International diplomacy and wartime legacy across 1920 headlines
A wide sweep of 1920 events: Mexican claims commission invites nations to file damages. trials for submarine officers. Belfast riot injuries. Italy's armament talks with Washington. Lloyd George and de Valera meet in London. Greek Turkish hostilities. a new English dance craze. fossil finds in Canada. world cotton production figures. Virginia race demographics. church led Sunday observance lobbying. inter allied debt cancellation notes. financial testimony plans. soldier bonus debate and treasury strain. naval appropriations passage with White House consideration.
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Obregon
Foreign Office
Ludwig Dittmar
Johann Boldt
Supreme Court
Vere Street
Belfast
Washington
Lloyd George
Eamon de Valera
Downing Street
London
Kutaia
Mountain Heights
England
Pasqual Hills
Canada
Doctor Ells
Dominion Geological Department
Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of the Census
Commerce Department
Virginia
Census Bureau
Congress
Babylon
Noah W. Cooper
Nashville
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Capitol Hill
Wilson
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Washington News in Brief on Tariff and Appointments
Washington reports on a possible appointment of W A Smith as federal prohibition director for Tennessee with current director Louis E Elkins noted. Fordney tariff debate includes a 5 cent per ton potash levy and naval disarmament plans surface with figures like Thom as Lamont and Rolland Morris named for Far Eastern division. Senate confirms Alya McDonald as U S marshal and Texas revenue posts. oil duties face Republican opposition.
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W. A. Smith
Lafayette
Tenn
Tennessee
Blair
Internal Revenue
Louis E. Elkins
South
State Department
Japan
Henry Ford
Auto King
Harding
Hughes
Navy
Thomas Lamont
New York
United States
Tokio Rolland Morris
Washington
United States Navy
Henderson
Navy Department
Senate
Alya McDonald
Oklahoma
George Hopkins
Texas
James W. Bass
Tradway
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
Death toll rises as airplane crash rocks Berkery plant
An airplane from the Jacuzzi Brothers factory in Berkery crashed near Modesto California killing the pilot and three others. No other injuries reported.
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Jacuzzi Brothers
Berkery
Modesto
Calif
Durham suit targets guard company and officers
A damage suit filed in Alamance County Superior Court names Capt Marion B Fowler Lieut Luther Barber and others from the Durham machine gun unit plus civilian ex officers as defendants. Mrs James Ray widow of the man killed during a jail attack seeks damages while Governor Morrison may authorize state aid for defense.
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Durham
Marion B. Fowler
Luther Barber
Liquis
Geo. W. Tandy
Victor S. Bryant
Alamance County
James Ray
Alamance
Plan for fish protection on Bridgewater lakes
Hickory News reports Southern Power plans to close boats on Bridgewater lakes and rent canoes to control fishing. Wardens monitor anglers and catches. a club house and designated camping areas are planned to accompany new lake facilities.
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Hickory
Southern Power Company
Bridgewater Lakes
Hickory Kiwanians
James C. Shuford
Little River Lake
Lenoir College
Ship Subsidy 19 Not Impossible in Postwar Era
Washington reports discuss a drift toward government subsidies for American flag ships as the Emergency Fleet Corporation revival prompts talks of a ship subsidy bill. Harding aides have not set a policy, but agricultural lawmakers who once opposed subsidies now push for farm subsidies, shaping potential legislative support.
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Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Harding
Congress
Potash Users Protest Tariff Hit on Potash
Potash users in the South protest a $50 a ton tariff in the new tariff bill. The tax aims to shield Utah potash mines. Ninety percent of potash used goes to Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama.
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Washington
South
Utah
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Irish Situation Deadlocked In Ulster Talks
London reports the Irish situation has reached a near deadlock between Prime Minister Lloyd George and Ulster premier Sir James Craig. Craig has been granted leave to travel to Belfast to seek possible solutions within the current circumstances.
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London
Lloyd George
James Craig
Ulster
Belfast
Fire and Riot at Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh
Six people were injured and ten factory buildings destroyed in a riot and fire at the Western penitentiary in Pittsburgh. Police and deputy sheriffs aided guards in restraining inmates while fire crews fought the blaze.
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Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
Greek Forces Press Turkish Retreat Near Brussa
Greek troops pushing from Kutaia southeast of Brussa in Asia Minor drive Turkish Nationalists back, signaling a potential complete Greek encirclement and investment of the Turkish positions.
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Athens
Kutaia
Brussa
Asia Minor
Bomb Outrage in Buenos Aires Hits Capital Front
A powerful bomb exploded in front of Buenos Aires capital building injuring a policeman seriously while causing minor material damage. Officials blame communist agitators for the act. In Washington the Fordney tariff bill removes the crude and fuel oil duty from the proposal.
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Buenos Aires
Washington
House
Fifty Firemen Battle Million-Dollar Phoenix Cheese Fire
Fifty firefighters struggled to quell a blaze in the Phoenix Cheese company building on Greenwich Street Manhattan. The fire caused extensive damage to the West Side facility valued at about $1,000,000 with crews working to prevent spread and injuries.
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New York
Phoenix Cheese Company
Greenwich Street
Lower Manhattan
Famine Stalks Russia As Drought Ravages Land
Berlin dispatch reports about twenty million Russians facing starvation due to drought. Survivors rely on moss grass and tree bark as food, with famine spreading across affected regions.
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Berlin
Russia
War department order restates Sam Browne belt use
As the army mandates the Sam Browne belt for all commissioned officers, prices for this equipment spike after a period of weak demand. The belt, once scarce, quickly rises in price amid renewed official requirement and military stocking.
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Kinston
Department of Agriculture
Washington
War Department
10000 Stills Operating in Porto Rico Violating Prohibition
Prohibition director staff report 10000 stills active in San Juan Puerto Rico in violation of the Volstead act and local laws. The finding highlights widespread bootlegging activity on the island and enforcement concerns.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
P. R
Steamer General Turner Strikes Mine Off Calabra
A London dispatch reports the British steamer General Turner bound for Rotterdam struck a mine off Calabra while sailing from the Danube with grain and cattle and sank. The crew were saved.
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London
Lloyd's
Kustendje
Romania
General Turner
Danube
Rotterdam
Calabra
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Southland
John Skelton Williams
Federal Reserve Board
Joint
Congressional Committee of Agricultural Inquiry
Pomona
Superior Court
State Supreme Court
Edisto
Charles Quinn
Charleston
S. C
Federal Reserve
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Chapel Hill
Los Angeles
Chicago
W. H. Knox
Mobile
Ala
F. M. Tretbar-Drosten
Aurora
Ill
Switzerland
National Guard
Rainbow Division Veterans’ Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Andrews
Neb
White River
Attorney For Prosecution
Morrison
Winston-Salem
Rotary Club
High Point
Charlotte—Charlotte
Vance County
Board of County Commissioners
Rockingham
Enoch L. Austin
M. C. Austin
Asheville
France
Walter Poster
Old Fort
P. H. Mashhern
Mr. Poster
Reidsville
Palmetto
Shuford
David Murphy
Murphy
Africa
America
David
Hamlet
Sand Hills
Carolinas
Chamber of Commerce of
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Departments of Agriculture
Two
Hendersonville
Andy Laughter
Joe Jackson
Polk County
Forge Mountain
Henderson County
A. A. Grant
Laughter
T. B. Fuller
Julian S. Carr
Dunn—Dunn
C. C. Coddington
Charlotte
N. C
Vanderbilt Hotel
Lumberton
Henry Floyd
Fairmont
Robeson County
Henry
Morganton
Lonnie Lowdermilk
Burke Tannery
Albemarle
Stanly Bank and Trust Co
Cabarrus Savings Bank
First National Bank of
McRae
John A. McRae
North Carolina Bar Association
Thomas W. Davis
Henry M. London
H. L. Stephens
Warsaw
E. E Raper
Lexington
J. W. Pless
Marion
R. L. Smith
Augustus L. Quickle
Lincolnton
Ing
Rexall
Pleasuy
W. F. Clegg
Creensboro, N. C
Matton
Eastman Kodaks
Matton Drug Company
North Main St
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