Gridiron Club of Washington Holds Annual Banquet
Washington report says the Gridiron Club, oldest Washington correspondents group, hosted a grand banquet Saturday night bringing together President Harding Vice President Coolidge cabinet and many world figures. Attendees included arms conference delegates Congress members and top financial leaders in a highly private event described as a plenary session of those who influence national policy.
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Gridiron Club Dinner Honors Five World Powers
The Washington Gridiron Club saluted five great powers Japan, Italy, France, Great Britain, and the United States for disarmament progress. A dignified opening featured flags, anthems, and a salute to global cooperation. The event mixed formal tribute with satirical sketches and musical interludes.
Fighting Parson of the Thirty-fifth Leads Chanute Church
The Rev Eart A. Blackman, national Legion chaplain and Chanute First Christian pastor, promotes social activities alongside worship. He envisions a larger building, with a dancing floor next door and social rooms, and already uses a motion picture machine in services amid strong church attendance and crowded Sundays. Born 1882 in Indiana, he pursued varied trades and education before preaching at Chanute since 1914 aside from two years in military service. he rose to first lieutenant and chaplain, serving overseas in World War I.
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Boxing referee chaplain serves overseas with Fighting Parson title
Blackman challenged any chap ling a are bout under Y M C A auspices. Chaplain Rexroed of the 91st division accepted. The bout was stopped by the G H QQ overseas. He earned the title The Fighting Parson for his boxing and refereeing work after returning from France. He refereed about two hundred bouts since. He leads a boxing club for high school boys meeting weekly. His church opposition to his amusements policy led to his resignation, which was rejected last spring and a salary raise offered, declined. He says boxing bouts supplement his income and his new duties as national chaplain will not interfere with his pastorate.
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Prince Kuhio Ends Hawaiian Delegate Career After Twenty Years
Honolulu reports Prince Kuhio Kalakaua, heir to Hawaii’s royal line, will not seek another term as Hawaiian delegate to Congress. After twenty years in Congress, he withdraws to focus on rehab efforts for the Hawaiian people and to live with Princess Elizabeth Ka Takuawa (Kaauwal) at Waikiki near his former queen’s castle.
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Waikiki
WILL TRAIN U. S. ARMY ON RHINE IN GERMANY
Winter training plans announced at Coblenz Army HQ outline a vast three hours daily program for officers and men in Germany. drills, map work, lectures, and a school for officers and NCOs, plus an optional language course in French or German. The program runs through March 31 and includes a chemical warfare segment on gas masks and alarms.
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Ku Klux Klan Initiates Large Houston Rally
In Houston a Ku Klux Klan initiation drew over two thousand new members. The event included a large gathering with a formal initiation sequence, underscoring the group’s expansion in the area. No further details about specific dates or organizers are available.
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Lloyd George's Purpose in Washington Revealed
Article outlines David Lloyd George traveling to Washington to push a three way showdown on the Anglo Japanese alliance. It discusses potential war risks for Britain and Ireland, the stance of Australian and dominion leaders, and Lloyd George's search for a workable alternative to a direct alliance with Japan. It notes American ties and naval disarmament debates shaping the conference.
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Washington
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Australia
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America
Delicacy ideas for deviled ham biscuits
A stray recipe note suggests rolling dough to a thin inch thickness, cutting with a biscuit cutter, spreading each piece with deviled ham, then baking until browned. The fragment hints at simple steps for a savory biscuit variant.
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