Leaders at Genoa and Russia Policy Debated
The article surveys reactions to Lloyd George and Genoa conference outcomes, noting strong support for his leadership yet concern over Russia and the need for lasting understandings. It cites U.S. and European views, labor court rulings on garment contracts, and a jazz dancer’s $10,000 lawsuit alleging syncopated music provoked involuntary movements. It also touches German loan hopes and a Pensacola missing boat.
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Lloyd George
House
Commons
Genoa
Dammens
Bedi
France
Russia
Europe
San Francisth
Birmingham bar association denounces masked mobs and Klan
Birmingham Alabama bar association with 300 members condemns usurpation of law by masked mobs and calls on all candidates for office to declare Klan membership. It urges city officials to ban parades, demands stronger anti liquor enforcement, and warns against volunteer groups replacing law. It urges immigrant assimilation and stricter prohibition enforcement to restore respect for government.
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P Dispatch
Birmingham
Als
Bar Association
Bar Association of Birmingham
Ku Klux Klan
United States
Political Rhetoric and Public Figures in Brief
A fragmentary column critiques Versailles revisionism, American debt, and political leadership. It cites Mayor Hylan planning radio replies to critics, contrasts Bryan's explanations with prophecy, and mocks tariffs and lobbyists as expenses for citizens. The tone stays polemical and era-specific.
Revival of the Mittel Europa scheme stirs European elites
Dispatches from Paris recount renewed talk of a reactionary plan to redraw Europe by religious fault lines. The scheme envisions a chain of states from the North Sea to the Balkans, culminating in a restored Austro-Hungarian monarchy via Bavaria and Austria Hungary with a Habsburg on the throne. Czechslovakia and other successors mobilize to defend their interests as rumors spread about royal influence, including Belgian and British figures, though Cabinet resistance to crown interference remains firm.
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Mittel Europa
Paria
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Roumania
France
Rhine
Fratce
Bavaria
Wittelsbach
Austria
Hungary
House of Hapsburg
Luxembourg
Brussels
Felix of
Bourbon-Parme
Zita
Felix
Poincare
Charles
George
Seaplane Catapult Demonstration Boosts U S Navy
In Yorktown Virginia a seaplane was launched from the deck of the battleship Maryland using a shipboard catapult. The test marks a potential strategic edge for the U S Navy and aims to equip every battleship with catapult and planes. The 1915-16 attempts faced design flaws, but restarted in spring with promising results. The Navy Department praised the achievement as a major stride in naval aviation.
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Yorktown
United States Navy
Maryland
United States
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy Department
Earl of Rosebery A Devoted Friend or King Edward Vit
The latest issues of the Bingbak newspapers reveal a deteriorating health scene for Earl Rosebery once a key adviser and ally to Queen Alexandra and Edward VII. His public appearances now show a frail condition as he nears the end of a storied political and royal friendship, with memories of Derby wins and Lords debates shaping a poignant farewell.
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Earl OF Rosebery
Edward Vit
Rewehery
America
Trianda
Tagland
United States
Epsom
Lord Rosebery
Houses of Lords
Empire
Sandringham
Queen Alexandra
Edward VII
Hall of
Rosebery and
Midlothian
Proceedings of Congress and Committees Brief
The report recounts tariff debate twists as Republician Oddie angers reformers by pressing cyanide use to be free. McCumber plan gains finance committee support while Democrats lean toward December plan. Debates on the Bonus question pause until tomorrow as Watson and Caraway renew pressure on Atty. Gen. Daugherty and Johnson signals a move to amend the Constitution to ban child labor.
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Oddie
Republicma
McCumber
Smoot
Utah
Watson
Géorgis
Caraway
Arkan
Attornay Genars
Daugherty
Johnson
California
House Adjourns Without Bids on Muscle Shoals Project
The House was not in session and adjourned on Saturday until tomorrow. The military affairs committee adjourned after failing to receive replies from bidders on the Muscle Shoals development project in response to its counter proposal, planning to reconvene Thursday or at the call of Chairman Kahn.
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Muscle Shoals
Military Affairs Committee
Kahn
Defer St Lawrence Treaty Delay Cited by Canadian Premier
Prime Minister King announced in the house of commons that Canada does not deem now opportune for negotiating a St. Lawrence waterway treaty with the United States. Washington had suggested a treaty basis for the project and the US said it would consider it. King said the correspondence would be laid before parliament. Opposition in parts of Canada over project estimates noted as a background factor.
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Ottawa
King
House of Commons
Dominion
United
St. Lawrence
May A83K Guard of Sailors
Sofia reports that American Minister Wilson indicated to Bulgaria a possible resort to guarding the embassy with U S sailors amid unrest and disputed police protection. Political clashes between the Stamboulisky cabinet and the bourgeois bloc escalate, with the shooting of A L Grekof, editor of Slovo, illustrating the bitter divisions.
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Sofia
Associated Presa
Charles §. Wilson
Stamboulisky
Vatican protest to British Palestine mandate reaches League
The Vatican protest against the proposed British mandate over Palestine, tied to the Balfour policy, was received by the League of Nations secretariat. Signed by Cardinal Gasparri, it objects on religious grounds to Zionist privileges. The council will discuss it at its next meeting and the contents remain confidential until then.
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Durdans
Derty
Bia
Nell Primross
Palestine
Aghtine
Lord Allenby
Jerusalem
Sines
Néill Primrose
Lord Derby
Malcolm Bullock
Scota Guarda
Geneva
Associated Press
Vatican
Earl of Balfour
Secretariat
League of Nations
Cardinal Gasparri
Council of the League
Ita
Eastern Composer Wins Prize in Chicago for 1000 Dollar Award
Cam Mille Zackner of Philadelphia won the North Shore Musical Festival Association prize of 1000 dollars for his composition Jada Butterflies. The work was performed at a public rehearsal Saturday night by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under conductor Frederick Stock.
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Chicago
North Shore Musical Festival Association
Cammille Zackner
Philadelphia
Chisago Symphony Orchestra
Frederick Stock
Arrest Parade Leaders in London
London May 29 Associated Press reports mounted police used crowd control truncheons to disperse unemployed paraders near Queenstrait by the bank of England. Leaders included a Battersea councilman among those arrested during the entry attempt on Southwark bridge ships board cuts claims in halt Miscellaneous claims totaling about 2 million dollars were vetted for roughly 1 million by Nathan A Smyth chief counsel of the Emergency Hlest Corporation.
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London
Associated Press
Queenstrait
Bank of England
Southwark Bridge
Battersea Borough
Shipping Board
Nathan A. Smyth
Emergency Hlest Corporation
Fokker Sees Europe Ahead in Commercial Aviation
A H Fokker told Willard visitors that Europe leads in airline development and America must seize opportunities in passenger and express travel. He cited his company’s three daily European routes and plans for a fourth, noting rapid Berlin to Moscow service and imminent Amsterdam to Paris operations.
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America
A. H. Fokker
Airplans
Amsterdam
Willard
United States
Fokker
Owbh
Berlin
Moscow
London
Hamburg
Paris
Berlin-Moscow
British Admiral Praises Marines Singing at Quantico
British Vice Admiral Sir William Pakenham praised the Quantico Marines for their singing and hymns shown on a screen, hoping the practice spreads to the British navy. He admired Washington’s hospitality and the Marines’ group singing as a model. Separately, J W Lambert of Los Angeles commented on cannibalism reports in Russia, urging relief actions to prevent repeats and support for American relief efforts.
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Quantico
William Christopher Pakenham
Kcb
Raleigh
Potomac
Marine Corps
Washington
Russia
Europe
Los Angeles
Arlington
Lkely
Filipinos Arrive in Honolulu as Mission Greens Independence
A Filipino mission led by Manuel Quezon and Sergio Osmena arrived in Honolulu en route to the United States. Crowds welcomed them with a parade and a mass meeting urging independence for the Philippines. Resolutions endorsed the mission and called for copies to be sent to President Harding. The party sailed for San Francisco the next day amid Honolulu’s large Filipino community of about 15 066 residents.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Associatedress
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Senate
Sergio Osmena
Washington
United States
Philippines
Harding
San Francisco
Wellesley Girly Fire Lines Save Mathison House
Young women students at Wellesley college formed fire lines to shield Mathison house during a fire in an ice house nearby. The ice house burned, but college employees and the local fire department prevented spread to Mattison house which was readied for classes.
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Mass
Wellesley College
Mathison
College
Mattison
Reading
Speaking
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