Word: aug
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...proposal to hold a Ku Klux Klan parade in Washington on Aug. 8, brought many protests to the President. The district commissioners had issued a permit for the parade, holding that they had no right to deny...
...Scranton, Pa., the tri-district convention of the United Mine Workers assembled. The three districts are Nos. 1, 7, 9, which constitute the anthracite mining region. The significance of the convention is that, on Aug. 31, the two-year wage contract between the United Mine Workers and the anthracite operators expires. If it is not renewed, there will be a "suspension of operations...
...Australia, Premier Bruce announced, last week, the Parliament will adjourn during the fleet's visit (July 23-Aug. 6). On the homeward voyage, detachments of the fleet will scour the Pacific. Tahiti, Tai-o-Hae, Nukuhiva, the Marquesas and Galapagos, as well as practically every Pacific possession of the U. S. except Guam, will be visited...
...subsequent adoption of the Experts' Plan (for the payment of reparations) was performed in London on Aug. 15 of last year (TIME, Aug. 18). Under pressure from all sides, the then Premier Edouard Herriot of France promised, in the name of his country, to evacuate all Ruhr territory to a line running between Oberhausen, Mülheim, Kettwig within one year...
Last week, Premier Painlevé of France decided to recognize the country's pledge. French and Belgian troops began to quit the Ruhr and, by Aug. 15, not a soldier of the occupation will be seen...