Secretary Weeks Warns Army Budget Must Rise Amid Defense Strain
Washington November 30. Secretary Weeks issues annual report urging immediate increase in enlisted strength from 125000 and raise commissioned officers to 12000 to meet defense needs. He decries low funds for national defense, notes military spending equals about one eighteenth of luxuries, and calls for repeal of age proof for enlistments to aid recruitment.
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Washington
Congress
Weeks
Weeky
Germany
Navy Department
Activites
Activites,’ 2 ‘Off Each Dollar Which the Citizen Pays For Govermentas
Waleetasy Iain
Evan Ee
Secrecy Marked Anti Rum Smuggling Parley
Ottawa delegates to the International Anti Rum Smuggling Conference return to Washington after a secrecy filled parley. The US pressed for ship cargo prohibitions and Great Lakes seizure powers, seeking a treaty for extradition of liquor law violators.
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Ottawa
Ont
Washington
United States
Dominion
United Sta
Canada
Great Lakes
German cabinet begins function in fragile three party coalition
Berlin November 30 the new three party coalition led by Chancellor Wilhelm Marx began to function with Gustav Stresemann as foreign minister and Otto Gessler Heinrich Brains and others filling posts. The cabinet faces a fragile majority and relies on clericals people Democrats and Bavarian people to govern.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Marx
Gustav Stresemann
Otto Gessler
Heinrich Brains
Hans Luther
Rudolph Oeser
Count Kanitz
A. D. Hamm
Emminger
Occupied Territories
Anton Hoefle
Marx
Herr Schiele
Nationalist
Ebert
Lokal Anzeiger
Peoles Party
Democrats
Copleg Party
Walska Enters Fight Equal Rights Women
Mrs. Harold W. McCormick once Ganna Walska hosted hundreds at her Rush Street home as the Illinois branch of the Woman’s Party launched its drive for a federal equal rights amendment. She offered no specific opinions on laws or steps to her alignment, acting in her role as hostess.
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Cam
Harold W. McCormick
Ganna Walska
Woman’s Party
Rush Street
Illinois
McCormick
Near East Relief ship Annetter burned with orphanage supplies
A fire destroyed the Near East Relief ship Annetter off Batoum after igniting in the main hold. The vessel chartered in Athens carried about 100 value of orphanage food supplies from Piraeus to Russian ports and was at Batoum when the blaze swept the cargo in hours.
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New York
Batoum
Usefa
Annetter
Athens
Piraeus
Progressive bloc outlines tax plan and farm relief push
The Progressive bloc in the House and Senate sets out a legislative program centered on tax reform, a soldier bonus funded by high income and excess profits taxes, farm relief, and limits on profiteering. They threaten to block organization if concessions aren’t reached, and seek control changes on Senate committees led by La Follette.
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Washington
House
Senate Republicans
Progressive Bloc
Senate
Progressives
Philippines
Senator LaFollette
Wisconsin
Cuma
Iowa
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Harrison
Mississippi
Swanson
Virginia
Lodger
Daggett and Taylor Awarded Gold Medals
Harold C. Daggett and Earl J. Taylor risked their lives in a Wyoming blizzard to restore trans continental telephone service. They received Theodore N. Vail gold medals and $500 from the Vail memorial fund for notable public service by telephone company employees. Seven silver medals with $250 each were also announced by the national committee.
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Chicago
Wyoming
Harold C. Daggett
Earl J. Taylor
Theodore N. Vail
National Committee
Vail Memorial Fund
Dunlap Student Finishes Four Mile Run With Broken Leg
Paul Bills of Dunlap, a Morningside College student, finished the annual Thanksgiving Day four mile cross country run of the North Central Conference with a broken leg. Runners started. Ells fell and fractured his right leg, but Bills completed the race before collapsing.
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Qinoux
City
Paul Bills
Dunlap
Morningside College
North Central Conference
Rarcers
Ells
Frac
Bald win and MacDonald sons on platform in Islington town meet
Oliver Baldwin and A G MacDonald, sons of Premier Baldwin and Labour leader Ramsay MacDonald, spoke in London on behalf of the Islington district Labour candidate. Baldwin criticized the government and its wartime promises, calling for action on conditions faced by London’s poor. David Lloyd George spoke in Bangor defending protectionism and arguing unemployment trends between the US and UK.
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London
Oliver Baldwin
A. G. MacDonald
Baldwin
James Ramsay MacDonald
Islingtown
David Lloyd George
Wales
Bangor
Lloyd George
United States
England
New York
Massachusetts
Polish War Hero Snubbed by Mayor in Boston
General Josef Haller of Poland, guest of the American Legion, failed to meet Mayor James M. Curley amid Jewish protests over a planned tribute. Curley declined to attend Haller’s dinner as Polish and Jewish factions clashed. Haller later honored by governor Cox and Legion events.
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Boston
Josef Haller
Poland
Jas. M. Carley
American Legion
Carley
Legion
Haller
Curley
Hallers
General Haller
American Legion Reception Committee
Cox
Spain Welcomes Return of Rulers from Italy
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria arrived in Palma Majorca after a trip to Italy. A large crowd greeted the royal party despite bad weather. General Primo Rivera returned with the rulers as Admiral Majoz ceases to act as president of the military dictatorship in Spain.
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Palma
Majorca
Balearic Island
Alfonso
Victoria
Primo Rivera
Italy
Marquis Majoz
Spain
Police Chief Asks Detective to Resign in Huntington
Huntington W V Nov 30 Chief of Detectives D K Altizer was asked to resign by Police Chief C A Midkighton. The chief cites information that Altizer took payment for duties tied to his job. The action is final unless Altizer appeals to the city commissioners. It is noted as unprecedented in Huntington municipal history. Altizer is the first city police chief or bureau head whose resignation has been demanded.
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Huntington
W. Va
D. K. Altizer
C. A. Midkigton
Altizer
American Involvement Seen Key to German Refinance Plan
Paris reports Allied circles say the reparations commission moved to set up two expert panels to assess Germany finances and the capital held abroad. The aim is to revive Germany’s finances and recover balances overseas with American participation considered essential though not necessarily officially nominated. Washington indicated U.S. entry depends on the plan’s details and possible objections. Dr Meyer’s note asked Ruhr industrial deliveries be credited to Germany as reparations payments.
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Paris
United States
Germany
Rmany
Washington
Imany
White House
Meyer
Ruhr
Irene Castle Weds Frederic McLaughlin in Chicago
Irene Castle the famed dancer and Frederic McLaughlin Chicago society man and coffee merchant were married at the McLaughlin residence on Michigan Avenue. The ceremony was witnessed by six friends and the couple began a three month honeymoon before settling in Chicago. The private secretary could not name the minister or denomination.
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Chicago
Irene Castle
Vernon Castle
Frederic McLaughin
Chicago Society
McLaughlin
Michigan Avenue
Two alleged gunmen killed by train crash on Long Island
New York police say two gunmen tied to the slaying of David Tekh, a Kid Dropper gang member, were killed when their speeding car hit a Long Island train near St. James. Benjamin Levine died instantly, Abraham Beckerman died later in Huntington hospital. Charles Kramer was seriously injured and jailed at Smithtown. A fourth conspirator escaped. Authorities scoured woods for the missing member. Levine, Beckerman and Kramer had long ties and prior bank robbery sentences in Chicago.
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New York
David
Tekh
Kid Dropper
East Side
Long Island
St. James
Benjamin
Pinky”) Levine
Abraham Beckerman
Huntington
Charles Kramer
Smithtown
Imeiber
Levine
Beckerman
Kramer
Coughlin
Chicago
Ford's Muscle Shoals Offer Studied by Government Committee
A panel of government experts including commerce and agriculture officials reviews Ford's Muscle Shoals nitrate plant proposal. They seek a plan to boost domestic nitrate production for agriculture and wartime needs. If Ford continues, revisions may be required to align with the Federal Power Act and the sale of the Gorgas plant.
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Odene
Denry Pors
Departments of Commerce and of Agriculture
Gorgas
Muscle Shoals
Ford
Committee of Experts
O. C. Merrill
Federal Power Commission
Centralization decried by Reed before Illinois Bar
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri warned at the Illinois Bar Association meeting that centralization is the era's most startling danger. He argued world courts would erode state sovereignty, noting federal overreach in transportation regulation, espionage, and business oversight, urging states to retain power and limit federal authority.
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Chicago
James A. Reed
Missouri
Illinois Bar Association
Washington
Reed
Lincoln
Miss Martha Mansfield Dies From Film Burns in Texas
San Antonio, Nov 30 Martha Mansfield star of The Warrena of Virginia died from burns suffered on the film set. She was 23, born in Mansfield Ohio and raised in New York. Fire started when a match ignited her colonial costume as she left a car. Wilfred Lytell’s overcoat helped save her face and neck before she died in hospital. Her body will be sent to New York Saturday at her mother’s request.
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San Antonio
Tex
Martha Mansfield
Warrena
Virginia
Burns
New York
Miss Mansfield
Wilfred Lytell
Elmer Clifton
Mansfield, C
Moving Pictures
Immigrants Arriving in Deluge at Ellis Island Soon
New York reports expect at least 10 000 immigrants to reach Ellis Island in the first three days of December. About half arrive on eight ships crossing quarantine at ten minute intervals after midnight, with the rest at sea on nine vessels due within 72 hours. Ships include the Hstonia Dan zig, Drottingholm Gothenburg, Minnekahda Hamburg, Frederick VIII Copenhagen, President Fillmore Bremen, Rotterdam Rotterdam, Orbita Hamburg, Dante Alighieri Naples. Columbo and Britannia diverted to Philadelphia.
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New York
Ellis Island
Hstonia
Danzig
Drottingholm
Gothenburg
Minnekahda
Hamburg
Frederick VIII
Copenhagen
Gravesend Bay
President Fillmore
Bremen
Rotterdam
Hughes Restates Afar ininates Policy in Detail
Secretary Hughes in Philadelphia restates U S policy toward Europe Latin America and the Pacific aligned with the Monroe Doctrine. He says the United States seeks peace and economic recovery not territory or reparations and urges Quenching fires of hatred and common effort to restore productive activity.
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Philadelphia
Europe
Latin America
Pacific
Hughes
American Academy of Political and Social Sentence
United States
Western Hemisphere
Huces
France
Germany
Washington
Jefferson
Monroe
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Frederic M’laughlin
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