Albany teachers seek higher salaries and school funding
Oregon notes report Albany teachers demand a minimum salary of 1000 dollars per year while Coos county workers push for higher pay. Grants and taxes loom as counties report large delinquencies and new road, park, and agricultural projects unfold across the state amid logging, farming, and transit developments.
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Lace County
Columbia River
Cascade Locke
Wreth
Coos County
Olott
Dalles
Multnomah County
Coos Bay
A. Smith
Clatsop
Mra
Mary Catherine McQuren
Robert Eakin
Supreme Court
Basom Hospital
John W. Gruner
Minniesota
Oregon Agricultural College
School of Miniarine
Lebanon
Santiam National Forest
Siguth Breitenbush Creek
Pringle Hutte Weetion
Bend
CANNOT DEPORT ALIEN SLACKERS IN WASHINGTON
Washington officials report that aliens who withdrew citizenship papers to avoid the draft cannot be deported due to treaty obligations. Secretary Lan sing informs Representative Johnson that deportation legislation could embarrass the U.S. and protests from Norway and Sweden cite treaties exempting Americans from compulsory service. Only a small share of aliens abandoned citizenship, with Washington state listing 293 exemptions among 1745 draft registrants.
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Washington
Allena
Lansing
House
United States
Johnson
Norway
Sweden
Congress
Informato
Secr
Five hundred soldiers to replace strikers at Brooklyn port
New York reports five hundred regular army soldiers landed from the George Washington to ease port congestion caused by the longshoremen’s strike. Brigadier General Davinon says troops are authorized to use force if needed to move transports and assist unloading. Secretary Baker refuses Mayor Hylan’s request to withdraw troops amid rising prices and labor tension.
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New York
George Washington
Brooklyn
Peter Davinon
Davinon
Washington
Baker
Hylan
15000 Are Yet in France
General W D Connor says American troops in France number under 16000 and decline quickly as repatriation of German prisoners finishes. Within a month most soldiers will depart and remaining Germans are in hospital. The final tasks are liquidation of army supplies, settling accounts, and policing peace conference HQ.
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France
Connor
United States Sets 10 Cent Wholesaler Price For Sugar
Department of Justice actions aim to curb sugar price spikes caused by shortages. Attorney Palmer informs beet sugar producers withholding supply that the U S sugar equalization board deems 10 cents a fair wholesale price. President Wilson resumes recovery from nervous exhaustion with mild digestive trouble noted by doctors. Episcopal marriage canon amendment defeat leaves clergy free to marry divorced individuals where a spouse is alive.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Palmer
United States Sugar Equalization Board
Wilson
Food prices drop in September across 22 staples
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 2 percent decline in retail prices for 22 staple foods from August to September. Onions and potatoes fell the most at 17 and 14 percent, with cabbage meats cheese flour sugar also down. Raisins rose 8 percent, while rice eses salmon butter beans canned vegetables coffee and cornmeal varied. Armenians rout enemy in Armenia claim by James W. Gerard says Turks Tartars and Kurds invaded but were driven off and Armenian lands reoccupied.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
New York
Armenia
James W. Gerard
American Committee For the Independence of
Germany
Petrograd Fall Reported and Russian Front Shifts Seen
The Finnish general staff reports Petrograd fell and Kronstadt was occupied by anti Bolshevik forces, via Viborg representative to the northwest Russian government, as per the state department. Workers Rehabilitation Bill passed in Washington. Labor reform moves advance in Congress.
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Petrograd
Washington
Kronstadt
Viborg
Russia
State Department
House
Senate
Long treaty fight enters final phase in Senate
Washington settles into the final phase of the treaty struggle as leaders aim to clear amendments and push ratification. Lodge led efforts for a reservations approach while the Shantung amendment failed 35 to 65 with 14 Republicans joining pro-treaty forces and three Democrats joining the opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
McNary
Chamberlain
Penalize Striking Employes In Federal Rail Policy Plan
Washington debuts provisions to punish strikes and fomenters while proposing a permanent federal railroad policy. Government control would end 30 days after enactment, with a federal wages commission and regional panels to settle disputes, and a $600 fine or six months’ imprisonment for fomenting strikes. The plan also contemplates government carry of about $400 million at 6 percent for at least five years.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal
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