Peace Treaty Faces Stark Setback in Reichstag Debate
Berlin Aug 20 Chancellor Wirth seeks support from all Reichstag factions to back his plan for peace treaty negotiations with the United States. Key talks, including Count von Bernstorff speaking for the Democrats, aim to avert a protracted general debate that could revive war diplomacy issues and submarine policy in plenary session.
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Berlin
Wirth
Reichstag
United States
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
Democratic Party
Lloyd George outlines Irish settlement terms and risks
London August 20 Premier Lloyd George said Britain would put its full Irish settlement terms in writing and would not haggle. He warned that rejection of terms could threaten imperial unity and that if negotiations fail the executive may seek parliamentary approval for further steps. The Dublin republican parliament met in committee and did not respond Friday.
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London
Lloyd George
Trelynd
Tamonn de Vatera
Ireland
Tom
Dublin
Great Britain
Labor leader accuses big business of nationwide lockout
Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor charges a deliberate conspiracy by tempering interests to starve labor into submission. He cites six million unemployed and calls for government action as the AFL executive council plans a meeting in Atlantic City starting August 22.
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Washington
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Morrison
Congress
Secretary of Labor
Executive Council of
The
Federation
Atlantic City
Davis
Millionaire Heyworth Sued for Separate Maintenance
Otte Young Heyworth heir to the Young estate is sued by his wife Helen Marie Patterson Hayworth of New York for separate maintenance. She cites his violent temper and says he abandoned her in 1920 soon after their marriage. A temporary injunction bars several trusts from paying him funds pending the suit. Judge John A Swansen filed the order in the Circuit Court.
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Chicago
Otte Young Heyworth
Lawrence Heyworth
Spertenan
Wulliillionaire
Otte Young
Young
Helen Marie Patterson Hayworth
New York
Fortunatus
Utix
Standing of the Clubs in the National and American Leagues
National League standings show Chicago ahead with a 4-1 win over Pittsburgh and 2-1 over Philadelphia while New York, Cincinnati have 3 to 9 and 4-1 results for St. Louis and Brooklyn. American League lists Chicago with 4 and New York 124 in a high scoring listing with detroit and Washington also noted.
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Foeton
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Boston
Detroit
Washington
St. Louie
Cleveland
Erebensory
Louis
Philadelphin
Legion to mobilize ten thousand for buddy job aid
Chicago August 20 ten thousand legionnaires will be organized to seek jobs for their buddies out of work The entire Cook county American Legion will be used as a means to cope with unemployment Each post will register an employment offer with central headquarters and monthly reports will show openings found and unemployed per post
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Chicago
Legionnaires
Cook County American Legion
Commanders’ Association
Codhty
Conway
Women ask voice on peace at disarmament conference
The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs representing 60 000 women in 45 states wired President Harding urging the appointment of a business woman to the U S commission for the upcoming international disarmament conference.
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New York
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc
Harding
United States
U S Plans to Ship Food to Soviet Russia Amid Relief Efforts
Washington reports large sums will be spent immediately for cereals and foods to be shipped to Soviet Russia by the American Relief Administration under Hoover plans. Expenditures may reach 10 million dollars as relief work proceeds, with steamers chartered from New York to move cargoes.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Russia
American Relief Administration
Hoover
Relief Society
Russia
America
New York
Riga
Walter L. Brown
Europe
M. Litvneff
Brown
Highway Bill Advances to Conference Amid Amendments
Washington Aug 20 The Senate passed a highway bill providing 7 million for federal aid road projects and sent it to conference with the House after a New Indiana senator amendment cut the original 100 million appropriation to 50 million A committee change removed a national highway commission provision leaving the Agriculture Secretary to administer the program.
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Senator New
Washington
Townsend
Senate
House
Congress
Indiana
Moody Elected President of Middlebury College
Rev Paul Dwight Moody, youngest son of the late evangelist Dwight L Moody, was chosen president of Middlebury College. He succeeds President John M Thomas who resigned after twelve years to become president of Pennsylvania State College.
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Middlebury College
Middlebury
Paul Dwight Moody
Dwight L. Moody
John M. Thomas
Pennsylvania State College
Popcorn Wagon Fire Kills Man in Minneapolis
An overturned popcorn wagon trapped Mike Dinos in Minneapolis on August 20. Gasoline from a small tank sprayed over him as he tried to escape, causing lethal burns.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Mike Dinos
Volga cholera cases fall despite famine in Russia
Moscow correspondent reports a drop in cholera in Volga districts during July with 4200 cases versus 42,000 in June, as famine continues to ravage the region.
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London
Russia
Moscow
Daily Herald
Taxpayers Saved Billions If Railways Remained Under Government Control
Samuel C. Dunn editor of Railway Age told Chautauqua listeners that from September 1 1920 to June 30 1971 private railway owners lost 376 million, while taxpayers saved this amount by government operation He argued continued control would have required 742.5 million rental in ten months while railroads earned 366.7 million, and that maintaining government operation might have kept rates from rising but cost taxpayers over 1.15 billion to cover deficits.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Samuel C. Dunn
Railway Age
W. G. McAdoo
Walker D. Hines
Mr. Dunn
Dunn
Jealous Husband Defense Plots Kennedy Murder Case
In Los Angeles authorities outline a defense for Arthur C. Burch and Madalynne Obenchain, indicted for J. Betton Kennedy's murder. They claim the crime was committed by a jealous husband who suspected Kennedy of an affair with his wife. A key witness spoke of a May event and unnamed participants, with Obenchain withholding names.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Arthur C. Burch
Madalynne Obenchain
J. Betton Kennedy
Kennedy
Ralph Clenchain
Arthur Borch
Obenehain
Railroad Leaders to Vote on Wage Cuts and Overtime
Chicago reports a strike vote conference of railroad labor leaders starting August 20 to decide union stance on wage cuts and abolition of overtime pay as ordered July 1 by the Railroad Labor Board. Referendum votes in unions close September 1 with reports showing near universal opposition to reductions or changes in overtime.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Calm Reported in French Zone of Morocco
Official dispatches state that absolute calm prevails in the French zone of Morocco including areas near the Spanish zone where tribesmen had engaged in hostilities.
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Fez
Morocco
Changes in tax bill approved by Ways and Means
Washington August 20. The Ways and Means Committee approved more than sixty changes in the Republican tax bill including elimination of taxes on proprietary medicines. Bardstown Ky August 20. Charles A Vance a wealthy farmer was shot and killed in bed by an unknown assailant firing a shotgun through a window. No motive has been found.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bardstown
Charles. A. Vance
Mr. Vance
Bank embezzler arrested on federal warrant in Dallas
Norman D Richards, accused of embezzling 70000 from the Northern National Bank of Philadelphia, was arrested in Dallas on a federal warrant. He is held in the county jail in default of 2500 bond.
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Dallas
Tex
Norman Dichards
Northern National Bank of Philadelphia
Richards
Waterproofing Concrete with Soap and Alum Wash
The method uses three quarters of a pound of castile soap dissolved per gallon of water for a first wash applied boiling hot. After 24 hours of drying weather, a second coat of lukewarm alum water is applied with an eighth pound of alum per gallon. The soap fills pores and the alum hardens the substance.
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Castile
Boy in big family answers ask about his pets
A neighbor asks how many pets Donald has and he replies without hesitation in a humorous line. The tale centers on a boy from a large family of girls and a move to a new neighborhood.
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Donald
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