Belgium War Debt Agreement Reached With Reduced Interest
An accord between the American and Belgian debt commissions sets funding for Belgium’s pre armistice loans and post armistice debt. The plan, approved by President Coolidge, forgives part of interest and outlines annual payments through 1987, with a final lump sum and rising interest in later years. Belgium to pay 1.74 million in year one and 1.1 million principal, totaling 2.84 million.
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Washington
United States
Coness
Belgium
Germany
Belum
Effort to Make Pistol Toting a Virginia Felony
Richmond officials push for state legislation to criminalize carrying pistols. Councilman Edgar B. English will lead the push and captain Charles F. Taylor backs the measure citing thousands of grand jury cases tied to pistol-toting. The Monarch's Club supported a law against the practice.
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Richmond
Edgar B. English
English
Monarch’s Club
Charles F. Taylor
Russian General in U S Training Camp at Camp Grant
Basil Tcheilovsky, once a czarist general, now serves as a private in the 122nd Field Artillery Illinois National Guard training at Camp Grant. He was wounded in the Russo Japanese War as a captain and again in World War I, later saved by his own men.
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Chi
Chicago
Ws Today
Basil Tcheilovsky
122Nd Field Artillery
Illinois National Guard
Camp Grant
Ninety-One-Year-Old Man Chooses Bride
William Goldie aged 91, a Wilkinsburg resident, arranged to marry Hays, 44, in Washington Pennsylvania after court approval. His children opposed the match and sought a guardian for their father before the marriage was scheduled for next month.
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Washington
William Goldie
Wilkinsburg
Hays
Welch Selected Convention City For 1926 Legion Meet
McDowell County will host the 1926 West Virginia American Legion state convention with Welch chosen over Beckley by 48 to 23 votes. Delegates also voted to increase districts to ten and urged a budget system with a minimum 8,000 membership, and two days of business with remaining time for recreation. The group protested Pruntytown state institution uniforms and discussed by law changes.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
American Legion
Department of West
Beckley
Welch
Board of Public Works
Pruntytown
Legion
J. Wat
Revival of Soft Coal Mines Seen Easing Anthracite Strain
Western bituminous fields report soft coal mines reopening in Illinois and Indiana to meet fuel demands, signaling potential stabilization for eastern anthracite markets. Union leaders warn of a possible hard coal walkout at month’s end but optimism persists that recovery could ease tensions between hard and soft coal sectors.
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Philadelphia
United Mine Workers
Bellevue-Stratford
Illinois
Indiana
Jacksonville
Ene L. Lewis
The
Mine Workers of America
International Board
the Union
Samuel D. Warriner
Anthracite Operators
Wiliam J. Richards
Convicts patrol tightens as Oregon police hunt trio
Portland officials mobilize all available officers to locate three prison break fugitives following a dramatic escape. The gang forced a man named Newman and his family to drive them toward Portland, after which they warned they will not be captured alive. Police fear violence and station extra crews, while railroad guards deploy special patrols.
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C. B. Newman
New Pra
Ore
Newman
Leslie
Leo Wilde
Newara
Portland
Wilde
Kelley
Murray
Fred Graves
Confessed Kane Murderer McAvoy Held for Observation
New York detective and Philadelphia investigators say Thomas McAvoy of New York confessed to the Kane murder in Philadelphia after questioning, though he is deemed mentally unbalanced and held for observation. Miss Kane was found beaten to death in a vacant lot near her home after an evening theatre party on May 29.
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Philadelphia
Thomas McAvoy
New York
Ee Kane
Kiyn
N. Y
McAvoy
Miss Kane
Search Continues For Negro Attacker In Blackstone
About 100 residents of Blackstone joined in a search after a Black man grabbed a young white woman, struck her, and dragged her into the woods before fleeing on shouted cries. A second man was to be brought before the girl for identification. she did not need a doctor.
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Blackstone
Negroes Tody
Gertrude Ederle Fails Channel Crossing Attempt
Boulogne France Aug 18 Gertrude Ederle an eighteen year old swimmer failed to cross the English Channel after eight hours and forty six minutes of struggle. She quit about six and a half miles from Dover as salt water weakened her. Her trainer and teammates praised her effort and predicted a successful crossing with further training.
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Boulogne
France
Gertrude Ederle
English Channel
Dover
Miss Ederle
Cape Gris-Nez
Ishak Helmy
Miss Ederele
Milo
Sion
Helmy
Wolfe
Cape Gris Nez
Ederie
Burgess
Bill Burgess
New York
Ederles
Gertrude
Henry Ederle
Amsterdam Avenue
Remains of Father Olivier Exhumed in West Virginia
Night interment revealed the exhumation of Father Emil Olivier from Sacred Heart Church cemetery near Pocahontas. The plan to place his remains in a crypt under the new Father Olivier Memorial church faced Rome approval issues, as it would set a precedent. The cemetery also holds three West Virginia bishops and other Catholic clergy.
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Father Emil Olivier
Sacred Heart Church
Pocahontas
Negro Presbyterian
Father Olivier
Monroe and
Wyoming Streets
Rome
West Virginia
Edward Browning Flees When a Girl Kisses Him
New York August 18 Edward W Browning the Cinderella man whose adoption of Cinderella Mary Louise Spns was annulled fled a roof garden scene as chorus girls circled his table and pressed him to adopt them He broke away as a blonde circled his neck and dancers urged him to dance while Carroll a Broadway producer stirred the publicity surrounding the incident Notes say Browning is a millionaire real estate operator.
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New York
Edward W. Browning
Cinderella
Mary Louise
Mr. Browning
Search for Special Anti-Toxin Across Nation
Miss Ruth Braun, 20, a ground supervisor from a prominent family, lies near death in a Pittsburg hospital from a rare gangrene poisoning. Doctors and relatives seek a World War era anti-toxin, telegraphing Rockefeller Institute and Johns Hopkins, but none have the serum. If found, an airplane would rush it to the stricken woman.
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Pittsburg
Ruth Braun
Rockefeller Institute
New York
John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
All Commanders Day Army Gather For New Chief
State by state prohibition officers met in Washington with Secretary Andrews to discuss a new centralized enforcement plan. The gathering, the largest assembly of federal dry officers, left many question about who will be among twenty four administrators or retired when the reorganized force takes effect.
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Washington
Casino
Andrews
The
Treasury
United States
Porto Rico
Commission de Hay
Army
Final Testimony in Ellingson Murder Case
In San Francisco on August 18 Dr J M Scanland Napa state hospital superintendent testified as the final witness in Dorothy Ellingson 17 on trial for murdering her mother Anna Milingson after being denied a jazz party The defense plans to rest with this testimony.
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San Francisco
J. M. Scanland
State
Napa
Calif
Dorothy Eilingson
Anna Milingson
Edward Donnelly
Scanland
Dr. Scanland
Dorothy
Mason Elected President Of University of Chicago
Max Mason, professor of mathematical physics at the University of Wisconsin, elected president of the University of Chicago succeeding the late Dr Priest Dewitt Burton. He has accepted and will begin administration October 1.
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Chicago
Max Mason
University of Wisconsin
University of Chicago
Priest Dewitt Burton
Mason
Passengers Describe Sydney Stabbing of Sailors
Australian bound voyagers arriving on the Ventura tell of three United States Navy sailors slain by an organized gang in Sydney. They allege the attackers, in Australia for crimes, were implicated in other killings and that no Australian reports confirm the stabbing yet.
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Honolulu
Australia
Ventura
United States
Sydney
Lateen bridges award contracts as bids narrow
Competition was tight for sixteen bridges on state routes opened by the state road commission. Unofficial figures showed tiny margins between bidders such as Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co and BE R Mills, with several bridges awarded to Vincennes Bridge Co and others. The Reedy bridge in Roane county was withdrawn from bidding.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Road Commission
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
BE. R. Mills
Vincennes Bridge Company
Oregonta Bridge Company
Road Commission Ctaff
Boone County
Madison Bridge
Oe & Mina
Des Moines Steston Company
Pittsburgh
Greenbrier
Clark & Lewis
Luray
Mardy County
Moorefield
Harrison County
Bridgeport
Simpson Uipridgeport
W. W. Cornwell
Vincennes Bridge Co
Vincennes
Ind
Jackson County
Sycamore Creek
Hardman & Minns
Kanawha County
Little Sandy
Hatfield Construction Co
Muntington
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co
Cooper's Creek
EK. R. Mills
Mason County
West Creek Brides
On & McAlpin
Point Pleasant
Mercer County
Camp Creek
Ene & DeJarnette
Princeton
McDowell County
West Landgraff
J. L. Janutolo & Co
Fayetteville
Randolph County
Beverly
Phil Willams
Elkina
Agre
French Creek
Reedy
Roane County
West Harcuvar Fire Crew Extinguishes Onboard Blaze
In Baltimore the crew of the shipping board freighter West Harcuvar fought and doused a fire aboard their vessel with a fire boat rushing to assist. They continued their voyage to Norfolk after extinguishing the blaze.
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Baltimore
Shipping Board
Norfolk
MacMillan Expedition May Abandon Polar Land Discovery
Washington Aug 18 the MacMillan arctic expedition faces likely termination of its main goal to discover lands in the unknown Polar Sea between Alaska and the North Pole due to cold weather snow and fog with winter near. A navy conference directed Lieutenant Commander Byrd to discuss continuing supplementary scientific work in Greenland Labrador and Baffin Island with Commander Millan and a decision is due within forty eight hours.
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MacMillan
Washington
MacMillan Arctic Expedition
Polar Sea
Alaska
North Pole
Navy Department
Byrd
Navy
Millan
Greenland
Labrador
Baffi Island
Aly
Explosion on Mackinac excursion steamer kills and injures many
Panic and rescue efforts followed the Mackinac boiler explosion off Newport Rhode Island injuring more than a hundred passengers and crew. Four died with eighteen identified in the morning. Naval hospitals treated the injured as rescuers from ships and private boats aided survivors. Senator Jesse Metcalf helped pull two men from the water before handing the scene to naval authorities. The vessel, on a Providence Newport route, was in its first season as a passenger liner after conversion from a freighter.
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Net
R. L
Mackinac
Ne Naval Station
Newport, R. I
John H. Hunter
Provience
Naval Hospital
Newport Hospital
Aval
Neragansett Sound
Sisteene
Gay
Pawtucket
Yachte Svearces
United States
Jesse Metcalf
Rhode Island
Naval Training Station
Naval
Goparee
Separture
Newport
Prominent Pittsburg Man Ill at Home
Pittsburg August 18 Colonel James M. Guffey a leading local and nationally known Democratic figure is seriously ill at his home He fell ill Sunday and has a long history in business and oil ventures though now 86 years old The record notes his prior health and retirement from active ties to the oil sector.
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Pittsburg
James M. Guffey
Guffey
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Versailles
Coolidge
Altho Wilson
Virginia
U. S
Convention City
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West Aid
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Thomoes
Kane
Grazy
Channel
Olivier
Wheeling
Edward Browning
Prohibition Department
St.ll
Ellingson
Chicago University
Providence, R. I
Blackstone Island Transportation Company
Providence
Qek Bluffs
Mass
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