Dawes plan debate over Germany reparations widens
Romania presses for further German payments beyond the Dawes plan claiming a large claim tied to wartime occupation costs. Brazil may follow suit while Germany maintains the Dawes relief excuses all other obligations. France Britain and Belgium oppose additional divisions of Dawes receipts. A New York earthquake adds eerie timing.
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Germany
Rumania
Brazil
Romania
Hague Tribunal
League of Nations
Dawes Commission
France
Belgium
Britain
United States
Bridgeman Plan for France Debt Donation
In a Boston man’s will, Raymond Bridgeman leaves $1000 to fund a private plan by the friends of France to pay back France’s US debt. The piece notes the French debt totals about 4 billion and suggests 4 million donors each giving 1000 could cancel it, while skepticism grows about such a mass fund. The column ridicules the idea as impractical and mentions Indiana’s State Senate voting on economy last fall.
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Friends OF
France
America
Germany
Raymond ‘L. Bridgeman
Boston
Bridgeman
Friends of France
United States
Dolllars
State Senate
Moniana
Rumor of Cabinet Shakeup Signals Hoover and Kellogg
The article notes Secretary Hughes will soon depart for New York to resume his law practice while Calvin Coolidge nominates Mr Kellogg, after London service, as Secretary of State. Hughes resignation shocks observers and Hoover’s name circulates as a likely successor with no time for alternative suggestions.
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Hoover
Hughes
New York
Kellogg
London
Herbert Hoover
Lowiipa
Hoover Stir Friction Between Commerce and State Split
The piece notes friction between the Commerce and State departments over consular and trade work. It discusses Hoover's push for broader foreign activities and a claim that consular service should be under the State Department. It also touches on Montana politics and assorted local notices in a rapid, opinionated column style.
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Department of Commerce
Department of State
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Hughes
Washington
Hoover
Hughes
State Department
Tracy Lay
Foreign Service of the United States
Mr. Lay
Lay
Consular Service
Naming and Influence in a Humble Sales Tactic
An editorial peers into a salesman’s strategy of using social status and influential naming to sell maps. It argues that knowing names makes customers feel important, and explores the lure of prestige, language, and perception in everyday commerce.
Educational ranking of states by two methods compared
Washington reports by two methods that California New Jersey Ohio Washington Indiana New York Nevada Michigan Arizona and Montana top the lists. Dr. Phillips published Educational Ranking of States by Two Methods with notes on measurement limits and the need for cautious interpretation.
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Washington
D. C
California
New Jersey
Ohio
Tndiana
New York
Nevada
Michigan
Arizona
Montana
Indiana
District of Columbia
Iowa
Towa
Leonard P. Ayres
Russell Sage Foundation
Frank M. Phillips
George, Washington University
Ayres
Phillips
United States Bureau of Education
Bruce Publishing Company
Milwaukee
Fellowship of Prayer Daily Lenten Bible reading meditation
Daily Lent devotional prepared for the Commission on Evangelism of the Federal Council of Churches. The Tuesday meditation asks what to leave to follow Christ, urging faith in God’s guidance, leaving burdens, and trusting immediate obedience. Prayer asks for faith to follow Christ and freedom from hindrances.
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Commission On Evangelism
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
First Disciples
Christ
Hte
Weaith
L. Fagiey
Ayres and Phillips Methods Compare School Rank for 1922
Educational statisticists Ayres and Phillips compare ten index points across states to rank 1922 educational performance. Ayres emphasizes attendance and opportunity while Phillips focuses on attendance, sessions, preparation, and cost. results largely align with notable rank shifts in cost and literacy factors.
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Ayres
Colonel Ayres
Phillips
Iowa
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wyoming
Ilinois
District of Colomthia
Utah
Colorado
Connecticut
Todaho
South Dakota
Oregon
Kansas
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
New Hampshire
Vermont
Delaware
Missouri
Maine
Maryland
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
West Virginia
Virginia
Louisiana
Florida
North Carolina
Arkansas
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
South Carolina
Montana
Illinois
Idaho
Arizona
Reign of Law with Hemisphere
Secretary Hughes closes his term as Pan American Union chair presenting 31 projects by the American Institute of International Law for hemispheric codification of international law. They will guide discussions at the Rio de Janeiro jurists congress as a step toward American international law and peaceful cooperation in the hemisphere.
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Washington
Hughes
Pan-American Union
American Institute of International Law
International Congress of Jurists
Rio de Janiero
National Capital News Highlights of Day
Harlan F Stone sworn in as supreme court justice. House aircraft committee votes to close hearings. President Coolidge greets new Italian ambassador. Conferees approve interior department bill and rivers and harbors measure sent to the White House. Veterans hospitals bill authorizes 10 million dollars. Supreme Court upholds presidential pardon power in criminal contempt cases. Prohibition agents can search automobiles without warrants. Railroads not required to submit labor disputes to the Rail Labor Board. Karolyi case Hungarian influence denied by state department. Capper Hocgen substitute for Dickinson measure advanced by Senate agriculture panel. Pan American Union codification plans for Western Hemisphere discussed.
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Harlan F. Stone
Supreme Court
House Aircraft Committee
Coolidge
House
Senate
Interior Department
Weeks
Chicago
White House
War Department
Railroad Labor Board
State Department
Michael Karolyi
Senate Agriculture Committee
Capper Haugen
Dickinson
Kansas Senate votes for Klan charter free pass
A Baltimore Sun editorial denounces Kansas legislators moving to admit the Ku Klux Klan without a state charter. It argues equal rights under the US Constitution and warns against granting special privileges to any group, listing numerous states to underline broader implications.
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Kansas
Ku Klux Klan
Knights of the
United States
Europe
Answers to Questions from the Washington Bureau
The Helena Independent Information Bureau offers answers to readers questions on diverse topics. Notable entries include historical burial details of Marie Antoinette, methods for mock pate de foie gras, and trivia on Alexander Hamilton’s role.
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Helena
Tape Town
New London
Connecticut
South Atlantic
Cape Town
Marie Antoinette
Church of the Madeleine
Capet
Alexander Hamilton
R. BE
Georgia
Washington
the Treasury
Shipping Board
James River
C.E.G
J. G. McC. A
Delaware River
Trenton
Creel
National Banthem Submission for World Prize
A dramatic submission by Arthur Silverman for the Conning Tower prize praises clean American song. The altered lines claim national harmony and reformist joys stretching from Kansas to NL as the nation seeks a pure tune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Silverman
New York World
Kansas
Married 73 Years as Town Declares Public Holiday
Wickoff New Jersey March 2 Collaborative town honors 97 year old John C Demarest and 92 year old wife to mark 73 years of marriage A public holiday closes schools at noon and visitors pay tribute with songs including Silver Threads among the Gold sung by 230 school children at the Demarest homestead.
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Ly Associated Press
Wickoff
N. J
John C. Demarest
Demarest
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