Tsingtau and Kiaochau Lease Details and Aftermath
German control of Kiaochau Bay and Tsingtau led to a 99 year lease, with railways and coal mines developed, and later Japanese seizure in 1914. The city then faced bombardment and capture by Japan, which rebuilt and pledged to return Tsingtao as an international settlement while retaining the railway and mines. China vowed never to cede territory to foreign powers again.
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Cor Kiaochau Bay
Germany
Sochau Bay
Shanrovince
Kiaochau Bay
An-Fu
Shantung
Oxinga
Emr
Kiaochau
Tsingtau
Ger
Japan
Kiao
Fangtse
Poshan
Chi
Fungtse
Mans
Tsing
China
France
Russia
Port Arthur
Liaotung Peninsula
Stadron
Lungkow
Chefoo
Tsinan-fu
Laushan Bay
Hathor
Paris
Tsingtao
Stromboli Volcano Erupts Killing and Injuring Many
Reports from Rome say Stromboli erupts violently with several deaths and many injuries. Rescue parties move toward the island from Messina. Stromboli rises over 3,000 feet in the Mediterranean off northern Sicily and has long been in near constant activity. A Swiss engineer markets a process for X ray imaging inside concrete masses to inspect reinforcement.
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Rome
Strombol
Messina
Stromboli
Mediterranean
Sicily
Great Artist Isolde Menges To Play Here Wednesday
A renowned violinist Isolde Menges will perform on May 28 accompanied by pianist Hilleen Beattie under the University School of Music. This concert marks a notable seven thousand mile tour and is highlighted by Musical America praise of Menges as a superior artist with a rich tone and expressive habit.
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Isolde Menges
School of Music
Hilleen Beattie
Thompson
Musical America
New York
Azores Gain Role as Atlantic Flight Mileposts
Trans Atlantic flyers now stop at the Azores turning the archipelago into a key waypoint. The islands, totaling about 1,000 square miles, sit atop high mountains and mark the sea path from America to Gibraltar.
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Azores
Azores Islands
Atlantic
America
Gibraltar
Dogs Find Homes for French Vaudeville Dogs in Coblenz
In Coblenz during May 28, army billet officers face a housing shortage for a French vaudeville troupe’s twelve trained dogs. After brief searches and refusals, they billeted the canines in the royal stables courtyard once used by William Hobensollern’s horses, who approved the arrangement with a simple Tres bien.
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Coblenz
Y. M. C. A. Entertainment
William Hohensollern
New Vacuum-Powered Fur Heating and Cleaning Device
A motor driven machine with a vacuum attachment cleans and softens furs by heating them to remove dirt and loose hairs.
Daughter of I C C Member Married in Washington
The marriage of Miss HM on Hazel Clark to Major Layson Atkins engineer corps U S A took place in Washington recently. Mrs Atkins is daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar E Chirk. Mr Clark is a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Hazel Clark
Layson Atkins
Engineer Corp
Washington
Atkins
Ane
Edgar E. Chirk
Clark
Interstate Commerce Ammission
Congress Divided Over War Prohibition Repeal Debate
Washington May 23 Congress shows split on Wilsons wartime prohibition repeal for wines and beers. Democrats favor potential repeal bills but many oppose. Republicans urge not to act. Senator Phelan to introduce repeal bill. Volstead pushes strict enforcement of both wartime and constitutional prohibitions. Key questions include defining intoxicating alcohol and enforcement agency roles.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Phelan
California
House
Lester
Volstead
House Judiciary Committee
Youths Hold Up Akron Confectionery Store
Three youths with drawn revolvers held up William Williams confectionery in Akron on Friday morning. They escaped with 100 dollars in cash and 90 dollars in jewelry, then locked the proprietor and three customers in the store after searching them.
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Akrorn
William Williams
News Men Organize Chicago Legion Group
Chicago Post reports the American Legion chapter for newspaper and advertising men in service is forming in Chicago. Captain Arnold Johnson was elected temporary chairman and the group moves toward official organization.
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Chicago
Chicago Post American Legion
Arnold Johnson
Women voters will join existing parties not form new
Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the national women’s suffrage association, said that when women win the vote they will not form a party of their own but will align with the men in the current parties based on their political beliefs.
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New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Womens Suffrage Association
Death of Right Reverend David H. Greer in New York
The body of the late Right Rev David H Greer former bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New York will be laid in the crypt of St John the Divine Cathedral today Friends say Mrs Greer has not yet been informed of her husband s death Messages of condolences have come from President and Mrs Wilson and from prominent persons in many countries The item also notes European furniture makers using native woods in a burial process but its relevance to Greer is unclear.
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New York
Divine
David H. Greer
Proestant Episcopal Dioscese
Alteration of Germany's Peace Treaty Proposals
Berlin reports indicate Germany changed its final counter proposals after learning the allies extended the treaty discussion period. Unconfirmed word says Foreign Minister Brockdorff-Rantzau opposes the government's suggested counter changes. The Berlin workers and soldiers council urged signing the treaty. Scheidemann and Count Von Bernstorff may travel to Spa to confer with Brockdorff-Rantzau.
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Carl PD. Groat
United Press Staff
Berlin
Germany
Brockdorff-Rantzau
Entente Proletariat
Scheidemann
Count von Bernstorff
Foreign Office
Spa
Count Brockdorff
Appointment of Executor for Victoria V. Hoskinson
Hoyt Hoskinson named and qualified as executor of the estate of Victoria V. Hoskinson late of Athens County Ohio Gypensed. Dated April 24. 1930 in Athens County.
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Hoyt Hoskinson
Victoria V. Hoskinson
Athens County
Ohio
A. D. O T. Phillips
Chamberlains Tablets Cited For Bilious Attacks
Willis Browning of Pattonsburg Missouri reports his wife recovered from a long bilious attack and constipation after using Chamberlains Tablets for about a year. The testimonial praises the remedy as excellent.
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Chamberlain
Willis Browning
Pattonsburg
Red Cross appoints Miss Fitzgerald overseas chief nurse
Washington May 23. Miss Alice Fitzgerald of New York and Boston was named chief nurse of the Red Cross forces overseas. She succeeds Miss Carrie Hall of Boston and has three years of active Red Cross service in France and Belgium.
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Washington
Alice Fitzgerald
New York
Boston
Red Cross
Carrie Hall
France
Belgium
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Neloonville
Portugal
LOST
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Punta Delgada
I.C.C
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