Gifts to Wilsons Stir Debate on European Presents
Washington reports detail gifts received by President Wilson and Mrs Wilson during a European tour. Tumulty cites formal presidential permission needed to retain gifts, while lists include a London city gold casket, Italian water color, Genoa marble pieces, a pope mosaic, and various honors. Also noted are tokens to Mrs Wilson from France Belgium and Italy. The note cites constitutional limits on foreign gifts and ongoing public interest in the value of the items.
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Washington
Wilson
Joseph P. Tumulty
Europe
Sherman
Penrose
Lauvain
England
Italy
Rome
Italia
Victoria
Genoa
France
Congress
Mia Wilson
Abe Waa
Libre Belgique
Lathbes
Wolf
Signor
Orlando
Pompeii
Mra. Wilson
Lawmakers probe surplus military vehicles in federal stores
Representative C F Reavis of Nebraska chairs the house subcommittee probing quartermaster department oversupply. The War Department has 1740 surplus motor vehicles, many high priced trucks and cars unused since the armistice. Despite exposure to weather, new cars were received through May 31, and 17,000 cars remain unsold. Hearings have been held and investigators visited Camp Holabird near Baltimore, where 11,000 cars are in open storage.
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Repub- Henn
Nebraska
House
Apuy. Te
War Department
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Department
Iate
Camp Holabird
Baltimore
Lynch Lynching in Georgia Leaves Deputy Sheriff Wounded and Two Die
In Lynch, Georgia, a mob lynched two Black men identified as Jack Gordon and WL Brown after they were accused of shooting Deputy Sheriff Roy Freeman and Boyce Forston near the town on Saturday. Freeman, seriously wounded, is not expected to survive.
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Patrick Street
Lynch
Georgia
Idaeointon
Jack Gordon
WL Brown
Roy Freeman
Boyce Forston
Freeman
Italy May Ratify Today Peace Treaty With Germany
A Rome despatch states a royal decree ratifying the peace treaty with Germany will be signed today. The Shah of Persia arrives in Paris after a period in Switzerland, greeted at the station by foreign ministry officials. The report mentions Colonel House in connection with the Queen’s visit and Brest as a transit point. An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation, claiming gentleness and low cost.
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Paris
Rome
Germany
Shah
Shah of
Persia
Switzerland
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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James E. Doll
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C. F. Reavis
Dofon
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Marseilles
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Georgette
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Reseda
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C. Thos. Kemp
Kemp's
Salis
Brest
New York
Carty’s Furniture Store
Patrick St
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Dorothy Dodd
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
B. Rosenour & Sons
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Chas. Segaloff
Prop
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