World News Roundup Hits Major Global Events
Maine governor Frederick Parkhurst dies in Augusta after a tongue infection. Mexico plans to expand its army under war minister Estrada. Allies seize arms entering Upper Silesia from Germany. Kropotkin dies in Moscow. reparations plan approved by Paris council. Obregon to overturn De La Huerta era oil and mining concessions. China to begin its first national mint in Shanghai under US-loaned Clifford Hewitt. Germany to pay 226.0 billion old marks in 42 installments. Hoboken hotel fire kills 12. others injured in air and structural accidents. Public interest items include indeterminate arrests, corporate finance moves, and race relations calls for cooperation.
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Supreme Council
Paris
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Italy
Japan
Germany
Various North American rail and legal notices across regions
In St Louis based rail offices about 14 percent of workers have been discharged with further cuts expected. In Indiana a farmer tenant Floyd Garrett shot Chicago dealer Robert Warrett. Pittsburgh agencies announce crude oil price regu lations lowering Pennsylvanias crude to 50 cents below baserel. Supreme Court in Washington dismisses Judge Lindseys contempt conviction appeal. Harding writes navy must defend. Sioux City jury exonerates Martha Oxberger of murder charge. Illinois cattle and hog rates raised to interstate levels. Ohio fire marshal Dykeman leaves for Cleveland to probe armory blaze.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvannia
Baserel
Somerset
Washington Business Trends and Policy Highlights
Federal Reserve notes a slight turn toward better business conditions in January. Debs case heads to new fate as Wilson refuses to commute. farm livestock value falls from 1920. Navy experts say battleships resist aerial bombs. Hawaii Japanese population grows by 33 percent since 1910. Treasury checks for naval reservists unclaimed due to address gaps. Census reports shifts in St. Louis and Topeka populations. Coolidge to occupy Marshall’s suite. Bergdoll escape probe continues in Germany. Oil production and consumption reach record levels in 1920. Berger espionage conviction reversed by Supreme Court. Alaska leads per capita thrift stamps and securities sales in 1929.
Austria's Plight to Be Investigated Plan for Accord
Austria faces an official inquiry into its political crisis as external observers call for clarity. Morris and Shidehara draft an approach toward an American Japanese accord while railways move to seek wage reductions.
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Austria
Morris and
Shidehara
Allies Work Toward Reconciled Treaty Revisions in Paris
The supreme council in Paris debates reparations disarmament and the Sevres revision. Lloyd George seeks compromise with Briand while France pushes for a fixed payment bill. Discussions cover German labor, currency impact, and displacement of goods.
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Germany
Austria
Turkey
Supreme Council of the Allies
Paris
Sevres
Lloyd George
Briand
M. Briand
Doumer
France
Supreme Council
Great Britain
Europe
Nollet
Bingham
Marshal Foch
Bavaria
East Prussia
Foch
Ruhr
Berlin
Allied Plan for Austrian Relief Fails in Supreme Council
The plea for immediate relief for starving Austria presented by Sir William Goode and allied representatives to the supreme council failed. Goode proposed Britain and France lend Austria 50 million pounds in ten annual installments and suggested the United States might contribute.
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Austria
Supreme Council
Sir William Goode
Vienna
Goode
Great Britain
France
United States
Council recognizes Isthonia Latvia as sovereign states
Disagreeing with President Wilson as stated in Secretary Colby note to the Italian ambassador last November, the council decided to recognize Isthonia and Latvia as sovereign states. Action on Georgia and Lithuania was deferred.
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Wilson
Colby
Issthonia
Latvia
Georgia
Lithuania
Berlin rejects supreme council on reparations ruling
Berlin insists the right to settle reparations lies with discussions by industrial experts first, followed by a Geneva conference as promised at the Spa meeting. The stance underscores a dispute over procedure between Berlin and the supreme council.
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Berlin
Supreme Council
Geneva
Spa
Britain to seek debt postponement to 1936 and 1947
Pertinax reports a British proposal to delay payment of the wartime debt to the United States. The debt stands at about four billion dollars, with Lord Chalmers, the permanent secretary of the treasury, expected to present the plan in the United States.
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Pertinax
Paris
Great Britain
United States
Lord Chalmers
British Treasury
Wilson note on Armenia prompts tepid European response
President Wilson asks great powers to pledge Russia’s territorial integrity before mediating over Armenia. Europe’s capitals largely silent, while Armenia’s people suffer. Russia moves toward reestablishing trade with Britain as the US faces a senate setback on Soviet recognition. Japan avoids official reply, but acts against Soviet-linked provocations after a naval incident.
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Wilson
Armenia
Russia
Europe
Great Britain
United States
Senate Committee
Japan
Vladivostok
Siberia
Tokyo
Ambassadors End Talks on California Alien Land Law
Negotiations by Ambassador Morris and Shidehara on the California alien land law and Japanese rights in the United States conclude. Their report, submitted to Secretary Calby by Mr. Morris, outlines principal recommendations including an amendment to the existing laws.
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America
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
United States
Great Britain
China
Siberia
Hara
Sibera
Morris
Shidehara
California
Mgr. Morris
Calby
New Labour Group Forms as Pro Gompers Critics Organize
Union laborers opposing Samuel Gompers announce the American League of Union Workingmen a new national movement. They claim to favor America and American ideals and seek cordial relations with the Harding administration while condemning current leaders as incompetent and corrupt.
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Samuel Gompers
American League of Union Workingmen
America
Harding
Senate passes meat packing regulation bill amid partisan split
The senate approved government regulation of the meat packing industry 46 to 33 with 18 Republicans mostly Progressives and 21 Democrats voting for it. Proponents say the measure protects stock raisers and consumers from alleged packer price control. Washington correspondents forecast the bill unlikely to pass the house this session.
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Senate
Washington
House
Schwab Exonerated by Shipping Board Inquiry
Charles M Schwab, accused of diverting 269543 for personal expenses as Emergency Fleet director general, is fully exonerated by the house committee investigating the shipping board. The session included Schwab weeping over charges to his patriotism. Attorney General Palmer and Samuel Untermyer traded accusations and denials over German embassy ties and Taft era patronage.
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Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
House
Shipping Board
Schwab
Palmer
Samuel Untermyer
Indorse the Check Demand in Cartoon Preview Tale
A cartoon caption frames a boss pressuring a worker to endorse a check. The dialogue shows tension over finance with threats of praise if the money is provided, reflecting a satirical take on cash and loyalty. The piece uses sharp humor to critique monetary coercion.
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Telier
Cartoons Magazine
Mitchell Chemical Company
Altoona
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