawmakers.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Washington, D. C
Senate
Marshall
Wilson
Lansing
Foreign Relations Committee
Helgoland
Lodge
Poland
Versailles
Rhine District
Fall
New Mexico
League
Watson
Indiana
Counfer
Bankhead
Alabama
Pittsman
Henderson
Nevada
Heflin
Darrow
Nolan
Dupre
O'Conner
Pershing Tours German Occupied Territory on Valedictory Journey
General Pershing begins a valedictory tour of occupied Germany visiting American troops first then French and British zones. He will travel along the old western front from Belfort to Nieuport and plans a conference with American artists to beautify a permanent cemetery and erect monuments to American dead.
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Paris
Aug. J
Pershing
Germany
Western Battle Front
Belfort
Nieuport
Lon
United States
France
America
Iowa Miners to Seek Wage Boost and 6 Hour Day
Des Moines reports Iowa coal miners plan to present demands to operators for staged wage increases and a six hour workday. District 13 UMWA President Z C Lewis said a strike could follow if talks fail. The wage scale had not yet been set, and the action would impact about 11,000 workers.
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Des Moines
Iowa Coal I
Z. C. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Police Strike Shocks London as Protests Rise
London and the provinces see a sudden police strike over pending legislation. Home Secretary Shortt calls the strike a failure, citing limited noncompliance in Liverpool and a declared plan by strikers to march on Downing Street being dismissed by police leadership.
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Downing Street
Bluecoats
Associated Press
London
Edward Shortt
House of Commons
Liverpool
Ieaders
Nevil Macready
Metropolitan Police
No. 10
Lloyd George
Nevil
Marston
Lo A Ienter
Home Secretary
Shortt
The
Daily Herald
Polic
Scotland Yard
Silowin
Liverpool J
Salidzi
Hays
Poiiceman's Union
Tandon
Home Affairs
House of Commons Today
Provinces
Kun Says Hungary Conference Will Decide Between Lion and Mouse
Reja Kun head of the Budapest soviet government told delegates seeking a new Hungarian government that the issue is a contest between a lion and a mouse. He will give an answer by August 4 after a conference at Brockton on the frontier.
Hospital Campaign to Start Saturday With Big Banquet
A Waterloo campaign to raise at least 150000 for a new hospital begins with a Saturday banquet at First Methodist Church at 6730 p.m. More than 200 are expected as AJIT captains workers and citizens hear pre campaign subscription plans and fundraising cards.
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Ajit
Waterloo
First’ Methodist
Harry G. Houwk
Chicago Riots End as State Troops Tighten Grip
Chicago in the black belt sees rioting end with state troops in control. The death toll rises to 33 with 14 whites and 19 or more blacks dead, over 300 injured. Troops report no major disorder after shots fired and several arrests. White victim Dr William De Bold dies, bringing the count to 33.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Twenty-ninth Street
Adj
Dickson
11Th Regiment
South Side
William de Bold
Corn Falls Seven Cents on Drive Against High Living Costs
Chicago reports stoppage of buying in the corn market with prices more than seven cents a bushel lower. December delivery slipped to about 1.56 1/2 and provisions also faced a material setback as demand waned.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Courier Home Delivery Before 4 36 O Clock
Notice instructs readers to expect delivery by 4 36 and to call before 6 20 p m if missed. It mentions compensation by sending a copy of the paper. The message advises contacting the office for delivery issues due to carrier error or other causes.
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Ise
Federal Business Review Finds No Price Relief Seen
The Federal Reserve Board reports no relief from current prices in its monthly business conditions review. July shows higher activity across many lines but widespread shortages of raw materials and local labor troubles are noted, with fears of labor shortages rather than unemployment.
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Prige
Federal Business Review
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Board
Chicago
St. Louis
First Second Division Arrives at New York on Princess Matoika
The first unit of the Second Division, the Ninth Regiment of Infantry, arrived in New York from Brest aboard the Princess Matoika. Other division units were en route aboard transports George Washington Virginian Santa Clara Winland and Ryndam, with units including Marines Fifth Regiment and 17th Field Artillery. Major General Bersey and 58th Infantry in the Mount Vernon group also traveled.
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Associated Press
New York
Aug
Brest
Princess Matoika
George Washington
Infantry
Newport News
Ryndam
11Th Field Artillery
17Th Field Artillery
Santa Clara
Winland
Wal
Mark J. Bersey
Mount Vernon
S8th
Two U S Liquidation Commission Members in Paris Quit
Washington Aug 1 Associated Press reports Brig Gen Charles G Dawes and Homer W Johnson resigned from the U S liquidation commission in Paris Dawes will return to the United States while Johnson plans relief work in Poland The news item notes their resignations and next steps.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Rotary Baker
United States Liquidation Commission
Paris
Charles G. Dawes
Homer WH. Johnson
Dawes
United States
Johnson
Poland
Living Cost Cut Body Named At Cabinet Meeting
A special committee led by Attorney General Palmer was named by President Wilson's cabinet to craft a program to reduce living costs. The panel includes Director General Wines and others to study profiteering and propose enforcement measures, with a report due to the cabinet.
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Washington, D. C
Anglo
Wilson
Palmer
Fur
Congress
Feder
Colyer
Treasury Department
Senate
House
Brotherhood of Railway Engineers
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
W. G. Lee
Treghty Trolley Men Strike For 60 Cent Wage
Davenport, Rock Island and Muscatine workers walk out in mass action over wage demands. Tri-City Railway and allied lines suspend service as 500 workers seek a 60 cent hourly rate with seven cent fare contingency. Plant trucks mobilize to shuttle employees amid disruption.
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LEY Wire Associated Pr
Davenport
AUK
Tri-City Mailway Company
Stlke
Rock Island
J. Belawson
Uneion
Lo, Yun Geib
Nota Streak Dar
Muscatine
Moline
Tilingis
Tri-City
Railsway
Ines
Rork Island
Tri-Cities
Denikin Seizes Poltava in Major Russian Campaign
London dispatch reports Gen. Denikin’s volunteer army, a key anti Bolshevik force, captured Poltava after seizing Kamishin on the Volga with about 5 000 prisoners nine guns and large quantities of war material. The Poltava city lies near Kharkov in the Poltava province area.
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Trass
London
Denikine
Poltava
Kamishin
Volga
Oie
Kharkov
Two Die as Colorado Storms Ravage State
Two people died when lightning struck a barn near Montrose as storms lashed Colorado. Denver streetcar service was disrupted and weather officials reported about 2.49 inches of precipitation locally amid widespread damage and power outages.
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Colorado
Denver
Calo
Adv
Truth for Germans on Peace Offer Is Aim of White Book
Berlin reports a white book published in Weimar containing documents from Aug. 13 to Nov. 11 detailing Germany peace offer discussions and the armistice. The preface states the government aims to tell the truth to the people.
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Berlin
Weimar
Germat
Jit
German miners quit and martial law threatened
The Spartacans and Communist leaders in the coal region demand the release of hunger strikers and the removal of martial law after the Weimar assembly vote. Workers at the Diergard mine struck amid growing tension as the coal sector faces upheaval in Prussia.
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Dushing
German indemnity payments begin as Klotz outlines terms
Paris reports that at today's peace treaty commission meeting Finance Minister Louis Klotz and Reconstruction Minister Louis Loucheur outlined Germany's indemnity conditions. He said Europe will see an initial payment in goods, not cash, while the first 20 billion marks gold due in 1924 looms.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Denulies Peace Treaty Commission
Louis Klotz
Finance
Louis Loucheur
M. Klotz
Germany
Altho
M. Koltz
Strike Actions Hit Rail Shops Across Midwest Ports
Ashland Es Canaba and other ports see dockmen walk out for wage hikes. In Chicago district about 100000 railway shop workers strike for higher pay while President Wilson seeks a special investigating commission and possible retroactive wage increases. Rock Island Silvis joins the walkout with 1500 shop workers leaving.
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Chicago
Hines
Washington
John A D. Saunders
Federated Shopmen’s Union
Junion
Saunders
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Beltline
Rock Island Road
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Road
Winds Central Road
Indiana Harbor Railroad
Chicago Junction Belt Line
Silvis
Rock Island
Rock Island Railway
Chicago District Railroad Council
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Iowa
San Felice
Iadwarti
Britior Provinges
Reserve Board
N.Y
U.S. Liquidation Commission
Washington, J
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Drles
Treghty
Leos
Klotz
Silvts
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Duluth
Minn
Ashland
Wis
Escanaba
Mich
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Cummins
Representative Esch
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Atlanta
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