Briand defends policy as France seeks calm in Ruhr
Paris reports Premier Briand defending a moderate disarmament policy at London talks. Germany promises to close the Silesian frontier and disarm irregular bands, while Briand warns troops would advance into the Ruhr only if Germany violates reparations or provokes crisis, with Allies consulted.
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Paris
Briand
London
Chamber of ‘Deputies
Germany
Silesian
M. Briand
France
England
Chamber
Ruhr
Rhine
Lloyd George
Wilhelm Mayer von Kaufbeuren
Ambbaassador
Berlin
Silesia
Disarmament Plan Passes Senate to Invite Britain and Japan
Unanimous Senate approval backed Senator Borah's amendment to the naval appropriation bill. The measure authorizes and requests the President to invite Great Britain and Japan to send representatives to an international naval disarmament conference.
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Harding
Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Great Britain
Japan
Briand Survives Debate With Confidence Voted In France
Paris reports a tense parliamentary debate over foreign policy. Briand's cabinet survives but faces possible overthrow as votes show support for confirming London ultimatum guarantees and for enforcing German commitments. Public mood divided on Britain’s postwar role and France’s war debt prospects.
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Paris
Briand
America
France
London
Germany
Great Britain
British
Peace resolution sent to House in Republican hearing
Washington reports a conference of Republican House Foreign Affairs members reached an agreement to send the peace resolution to the House for consideration. Senators discuss the Tennessee drive issues along with naval plans, bases, and budget battles affecting the Pacific fleet and naval personnel.
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House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
King
Utah
Senate
Tennessee
Johnson
Congress
Alameda
San Francisco Bay
Pacific
Naval Committee
Richard W. Child
U. S
Italy
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Henry Ford
Newberry
Michigan
Fire Rages at Dublin Custom House in Rebel Assault
About sixty young Republicans stormed the Dublin Custom House as Crown forces battled nearby. The blaze destroyed government records and incinerated offices while the building, a symbol of administration, burned to a shell. Ten killed, twenty wounded, 111 arrests reported. The $5 million structure housed key departments and its loss cripples government operations.
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Dublin
Dublin Custom House
Ireland
Hope
Custom House
Inland Revenue
Liffey Bridge
Crown
Dublin Castle
German war crimes trail ends with ten month sentence
Germany convicted its first war criminal, Sergeant Heinen of Leipzig, Germany, sentenced to ten months in prison for maltreating fifteen British and Belgian prisoners of war. Heinen largely confessed to the acts.
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Leipzig
Germany
Heinen
Coses
Funding loans to Allies
Washington reports foreign loans totaling about 10 billion dollars to the Allies during the war will be funded this year. Secretary Mellon says accumulated unpaid interest will likely be funded as well and payments extended over years. The funding aims to place foreign debts in regular marketable form.
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Washington
Mellon
Treasury
Federal court to use special assistants in prohibition cases
Attorney General Daugherty announced that congested federal courts handling prohibition cases will be aided by special assistants. Judge John E. Sader of Columbus, Ohio, will head a committee to select these assistants for major cities.
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Washington
Daugherty
John E. Sader
Columbus
Ohio
Bankers Confer With Harding On Exports
Washington reports the White House dinner with eight leading bankers including J P Morgan and Charles B Sabin to discuss plans for foreign loans and the revival of American industry and export trade. The group backed close cooperation with the administration and suggested aiding European finances to boost exports.
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Washington
White House
Harding
Mellon
Eheever
J. P. Morgan
J. BP. Morgan & Co
Charles B. Sabin
Guaranty Trust Company
Paul War
State censorship extends to Massachusetts films
Governor Cox signed a bill mandating state supervision of cinema and banning exhibition of films not formally passed by the public safety department. The move establishes formal oversight and penalties for noncompliant screenings.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Cox
Department of Public Safety
Berlin
Sofia
Bulgaria
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
London
Williams. Sims
King George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
England
Newcastle
Union National Bank
Louisburg
N. S
Tax burden is a grave state issue in New Jersey
In Trenton a growing tax load worries citizens and lawmakers as debates focus on reducing local and state spending. The piece links high taxes to elections, road and school funding, and the future of trolley service and public utilities amid calls for retrenchment and new tax schemes.
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Trenton
New Jersey
Iife
Cape May
Claxton
America
Taringa
Frank B.jess
Camden County
State Board of Taxes and Assessment
Clarence I. Case
Somerset County
Arthur N. Pierson
Union County
George L. Record
Jersey City
George T. Smith
Jess
New York
Tess
State Public Utility Commission
Public Service Railway Company
Frank Bergen
Supreme Court
Swayze
McCarter
The
Public Service
Board of Public Utility Commissioner
New Jersey Supreme Court
Court of Errors and Appeals
O'Brien
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Ruhr Valley
Hillmar Greenwood
House of Commons
Archer Shee
United Sates
United States
William M. Steuart
Mr. Steuart
Sinn Fein
Customs House
Republican Army
Mendel Beiliss
Mieff
Andrew Yushinsky
Russia
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