World news roundup reports shifts in Ruhr and Mediterranean
French efforts to move coal from Ruhr by rail and river progress slowly as Turkey refuses to withdraw allied warships from Smyrna harbor. British French talks define response. Government actions target sabotage in Ruhr and broader postwar measures include debt funding and war budgets.
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Ruhr
France
Turkey
Smyrna Harbor
Constantinople
Smyrna
Angora
Europe
Savannah
St. Mihiel
Charles P. Anderson
Protestant Episcopal Church
Chicago
French Extend Ruhr Embargo in Pay or Die Stand
French commander General De Goutte declares right and might are ours and we shall be paid. Paris and Brussels impose new embargoes on Ruhr and Rhineland exports as Germany is blamed for provoking conflict and economic ruin. He pledges continued occupation with aims of payment and total victory.
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Ruhr
Paris
Rhineland
Germany
Duesseldorf
de Goutte
Associated Press
France
Missouri
H. A. Logan Jewell
Mayen
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Jefferson
Buy West Indies to Shield Panama Canal, Navy Says
Washington reports that American possession of the West Indian islands is crucial for national security. Strategists argue the United States should control these outer defense bases to protect the Panama Canal and U S trade routes, preventing their use by enemies. The navy's stance boosts the movement to purchase the islands from Britain and France.
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Washington
West Indian Islands
America
Panama Canal
United States
Great Britain
France
Army plans experimental flight from Texas to Porto Rico
Washington announces an experimental air service flight from the United States to Porto Rico via Cuba. Secretary Weeks says the plan follows impractical Panama routes. The flight will depart Kelly Field near San Antonio late this month under Capt. Thomas Lanthier, head of air service troops at Fort Sill.
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Washington
Army Air Service
United States
Porto Rico
Cuba
Weeks
War Secretary
Panama
Air Service
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
Thomas Lanthier
Fort Sill
De Valera May Quit Over Ireland Free State Plea
The London Daily Express reports Eamon De Valera ready to accept Liam Deasy’s peace terms if elections focus on one issue. Ireland would become a free state or republic according to the terms.
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de Valera
London
London Daily Express
Eamon de Valera
Liam Deasy
Ireland
Schwab Sails to Europe for Five-Week Tour
Charles M. Schwab chairman of Bethlehem Steel sailed the other day on a five weeks trip to Europe to look things over.
GAVE NO THOUGHT TO PAPA
A Baltimore News column recalls a father's dream of his daughter's coming of age and the sudden shock when she is taken for a haircut at fifteen. The piece laments thoughtlessness and the pain it causes, noting even fathers keep temples for prayer.
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Barrie
Baltimore News
Paternalism in Sweden Enforces Land Cultivation Standards
Swedish authorities penalized farmers for neglecting land under the cultivation extension committee guidance. Over four years 1,177 cases were reviewed and 123 escalated to provincial governors for action. Authorities cite weed overgrowth, lower yields, reduced output, and unthrashed grain as grounds for censure and corrective measures.
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Sweden
Great Boom for Alaska Prediction from Investigator
An investigator reports Alaska shows strong growth in fish exports rising after ten years of prominence. Mining revives and Tongass lumber exports begin promisingly. Government pulp and paper support aids national industry. Seward to Fairbanks railroad completion expected soon to boost agriculture.
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Alaska
Tongass
Seward
Fairbanks
The Bright Proceeding Gossip at the College
Mrs Grandways and Mrs Cassidy gossip about Clara who is at college. Mrs Cassidy worries she has not heard from her daughter for two weeks. The conversation reveals a quip that Clara should have been sent to a correspondence school instead.
Farm Episode Foxy Farmer Demands Wood Chopping
Gabe is questioned about his presence in the farm yard by a farmer who accuses him of a misdeed. The farmer finally relents after two hours of Gabe chopping wood to earn his release. The exchange reflects rustic rural humor from the Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Gabe
Louisville Courier-Journal
Maysville
DeKalb County
Ciry
Frank Smith
Clarence Leard
Leard
Thomas Young
Gascon River
Ivan’s Bluff
Young
Linn
How Ready to Agree Ends Engagement
A dialogue from the Boston Transcript shows a couple debating engagement vows with a claim of love contrasted with remarks on beauty. The exchange reveals emotional tension and a potential breakup as the man and woman argue over commitment and perception.
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Boston Transcript
Missouri Cotton Drive Aims To Boost Southeast Missouris Growth
A Cape Girardeau cotton conference with 300 farmers and experts from Missouri Texas Arkansas and Tennessee launched a campaign to revive King Cotton in Southeast Missouri It forecasts population growth by five years and an annual income surge near 100 million dollars plus 30 million more this year from 100000 additional acres.
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Missouri
Cape Girardeau
State Normal College
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
J. A. Montgomery
Stoddard County
Southeast Missouri Agricultural Bureau
United States
Pemiscot
Dunklin
Butler
Mississippi
New Madrid
Scott
Stoddard
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McCormick
Montana
Meyer London
New York
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Senate
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Pan-American Union
Wash
China
Harding
Gulf Coast
Texas Company
J. E. Lowe
Lawton, Ok
Lowe
Pittsburg
Kas
Canada
United States Air
Harry E. Scheck
Chicago Trades Union League
Four la Montagne Brothers
Francis A. Winslow
Henry Ford
Ford
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Dawson, N. M
Joseph Schlessinger
Waco
Neff
Roy Mitchell
Frank Honsinger
Sergt
Joe Kelly
Laredo
de Haviland
St. Louis
el Paso
St. Charles
Red Fork
Tulsa
Hassan Ebay
Prishtin Alijali
Tirana
Herr von Erckert
Chile
Lanin
Lilanquihue
Vancouver Island
Poincare
M. Bompard
Consumers’ Gas Company
Toronto
Ont
Chamber of Deputies
Haz
Mugsolini
Degoutte
West Indies
Naval Defense
Papa
Mother
Missouri News Nuggets
Missourie
Automobile Registration Department
Secretary of State
Jefferson City
Adolph Bruns
Emma
Concordia
Helen
Adolph
William
Springfield
Missouri Valley Canners’ Association
Ozark
H. Roy Williams
Medical School
Missouri University
Harvard Medical College
Austin
Joseph R. Wright
Doniphan
Clarence L. Grant
Jackson County
State Teachers’ College
Ralph Zinn
Carthage
St. Joseph Lead Company
Big River Lead Company
Irondale
Wabash Railroad
Columbia
Chamber of Commerce
Mexico
J. W. Gallaher
City
Gallaher
Comtee
Chambe Commerce
Liam Corley
Newport
Ark
Poplar Bluff
William Mc@eese
Black River
McCleese
W. J. Langendorfer
Langendorfer
Merry
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Sas City
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Hanni
St. Joseph
A. C. Kelly
Cameron
Cape Town
South Africa
Belle
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Hyde
Joe Wagner
Kan City
Piper
Kan
Warsaw
John Wesley Benney
Kansas City
Susan Frith
Joseph Dunnham
Chillicothe
Joe Frankes
Bud Crawford
Minnesville
Swanner
Ferry
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