France Faces Population Decline Fueled by Rural Exodus
A Paris correspondent notes France’s birth rate falls short of population needs while rural areas empty and towns grow. Immigrants from Italy Poland and Romania seize abandoned farms, with Flemish spoken in Normandy and Spaniards and Italians moving into the south. Intermarriage is seen as a possible remedy.
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Paris
France
Italy
Poland
Romania
Normandy
Belgium
Brittany
Canadians Fear Economic Exodus Across the Border
Eastern Canadian officials warn prosperity in the United States drains Canadian craftsmen and farmers alike as U S wages lure workers southward. Montreal immigration offices see daily queues as Canadians pay eight dollars to cross for work while Canada reports shifting migration patterns and a widening labor shortage.
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Canada
United States
Montreal
Wired Radio Ready for Home Use in Electric Grids
The plan to broadcast radio over electric light wires aims to reach 11 million wired homes from about 30 million in the U S A. A desk sized transmitter attaches to a light socket, turning on the current yields programs. Staten Island tests soon.
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National Electric Light Association
United States
Squire
Signal Corps
United States Army
Staten Island
Baltimores Distinction in 1920 Census.
A Baltimore honor claims the smallest foreign born percentage among large U.S. cities based on 1920 census figures with New York and Chicago noted for higher foreign populations. The column contrasts naturalization importance with Americanization and cites multiple city figures and interpretations.
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Baltimore
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Pittsburg
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
New York’s
Wired radio service eyed for small towns as test noted
The plan calls for wired radio service and transmitting equipment to be supplied by lighting companies at $2 a month with negligible extra current costs. Engineers estimate lighting bills would rise by only about 25 cents monthly. If Staten Island's test meets expectations, wired radio could spread rapidly nationwide, with electric light firms backing the move if profitable.
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Tual
Staten Island
Witnesses Describe Fatal Killing and Jury Selection
Testimony details a killing where Allen allegedly struck a woman with a sap and cut her throat as a mercy murder claim is debated. The court struggles with juror disqualifications and questions of capital punishment as a special venire is ordered after a day of juror examinations.
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Talesmen
Talesman
A. D. Casey
F. H. Sarles
Sarles
John J. Morgan
Allen
Surprise witness testifies in Whitfield murder trial
Roy Moore, a prisoner, testified that George B. Whitfield confessed to killing 11 year old Anna Nosko on the night of April 8. The testimony came as the prosecution presented a surprise witness in Vancouver Washington.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
Wash
George B. Whitfield
Anna Nosko
Roy Moore
Whitfield
Moore
Nosko
Montana ore rates favor smelters. ruin western shipments
The Montana railroad commission hears testimony that freight rates keep ore from western Montana noncompetitive. Witnesses include TL.S Ropes, PF. EB. Lattner of Spokane, and Cunningham of Brook Lead Mines detailing rates from Philipsburg to Idaho smelters, and shifted shipping to Anaconda and Salt Lake City due to smelter preferences.
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Associated Presa
Helena
Montana
Idaho
State Railroad Commission
Rankin
Tl.s Ropes
EB. Lattner
Spokane
Brook Lead Mines Company
Brooklyn
Philipsburg
Cunningham
Lattner
Northern Pacific Railroad
Maxville
Bradley
Anaconda
Salt Lake City
Great Falls
East Helena
Montanan May Be Named as Bishop
A Michigan diocese special convention will meet in Detroit May 15 to choose a successor to the late Bishop Charles D. Williams. Five bishops and a dozen priests are mentioned. leading candidates include Henry St George Tucker formerly of Kiota Japan Herman Page Spokane Nathaniel S Thomas Wyoming H H H Fox Montana and David L Ferris Western New York and George Craig Stewart Evanston Illinois.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Protestant Episcopal Church
Charles DD. Williams
Henry St. George Tucker
Kiota
Japan
Herman Page
Spokane
Presidential boom for Silzer launched at Jefferson Day Dinner
New York May 2 A presidential boom for Gov. George S. Silzer of New Jersey was launched tonight at the annual Jefferson Day dinner of the National Democratic club.
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Associated Press
New York
George
Silzer
New Jersey
National Democratic Club
Fortunes in Taurus Forecast: Real Estate and Oil on the Rise
A Taurus horoscope predicts a fortunate day with strong material focus. Benefic planetary aspects favor selling and real estate, while oil discoveries are hinted and old regions may suffer losses. Travel appears, and financial anxieties or ambitions may shape outcomes. Children born under Taurus may lead eventful, initiative driven lives.
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Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
Taurus
McClure
France Rejects Germany Offer on Reparations Plan
The note outlines Germany's proposal for a three loan program totaling thirty billion marks and calls for an international commission to decide implementation if funds fall short. It stresses currency stabilization, removal of sanctions, and long term private contracts for coal and coke to aid European economic rehabilitation.
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Reich
Ruhr
Germany
Berlin
Hughes
Rhine
France
Europe
International Commission
Safe Commission
International Commission of Businessmen
United States
Central Alumni Plan Dances and Athletic Board Elections
Central high alumni held a meeting at St Patrick s school hall to plan dances for the class of 1923 and the new social center event on May 16. The 1923-24 athletic board was elected with Rev M J Leonard Dee J McGonigle Mark J Fieming A J Boyle and J F Lowney as honorary member. Jimmy Lowney lauded for leading athletic gains and debt repayment.
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St. Patrick’s School Hall
Central High School
Central
New Social Center
Central High Athletic Board
Jimmy Lowney
Lowney
M. J. Leonard
Dee J. McGonigle
Mark J. Fieming
A. J. Boyle
J. F. Lowney
Thomas McNulty
Walter McGonig
Fred Lehn
Nellie Shea
Agnes Leary
Helen Ferns
Dennis O'Neill
St. Patrick’s Social Center
Paul Rooney
Clara Stetford
John Sullivan
Rosemary Kavanaugh
Butte Seeks Film Arbitration Board to Boost Industry
Butte moves toward joining 33 key U S film distribution cities as Charles Pettijohn of the Hays organization outlines a new arbitration board. A six member board will balance buyers and sellers with representatives named to the distributors group, theater managers to be chosen.
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Butte
United States
Charles C. Pettijohn
Will Hays
Thornton Hotel
Pettijohn
Film Board of Trade
Board of Arbitration
Mr. Pettijohn
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Hays
Harry Sismund
First National
L. J. McGintey
Paramount
W. J. Heinneman
Warner Bros.’ Company
William J. Sullivan
Rialto
American
Merle Davis
Ansonia Amusement Company
A. Nadeau
Bluebird Theater
Anaconda
Butte Film Board of Trade
Jack Rue
Universal
James M. Linn
Fox
K. Whipple
Pathe
Olaf Wog
Inter-mountain Board of Trade
Famous Players
Salt Lake City
Nobel Prize Fund Established From $9.2 Million Bequest
Alfred Bernhard Nobel in 1896 bequeathed about $9.2 million the principal for the Nobel prizes funded by the interest.
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Alfred Bernhard Nobel
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Supreme Court
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Lennne
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Frank McHugh
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M. F. Deloughry
Joseph Feeney
Gilbert Bennett
Joe Phillips
E. E. Wilder
Fr. J. Hanley
He Meant
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Hanley
WN. A. Morgan
Joseph Callahan
A. V. Casey
E. J. Sarandesu
U. S
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