League of Nations Eyes Permanent Mandates Court
Geneva reports the council approved the final draft for a permanent mandates commission with five non mandate powers and four mandatories. It plans annual meetings in Geneva to review mandates, ratified detailed rules, and considered admitting new states from old Russian territory with limited assembly voting rights.
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Geneva
Council of the League of Nations
Permanent Mandates Commission
Permanent Commission
United States
Reginald Tower
Danzig
Council of the
League of Nations
Assembly of
Austria
Bulgaria
League Or Nations
Serbia
Roumania
Greece
Railroads Seek Court Order for Treasury Payments
A November 29 AP report states railroads press for a court to compel the Treasury Department to make overdue payments to the relief fund. The action targets timely disbursement and fiscal accountability in railway relief matters.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Noted Specialist Dr. Infroit Dies After Illustrious Career
Paris reports the death of Dr. Charles Infroit famed X ray specialist. He lost his right arm and left wrist in an 1898 infection from X ray use and underwent 24 operations last decade. His recent August 1 amputation followed by a heart bullet extraction from a soldier drew worldwide attention.
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Paris
Charles Infroit
Farmers Bank Goes to Wall in Sterling Colorado
The Farmers National Bank of Sterling failed to open as officers were locked out and the national bank examiner took charge. The bank, organized in 1909, reported capital stock of 100000 and surplus 25000 with deposits totaling 483946.10, led by President James P. Burney and cashier G S Simons.
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James P. Burney
G. 8. Simons
Sterning
Federal Reserve System
Opposed Plan Blocks Divorcing Big Packers
Washington November 29 opponents of any plan to divorce the five big meat packers from their stockyard properties by court decree issued a joint statement. The group warned the modified plan submitted by Armour and Swift would complicate the situation and hinder enactment of controlling legislation. It urged that control of the meat packing industry be exercised as a whole. The statement was signed by Charles A. Lyman secretary of the National Consumers League Maud Wood Park president of the National League of Women Voters and representatives of the Farmers National Council and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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Washington
Charles A. Lyman
National Consumers League
Maud Wood Park
National League of Women Veter
Farmers National Council
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Armour and Swift Companies
Bishop Berry Rejects Lord's Day Alliance Plan
Atlantic City on November 29 Bishop Joseph Berry said the house of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church in session here would not adopt the Lord's Day Alliance program for strict enforcement of Sunday blue laws.
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Atlantic City
Joseph Berry
House of Bishops of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Commanders Demoralized the Natives in Samoa Unrest
Washington reports say unrest in the naval controlled Samoa was influenced by Commander Kail Lieutenant Commander Boucher and an American citizen Greene The dispatch recommends court martial for Boucher on charges of conduct unbecoming and other offenses Secretary approves trial Greene to be deported as undesirable No evidence of graft or financial political irregularities in island administration Arthur A Greene known as a newspaper man in Portland Sacramento and San Francisco backgrounds noted
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Samoa
Pacific
Kail
Boucher
Greene
Navy Department
Waldo Evans
Islands
Evans
San Francisco
Arthur A. Greene
American Samoa
Portland
Ore
Sacramento
Calif
Ing
Honolulu
Hildreth Alleges Shipping Board Contract Bias
Samuel M. Hildreth, packing supplies official, told the Walsh committee his firm was denied contracts because it was not on an approved list. He said he could not learn why the firm was excluded. William E. B. Cash testified to alleged minor irregularities in board accounts.
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New York
Shipping Board
Samuel M. Hildreth
Walsh Congressional Committee
Investigatin Shipping Board
Hildret
William EB. Cash
Salt Lake Man Named General Agent for Pacific Line
J. L. Scott, longtime general agent of the Western Pacific railroad passenger department in Salt Lake City, has been appointed general agent of the passenger department in San Francisco. The announcement came from Bode K. Smith, now departing for San Francisco.
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Salt Lake
J. L. Scott
Western Pacific Railroad
San Francisco
Bode K. Smith
Bishop Canevin Resigns Over Ill Health
The Right Rev. Bishop J F Regis Canevin, bishop of the Pittsburgh diocese, resigns due to ill health as announced in Pittsburgh on November 29.
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Pittsburgh
J. F. Regis Canevin
Canevin
Turkish treaty may revise itself if allies fail to agree
Paris reports official French plan to Lloyd George and Sforza to let the treaty revise itself if the allies cannot agree on revision. The idea, if French and British support wavers, is that Greece loses support and Turkey could regain much territory previously taken.
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Paris
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Count Sforza
M. Leygues_1
London
Greece
Daily Aerial Mail Service Begins Chicago to Twin Cities
Daily air mail service between Chicago and St Paul Minneapolis started at 8 this morning. A plane piloted by William Carroll departed with 500 pounds of mail.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
William Carroll
Greek King Constantine may delay return after December plebiscite
News from Athens notes King Constantine I unlikely to return immediately after the December 1 plebiscite. Allies France and Britain seek Greece to stay allied, Estia reports no adverse allied word. Army voting results suggest Constantine followers hold a chamber majority amid fraud claims. British and French squadrons reach Phaleron. no foreign ministers depart Athens yet. Prince Christopher says Constantine seeks peace, not pro German alignment.
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Greece
France
Britain
Estia
Constantine I
Phaleron
Constantinople
Athens
Christopher
Germany
Confesses Taking Part in Robbery
An alleged robber, named Pree Mail Sacka, and Inspector JJ Collins are tied to a confession about a robbery. Collins reportedly feared bonds and other securities were marked for destruction. He was moved secretly from Westville Oklahoma to a federal building, then headed back to Omaha. official statements denied releasing the confession.
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JJ Collins
Westville
Okla
Collins
Nie
Omaha
Steamer Sante Vanishes Off Coast Guard Cover Story
A garbled AP release reports the steamer Sante vanishing off the coast with coast guard involvement on November 29. Details are unclear in the damaged text, but the event centers on missing vessel activity and an official response along Astoria Ona area.
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Astoria
Ona
Sante Vand
Coast Guard
Senator Sterling proposes national immigration board
Senator Sterling of South Dakota announced in Washington that he would introduce a bill creating a formal immigration board with power over all questions of immigration. The board would decide how many immigrants to admit and likely include the secretaries of state interior agriculture commerce and labor with a president appointed chairman. He argued this would protect American labor and tighten safeguards against undesirable entrants while assessing unemployment and employment conditions.
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Sterling
South Dakota
Lere
Congress
Sormal Immigration Board
State
Interior
Agriculture
Ecommerce
Labor
Senate
Judge Landis Makes A Date With Giants Opener
New York November 29 Judge K M Landis head of organized baseball will attend the opening game of the 1981 season of the New York Giants as guest of honor for the New York Baseball Writers Chapter unveiling a memorial tablet for Charles Riddle Grant of the Giants who died in the Argonne battle.
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New York
K. M. Landis
New York Giants
Baseball Writers of America
Charlee Riddle Grant
the Argonne
Storm damages wires across western Nebraska
Snow and ice battered Nebraska causing damaged telephone and telegraph lines. Poles were reported down in several areas while some western cities lacked communications though Transcontinental trains remained on schedule. Congress was urged to fund national park development and advertising in a Seattle led resolution.
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Nebraska
St. Louis
Congress
United States
American Travel Development Association
Elbert Cuthbert
Seattle
Wash
Uruguayan election yields govern party wins broad shows
Election returns show the government party capturing two seats on the national administrative council and four senate seats, while the Nationalists win one council seat. The day passed quietly in Montevideo with streetcar traffic halted tonight.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
National Administrative Council
Senate
Spanish Troops Called to Serve by League of Nations
Madrid reports renewed attacks on sending Spanish troops to Lithuania under League of Nations plans. The newspaper Kinbal, described as Kide bal, says the project is of serious significance and that Spaniards were not consulted about their army decision, in a peculiar open diplomacy move.
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League of Nations
Madrid
Lithuania
Newsepaner
Kidebal
Spain
Wilson Chooses Literary Work After White House
Washington on November 29 AP reports President Wilson will devote himself to writing after March 4 and plans to live in Washington. He intends to author about 50 books on the presidency and has not yet retained Joseph Tumulty as secretary.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Washi
Joseph P
Washiter
Ity
Trial Ordered for Lieut Commander Boucher in Samoa Inquiry
Secretary Daniels announced a general court martial for Lieut Commander C H Boucher based on findings from a naval court of inquiry into Samoa’s naval government. The inquiry, led by Rear Admiral C F Hughes, was ordered after Boucher’s charges against Commander Warren J Terhune. Daniels said the court exonerates Terhune.
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C. H. Boucher
Naval
Samoa
Daniels
C. F. Hughes
Boucher
Department
Warren J. Terhune
Seeenes
Admiral Hughes
Terhune
Ryan's Loans Debt Status Declared By Comptroller
Washington reports that Comptroller of the Currency Williams announced there are no loans to Allan A. Ryan or his New York firm held by banks under his supervision that lack sufficient collateral. The statement followed a conference with Mr. Ryan, and noted he is in debt to very few national banks.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Williams
Allan A. Ryan
New York
Comptroller
Ryan
Three men held after Milwaukee express car attempt
Investigators say three suspects are under arrest in Manilla and Neola for an attempted robbery of Milwaukee train No 8 near Council Bluffs. Rail officials report similarities to the November 13 Wario Lee car theft in Gome alta as part of the case.
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T. J. Smith
al General Alarm
Issuri
Sinn Fein Conspiracy Fears Rise After Dock Fires
Irish and British dispatches report police facing suspected Sinn Fein links to incendiary fires in Liverpool and dock area amid a broader conspiracy claim. Fifteen auxiliary cadets died in a southwest Macroom incident, with another cadet missing, as authorities pursue details.
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County Cork
Ireland
Here
Gunmen Said to Pack Londonderry and Dublin Streets
London dispatches report American gunmen appearing in Londonderry and mercenaries seen in Dublin and other Irish cities. Police claim links between Sinn Fein HQ and strangers in groups, with authorities braced for possible disturbances amid rising tensions in Ireland.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Dublin
Mdcaderry
Li 1
Liverpool
Selowe Awadhan
Liverpol
Sinn Fein
London Fire Plot Foiled Near Finsbury Yard
London officials report six men attempting a blaze at a lumber yard in Finsbury district were intercepted by a police officer. Two incendiary cartridges were found. one suspect was arrested as Liverpool fires broke out nearby. A separate Whitehall incident involved a moving picture crew near barriers guarded by police. The crowd of about 150 was dispersed as photographers captured the scene.
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Finsbury
London Bridge
Liverpool
Beatin
Don
Gar
Whitehall
Nees Whing
Oh Street
Moving Picture Company
Italian deputies debate amid protest over language and Catholic party stance
In Rome on November 28, members of the Italian chamber of deputies and senate faced strong protests over language in remarks about women. Catholic party members reportedly showed a decided attitude, with expectations that proposed reforms or bills will be presented in the chamber, though interference is considered unlikely.
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Chamber of Deputies
Senate
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