Happenings in World News and Personal Notices
James A. Tawney former congressman and ex-chairman of the house appropriations committee died at Excelsior Springs Missouri at age sixty four. The 1920 naval appropriation bill passed the house authorizing a new three year program and cutting naval aviation funds.
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James A. Tawney
Minnesota
House Appropriations Committee
Excelsior Springs
Tawney
Fund For
Naval Aviation
Naval
Washington
House
Senate
World Corn Belt Invaded by Mumy Worn Destruction
A Decatur dispatch reports central Illinois corn and grain fields declared complete losses due to a worm invasion. Other items note U.S. troops crossing into Mexico and returning, a West Cleveland bank robbery with $50,000 taken, and a series of wartime and political events including women’s suffrage moves and Masonic ceremonies.
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Illinois
Decatur
Final peace terms reject German demands in high stakes note
Paris dispatch reports Clemenceau unveiling a hard covering letter with a bitter recap of German war crimes. The Allies demand a yes or no reply within five days, with a possible peace by next week or renewed war. The revised treaty grants limited concessions including plebiscite in Upper Silesia and Danzig as a free city.
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Paris
Big Four
Rhine
France
Tiger
Count von Brockdorfft-Rantzau
Clemenceau
Germany
Foch
League of Nations
Upper Silesia
Kiel Canal
International Commission
Kiel c
Suez
Panama
Denmark
Danzig
Poland
Koenigsberg
Georges Clemenceau
Teuton Peace Parlamentarres
Europe
Austria
Serbia
Plan to Balk Agreement in Senate Fight Over League of Nations
Republican Senator Knox opens debate on a resolution to separate the League of Nations from the treaty with Germany. He argues the measure would merely seek Senate consent to a peace treaty while leaving the league’s provisions for later. critics accuse Republicans of partisanship and ponder Monroe Doctrine implications.
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Washington
Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate
League of Nations
Germany
League
Mexico
Japan
Guatemala
Great Britain
Brazil
Argentina
Italy
America
United States
Birth Control Clinics Urged by English Health Officer
London June 19 Dr C Killick Millard medical officer of health for Leicester and leading authority on birth control advocates establishing birth control clinics as in operation in Holland and recognized by the state.
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London
C. Killick Millard
Leicester
England
Holland
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Robert C. Paris
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Reval
Esthenia
American Senate
Peace Conference
Milan
el Paso
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James B. Newman
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Rio Grande
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Henry Ottersky
Houston
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Syracuse
Kenworthy
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Townsend Scudder
Charles F. Mans
Chicago
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Twenty-fourth
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Warrior River
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