Bribery Trial Shocks Japanese Diet Members
Eighteen Diet members and the House of Representatives chief secretary face trial in Tokyo over bribes tied to last year’s plan to raise Japan’s army by two divisions. The judge refused to summon a former home minister as a witness. Hayashida wept, admitting dishonor from actions taken under superior orders. Trial adjourned to May 15 for legal speeches.
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Diet
House of Representaives
Udge
Oura
House
Hayashida
Chamberlain Urges Army Bill Move Toward Universal Training
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon says after conference on the Senate army bill he will push his plan for an Americanized Swiss army system. He notes public education is widening support for universal military training and contrasts volunteer forces with a ready, trained citizen army. House Republicans oppose enlarging the standing army, aiming to keep to a 140,000 to 250,000 range.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Conference
Senate
Chamberlain
Switzerland
England
Germany
House
Representative Hay
Virginia
Mann
U. S. V. Reunion Flight to Birmingham Ad
Round trip fare listed at $23.45 for a U. S. V. reunion in Birmingham. Dates shown include May 13 through 16 with Southern Pacific as the carrier.
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U. S. V. Reunion
Birmingham
Southern Pacific
Japan to Build Large Navy Under Diet Plan
Tokyo reports that construction of a new naval program will start soon in government yards, with no private yards used. The plan calls for a 32,000 ton battleship, two cruisers of 38,500 tons, three 800 ton submarines, eight 1,200 ton destroyers, and eight special ships, costing about 190 million dollars and due for completion by 1923. The iron foundry will be expanded to 30 million tons annually, relying mainly on Chinese Han Yeh Ping ore in which Japan has a controlling stake.
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Tokyo
Diet
China
Japan
WarTime crackdown in Poland targets brigandage
German authorities in Poland push hard to curb brigandage with harsh justice. A Miechow court martial hanged nine bandits. others executed in Warsaw Zyrardow and Zawiercze. Ninety two people in Warsaw Siedlce and nearby cities were sentenced to long terms for burglaries thefts and related crimes.
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Warsaw
Poland
Miechow
Zyrardow
Zawiercze
Siedlce
Brothers Die Same Day Leave Joint Fortune to Crippled Soldiers
Cologne reports Wilhelm and Johann Krappen two brothers and farmers of Rheindalen died on the same day. Their wills probate reveals they left their entire fortune about $35000 to crippled soldiers of the town and surrounding district.
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Cologne
Wilhelm
Johann Krappen
Rheindalen
German Vanishes from Petrograd as Prohibition Tightens
Petrograd authorities enforce a decree banning German usage and intoxicants, drastically curbing wine. German spoken in churches and daily life declines amid fines, imprisonment, and exile. A police chief's wine order leads to a 3000 rouble surcharge.
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Petrograd
St. Petersburg
Nevsky Prospect
Russia
Police
Chief of Police
Germans stretch funds as fourth war loan gains aid
Berlin reports claim broad support for the fourth German war loan with many children contributing. Dr Phillip Kerber notes about seventy percent of his school’s pupils helped by saving small sums and even a poor boy with a fallen father contributed 2.50 dollars. A widow’s daughter later added 50 dollars, saying her mother saved the money for her funeral but chose to aid the war effort instead.
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Berlin
Phillip Kerber
Swiss Ban on Deserting Soldiers Across Frontiers
Swiss troops on all frontiers were ordered to stop deserters from passing, regardless of origin, to avert diplomatic friction. Italy had pressed for extradition of deserters but Switzerland refused under its laws, cooling the dispute between Rome and Bern.
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Berne
Italy
Switerland
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