No Action Taken by White House on Shipping Clauses
The Washington report notes no official notice from the executive department as the 90 day limit expires under the merchant marine act. Officials say about twenty five clauses may contravene the act and discuss potential treaty revocation and its broad implications. Abrogation could trigger wider treaty changes and remedial legislation.
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Washington, D
United States
Executive Department
State Department
United
Congress
Argentina
China
Liberia
Panama
Tripoli
Department of Commerce
Benson
Shipping Board
Alexander
Polish Offensive Grows Amid Lemberg Breakthrough
Warsaw reports the bol’shevist defeat expanding in the Lembergs region with General Budenny crushed north of Lemberg. The Polish advance stretches 16 to 40 miles, on a front exceeding 100 miles, as operations widen.
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Warsaw
Lémbers
Budenny
Lemberg
Boston Strike Expands as Freight Handlers Walkout
Boston sees further walkouts by union freight handlers in sympathy with longshoremen. They refuse to handle British goods, causing a complete standstill in British shipping out of Boston.
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Boston
Linn Fenners
Irish Envoy Ordered Out of France
London report says George Gavan Duffy envoy of the Irish Republic to France has 24 hours to leave France as ordered by the French government. The action follows tensions over recognition and diplomatic status between Paris and Dublin.
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London
George Gavan Duffy
Irish Republic
France
Hare
Ulstarles Plan Defense Confirms Urgent Council Action
The Ul sier unioniet council reports on grave distress among royalists in the province. Proposals were unanimously adopted to protect those imperiled by the prevalent disturbances and to mobilize loyal subjects to assist authorities.
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Ulsier Nnioniet Council
Washington posts whirls of 1920s world events
Postmaster General Burleson discharges 11 Chicago clerks for soliciting money and publishing false reports. W B Colvin resigns from the Federal Trade Commission. Labor Secretary Wilson notes 4000 immigrants arriving daily in New York. Government spending estimated at 1000000000 monthly for six months due to halted transportation. US freight stats show autos and auto parts valued at 252,252,876 shipped abroad, nine times prewar. Census revise lowers Chicago figure to 2,701,705. Airplane mail between US and Cuba to begin this fall. Chamber of Commerce foresees no financial disorder, endorsing coal wage rise. Navy reports cruiser to Danzig at State Department request. Federal Reserve expects fall prices to ease further. Prohibition agents implicated in bribe schemes in NY and other cities.
Massive coal strike idle tens of thousands in anthracite region
About 69 000 workers in the anthracite area are idle after a Wilkes Barre strike vote by 300 delegates from 05 locals of the United Mine Workers. They plan a vacation until operators meet demands. Lewis orders a general strike in bituminous fields. Separate items note plane crashes, typhoon damage in Manila, a $48 788 quartermaster loss, and a major Mexican railway wreck with numerous deaths and injuries.
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Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers of America
Toho L. Lewis
Indianapolis
Clinton Water Rates Up 33 1 3 Percent By City Council
Iowa reports hail of incidents from Mt Waukee yards wrecks to a fatal interurban strike in Everett Washington and a Clinton county equity picnic drawing 1200 people. Police at Manson City chase a truck driver. missing persons searches unfold in Council Bluffs and Seymour. A Town State College plan for agricultural journalism training is approved and high price Clinton county farm sale records emerge. Tama Jim Wilson, aged 86, dies in Traer. Shorthorn cattle men plan October sale and support 4 H clubs.
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Harlan
Clinton Water Company
C. B. Senadom
Maquoketa
Everett
Wash
Clinton County
American Society of Equity
Manson City
Walter Persher
Arthur Linville
Council Bluffs
William Kuhlman
Bere
Lafe Lambaugh
Oxford
Hearbhy
James
Tama Jim" Wilson
Traer
Aug
Mr. Wilson
Ayrshire
Scotland
Connecticut
Rex
Tame County
Wilson
Iowa
Tama Jim
Washington
Congress
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Irish question faces three voiced paths to settlement
Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary for Ireland, notes broad desire in the Irish executive, British cabinet, and Commons to settle the long Irish question and welcomes representation from all quarters. Press reports highlight three voices: Ulster Orangemen seeking current system, Sinn Fein demanding independence, and the moderating middle path of dominion government led by the Irish Dominion League. Sir Horace Plunkett warns the crisis is more grave than in sixty years, echoed by Sir Edward Carson. Greenwood appeals for cross party support to avert worsening conditions.
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Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
House of Commons
Orangemen
North
Irish Dominion League
Horace Plunkett
Edward Carson
Homer Greenwood
Curtis Renominated in Kansas Senate Race
Curtis, a native Topeka lawyer born in 1860, was renominated in Kansas for the U S Senate on the Republican ticket. The primary test focused on industrial relations law and compulsory arbitration, with Gov. Henry J. Allen also seeking re election and seen as aligned with Curtis. Curtis first entered Congress in 1893 and served eight terms.
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Charles Curtis
Kansas
Sunflower
Henry J. Allen
Allen
Curtis
United States Senate
J. 8. Burton
A. W. Genson
J. L. Bristow
Neeley
Murdock
Topeka
Retirement of Gen. J. E. Stuart Ends a Postal Era
Gen James B. Stuart, aged seventy eight and longtime chief postal inspector, retires amid a national debate over a new civil service retirement law. A Civil War veteran who began in the postal service in 186? and rose to brigadier general in the Illinois National Guard, Stuart served forty four years in the same post, claiming sixty six years of government service.
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Burleson
Chicago
Civil Service Commissioners
James BE. Stuart
Stone River
Postal Service
United States
Illnois National Guard
Ferris Defeats Gore for Senate Nomination in Oklahoma
Scott Ferris defeats Senator Thomas P. Gore for the Democratic nomination for United States senator from Oklahoma. Gore, long in office since 1907, faced a historic contest marked by Gore's blindness and prior political positions including the Gore resolution of 1916 and votes on League of Nations reservations. Ferris, a 60th Congress veteran and former chair of the public lands committee, was seen as aligning with presidential policies.
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Scott Ferris
Thomas P. Gore
United States
Oklahoma
Gore
Gota
Senate
Lodge
League of Nations
Renatar Gare
Dig Out All Harmful Barberry Bushes From Your Property
The campaign to eradicate common barberry continues in its third year with co operation between the U S department of agriculture and 18 state agricultural colleges. Look for and dig out all barberry bushes including small roots and report counts and locations to the appropriate offices to aid eradication efforts and ensure sprouts are removed.
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Agricultural College
Office of Cereal Investigations
Toreat of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Agricultural Colleges
Colorado
Tllinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Barberry Inspectora
Department
Wool consumption tops records amid high Grease content
The Bureau of Markets reports January U S virgin wool grease equivalent usage at 72.7 million pounds, up sharply from 1919 and 1918. Fine wool leads with high grease content, driving demand as public favors fabrics of fine wools. grade distribution shows 33 percent fine, 13 percent one half blood, 17 percent three eighths blood, 17 percent one quarter blood, 3 percent low, 11 percent carpet, and 0.5 percent unspecified.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Repair Cracks in Concrete Methods Suggested
A method to fix concrete wall cracks involves cutting out the cracks and brushing until dry. Dust cement into hot pine tar creates a stiff mix, fill cracks with it while hot, and repeat as it cools.
Menace of Wild Cucumbers Threatens Pickling Trade
Wild cucumbers pose a serious menace to pickle growers and the spread of a plant disease. Eradication of these plants could curb or end the disease impacting cucumbers in some regions and the local pickling business.
Woodland in the South and farm woodlands share vast forest area
Woodlands on farms comprise one half of all forested lands with over 125 million acres. In Maryland Virginia North Carolina Kentucky and Oklahoma more than 60 percent of forest land is on farms. The current yearly farm income from woodlands is about 250 million dollars.
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Maryland
Virgini
North Carolina
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Small Backyard Poultry Flock Size Guide
The United States Department of Agriculture advises that a backyard flock should be kept small for efficiency. A yard of at least 26 by 80 feet suits 20 to 25 hens, with 20 to 30 square feet per bird for larger spaces. smaller yards need reduced flock sizes to avoid overcrowding.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Indefatigable Little Bee Harvests Honey
Town agricultural station studies show bees load nectar equal to up to 80 percent of their weight. A bee needs about an hour for a round trip to gather honey. Strong colonies can collect eight or nine pounds of honey in a favorable day.
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Town Agricultural Experiment Station
Increase Yield of Alfalfa From Manure and Fertilizer
Agricultural note advises applying manure and phosphate fertilizer as top dressings to established alfalfa stands. Rich soil improves seed yield and plant vigor, with manure helping nutrient supply and phosphate aiding root and forage production.
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