World News Roundup From the London Conference
A Berlin high authority notes rapid prisoner releases among German French and Belgian prisoners. Dawes plan move and a £40 000 000 loan pledge mark major reparations progress as Allies and Germans accept defaults. American delegates praise German cooperation while other items report theater of global events and policy talks in London.
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Ruhr
Rhineland
Berlin
Great Worthless Powder Plant Fire Destroys Half Old Hickory Plant
A massive fire at the Old Hickory powder plant near Nashville destroyed forty acres of buildings and 45 million pounds of government stockpiled powder. The loss tops $28 million overall, with $22.5 million for powder and $5.6 million for wartime machinery. No one was seriously hurt. The fire origin is undetermined and insurance covers all losses.
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Nashville
Tenn
Old Hickory
Here
Oscar Krupp
United States Ordnance ‘Department
Krupp
Department of Agriculture
Dawes Plan Protocol Signed for German Reparation Plan
London reports the first protocol to implement the Dawes reparations plan was signed by the German government and the reparations commission. It accepts the plan and frees German assets as security for a proposed loan. Two other protocols follow, dependent on Paris talks and a French cabinet session.
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Reparation Commission
Germany
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Paris
World fliers to continue toward Iceland despite perils
American world fliers plan to press on toward Reykjavik, Iceland, with refueling in the open sea if ice along the eastern Greenland coast blocks a landing. Rear Admiral Thomas Magruder says no conference will consider aborting the flight. the crew has met the first serious obstacle and will proceed.
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Four Peons Convicted in Mexico Murder Case
Four peons were found guilty of killing Mrs. Rosalie Evans, a British subject, in the City of Mexico. They face immediate execution by firing squad.
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Washington
City of
Mexico
Death Joins a Booze Dance at East River Pier
New York report of two men who died after dancing on an East River pier and two others rescued from drowning following drinking a bottle of smoke a mixture of alcohol and water popular on the waterfront.
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