Armament talks loom as fire power conference eyed
International focus shifts to naval cuts as Dawes and MacDonald edge toward a London conference. Hoover backs defense limits while Britain and France push for disarmament, with Italy and Germany shaping plans for aerial forces and wider treaties amid Oil interests and domestic unrest in North Carolina.
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British plan for trained army reserves raised at League
Order Robert Cecil presented to the League of Nations disarmament committee outlining Britain's proposal to reopen the question of trained army reserves in any world disarmament scheme. The French, Italians and Japanese reaction followed.
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League Assembly
Rhine evacuation begins as allied troops pull back
British and Belgian troops started the Rhine withdrawal in quiet fashion and some French units retreated. France is expected to keep a sizable force in the area until the last moment. Wiesbaden will host the interallied Rhineland commission with a greatly reduced staff.
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Wiesbaden
Rhineland Commission
China Fed Up With Soviet Raids On Manchurian Border
The Nationalist government warns it may abandon defensive tactics if raids continue, seeking world support. Chinese troops, enraged by Russian atrocities reports from Harbin, protest through Germany via Wang to free non Communist Chinese held by Russia. Beijing collects evidence claiming Kellogg pact violations and denials from Moscow.
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C. T. Wang
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Col R W Stewart Aims at Oil Combine After Ousting
Rumors revive that Col R W Stewart plans a new oil combine to oppose U S and European magnates. He sailed for Europe last week and is to meet Sir Henri Deterding of Royal Dutch Shell, as Standard Oil of Indiana faces a widened power landscape.
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Henry Guggenheim Named Ambassador to Cuba
Resident Hoover approves Henry Guggenheim as Cuba ambassador succeeding Noble B. Judah who resigned. Guggenheim, a leading financier and head of the Guggenheim fund for the Preemption of Aeronautics, served in naval aviation in France and Italy during the war and attained the rank of lieutenant commander.
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Italy
RiG Gen Lytle Brown Named Chief of Army Engineers
President Hoover announced the appointment of RiG Gen Lytle Brown as chief of army engineers with major general rank to succeed Major General Jadwin. Brown, 57, was born in Nashville Tennessee and will oversee high level officers in charge of major projects.
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Five candidate New York mayoral race shapes up
Congressmen F H La Guardia wins Republican nomination as drys plan a rival. Democrats renominate Jimmy Walker and Richard Enright is tapped by the Square Deal party to challenge Tammany. Norman Thomas also runs as Socialist amid voter dissatisfaction with La Guardia and Walker.
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World’s Largest Bank Formed By Major NYC Consolidation
Eager efforts by National City and Corn Exchange banks culminate in a directors approved consolidation totaling 2.386 billion dollars in resources. The merger creates the world’s largest bank by assets.
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National City
Corn Exchange
Western Newspaper Union
Ambassador Rank Compared with Minister in Theory
Describes that an ambassador serves as head of an embassy and may converse with the sovereign, while a minister heads a legation and is accredited to the government. In theory both perform similar duties. social precedence places the ambassador above the minister at functions.
Blue Paint Brings Bad Luck to Deep Sea Sailors
Sailors prefer to avoid blue hulls and blue hatches fearing misfortune. Historical anecdotes recall the Donna Driggs a blue hull schooner that allegedly drew storms when anchoring. A Gloucester skipper reportedly refused blue hatches after a Maine port assignment.
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Boston
Fulton Market
Gloucester
Maine
New York Times
Made Store a Shrine
The English village shop owned by Mlaxius Jo sephus Wilkinson remained untouched after his father’s death. Forty years of calendars and papers lay forgotten on the counter and old cloth measuring tools and bottles stayed in place. The son, well off, kept the shop pristine and lived in the neighboring house to honor his father’s memory.
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Mlaxius Josephus Wilkinson
Pigs as Currency in the New Webrides
A traveler returning from the Pacific describes New Webrides customs where pigs serve as a standard currency. Pigs are widely consumed and lent for ceremonies. borrowers repay with pigs grown to the equivalent size of the loaned animal, with lenders charging interest by size.
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England
Pacific
Whitman’s Ballyhoo and Self Praise in 1855 journals
In Warper's Magazine M Harvey O'Higgins notes Whitman mocked his early fame as Ballyhoo. The American Phrenological Journal labeled him the haughtiest writer after his first poetry volume. September 1855 issues in US and Democratic Review praised him anonymously as a rough, proud, sunburnt figure with strong posture.
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M Harvey O'Higgins
Warper
Mystery of Sleep Science and Morpheus
A reflective meditation on sleep research and human nature noting sleep’s mystery. It contrasts modern drug development with the cave man’s instinct to sleep and suggests people chase food more than regular rest, asserting sleep’s crucial role in longevity.
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Morpheus
Wheat and flour price relation outlined
The notice explains that five bushels of wheat produce one barrel of flour and that one barrel yields 800 loaves of bread. It states that flour price changes affect the baker's cost by one third of a cent per one-pound loaf per one dollar per barrel, so wheat must move 60 cents per bushel to shift bread price by one cent per loaf.
Indian Songs Reflect Heritage Across Daily Life
The article notes that American Indian songs accompany nearly all life stages from ceremonies to hunting and courting. It explains Haci has a distinctive rhythm and allows recognition of song type without words, with some songs conveying meaning entirely nonverbally.
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North America
Origin Lost in Antiquity The Campbells Are Coming
Music authorities describe The Campbells Are Coming as an ancient Scotch folk song with uncertain origin and no known authorship. The piece is regarded as very old, with no confirmed composer.
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