Clemenceau urges Coolidge on war debts in open letter
Paris dispatch reports Georges Clemenceau, the Tiger, appeals to President Coolidge not to treat wartime debts as mere cash settlements. He warns the Berenger-Mellon plan would threaten France’s independence and calls for broader considerations beyond finance.
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Paris
France
Georges Clemenceau
Turkey
Coolidge
Clemenceau
United States
England
Europe
M. Clemenceau
Classified News Notes From The Commercial Tribune
A compact note on the Classified Page offering local news for Cincinnatians with tips for buying selling renting and exchanging through Commercial Tribune agents.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Franco Romanian Pact to Reshape Balance of Power in Europe
Paris dispatch reports a new defensive alliance between France and Romania, prepared during July and tied to the League of Nations framework. The move shifts relations with Russia, challenges Italy in Balkans influence, and is slated to be announced within weeks as Briand leads France’s foreign policy.
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Europe
Paris
Poincare
Romania
New York World News Service
Bucharest
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Aristide Briand
France
League of Nations
Russia
Bessarabian
Rumania
Italy
Balkans
Moscow
Locarno
Germany
Czecho- Slovakia
Rescue Efforts Continue For Five Trapped Miners
In Salem Kentucky on August 8 rescuers fought flooding as water from a lake entered the Hudson Mine of the Zinc and Spar Company entombing five miners. A diamond drill had reached about one third of a planned 150 foot path and a new shaft was 40 feet in. Authorities warned it could take at least forty eight more hours to reach the trapped men. National Guardsmen controlled access as thousands gathered at the scene amid uncertainty over the miners fate.
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Salem
Hudson
Zinc and Spar Company
National
Bandits Loot American Express Office in Mattoon Heist
Seven masked men in an automobile raided the American Express office in Mattoon Illinois at dawn. They bound gagged six employees and looted the office taking the safe containing currency and securities valued at about 45000 dollars. The robbers spoke with a foreign accent and escaped before alarms were raised.
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New York World News Service
Mattoon
Ill
American Express
Hall-Mills case moves to audit of Mrs Hall accounts
New Brunswick bank holds back on access but Mrs Frances Stevens Hall agrees to disclose bank statements to special prosecutor Senator Simpson. Investigators gather transcripts as part of probes into alleged wealth influence in the 1922 Hall Mills murder case. Gardner-chauffeur Tumulty testifies about real estate dealings linked to the Hall family.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Hall-Mills
Frances Stevens Hall
Hall
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor R. Mills
Simpson
First National Bank of New Jersey
Canton Murder Probe Narrows to McDermott Key Man
Canton investigators move toward securing Patrick E. McDermott as the principal figure in the Don R. Mellett murder case. Detective Ora Slater says he may be called out of town for the surrender, while a Western city sweetheart is watched. Other leads involve Chicago lawyer Joseph Roach and A P Owen, with laboring evidence suggesting a broader vice and graft frame. A found body near Salem complicates the case, not matching McDermott’s Bertillon measurements.
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Canton, CO
Ora Slater
Don R. Mellett
Canton
Patrick E. McDermott
Slater
McDermott
Mellett
A. P. Owen
Post Office
Cc. B. McClintock
Owen
Roach
Joseph R. Roach
Chicago
S. M. Swarts
Salem
Bertillon
Mexico Church Crisis Tests Coolidge Policy Stance
In Mexico City on August 5 1928 Catholics and Protestants mobilize around the government church clash. Officials push for nationalizing religious property while bishops and lay leaders urge a united religious boycott and a social fast. President Coolidge favors Mexican settlement without foreign interference.
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Mexico City
Mexico
War Department
Tejeda
Coolidge
Mother's Burns Kill Mother and Two Children in North Bend Home
A family suffered severe burns from a gas explosion at their North Bend Road residence near Winton Road. Mrs Oda Miller, 28, and her two children David, 5, and Douglas, 3, were injured. responders feared they might die from the blast. A nervous mother expressed concern for her kids as the incident occurred last night.
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North Bend Road
Winton Road
Oda Miller
Alfred D. Miller
David Miller
Douglas Miller
Earry
Miller
Fist Fight at Peach Grove Meeting Ends in Brawl
Three Cincinnati men heckling candidates along with a village constable clashed with local supporters at a Citizens' Republican meeting in Peach Grove. Leverone defended his stance, a scuffle ensued, and five farmers aided Mumbly and Swing before the constable intervened.
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Citizens’ Republican
Peach Grove
Leverone
Ten Bathers Drowned At Brant Beach Near Buffalo
Ten bathers are reported drowned near Brant Beach on Lake Erie after an undertow dragged swimmers into deep water. Names include Elmer Henry nine and Yzette Henry twenty one of Buffalo. others are from Farnham Silver Creek Brant and Kenmore. Officials fear the toll may rise to nine or more as recoveries continue.
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Buffalo
Brant Beach
Elmer Henry
Kenmore
Yzette Henry
John Augustine
Henrie Castens
Farnham
Ap Timmerman
Farnam
Anna Lange
Silver Creek
Glenna Bronson
Brant
Gladys Bronson
Lake Erie
Danser
Coolidge Cancels Bay State Trip in Mass Politics Shift
Plymouth report says President Coolidge will skip a Massachusetts stop to avoid influencing Butler’s senatorial campaign. Independent voters may back Walsh if Butler’s ties to the national party appear controlling. Wet Massachusetts adds pressure on Butler on prohibition as the race narrows.
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Coolidge
Bay State
Butler
Plymouth
Massachusetts
White Pine Camp
N. Y
William M. Butler
Republican National Organization
Walsh
Congress
West
Denver
David I. Walsh
Senator Butler
Senate
Senator Gillette
Ambassador Sheffield to Press for Stiffer Mexican Policy
Ambassador James Rockwell Sheffield heads to the United States to urge Coolidge toward a tougher stance on Mexican issues. He plans specific recommendations to protect American property and challenge land and petroleum laws. If rejected, transfer or resignation is tipped. Warren’s influence and church state clash notes accompany the briefing.
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New York World News Service
Mexico City
James Rockwell Sheffield
United States
Coolidge
Blake
Sheffield
Schoenfeld
Mexico
Arthur Bliss Lake
Foreign Office
State Department
Washington
Warren
Charles Beecher Warren
Republic
Bay City
Mich
N. Y. World
Riots and Fleet Revolt Rumors Link Zinovieff to Russia
Paris dispatches report a Bolshevik style uprising in Russia with bread riots in Odessa and Ekaterinodar. The Black Sea fleet is alleged to aid the revolt led by Gregory Zinovieff and possibly Leon Trotzky, amid rumors of mobilization and unrest across Kronstadt and Moscow.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Romania
Russia
Gregory Zinovieff
Littoral
Zinovieff
Leon Trotzky
Paris
Odessa
Ekaterinodar
Moscow
Black Sea
Khergon
Kronstadt
Baltic
Bessarabia
Trotzky
N. Y
Sea of liquor poured into sewer before church services
Chicago authorities poured thousands of gallons of confiscated liquor into a sewer at City Hall as church services began across the street at the Methodist Temple. Fifteen policemen held back the crowd during road house raids over recent months.
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Chicago
Methodist Temple
Forest Fire Near Castle Creek Rages Across Valley
In Redding California on August 8 the fire near Castle Creek in the upper Sacramento Valley expanded from last night. Two hundred firefighters held it overnight, then 300 more joined as flames cut a two mile wide and seven mile long path through dense timber.
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Redding
Cal
Castle Creek
Sacramento Valley
Big Timber
Surgeon Performs Self Blood Transfusion in Brooklyn
Dr. John Black of St. Catherine's Hospital, Brooklyn, transfused a pint of his own blood to Francis Dalton, a sign painter near death from stomach ulcers. Matching blood was unavailable, and Dr. Black conducted the infusion himself with Dr. Grant Fisher assisting. The patient survived the immediate danger and the doctors praised the unprecedented medical act.
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New York
John Black
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Brooklyn
Francis Dalton
Dalton
Black
Grant Fisher
Fisher
Paratus
Dr. Black
Dr. Fisher
Bank Officer Dies in Illinois Automobile Crash
P W H Franklin 32 assistant cashier Fifth Avenue Savings Bank Columbus C killed when his car crashed into a telephone pole on a highway near Gillespie Illinois. His wife driving fell asleep and the car ran off the road. Mrs Franklin and the two children were slightly injured.
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Gillespie
Ill
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Brest-Litovsk
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
Kentucky
AUTO
Mpdermott
Don Mellett
Quest
Cincinnati
Arthur Constantine
U. S
Albert Taylor
Calles
Small Boys
Hegaleha
E. Craig
I. D. Mumby
Charles Leverone
Frederick C. Swing
Mumby
Howard Timmerman
Glenn Tucker
Ren
Zinoviett
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