Europe Army Growth Prompts Calls for Arms Limits
London dispatch reports General Sir Frederick Maurice warning that Europe’s armies have swelled to 4.35 million, driven by small powers expanding budgets and long mobilization. He backs the International Assembly’s disarmament plan, urging a conference to avert further catastrophe and curb private armament fabrication.
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David M. Church
London
Sinn Fein
Europa
Frederick Maurice
Europe
Maurice
Wuroye
Great Britain
Constantinople
Valestine
Tlto Rhine
Italy
International Assembly
Council
League of Nations
Provocation and murder threat at Appalachian mission
A missionary school teacher stationed near the Cumberland mountains recalls threats from a regional chief and his wife who boast of killing the teacher's husband. The wife insists Jim will be taken next, as the teacher faces danger amid loneliness and hostile talk. The account highlights danger in a remote, multistate area.
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Cumberland
Jim
Army Calls to Arms Through 146 Years of U S History
Secretary of War John W Weeks urges a larger, well trained army to defend U S institutions and dignity as he recalls 104 calls to arms since 1778. He contrasts public peace talk with actual military needs and lists wars and incidents that prompted calls to service.
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John W Weeks
United States
Weeks
United States Army
Secretary of War
Regula
Armiua
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
John
Calheoun
America
War Department
Army
Weather Faces License Plate Numerals On Auto Weather
The automobile bureau reports complaints about HY license plates issued this year. Taxpayers cite uneven coloring, rapid fading, and rough moral work. A lead pen scrawl inside plate wrapping reads Better eats better plates 1 5. Plates are produced in state prisons.
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Buypalo
Automobile Bureau
Stara
Fort Monroe Jetty Plan Aims to Shield Historic Fort
Norfolk, March 1 Fort Monroe long seen as a premier stronghold will be protected from encroaching waves by a 240 yard jetty costing about 50000 dollars. Built from Fort Wool stone the work already starts and will take months to finish. Major Daniel Dee Pullen the district engineer oversees the project with veteran James Ware directing fortifications at the fort. The jetty will safeguard the mainland approach and nearby properties while preserving Fortress Monroe’s mighty guns and status as a key coastal defense.
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Norfolk
Real
Monro
America
Fort Wool
Hampton Roads
Fortress Monroe
Daniel Dee Pullen
United Staes Engineers Corps
Saya
Bie
Fortress Moonroa
Chesapeake Bay
James Ware
Ware
United States
Mr. Ware
American
Cape Henry
Pullen
Mon‘pom
Wwalers
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