Enthusiasm as Poincare Hears 307 Million Francs Vote
A rapid survey of world capitals notes Premier Poincare winning loud cheers as the French assembly approves a 307 million francs vote to maintain the army in the Ruhr. France plans large air fleets with bases at Dunkirk and Cherbourg amid international talks. The piece also touches on German workers, U boats, and U.S. policy shifts.
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Baldwin
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France
Dunkirk
Cherbourg
Drowning Tragedy Near Geary Amid Ferry Fee Dispute
Walter W. Gilbert, 15, son of farmer J R Gilbert near Geary Oklahoma, drowned while attempting to ride a horse through the North Canadian River to avoid a one dollar ferry fee after a bridge washed out in a recent flood.
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Ellis Island Sees Record Immigrant Onslaught
New York reports Ellis Island facing a surge of arrivals after the 3 percent law. Medical and immigration inspectors processed 15 582 people on day one including 5 971 aliens to be examined at the island and 4 000 crew members. 2 243 immigrants to be taken from steamships Stockholm King Alexander and France among others.
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Ellis Island
Congress
United States
Greece
Presidente Wilson
Triest
Canada
Piraeus
Polonia
Libau
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Henry H.curran
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Adams
London
Alexander
France
Havre
Government Reports 1923 Budget Surplus Near 310 Million
The federal government closed its 1923 books with a surplus of about 310 million dollars, announced by Brig. Gen. H. M. Lord, director of the budget bureau. The figure exceeds Harding’s earlier estimate by 110 million and mirrors last year’s 233 million surplus. Officials foresee further economies and debt-interest reductions as Britain pays on its war debt.
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H. M. Lord
Budget Bureau
Harding
Lord
Great Britain
Oklahoma Whippings: Governor Seeks End to Mob Violence
Governor Walton pledges to use military force if needed to stop mob outrages in Oklahoma. Aldrich Blake reports at least 2,500 whippings across the state in the past year, based on governor reports and victims. Since declaring martial law in Okmulgee County last Tuesday, letters about mob activity have flooded the executive office.
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Oklahoma City
Walton
Oklahoma
Aldrich Blake
Blake
Okmulgee County
Kansas Man Killed in Collision in Nebraska City
William Embry of Fort Scott Kansas was killed and his son severely injured when a Missouri Pacific train struck their car in Nebraska City Neb. They were riding the car when the collision occurred.
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Nebraska City
Neb
William Embry
Fort Scott
Kas
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward June sales set record in Chicago
Record mail order house Montgomery Ward & Co reports June sales of 11,612,004, the highest for June in history. May sales totaled 10,796,431 with 1922 June at 8,655,443.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
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