London naval pact signed as Stimson sails home
Edward W. Pickard reports the London naval conference ends with a signed five power treaty chiefly binding United States Great Britain and Japan to limit ship tonnage while France and Italy accept a five year pause and wider disarmament rules. Senate opposition looms led by Hale with Borah Reed and Robinson set to back ratification.
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Edward W. Pickard
Stimson
United States
Senate
Queen Anne
St. James’ Palace
MacDonald
Aristide Briand
Rejiro Wakas
Great Britain
Japan
America
England
France
Italy
League of Nations
Far East
Orient
Hale
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate panel rejects Parker nomination to Supreme Court
The senate judiciary committee voted 10 to 6 to report adversely on Judge Parker of North Carolina for associate justice. The opposition split shows three administration Republicans defecting on the negro issue and organized labor siding with radicals on the committee.
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Senate
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Samuel H. Church
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pierre du Pont
Curran
Wisconsin
Illinois
Washington
Robinson
Indiana
Gurran
United States Supreme Court
T. W. Phillips, Jr
Pennsylvania
Justice Stone
Justice Sanford
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Sabin
New York
Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Administration
Columbus Prison Fire Kills 118 In Locked Cells
A massive blaze at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus killed 118 inmates, reportedly due to locked cell tiers that prevented escape. Fire Chief A F B Vice says the tragedy might have been avoided with prompt unlocking. an official inquiry will determine fault as the fire spread rapidly from a short circuited wire. Other prisoners aided the firemen in fighting the blaze.
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Mhrer
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
A. F B. Vice
Indian nationalist revolt widens across Indian peninsula
Eyolt reports the nationalist movement turning from passive resistance to widespread violence under British rule. Riots erupt in Karachi Ghittagong Bombay Calcutta Madras and Peshawar with military use and casualties among natives and soldiers as insurrection grows reaching Chittagong arsenal raid and broader regional outbreaks.
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Eyolt
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Chittagong
Indian
Karachi
Arabian Sea
Ghittagong
Burma
Bombay
May Day in England Roots and English Folk Festivities
The article traces May Day from pagan and Roman origins through Flora Maia traditions to medieval and Elizabethan celebrations. It describes Maypole customs, processions, and pageantry in England, noting Puritan bans, Restoration revival, and famous London poles and performances by Morris dancers and stage tableaux.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Merica
America
Greensward
Merrie England
Maia
Flora
Europe
Sweden
England
Old
Mayere
Hawthorne
Chaucer
London
Stow
St. Mary-le-Strand
James I
Duke of York
Isaac Newton
Royal Society
St. Andrew's Undershaft
Leadenhall Street
St Andrew’s
Robin Hood
Lincoln Green
Little John
Will Scarlet
Maid Marian
Friar Tuck
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Thomas D. Thacher
Heinrich Breuning
German Republic
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
House Judiciary Committee
Pierre 8S. du Pont
Clarence R. Edwards
A. Re. F
Elizabeth Harris
Clarerice F. Buck
Federal Trade Commission
P. BE
Thomas
Olonel Lindbergh
Los Angeles
Wichita
Lindys
Mong
Henri de la Vaulx
Paris
International Aeronautical Federation
Jersey City
Lionel M. Woolson
Army Air Reserve
Packard Motor Company
Packard
Major Woolson
Commander Rogers
Honolulu
al Williams
ITH
Giles W. McGarrah
Leon Iraser
Pierre Queshay
Bank For International Settlements
Basel
Switzerland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
McGarrah
Western. Newspaper Union
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