Geneva as Capital of the League of Nations Debate
The article argues Geneva as the League of Nations capital, detailing its cosmopolitan history, estates at Genthod, and prominent figures linked to the city. It surveys Geneva's neutrality, strategic lakefront location, and rich heritage from Calvin to de Saussure, stressing its educational and cultural prominence.
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Eneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Swiss Confederation
Geneva
League
Genthod
Caf
Goeneva
Savoy
de Pourtales
Horce
Benédict Deure
Ther Granddiy “de Saussure
Charles Bonnet
de Saussure
Mont -Blanc
Jes Alpes
Madame Necker de ‘Saussure
de’ Rive
Madame de Stael
Corrinne
Cae
Rudolph
Hapsburg
Austria
Uri
Schwyz
Unterwalden
Lake Geneva
Rhone
College de St. Antoine
Calvin
St. Peter
Musee Ratin
Fol Museum
Atheneum
Museum of Natural History
Ste-Jean Jacques Rousseau
House of
Lake Gentva
Mount Blanc
Seldon
AEARS
Budget drive for church crucial as 1.38 billion outline OK'd
At a conference in CITY N J 1400 church leaders approve a five year budget totaling 1 380 000 000 for evangelistic work hospitals homes and ministerial support with 320 million eyed for 1920. Disputes over drive timing and apportionment of funds lead to postponement of campaign until next year with competing plans from Rockefeller Jr and denominational bodies.
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Associated Press
City
N. J
America
Nolan R. Best
David Co. Downey
New York
Methodist
Downey
John ‘D. Rockefeller, Jr
Central Treasury
Budget reform urged by Good in Chicago address
Associated Press report from Chicago on January 9 recounts Rep. James W. Good advocating a national budget system before the Illinois Manufacturers Association. He cites federal outlays near 5.25 billion, equating to a $47 per capita tax, and warns against waste while contrasting conflicting federal spending plans.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Railroad Administration
James W. Good
Yowa
House’ Committee On Appropriations
Illinois | Manufacturers* _association
Porto Rico
Mexico
Agriculture
Treasury Department
Poogress
Congress
Neb. National Guard plan to organize ex servicemen rifles
Lincoln Neb Jan 9 Associated Press reports a proposed organization to maintain the state national guard. It would consist largely of ex service men who enlisted for six months and would be under the governor. They would be equipped with rifles and machine guns furnished by the war department.
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Associated Press
Lincoln, Neb
Organiae
Hos. Paul
War Department
Baseball chairmanship to be chosen at Feb meeting
John A Heydler announces the National League will push for a new chairman of the National Baseball Commission at a joint league session on February 11 in Chicago. Herrmann resigns. selection aims to keep the sport clean and independent. Heydler and Ban Johnson will draft the 1920 schedules in Louisiana with four meetings planned in February.
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Associated Press
Chicago
sNational Baseball Commission
August Herrmann
John A. Heydler
National League
Heydler
iWerrmann
Avas -2
Heydle
Ban Johnson
Louisiana
Ruary
Communists to Abandon Offices in Cleveland
The Communist party of Cleveland will abandon its offices and discontinue the weekly publication as announced by party leaders. The move follows a Justice Department report of three arrests of aliens identified with the party, cited as a reason for dissolving the organization due to high costs for deportation bonds and court defenses.
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Cleveland
Associated Press
Communist ‘Party
Department’ of Justice
Radicalg
Prominent Officers To Be Guests At Large Banquet
New York January 9 General officers of the army and flag officers of the navy will be guests at a complimentary dinner at the Waldorf Astoria January 20. The event honors higher officers for wartime service. Attending will be General Pershing Rear Admiral Sims Admiral Coontz Rear Admiral Mayo and Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard.
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Associated Press
New, York
Army
Navy
Waldorf-Astoria
General Pershing
Sims
Robert Coontz
Mayo
Robert Lee Bullard
Minnesota Defeats Iowa In Western Conference Tilt
Minnesota topped Iowa 21 to 19 in a fast western conference basketball game. Arnison, Minnesota forward, sank two long baskets in the last minute to seal the win.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Towa
Arnison
Minnesot
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Iowa
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