World News Roundup From Capitals Of The World
A weekly digest reports on international affairs including Russia's stance at Rome talks under the League of Nations, Italian gains from Fiume, and debts tied to the Lusitania disaster. It notes U S Senate probes into a potential slush fund, tax battles in Congress, and domestic incidents from Illinois to Texas, with meteorology and politics shaping global events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Rome
League of ‘Nations
Washington
Dawes Repeats Claim Ruhr Occupation Shaped Talks
Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, head of the expert committee, defended his 1923 statement that French occupation of the Ruhr spurred Germany to pay and eased terms. He said the Ruhr presence forced both sides to rethink reparations and aided expert discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Charles G. Dawes
Germany
Ruhr
Yenderal Dawes
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Dawes
M. Poincare
General Dawes
McKenna
Dawes Plan Suggests Railways to Satisfy Reparations
Plans proposed by Gen. Charles G. Dawes backed experts call for France to hold a general lien on Germany’s railways to cover reparations and trade Ruhr economic control. The plan would offer France a stake in the railway system in exchange for relinquishing Ruhr control, and will be submitted to the reparations commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Ruhr
Fatherland
France
Charles G. Dawes
House Bonus Vote Certain
Representative Longworth pledged the house would soon vote on a soldiers bonus bill after ex service members urged quick action. He said the Ways and Means committee would move on bonus legislation as soon as the house finishes the pending tax measure with little calendar time given to other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Longworth
House
Ways and Means
Republican Party
Owen Won’t Run Again in Oklahoma Senate Race
Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma says he will not seek re election this year per a letter to Governor M. E. Trapp. The public disclosure marks an end to his long service in the U S Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theophile Meerschaert
Oklahoma
J. F. McGuire
Owen
Oklahoma City
Robert L. Owen
M. E. Trapp
Clarence Saunders Declares Bankruptcy in Memphis Case
Clarence Saunders former president of the Piggly Wiggly Corporation and Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in a United States district court in Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Saunders
Memphis
Piggly Wiggly Corporation
Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc
United States District Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
World News
Pretilier
Mussolini
Fiumie
Gonacicn
Lusitania
Edwin B. Parker
Mixed Claims Commission
League of Nations
Far East
Singapore
Raymond Poincare
New York
Senate Public Lands Committee
Atlee Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
Senate Investigating Committee
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Senate
Couzens
Michigan
Coolidge
Congress
White House
Roy D. Moore
Louis H. Brush
Marion
O., Star
Frank A. Vanderlip
Ossining
Chicago
Davis Elkins
Republcan
West Virginia
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Company
People’s Trust and Savings Bank
South Dakota
Field Museum
Rock Island Railroad
Martin
Pittsfield
Ill
William van Buskirk
Hull
Joseph Beck
Beck
Pittsburgh
Garner
Texas
W. H. French
G. F. Phipps
L. F. Pargon
Parsons
Kas
Hominy
Phipps
Pargon
French
Richard Watson
Corsicana
Star State
Somervell County
Watson
Friends
Houston & Texas Central
Hutchins
Dallas
B. A. Graham
Washington University
St. Louis
Court of Appeals
Countess of
Carnarvon
Tutankh-Amen
Howard Carter
Emma Goldman
United States
Berlin University
China
Pekin
M. Karahan
C. T. Wang
B. D. Bassett
Cobre
Velardena
Durango
Mexico
Hipolito Villa
Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
England
Ministry of Labor
Felix
van GO
American Legion
Saninall
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!