Navy Build Up Urged To Meet 1925 Fleet Goal
Washington February 23 Admiral Austin Knight head of the Navy War College told the House Naval Committee that new construction must be limited by U.S. facilities to prepare a fleet ready by 1925. He warned against any England alliance and urged at least six armored cruisers and eight scout ships with 25,000 more sailors to reach an effective force within two to three years. He called for fortifying Culebra and Guam as key bases and rejected a coast submarine shield defense.
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Austin M. Knight
Navy
Ar College
House Naval Comittee
United States Navy
Admiral Korht
Geners Board
Tomneriun
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Atantic
Pacific
Callaway
England
Butler
United Fitates
Kelly
Admiral Knight
Snme
Wien
Berland
Knight
General Board
Howard
Daniels
War College
Culebra Leland
Porto Rico
Europe
Warihbean
Guam
Representative Butler
Adamral
Hotter
Henmskey
Cemeas
Dea
Wholesale Sinking Debate Warns of New Uboat Policy
A long dispatch outlines German and Austrian submarine policy and promises to curb attacks on armed merchant ships while preserving neutral vessels. It notes U S reactions, Italian positions, and the possible impact on diplomacy, with emphasis on pledges not to revoke earlier assurances and the push for a disarmament modus vivendi.
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Lesitenla
United States
Lusitania
Th Ig
Americana
Germany
Gierman
Holst
Husband Kidnapper Trailed by Wife in Georgia
Mrs Huckage and her mother-in-law helped police locate 2 2 year old Ruth after she was reportedly taken by Charles Huckage a 22 year old mechanic of Winder Ga He was arrested in Atlanta by Captain L Doubs and Office Mastett and the child was placed in care overnight The couple had been separated for months and argued over custody authorities say the missing girl was last seen at home before being taken by her father.
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Ruth
Winder
Charles 1 Huckage
Atlanta
L. Doubs
BB. Mastett
Matenn
Huckner
Mra
Bite Huckage
L. Magrey
Boy Shot by Negro in Rome Georgia
February 28 report from Rome Georgia states Grady Harris, son of George A. Harris, is in a local hospital with pistol wounds from a negro shooter who fled the scene and has not been recaptured. One bullet lodged in his kidney and may prove fatal.
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Rome
Grady Harris
George A. Harris
Realty Men Seek Police Board Help in Plumbing Theft Crisis
Atlanta real estate men pressed the police board for stronger detective work to curb plumbing and fixture robberies from vacant houses. With an injunction blocking a $300 junk dealers license, they expect a March Fulton Superior Court hearing to rule on the license and aim to boost investigations and arrests, arguing at least $3,000 in plumbing is stolen monthly. Six or more detectives may be assigned to pursue the organized gang implicated.
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Atlanta
Fulton
Pendleton
Ely
Police Board of Commissioners
Focal Realty
Farmers Plan War Against Weevil in Alabama
Five hundred farmers from across central and southern Alabama gather for an anti boll weevil conference in Montgomery. Dr Bradford Knapp criticizes tenancy, urges stalk destruction and soil humus tactics, footwear crop cover with crimson clover, and cites Louisiana methods of shaking weevils from plants. Speakers include W J Blonds, W F Tugger, Mrs G H Mathis. Mississippi farmers warn the death knell of the all cotton crop.
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Montgomery
Ala
Middle
South Alabama
Bradford Knapp
United States Bureau of Farm Demonstration Worth
South
Ata Loch
T. J. Watson
Louisiana
W. J. Blinds
W. F. Tugger
G. H. Mathis
Alabama Bankers’ Association
F. M. Taylor
Port Gibson
Miss. Po. Garner
Mississippi
Haiti to be ruled by United States
The document states Haiti will be governed by the United States with no increase in public debt without U.S. prior agreement and only if the government’s resources can cover interest and a sinking fund. It pledges to preserve domestic peace by creating a constabulary staffed by Americans and declines ceding territory or entering pacts that could threaten Haiti’s independence.
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Haiti
United States
Americana
Hobson Qualifies for Congress Race in Alabama
Montgomery February 28 Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson former prohibition leader of the house of representatives qualified as a candidate for congress from Alabama's Tenth district. He will oppose W B Bankhead of Walker County.
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Montgomery
Ala
Richmond Pearson Hobson
House of Representatives
Congress
Tenth
Alabama
W. B. Bankhead
Walker County
Burglars Make Play for Million Dollars
New York and Washington report a bold heist of four valuable registered mail pouches from a mail truck on a ferry line to Liberty Street New York. Officials say the loss could reach into hundreds of thousands or more with one Washington package reportedly containing 200 000. Investigators believe a thief with access to both truck and pouches committed the crime, with arrests expected in days as posts and treasury officials await full details from Washington and Baltimore senders.
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New York
United States
Central of New Jersey
Communityiaw
N. J
Liberty Street
Washington
Baltimore
Post Office
U S Judge Not Scared By Black Hand Letter
In Cleveland on February 28 federal Judge Clarke ordered to personally try tomorrow the four men charged with breaking into and wrecking the post office at Ha t Youngstown on January 7. He rejected moving the trial to Judge Kilits of Toledo and dismissed the belief that a Black Hand letter deterred him. He said such a notion is false and that no fear will deter him from performing his duty.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Clarke
Haat Youngstown
Kiltits
Toledo
Youngstown
Sud
Wholesale Liquor Men Upheld in Tennessee
Memphis Tenn February 28 An opinion by Chancellor Heiskell preserves the right of wholesale liquor dealers to operate interstate business without local restraint. The ruling bars a restraining order against Max Miller accused of retailing. The court found federal law does not apply to state law and that wholesalers may ship from other states without Webb Kenyon limitations.
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Memphis
Tenn
Heiskell
Max Miller
Miller
Webb
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