Global Briefs Include War Prep And Finance Moves
A weekly round up notes political shifts in Germany and France, U S planning for defense, and tax changes. It cites German nationalist party pressure, Dawes plan debates, and senate immigration action, with items on Bergdoll, Holcomb and other figures, plus war veterans policies and labor church debates.
Money power shifts toward America in postwar finance
Berlin reports a German observer notes a transition of global financial power from Europe to the United States. The editorial argues the United States now dominates gold reserves and world monetary influence, while Britain’s Bank of England loses former primacy and Europe faces being financed by the American-led world empire.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Dawes
Neff
University of Texas
Board of Regents
Central
Europe
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States
San Antonio
Federal
Prohibition
United States Marshal
Kansas City
Grand Jury
Berlin
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Willymake
Germania
America
Bank of England
American fliers land in Japan after Pacific crossing
Lieuts Lowell Smith Leigh Wade and Erik Nelson, first to fly solo around the world, reached Japanese soil after a storm swept voyage from Attu to Komanderski and Paramashiru Island. They faced fog snow and 25 to 10 percent storm fronts during the landing attempt before reaching Minato.
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Tokio
Lowell Smith
Leigh Wade
Erik Nelson
Pacific
Attu
Aleutians
Fire at Chicago Stockyards Destroys Livestock and Structures
A blaze in the Chicago stockyards district burned over 1,000 cattle and sheep and damaged pens and a wooden viaduct. Fire crews and workers moved more than 5,000 sheep to safety while losses in cattle, sheep, and hay were not yet tallied, with buildings owned by Union Stockyards and Transit Co. sustaining damages estimated under 100000 dollars.
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Chicago
Union Stockyards and Transit Company
Evacuations as Kilauea eruptions continue near Honolulu
Residents flee the Kilauea area while wives of army officers at the Kilauea military camp are moved to Hilo for safety amid ongoing volcanic activity.
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Kilauea
Honolulu
Hilo
Japan Plans Alien Protest After Immigation Bill
Tokio reports the foreign office says within days of final enactment Japan will file a formal protest through Ambassador Honihara regarding the immigration bill.
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Japan
Tokio
Foreign Office
Honihara
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