Paris and London Agree on Germany Reparations Plan
Britain and France outline a system where the reparations commission will specify Germanys payable amount and payment method with financial controls. Within ten days penalties may be imposed if terms arenot accepted, while France begins Ruhr occupation preparations and mobilizes an additional class. Washington opposition and Briand Lloyd George debates color the plan as councils meet for further discussion.
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London
Germany
France
Ruhr
Jaspar
supreme council
M. Briand
Lloyd Georges
Hamburg
United States
Hughes
stena
America
Germany Ignores London Awaiting Harding Reply
Berlin signals no contact with London conference while awaiting President Harding's response. German officials say as long as Washington door remains open they will not knock other doors. Paris and London weigh new penalties and troop mobilization if Germany proposes terms not meeting 6.6 billion pounds reparations.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Harding
entente
Germany
supreme council
Lomion
Washington
foreign office
M. Briand
the
Times
Kilpatrick moved to Teheka prison in Moscow
Capt. Emmet Kilpatrick, a Red Cross worker held by Bolshevik forces, was transferred from a cushier camp in Moscow to the Teheka solitary cell prison by extraordinary committee order. Mme Scala of the Czechoslovak Red Cross in Moscow reported the change and noted that food packages are now directed to Kilpatrick at Teheka as other Americans in Russia receive aid.
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ueevia
Associated Press
Emmet Kilpatrick
Red Cross
Moscow
Merion “Cooper
Kosciusko
Cooper
Kilpatrick
T'cheka
Scala
Tcheka
Russia
Mme. Scala
William Flick
Mick
Germany Adrift in Divorce Epidemic Says Berlin Judge
A Berlin judge links Germany’s rising divorce rate to war impacts and changing gender roles. He cites one divorce per eight marriages, with wives most often the guilty partner, and notes half the unions are childless. He criticizes moral laxity and wartime temptations.
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Washington Post
the
Public Ledger
Berlin
Germany
Aivorce
Public- Ledger
United States presses Germany to settle reparations
Washington indicates a clear policy to urge Germany to end evasion and meet just reparations. The United States backs allies, avoids mediation, and offers aid to Germany once concessions are made. Formal peace nears, boosting trade and diplomacy while tying recovery to reparations settlement.
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United States
M. Briand
Washington
unjer
M. Jusserand
The
Washington Post Co
Harding
Fiughes
America
as- Sistin
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Germany
erough
Europe
Hughes
lana
Mr. Hughes
France
Great Britain
Diplomata
New School Estimates Hold 115. Classrooms
The district plans an emergency building program to add 115 classrooms in elementary schools. The effort aims to replace portable and stove heated quarters, cut oversized classes, and fund tubercular and other improvements. Forty eight classrooms are already under construction in several schools, while portables still house about 3,000 pupils.
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Supt
Baliou
Hamilton
Ballou
schol
West
Burrville
Petworth
Takoma
Woodridge- Langdon
Deanwood
Wheatley
Henry D. Cooke
Anacostia
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Treasury seeks broad tax reform to cut rates and repeal luxury levies
Secretary Mellon proposes four federal tax revisions to Congress aimed at lowering rates for high incomes, repealing the excess profits tax and luxury taxes, and funding changes with corporate tax tweaks. He warns of $5 billion annual outlays and urges decisive spending cuts while noting no general sales tax is ready.
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Associated Press
Congress
Melion
Mellon
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Nota
Sedition Grows in India and Chicago Draft Evasion List
In Calcutta May 1 Gandhi's noncooperation fund aiming for two and a half million dollars draws large donations despite provincial government resistance. Bengal’s Sir Surendath Banerjee says it’s near collapse as anti Gandhi rumors spread. Extraordinary claims of Gandhi miraculous powers arise from rural areas. In Chicago, 17 600 names of draft evaders across Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin will be printed and distributed from Fort Sheridan with a $50 reward for captures.
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the
Public Ledger
Calcutta
Mohandas Gandhi
AmNtaar
Surendath Banasaree
Bengal
Gandhi
Public Ledger Co
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Sixth army corps
Illnois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Fort Sheridan
Deaths by Automobiles Surge in New York Four Months
The National Highway Protective Society reports 151 persons killed by autos in New York State in four months ending April 30, with 16 killed in New York City in April. The group calls for stricter laws as plans for lectures by Dean Shailer Mathews of the University of Chicago are announced at the First Congregational Church.
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New York
New York State
New York city
National Highway Protective society
Iin
Dean Shailer Mathews
University of Chicago
First Congregational Church
loth & Gaw
Davis and Unions Take Up Ship Pay Dispute
Shipping wage cut of 16 percent sparked walkouts as unions seek a wage commission. President Harding may appoint a commission. Secretaries Davis and Hoover hold the decision, with impact on Atlantic and Pacific shipping and gun port traffic pending a final move.
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DAVIS
Associated Press
shipping board
Atlantic
Pacific
Benson
Harding
Hoover
White “House
Interstate auto theft ring broken up in Chicago
Federal authorities plan indictments against dealers who moved stolen cars and owners who paid to recover them. A confession came from one prisoner as agents disclosed the gang operated across Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan after stealing cars valued at about 100000. The suspects will be turned over to federal custody for prosecution.
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Illinoig
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Wisconsin
Michigan
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