Hoover- Laval talks aim to avert a French moratorium
Paris and Washington officials pressed the Hoover plan amid French opposition led by Laval. Hoover warned France that rejection could trigger a broader debt moratorium, with Germany seeking relief under the Young plan. Mussolini’s Italy claimed the Hoover proposal, while domestic US and Belgian actions shaped the balance of support.
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France
Melton
Edge
Paris
Hooter
Pretmier Laval
Washington
State Castle
Smail
Fremler Laval
Germany
Hoover
Mussolini
Fis
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
England
United States
State Department
Belgium
Poland
Rumania
Greece
Jugo-Slavia
Premier Laval
Conference of All Nations
Bank For International Settlements
John Paul Jones and the birth of a nation’s flag legend
A condensed portrait of John Paul Jones, the Scottish born American naval hero, tracing his rise from a Kir, kirkcudbright gardener’s son to naval chief in the Revolution. It links his career to the creation of the Stars and Stripes, his bold Atlantic voyage aboard the Ranger, the engagement with the Serapis, and his enduring bond with the flag as quoted by Jones.
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Kirbean
John Paul Jones
Jones
Flag
West Indies
India
William Paul
William Jones
John Pau
America
Jonesa
Lont
Continental Congress
New England
Esek Itleoking
Massachusetts
New
Commodore Hopkins
Black Prince
Alfred
Hopkins
Philadelphia
Salton- Stall
United Colonies
Benjamin Franklin
En Colnand
Providence
Atlantic
Boston
American
Congress
England
Tortsmouth
New Hampshire
Owo Torun
Willis Fletcher Johnson
Houghton Mifflin Company
Linger Jones
Darling
Drake
Whitehaven
Carrickfergus
Great Britain
Indla
Genhomme Lichard
Benamin Franklin
Alliance
Pierre Dandais
Franklin
Ranger
Seoon
Verazy
Dandals
France
British Isles
Pirate Jones
Flamborough
Scrapls
Jonesoon
Pearson
John Paul Jones Triumphs and Legacy in France and America
A reformulated recounting of John Paul Jones’s naval exploits including the victory over the Serapis, his transfer to the Serapis, and his pride in keeping the Richard’s flag aloft as it sank. The account covers his reception in France, his return to America, brief service in Russia, and the long-delayed honors for his remains, culminating in their 1905 exhumation and interment.
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Thichard
Lliance
Jones
Richard
Jonez
Jones Nert
Texel
Tralland
Holland
France
Lone Eagle
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Congress
America
Virginia
Itussia
Ile
Liman
Ituasia
Paris
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Roosevelt Field
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Moscow
Novosibersk
Irkutsk
Blagovyeebchensk
Ada
Cleveland
Ohio
New York City
Jimmie Walker
White House
Post
Gatty
Foo Vers
Federal Farm Board
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Rarch Ot
Middle West
Mit
Stone
Linover
Feadera
Middle Western
Fiat
Natonal Commission On
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Ita
Hlere
Midwiter
Allings
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Tah
Senate Finance Committee
Smooct
Enyn
Tor W. TF. King
Smoot
Treasury Department
Patrick J. Lurley
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Ie Islands
War Department
Philippine
Bit. Turley
Consrela
Islands
Troover
Senate
House of Representatives
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AY Lyman Wilbur
Interior
Leland Stanford University
Wilbur
Mesa Ferde National Park
M. Delerchmit
Southwestern Colorado
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Park Hospital
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Cortez
Delerchman
Eror Don Salvador DE Madariaga
Spain
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Senor de Madarilaga
Alfonso
Alejandro Lerrouz
Ald Times
National Assembly
Pnd
Catalonia
Sener Lerroux
Simeon D. Fess
Senate Committee On
le Fas
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Alt
Fess
Fess-Parker
Fesa
Republican Natiinal Committee
Ontog
J. & Stone
Elmo Scott Watson
JOD Dalil Somes Treptorial
Piaselingsom, DC
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Holace Porter
St. Lauis
Roosevelt
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
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Anden
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Houdoe
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