World events mix with reparations and politics
Amid Chequers talks, Bruening and Curtius press Britain and America to help Germany defer reparations. Berlin hopes U S support could cancel debts. Briand rejects revising the Young plan. Capone faces tax and wealth charges as Chicago prosecutions advance. US crime reforms urged by the Wickersham report push state prosecutions toward centralized control and better staffing. Archduchess Zita visits Rome amid rumors on Otto’s throne. Chiang Kai-shek intensifies anti communist drive in Kiang and Hunan.
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Chequers
Bruening
Curtina
MacDonald
Henderson
F. M. Sackett
Great Britain
Germany
United States
America
Berlin
Uncle Sam
Curtius
Europa
Frederic M. Sackett
Mellon
Stimson
Europe
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Bruenting
England
Vatican
Cardinal Pacelli
Catholic Action
Pope Pius
Mussolini
Rome
Hoover
Ity
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kiangs
Hunan
Chiang
Canton
Chekiang Province
Western Newspaper Union
Navy chief plans big cuts to meet Hoover economy drive
Secretary Adams told branch chiefs to draft budget reductions to save about 40 million dollars from 1982 Navy appropriations. Hoover urged abandoning the Guam base to save funds, with personnel cuts already ongoing, while Britain reports 2,629,971 unemployed. Germany shows slight improvement as 22 thousand found work in May. Canadian Premier Bennett says imperial conference postponed to next year due to political uncertainty in Australia and New Zealand.
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Charles Francis Adams
William W. Pratt
Naval Operations
Navy
Hoover
Rapidan
Adams
Congress
Mgr. Hoover
Guaman
Pava
Guam
Great Britain
Germany
Bennett
Canada
House of ‘Commons
Ottawa
Australia
New Zealand
Charlottesville to honor Monroe centennial on Independence Day
Charlottesville hosts the centennial celebration marking James Monroe death with a day of radio addresses, university ceremonies, and a gala at Ash Lawn his Virginia home. Diplomatic guests view Monroe's estate and garden, and a Venezuela statue was unveiled at Ash Lawn earlier in spring.
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United States
Charlottesville
James Monroe
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Monroe
Hoover
Rapidan
Wiliam R. Castle
University of Virginia
National Broadcasting Company
Diplomatic Corps
Washington
Ash Lawn
Jay W. Johns
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
William E. Dodd
University of Chicago
Johns
Highlands
Milton
Jefferson
Oakwood
Oakhill
Carter's Mountain
Morven
Wiam
Avell
France
White House
Bank of the United States
America
Memorial Commission
Republic of Venezuela
Attiilio Piccirilli
New York
Crespo
Venezuela
England
Grover Cleveland
Carnens
South America
Johng
New York University
Nfo
William and Mary College
Continental Army
Assembly
Executive Council
Continental Congress
Miss Kortwright
Fredericksburg
Spain
Lafayette
Wontura Newspaper Union
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Edward W. Pickard
Hua A, Boold
Brook‘lyn
Toronto
Anna Adams Gordon
Manston
Ill
Louis McKinney
Claresholme
Alberta
Emilie J. Solomon
Cape Town
South Africa
Maria Sandstrom
Stockholm
Ages Black
Margaret Munny
Evanston
Sennessee
Henry H. Horton
Horton
Chicago
George B Q. Johnson
al Capone Himselif
Scarface
Capone
Johnson
Miami
Miami Beach
Philadelphia
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
Pope Pius XI I
Wickersham Commission
Archduke Otto
Austria
Zita
Holy See
Otto
Maria
Italy
House of Savoy
AJ. Maurich Campbell
Prohibition
Seymour Lowman
the Treasury
Campbell
Lowman
Secretary of the Treasury
George E. Q. Johnson
Elmo Scott Watson
Aballiway
Coliney Alam Lane
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