World News Roundup From Capitals This Week
A weekly digest notes the American delegation withdrawing from the Geneva opium conference and plans to sail home on the President Harding. It reports on bread price hikes in France, a British warning against arming China, and Poland’s U.S. debt agreement ratification. Other items include Alaska law enforcement, Nome diphtheria, and regional political notes.
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Porter
Geneva
President Harding
Coolidge
Bananda Oil Scent Used In Collins Tomb Rescue Effort
Rescue workers in Kentucky pour banana oil into Sand cave to scent a path to Floyd Collins trapped in a hidden exit. They expand searches to Mammoth Colossal Onyx Crystal caves as shaft work continues at twenty six and a half feet.
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Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Kentucky
Cave City
Collins
Roci
Missouri Pacific Train Crash Kills Five Near Nearman Kansas
A head on collision between a Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 104 and a standing northbound freight near Nearman Kansas results in five deaths and about fifteen injuries. The crash occurs on a ten foot embankment beside the Missouri River with crews of both locomotives killed and a soldier among the dead.
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Missouri Pacific
Nearman
Kansas City
Kas
Omaha
Missouri River
Death of Thomas W. Lawson in Boston
Boston reports the death of Thomas W. Lawson at Massachusetts General Hospital after an operation for diabetes. The article recalls his long decline in health and fortune, noting the 1922 sale of Dreamworld estate, the yacht Trophy, and vanished wealth from $50 million to $50 thousand, including barter offers like trading his car for cigars.
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Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Phillips House
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mr. Lawson
Missouri River Aid Asked by Missouri House
The Missouri House of Representatives adopted a concurrent resolution memorializing Congress to act in favor of the Missouri River development plan now before the national assembly.
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Farm Commission
Congress
House
Lincoln
House of Representatives
National Assembly
German post ministry funds tied to questionable securities
Investigators believe the funds advanced by the ministry of posts now amount to at least 60 million gold marks, tied to questioned securities, signaling a significant loss for the government.
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Berlin
Ministry of Posts
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