Global briefs on reparations and policy clashes across nations
The report covers Germany offering to restart French reconstruction, Ireland's Lord Mayor and an Irish official traveling to the U S to discuss the Irish White Cross, Japan's Yap policy stance, anti throne guarantees for Emperor Charles, and Berlin wary of Ruhr occupation. It notes Polish ratification, cotton seed oil exports, and pending treaties and commissions in Washington.
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Germany
Allied Reparations Commission
France
Mayor O'Neill
Dublin
Ireland
R. A. Anderson
Irish Agricultural Society
United States
Irish White Cross
Japan
Charles
Jugo- Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Roumania
Budapest
Wilhelm
Castle Connel
County Limerick
Sinn Fein
Ruhr
Westphalia
Berlin
Avila
Spain
Paris
Poland
Russia
Ukrainia
Washington News Digest Cites Senate Actions and Global Comments
Postmaster General Hays convenes presidents of seven postal unions to “humanize” service. Senate orders general rail situation probe by interstate commerce chair. Treasury and customs discuss Young tariff sections before finance committee. War Finance Corp approves Southern bank advance to export 6 000 bales of cotton to Germany. Army engineers oppose navigable waterway between Flint and Ocmulgee rivers in Georgia. House uses committee reports on Grover Bergdoll keg cape probe with promised “tall doings.” Sun Yat Sen to resign due to lack of popular support. $40 million of 5 percent 20 year federal land bank bonds offered at par. House final vote on temporary immigration bill anticipated after amendments rejected. David H Blair of Winston Salem nominated as commissioner of interior.
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Hays
Postal Service
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Treasury Department and Customs Court
Senate Finance Committee
Southern Bank
Germany
War Finance Corporation
Army
Flint
Ocmulgee
Georgia
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
House
San Francisco
Sun Yat Sen
David H. Blair
Winston-Salem
Interna
Evanna
Jury Selection Resumes For DeWitt Garrett Night Rider Case
The jury pool for DeWitt Garrett and thirty alleged night riders begins anew in Jonesboro Arkansas with three jurors accepted. The defense can strike one more peremptory challenge while the state holds eight. The item also notes several unrelated political and civic items across the nation.
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DeWitt Garrett
Jonesboro
Ark
Harry St. George Tucker
Lexington
Lynchburg
E. Lee Trinkle
Wytheville
Birmingham
New Orleans
Atlanta
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Mobile
Ala
Mary Garden
Chicago Grand Opera Company
French Legion of Honor
Harold F. McCormick
Chicago Grand Opera
Henry Anthony Marsh
Henry Field
Chicago
Peggy Marsh
Marshall Field
Supreme Court
Marshall, Field
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Nashville
Tenn
Methodist
Japan
North
South America
Caribbean
Harding
Simon Bolivar
Central Park
New York
Alabama National
Mecklenberg 13 for Good Roads Victory in County
Mecklenberg county voted 2,161 in favor of the two million dollar bond issue for good roads with city and county totals of 8,399 cast. In Charlotte city bonds won 3,804 to 1,103, while the county showed six townships for and eight against. Women’s work credited with delivering the win.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Good Roads
American Army on the Rhine Called World’s Best by Swiss Chief of Staff
In Coblenz the Swiss Chief of Staff praised the American Army of Occupation as highly as any army ever, saying it is the most up to date best equipped and best looking force. He visited with General Allen and reviewed the troops bringing back praise for training, equipment, and bearing.
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Coblenz
Allen
Berne
Rhine
Roxbury, Mass
Spondent
Dizzy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maupe E. Taylor
St. James Place
Roxbury
Mass
Taylor
Ydia E. Pinkham
Negro Unemployment Among North Chicago Districts
The Calumet district centered on Chicago leads the nation with about 15,000 idle negro workers. In the Pittsburgh district of Pennsylvania about 4,500 are unemployed.
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Washington
Calumet
Illinois
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Harding selects two Democrats for Shipping Board
Washington report that former Senator Chamberlain of Portland Oregon and Frederick I Thompson of Mobile Alabama have been definitively selected by President Harding as members of the Shipping Board. Both are Democrats.
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Harding
Washington
Chamberlain
Portland
Oregon
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile
Ala
Shipping Board
Congress Considers Grains Exchange Regulation Bills
Washington lawmakers open public hearings on agriculture committee bills aimed at regulating grain exchanges that permit futures trading. Farmers joined in pushing for new controls as debate begins in Congress.
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Washington
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Turkish Nationalists Hit Greek Lines Along Meander River
Furious attacks by Turkish Nationalists against Greek forces holding positions along the Meander in western Anatolia were launched but repulsed everywhere.
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Athens
Meander River
Anatolia
Cocaine Found Aboard West Toont in New Orleans
Custom inspectors seize cocaine valued at 35000 found in bunkers of the American Steamship West To tant at New Orleans.
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New Orleans
West
Stock Yards Shut by Government Order in New Orleans
New Orleans Crescent City Stock Yards, the Souths largest facility, were closed by government order. The move halts operations at a major regional livestock market and affects vendors, buyers, and employees awaiting further guidance.
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New Orleans
Crescent City
South
Four Hundred Enlisted Men Leaving Coblenz Area
Four hundred enlisted men from Coblenz have departed Antwerp for home or for discharge reenlistment or other disposition after serving in the area.
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Antwerp
Coblenz
Senate panel may strike currency provision from tariff bill
Washington May may delete currency revaluation clause in the house emergency tariff measure. The senate finance committee held a brief executive session to review the provision and its potential removal.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Germany refrains from proposing debt assumption on Allied debts
Berlin reports that Germany counter proposal on reparations does not include a plan to assume the Allied debts to the United States.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Senate approves Knox peace resolution movement advances
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported the Knox peace resolution favorably, with a minority of Democratic members signaling opposition and plans to push the fight to the Senate floor. Governor Dorsey urged a publicity campaign in Atlanta to inform Georgians about alleged peonage conditions.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Democratic Committee
Atlanta
Georgia
Dorsé
Arizona city wins bid to host Good Roads meeting
The United States Good Roads Association and the Bankhead National Highway Association will meet next year in Phoenix Arizona despite competition from several other cities. The Phoenix bid prevailed as the preferred host location.
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Greensboro
Congress
Convention of the United States Good Roads Association
Phoenix
Arizona
United States -Good Roads Association
Bankhead National Highway Association
Phoenx
Ariz
Arizona City
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