Curzon's Succeed- Britain Debates Postwar Policy
Curzon loses prime ministership bid due to Labour opposition over foreign policy. Baldwin chosen as successor with plans for a lean cabinet. Ruhr upheaval grows as Communists clash with police in Gelsenkirchen and Dortmund amid French and Russian suspicions.
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Ndrew Bonar Law
France
Greatritain
Lord Curzon
Stanley Baldwin
Curzon
House of Peers
Labor Party
Laborites
Baldwin
Great Britain
England
Ruhr
Belgium
Washington
America
Robert Cecil
League of Nations
Duchy of Lancaster
Gelsenkirchen
Dortmund
Cermian
Dusseldorf
Movreon
Fundamentalist clash as Bryan stalls in Presbyterian assembly
The Indianapolis Presbyterian general assembly saw William Jennings Bryan active in debates over Darwinian evolution. He failed to win moderator but pressed his anti liberalism stance with a resolution on the subject.
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Presbyterian Church
Bryan
Harry Emerson Fosdick
First Presbyterian Church of
Maclennan
Philadelphia
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Presbyterian General Assembly
Indianapolis
Judge Parker Named to Succeed Umpire on Claims Commission
Former Justice Day resigned as umpire of the American German mixed claims commission. Judge E B Parker was named to succeed him. The commission handles American war claims against Germany totaling about 1.5 billion dollars. The United States leads with 336 million and a prisoner seeks a dollar for loss of property. Individual Lusitania claims amount to 22.8 million, the first cases considered.
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Ormer Justice Day
Mixed Claims Commission
E. B. Parker
Germany
United States
Commission
Socialists Unite In Hamburg Conference Strengthens World Bloc
Delegates from major countries formed a broad Socialist International in Hamburg joining the Vienna and Second Internationals with Russia and Baltic dissenters excluded. In New York the Socialist Party rejected a national labor party merger while pursuing progressive political action locally. Attacks were leveled at Italian Fascists as Naples members resigned over Fascisti Nationalist ties.
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Hamburg
Socialists’ Internationale of the World
Vienna
Farmer-Labor Party
Workers’ Party of America
Socialist Party
Wamburg
New York
Naples
Fascisti
Hooper Re-elected Chairman Of U S Railway Labor Board
E W Hooper was re elected as chairman of the United States railway labor board last Wednesday. Voluntary wage increases reported by several railroads boosted annual wages by hundreds of thousands. The Pennsylvania system raised wages for 55 000 shopmen by about 4 million dollars annually.
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E. W. Hooper
United States Railway Labor Board
Pennsylvania
International bank plans Mexican debt adjustment
An American unit of an international banking group led by J. P. Morgan & Co. has arranged with the Mexican government a plan to adjust the Mexican public debt. American and Mexican commissioners negotiating for resumed diplomatic relations are making good progress but will likely stay busy for about another month.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Illinois Men Win Bonus For War Service Payments
The Illinois Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state bonus act, enabling about 300000 veterans to receive 50 cents daily for each day of service, with a maximum of 300 dollars. A bond issue of 55060060 will fund payments, starting around July 1, with ~24000 veterans paid monthly. 220000 applications are on file.
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Supreme Court of
Ilinois
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Palmer D. Edmunds
Supreme Court
Springfield
Thompson
American Legion
Legion
Bonus Board
Used Flour Campaign Funds Waukegan Legion Clubrooms
The American Legion Auxiliary of Waukegan Illinois used house-to-house canvassing selling a named flour brand to raise funds. Each flour barrel earned $1 for the workers with a goal of $1 000, quickly met, enabling the Legion post to furnish its clubrooms with minimal expense. Local grocers boosted flour purchases to meet demand.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Waukegan
Legion Post
Legion
Waukegan Grocers
Memorial Day Tribute to Ocean War Dead
The American Legion honored Americans who died at sea in World War I. Hundreds perished as submarine victims and many graves remain unmarked. On the Ticonderoga alone 213 sailors were lost, with others perishing similarly, as Legion posts sent flowers to sea in memory of those resting in wave washed graves.
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American Legion
Ticonderoga
Legion
Legion Chief Warns on Veteran Strain and Duty
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, renowned baseball arbiter, warned that within five years many veterans will falter from trench shock and exposure. He credited the American Legion with pushing for justice for disabled men and said the Legion bears responsibility to ensure Congress fulfills its duty.
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Legion
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
American Legion
Congress
National Legion Historians Compile World War Biographies
The American Legion centralizes World War II era records through Eben E. Putnam and Harvey G. Thomas. About 3,000 members across 11,000 posts are being documented with biographical data, post histories, and departmental records to publish a comprehensive Legion history. Thomas served from May 1917, fought in the Aisne Marne campaign, was wounded at Fismes, and retired as a captain after Armistice Day.
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National Historian of the
American Legion
Legion
Indianapolis
Eben E. Putnam
Wellesley Farms
Mass
Harvey G. Thomas
Monticello
Ind
Thomas
Fifty Eighth Infantry
Aisne- Marne
Fismes
United States
Jeremiah and the Rechabites lesson for youth
A lesson on Jeremiah’s prophetic call and the Rechabites showing filial obedience. The narrative contrasts loyalty to Jonadab with Judah’s disobedience, urging testing, faith, and God’s judgment and reward.
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Jeremiah
Judah
Jonadab
God
Tie
Matthew Henry
Jonadah
Flowers on Nurses Graves in Suresnes Cemetery
Eleven American nurses buried in Suresnes cemetery in France were honored in a ceremony led by Maj. Julia C. Stimson. US representatives and residents in France attended as the graves were decorated at the American cemetery with other World War II dead nearby. Col. Francis A. Drake and Elliott Wadsworth joined the service alongside Col. T. Bentley Mott. prayers were led by Dr. Frederick Peekman.
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Suresnes
France
United States
a_eshrine
Maj
Julia C. Stimson
American Nursing Service
Jane A. Delano
American Legion of
Washington, D. C
Stimson
Francis A. Drake
Paris
American Legion
Continental Europe
Elliott Wadsworth
Treasury
Col
T. Bentley Mott
Frederick Peekman
American Church of the Holy Trinity
Additional Ward Building Authorized for Veterans in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma legislature authorized a new ward for the Soldiers' Tubercular home at Sulphur and another ward at the Norman hospital for mentally incompetent and shell shocked veterans. The projects, urged by the American Legion, will cost about $200,000 in total.
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Oklahoma
Sulphur
American Legion
Norman
Okla
Legionnaires
Ever Leading. God with Israel through His prophets
Fragmentary religious note states divine guidance with Israel, mentioning God, prophets, and admonition. No clear date or event, but emphasizes constant divine presence and instruction.
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God
Isreal
Poem Critics Roast Daft’s Poet Look in Star’s Mock Critique
A Kansas City Star riff mocks Tennyson J. Daft, joking that poets do not match appearances. The quip compares poets to large catfishes with hair and oversized horn-rimmed glasses, undercutting any stereotype of a poet’s look.
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Tennyson J. Daft
Kansas City Star
Handkerchief Care Ad Advises Ball Blue Rinse
A vintage ad advises laundering children’s handkerchiefs with good soap then rinse in water blued with Red Cross Ball Blue, offering practical tips for whitening and freshening fabric.
Rub-Watson quits golf and changes tire in New York Sun note
The New York Sun reports Rub-Watson has quit golf and was seen yesterday changing a tire while still speaking the language.
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Rub—Watson
Dub
New York Sun
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