Lausanne Peace Talks and Ruhr Tension Persist in 1920
The Lausanne conference watches for a Turkish settlement as Curzon argues for a just peace while Ismet and allies negotiate. Britain signals a potential blockade if Kemalist forces threaten Mosul, and the League of Nations debates armament limits and minority protection in Europe.
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Great Britain
France
Lausanne
Lord Churton
Lec
Tree
Italy
Ismet
Curzon
Turkey
Lfe
Ambassador Child
Egypt
Sudan
Maritza
Thrace
Adrianople
Greece
Karagatseh
League of Nations
Dardanelles
Lord Balfour
League of Nations Council
Paris
Mosul
League
Ruhr Crisis Deepens as France Seizes Ruhr District
General Degoutte warned Germany faces immediate sanctions and possible further seizures if obstructions persist as France tightens control of the Ruhr Rhineland and Saar. French actions include halting coal shipments, replacing German officials, and importing workers while rail and metal production decline.
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Rance
Ruhr
Germany
Degoutte
Rhineland
Saar
Dusseldorf
Berlin
France
Poland
General Weygand
Brussels
Belgium
Memel Still Under Lithuanian and Allied Troup Control
Hives defied allied representatives to oust them from Memel as regular and irregular Lithuanian troops remained in control. The scene highlights continued tension between occupiers and the occupying authorities amid ongoing negotiations.
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Hives
Memel
British War Debt Settlement Terms Backed by Parliament
Great Britain has accepted American funding terms for the war debt and Congress is asked to pass a bill to grant the American commission broader powers. The plan sets 3 percent interest for ten years, 4 percent thereafter, with a 0.5 percent sinking fund and loan maturity in 62 years. First year due is 148,297,197 dollars.
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Great Britain
Congress
England
McKellar
Senator Borat Calls for World Economic Conference
Senator Borat renews a push for an international conference on world economics amid fears of a renewed European war. He warns the French Ruhr invasion could trigger a Germany Russia Turkey alliance and drag the United States into conflict, proposing U S participation in deliberations while European powers execute agreements as in 1906 Algeciras.
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Enator Borat
Ruhr
Germany
Russia
Turkey
United States
Algeciras
Johnson
California
Representative Porter seeks world narcotics production limits
Representative Porter 9 of Pennsylvania chair of the house foreign affairs committee has introduced a resolution asking President Harding to urge a world wide limit on narcotics and habit forming drugs and report back to congress within six months. It leaves to the President’s discretion whether to call an international conference on the subject.
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Porter 9
Pennsylvania
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Harding
Congress
Harding Advocates Arbitration to End Tacna Arica Dispute
President Harding supports arbitration between Peru and Chile in the Tacna Arica dispute. The world and Vatican hope this leads to an end of the long standing enmity between the two nations.
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Harding
Peru
Chile
Tacna-Arica
Vatican
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes Seeks Co operation
Commissioner Haynes touring the Pacific coast and Southwest says he favors cooperation with the United States to curb liquor and drug smuggling. He urges enforcement efforts and cross border collaboration to reduce illicit trafficking.
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Haynes
Pacific Coast
Southwest
United States
Untold Tales and a Narrow Escape in Mexico
A reflective speaker recalls feeding exciting lines in Mexico and narrowly escaping danger. A companion shows mild boredom as she mentions being mistaken for someone and jailed, while the banter turns to a joke about a gorilla misidentification.
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Mexico
Aderiig
Castoria Reminder Seeks Authenticated Signature Guiding Parents
Parents urged to verify Castoria bottles bear the signature of the trusted remedy maker for infants and children. The advertisement recalls Castoria in use for over 30 years and notes children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Misreading in Storytime Causes Question About Prince
A teacher asks children to raise hands for questions during a tale. A student challenges a line about a prince riding a white horse and carrying coal, prompting a clarification of wording and meaning.
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Lig Passage
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promises Happy Laundry Day
A laundress hums Oo Happy Dar while hanging snow white linens and notes the product as Red Cross Ball Blue. The ad promotes brightening laundry with the soap and brand, capturing cheerful domestic life.
Rabies Fear Aboard as Dog Tongue Protrudes
The exchange shows a anxious speaker fearing rabies for a dog named Floss. The vet notes no signs yet and makes a quip about the dog’s tongue hanging from its mouth and its possible effect on drinking. The dialogue reflects a humorous, distressed tone about a medical concern.
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Osner
Floss
Peachy girl aims to be a well preserved woman
A short, period tone note states a girl should grow into a well preserved woman, underscoring virtues and proper demeanor in the social standard of the era.
Favorite Prescription Helps New Mothers Recover
Mrs Edna Dooley of Mitchell Indiana reports relief from backache and fatigue during pregnancy and after childbirth using Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She says the medicine restored strength and health to herself and her baby and urges others to try it. Sold by all druggists with free medical guidance from Dr Pierce in Buffalo New York.
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Hellig-Ellis
Memphis
Tean
Robert Watson
New York
W Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Berlin
President Coxgrave
Irish Free State
Edna Dooley
Dr. Pierce
President Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo, N. Y
Typical quirks of social boasting in a small town
The text portrays a girl who brags about spurning proposals, a boy relying on his father for secrecy, a book agent noting limited family culture for a sale, and men later boasting of a good deed done by mistake.
Fifteen Thousand Signal Men Win Eight Hour Day Reward
The federal railroad labor board restores the eight hour day with time and a half for overtime to fifteen thousand signal men who refused to join last summer's shop strike. The board did not grant a general wage increase but raised some workers from 60 cents to 70 cents an hour as the new established minimum.
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Federal Railroad Labor Board
ICRC Orders Railroads To Resume Interchange Mileage Books
The Interstate Commerce Commission has ordered railroads to resume issuing interchange mileage books at a 20 percent reduction from regular passenger rates.
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Interstate Commerce Commissions
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