Near East conference invites observers as US declines full participation
Edward W. Pickard reports the United States refused full participation in the Lausanne Near East peace conference, opting to send observers to monitor subjects of American concern while avoiding responsibility for Turkey Greece treaty outcomes. The Angora assembly declares the sultan dethroned and Turkey a republic, with shifts in leadership and looming elections amid regional turmoil.
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Nationallatz
Kaleer
Hughes
Turkey
Greece
United States
Soviet Russia
Dardanelles
NE Angora National Assembly
Sevres
Darmad Ferid Pasha
Ottoman Empire
Mussolini Takes Power In Italy As Premier And Foreign Minister
Mussolini and his Fascist party assume absolute control of the Italian government. A new cabinet was announced with Fasci members dominating, several posts to the Nationalists and Catholics. Blackshirts paraded in Rome before the premier, then dispersed. Mussolini vows peace at home and abroad and aims to end three years of political conflict while restoring economic prosperity.
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Italy
Benito Mussolini
Interior
Gloulith
Mussolino
Nationallats
Cen
Thoag Aod
Viet
Mussolini
Flo
Soejntigt
Switzerland
Austrian
Tyrol
di Hds
Popolo Tatia
Titaly
Poscisti
Conmiuitats
Communist Party
Tintyibs Ane
Thaly
Jugoslavii
United States to Represent Peace Conference Group
Reports from Lausanne indicate the nations press for a near final peace conference on November 18. The United States will be represented by a chosen delegation as part of the broad diplomatic effort.
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Lausanne
Rltzernt
United States
German Archduke and Hermione's Doorn Wedding
Wilhelm married Princess Hermione of Steuss on November 5 at Doorn in a pomp-filled ceremony attended by figures including George Sylvester Viereck. The couple planned a honeymoon abroad, blocked by Allies and the Dutch government, while Hermione, dubbed queen of Prussia, vows to spend months away from Doorn each year. The husband must return.
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Feauser
Hermione of
Steuss
Wilhelm
Doorn
George Sylvester Viereck
Wil
General Bayly Says Prosecution Likely in 495 War Contracts
A. A. C. R. Rex General Bayly announces preliminary probe into 495 wartime contracts. He says government will file civil or criminal actions in every case where fraud, collusion, or dishonesty appears on records. The attorney general stresses fairness while pursuing charges to the last penny.
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Daugie Bayly
Hang
Witel
Ft Hing
Resident Tarding Celebrates Seventy-Third Birthday
RESIDENT TARDING celebrated hitsifty-seventh-birthday last Thursday by completing his usual rounds and receiving telegrams from rulers and leaders worldwide. The President spent the evening quietly with Mrs. Marding, recovering from a recent illness and confined to bed.
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Tarding
Hitsifty
America
Election Hype Sparks Voter Interest Across the Nation
An extended week of political hype in NAS and Texas stirred national attention as analysts warned against predicting results. A tangle in Texas suggested a difficult path for both sides, shaping public discourse and campaign strategy.
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Nas
Mexican general Murguin executed after church capture
RESIDENT OBREGON of Mexico had a rival eliminated last week. General Murguin, who led the latest revolt, was captured asleep in a Tepehuantes church and swiftly courtmartialed and shot. The hurried execution aimed to thwart attempts to stall his trial, and officials in Mexico City believe his death moves the country closer to peace.
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Mexico
Murguln
Tepehuantes
Mexico City
Marguin
Noted Men Die In Week Across Britain and America
Father Bernard Vaughan, renowned Jesuit preacher and brother of Cardinal Vaughan, dies in England. Thomas Nelson Page, prominent American author and former ambassador to Italy, dies in Virginia. Thomas DeWitt Cuyler of the Pennsylvania Railroad and head of the Railroad Executives' Association is found dead in a private car in Philadelphia.
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Bernard Vaughan
Cardinal Vaughan
England
Thomas Nelson ‘Page
Italy
Virginia
Thomas DeWitt Cuyler
The
Pennsylvanian Railroad Company
Railroad Executives’ Association
Philadelphia
Mixed claims commission formed to adjudicate US Germany war claims
In Washington the mixed claims commission settles the early working system for presenting claims. Umpire Justice Day presides. American commissioner is Judge Edwin B. Parker and German commissioner Dr Wilhelm Skifes selbach work on the panel.
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Mir Mixed Claims Commission
United States
Germany
Washington
Justicce Day
Edwin B. Parker
Wilhelm Skifesselbach
Railway labor board rejects “Aving wage” theory in 8 hours debate
The federal labor board issued a majority ruling opposing the so called Aving wage plan. It would set a 72 cent minimum, with maintenance workers at 48 cents. The decision, tied to the Irving ware opinion, warned the policy would wreck roads and threaten other industries. Samuel Gompers Edsel Ford and William Randolph Hearst attacked the view while chairman Be W Hooper rebutted, noting economists warned the plan would disrupt industrial machinery and cost hundreds of millions. The era’s rising prosperity cannot be sped by such methods.
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Federal Railway Labor Board
Irving Ware
Samsuel Gampers
Edsel Ford
William Randolph Sterrst
Beh W. Hooper
Tie
Mr. Gompers
Ford
Tle
Uhey
Boys and Kings Embrace Playful Lessons Across Ages
A fragment from Tinliam Hawks and St Nicholas muses on how play shapes minds and rulers. A humorous tale of youths corking faces leads to a royal scene with Pitt and Stanhope as visitors, while Henry IV plays horse with ambassadors. The piece links play to learning and imagination across history.
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Tinliam Hawkssworth
St. Nicholas
Siecken
England
Castelreach
Liverpool
Fichi
William Pitt
Charles
Earl of
France
Henry IV
Henry of
Navarre
Land of Play
Dickens
Tie
Early Waterway Builder Francis Egerton Bridgewater
Francis Egerton Bridgewater known as the Father of Inland Navigation in Great Britain completed a navigable canal linking Liverpool and Manchester and promoted the Grand Trunk canal navigation, shaping Britain's inland waterway system.
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Francis Egerton Bridgewater
Great Britain
Liverpool
Manchester
Origin of the phrase used up in American speech
The familial expression used up meaning tired or exhausted originated in America. The first print use appears in Sam Slick's Human Nature on page 172. The line reads Well, being out night after night, she cot kinder used up.
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America
Sam Slick
French World War I sergeant regains speech after jaw reconstruction
A French sergeant named V now speaks and sings after his lower jaw was blown away in WWI. Surgeons rebuilt the jaw with a complete set of teeth and a rubber tongue enabling clear speech and song.
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V. Chhose
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