Washington Armament Conference Invites Major Powers
President invites Britain Japan France Italy and China to a Washington conference on armament limitation with Pacific and Far East questions. The text urges reducing wasteful expenditures and seeks practical steps to remove causes of misunderstanding and promote peace among nations. Conference set for November 11, 1921 in Washington.
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Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
China
Pacific
Far East
New York Factory Jobs Drop 2 Percent in July
New York State factory employment fell 2 percent from June to July as lack of orders drove layoffs. Since the downturn began about 450000 workers have been laid off, according to a report from the State Department of Labor.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
State Department of Labor
Bootlegging Big Business United States Revenue
Washington officials estimate about 500 million dollars a year flow to bootleggers. They report 25 to 60 million quarts of liquor moving through underground channels annually and more than 9 million gallons reaching bootleggers last year.
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Washington
United States
League of Nations to decide Upper Silesian dispute
Paris reports the Interallied Supreme Council hands the Upper Silesian issue to the League of Nations Executive Council. Premiers Briand and Lloyd George fail to agree, boosting the League’s prominence and excluding the United States from negotiations. Ambassador Harvey notes the US stance.
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Paris
Supreme Council
League of Nations
Briand
Lloyd George
United States
League
Assembly of the Council
Harvey
World and regional notes from across nations
Judge Hand upholds New York income tax law in a federal case involving the German Manufacturing Co. In Paris the United States rejects acting as arbitrator in the Upper Silesia boundary dispute. Canada’s wheat crop to exceed last year by over 25 million bushels. W C Brown reports signs of prosperity on return to California. Manitoba harvest wage rises to four dollars daily. Judge Hook of the U S Circuit Court dies in Wisconsin. Colonel Porter resigns as New York internal revenue chief to enter private work. Litvinoff promises Russians in famine relief a chance to depart if they wish.
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New York
Learned Hand
United States District Court
New York Central Railroad
Pasadena
Ottawa
Canada
Manitoba
J. A. Bowman
Sayner
Wis
William C. Hook
United States Circuit Court
Daniel L. Porter
Internal Revenue
Riga
Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Walter L. Brown
The
American Relief Association
Gloucester City
C. I. Ulmer
Gibbstown
Clayton Board of Education
Delaware River
Chester
Bridgeport
Childdren
Elmer Board of Education
Woodstown
Edward Watson
Glassboro
Clayton
Quinton
Harmony School
Hopewell Township
Cumberland County
Dorchester
Kenneth
David Schneider
Trenton
Longport-Somers Point
Great Eggs Harbor
Jitneymen's Association
Supreme Court
Katzenbach
National Park
Edgar Waters
New Jersey
East Greenwich Township
James Cheesemann
Vineland
John G. Gratton
Deptford
William Toscorth
Gloucester County
Salem
Woodbury
Gloucester City Board of Assessors
Pusey Jones Company
William O. Swackhammer
Whitehouse
Hope Fire Company of
Underwood Hospital
Capes
Maurice ‘River
Kilkenny
Maurice River
Matts Landing
Menhaden
Salem County
Bernard J. Donovan Post
American Legion of
Phillipsburg
Stewart W. Platt
Himer
Autrust
Germans Win in South America Undercutting in Brazil
Secretary Hoover receives reports showing German exporters amassing global market share, ousting American sales, and liquidating branches in South America. German firms quote 26 to 75 percent lower prices on textiles steel and chemicals, with Hugo Stinnes driving the campaign and new oil concessions and shipbuilding expansion cited.
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Washington
Hoover
South America
Commerce Department
United States
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Custom House
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Germany
Hugo Stinnes
Stinnes
Comodoro Rivadavia
Berlin
Tegerves
Sinn Fein Rejection of Peace Terms Reported
London Daily Express says Sinn Fein reply to Lloyd George peace terms was received in Paris and deemed a rejection. Analysts say De Valera and Sinn Fein pressure toward full independence threatens ongoing negotiations.
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London
London Daily Express
Sinn Fein
Lloyd George
Paris
de Valera
President’s Father Marries Nurse in Monroe Ceremony
Dr. George T. Harding, father of President Harding, wed Miss Alice Severns a Marion C nurse in Monroe Michigan. Harding aged seventy six and the bride fifty two. Rev Frank T Knowles of Monroe Presbyterian Church performed the surprise ceremony.
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Dr. Harding
Monroe
Mich
George T. Harding
President Harding
Alice Severns
Exemption Raised For Married Taxpayers In House Action
Washington committee members on a Ways and Means panel advanced tax changes to raise the married exemption from 2000 to 2500 dollars for incomes up to 5000. The single-person exemption stays at 1000. A 400 dollar deduction per child was added, boosting family relief and lowering revenue by about 50 million.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Longworth
Rep
Delinquent tax drive yields 3.7 million in three weeks
The Bureau of Internal Revenue reports $3,666,000 collected and assessed in delinquent sales and miscellaneous taxes over the last three weeks. Other items note Major General Wood’s imminent appointment, farm price shifts, and White House tax levy debates.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Wood
The
Philippines
Board of Trustees
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Senate Finance Committee
Harding
Daugherty
Eugene V. Debs
State Department
White House
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Committee
New Jersey Briefs Cover Military Cadets to Camp Dix and Local News
Readable items include West Point cadets starting a 200 mile hike from Camp Dix on August 17 after a summer course. Boroughs vote on a 10,000 bond for a new fire engine. A Burlington turtle recovered via newspaper ad. Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel roof collapse kills a waitress Evelyn Brigham and injures others. Building inspectors order an inquiry into her death.
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West Point
Camp Dix
Military Academy
Pennsgrove
Hunt
A. Tracy
Tracy Yards
Burlington
Marlborough-Blenheim
Atlantic City
Evelyn Brigham
Peterson
Evelyn Bingham
Mackay Legislative Coal Investigating Committee
Trenton
Wood Mckee
Paterson
United States
Geran
Newark
New York
H. E. Derbyshire
Philadelphia
Five Fathom Bank
Emory Eyesman
Julian Eyessman
Pennsylvania Railroad
Miller
Common Council
Shem
Wequahic Golf Course
Elizabeth
Arthur Schantz
Trenton-Princeton Traction Company
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Traction Company
Lawrenceville
Princeton
Princeton Street Railway Company
Teen Ignatius
National Park
Red Bank Avenue
John Giallelo
Whittaker Avenue
John Repolio
Second Street
Joseph Lepane
South Broad Street
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Powers
Hughes
Allies
Mohammed Vali Khan
Amir of
Afghanistan
Amir
Silesian
World News
Combine
U. S
Thomas G. Watson
Georgia
Thomas E. Watson
NEW_ JERSEY
Glassboro Methodist Church
Central School of
Shiloh
William H. Truby
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