World News Roundup From Capitals Across the Globe
A global digest notes Britain plans to raise 68 German ships at Scapa Flow for sale or target practice. Berlin sees arrests after snowball incident while Speyer tightens frontier and imposes curfews. Greece names Danglis as premier and Venizelos foreign minister amidst Regencies. Immigration limits proposed. U.S. tax and naval aviation plans advance. Prohibition enforcement grows with guards in Marion Illinois. Cotton sales to Russia and court action on Bok peace award loom.
National debt shows increase in 1923 figures
Census Bureau early figures place the national public debt at 32.79 billion at year end 1923, equating to 301.56 per person. Government debts across states counties cities and other divisions rose sharply since 1912 due to World War I funding.
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Paris Expert Inquiry Opens With Optimism on Germany
Paris remains hopeful as the first expert committee meets to assess Germany's financial condition. Premier Poincare resists any reduction of France's claim and experts may estimate Germany's reparations capacity for a set period, perhaps fifteen years, to balance resources and demands.
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Film Star May Lose Sight
Constance Talmadge, a noted film star, has developed sudden blindness from keratitis and physicians doubt full vision restoration. She was dining with her mother and Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge Keaton when symptoms appeared. she has been placed to bed with eyes heavily bandaged and doctors will re-evaluate in a week or ten days.
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Mother Confesses to Killing Husband in Red Cloud
Mrs Ida Hammer 39, with her three children, traveled to Red Cloud Nebraska and told county authorities she killed her husband Arthur Hammer by shooting him. She surrendered the pistols used to the sheriff.
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Tear Gas Bomb Cargo Halted on Transit in New Orleans
Four thousand tear gas bombs bound for revolutionists in Mexico were stopped in transit in New Orleans, according to the Daily States.
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