President Coolidge names rail director. attorney resignations noted
Washington reports President Coolidge reappoints James C. Davis as director general of railroads. He accepts George B. Christian Jr.'s resignation from the Harding administration with understanding it not be immediate. Other notes cover autographs on a bronze Harding medallion and several notable deaths in Chicago Madrid and Illinois.
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Oklahoma Martial Law Follows Tulsa Flogging Incident
A chaotic dispatch reports Governor Walton in Oklahoma placing Tulsa under martial law after a citizen was flogged. The item links unrest to broader wartime measures and mentions related international and domestic events including a Manila parade and political contests in Mississippi.
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Bombs fall as battleship Agamemnon limps near London
Aerial bombing at 8000 feet disabled the old battleship Agamemnon while moving at 14 knots near London. Of 1000 bombs dropped by six bombers only two direct hits were recorded, amid a wider report of wartime events and political moves across Europe and America.
Demand on Germany to Produce Records in Elevator Burn Case
Kentucky Public Elevator Co seeks $1,000,000 damages from Germany for the 1917 destruction of a 500000 bushel capacity grain elevator as part of a spy plot. Briefed by McGowan and Calhoun, the filing argues Article 23 of Versailles and postwar treaties obligate German records to be produced.
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Increased Trade With Latin America Boosts US Exports
Department of Commerce officials anticipate expanded American export promotion in Central and South America. A new $200000 appropriation, double the 1919–20 level and up from last year, funds expanded offices from Bogotá to Havana with plans for a Venezuela office. Dr. Julius Klein notes improving Latin American markets and higher prices for raw materials.
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Reserve Officers Urge Bigger Army for Year Round Training
The National Council of the Reserve Officers Association advocates increasing the regular army to 15 000 officers and 150 000 men to enable year round instruction of civilian components. The resolution, adopted unanimously in Indianapolis, was sent to Secretary Weeks and the War Department budget committee as next year’s estimates are drafted.
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Experimental Composite Plant Under Uncle Bam Bureau of Standards
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