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Newspaper

Cambridge Sentinel

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1931

Page

2

Hoover Laval talks stall as Paris aims for moratorium

Premier Laval and Finance Minister Flaidin faced Paris opposition as the Hoover plan seeks a global accord. In Washington, President Hoover and Acting Secretary Castle coordinated with Edge to pressure France, while Mussolini announced Italy's July 1 implementation of the plan amid mixed European responses.

France Mellon Edge Paris Hoover Laval Washington State Castle Flaidin Senate Germany Mussolini Italy Austria Hungary Bulgaria England United States State Department Belgium Poland Rumania Greece Jugo-Slavia Premier Laval Conference of All Nations Bank For International Settlements

Wickersham commission dissolves as June ends

The Bhat era and the Wickersham commission winds up its work with eleven remaining members. Unexpended funds revert after midnight and the chairman remains in Washington to finalize a history of activities. Ten reports have been issued to date with more published or deposited at the White House.

Bhat National Commission On Law Enforcement and Observance Wickersham Hoover White House

Hoover aides debate Russia trade and Philippine independence

A White House report notes Senator King rejects blanket Russian product bans while Senator Smoot asserts Congress aims to bar convict labor goods and the Treasury will enforce the law. Secretary Hurley plans a Philippine inspection tour amid talk of independence. Secretary Wilbur and Dr. Johnson operate to save a transport official in Mesa Verde.

Tor W. B. King Congress Treasury Department Patrick J. Hurley Philippines War Department Hurley Hoover Senate House of Representatives Philippine AY Lyman. Wilbur Leland Stanford University Wilbur Mesa Verde National Park V. M. Delerchman Colorado The Park Hospital E. E. Johnson Cortes Delerchman

Navy to Excel In Air Combat

The United States Navy has expanded its aircraft force to over 1,000 planes from 350 in five years, funded at about 63 million dollars. Plans call for 500 more planes and four new carriers, with advances centered on aircraft carriers and dirigible development led by Akron and ZRS-5, built by Goodyear Zeppelin.

Treasury Washington United States Navy Congress Navy Ingalls Admiral Moffett Admiral Moffett Inter Los Angeles Panama Akron Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation

Honor Paid Designer of Confederate Flag

Montgomery Governor B M Miller accepts a marble tablet naming Nicola Marehall as the designer of the first Confederate flag. The Alabama United Daughters of the Confederacy presented the memorial tablet as Jean Hopkins unveiled the design attribution. The flag was first raised in Montgomery on March 4, 1861 after Confederate congress adoption.

Montgomery Ala B. M. Miller Nicola Marehall Marion Ann Alabama United Daughters of the Confederacy Jean Hopkins Napoleon Lockett Marchall Confederate Congress

Seize Four as German Spies on French Border

French police arrest three German spies amid claims they sought plans of frontier fortifications at Strasbourg. Suspects confess to past transfers of similar reports to Stuttgart, as authorities hunt about twenty accomplices connected to the case.

Strasbourg Stuttgart

Stowaway Survives Nine Days Aboard Makura

A sixteen year old South Sea Islander stowed away in a canvas covered lifeboat aboard the liner Makura, traveling from Papeete to San Francisco, endured nine days without food or water before the ship docked in port. deckhands began to scene the boy and he was removed for aid.

San Francisco South Sea Island

Thirteenth Child Born in Peabody Family in Wheeling

In Wheeling West Virginia Mr and Mrs Norman Peabody welcomed the thirteenth child on the thirteenth of the month a boy named No 13 breaking a six six tie of siblings in the Peabody family.

Wheeling W. Va Stork Norman Peabody Peabody

Stowaway Rescued After Lethal Deck Heat Exhaustion

Inspectors uncovered a weak stowaway in cramped canvas quarters. A blistering sun battered him during the voyage before he was carried ashore on a stretcher to Angel Island Immigration depot. He was later sent back to Papeete on Makura’s return trip.

Angel Island Papeete

Sleuthing Op Sees Priscilla Higinbotham Enroll Under Alias

Priscilla Higinbotham, daughter of a Chicago social figure, enrolls at Northwestern's crime detection lab as Isabel Hull to study under Lieut. Col. Calvin Goddard who advocates scientific methods to catch criminals.

Priscilla Higinbotham Chicago Isabel Hull Northwestern University Crime Detection Laboratory Calvin Goddard

New Precious Metals Mine Believed Found

Gold and silver believed to be in paying quantities discovered near Okemah Oklahoma. The mine lies about 23 feet beneath the surface with traces of platinum and iron also found in the ore. Laboratory tests planned to determine mining advisability.

Okemah Okla Moetals

France Declared Most Prosperous Nation by Dr Julius Klein

Dr Julius Klein reports in Collier's Weekly that France leads in unemployment control exports telegraph mileage and road density. He compares France favorably with the United States Britain Germany and Italy noting high per capita indicators and strong industrial figures.

New York France Julius Klein Klein Collier’s Weekly Matone America England Germany Italy

Burns to Death on Barbed Wire Fence in Nalich Nebraska

Charles Brown burned to death while burning trash in his garden. A shift in the wind caused the flames to ignite his clothing, he ran and became entangled in the barbed wire fence. Neighbors reported the accident occurred in Nalich and authorities investigated the fatal incident.

Nalich Neb Charles Brown Brown

Empire’s colonial commerce drives Britain’s trade lead

The text argues that Britain’s empire remains essential to its modern economy. Colonial commerce is described as the single most important factor in external trade, surpassing all other regions as both a market and supply source for the nation.

There Is More Fiction in Fact Than in Fiction

A witty proverb notes that real events often rival imaginative tales in surprise and implication, suggesting truth can outshine crafted fiction in intrigue and consequence.

Love Has Its Own Way in a Library Love Tale

Teresa, a store worker in Chicago, meets a lonely man at the library who shares a quiet bond. He returns richer, explains his success as a writer, and they reconnect in the Loop, discovering love with its own language.

Teresa Walnut Place Chicago Midvale Big City le d Tereza

Russian Pacifier The Iate Judge Parker Quip

The analysis notes Judge Parker remarking on Russia as pacifist. The piece critiques Dmitri Litvinov and others shouting about Russian pacifism. It includes dialogue about a Mr Fish Man and pricing eight cents a pound with a skeptical exchange.

Parker Russia Litvinof

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