World News Roundup From Capitals And Conflicts
Brief survey of international affairs including the Dawes reparations accord and US stance, Japan's position on Soviet Russia, European finance conclave outcomes, US domestic policy moves, crime and disaster reports, and notable overseas incidents. Prominent names: Coolidge, Mussolini, Hough ton, Rockefeller Jr., Kato, Dorchester.
Forecasts Busy Year for West
Washington reports improving industrial conditions with Kansas City seeing higher employment in December than a year ago and prospects for growth as weather allows outside work. Missouri experiences brisk building, but winter weather slows outside tasks and a future shortage of mechanics is anticipated. Farms call for monthly workers amid meat packing and railroad industry activity. The Kansas outlook remains strong with building trades surpluses easing as conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Labor
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
World Wheat Acreage Edges Up Global Plantings Rise
The World wheat area this year is projected to exceed last winter's despite a 4 percent drop in seven European nations from 1923-24. Total world winter wheat area reaches 64,469,000 acres, up from 62,698,000, with gains in the United States and Canada and reductions in Romania Spain and the British Isles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Department
Romania
Spain
British Isles
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Belgium
Italy
UNCOVER A CAR THEFT RING IN ST LOUIS
Wilston Elton, private investigator for the Automobile Club of Missouri, revealed a scheme stealing about 500 near new cars in eight months. He sought warrants against 75 suspects but only 20 strong cases chosen for test prosecutions next Thursday. Car engines bore numbers, making tracing difficult after substitutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Wilston Elton
Automobile Club of Missouri
Elton
Hard Coal Strike Near Wilkes Barre Approved
Tentative strike plans for about sixty thousand miners in District 1 of the United Mine Workers of America near Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania were approved by the district grievance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes Barre
United Mine Workers of America
Lejeune Reappointed Commandant of Marine Corps
President Coolidge reappoints Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune as commandant of the Marine Corps for four years starting March 2, 1925. Lejeune continues leadership of the Marine establishment as it enters the mid 1920s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Bascom Slemp
Coolidge
Everett Sanders
Indiana
General Lejeunne
Washington
John A. Lejeune
Marine Corps
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L. Lewis Varnish Company
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
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American Sugar Refining Company
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Thuman
OUR
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