Mexico pledges protection of foreign investments and debt payment
At the Pan American Commercial Congress in Washington on June 5 Mexico assured that foreign investments will be protected and debts paid. Dr Juan R B Rojo urged patience from lenders as Mexico seeks postwar reconstruction and cooperation to restore commerce across the Americas.
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Washington
Mexico
Juan RB. Rojo
Pan American Commercial Congress
United States
Rojo
Iife
Great Britain
Europe
Congress
Gillett
House of Representatives
Schwab Aims for Consistent Prohibition Enforcement
Charles M Schwab told the Second Pan American Commercial Conference that national prohibition must be enforced so no one can store wines or whiskeys. He urged fair play for all and consistency in policy, whether to allow drinking or to ban it entirely.
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Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Latin America
Condins
Europe
Mr. Vanderlip
England
Belgium
Eosphere
Vanderlip
America
United Sates
United States
Werere M. Schwab
The
West Steel Corporation
Eee
New York Times
Washington
Charles M. Schwaban
Mr. Vanderbilt
Gibbons Calls Meeting of Catholic Hierarchy
Cardinal Gibbons announces a September 24 meeting of the U S Catholic hierarchy at Catholic University to organize committees and study social and educational issues. The bishops will meet annually under papal approval to outline a Catholic activities program and raise funds, with a permanent bureau to operate in Washington.
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New York Times
Washington
Cardinal Gibbons
General Committee
United States
Catholic University
Baltimore
Congress
Pope Benedict
General Conference of the Hierarchy
Cerretti
Bonzano
Apostolic Delegate
Holy See
Home and Foreign Missions
Catholi University
Catholic Education
Catholic Press
Governor urges speedy action on woman suffrage amendment
Harrisburg Pennsylvania June 5 Governor Sproul urged the Legislature to seize the early opportunity to ratify the woman suffrage amendment, stressing prompt action to advance the constitutional change.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Penn
Sproul
Germans Smuggle Wealth Abroad Amid War-Weary Despair
Frankfort reports a surge of outflow of valuables as Germans seek to escape heavy taxes and finance luxuries via smuggling, with profits fueling goods movement to occupied districts and back into Germany. The correspondent notes widespread fear and fading fighting spirit across the former empire, citing economic and social collapse.
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Frankfort
Germany
Berlin
Budapest
Bourgoisie
Bela Kun
Finch
Munich
Flanders
Somme
England
America
Commons Warning on Extravagance
The House of Commons debated national extravagance and Britain’s financial position. Motion urged immediate government action to reduce public expenditure with estimates of railway and coal subsidies and payroll costs, while ministers argued gradual cuts were needed after war spending.
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Lonidon
House of Commons
J. A. Grant
M (Orant
F. Banbury
Mr. Chamberlain
Great Britain
Unitedates
Vimy May Start Transatlantic Flight Next Week
Arthur W Brown navigator of the Kers Vimy bomber awaits engine tests in Newfoundland with Captain John Aldock expected to fly the Vimy on either Saturday or Sunday if tests and adjustments succeed. Lieutenant Byrd has loaned bubble sextants for navigation aiding the flight while weather in mid Atlantic and Newfoundland remains a factor for the launch.
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Arthur W. Brown
E. Byrd
U.S. N
Navy
Byrd
Brown
John's
N. F
John Aldock
Euenday
Gillett Names War Expenditure Investigation Committee
Speaker Gillett appointed fifteen House members to lead five probes into War Department wartime spending. Graham of Illinois will chair the General Committee with a Republican majority and subcommittees for aircraft, ordnance, camps and cantonments, Quartermaster supplies, and abroad purchases.
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Washington
House
Gillett
War Department
Graham
Ilinois
Canton
Crap
Illinois
Hamilton
Michigan
cKenzie
Johnson
South Dakota
Reavis
Nebraska
Magee
New York
McCulloch
Ohio
Bland
Indiana
Jeffries
MacGregor
Missing Canadian ace may be drowned in Long Island Sound
Airman Captain Mansell R. James and his plane are sought after last Thursday flight from Lee Massachusetts toward Mineola. The Aero Club of America offers 250 dollars reward with 150 dollars pledge from donors. Boy Scouts and local search parties scour towns along the route for clues while officials consider the possibility of a crash or being injured in isolation.
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Mansell T. James
Lee
Mass
Mineola
Long Island Sound
Atlantic
The
Aero Club of America
J. R. Murdock
Torrington
Conn
Murdock
Captain James
Hancock
Waterbury
Ansonia
James
Atlantic City
Aero Club
C. A Edson
Archie Miller
Hazelhurst Field
Hazelhurst
Pittsfield
J. ¥. James
Mansell R. James
E. A. Brown
Toronto
George B. Turnure
Lenox
Iown
Canadian Aero Club
British officials fete NC 4 aviators in London luncheon
Lieut. Commander A C Read and the NC 4 crew were guests at a luncheon hosted by Major General Seely in the House of Commons. The event honored American aviators and discussed future British aviation plans with attendance by the Prince of Wales and prominent officials.
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London
A. C. Reed
J. H. Towers
Paluncheon
Seely
Att
House of Commons
Prince of Wales
Lord Birkenhead
James W. Lowther
Earl of
Grieve
Hawker
Lanning
King Thee
Read
Commander Read
Ce of
Wales
Atlantic
Rallwa
NYU denies anti Jewish prejudice claims on campus
Chancellor Brown Dean Bouton and many Gentile students rejected charges of racial prejudice at New York University. Jewish students cited election irregularities and limits on voting rights for Jews as part of a boycott over alleged discrimination.
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New York University
Elmer Elsworth Brown
Archibald L. Bouton
Floyd Egan
Thedore F. Jones
Dr. Jones
Bouton
Jones
Brown
Baker for Inquiry Not Yet Received at War Dept
Secretary Baker writes Governor Allen of Kansas that an official report from the First Army Chief of Staff to the 35th Division Commanding General has not yet reached the War Department. He notes the document will likely be available soon and discusses the push for a congressional investigation into the Argonne battle and related claims.
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New York Times
Washington
Baker
Allen
Kansas
35Th Division
the Argonne Forest
Military Affairs Committee
American Expeditionary Forces
First Army
War Department
Argonne
Congress
Perosns
General Pershing
Pershing
Unite States
Campbell
France
The
Argonne Forest
Traub
Army Ac
Antipodes Flight Prize Offered For Vienna? no Venice to Australia
Motion picture producer Thomas H. Ince announced a 50000 prize for aviators attempting a flight from Venice California to Australia. First to land in Australia would receive 35000. The first to reach Hawaii if Australia is not reached would get 10000, and 5000 to the best showing if no one reaches Hawaii.
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Venice
Cal
Australia
Thomas H. Ince
Australian
Hawaiian Islands
Canada’s Debt and Pensions in Dominion Budget
Ottawa report: Canada's annual expenditures would total 1.95 billion dollars with an annual interest burden of 115 million. Pensions rise to 35 to 45 million, while a large income tax increase is planned. Tariff changes include free imports of wheat flour and potatoes and lower duties on agricultural implements.
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Ottawa
Canada
Thomas White
Dominion
House of Commons
Suffragists Turn to Legislatures After Victory in Congress
Washington reports Vice President Marshall signed the federal suffrage amendment, sending lawmakers to the states for ratification. Governors Hulcomb Gardner McKelvie and others respond, with Michigan and Wisconsin signaling support while Illinois seeks early ratification and Nebraska weighs a special session.
Suffrage Amendment Back in Special Session Plan
In Austin on June 5 the suffrage amendment action was referred to a special session of the legislature. Pink dominates NAWSA headquarters as American Beauty roses symbolize the cause. Mrs. Catt said ratification by at least 36 states is likely and governors are urged to act. In Rochester, N Y Mrs Wade worth signals the end of organized opposition as no time limit on ratification exists.
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Seflor Zamora
South America
United States
Latin America
Germany
Panama Canal
George A. Soper
Sanitary Corps
Surgeon General's Office
Walter C. Kretz
Percival Farquhar
New York
H. C. Parmalee
H. H. Merrick
Chicago Chamber of Commerce
Herbert S. Houston
el Revista del Mundo
American Press Associations
Pan American Press
Mr. Houston
Associated Press
United Press
Melville E. Stone
Roy W. Howard
Republica
Poland
Floyd Egan
Harlem
Bronx
Lower East Side
Medical College
Hartford
Conn
Marcus H. Hulcomb
Lansing
Mich
Leeper
Aitment
Washington
Michigan
Jefferson City
Gardner
Senate
Goveror
Overnor Gardner
Salt Lake City
Utah
Legislaure
Bamberger
Lincoln
Wneb
McKelvie
Legistire
Nebraska
Springfield
Ill
Ilinois
State Senate
Cornwell
Reublican
Chicago
Austin
Texas
Pea Ecore
National American Oman Suffrage Association
Maine
Smith
Rochester
N. Y
National Association
Congress
Wetneesay
Jadsworth, Jr
Wadeworth
Geneseo
Flame in Tunnel Disaster Kills 84 in Wilkes-Barre
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on June 5 an accident in the Baltimore No 2 tunnel of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Co killed 84 and burned 42 more. Eyewitnesses say a trolley wire may have sparked five kegs of black powder on a work train, igniting the load as temperatures scorched workers and rescuers battled flames.
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New York Times
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Baltimore No. 2
Delaware and Hudson Coal Company
East End
John McGroarty
Wyoming Valle
James A. McCloskey
Philadelphia
Joseph Cannon
Jimmy Kehoe
McGroarty
William Wiliams
James Buchanan
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Finance
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Central and
Exton
Augusto Villanueva
Bank of Chile
Julio Zamora
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Chili
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Gibbons
New York Times Company
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Bruckner
Gov. Allen
Pershin
Ince
Marshal
Marshall
Watson
Senate Women Suffrage Committee
Capitol
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Maud Wood Park
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