Naval appropriation bill passes Senate with 98 million boost
The Navy bill gains final Senate support by 54 to 17 and moves to conference. Five Republican and twelve Democratic senators oppose, seeking relief for agricultural and cotton interests. The piece defends a strong navy, condemns weakening defenses, and urges conferees to preserve necessary funding while aiming for reduced armaments in accord with broader policy.
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Senate
House
Congress
Europe
Borah
Idaho
Horatius of
Old
King
Utah
Harding
America
Health Through Play and Public Golf Courses Grow
Former President Taft argues golf should be accessible to all, with public courses in city parks like Potomac Park offering health benefits and club-like facilities at low cost. The movement expands nationwide, turning golf into a popular pastime beyond private clubs and promising broader health advantages for Americans.
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Irch
Taft
Washington
Potomac Park
United States
As Others See Us on Education and World Opinion
A compilation of assorted quotes and observations on American education, foreign views, and social notes. It cites Jusserand on U S learning, discusses abroad perceptions, domestic schooling pride, and light commentary on presidents, medicine, and politics with multiple fragmented snippets.
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Amerva
Senate report on housing outlines 1 million homes need
The Senate reconstruction committee warns that 1,000,000 new homes are needed at about $5,000 each, totaling $5 billion. It calls for government housing information, fuel and transport fixes, loan credits, and tax adjustments, but cautions that fundamental material and labor costs and high interest rates curb building despite large bank savings.
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Senate Committee On Reconstruction
United States
Federal Reserve
Senate Committee
Post
Theories on Gravity Abolishors and Other Probes
A roundup quotes Britimore Evening Saw on a gravity theory positing an atmospellant crust around Earth that drives objects downward. It cites New York Times coverage of prohibition in Ohio with estimates of active stills and illicit beer, plus posts on German finance under Wirth. The piece closes noting animal losses in 1921 and weather’s impact on farming.
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Britimore Evening
Earth
New York Times
Deyne Parker
Ohno
Columbus
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Parker
Ohio
Prohibition Department
Prohibition Commissioner of
New York
Parks for Gypsy Motors Opens in Atlanta
Announcement from the Philadelphia Bulletin notes a new auto park for tourist campers in Atlanta Georgia, part of a broader Southward extension of the public parks system for motorists. The concept began in the Western states as gypsy motoring, and supporters anticipate nationwide growth to provide outdoor resting places for rambling motorists across the United States.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Atlanta Ga
Hng
United States
American Heiress Daughter to Sutherland Earldom
News notes that Lady Alastair Leveson-Gower, widow of the late Lord Alastair, has a young half American daughter who stands to inherit the earldom of Sutherland and vast Dunrobin estates. The child, born in New York to a New York mother, would become countess and peeress in her own right upon the Duke of Sutherland’s death. Dunrobin Castle and entailed lands pass to the heiress.
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South Africa
Alastair Leveson-Gower
Duke of Sutherland
John G A Leishman Jr
Pittsburgh
Warren G Demarest
New York
Alastair
Sutherland
Earldom of
Mar
Elizabeth Countess of Sutherland
Granville Leveson-Gower
Stafford
Earls of Sutherland
Dunroddin Castle
Alastair Leveson
Harl Robin of Sutherland
Dun
London Warning Over Mecca Play By Oscar Asche
A lord chamberlain warns producer Oscar Asche against staging the Oriental revue Mecca in London. He objects to the title as a gross offense to Muslims in India and worldwide, following its New York run at the Century Theater overseen by Morris Gest. The objection centers on religious sensibilities and potential public backlash.
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Crichton
University of Virginia
M. Jusserand
Thomas Jefferson
France
United States
Oscar Agdie
London
Mecca
New York
Century Theater
Morris Gest
Oscar Asche
Jord Chamberlain
W F Whitridge
Lord Sandhurst
Islam
George
India
Lord Chamberlain Holds Absolute Stage Censorship Power
The article discusses the crown’s uncircumscribed authority over theatre licensing in Great Britain and Ireland. It explains that only licensed plays may be shown, that the lord chamberlain can ban or revoke licenses, and that producers have no redress against royal decisions. It cites past cases including a New York revue barred in London and notes the power’s despotic reputation.
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Oscar Asche
Morris Gest
Kew
Kme
Westminster
Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom
Wierald Isle
Pragee Accepts Vienna Offer on Gold Reserve Share
Vienna reports that Austria and Czechoslovakia reached an agreement on the Austro-Hungarian Banks gold reserve. Czechoslovakia will receive 15,000,000 gold crowns as its share and may buy the bank’s buildings in Czechoslovakia at 20 percent of inventory value.
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Vienna
Pregz
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Proceedings of Congress and Committees In Brief
Noon meeting with continued debate on deficiency appropriation bill. Curtis amendment for $2,000,000 for District of Columbia school facilities passed. Loans up to $50.9 million for Federal farm loan banks approved. Transportation and compensation acts amended. Nominations to Hawaii offices and judicial posts confirmed or named. Several bills and amendments discussed including port of aliens rights, good roads, grain exchange regulation, and labor investigations. Committee hearings covered labor, tenancy, and reclassification, with plans to push bonus legislation and military relief measures.
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District of Columbia
Wallace P Farrington
Hawaii
James W Thomas
Jacob Gould Schurman
New York
China
Edmund Waddillr
Virginia
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Raymond C Brown
Honolulu
Judiciary Committee
Frank Linne
United States
District of North Carolina
Joint
Finance Committee
Col F W Galbraith Jr
The
American Legion
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Treasury Department
Weeks
House
Camp Benning
Kelsey
Navy
Little
Scott
Great Lakes
Westead
MacGregor
Gov
Muller
Pennsylvania
Zhiman
Representative Keller
Minnesota
May Help to Get Bergdoll
The British Government War Department shows interest in Grover Cleveland Bergdoll an escaped draft evader. Officials say Britain may help the United States obtain his return from Germany. Bergdoll reportedly traveled to Germany on a Canadian passport, and extradition under Canadian passport law may be discussed.
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Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
War Department
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Portugal General Elections Set for July 14
Lisbon reports the general elections in Portugal are fixed for July 14 following a June 2 announcement. Voters will elect the national assembly and shape the new government amid ongoing political adjustments.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Ginseng weed Chinese hope for longevity questioned
Howard Acton of New York discusses ginseng as the lifegiving herb praised by Chinese tradition. He notes America grows a plentiful ginseng root, commanding high prices in China and a near monopoly due to limited Asiatic supply.
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America
Howard Acton
New York
Willard
Academy of Science
North America
China
Shanghai
Favor State Built Highways Rally for Road Funds
A Beverly Wise speaker at the Shoreham urges selling federal highway loans and using funds for state owned roadwork. He argues states like Massachusetts Connecticut and New York have built fine roads at state cost and federal interference should end. He contends the nation should focus on securing best roads with local funding and urges each state to sell bonds for holding roads within its borders.
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William L Johnson
Beverly Wise
Shoreham
Being & Banker
Massachusetts
New York
United States
Newark
Frelinghuysen Reelection Backed by Hackensack Ex Postmaster
An open political preview from New Jersey sources predicts Frelinghuysen's bid for reelection and a strong nomination fight. It cites William J. and Senator William B. Meenasyr as potential contenders, notes past Washington ties, and praises W Irving Glover's appointment as Third Assistant to Will Hays while reflecting on New Jersey politics.
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New Jersey
Wiliam Jd
Hackensack
Willard
William B Meenas
Frelinghuysen
United States Senate
Washington
Garrett Hobart
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W Farbanks
W Irving Glover
Will Hays
New Jersey Assembly
New d Jersey
Zionist head denies inventing TNT in interview
Dr Chaim Wesmann, president of a Zionist world organization, insists he did not invent TNT and faces praise as its inventor from Jewish communities in this country. He says his only aim is Palestine foundation and a 2000 year old ambition, buoyed by strong Jewish support.
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TNT
Chaim Wesmann
Zionist World Organization
Palestine Foundation
Sims Guest of Lloyd George at Downing Street Dinner
Rear Admiral William S. Sims U.S.N. was the guest of Premier Lloyd George at a Downing Street dinner. The American ambassador George II argh and several ministers attended the event in London on June 2.
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London
William S Sims U SM
Lloyd George
Fical
Downing Street
George Harg
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