Knox peace plan battles Senate split in partisan clash
The Knox peace resolution faces House delay after Senate approval as Republican opposition grows. President Harding resumes limited European council participation, with State Department observers named and Allied reparations policy potentially triggering a broader Senate clash.
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Holand W. Boyden
Conference of Ambassadors
George Harvey
Great Britain
Supreme Counel
London
Johnson-Torah
United States
Europe
World War II Readjustments In Global Economy
Article notes postwar economic readjustments as nations realign production and trade. Mentions Biales IIA as participants in reshaping markets and addressing wartime shifts in global finance.
Danish baby farmer Dagmar Overby life for eight infant deaths
The king of Denmark commutes the death sentence of Dagmar Overby to life imprisonment. Overby had confessed to murdering eight babies entrusted to her care, earning international notoriety as a "baby farmer."
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Denmark
Paris
May
Dagmar Overby
Shortage prompts reversal of Annapolis 1922 graduation plan
Washington reports a 1000 naval officer shortfall by December 31. Secretary Denby rescinded the order to graduate the Annapolis class of 1922 this year, a move that would have added officers to the navy.
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Denby
Washington
Navy
Gomper Exonerated by Buffalo Labor Board
Samuel Gompers was officially exonerated by the Buffalo local joint executive board of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance and Bartenders League after being charged with stopping at a nonunion hotel during his honeymoon trip.
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Samuel Gompers
Detroit
Buffalo
Hotel and Restaurant Employees
International Alliance and Bartenders’ League of America At Buffalo
Mrs Stillman Fights Back In Framed Divorce Case
New York story details Mrs Florence Leeds and nine other women amid banker James A Stillman divorce fight. She calls Canadian witnesses frameup and defends her name and her son Guy. The list includes women linked to Stillman on yacht Modesty and a $6000 claim described as a health ruse.
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New York
Florence Leeds
James A. Stillman
Pit Stillman
Stillman
Hugh Russell
Buffalo
Guy Stillmen
Florence H. Leeds
Jay Leeds
Leeds
West Side
Low federal wages blamed for vacancies and high turnover
Washington reports the House Labor Committee heard that government pay in the lowest grade tops $60 or $81 a month, leaving many positions unfilled. The Nolan minimum wage bill seeks $3 a day, $60 a month or $1,080 yearly for full time workers and 75 cents an hour for part time staff. The House has approved the bill twice, but the Senate has not acted.
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Washington
House Committee On Labor
District of Columbia
House
Senate
Unclear Notes On Stillman Case Refer To Five Acquaintances
Fragmentary text describes alleged knowledge of five women connected to Mrs Stillman and mentions letters said to be written by Me Stil fl. It references Supr and an assortment of unnamed names, with hints of intimate content and further introductions to offset other letters.
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Supras
Y Stillman
Stillman
Turks Refuse to Wear Fez in Independence Act
Turkish nationalists in Angera declare independence from the sultan and replace the fez with a higher, toe-less Astrada headpiece of the same shape as national headwear. The move signals a bold shift in national attire and political expression.
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Deeres
Angera
Fez
Turkey
Pioneer Woman Ellen Barttert Dies at 99 in Seattle
Ellen Barttert a pioneer resident of this state since 1892 dies in Seattle born in Cork Ireland in 1892 aged 99. The obituary notes her long life and arrival as a pioneer in local history.
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Seattle
Ellen Barttert
Cork
Tread
Rioting British Soldiers Stop Streets of London
London May 9 three major streets in Aldershot were wrecked by rioting soldiers. Looting of stores and jewelry followed as authorities deployed regulars from nearby camps. No cause reported though linked to a naval communist scare at Portsmouth and Polavevists activity.
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London
Aldershot
Leservists
Portmouth
Chaos Over Ultimatum in Germany as Talks Fail
Berlin reports three days remain before allied troops advance as Germany confronts an unresolved crisis with no government. Ambassador Mayer declines cabinet task while Stresemann reemerges amid failed Reichstag talks and pressure to decide before occupation of the Ruhr. Washington notes a harsh Harding view sparks bitter comment.
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London
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President’s view on Germany and European debt burden
The statement questions how the President can claim Germany’s capacity exceeds Britain or France while those nations struggle to pay interest on debts in America and face principal challenges. It emphasizes a comparison of debt burdens and financial capacity among nations.
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Germany
Great Britain
France
America
Marine Strike Broken Says Shipping Officials
Washington officials declare the merchant fleet is not tied up as the marine strike ends. They downplay seamen and engineers failing to cripple shipping, noting nominal losses from crane activity and full service on all established trade routes.
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Shipping Board
Seateen
Davie
Marine Engineers
Eaid
Costa Rica Congress Sits In Costa Rica May Meet
President Acosta submitted to congress the proposal to convene the Central American Republics. He urged ratification while public opinion remained divided among lawmakers and citizens.
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Congress
Acosta
San Jose
Central Amer
Doyle presents Crookes photo of an angel in lecture
London May. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle shown a photograph he calls the most wonderful image in the world. The frame depicts the late Sir William Crookes arm in arm with an angel on a screen during a lecture on Death and the Hereafter.
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London
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir William Crookes
Chandlerville Bank Robbery Reported in May Capers
Bandits robbed the People's State bank in Chandlerville of nearly 50,000 pounds in cash and Liberty bonds and escaped. Police from Chamberville pursue the suspects.
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Chamberville
Bandita
People’s State Bank
U S Preparing To Press Yap Claims
Washington learns Yap mandates will top the supreme council agenda with Col George representing President Harding. The German reparations matter is secondary as Japan and the United States clash over Yap and cable facilities. France and Italy align with the United States against Japan and Britain.
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Supreme Council
George Harvey
Great Britain
Harding
Japan
United States
Stete Hughes
Tokio
Yap
France
Railroads Face Pressure to Cut Rates Says Capper
Washington May 9 Senator Capper Kansas says railroads must adopt a live-and-let-live policy or government operation may return. He argues freight rates are too high when farm products fetch less than their production costs, noting half a million cars idle after a prior fleet shortage and urging lower rates to spur recovery.
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Washington
Capper
Kansas
Senate
Pershing Urges Military Preparedness for Summer Camps
General Pershing warned that unpreparedness drew the nation into the war and urged citizens to attend summer military training camps. He said success in the war came from exceptional circumstances after declaration, not foresight or prior readiness.
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Washington
United States
Hearings Begin on New Tax Legislation in Senate
Hearings before the Senate Finance Committee on the proposed sales tax as a substitute for the excess profits tax opened. Advocates and opponents, plus others seeking repeal, will be heard initially in Washington during May sessions.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Many See Girl Die in Fall in Bronx Building
Miss Helen Piedier twenty three year old chief clerk in the foreign exchange department of Irving Nations Bank in the Woodworth building clung to a fifth floor window before she fell to her death in the arms of a passerby. The crowd shouted encouragement as she trembled at the sill and balcony. Relatives said she had been despondent after being dismissed.
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Bronx
Helen Piedier
Foreign Exchange
Irving Nations Bank
Wodelwerth
Shantung Mines To Japs
London reports Japanese officials have obtained a Chinese charter to form a company monopolizing Shantung mining activities. The board is said to include several Chinese officials, with the minister of finance among them.
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Shantung Mines
London
Shanteng Peohoula
Peking
Hinself
SINGERS SAIL FOR S AMERICA TO Buenos Aires
Mme Ron Reisa dramatic soprano and her husband Cinco Tintil baritone depart New York for South America aboard the Lemport and Llobet liner. They will perform at Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and return in the fall for the Chicago opera season.
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Ron Reisa
Chicago Era Company
Cinco Oo Tintil
Imne
South America
Lemport & Llobet
Teatro Colon
Buenos Aires
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