Benefits of Military Training in the World War
The text argues that millions served from civil life with minimal pretraining. It cites data showing nine months of training before frontline service and urges summer War Department camps for 100000 youths. It discusses universal training as a future goal and President Harding's appeal to youths.
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Restoration Conventions Aim to Rebuild World Commerce
The International Chamber of Commerce plans London conferences this month with American and international business leaders to chart a postwar path. Five groups will discuss transportation finance production distribution and devastated regions to rehabilitate global trade and welfare.. The article notes allied commentary on economic recovery and hints at broader public interest in measurable progress from the meetings.
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Interna Chamber of Commerce
America
Belgium
Czechoia
Denmark
France
Great Eritreece
Italy
Poland
Sweden
Timely Warning Against Radical Propaganda
Representative Rodenberg of Illinois warns at Elks play day exercises that radical propaganda from Bolsheviks and communists threatens American security. He urges repeated cautions at patriotic meetings to awaken the public and resist treasonous propaganda and potential violence.
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Russia
United States
Bolshevists
America
Safety First Again Prompts Call For Shared Streets Caution
The piece urges renewed care on streets as auto fatalities rise in Washington. It cites more driving and walking, recalls last fall’s safety drive, and calls for driver and pedestrian cooperation plus strict driver permit exams to reduce accidents. Traffic officers increase vigilance and arrests shown. The article stresses joint responsibility among motorists pedestrians and police to improve street safety.
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Washington
Italian Envoy Earns Doctor of Laws at Rochester
Signor Vittorio Rolandi Ricci Italian Ambassador was awarded the honorary Doctor of Laws at the University of Rochester’s seventy first commencement. Dr Rush Rhees announced plans to break ground soon for the medical school and to open the Eastman School of Music this fall.
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Vittorio Rolandi Ricci
University of Rochester
Rush Rhees
University
Eastman School of Mush
Papers Cite Japan Garrison Withdrawals Across Pacific
excerpts note editorials from the San Francisco Chronicle and others urging Japan to remove garrisons from Yap and mandated islands. Natives are described as peaceful and the piece argues for minimal armed presence and trade equity in Asia. Additional items comment Ellis Island immigration handling and a breadth of period news.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Yap
Pacific
Siberia
Asia
Continental
Asiatic
King Alfonso honors chess wizard who defeated him
King Alfonso X to the public as a chess prodigy, winning praise for his skill in the national Spanish tournament. He honored Jose Golmanzo, a young naval captain, with the cross of the Order of Alfonso XII and named him naval aide-de-camp as promotion looms. Meanwhile France unmasked a fraudster posing as King Louis I of Transcaucasia, Laforge, who corrupted Nice and southern towns with bogus knighthoods.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Europe
Spain
Jose Golmanzo
Royal Navy
Alfonso XO
Nice
France
Louis I
Transcaucasia
Laforge
Honfleur
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Frederick William IV
Prussia
Clara Alexander III
Nicholas II
Hubert
Berlin
Karl Ehler
Mandara
Morocco
Germany
Africa
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Ehler
Kaiser
University of
Bonn
Naval aide named for Mayflower commander
Commander Ralaton Holmes, captain of the presidential yacht Mayflower, was formally designated naval aid to President Harding yesterday. He will continue in command of the Mayflower.
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Harding
Ralaton Holmes
Proceedings of Congress and Committees In Brief
Congress met at noon and adjourned after discussions on the Meat packing bill and a resolution about Admiral Sims and Ambassador Harvey. Reports favored bills on canal tolls for coastal vessels and federal highway systems, with numerous confirmations and nominations in process.
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Panama Canal
Scott C. Bone
New York
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New Hampshire
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Toledo
Ohio
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Clarence G. Smithers
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Massachusetts
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Red Cross Europe Commissioner resigns in Paris
Lieut. Col. Robert KE Olds resigns as American Red Cross commissioner for Europe. No successor named yet. The move ends his wartime program for Europe and plans for next year shift Red Cross focus to child welfare work.
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Robert KE. Olds
American Red Cross
Europe
Col. Olds
BSA
Washington driving harder than in any city say visitor
Ed B. Lowery of Memphis says Washington is the hardest place in the United States to drive a automobile. He notes that wide streets and angled avenues create blind cross streets and crowded passing without clear sight lines. He compares it unfavorably to New York and Chicago and urges reckless drivers be punished.
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New York
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Washington
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D Annunzio’s Fiume Divorce Law Stirs Controversy
The piece portrays Col. Gabriel d'Annunzio as a controversial figure for reviving a divorce decree in Fiume during his rule. It notes his failed Italy divorce obstacles, his Swiss marriage, and rumors of high priced divorce seekers moving to Fiume, casting him as a controversial matrimonial liberator.
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Laror
Hamilton Beasley
Toronto
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Necea Poetavie
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Eleanora Duse
Ida Rubenstein
D'Annunzio
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ceNe Doaver
Calls Philippine Freedom Mistake
A Seattle author argues self-government for the Philippines cannot be gifted from abroad and must grow from within. He cites long English-speaking history, warns against independence under American oversight, and questions withdrawal liability for policy decisions.
General Stoeger Steiner Dies in Vienna
General Stoeger Steiner, longtime war minister chosen by the monarchy, died in Vienna. He earned a reputation as a premier rifle shot and led Austrian forces against the first Russian invasion at Gorice on August 23, 1914, acting on his own initiative against the general staff plan.
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Vienna
Grn Stoeger- Steiner
Stoeger
Old Empire
Gorice
Russia
France to thank Canada on maiden Paris voyage
The French liner Paris sails for New York next Wednesday on its maiden voyage and carries a special Franco Canadian mission headed by Marshal Fayalte. The group will open a Franco Canadian exposition train at Montreal and present a Rodin bust to the Canadian government bearing the inscription honoring Canada’s sacrifice for liberty.
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Beginning of Shipping Board Duties Experienced Lineup
Four of the seven members of the new shipping board including Chairman A D Lasker were sworn in yesterday and immediately assumed duties. The other members installed were former Senator Chamberlain of Oregon Fred J Thompson of Alabama and Rear Admiral William Bengon of Georgia former chair.
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Oregon
Fred J. Thompson
Alabama
William §. Bengon
Georgia
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