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The Ocala Evening Star
Ocala, Marion County, Florida
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At the League of Nations assembly in Geneva on Dec. 15, a proposal was discussed for the League to take over Holland's duties under the international opium convention to regulate drug traffic. A resolution suppressing 'white slave' traffic in women and children was unanimously adopted following an address by Danish delegate Miss Henni Forchhammer, who called for investigating conditions in Asia Minor and Armenia where 20,000 women are reportedly in captivity.
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Geneva, Dec. 15. A proposal that the league of nations assume the duties now performed by Holland under the international opium convention regulating traffic in the drug was discussed today by the assembly. A "white slave" resolution suppressing traffic in women and children was unanimously adopted after an address by Miss Henni Forchhammer of Denmark, who pled for an investigation of conditions among women in Asia Minor and Armenia, where she said 20,000 women are in captivity.
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Geneva
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Dec. 15
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proposal for league to assume opium duties discussed; "white slave" resolution unanimously adopted; call for investigation into 20,000 women in captivity in asia minor and armenia
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The League of Nations assembly discussed a proposal for the League to take over Holland's role in the international opium convention to regulate drug traffic. Following an address by Miss Henni Forchhammer of Denmark pleading for investigation of women's conditions in Asia Minor and Armenia, a resolution suppressing traffic in women and children was unanimously adopted.