News Review of Current Events by Edward W Pickard
President Coolidge weighs joining the League of Nations in a world disarmament talk. Congress control and authorization debated as Borah, Lenroot, and Hughes weigh involvement and chairmen signal support. Chile appeals Tacna Arica plebiscite. Congress adjourns for holiday recess. Treasury policy, prohibition politics, and military discipline also loom. Grain crop report shocks markets with sharp-down revisions and large carryover.
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Coolidge
League of Nations
Congressional
Congress
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Senate
League
Hughes
Washington
Hugh Gibson
Switzerland
America
United States
Berlin
King
Utah
Hamilton Fish
New York
House
Chile
General Pershing
Tacna-Arica
Butler resigns from Marine Corps over Philadelphia safety post
Rig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler resigned from the Marine Corps to stay as Philadelphia’s director of public safety. Mayor Kendrick demanded his resignation, dismissed him when refused, and implied Butler’s Marine leave would be withdrawn. Butler said he would return home to Overbrook and travel by Army vehicle, preferring the Marines to city life.
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Tlanton
Texas
la Guardia
New York
Tillman
Arkansas
Davis
Washington
Mitchell
Bloom
Walker
New York City
Congress
Smedley D. Butler
Marine Corps
Public Safety
Philadelphia
Kendrick
Butler
Coolidge
Overbrook
United States Marine Corps
Farmers voice disapproval of Coolidge farm relief policies
In Des Moines the American Council of Agriculture and Corn Belt Committee of Farm Organizations, representing over a million Middle West farmers, attacked Coolidge's farm address. They said the Fordney McCumber tariff harms agriculture, called for an export measure, and criticized excessive farm information in a proposed cooperative marketing plan. They warned industry to avoid tariff dependence or face a farmer-led self-preservation war.
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Coolidge
Des Moines
American Council of Agriculture
Corn Belt Committee of Farm Organizations
Middle West
Congress
Jardine
Joint Committee
Republican Party
Senator Capper
Lowden
Illinois
Dawes
Capper
Rock Island mobster Looney convicted of murder
John Looney once dubbed the king of Rock Island’s underworld was found guilty of killing saloonkeeper William Gabel amid a blackmail conspiracy. He received a 14 year sentence. The case tied to long running vice and factional feuds, including Looney’s son Conner being killed and Looney’s flight to the Southwest.
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Middle West
John Looney
Rock Island, Ill
Rock Island News
William Gabel
Looney
Gabel
Rock Island
Conner
British Accept Mosul Award as Iraq Mandate. Baldwin Pursues Talks
The British parliament accepted the League of Nations council award making the Mosul vilayet part of Britain's Iraq mandate. Labor protests and walkout followed. Baldwin and cabinet opened negotiations with Turkey to avert war over oil lands, with Ahmed Ferid Bey meeting and optimism of compensation. Reports say Britain may back Greek and Italian action if Turkey refuses, while Western powers push Russia to withdraw support.
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Baldwin
League of Nations Council
Mosul Vilayet
Great Britain
Iraq
Turkey
Ahmed Ferid Bey
Paris
Russia
Signs of early peace amid clashes in Morocco and Syria
Signs of early peace appear in Morocco and Syria though bloody engagements have occurred. Abd-el-Krim sent an emissary to France to negotiate terms with the French and Spanish. In Syria the Druses show willingness to accept M. Jouvenal's offers as French high commissioner. AH, king of the Hedjaz, abdicated after Wahabi forces under Ibn Saud captured Mecca following a victory at Jedda.
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Morocco
Syria
Abd-el-Krim
France
M. Jouvenal
Hedjaz
Ibn Saud
Mecca
Jedda
Fierce fighting in China with Chang and people’s army
Dispatches report alternating victories last week as Chang’s forces clash with the people’s army. The latest word says the Manchurian side has driven foes from strong positions and holds the field. Japanese troops still guard Mukden to protect the city and foreign interests amid the conflict.
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China
Chang
People's Army
Mukden
Rank A Munsey Dies After Appendicitis Operation
Rank A Munsey, millionaire newspaper and magazine publisher, died in New York following an appendicitis operation. He was a bachelor with no direct heirs, and the disposition of his estate is a matter for settlement.
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Rank
A. Munsey
New York
Caspian Sea Means of Ancient Inland Ocean Debate
A Washington Geographic Society bulletin traces the Caspian Sea origin with Herodotus notes and Arctc ancestry theories. It cites low water terraces, submerged walls, limited salinity, and vast fisheries. Baku emerges as a major oil hub and port, with past and proposed links to the Black Sea debated.
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Washington
Baku
Great Petroleum Center
Caspian Sea
National ‘Geographic Society
Herodotus
Baedeker
B. C
Caspian
Arctic Ocean
Arctic
Black Sea
Volga
Ural
Terek
Persia
Turkestan
Sea of Azov
English Channel
Peter the Great
Don Rivers
Astrakhan
Taganrog
New Orleans Defends Historic French Quarter From Modern Changes
New Orleans forms a seven member advisory commission with the city council to prevent out of character construction and repairs in the Vieux Carre. The area houses Cabildo St Louis Cathedral the French Market Napoleon House Pontalba buildings and historic sites once visited by notable figures. Preservation aims to keep Jackson Square and the quarter looking as in 1856 with the Old Hickory monument still in view.
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New Orleans
Girod
Lafitte
St. Helena
Pontalba
Jackson Square
William Makepeace Thackeray
Jenny Lind
Lafayette
Ants Jaws Used to Bind Wounds in Surgery
Sir John Bland Sutton notes surgeons seek ideal wound stitching material and cites ants as a historical clip for wound edges. In India Brazil and Asia Minor mandibles pressed with forceps close wounds while formic acid in ant bodies adds antiseptic effect.
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Liverpool
John Bland Sutton
India
Brazil
Asia Minor
Sir John
Thrift Deposit For 1000 Years In Colombia
Princeton, M. J. Henry C. Granger, a former U S minister to Colombia, deposited ten dollars in a Colombia bank to earn compound interest until 2925. A special committee, including the U S president, will dispose of the massive sum then for the best interests of the United States and Colombia.
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Princeton
M. J
Henry C. Granger
United States
Colombia
New Parathyroid Extract May Speed Bone Healing
London reports a glandular extract from parathyroid glands showing promise to raise calcium and phosphate in blood, aiding bone repair. Trials in Japan linked to tetany treatment suggest potential for faster fracture healing in both young and possibly older patients, pending human studies.
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London
Japan
J. B. Collip
University of Alberta
Edmonton
Canada
Collip
Ogawa
The
Sur
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