President Coolidge Addresses Legion on Peace and Tolerance
President Calvin Coolidge urged peace and the abandonment of racial hatreds at the American Legion convention in Omaha. He warned against militarism and called for demobilizing racial antagonisms, urging tolerance for all races and religions while supporting selective service if needed in future wars.
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Omaha
Neb
Calvin Coolidge
American Legion Convention
Legionnaires
Coolidge
Pact on Rhine Peace Outlined By Allies and Germany
Draft Rhine land security pact discussed in closed sessions by Allied and German representatives outlines a preamble praising peace and maintaining a territorial status quo. It cancels the 1839 Belgium neutrality treaty and lists eleven articles affirming the neutralized Rhine area will not be violated except as provided by treaties.
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Rhine
Locarno
Rhineland
Europe
Belgium
France
Germany
Great Britain
Bread Merger Probed by Justice Department
The Department of Justice moves toward a full inquiry into the merger of baking companies with total capital around 400 million dollars. Attorney General's office will oversee the probe under William J. Donovan, examining whether antitrust laws were violated.
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Department of Justice
Washington
Wiliam J. Donovan
Volstead Appointed Head of Northwest Dry Army
The Pioneer Press reports Andrew J. Volstead, famed author of the prohibition act, named head of the legal department for the Northwest dry enforcement district by General Ritnow. Maurice Silverman is removed and to be replaced by Major Wilcos of US Steel’s secret service bureau in Duluth.
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Volstead
St. Paul
Minn
Pioneer Press
Andrew J. Volstead
Northwest Dry Enforcement District
W. F. Ritnow
Maurice Silverman
Northwest Ciry Army
Wilcos
United States Steel Corporation
Secret Service Bureau
Duluth
Vassar Senior Dies In Room At College
Anne Frances Bailey twenty one a senior at Vassar committed death by her own actions in her room no escort She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stephen Dalley of Cleveland Ohio College authorities report she suffered bouts of despondency prior to the tragedy.
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Poughkeepsie
Anne Frances Bailey
Vassar
Stephen 4. Dalley
Cleveland
Ohio
Piano Man iH L Story Dies in Los Angeles
iH L Story a retired Chicago piano manufacturer known as Piano Man died in Los Angeles. The obituary notes his career in piano making and his departure from the industry.
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Ih. L. Story
Los Angeles
Cal—Hampton
Lovegrove Story
Chicago
New College President Named for Jacksonville Women’s College
McClelland, eight year president at Drew Seminary Carmel N J, appointed president of the Women’s College Jacksonville Alabama. He succeeds J R Harker who resigned. McClelland is noted as a Methodist clergyman and bibliologist.
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DI Clop
McClelland
Drew Seminary
Carmel
Women's College
Jacksonville
J. R. Harker
McCleland
Green Follows Gompers Policy at AFL Opening
Atlantic City N J Organized labor opened the forty fifth AFL convention with President William Green stressing opposition to child labor amendments and court injunctions while pledging to extend social justice. The executive council reported a membership gain of 13000 and cautioned on banking ventures and company unions amid continued opposition to communists.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Organized Labor
Fox
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Green
Children of America
America
Comuunists
Green Opposes Estate Tax Repeal and Seeks Uniformity
Representative Green, Republican of Town, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, announced opposition to Secretary Mellon’s plan to repeal the federal estate tax. He returns to Washington for a committee hearing on October 19, urging uniform estate taxation to deter wealth shifting, while favoring surtax reductions and opposing repeal of the gift tax.
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Rep. Green
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Green
Town
Mellon
Green
States Begin Water War in Supreme Court Term
At the start of October, the Supreme Court opened a major water dispute involving the Great Lakes. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin sue Illinois and the Chicago sanitary district over water diversions from Lake Michigan, challenging the secretary of war’s permit. The case touches on ship channels, lake levels, and regional water supply.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Great Lakes
Chicago Sanitary District
Great Lakes- St. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Secretary of War
Lake Michigan
Lakes
Wilbur Defends Lexington as Navy Advances
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, speaking at the Lexington launch in Quincy Massachusetts, attacked critics calling the navy conservative and upheld the carrier project as proof of progress. Read Admiral William A. Moffett reaffirmed his stance against splitting naval aviation from overall naval control.
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Wilbur
Quincy
Mass
Navy
Wilam A. Moffett
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Landslides Bury Dozens in Tokyo and Yokohama
A devastating landslide sweep across Tokyo Yokohama and surrounding areas leaves over thirty dead and many injured with numerous others feared buried under mud and debris authorities warn the disaster could rise as rescue teams search for survivors amid ongoing bad weather and unstable terrain.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
Weyler Ousted From Spanish Army Post
Royal decree declares General Don Valeriano Weyler removed from his post as chief of staff of the Spanish army in Madrid. The former Cuban theater commander was replaced following the Tuesday decree signaling a major leadership shakeup in Spain.
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Weyler
Madrid
Don Valeriano Weyler
Cuba
Portia Brandeis Appears Before Supreme Court
Miss Susan Brandeis daughter of Justice Louis D Brandeis argued orally before the United States Supreme Court The judge father withdrew from the case leaving the hearing to the young advocate and her counsel.
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Portia
Supreme Court Washington
Susan Brandeis
Louis D. Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
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