United States Declines Lausanne Conference Role
The United States declines participation in the Lausanne Near East peace conference while sending observers to monitor its proceedings. Turkish nationalists dethrone the Turkish sultan, and Kaiser Wilhelm’s marriage at Doorn draws limited attention amid broader postwar realignments.
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Mussolini Seizes Italy as Fascisti Take Power
Mussolini becomes premier and interior and foreign affairs head as Fascisti dominate the cabinet. Italy trusts him to end factional strife and restore prosperity while the Communists dissolve. Jugo Slavia fears mobilization as regional tensions rise amid a peace conference in Lausanne.
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Gov Urges Civil or Criminal Action on 425 War Time Contracts
Attorney General announces preliminary probe into 425 wartime contracts revealing evidence for government action. He says every case will be pursued civil or criminally if fraud, collusion, or dishonesty is shown. Cases must prove claims beyond doubt, and all involved must repay the government.
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Wari Schneders
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President Harding Observes Birthday Amid Official Duties
President Harding marked his fifty seventh birthday with routine duties and telegraphic greetings from foreign rulers and many friends in the U S. He spent the evening quietly with Mrs Harding who is recovering from a recent illness and remains confined to bed.
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Mrs. Harding
Texas Election Tangled Result Obscures Clear Outcome
The week saw heightened calls for election hype and public attention. In Texas a complex situation developed that officials believed would leave voters unsure about the final result and the likely winner.
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Inal Ballyhooing
Texas
Notable Men Die in England Virginia and Philadelphia
Noted individuals including Father Bernard Vaubhan a Jesuit preacher and brother of Cardinal Vaniehban died in England. Thomas Nelson Page prominent American author and former ambassador to Italy died in Virginia. Thomas DeVite Custer from the Pennerlvinia Radhend company and Cheatee Hien of the Radlagdd Executives' association were found dead in a private car in Philadelphia.
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England
Thomas Nelson Page
Italy
Virginia
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Pennerlvinia Radhend Company
Cheatee Hien
Radlagdd Executives’ Association
Philadelphia
United States and German Claims Commission Held Session
at Washington Justice Day presided over the first session setting the claims process. The American commissioner is Judge Edwin D. Parker and the German commissioner Dr Wilhelm Ki esselbach.
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Onear Daisy
Washington
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Edwin D. Parker
Germanuic
Wilhelm Kiesselbach
Railway Labor Board Rejects Living Wage Theory
The federal railway labor board, in a majority ruling, rejected the living wage theory urged by railway unions. It raised the minimum for maintenance of way workmen to 25-37 cents per hour while applying a 2 cent increase to prevailing wages. Samuel Gompers Edsel Ford and William Randolph Hearst attacked the decision as Ben W. Hooper defended it, arguing the living wage plan would destabilize industry and fail to speed prosperity.
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Edsel Ford
William Randolph Wearst
Ben W. Hooper
Gompers
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