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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1929
Page
6
The article surveys mixed progress at Geneva and in Washington, noting Greece and Soviet amendments fail, naval limits stall, and farm relief debates dominate. It highlights Hoover era shifts, Mexican revolts, and European unrest including Berlin clashes and Madrid-París tensions.
The campaign for reform in prosecuting offices led to the summary dismissal of William A. Degroot, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, after he refused to resign. Gober, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John Cook of the Southern District of Mississippi, had already resigned.
Charles Evans Hughes sails to The Hague to join the World Court as a League of Nations judge not yet representing the United States. Britain’s Lords reject Cecil’s motion to sign the optional clause recognizing compulsory jurisdiction. A Washington Post editorial prompts Stimson to apologize to Belgium’s Prince de Ligne over coverage of ambassador recall. Italy’s Fascist leadership opens sessions with Giurlatt as president of the corporation chamber and Federzon as senate president.
Fifteen hundred American Boy Scouts will join 42 nations at the World Jamboree near Birkenhead England from July 31 to August 18. More than 50 000 Scouts overall will camp on 400 acres under canvas with leaders guiding patrols from ports like Liverpool Grimsby Hull Goole and Newcastle to Arrowe Park. The event marks the 21st anniversary of Scouting and honors Baden-Powell. the prince of Wales is guest.
The Boston School of Physical Education establishes the Marguerite Sanderson scholarship the first of its kind to honor posture and poise. An annual award to a young woman with the strongest understanding of posture will be chosen by students and ratified by the director and executive committee.
Falls City Nebraska George Barker eighty six one of the last survivors of the Merrimac crew is found incompetent to manage his affairs by a district court sanity commission. His memory remains clear about the Merrimac Monitor battle but old age has weakened his mentality and the present has slipped from his grasp.
Los Angeles banker Charles Boots Weber moves from cigar clerk to director of Wrigley Company overseeing California interests. The only condition from William Wrigley Jr is that Weber retain his nickname Boots.
In San Francisco La Vene Sears was arrested for petty theft after wearing a cleaned suit he did not own. Ivan Hl Parker spotted Sears on Market Street in the claimed outfit and called police. A patrolman lent him trousers to cover the embarrassment as Parker recovered his property.
Galveston boosters push beauty queen contests across Europe sparking a trend of electing regional queens. The piece critiques European selections for homogenizing race and beauty, noting Miss Romania and Miss Poland lose their distinct traits amid waxy production standards.
Rev. A. H. Sisney was sentenced to 80 days in jail after taking wild fox pups to his home and feeding them claiming he found the animals starving. The incident occurred in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and involved imprisonment of wild animals.
Fraternal and religious organizations run 586 homes for the aged in the United States with capacity for 41 000 dependents according to a Labor Department census by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Castoria is presented as a safe vegetable remedy for babies and older children. It calms fretfulness and colic, with doctors endorsing its use and recommending an extra unopened bottle for emergencies.
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