Naval conference invited by Britain to London for disarmament talks
The British government invites the United States and four other powers to a London naval conference next January to revise the Washington accord and pursue gradual disarmament. Hoover and MacDonald say they will cooperate for world peace while avoiding a formal Anglo American alliance.
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Edward W. Pickard
TAST
Hoover
Ramsay MacDonald
Virginia
White House
Great Britain
United States
France
Italy
Japan
London
Washington
America
England
Mr. MacDonald
Mr. Hoover
MacDonald
Senate
Amercan Atlantic
Senator Morris Sheppard Proposes Liquor Purchase Ban
Texas Senator Morris Sheppard introduces an amendment to the Volstead act to criminalize liquor purchases alongside sales. The proposal faces strong opposition from both wets and many dry leaders, with some calling for caution amid heated debate.
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Enator
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Federation opens in Toronto amid push to reunite unions
The American Federation of Labor begins its annual convention in Toronto with William Green presiding. Albert Whitney leads a bid to reaffiliate the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. NY fruit and vegetable supply faced a four day strike by teamsters and chauffeurs causing vast losses, ending when the Market Truckmen's Association accepted higher wages or shorter hours. Soviet Russia implements a workers' week troubling industry.
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Merican Federation OF
Toronto
William Green
Brotherhood of
Albert Whitney
New York
Teamsters’ and
Market Truckmen’s Association
Soviet
Russia
French aviators conquer distance record crossing Asia
Sketched article notes SKEUDONNE COSTE and Maurice Bellonte started eastward from Paris for an endurance flight, were believed lost in Siberia, and reappeared in Manchuria near the Mongolian border 4 846 miles from the start. They traveled about a week on foot to reestablish contact, setting a world straight line distance record. Colonel Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh with two archeologists explored Central America seeking Maya ruins, discovering several extensive sites not previously known. They then flew Belize to Miami. An inquiry into liquor and vice in northern Indiana yielded hundreds of indictments and arrests including the East Chicago mayor and many police officers for violations of liquor, white slave, narcotic and auto theft laws.
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Skeudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Paris
Tiberia
Manchuria
Colonel Lindbergh
Frebanan
Indiana
East
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt becomes governor of Puerto Rico
YOL, THEODORE ROOSEVELT arrived in San Juan and was inaugurated as governor of the island. The ceremony occurred in the new capitol building and he was escorted by a parade to La Fortaleza, the historic residence designated for his term.
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Mr. MacDonald
Ishbel
White House
Stimson
George Washington University
Philadelphia
New York
MacDonald
Rwin B. Laughlin
Pittsburgh
Spain
Ogden H. Hammond
Laughlin
Greece
Japan
Yol
Theodore Roosevelt
San Juan
Porto Rico
Capitol
la Forteleza
Western
Union
Youth and the New Leadership
Craig B Hazlewood argues that the coming era demands bold leadership from young business minds. He cites Frank Woolworth Charles Schwab and Thomas Edison as examples of perseverance and innovation leading to national impact. The piece urges preparation and rigorous testing to rise to the era’s highest pinnacles of achievement.
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Esarereay
Hannibal
Napoleon
Washington
Valley Forge
Frank W. Woolsworth
Charles Schwab
Thomas Edison
Origins of Everyday Vegetables and Fruits Revealed
The article traces the origins of common produce across ancient civilizations. It notes celery from Greece or the Dardanelles, lettuce in Greece, sesame and walnuts known in China by 200 B C, spinach from New Zealand via Cook, sweet potatoes in China 2700 B C, and madishes in Japan and China early records. It covers bananas from the Americas, figs from Egypt 2300 B C, prickly pear maize and tobacco after Magellan, cabbage to Lapland and Heligoland, sassify in Greece and Italy, Jerusalem artichoke around 1616 in Brazil and Canada, and garlic from Sicily.
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Cook
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Asia
Central
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Egypt
America
Europa
Magellan
Isle of
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Denmark
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Heligoland
Sassify
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Italy
Algeria
Brazil
Canada
Garlle
Sicily
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