Doumergue Burdened by Big Elysee Expenses amid Raises
Paris January 14 United Press reports France's bachelor president Gaston Doumergue will receive a raise to 1 800 000 francs plus two 900 000 franc supplements for travel and representation costs. He must fund the Elysee upkeep for 25 employes and cover charity drives and state entertainments while taxes take 624 746 francs. He also maintains staff attire, stockings and dinners, costing about 100 francs per plate and 100 francs a day for his household.
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Paris
France
M. Gaston Doumergue
M. Doumercue
Elysee
White House
M. Doumergue
Donmergue
Millerand
the Elysee
M. Millerand
King and Queen Are Improving
London reports both royal patients at Buckingham Palace showing progress. King George's condition remains cautious but improved after days of stationary reports while Queen Mary recovers from a cold and is kept quietly in her rooms as a precaution.
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Associated Press
London
Buckingham Palace
George
Mary
Interstate rate amended to nine cents on bags
The Texas railroad commission amended the interstate rate structure to nine cents on bags burlap cotton lined or unlined from Beaumont to Orange and Port Arthur. The new rate takes effect February 1.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Railroad Commission
Beaumont
Orange
Port Arthur
Death in Cumby chase injuries Greenville Texas
Ivan Litchfield twenty was fatally injured near Cumby when he ran into an oncoming car while chasing a friend. He died about an hour after the collision. In a separate note London F Pinfield regained full faculties after a hair incident during a Bromsgrove town hall bell inspection.
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United Press
Greenville
Texas
Ivan Litchfield
Cumby
London
F. T. Pinfield
Bromsgrove Town Hall
Just a Mistake Freed Man After Life Prison Sentence
Caruther Springs Mo report of Peter Thomas freed after serving life for killing a man in a dance hall. The supposed victim reappeared, had fled town in fear, and county prosecutor S I Stiles labeled the shooting a mistake.
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Carutherrsville
Peter Thomas
Thomas
S. I. Stiles
American families urged to learn happiness at home
The General Federation of Women's Clubs in Washington after its directors meeting released a plan to restore the home as the center of social life. It argues mothers should manage leisure time with modern appliances and pass on social skills to their families. Fathers and mothers must share responsibility for domestic social life, with in home parties promoted and schools urged to add social training.
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United Press
Washington
The
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Sugar Company Opens Everglades Mill Expansion Plan
Clewiston Florida January 14 the Southern Sugar company opened its mill signaling reclamation of 125000 acres of Everglades land B C Dahlberg president announced plans for a string of mills between Clewiston and Canal Point the second mill due in 1929 and 12000 more acres to be planted next year.
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United Press
Clewiston
Fla
Southern Sugar Company
Everglade
B. C. Dahlberg
Canal Point
Dahlberg
Question to save a dollar a week for four weeks pays off
A humorous Country Gentleman exchange asks what a father could buy with four weeks of saved dollars. The answer lists a phonograph, a new suit, a refrigerator and a set of furniture, illustrating frugal budgeting.
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Joseph
Midol claims fast relief for menstrual pain
An advertising blurb promotes Midol as a non narcotic remedy that ends menstrual pains in five to seven minutes. It urges anticipation to prevent pain and notes the tiny tablets come in an aluminum case for fifty cents at any drugstore.
Smith Plans Next Campaign In Conference
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith John J. Raskob and Governor Franklin D Roosevelt met at the Albany executive mansion over a dinner table to map the next campaign. Roosevelt issued a militant statement asserting a revived will to win and condemning misrepresentation and pressure from Republican allies during last year’s electoral defeat.
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United Press
Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Tilden
Mrs. Fred Benton Dies After Illness Including Flu
Mrs. Fred Benton aged 30 died Thursday at 4 30 p m at the family home after six years with tuberculosis and a recent bout of influenza. Funeral services will be held Friday at the family residence with Rev Paschal of the Nazirene church officiating. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery Memphis. She is survived by her husband two children a mother three brothers and two sisters all present at death.
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Memphis
Fred Benton
Benton
Paschal
Fairview
Texarkana Man Seriously Ill As Gangrene Forces Amputation
B. B. Moore 86, longtime president of the Sacred Heart Singers' association, is critically ill in a Texarkana hospital with gangrene in a foot. Doctors required amputation of one leg to prevent sudden death. Moore has been a prominent local figure for decades.
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Texarkana
United Press
Tex
B. B. Moore
Sacred Heart Singers’ Association
Moore
Houston Traffic Toll Rises with Hit and Run Death
Houston reports its tenth traffic fatality of the year as Margaret Berberich, 27, a telephone operator, is killed in a hit and run Saturday night.
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Houston
United Press
Margaret Berberich
Brother's accidental shooting kills 16 year old Joe Barnett
In Beaumont on January 14, 16 year old Joe Barnett died when his brother Frances Barnett 14 accidentally shot him at their home west of the city.
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The
Associated Press
Beaumont
Joe Barnett
Frances Barnett
Here
Pope Pius XI Celebrates Golden Clerical Jubilee Mass
Pope Pius XI marked fifty years as a cleric with a jubilation Mass at St Peters. He appeared giving first communion to children deemed to have the rare honor, as hundreds attended the impressive rite.
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Pius XI
St. Peters
Has Science Solved The Age Old Constipation Problem
An advertisement argues constipation stems from lack of bile, not purges. It promotes Sargon Soft Mass Pills that supposedly stimulate liver bile production for natural digestion, asserting long term relief and wide success in Memphis. It lists Amarillo Fox Drug Co. stores as distribution points.
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ProfLe
Hippocrates
Memphis
Tenn
Amarillo
Fox Drug Co
Polk St
4Th
Pierce
N. Fillmore
10Th
Tyler
5Th
Carolina
G. F. Willis, Inc
Heavy quake recorded in Tokyo area
The Central Meteorological Observatory reported a three hour quake at 7 p m. last night. The epicenter was believed to lie near the Kamchatka Peninsula in Siberia with no immediate confirmation of damage or casualties.
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Tly
Tokyo
Central Meterological Observatory
Kamchatka Feninsula
Siberia
Capudine Relief Promises Quick Headache Help
Advertises Capudine as a fast acting liquid remedy for headaches neuralgic rheumatic and periodic pains. Two teaspoons in water soothes nerves without stomach upset and claims instant relief versus tablets or powders. Sold at drugstores and busily promoted.
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