Anglo American talks float idea of Pacific alliance bloc
Informal negotiations among the United States and the British dominions Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa consider a united front against Japanese immigration. Lawmakers and officials in London Washington and Canberra weigh a league of English speaking nations touching the Pacific.
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Ashington
United States
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
California
Great Britain
Japan
London
Lloyd George
State Department
Harding
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Philadelphia
Ledge
Lodge
Pacific
Women Demand End of Militarism at Benjamin Franklin Monument
At a quiet demonstration led by Mrs. Robert M. La Follette and Mrs. Charles Edward Stussell, the Women’s Peace Society urged sharp cuts in army and navy spending and broad disarmament. They backed the Brooks resolution for a Washington conference to plan disarmament and vowed to influence votes to elect peace advocates. The speakers called redirecting funds from war to human needs and condemned the war budget as criminally misused.
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Benjamin Franklin
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Charles Edward Stussell
United States
Woman’s Peace Society
Brooks
Conference of the Nations
Washington
Congress
Russell
Tax Revision Plans For Next Congress Revealed
The House Ways and Means Committee signals a tax revision path with repeal of excess profits tax and rejection of a sales tax. Proposals include raising corporate net earnings tax, a moderate tax on undistributed earnings, no individual rate increases, and new or higher excise taxes on items like tobacco. Refundings to be limited. war debt to be stretched 40 to 60 years.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
War Dept
Treasury Department
Committee
Federal Trade Commission Proposes Central Markets for Perishables
The FTC urges establishment of central markets in large cities for perishable foods with a federal licensing system for all dealers. The plan aims to curb inter trade dealings, require stock records and dating of cold storage, and implement auction marketing. State and local authorities are deemed insufficiently empowered to regulate handling.
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Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Commission
Balloonists Survive 29 Days Lost In Canadian Woods
Lieuts. Farrell Hinton and Kloor, three navy balloonists, arrived in Mattice Ontario after 29 days lost in the woods. They described 25 hours aloft in a 35000 cubic foot balloon and a grim trek with pigeons as messengers and scarce food. The trio were aided by Cree trapper Tom Marks near Moose Factory James Bay.
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Mattice
Navy
Lieuts
Farrell
Hinton
Kloor
Lieut
Rockaway Naval Air Station
Moose Factory
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Upper New York State
Quebec Central Line
Wells
N. Y
Canada
Trip
Tom Marks
James Bay
Marks
Trivial Accidents and Trivia From The Era
An eclectic clipping notes 1866 Paris pedal bicycle origins Ecuador’s equatorial name fact and a rise in US oil output by 25 million barrels. It mentions Scottish plans for 42000 electrical horsepower, Naval academy hazing, and the gypsy moth outbreak traced to Trouvelot's box in Malden Mass.
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Paris
Ecuador
Equator
United States
Ie West
Mai
Tay
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Trouvelot
Malden
Mass
Lessons From Everyday Folly in Detroit Free Press Wit
A reflective musing on success and failure notes that slips and small temptations multiply as daily plans change with rain. It contrasts fame kindness and artistry while humorously critiquing忙 bohemian habits and thrift, ending with a practical jab at wasting others time.
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Detroit Free Press
Thoughts by the Way aphorisms on money and manners
A collection of clipped maxims on value, power, and social behavior. The lines lampoon boasts and temptations, contrasting money with character and suggesting strategic revelation over words. They critique bosses, apologies, and reputation in pithy, witty phrases.
Statistical Notes On History Biology And World Facts
A papyrus on geometry dated 100 B C is preserved from Egypt. Switzerland has more deaf mutes per population than any other country. The heart of a vegetarian averages 58 beats per minute versus 75 for meat eaters. Since World War I France rebuilt 13 100 homes, repaired 178 500 and 46 570 others in use temporarily. There are about 1380 bat species globally, with larger species in warmer regions.
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Switzerland
Country
France
Dishonesty and Delayed Payments Highlighted in Bits of Life
A passage from Bits of Life contrasts a philanthropist who always hopes to pay someday with a tailor who cannot contribute due to lack of money. The philanthropist derives pleasure from giving to the Red Cross while the tailor is labeled mean for not paying what he owes.
New Doll Mimics Living Eyes Mouth On Curved Base
A science note describes a doll that rocks on a curved base and opens and closes its eyes and mouth. It mentions sediment carried to sea by the Amazon river and a bottle cover with a lock and key to prevent tampering.
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Amazon River
Indiana Governor Pardons Delaware County Grand Jurors
James G. Goodrich remits $250 fines for five of six Delaware county grand jurors who criticized Judge Thompson. The sixth juror Lance M. Coons faces Supreme Court review to determine grand jury rights and duties in cases involving public officials.
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Indianapolis
James G. Goodrich
Delaware County
William A. Thompson
Delaware Circuit Court
Thompson
Lance M. Coons
Muncie
Supreme Court
Goodrich
Charles HB. Butler
Crawfordsville
State School For the Blind
Thomas A. Clifton
Covington
Wood Posey
Terre Haute
Southern Hospital For the Insane
Evansville
Andrew Richards
John B. Stoll
South Bend
Board of State Prisons
Indiana
Standard Shipping
Indiana Coal Trade Bureau
Standard
Jeffersonville
Utican Township
Clark County
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary Steel Mills
Gary Land Company
Lake County
Linden
Martinsville
Walter Warmoth
Hazelwood
Lexington
Kentucky
Ohio
Tipton
Tipton County
Kokomo
Portland
Huntington
Orton-Steinbrenner
H. H. Friedley
Arlie Crafton
John Wehorn
Greenwood
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