Trade Stir Germany Sought in Billion-Dollar Deal
Lafayette H De Fries and Franklin Helm tell of advising German leaders to meet Allied demands as Berlin sought to secure a vast export deal. They describe disruptions from the reparations crisis and French invasion threat, with U S involvement in cotton copper and steel shipments. The group includes Richard Moldenke and Louis M Hoefer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette H. De Fries
Berlin
United States
Germany
Lafayette H. Delries
London
Franklin Helm
Indianapolis
Washington
Congress
DeFries
Helm
Weeks
Harding
Richard Moldenke
Watchung
N. J
America
Louis M. Hoefer
San Francisco
New
Economic council
reichstag
boms
Stinnes
France
Simons
Dine Round World For Corps Of Quartermasters
The Associated Press reports plans for a June 16 celebration of the 146th anniversary of the Army Quartermaster Corps. Dinners will span from Coblenz to China and the Arctic Circle, attended by officers, men, and wartime material suppliers. The largest table will be in Washington with invitations to President Harding, Secretary Weeks, General Pershing, and Major General Rogers. Other dinners will be in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, New Orleans, Indianapolis, and San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preas
Coblenz
China
Philippines
Arctic circle
quartermaster corps of
army
Washington
Harding
Weeks
Pershing
Rogers
United States
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
San Francisco
New Orleans
Indianapolis
San Antonio
Penrose Calls Prohibition Enforcement Ineffective Reform Talk
Penrose urged overhaul of Prohibition enforcement as inefficient and demoralizing. He favored transferring enforcement to the Department of Justice with state or district level superintendents, and planned discussions with Attorney General Daugherty, Mellon, and Commissioner Blair. Newton Fairbanks of Ohio was named as a candidate to replace John Kramer.
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Newton Fairbanks
Ohio
Associated Press
Panrose
Senate finance committee
Blair
bureau of internal revenue
Penrose
Department of Justice
Daugherty
finance committee
Mellon
Treasury
John ¥. Kramer
Rickenbacker Lands After Transcontinental Flight
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker completes a cross country flight, forced down by a Virginia thunderstorm, resumes within an hour, and lands at Bolling Field at 6 15 pm. He rests briefly, then attends a dinner hosted by General Pershing for the Baltic crew. Weather report from Montana notes light snowfall and cool readings with regional variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Rickenbacker
Bolling field
West Virginia
Rickenbacker
Washington
Dayton
Ohio
Metropolitan club
Gen. Pershing
France
Redwood City
Calif
Harding Seeks Bankers Backing to Aid Farm Exports
Washington reports President Harding presses farmers' relief through export trade loans. He weighs relaxing Federal Reserve restraints to spur long term credits for Europe while rejecting government guarantees for nations, citing need to sustain domestic farm prosperity and avoid global financial commitments.
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Harding
Federal reserve banks
United States
Washington
America
Germany
Argentina
South America
President Harrding appoints youth jury on birds in White House
President Harding creates a boy and girl jury to study birds that prey on others. The John Burroughs club members present a book and report in two weeks. The event precedes Forestry Week closing and links to American aid aims, loans, and farm support.
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Associated Press
Harding
White House
John Burroughs club
Washington
American Forestry association
Wide tariff split on four schedules in draft bill
Republican members of the House ways and means committee clash over four schedules in the coming general tariff bill. Disputes center on chemicals cotton wool and silks with timing for introduction debated between June 10 and June 20. voices differ on embargoes dyestuffs and tariff rates while New England opposes cotton product rates and wool mirrors raw versus manufactured disparities. A caucus to set party policy is planned as Young opposes the plan with strong support expected.
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House
ways and means
Fordney
Senate
New England
Longworth
Young
ways and means committee
Hero Executed for Murder in Valdepenas Spain
Jose Ortiz, twice awarded for bravery, was executed here today for the murder of his landlady. Also notice announces summer tourist rates effective June 1 to Chesapeake and Ohio Resorts with full information at City Ticket Office, 714 14th NW.
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Valdepenas
Spain
Jose Ortiz
Chesapeake & Ohio Resorts
information City
300 000 Mile Sea Search for Missing Tug Proves Futile
A 300 square mile Pacific search by sea and air failed to locate the tug Canesto ge. Navy said crews likely were aboard and examined islands. Conestoga left Mare Island for Guam March 25. Navy hopes crew survive and will continue searching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pacific
Canesto‘ge
nmber
emibers
Navy Department
Mare Island
Guam
department
Golf Balls Meet Head On At Pollard's Hill Course
Post London reports a bizarre 1921 incident where a ball driven from the eighth hole by Thurston Harris collided in midair with a ball from the tenth driven by J F Medina. Experts seek a dramatic aviation inspired name for the phenomenon as spectators marvel at the unique sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pollard’s Hill
Thurston Harris
J. F. Medina
Japan seeks direct U S settlement over Yap island
Tokyo reports Japan will initiate memorandum exchanges with the United States to settle the Yap mandate dispute directly. Officials note Japan favors internationalization of cables if it preserves political control of Yap under a mandate, while Washington urges a unified legal review of mandates with allies.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Japan
Washington
Hughes
Yap
United States
America
Jiji Shimpa
Mesopotamia
Tokyo dispatch
Supreme Council
Colby
Paris platinum theft shocks police at prefecture lab
Paris reports a bold burglary near the prefecture of police where two intruders entered the municipal laboratories beside the station and stole over seven pounds of platinum valued at about 120000 francs. The heist follows two prior platinum robberies linked to a single gang and illicit dealers.
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New York Herald
Font Paris
Paris
prefecture of police
Notre Dame cathedral
France
New York
BUCED
Jane
St. N. W
Silesia Partition Plan Backed by Allies Faces Opposition
London May 28 Briand proposes three zone division of Upper Silesia to split control among Poland Germany and the Allies. Italy backs the plan while France hesitates seeking a special commission to report to the supreme council. Allied ambassadors weigh a neutral zone as British troops move toward suppressing Polish insurgents in Opeln Kreuzburg and Brieg tensions rise.
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Anxiongs
Supreme Body
Liondon
Silesia
France
London
Briand
foreign office
Upper Silesia
supreme council
Silesian
council of Ambassadors
Paris
Associated Press
allied council of Ambassadors
Germany
Poland
Oppeln
Cologne
Kreuzburg
Brieg
Jail 27 Who Seized Train in Western U W W Incident
Twenty seven alleged members of the I W W were jailed after attempting to commandeer a Union Pacific freight train from Cheyenne to Denver. A 22 officer squad halted the train near the city, and crew reported seized cars at Greeley. Police filed vagrancy charges against the group.
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Denver
L W. W
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Woom
I W. W
division
Greeley
Colo
Bergdoll Funds Seized Again in Philadelphia
Federal alien property agents seized additional funds of Grover C. Bergdoll in Philadelphia today. The total value of Bergdoll's city property had earlier been about 832000. Emma Bergdoll, mother of Grover and Erwin Bergdoll, left for country homes in Delaware County and planned a final appeal to President Harding to halt government actions.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Grover C. Bergdoll
Germany
onde
Bergdoll
Emma. C. Bergdoll
Grover
Erwin R. Bergdoll
Leavenworth
Erwin
Delaware county
here
Harding
German Courier Delivers Record Reparations Payment to Paris
Berlin reports the first real German reparations payment, delivering 20 bonds of about 10 million dollars each. About 80 million is payable in New York, 60.6 million in London, and 60 million in Paris. The reparations commission will receive the May 1 balance of one billion gold marks per Article V.
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Paris
Associated Press
Berlin
New York
London
Germany
Ulster Plans for New Government in Belfast Parliament
Belfast May 28 Sir James Craig plans to open Ulster's northern parliament June 7 in Belfast City Hall. Unionists push for royal opening, expect Lloyd George or Fitzalan as dignitary, while nationalists and Sinn Feiners doubt feasibility. Proportional representation sparks cost and fairness concerns. two women elected as unionists Mrs McMordis and Mrs Chichester.
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Sir James Craig
London
Belfast
Ireland
Associated Press
James Craig
Ulster
King George
Prince of Wales
England
Mr. Lloyd George
Viscount Fitzalan
EB. Clarke
sinnce
Sinn Penners
McMordis
Chichester
Derry
ists
H. M. Pollock
J. M. Andrews
Hugh O'Neill
Lord O’Neall
Thomas Moles
Sir D Bates
J. M. Barbour
Trial of Black and Tans in Antrim Looting Case Began
The court martial of 18 auxiliary cadets charged with looting in Antrim February 9 last in connection with Brig. Gen. Crozier resignations opened in Dublin. The indictment covers two raids and conspiracy for robbery theft and receiving of stolen goods. Crown counsel called the offenses mean and despicable to the crown forces. Trial adjourned until Monday.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Antrim
Crozier
United States Invited to Join Reparations Guarantee Commission
Paris May 28 The United States is invited to name a member of the guarantee commission which oversees German finances under the Versailles settlement. The body will supervise tax collection, ensure funds for interest on reparations bonds, and examine German fiscal policy while not hindering administration. An American representative may attend sessions alongside Britain France Italy and Japan.
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Paris
United States
guarantee commission
Preparations commission
Roland W. Boyden
reparations commission
Washington
guarantees ‘commission
M. Mauclere
France
M. Bemelmans
Hugh G. Levick
Great Britain
Signor Dameglio
Italy
M 8¢kiba
Japan
M Tioarth
Jugoslavia
Germany
jeight
Firsat
Big Dublin Area Searched as Customs House Fire Smolders
Crowns forces roped off a wide Dublin area around Mansion House this morning and military cordons blocked streets with barbed wire. Searches were launched on nearby houses. The raid claimed to have captured the Irish Republican Army headquarters. The Customs House fire revealed safes intact, with vaults and key documents spared. Belfast reports shots at a staff officer but no hit. An armed band in Dundalk killed two army horses. In Cork, Dolly Bourke, a political prisoner, was abducted from a women’s prison by armed men who overpowered guards.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Crown
Dublin Mansion House
Irish republican army
customs house
Belfast
Dundalk
Ireland
Cork
Dolly Bourke
Czechoslovakia to Send Trade Mission to Moscow
Czech officials report an eighteen member commercial mission will depart for Moscow to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement. Delegates include foreign affairs and foreign trade ministries, Prague chamber of commerce, industrial union for Russia, and twelve industry experts.
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Czechoslovakia
Moscow
ministry of foreign affairs
ministry of foreign trade
union of industrials
Prague chamber of commerce
Czechoslovak union for Russia
center comm
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