Congress acts on army cut and reapportionment rules
Congress approved a plan to suspend enlistments until army strength reaches 175000, with a House measure sent to the President after near unanimous support. Debates touched on southern voting rights, census reapportionment, and cabinet possibilities for Harding including no fixed secretary picks yet. Reports from Berlin noted reparations talks and German compliance figures amid disputed five year payment plans.
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Secretary of War
House
War Department
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House Geglines to Grow and Cabinet-Briand Premier Change
The article notes apportionment would keep membership at 435 while Harding travels to Florida without cabinet announcements. Briand becomes Premier of France and the Reparations Conference opens, signaling major diplomatic shifts and policy moves.
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Harding
Florida
Briand
France
Senate cuts and keeps army limits amid war scare
The article notes a Senate push for economy saving around forty million dollars annually, blocked from dropping the 150000 military cap by War Secretary Baker and the 200000 lower limit by General Pershing. It also covers Pacific defense fears, Japan’s so called yellow peril, and House action maintaining 435 representatives for ten years with shifts in state apportionment.
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General Pershing
Phelan
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Pacific
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Williams
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Pacific Coast
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Kansas
Maine
Mississippi
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Vermont
Senate to defer army navy appointments to Harding era
The Republican Senate will not confirm most of President Wilsons army and navy appointments. Only about 5000 minor officers under the army reorganization act will be approved. Eleven major generals and numerous high officials will be left unacted for the Harding administration to handle.
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South
Senate
Wilson
Army and Navy
Harding
Palmer defends DOJ actions before Senate panel
The attorney general faced questions from a Senate judiciary subcommittee over alleged illegal and unauthorized DOJ activities against Reds. Palmer denied malfeasance, produced agent reports to back his case, and opposed a general amnesty effort while advocating permanent anti radical legislation.
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A. Mitchell Palmer
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Department of Justice
Palmer
France
Samuel Untermyer
Untermyer
New York
Briand Becomes France's Premier with Broad Support
Aristide Briand was named prime minister of France and formed a strong cabinet with nearly all parties backing him except the Radicals, giving him about 400 votes in the chamber. He also took foreign affairs and, on Thursday, read the cabinet's policy declaration to Parliament. The move sets the stage for allied premiers’ conference in Paris on reparations disarmament and Greek affairs.
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Aristide Briand
France
Paris
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Greece
Oldest Civil War Veteran Seeks Memory Help at Bronx YMCA
Maj. C. Thurston Greene, 78, a Civil War veteran who lost a leg, is believed the oldest student in the country. He recalls 1861 to 1865 less clearly now and attends the Bronx YMCA evening school supported by a memory training scholarship.
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Maj. C. Thurston Greene
Bronx Y
Ibos Medicine Man and Warrior Shielding Tricks
An article describes a medicine man among the Ibos of southern Nigeria and explains warriors applying medicinal substances said to shield them from harm. It notes the Ibos as four million people described as semi civilized in the period.
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Nigeria
Africa
Moving Hibbing City Toward New Site for Ore Mines
The Minnesota city of Hibbing, once 10,000 residents with brick streets and a streetcar line, is being relocated to clear the area for rich iron ore deposits below. A photograph shows a three story hotel being moved on steel rollers toward New Hibbing.
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Minnesota
Hibbing
Sewing Machines Use Large Amounts of Lumber
About 60 million feet of lumber are used annually in sewing machine manufacture. Oaks and red gum supply nearly two thirds, yellow poplar and black walnut about one eighth each, with Tupelo chestnut cottonwood maple basswood birch sycamore mahogany yellow pine and redwood making up the rest. Tops are typically hardwood veneers like oak or walnut or woods stained to imitate mahogany.
Music in the Bath at Akita Hotel
A bathhouse scene in Akita prefecture Japan features a mixed group of bathers from grandparents to grandchildren. One performer entertained the crowd with a flute, noted as a fitting instrument for baths by Robertson Scott in Asia.
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Akita Prefecture
Japan
Robertson Scott
Asia
Charcoal From Vallombrosa Forest Used Since Middle Ages
The American Forestry Magazine notes Italy relies heavily on charcoal for cooking and heating. At Vallombrosa monks and medieval times used vast quantities. Before the war the forest produced about 220000 pounds of charcoal annually.
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Italy
American Forestry Magazine
Vallombrosa
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