Hoover Addresses London Naval Treaty During Special Session
Crepin reports Hoover urges ratification as senators debate the London naval treaty. He cites ship ratios current versus treaty limits, defends a 3 per cent tonnage concession, and argues the agreement offers the best path to global peace with full knowledge of all effects.
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Edward W. Pickard Crepin
Hoover
Senate
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Navy General Board
Senate debate over ratification and suppressed treaty documents
Senators McKellar Reed and Robinson pressed for the President to submit all treaty documents. Attending delegates warned disclosures could strain Anglo American relations and hinder ratification. A modified resolution passed 58 to 4 urging submission of the documents.
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Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Reed
Pennsylvania
London
Charles G.eanes
MacDonald
Robinson
Arkansas
Veterans Administration Formed From Three Agencies
President orders consolidation of the veterans bureau pension bureau and national home for disabled volunteer soldiers into a single veterans administration with Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines as administrator at a 12000 salary. Agencies keep identities while a new director for the bureau will be named.
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Congress
Veterans Bureau
Pension Bureau
Interior Department
National Home For
War Department
Veterans Administration
Frank T. Hines
Veterans
Soldiers Home
Mrs Hoover Returns From Rapidan Camp Health Improved
Mrs. Hoover came back to the White House from the Rapidan river lodge last week with health greatly improved after weeks in seclusion. Despite a recovery from the mansion fall, Washington reports she plans to return to the camp and stay through July, prompting the President to pause his West trip and possibly abandon it for quiet in New England.
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RS. Hoover
White House
Rapidan River Lodge
Executive Mansion
Washington
New England
Coast Reveals Gloucester Home as Possible Residence for Candidate
The era notes the John Hays Hammond home in Gloucester Mass as a suggested base while Republican leaders warn Hoover against a western trip. France’s Ean Mermoz the pilot of the Africa to Brazil flight faced an oil leak midway across the Atlantic and was rescued by patrol boats after radio contact.
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Farm Board
Hays
Kan
Clyde M. Reed
Sunflower
Agricultural Marketing Act
Reed
Legge
John Hays
Hammond
Gloucester
Mass
Mr. Hoover
Ean Mermoz
Africa
Brazil
Atlantic
Dakar
Census shows New York population near seven million
Completed tabulations place New York City at 6,955,054, up 384,986 since 1920. The figures renew the world city controversy with London still claiming the title, while Greater London totals about 7,915,000 including surrounding communities.
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New York City
London
Greater London
Metropolitan Police
John D. Rockefeller Celebrates 91st Birthday Quietly
Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller marked his ninety first birthday at Pocantico with a small evening party. His only public comment expressed gratitude for the widespread kind feeling shown toward him.
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Ohn D. Rockefeller
Pocantico
Frenzied German Attacks Follow Rhineland Exit
After French troops left the Rhineland, German fascists carried out a string of attacks on former separatists and allies of occupation. Men and women faced assaults, and homes and shops were wrecked, with police unable to halt the unrest. The French ambassador in Berlin talked with Foreign Minister Curtius about suppressing the violence.
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Rhineland
Germany
Palatinate
Berlin
Curtius
Britain criticised over Palestine mandate conduct by league report
The League of Nations mandate commission condemns Britain's handling of the Palestine riots as dilatory and failing to fulfill obligations. The report notes serious lapses and criticizes administrative methods while assessing the mandate’s administration.
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Reat
Britain
Mandate
Palestine
League of Nations Mandate Commission
Holy Land
Jane McCrea and the Turning Point of the Revolution
In 1777 Jane McCrea, a 23 year old woman, was killed by Indian allies of Burgoyne near Fort Edward. Her death, linked to Tory lover David Jones and Burgoyne's campaign, stirred Patriot anger and helped rally support for the American cause amid a broader refugee crisis and brutal frontier warfare.
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Sarajevo
Serbia
Jane McCrea
John Burgoyne
Canada
New York
Lake Champlain
Ticonderoga
Crown Point
Fort Edward
Sir William Howe
Hudson River
Albany
New England
McNeil
Simon Fraser
Burgoyne
John McCrea
Jones
Mrs. McNeil
Standish
General Fraser
David Jones
St. Luc
England
Stockbridge
Mass
Ben Franklin
Mioralé
Willett
Gansevoort
Fort Schiyler
Stanwix
Stark
Warner
Bennington
Morgan
Arnold
Saratoga
Western Newspaper Union
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Wilds
Alaska
Palais Des Nations
League of Nations
Geneva
Reed Smoot
Utah
Alice Taylor, Sheets
Salt Lake City
Old Dry Bureau
Doran
Treasury Department
Cece
Admiral Byrd
Press Club
Stevens Hotel
Emmerson
Explorer
State of
Illinois
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sussex
Sherlock Holmes
Lady Doyle
Adrian
Cardinal Vaunutell
Sacred College
W. C. Neville
Marine Corps
Verd Cruz
J. Blair
Frank Trotter
Goodyear-Zeppelin
Houston
Texas
Greensburg
Elmo Scott Watson
Gew
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