Lausanne meeting deadlocked and Greece executions stir Britain
The Greece revolutionary government executed three former premiers and two ex-cabinet members for treason tied to Asia Minor. Britain protests and breaks off relations. Paris reports a possible French occupation of the Ruhr if reparations fail, while Cuno seeks a moratorium and loan. Senate filibuster blocks the Dyer anti lynching bill as Michigan appoints James Couzens to the U.S. Senate. Couzens, former Detroit mayor, grows from newsboy to industrialist with Ford ties.
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Great Britain
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Erskine Childers
Irish Free State
Heri
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Thineland
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Jusserand
Washington
Ruhr
Cuno
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Foreign Office
Greek court sentences six to death in conspiracy case
A military court in Athens convicted several officials and officers of conspiracy to betray the Greek war effort in Asia Minor. Six, including former premiers Gounaris Stratos and Protopapadakis, were executed. others received life terms. Britain protested, severing relations, while Greece faced potential international repercussions and possible strain on US recognition. King George was placed under surveillance as the crisis unfolded.
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Athens
Gounaris
Stratos
Protopapadakis
Baltazzi
Theotokis
Hadjanestis
Asia Minor
Stratigos
Goudas
Auess
Great Britain
Britain
Washington
United States
Jefferson Craffery
George
Lausanne Conference Secrets and Turkish Frontiers Debated
Officials omit key facts in Lausanne communiques as correspondents speculate on dissension. Two committees work on Turkey frontiers and Mosul oil fields while Turks reject Mudros armistice terms and refuse costs for Allied troops in Constantinople.
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Britain
Feisal
Iraq
Tur
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Grew
Angoras
Turkey
Thrace
Adrianople
Maritza River
Karagatch
Constantinople
Lausanne
Clemenceau Warns France Faces Fresh German Threat
The French leader argues Germany seeks revenge via alliance with Soviet Russia and Turkey, citing 45 disarmament violations by Germany and hidden war material. He accuses Germany of bankruptcy to avoid paying France and denies France's militarism. The ship subsidy bill passes the House with amendments aiding annual payments from the merchant marine fund.
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France
Ruhr
Chicago
M. Clemenceau
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Turkey
Clemenceau
House
Congress
Merchant ‘Marine Fund
Prohibition enforcement tightens after Philadelphia row
The report notes President Harding's stance for strict Eighteenth Amendment enforcement after the Army Navy game disorder in Philadelphia. Federal authorities are told to cooperate with prohibition agencies and push liquor cases, with 50 new agents added in Philadelphia.
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TNCLB
Sam
Harding
Philadelphia
Army- Navy
APAN Moves From Shantung Peninsula and Klaochow Falls
APAN exited Shantung peninsula December 1 after concessions to China in payment terms. China then took Klaochow and opened Tsingtao as an autonomous port under Chinese sovereignty with Japanese participation allowed in public enterprises. Mussolini given full economic reform powers by Italian chamber, amid broad public support.
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Shantung ‘Peninsula
China
Klaochow
Tsingtao
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Mussolini
Encephalitis Lethargica and the Housework Question
The Louisville Courier Journal notes doctors in London link a new disease encephalitis lethargica to housework. It questions why more housekeepers in past eras did not die from dust borne illness and argues housekeeping eased by modern tools may partly explain the shift.
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London
England
America
Louisville Courier-Journal
Fatal Kick Kills Nebraska Rancher Near Hyannis
Schmidt, a rancher living 18 miles north of Hyannis and son in law of County Attorney Osgood, was kicked in the head by a horse and died before aid could reach him. He came from Beterling eight years ago and left many friends who mourn his sudden death. Remains to be buried in Sterling.
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Hyannis
Mr. Schmidt
Osgood
Beterling
Nebraska
Sterling
State Journal
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