Italy Backs U S Position on Yap Status
Italy formally aligns with United States on Yap mandate rights. Ambassador Ricci delivered Italy’s note to Secretary Hughes pledging equal rights and cooperation with all nations in Yap discussions. The Italian reply mirrors the American aim for equality among mandatories and calls for harmony to avoid disputes within the council.
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Washington
United States
Yap
Baron Vittorio Rolandi Ricci
Hughes
Italy
Council of Ambassadors
Wilson
Lansing
Paris
Japan
Interes
Juridical
Conference of Ambassadors
Poincare Asks US Guaranty Of German Debt
Paris report notes former President Poincare urging the United States to guarantee German reparations debt. He fears President Harding did not reject Germany clearly, a stance he believes would pressure Germany to improve its offer and provide guarantees.
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Poincare
United States
Paris
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Harding
Germany
Mother Overpowers Bull to Save Son in Kansas Pasture
In Concordia Kansas Mrs George Trubey of Gleneller wrestled a Tolstein bull for thirty minutes after her two year old son wandered into a pasture. She grabbed a sapling and charged the animal, finally driving the bull away and rescuing her child.
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Concorda
Kan
George Trubey
Gleneller
Trubey
Labor Dept cancels Chinese student labor scheme
The Labor Department announced termination of a plan with the Chinese Merchants' Association permitting Chinese industrial students to enter the country. Assistant Secretary Henning said the scheme aimed to bring in 80,000 Chinese laborers and that the Chinese Merchants' Association repudiated it.
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Washington
Labor Department
Chinese Merchants' Association
Henning
Chinese Merchants’ Association
Troopers Strike New York Bootlegger Raids
Major George S. Chandler expands state police efforts against rum runners and bootleggers across the New York border. Troops raid roadhouses, seize liquor valued at about 25000 dollars, and recruit more men to patrol the Adirondack district and the open border from Rouses Point to Fort Covington.
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Albany
N. Y
George S. Chandler
Chandler
North Country
White Plains
Nquor
Adirondack
Rouses Point
Fort Covington
Global notes from world business and politics
Atlantic City talks push for a tariff adjustment board to set and modify duties. London reports a miners federation rejection of a government subsidy increase. Chicago notes butter prices slipping to about 29 cents. Paris declines to urge U.S. action on German reparations terms. London reports John Henry Whitley elected speaker of the House. Brussels backs France against German proposals. Rochester cites alcohol regulation as key to American chemistry. Poughkeepsie covers Central New England Rail merger ratified with New York New Haven and Hartford.
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Atlantic City
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
London
Miners’ Federation
Tas
Chicago
Paris
France
United States Administration
Allied Supreme Council
John Henry Whitley
House of Commons
James William Lowther
Whitley
Halifax
England
Brussels
Belgium
Germany
Rochester
N. Y
Mr. Doran
Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
American Chemical Society
Poughkeepsie
Central New England Rairoad
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Navy Bill For 396 Millions Stirs Disarmament Debate
House debates naval appropriation of 896 million dollars while rejecting amendments to fund a preconditioned disarmament conference. Mondell says foreign relations must stabilize before any initiative, opposed by Connally and Moore who seek to pave the way for negotiations.
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Washington
Mondell
Tom Connally
Texas
United States
Connally
Harding
House
I. Walton Moore
Virginia
Hamilton Fish, Jr
New York
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Henry D. Flood
Building Labor Rejects Cuts Protest Walkouts at Philadelphia
A 6000 carpenter walkout was voted by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in Philadelphia in protest against a 24 percent wage cut. Two thousand painters and paper hangers will also quit work under union instructions not to accept the lower scale proposed by employers.
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Philadelphia
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Pennsylvania Dividend Cut Sparks 4 Percent Annual Rate
Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad trim the quarterly dividend from 14% to 1% per quarter, placing the annual rate at 4 percent on a par value of $50. The move, anticipated by Wall Street for months, follows a history of prior adjustments from 5 percent to 6 percent in 1900 and 1906–07 amid a rail slump.
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Philadelpha
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
France States Reparations Stance After World War I
The foreign office outlines France's position on reparations from Germany. It cites total war cost at 500 billion francs, prewar French debt negligible, and postwar debt at 4 billion francs. Reparations are valued at 220 billion francs, with 146 for damages and 75 for pensions. France's share under Allied accord is 52 percent, with potential receipts around 140 billion francs at current rates, but Germany has paid nothing in money.
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Paris
France
Foreign Office
Germany
FTC Sues U S Steel and Eleven Subsidiaries Over Pittsburgh Plus Pricing
The Federal Trade Commission files a complaint against United States Steel Corporation and eleven subsidiaries alleging unfair competition in interstate commerce and asserting jurisdiction over the Pittsburgh plus price device. Attorney General Daugherty says women with strong conversational powers can influence retail prices more than DOJ machinery. Congress may pass grain exchange regulation this session as dealers pledge to curb abuses. Senator Smoot pushes sales tax in revenue debate, drawing fire from Kenyon. Hoover proposes a food marketing board to aid farmers. A bill to mint a Roosevelt cent 2 percent piece is introduced by Rep Appleby. After marine union talks, leaders oppose rate cuts and plan new proposals.
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United States Steel Corporation
Federal Trade Commission
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Smoot
Utah
Kenyon
Iowa
Hoover
Food Marketing Board
Theodore Roosevelt
Appleby
New Jersey
Marine Unions
Shipping Board
Admiral Benson
Marine Organization
May Call Session to Aid Housing
Assemblyman Nelson of Hudson pushes for a special session to act on housing laws modeled after New York's. Governor Edwards weighs the move as New Jersey faces rents and profiteering landlords amid a looming session restart and a broader political realignment in South Jersey.
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Trenton
New Jersey
Edwards
Assemblyman
Nelson
Hudson County
Senate
United States Supreme Court
New York
Maay
Assembly
Edwin L. Sturgiss
Gloucester County
South Jersey
United States
Edze
Baird
Patterson
Edge
Frelinghuysen
Sturgess
Harry Bacharach
Atlantic City
New
Public Utility Commission
Harding
South
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Stokes
Kean
William C. Parry
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Bergen County
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