Japan to be told of renewal of alliance with Britain
The article reports that Japan will be notified before the end of the month about Britain's plan to renew the Anglo Japanese alliance. It notes British Prime Minister's comments at the imperial conference, aiming to reassure the United States that renewal would be acceptable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Great Britain
Dominions
United States
America
House
Representative Mondell
Ways and Means Committee
Links Between Reds and Missing Ships Revealed
New York police linked several disappearances at sea of American ships to plans uncovered in raids on radical headquarters a year and a half ago. The Union of Russian Workers of the United States and Canada allegedly urged unemployed seamen to seize ships and divert them to Soviet ports. evidence included seized documents and confidential sources. Police said the plan was discussed at secret meetings but not executed before the raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Union of Russian Workers of the
United States
Canada
Russia
Department of Justice
United States Army
Buford
Washington
J. J. Gegan
United Russian Workers
Welcome King in Belfast
King George and Queen Mary opened Ulster parliament on the coronation anniversary journeying from England. It was Belfast’s first royal reception in nearly twenty years with Sinn Fein and Nationalist members absent. The king last visited Belfast in 1902 as the duke of York.
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Belfast
George
Queen Mary
England
Ulster
Westminster
Sinn+Fein
Duke of York
Threatening Letters Target Charles Chaplin Arrest Made
Tacoma officers arrest Henry Baker a 49 year old printing pressman in a local hotel room on threats sent to motion picture star Charles Chaplin. Baker is held in Pierce County jail awaiting a hearing while postal inspectors say they monitored him for a week and allege Chaplin received letters in California weeks earlier.
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Tacoma
Wash
Henry Baker
Charles Chaplin
Baker
John Secrist
United States
Pierce County
Chaplin
California
Police pursue eight men in Upper Falls incident
Police in Belfast's Upper Falls district pursued eight men after hearing firing. They captured three of the group, who were found to possess munition.
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Mont Cenis
Herne
Westphalia
Belfast
Upper Falls
Americans Win Polo Cup at Hurlingham Field
America regains the international polo trophy after defeating Great Britain in the second match at Hurlingham Field London by 10 to 6 and winning the series two matches to none.
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Hurlingham Polo Field
London
America
Great Britain
Africa Land of Adventure By John Hays Hammond
A magazine style survey outlines Africa as mystery and wealth from deserts and jungles to gold camps and diamond fields. It notes colonial history from Vasco da Gama and Napoleon to Rhodes, calling Africa the land of adventure with a new nation spanning from Congo to the Cape.
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Africa
Niagara
John Hays Hammond
Bussman
Vasco da Gama
Napoleon
Europe
Egypt
Land of the Dead
Congo
Cape
Cecil John Rhodes
American tourist taunts English with museum Elgin tale
Vincent Astor recounts a London incident where a brash American tourist in a taxicab demands the Elgin marbles at the British Museum in a joking boast. The man brushes pigeons aside and rushes through a tour with a catalog mindset, planning a packed itinerary before dinner.
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Vincent Astor
England
Lady Ribblesdale
London
British Museum
Farewell Bout Ends In Toast To Reveille Taps
Two dusky soldiers finishing A E F training stage a farewell bout at a demobilization camp. They trade taunts about reveille and taps in a brief exchange before the bout center handshake.
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American Legion Weekly
Horse Not Yet Obsolete in Europe and America
The text notes that horses remain common in Europe and the United States. It cites 1920 UK fatal vehicle accidents totaling 2,600 charged to horse drawn vehicles, and New York public carts numbered 4,400 in 1914 and 9,700 in 1919, illustrating continued horse use despite motor growth.
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Europe
United Kingdom
United States
New York
Daisy and Clover Talk Love in Boston Transcript
The Boston Transcript features a playful exchange where Edith questions whether Daisy counted a daisy to gauge Jack's love while Betty suggests using a three leaf clover if the daisy misleads. The lighthearted short dialogue centers on superstition in romance.
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Edith
Jack
Betty
Boston Transcript
Judicial redistricting crisis looms as 1922 vote eyed
Clerks report 87 480 valid county unit referendum signatures after 2 694 removals to trigger possible ballot in November 1922. Gov Hyde urged re enactment of the judicial redistricting bill while lawmakers debate whether to restore old districts or enact a new timetable for courts. A joint committee studies health safety clauses and refusal to referendum, with a plan to re enact the redistricting bill and pass a separate repeal of the suspended statute if constitutional.
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Jefferson
City
Secretary of State
Becker
Hyde
O'Fallon
O’fallon
Nevada Senate bills state highway board power to condemn plants
A Senate measure by W. W. Bowker authorizes the State Highway Board with gubernatorial consent to condemn cement and related plants and factories. The bill includes a $2,000,000 appropriation for condemnation payments and allows purchase of road materials from producers at cost plus 10 percent profit.
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State Highway Department
House
John C. Dyott
Howell County
Cape Girardeau
Jasper
McMillan
Edward FP
Smith
I J
Wilson
R J. “Haines
Senate
W. W. Bewker
Nevada
State Highway Board
Bowker
House Committee
John Dyott
Roads Committee
Hughes Named State Director of Finance
Gov Hyde names John G Hughes as state director of finance under the bill creating a state finance department. The act consolidates banking building and loan and blue sky departments and fixes the salary at 5000 dollars annually.
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John G. Hughes
Finance
Gov. Hyde
Erg
Blue Sky
New State Laws Take Effect After General Assembly Session
About 300 new laws, many with emergency clauses, became effective. Key enactments include a bipartisan Election Commissioners board for St. Louis and Kansas City, blanket ballot law, primary recounts for suspected fraud, expanded state boards, a state prison commission, Lincoln Institute becoming a university, and raising the legal age to 21. Appointments under the new law include a state director of finance and boards for various institutions with specified salaries.
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General Assembly
St. Louis
Kansas City
State Board of Managers
Lincoln Institute
State Department of Finance
Blue Sky
State Board of Optometry
Jackson County
Lincoln University
Tment
J. G. Hughes
Bank Examiner
Hyde
Arthur T. Nebson
Lebanon
J. Kelly Pool
Prison Commission
Bailey named chairman of House Roads Committee
Speaker O'Fallon appoints Walter E. Bailey of Carthage as chairman of the House Roads Committee to succeed John Dyott of Howell County, who resigns after becoming special assistant to the Attorney General in enforcing prohibition.
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O'Fallon
Walter E. Bailey
Carthage
House Roads Committee
John ©. Dyott
Howell County
Building and Loan Superintendent Joins Department
The only addition to the department is the building and loan superintendent and his duties under the old law.
State Traffic Bill Sets Minimum Tire Widths In Senate
Senator Irwin introduced two bills to regulate vehicle tire widths. The maximum road weight is set at seven tons and tires must be at least four inches wide. For vehicles under four tons capacity, tire width is required to be no less than two inches.
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Irwin
Senate
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