Washington conference verdict on naval treaties and army cuts
Edward W. Pickard surveys the Senate ratification of the Washington conference pacts including the nine power treaty and arms limits. He notes factions split over naval size and disarmament goals, with Republicans and Democrats claiming credit while budget battles and frontier garrisons face contention amid looming strikes and world tension. Lenin rumors persist amid Genoa talks and Soviet strategy.
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Edward W. Pickard
Senate
Prove
Maryland
Miies
Washington
Prince
United States
Borah
Califormia
Navy General Board
Utah
Widsworth
New York
Wadsworth
China
Wilson
Repubicans
Naval treaty aims, but budget fights loom for armed forces
The article notes the naval treaty sets parity with Britain and Japan but warns the House naval appropriations subcommittee led by Rep. Pat Kelley aims to trim enlisted sailors to 65,000, far below current levels, risking reduced readiness.
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Great Britain
Japan
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
House
Pat Kelley
Michigan
AG MIDNIGHT FRIDAY STRIKE SHUTS DOWN NATIONWIDE MINES
Some 505,000 miners walk out closing all unions at coal mines across the country. Despite court efforts, the strike may last about sixty days as union leaders demand contracts and operators seek wage reductions tied to living costs. Regional tensions include nonunion postings in Pittsburg, southern Ohio, and Kanawha, with Indiana and Hindfshe miners showing mixed sympathy.
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Ino al
Bitu Mnineus
Pittsburgedy
Ohio
Kanawha
Van
Hindfshe
International
Indiana
Lloyd George Faces Genoa Conference Vote in Commons
Premier Lloyd George seeks approval of the Genoa conference policy in the house of commons this week. His hold on office hinges on the vote outcome with friends insisting a 300 seat majority is required for continued leadership. He has already quelled cabinet opposition by denying immediate unconditional recognition of the Soviet government.
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Junolat Lenin
Soviet
Russia
Thaly
Riga
Berlin
Lenin
Lloyd George
Genoa
House of Commons
Supreme Counel
Cannes
Allied plan to restore the Turkish empire with limits
The Near East conference in Paris proposes Turkish restoration with Constantinople and Asia Minor gains for Turkey while Greece keeps Adrianople and a Black Sea corridor. Gallipoli to Greece, Dardanelles demilitarized, inspectors oversee fortifications, but Greek Venizelist factions resist and Turks remain unhappy with the terms. The French are blamed by British officials for rejected settlements with Greece.
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Asia Minor
Paris
Constantinople
Smyrna
Thrace
Rodosto
Adrianople
Black Sea
Golden Horn
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Lord Byron
Toranaacl
Pact for Irish unity signed by Free State and UK envoys
Irregular text describes a signed accord by representatives of the Free State and UK governments aiming to unify Ireland. It notes uncertainty over how the pact would operate to pacify opposition. Mentions the Freeman's Journal attack in Dublin and the plant's destruction as context.
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Ireland
Free State
Hneuns
Freeman’ Journal
Dublin
Global News Wire Tufts Between Conflicts And Tech
The report surveys varied events including British miners backing American strike action while shipping to Britains allies continues. A Japanese trial looms for two Koreans in the Tanaka case as air and sea travel expand with a Lisbon to Brazil flight reaching the Canary Islands and a Portugal to Rio convoy plan. Ulster violence persists as Lords debate press seating, and France and the United States settle Rhine occupation costs.
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Brazil
Canary Islands
London
Ulster
England
India
Australia
Air Ministry
House of Lords
Lord Birkenhead
Committee On Privileges
Rhondda
Petiton
France
Washington
Hughes
America
Rhine
Foreign Office
South America
Las Palmas
Charles
Austria
Hungary
Funchal
J. E. Morin
McGill University
Montreal
Canada
Hermann Walter
Paris Green
Walter
Atlantic Ocean
Rio de Janeiro
Washington Arms Treaties Ratified Amid Broad Support
Senate approves the seven arms conference articles including naval limits and poison gas ban. Rotary members dedicate a Bronze tablet at Arlington tomb of the Unknown Soldier with a president’s address. New York Central gains ICC approval to issue 500 million in 5 percent bonds.
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Katherine Thapson
Wihlington
Del
Osbern C. Wood
Leonard Wood
Prince of Wales
Lord Reading
Menmorint
Edward Without
Dolll
Rotary International
GC McCullough
Navy
Deaby
Rotary
Arelington
Ate
Senate
Rotarians
Arlington Cemetery
New York Central Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Misdirected headlines mix crimes and science notes
A crowded digest reports Ambrose Watts accused of wounding his wife during sleep in Middleton Ohio, Fred Trombly’s reform school escape and diamond theft sentence, Tex Rickard acquitted of assault in New York, and spreading cotton mill strikes in Lawrence Massachusetts. Also noted are an aerial North Pole plan, a Ta kersfield taxi attack, New Orleans fireman’s death, Pittsburgh oil flow, and a deputy Cofield stabbing in Fayetteville.
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Ambrose Watts
Middleton
Ohio
Fred T. Trombly
State Reformatory of
Washington
Seattle
Tex Rickard
New York City
Lawrence
Mass
Jules Verne
Roald Adamson
South Pole
North Pole
Clyde Richey
Takersfield
Calif
New Orleans
Oscar Vidal
Twenty-Eighth
Pittsburg
Fayetteville
Genus Cofield
Weyman Cofield
New England
Harry Leon Wilson
Theodore Criley
San Francisco
Billie Guy Kinkead
Cincinnati Corporation
Brooklyn
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