Senator Harding Accepts Republican Nomination Speech
A detailed account analyzes Senator Harding’s acceptance speech outlining his views on Americanism, foreign entanglements, and the League of Nations. It weighs his stance on peace, cooperation, and national sovereignty against postwar international commitments, with emphasis on potential extra sessions and policy directions.
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Harding
United States
Senator Harding
Wilson League of Nations
League
Congress
Knox
Mr. Harding
League of Nations
Poland
America
Russia
Mexico
Paris
Europe
Duty of Labor Leaders Urges Rail Wage Award Acceptance
The piece urges railroad labor chiefs to back the wage award and urge workers to accept it, arguing leadership must prevent radical strikes. It notes the Esch-Cummins provisions allow reopening if the scale fails to provide a proper living and stresses peace and order in the industry.
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Railroad Labor Board
Brotherhoode
al Labor Organizationa
Leadership tested by duty over personal and political concerns
The executive head of a powerful labor union must accept a stern duty when his right of appeal is guaranteed by law. Personal or political pressures threaten to sway him, but true leadership is proven when he refuses to be swerved and upholds the trust placed in him.
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Lord Astor
Temaina
Jura
Hebrides
Arsylishire
Scotland
Marquish DE Fontenoy
Shipyard Tonnage Shifts Raise Alarm Over US Decline
Lloyds Register of Shipping reports total world ship under construction at 7,720,000 tons for quarter ending July 1 1920, down from 8,017,000 a year earlier. UK leads with 3,578,000 tons, US 2,106,000, US yards fall to 2,105,000 while UK rises to 2,578,000, signaling a potential relapse in American revival after wartime build.
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Great Britain
United States
United Kingdom
Lloyd's
District Pay Rise urged for DC clerks and teachers
The District of Columbia commissioners push for 10 to 35 percent pay increases for underpaid clerks and department heads, arguing alignment with Federal workers. They stress present high living costs and note salary data will guide recommendations before Congress. The move has District board backing and will be presented with a committee report to Congress.
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District of Columbia
Congress
Greek King's Bride Settles on Isle of Poros
Aspasia Manos, mor ganatic wife of King Alexander of Greece, has relocated to Villa Tombazis on Poros, two hours by destroyer from Athens, to enjoy society with fewer international sensitivities. Poros, historic briefing site for 1828 Great Britain France Russia plenipotentiaries, now hosts the royal pair apart from the Greek capital.
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Aspasia Manos
Paria
Athens
Greesea
Tombazis
Poros
Morea
Europe
Paris
Greece
Great Britain
France
Russia
Watch Your Step by Phone on New York Subways
New York July 23 loud speaking telephones soon to be installed on Brooklyn lines. Conductors or guards will announce stations and issue warnings such as Watch your steps. Systems use ceiling receivers, compact transmitters, and pocketable handsets for audible messages on cars and platforms.
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New York
Brooklyn
Pershing Obscured in Boston in Mufti on Brief Leave
Gen Pershing, leader of the American expeditionary forces, appeared in civilian clothes in Boston with his son Warren and aide, but was recognized by only one observer. He was en route to Naushon Island for a brief rest, wearing a dark suit, Panama hat, and white tie, a subdued contrast to his parade days.
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Boston
Gen Pershing
John J. Pershing
Naushon Island
W Cameron Forbes
Philippines
Mufti
Warren
Sieeta
Crusade Against Caning Girls in English Schools
London reports debate over male teachers caning girls in elementary schools. The Daily Mail began an agitation to abandon the practice. Letters to editors largely favor female teachers inflicting corporal punishment when needed, while critics warn sensitive girls may never recover. Bristol's lord mayor, with 30 years as headmaster, opposed the practice despite acknowledging its commonality.
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London
By Mail
England
Daily Mail
Bristol
Hudson and Manhattan fare increase hearings begin
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened hearings on a proposed fare raise for the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad from 7 to 10 cents uptown and 6 cents downtown. Advocate Carmalt argued higher fares are needed to pay roughly 79 million dollars in bonds, while Jersey City representatives Egan and Bentley urged keeping fares as is.
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Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jamea C Carmalt
Charles M Egan
Joseph Bentley
Jersey City
Alaska Coal Fields May Fuel Pacific Fleet
Secretary Daniels reported to the Navy Department that Alaska coal fields, especially Matanunka, show large deposits suited to naval use and could supply the entire Pacific fleet. The Idaho, with Daniels and Payne aboard, returned from Alaska while the pair inspected coal lands and the government railroad.
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Daniels
Territory
Daniela
Navy Department
Matanunka
Testa
Mr Daniels
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Idaho
Josephus Daniels
John Barton Payne
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Czech Leader Sees Rising Worker Power Under Socialization
Prague reports President Masaryk predicting growing power and wealth for Czech workers under socialization or nationalization. He says state control of industries and utilities will place workingmen on bank trusteeships and factory earnings, with varied pace of adoption among workers. He hopes for a swift settlement between Czech and German citizens.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Masaryk
Csecho-Slovakia
Tulsa Gains 296 Percent Population Rise
Census figures released yesterday show Tulsa Oklahoma up 296 percent in the last decade, reaching 72 075 residents and adding 53 808 people. The data list multiple cities with varied percentage increases including Olean New York 891 percent and Portsmouth Virginia 639 percent.
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Census Bureau
Tulsa
Okla
Albert Lea
Minn
Wellsville
Minot
Dak
Lackawanna
Tonawanda
Olean
Austin
Cleburne
Tex
Navasota
Portsmouth
Buffer State Pact Signed Between Japan and Asiatic Russia
A Tokyo memorandum reports an accord to create a buffer state in Siberia. Asiatic Russia will preserve peace and end communism, while Japan withdraws troops and European Bolshevik forces are barred. The text cites a joint aim for a democratic, non communist buffer state.
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Honolulu
Japan
Amat'e
Russia
Siberia
Tokyo
Nippo Jiji
War Department
Biberia
Belgium seeks Franco Belgian defense pact at dinner
Brussels July 22. War minister Gen Janson said a mutual Franco Belgian defensive accord respecting sovereign rights is necessary and soon to be adopted. He noted England’s uneasiness but expressed hope it would be eased by persuasion.
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Janson
France
Belgium
England
Nerviest thief robs city prison in Columbus
Emmett C. Warner earned the title after robbing the city prison before police. He asked a clerk to learn his arrest count, then escaped with a bag containing over $190 from the police and firemen's cooperative store. He was arrested later and the funds recovered.
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Ohio
Emmett c. Warner
Warner
Police and Firemen’s Cooperative
Prince of Wales III Arrives in Launceston Silent to Welcoming Address
The Prince of Wales arrived in Launceston Tasmania on July 22 but could not reply to the welcome address due to a light laryngitis attack. His physician forbids voice use. July 21 reports from Australia noted pale fatigue from nonstop festivities in his honor.
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Tasmania
Prince of Wales
London
Australis
King Hosts Americans at Buckingham Palace Garden Party
Twenty two American guests attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace hosted by King George and Queen Mary. Notables included Col and Mrs Edward M House, Henry White former American Ambassador to France, Marshal Field and Mia Field of Chicago, and Robert W Buss counselor of the American embassy in Paris.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
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Edward M. House
Henry White
France
Marshal Field
Mia Field
Chicago
Robert W Buss
Parte
Commission Prefers Service At Cost Plan For Electric Railways
The Federal electric railways commission met in final session yesterday to write a report to the President. It is understood the commission favors the service at cost plan, as now operated in Cleveland. Over the past year the panel studied finances of electric railways, their franchising relations, traffic figures, need for higher fares, and possible economies of operation.
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Federal Electric Railways Commission
Cleveland
Samuel W. Gordon Will Probate in Trenton
The will of Samuel W. Gordon, a longtime New Jersey governor's messenger, was probated in Trenton after his death last week. His estate is valued at about 120000 dollars, left to his widow, with personal property including a valuable antiques collection.
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Trenton
N. J
Samuel W. Gordon
New Jersey
Gordon
Germany Surrenders Dirigible L-64 at Putham Airdrome
London reports the German airship L-64, marginally larger than Britain's A-34, surrendered at Putham airdrome today under the Versailles treaty terms. The A-34 made a transatlantic voyage last year.
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London
Putham
Democrats Back Wilsonian Principles in Washington Chat
George White, new Democratic National Committee chairman, praised Woodrow Wilson’s Democracy and noted Representative Thomas Heflin’s recent selection to fill the late Senator Bankhead’s term. The San Francisco ticket is seen as a sure winner with Gov Cox and Roosevelt. The piece argues Democrat achievements over seven years and the GOP’s failures will drive a November victory.
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George White
Democratic Nations
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Democrats
United States
Senator Bankhead
White
George
Wilson
San Francisco
Gov. Cox
President Wilson
League of Nations
Guy Cox
Franklin Roosevelt
Europe
Congress
Tog
Irrigation Could Double Virgin Islands Sugar Output
Robert I. Merwin of St Croix, ex American consul general, argues irrigation and water management could double Virgin Islands sugar production. He notes rainfall averages 40 inches yearly but has not been conserved, and a better water supply could support diversification beyond sugar across St Croix, St Thomas, and St John, while politics and tourism potential shape the islands’ future.
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Virgin Islands
Robert I. Merwin
St Croix
Han the Virgin
St Thomas St Croix
John St Thomas
St Croia
United States
Melrark
Navy Department
Washington
American St Croix
West Indies
Japan Seeks 100 Million Yen Loan in United States
Baron Takahashi announces in the house of peers that Japan plans to float a loan of 100,000,000 yen in the United States for the South Manchurian Railroad. Foreign Minister Uchida says American shipping law will affect Japan but Japan will take prudent steps to meet the situation.
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Tokyo
Baron Takahashi
House of Peers
United States
Uchida
Japan
France to Increase Tariff After April Decree Repeal
Paris announces a decree repealing the April 23 prohibition on imports from America. The measure will be promulgated within days and will raise customs duties on many superfluous articles. The move signals a notable tariff increase affecting American goods.
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Paris
America
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