Secretary Bakers Defense of the League Covenant Speech
The piece critiques Newton D Baker's Columbus speech defending the League of Nations. It argues Baker overstated war aims and misread history, especially on the Monroe Doctrine, Article X, and past treaties, and asserts his factual errors weaken the case for U S participation in the league.
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League of Nations
Newton D Baker
Columbus
League
Baker
Wilson
Guv Cox
Secretary Baker
Gov. Cox
United States
Congress of the
America
Congress
Germany
Furthe
France
Taft
China
Japan
Poland
Elihu Root
Kogoro Takahira
Anacostia Park Project Progress and Reclamation Plan
The report by Col Tyler details that the Hastern Branch dredging reaches the District line near Bladensburg with sea walls on both sides and land for parking. An artificial lake will run along the river shore from Masiseniuets avenue to the Ingtriet line, using dredged material to form small islands for embankments. The area will host boating for beginners, shrubbery, and trees as part of a broader park system surrounding the city alongside Potomac and Rock Creek parks, creating a leisure value for a large population.
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Col Tyler
Anna@otia
District of Columbia
Hastern
Bladensburg
Theet
Masiseniuets Avenue
Ingtriet
Sculla
Anacostia Park
Seceas
Potomac
Rock Creek
German American Shipping Alliance Moves Ahead
Despite war and no peace treaty, American Ship and Commerce Corp of New York and Hamburg American Line plan a joint service for passengers and freight with shared facilities. No ownership pooling, but close cooperation will exist. The move tests reconciling business with unresolved diplomatic ties and league of nations disputes.
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United States
Germany
United States Shipping Board
Wson
America
American Ship and Commerce Corporation of
New York
Hamburg-American Line
Admiral Bengon
Shipping Board
Allance
League of Nations
Downtown Post Office Aims to Serve City Merchants
Proposal to open a 24 hour downtown post office in the financial district to handle heavy wartime mail volume and serve merchants and the public. Location near Union Station would centralize service, with installation of modern facilities to begin promptly.
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Washington
Union Station
National Capital
Postonce
Financial District
Art Treasures of Austria Now Safe From Dispersal
The Austrian art treasure project led by Lord Curzon aims to keep Austria's great collections secure from sale. A British commission valued masterpieces in Vienna, including Rubens, Holbein, and Durer works, while the government asserts rights to hypothecate private holdings for national needs. Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia recent travels fostered regional unity, visiting Croatia, Slovenia, and Montenegro without guards, earning widespread public support.
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Qerd Gurzen
Vienna
Lord Curzon
House of Lords
Westminster
Donaustadt
Tae
Phig Eustestion
Herr Enderes
Austria
Curzon
London
Vienne
Ringatrasse
Rubens
Vandike Holbein
Albert Durer
Titian
Duke of Buckingham
Bohemia
Jane Seymour
Henry VIII
Jane Chambers
Oliver Cromwell
Gico Rubens
Helene Fearment
Albertina
Archduke Prederick
Wordamyths
Banvanuto Cellinis
Francis I of
France
Republic of Austria
National Gallery of England
Tove
Alexander of
Serpia
Balkan
Croatia
Stevenia
Montenegro
Serbia
Slovenis
Karageorgevitch
Whitch
Alexander
Pater
Slovenia
Civi
Agram
Hepsburgs
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Service to be reorganized immigration bureau
Assistant Secretary Post of the Labor Department proposed a reorganization of the immigration service after an investigation indicated utter disorganization. The shake-up would affect the New York office and coastal stations, with long standing conditions cited. Caminetti and Wilson discussed the issues, plans unspecified, as staffing shortages at Island Station were noted and an increase in personnel was expected to handle rising immigration.
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Immigration Bureau
Post
Labor Department
General Caminett
Immigration Service
Department
Acherme
Commisakionar
Cold Storage Stocks Fall Prompting Higher Winter Prices
Agricultural officials released a report showing sharply reduced holdings of butter, eggs, and meat in cold storage as of August 1, 1920. Butter stocks were 19.3 percent of the prior year, creamery butter near 1 2 weighing. egg storage fell 12 percent. Officials cite stronger public demand and tighter credit from the Federal Reserve as causes for the drop, warning prices may rise through winter.
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Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Federal Reserve Board
Government to limit coal prices nationwide action planned
The Department of Justice will begin steps to cap coal prices in many regions. Reports by the Federal Trade Commission are under review to determine production and distribution costs. Data gathering aims to guide district attorneys in prosecuting coal profiteering under the Lever Act. Officials mention a possible Attorney General appointed commission to study the coal situation if FTC reports are insufficient.
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Ombinis
Department
Federal Trade Commission
Department i
Wind Up Frohman Estate Is Closed By Surrogate
The Frohman estate affairs end as Surrogate Cohalan approves final accounting by Daniel Frohman and Alfred Hayman. After Frohman’s death the corporation was formed to satisfy creditors and preserve assets including priceless art treasures. The accounting shows all debts and bequests paid with the company realizing a gain of $17,586.
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Corporation
Deal
New York
Charles Frohman
Cohalan
Daniel Frohman
Alfred Hayman
Frohman
Hayman
Frehmans
Steering Warships By Radio Tests in Navy Experiments
The Navy Department conducts experiments to direct battleship movement by wireless telegraph steering rear and torpedo guidance by radio. Several battleships including the Iowa and ships at Norfolk participate. Attempts to control torpedoes by radio have failed before, but current tests are promising though details remain secret. Similar experiments are under way in the English navy.
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Navy Department
Iewa
Norfolk
Olara Offers $150000 for Dayton Naval Plant
John F Olchmer of Dayton Ohio offers $150000 for the naval ordnance plant at Dayton. Navy Secretary Daniels said the offer is under consideration. The plant, built during the war for fire control instruments, drew no bids when first offered in July. If accepted, the August 31 bid opening will be withdrawn.
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Naval Ordnance Plant
Dayton
Ohio
John F Olchmer
Navy Department
Daniels
Prohibition Director Ralph W. Stone Appointed
The Bureau of Internal Revenue yesterday announced the appointment of Ralph W. Stone as Federal prohibition director for the date of this passage.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue Yestern“Qay
Ralph W. Stone
Mexican labor plan to keep workers in homeland grows
Mexico City reports government efforts to curb Mexican emigration to the United States. A new corporation will develop 500,000 acres in Sinaloa’s Fuerte valley with a federal concession and a 52.5 million peso subsidy from Sinaloa state. Plans include reservoirs at Choix and a dam at San Bla, canals on both river sides, and irrigation to retain labor in Mexico.
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Mexico City
United States
Given & Corporation
Fuerte
Sinaloa
Choix
San Bla
Fuerte River
Mexico
Meredith Praises Farm Boys Tour Of Washington Delegation
Secretary Meredith lauded American farm boys in an address to 125 Texas youths visiting Washington on a 5000 mile inspection tour. The group, chosen from 50,000 through a Texas competition after a practical agriculture course at Texas A and M, travels with funding from Texas bankers and the State Chamber of Commerce.
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Meredith
Texas
Washington
United States
State Agricultural College of Texas
Virginia
Bankers of
State Chamber of Commerce
Rail loans recommendations total nearly two hundred million
The Association of Railway Executives urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve about 200 million dollars in loans from the revolving fund created by the Transportation Act. Proposals would raise loans for additions and betterments to 831.9 million, for new cars and equipment to 8.349 million, and for freight and switching locomotives to 8.0 million. Total loans for building box cars and meeting maturing obligations would approach 28.0 million.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Association of Railway Executives
Ends High Livestock Rates Sparked by Agriculture Order
Secretary Meredith ordered commission men at principal stock yards nationwide to stop charging advanced commissions on livestock sales. The July 1 rate cap replaces the new rate effective August 2 and must be complied with by Saturday. Affected yards include Chicago Kansas City Omaha and the national stock yards.
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Meredith
Commission
CPAP
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Net St
Leyte
Department of Agriculture Basin
Shipping Board Names General Counsel Appointee
The Shipping Board appointed Col Guy Gom of Milwaukee Wisconsin as general counsel, succeeding Robert A Dean of Pull River Massachusetts. Goms appointment unites the legal departments of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Shipping Board under one head, with Cecl Goff formerly serving as general counsel. The move, announced by Chairman Benson, creates a single chief for the combined legal staff.
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Guy 1 Gom
Wewaukee Wis
Counpel
Robert A
Pull River Mass
Benson
Dean
Charman
Cecl Goff
Counge
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Will Combie
Emergency Meet Corporation
Shipping Board
Supreme Court asked to review Socialist Society recruiting case
The Supreme Court received a petition yesterday seeking review of federal court rulings in New York convicting the American Socialist Society of obstructing recruiting during the war by publishing a pamphlet The Great Madness The society was fined 300 dollars while Scott Nearing a Toledo Ohio college professor and author of the article was acquitted in the same hearing
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Supreme Court
Wro
New York
American Socialist Society
Scott Nearing
Toledo
Ohio
American Army Far Flung Force Across the World
A July August dispatch notes about a 202,870 strong American Army dispersed in ten global postings. Continental US holds 153,000 with units in the Philippines Germany Panama Porto Rico China Alaska and more. The report also mentions a royal proclamation about India and duties to be undertaken by the Duke of Connaught.
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United States Army
United States
Philippines
Germany
Hansen
Panama
Porto Rico
China
Alaska
France
England
London
India
Prince of Wales
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Navy Captain To Report On Postwar Conditions
Tokyo July 24 Captain Hitaka of the navy has been ordered to the United States and Europe to report on after war conditions. His trip will take him to Germany England France Turkey and then New York for a detailed survey of global postwar realities.
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Tokyo
Hitaka
Navy
United States
Europe
Germany
England
France
Ferkey
New York
Dealers See Tax Shift as False Cause of Rising Prices
Chicago analyst James A Bridewell argues that excess profits taxes did not drive price hikes. He notes a seller’s market kept prices high despite tax changes and predicts a buyer’s market may fix prices regardless of what merchants pay the government. He cites 1937 tax data and warns other factors spurred earlier spikes. He asserts repealing the tax would not restore lower prices.
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James
Ito
Tim Ames
T & Fellars
Exports Of France Rise Amid Import Increase
Official statistics show France’s exports increased in the first half of the year while imports grew, with imports rising by over 20 billion francs. The surge is mainly in materials for manufacture, totaling more than 1.845 billion francs, reducing the annual trade deficit and likely improving the French exchange outlook.
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Paris
France
Government certificate issue exceeds total requested by 50 million
Secretary Houston announced that subscriptions to the last Treasury certificate issue totaled 150000000 and were $50000000 beyond the amount asked. Regulations by railroads to require prepayment of freight charges to Canada were suspended by the Interstate Commerce Commission from August 16 to December 16 pending investigation.
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Treasury
Houston
Railroade
Canada
Interstate Conmmerce Commission
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