British American relations and imperial conference aims
An analysis of British dominions and the imperial conference revealing a united empire and evolving ties with the United States. The piece argues Britain will not join anti American alliances, stresses mutual respect and pragmatic, self reliant friendship between Americans and Britons, and highlights dangers of sensational rhetoric.
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Europe
Silesia
Constantinople
Great Britain
United States
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
America
Ireland
Veterans Call Immigration Halt Amid Employment Crisis
Veterans of Foreign Wars told Congress that immigration should be restricted until industry recovers. They cited 300,000 idle in New York and up to 5,000,000 unemployed nationwide, arguing that the current quota allows too many aliens to enter and compete with American workers. Officials say only full quota distribution across less-affected communities is feasible under the law.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Congress
New York
Post
United States
America
Australia
H. M. Carpenter
Washington
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Publication Freedom and Public Figures Fray
A column laments press freedom excesses and notes a congressman who forged a diploma. The piece also parodies how personal scandal, described metaphorically as Eden’s garden affair, has led to men entangled in trouble.
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Eden
Drive Out the Profiteers and Break Up Price Fixing
Two witnesses before the Lockwood committee in Buffalo gave assurances that their building material groups would disband and desist from price fixing. A Pittsburgh convention of sheet metal contractors reported market drift toward competition, with profits and expansion subsiding. The piece urges federal state and local action to suppress illegal price fixing and restore normal prices, jobs, and industry growth after wartime highs.
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Lockwood
Buffalo
National Association of Sheet Metal Contractors
Pittsburgh
Lockwood Committees
New York
United States
Federal Trade Commission
America
Army Nurses School graduates over 400 at Walter Reed
More than 400 students complete graduation at Walter Reed hospital marking the Army Nurses School as a unique military institution. The graduates are praised for patriotism and service, promising a strong national nursing corps in peace and potential expansion in war.
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Army Nurses School
Walter Reed Hospital
Miss Goodrich
Army
Papers Debate Schools to Combat Bolshevism and Honors for Actors
The Philadelphia Bulletin urges using schools to inculcate Americanism amid Bolshevik propaganda. St Louis shipping board head T Park Hay explains the merchant fleet's unitary operation and 58 international routes. Syracuse Post-Standard notes actors receiving academic honors, contrasting past indifference with recent recognition for Hampden Fiske Marlowe Adams Anglin and others.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
John J. Tigert
United States Commissioner of Education
America
Syracuse Post-Standard
Tufts
Otia Skinner
Julia Marlows
Maude Adama
William H. Crane
William Faversham
Walter Hampden
Fiske
Henry Irving
England
Forbes Robertson
Charles Hawtrey
Miss Marlowe
Miss Adams
Hampden
Sothern
Miss Anglin
A Consequence of Bolshevism
The report cites eight million typhus cases in Russia as proof of life under Bolshevik rule. Typhus stems from filth and sanitation lapses, and its sweeping spread indicts the regime that erased centuries of progress. The piece argues Soviet chaos undermines public health laws and proves Bolshevik theory leads to barbarism.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Russia
Europe
A AFL Referendum on War Proposal Headlines Debate
A labor federation convention proposes a war referendum with forced participation by supporters and bans on opponents. It envisions ballots printed as invasions unfold and lists of dissenters created while indemnities are paid. The piece also questions passive submission as a path to antiwar policy. College Is Part of Life contrasts academic paths with practical work and stresses structured schooling over haphazard experience.
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New York ‘Tribune
American Federation of Labor
United States
Kansas City
Christendom
New York
Japan applauds France's choice of poet as envoy
France selects Paul Claudel as ambassador to Japan, praising his stature as a leading poet and cultural figure. The article traces Claudel's career from his early U.S. consular work to roles in Hamburg Copenhagen and finally his appointment as Tokyo envoy, highlighting his mystic religious leanings and literary prominence.
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Japan
France
Paul Claudel
Orient
Maria
Paris
Dante
Department of Foreign Affairs
Rouvier
Claudel
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Philippe Berthelot
Tokyo
Proceedings of Congress and Committees In Brief
Measures pass on meat packing regulation with uniform accounting and public cost disclosure while repealing earlier federal control ideas. Senate rejects the Sterling packing regulation plan and advances coal industry bills. A treaty talks proposal with Canada and maritime provinces is set, and infanthood aid and other bills move forward. Confirmations include Farrington, W. Eittelle, Nichola, and Styer. Talks on naval staffing and Wabash hearing conclude with slower freight rate impact. House backs army cut to 150000 by October 1 and looks to 200000 for D C water. The Volstead Act debate draws welfare concerns from the American Chemical Society. Conference on Germany peace and Philippine indebtedness advances.
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House
Federal Trade Commission
Frelinghuysen
Canada
Maritime Provinces
United States
Pittman
Nevada
White's Tabernacle
United Order of Sons and Daughters
Brethren and Sisters of Moses
District of Columbia
Overman
North Carolina
Secretary of War
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Borah
Wallace A. Farrington
Hawaii
Sumner E. W. Eittelle
Virgin Islands
Malcolm E Nichola
Boston
Freas Styer
Norristown
Philadelphia
Senate
Denby
Poindexter
W. H. Williams
Wabash Railway Company
United States Army
Volatead
American Chemical Society
Campbell
Rules Committee
Society
Germany
Austria
Gillett
Porter
Pennsylvania
Rogers
Massachusetts
Flood
Virginia
Weeks
War Department
Philippines
Leonard Wood
W. Cameron Forbes
Lodge to Visit Harvard Graduation and Celebrate Alumni Anniversary
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts plans to attend Harvard University graduation ceremonies next week. He will also mark the fiftieth anniversary of his own Harvard graduation.
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Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Harvard University
Honduras grants amnesty and expands aviation links
Honduras announces general amnesty allowing exiles to return as peace consolidates. Aerial mail begins between Puerto Cortes and Tegucigalpa with three more planes ordered to reach the Pacific coast. An aviation school opens in the capital with foreign directors. A sanitation meeting in Am z pa la includes Rockefeller Foundation delegates and Dr Brisio. A sanitary station may be established on Fonseca bay with support from Guatemala El Salvador Honduras and Nicaragua.
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Honduras
Puerto Cortes
Atlantic
Teguagalpa
Pacific
Amzpala
Rockefeller Foundation
Brisio
Fonseca Bay
BE Gslvador
Nicaragua
Old South rises as Charleston becomes a major port
In Raleigh discussions, Richmond and New York voices celebrate Charleston as a booming Atlantic port with rapid coal unloading capacity, rivaling Great Lakes facilities. The piece highlights a new Southern work ethic and a shift from lethargy to enterprise amid expanding exports and modern infrastructure.
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New England
America
John M. Edgewood
Richmond
Raleigh
Charleston
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlantic
New York
Duluth
Superior City
Great Lakes
Old South
South
Sun Yat Sen Appeals for U S Recognition
Dr Sun Yat Sen president of the southern Chinese republic appeals to President Harding for U S recognition. The appeal, released here by his Washington representative Soo, emphasizes democracy versus militarism and warns America must help or China may yield to Japan.
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Harding
Sun Yat Sen
Soo
Sun
Washington
Am 'Ica
China
America
Japan
Dr. Sun
Manifesta
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Tientsin
Hugh O’neill
Hugh O'Neil
Belfast
O'Neill
Shane’s Castle
County Antrim
Shane
Arthur O'Neill
Second Life Guards
Hugh O'Neill
Antrim
Westminster
Royal Irish Rifles
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Nial
Scythia
Abraham
Milesius
Miall
Brittany
St. Patrick
Wiall
Ulster
Elizabeth
John O’neill
William Chichester
Viscount O Neill
Baron O'Neill
Shane's Castle
Lough Neagh
Henry VIII
Edenduffearrich
Erin
Order of Baronets
Proceedings OF Congress
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Lodge
Harvard
St. John Ervine
London Observer
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Detroit
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