Berlin bankers to finance big Soviet project
The Lena Goldfields, the largest foreign concession in the Soviet Union, may shed its English nationality as German bankers press to finance and supply contracts. Negotiations reportedly include gold deliveries to the Reichsbank, Bank of France, and State Bank of Poland, while English capital withdraws amid anti British tensions.
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Berlin
Lena
Soviet Union
Russia
Deutsche Handels Dienst
Bolseviks
Lena Goldfields
Reichsbank
Bank of
France
Poland
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Lena River
Doctor's steel mesh glove aims to cut injuries in meat packing
In St Paul a packing plant doctor created a steel mesh glove to prevent knife injuries. After treating up to 30 gashes daily, he believes the invention will fetch a patent and a fortune.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Rum Is Divorce Case Says Judge Burke
Chicago judge Joseph Burke who has handled 14 000 divorce cases ranks causes of divorce as moonshine liquor financial worries the eternal triangle and stubbornness. He notes debt and liquor chiefly drive marital breakdown.
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Chicago
Joseph Burke
Chinese Navy described as fragmented but sizeable force
A 1920s style dispatch notes that China has no unified navy, only eight to ten squadrons across coast and rivers, with allegiances shifting between north and south. It lists seventy seven vessels including eight cruisers, forty four gunboats, and nine torpedo boats, funded locally and led by various regional commanders.
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Peking
China
Yangtze River
Chang Tso-lin
Shantung
Shanghai
Nanking
Hankow
Foochow
Amoy
Canton
Navy fleet totals and budget plans revealed
A report lists seven warships and four transports, a river fleet of fifteen gunboats and twelve armed transports, a patrol fleet of six obsolete torpedo boats, and thirteen launches ready for scrapping. Officials projected spending 10 600 on land salaries 26 000 on fleet salaries 15 000 on coal and oil 16 000 on repairs 2 500 on equipment and 5 000 on supplies, though funding was unlikely.
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Land Department
University of Texas Journalism School Sees Enrollment Jump
Enrollment in UT journalism courses nearly doubles from 94 to 191 this year as the news gathering and reporting class enrolls 78 students. Professor Paul J. Thompson cites reinstated department support and an agreement with The Daily Texan for class news collection.
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University of Texas
Paul J. Thompson
Thompson
W. D. Hornaday
Office of Publicity
A. N. Carter
Austin
Carter
Daily Texan
Horse Escapes From Stable Jumping to Hotel Roof
In Chicago Oscar the horse from Garner Bros. Teaming Co. bolted when a tire fire broke out. The animal stepped onto a shed roof then escaped through a large French hotel window. Pred Vicker, startled in a hotel room, leaped through a window and sprained his ankle. The horse was removed with a block and tackle.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Tire
Garner Bros. Teaming Co
Oscar
Pred Vicker
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Japan
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Marshall Chang Tso-lin
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Dairen
Tae Uae
Milwaukee
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LaSalle
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Cadillac
F.o.b
Detroit
Ramming-Lampe Motor CO
Taylor
Optometrial
Fred's Inc
Polk Street Jewelers—Opticians
Old South
Fast Indies
Arabia
Old
Tennessee
Maxwell House
United States
Maxwell Maves
WMC
WJZ
WJAZ
WHAS
WSB
WBZ
KYW
WLW
WJR
KDKA
WBAL
Whe A
Maxwell Houses
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