World News Briefs From The Early 1920s
Sir Robert Borden declines league invitation. Princess Helene of Greece and Crown Prince Carol wed in Athens cathedral. Harding inauguration cost 1500 dollars of 56000 appropriation for safety devices. Count Karolyi expelled from Italy, asylum refused, to be sent to Czecho-Slovakia. Viviani’s Washington visit to relay French greeting. A San Antonio scam fleeces 12975 dollars. two suspects captured in Arkansas. Alaska legislature opens with 60 day session. US church membership up 600000 in 1920. US Navy long distance wireless record set from Cavite to Washington. Archbishop Dougherty joins College of Cardinals in Rome. Spain’s Antonio Marra tasked to form new cabinet after Dato murder.
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Helene
Greece
Carol of Auemania
Athens
London
Allied troops occupy Rhineland as talks hinge on reparations
In London the supreme council said penalties on Germany end only after reparations and disarmament are settled. Briand warned occupation on the left bank is not permanent and focus remains on enforcing treaty terms. Berlin dispatches report Düsseldorf seized by French forces with Duisburg under Belgian control. Rhine bridges closed and communications severed.
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Supreme Council
M. Briand
Rhine
Turkey
Greece
Berlin
Essen
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
Paris Reports Limited Troop Occupation of German Territory
Paris says fewer than 25,000 troops were used to occupy additional German territory reached through London agreements, effective yesterday. No colonial forces or black troops were included, avoiding grounds for German criticism. Occupation completed without friction with orders for strict discipline and courteous treatment of locals.
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Paris
London
Foreign Offices
Foreign Office
German delegates depart London for Berlin on non-stop train
March 9 London dispatch reports German delegates left London yesterday to join the British forces in the Rhine. They will travel via Ostend to Berlin on a special non-stop train. Several British relief societies were aboard the train to assist the troops.
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London
Berlin
Ostend
Belgium
Rhine
Allied Forces Mass Aircraft and Troops Around Düsseldorf
Duesseldorf reports French and British airplanes over the city while allied troops take positions on bridges roads and factories. Rhine boats bring troops and war materials as British tanks cavalry and French engineers land to the north and south. Belgian infantry cross into the city center.
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Duesseldorff
Duesseldorf
Rhine
Belgian Troops to Reinforce Rhineland Occupation
Premier da Wiart told the chamber of deputies a regiment of grenadiers is en route to the Rhineland to reinforce the occupying forces and a cavalry regiment may join later. He affirmed Belgium will not extend the movement without government approval.
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Brussels
Fremier da Wiart
Chamber of Deputies
Rhineland
Fehren Breaks Off London Talks In Berlin Address
Chancellor Fehren announced the Reichstag session that negotiations with London are terminated. He warned that Allied penalties amount to violence and insisted Germany will endure and show fortitude while urging faith in the German people.
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Berlin
Fehrenback
London
Smallest Congressional Record Published
Washington reports the Congressional Record as the smallest ever published with a single page printed both sides. It mainly contains editorials and letters from senators from Tuesday’s brief 10 minute session and 80 leave to extend remarks.
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Washington
Congressional Record
Casualties in Ireland Lessen Yet After Treason Trials
In Dublin five youths Bernard Ryan Patrick Boyle Thomas Bryan Frank Flood and Dermott O Sullivan were sentenced to death by hanging for high treason tied to the Drumecondra ambush. O Sullivan's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He is 17. In Belfast three auxiliary policemen from the Gorhamstown depot aiding English troops were fatally shot near a music hall. assailants unnamed. A fourth man was wounded.
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Music Hall
Belfast
Dublin
Bernard Ryan
Patrick Boyle
Thomas Bryan
Frank Flood
Dermott O'Sullivan
Drumecondra
O'Sullivan
Gorhams Town
Aelvilinn
Irish Republican Army ducking in Dublin market
In Dublin on March 12 pedestrians witnessed IRA members ducking James Magee, a Belfast drapers salesman, as part of a campaign to tighten the Belfast Dublin trade boycott. In the last fortnight raids targeted freight boats and businesses to secure hooks showing Belfast trade links.
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Dublin
Irish Republican Army
James Magee
Belfast
Grand Canal
Senate confirms several of Harding nominations
Washington March 12 Nearly a score of nominations were sent by President Harding to the senate which confirmed a number. Among those confirmed were D K R Crissinger to be comptroller of the currency Fred Morris Dearing to be assistant secretary of state Elmer D Tuk reappointed assistant secretary of agriculture William J Keville to be United States marshal for Massachusetts William Culbertson to the tariff commission Capt Charles B McVay Jr to be chief of the navy bureau of ordnance with rank of rear admiral and Ernest Lester Jones reappointed director of the coast and geodetic survey Former Rep John J Esch and Mark W Potter nominated to the interstate commerce commission but action not taken Other nominees sent but not voted on included Thomas D Marvin William H Joyce Walter Lyons Clarence Chase and others
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Washington
Harding
Senate
Congress
D. KR. Crissinger
Marion
Ohio
Fred Morris Dearing
Missouri
Elmer D. Tuk
Avriculture
William J.keville
Boston
United States
District of
Massachusetts
William §. Culbertson
Kansas
Tariff Commission
Charles B. McVay, Jr
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Ernest Lester Jones
Virginia
Coast and Geodetic Survey
John J. Esch
Wisconsin
Mark W. Potter
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Esch
Ia Follette
Republician
Thomas D. Marvin
William H. Joyce
Los Angeles
Federal Farm Loan Board
Walter Lyons
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Clarence Chase
New Mexico
Food as decisive factor in Russia siege
Washington reports say military control of Petrograd and Moscow hinges on holding food supplies. Both sides seek rural ties to feed troops and civilians, with Kronstadt claiming sufficiency and warning for outside aid only for noncombatants. Bolsheviks seal key approaches and arrest workers suspected of supporting revolutions.
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Washington
Petrograd
Moscow
State Department
Kronstadt
Panama Declines White Territorial Award in Costa Rica Dispute
Washington reports Panama refuses to accept the White territorial award as a basis for peace with Costa Rica and may appeal to the League of Nations for settlement. Costa Rica backs the White award and withdraws its troops. Officials note U S stance as a non member toward any league action on an American dispute.
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Washington
Panama
Costa Rica
League of Nations
State Department
Coto
Genevoa
League of Nations Council
League
United States
Yap Cable Protest Unchanged Amid Pacific Center Dispute
Washington reports indicate diplomatic exchanges between the United States and Japan have left the Yap Pacific cable center dispute unchanged. Japan insists on exclusive jurisdiction by mandate while allowing free cable use, with control remaining with the end in its possession, and acknowledges American control of the Guam end.
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Washington
Pacific
Yap Haave
Japan
Wilson
Tokio
Supreme Council
Guam
Yokohama
America
Railroads Targeted Over Livestock Freight Rates
The National Livestock Association filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint against leading railroads over current rates on ordinary livestock. President E C Brown stated reports show discouraging effects from the rate adjustment.
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Washington
National Livestock Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
E. C. Brown
Russian revolutionary movement in Russia spreads from Petrograd
Anatolya Batkaloff, head of a London Russian social democrats group, says the movement is mass based not political. Baikaloff cites private Russian sources saying soviet claims of a white counter revolt are false and that workers sailors soldiers and peasants drive a Petrograd centered uprising spreading nationwide.
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London
Russia
Anatolya Batkaloff
M. Baikaloff
Petrograd
Ruins and Fires Reported at Oranienbaum Gulf of Finland
Telegram from Stockholm dated March 12 says Oranienbaum on the gulf’s southern shore is partly ruined and fires rage there. It notes Petrograd papers discuss the situation and claim Bolshevik governor Zinoviev now fears to use terrorism as before.
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Stockholm
Nya Dagligh Allebanna Gay
Oranienbanm
Gulf of Finland
Petrograd
M. Zinovieff
Russians Form Anti Bolshevik Government in Reval
Reports from Reval say Russian emigrants are forming a government to include representatives of all anti Bolsheviki parties that will soon enter Russia.
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London
Reval
Russia
Fall of Tver Reported By Refugee In War News
A refugee who escaped from Petrograd says Tver, 90 miles northwest of Moscow, has fallen to revolutionaries after Soviet troops withdrew to Petrograd. The report comes via Central News from Helsingfors.
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London
Central News
Helsingfors
Petrograd
Tver
Moscow
Russian Leaders Offer Bounties for Revolt Leaders
Washington reports that Soviet war minister Leon Trotzky offers 5 million rubles for General Koslovsky's body dead or alive, while General Woslovsky allegedly offers 10 million rubles for Trotsky. It notes 1,000,000 rubles equals about $50.
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Washington
Leon Trotzky
Koslovsky
Petrograd
Woslovsky
Tratzky
Wood Sent to Study Philippine Problem
Major General Leonard Wood has been detailed by President Harding to visit the Philippine islands and study conditions in light of aspirations for independence. The mission was formally entrusted to General Wood at a conference yesterday with the president, with Secretary Weeks of the War Department present.
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Washington
Leonard. Wood
Harding
Philippine Islands
Wood
Weeks
War Department
X Ray Reveals Tooth Lodged In Lung
Wilmington March 12 An X Ray of James B Broad comptroller of E I Du Pont de Nemours shows the illness caused by a tooth lodged in his lungs Four teeth were extracted weeks ago with gas used doctors believe one tooth slipped down the windpipe and caused the critical condition in hospital
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Wilmington
Del
James B. Broad
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company
Brown
Foreign Acreage Planted to Wheat Is Made Known
Washington reports 1921 wheat area in France at 12,138,000 acres, up 8 percent from last year and 8.8 percent above the five year average. Rye and oats show modest gains, while British India sows 23,352,000 acres of wheat, down 23 percent from 1920. Bulgarian wheat area rises about one percent.
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Washington
France
Department of Agriculture
Rome
British India
Shortage of Whiskey in Bonded Warehouse
Trenton New Jersey March 12 667000 gallons of whiskey valued at more than 5 000 000 were found in a government bonded warehouse in Newark Assistant United States Attorney Arrowsmith announced. Lebrecque of Newark custodian of the warehouse faces an indictment and was summoned to plead.
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United States
The
Christian Herald
New York
H. K. Carroll
Plainfield, N. J
Trenton
N. J
Newark
Arrowsmith
BE. J. Lebrecque
Record corn and oats hold large on farms in 1920 crop
Government estimates show farmers held larger grain stocks on March 1 than any prior year led by corn and oats. Corn on farms about 1.57 billion bushels 48.6 percent of the 1920 crop, oats 689.6 million bushels 45.2 percent, wheat 207.5 million 26.4 percent. States listed with top holdings.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Oklahomaa
Kansas
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Town
Texas
Government Moves To Postpone Packer Strike
Chicago March 12 A promise from most Chicago packers to defer enforcing a new wage and hour rule could delay the strike ballot. Dennis Lane secretary treasurer of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of North America said mediation offer from the federal Labor Department may halt balloting. Ballots likely mailed today if no status quo agreement is reached.
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Chicago
Federal
Department of Labor
Dennis Lane
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers’ Workmen of North America
Lane
Washington
Labor Department Offers Mediation in Packing House Dispute
Secretary of Labor Davis sent telegrams to unions and packers after a White House conference with President Harding. He urged both sides to appoint two representatives to meet with labor department agents to resolve wage reduction conflicts that could trigger a strike.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Davis
Harding
Storms Do Damage In South In Homer Louisiana
A severe storm swept Homer Louisiana and nearby oil fields late yesterday causing one death four serious injuries and damage estimated over 500000. Shreveport reports detail the sudden weather event and its impact on the town and surrounding areas.
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Shreveport
Homer
Wind Storm Causes Injuries and 40000 in Doddsville Area
A severe wind and rain storm hit Doddsville Mississippi five miles from Suleville late yesterday injuring one man and causing about 40000 in property damage. The storm traveled through the area bringing damage to homes and outbuildings. Local officials assess the impact and assess repairs underway.
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Suleville
Miss
Doddsville
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