Anglo American alliance in US State Department history
Thirty years of Anglo American influence shaped US foreign policy from Hay to Hull. The piece cites pro British leanings in Lansing, Hughes, Kellogg, and Hull, noting attempts to align with London on Far Eastern matters and critiques of French language and policy at key conferences. It retells Hull’s Dublin and Queenstown receptions and a tense London reception amid the Washington Conference debates.
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State Department
United States
John Hay
Senate
London Foreign Office
Versailles
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Hughes
Britain
Frank B. Kellogg
Borah
United States Navy
Nanking
London
Orient
Bora
Atack
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
House
Mr. Hull
Queenstown
Ireland
Cordell
England
Southampton
Benes
Hull
Benes and the State Department Shadow in U S Policy
A sharp critique depicts Secretary Hull and aides as ignorant of Benes while portraying the State Department as an echo of London policy. It laments thirty years of Washington adherence to Far East aims, sending American ships to danger in Asia and tying citizens to distant wars.
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League of Nations
Norman Davis
London
Washington State Department
London Foreign Office
United States
Far East
Yangtze River
Copyright Ledger Syndicate
U S Check Dated 1908 Found In Old Pocketbook
A 29 year old U S government pay check dating from 1908, intended to pay for land for Mineral Wells post office, was found in an old pocketbook in Mineral Wells Texas. The check will not be cashed.
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U. S
Mineral Wells
Tex
Pocketbook Gift Reveals $1 Check From Turner Estate
The late Charles Turner gave a pocketbook to C. B. Tipps of Perrin which he kept as a keepsake for 29 years. Tipps later found a $1 check payable to Turner, tied to a provision in title transactions. Turner estate manager H. Dennis said the check would still not be cashed.
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Charles Turner
C. B. Tipps
Perrin
Tipps
Turner
H. &. Dennis
Teak Forests Depend on Elephants for Burma Exports
Burma's teak wealth hinges on forest resources and the extraction of timber relies almost entirely on elephants to haul logs from the woods. This practice underscores the traditional methods of logging and the logistical challenges in moving heavy timber from forests to markets.
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Burma
Man Buys His Own Hat in Belleville Store
Robert Wilson, a Sydney farm hand, visited a Belleville shop to buy a new hat after trying on many. He picked a hat saying it fits perfectly and asked to take his old one along in a bag. The clerk implied it was his old hat and Wilson had just purchased it himself in a comic misunderstanding.
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Belleville
Ont
Robert Wilson
Sydney
Wilson
Peru imposes 40 percent rice delivery to government
The Peruvian government orders all firms or individuals handling rice to deliver 40 percent of their stock to the state. It is essential that the supply remain at a roughly constant temperature during conditioning and storage.
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Government of
Peru
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