Churchill Debt Note Demands France Pay by Ability Not German Value
London dispatch reports Churchill’s debt note to Clemente demands France pay UK from its resources and wealth, independent of German reparations. It rejects German obligations at face value and links Dawes plan considerations to France's payments while promising surplus to ease allies.
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New York World News Service
London
Churchill
Clemente
France
Pir
Great Britain
Germany
Itain
Dawes
Curzon
England
Treasury
United States
M. Delacroix
Judge Sims Ends Life in Richmond Hotel
Judge Frederick Wilmer Sims, 63, President of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, killed himself with a shotgun in his Richmond hotel apartment as his wife maild a letter. He had suffered a nervous breakdown for weeks and planned a Florida trip, with inquest citing health-related despondency as the motive.
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Richmond
Frederick Wilmer Sims
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Sims
Louisa County
Supreme Court of Appeals
Joseph L. Kelly
British Leader Jeeko Return 10 Gold
The Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden MP, seen as a leading Labour economist, returns to the gold question with an independent view. Former Chancellor of the Exchequer under Churchill, Snowden differed with Ramsay MacDonald on the Russian Treaty’s finances.
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Philip Snowden
M P
Winston Churchill
Return to the Gold Standard and the Paper Pound
The article discusses the rising value of the paper pound against gold and dollars, noting public interest in a possible move back to the gold standard. It explains that a gold standard affects more than currency form, with references to Scotland and the American dollar prewar practices.
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Scotland
America
Britain remakes reparations debt amid plan to pay U S
Paris dispatch reports Finance Minister Clementel and Premier Herriot praise Britain’s note linking German reparations to Allied debts. Britain intends twenty percent of German reparations to go to the United States to settle Britain’s debt, while canceling prewar Allied expenditures. London attendance by Clementel and possibly Herriot planned for March to discuss a debt offer.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Great Britain
Clementel
Britain
United States
Churchill
Germany
England
Uncle Sam
London
France
M. Clementel
N. Y
World News Service
CN. Y. World Press Pub. Co
Henry H. Gilfry Dies at 81 Former Senate Clerk
Henry H. Gilfry parliamentary clerk of the Senate for forty two years died at his Washington home aged eighty one. A former resident of Oregon, he served long in the Senate and left a lasting record in legislative procedure.
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Washington
Henry H. Gilfry
Senate
Oregon
Apparition of Virgin and Child Seen In Church Lamp
A lamp at St Stephen's Church in Oil City Pa drew crowds after Mrs Frederic Lamberton reported a vision of the Virgin and Child in the lamps red glass globe An Allegheny College physicist Dr Charles J Ling studied the case and found the phenomenon explainable by refraction and reflection in the red glass without supernatural elements The report notes the image varies with light temperature and viewing angle and is visible to about two thirds of visitors with Protestants more often seeing it than Catholics
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Frederick Lamberton
St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church
City
The
World News Service
Charles J. Ling
Mary M. Newton
Allegheny College
Meadville, Pa
Oil City
St. Stephen's
Ana
Chapman’s Trail Blazed By Notes And A Valise Tag
Hartford reports the capture of Gerald Chapman a famed bandit after a long chase ending in Muncie Indiana. Detective Hickey traced Chapman's trail using a carelessly left express tag on a bag and a Providence romance. The arrest followed a New Britain policeman’s murder in October and a NY truck robbery in 1921.
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New York World News Service
Hartford
Edward J. Hickey
Hartford County
Chapman
Muncie
Providence
R. I
Broadway and
Leonard Streets
New York City
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Athens
Hickey
Alcorn
Walter E. Shean
Shean Advertising Company
Springfield
Mass
Balto Dies in Nome Relay Feat Remembered
Balto leader of Gunnar Kasson’s Siberian wolf team and hero of the Nome relay dies from frozen lungs after a 60 mile blizzard dash. The 650 mile race, completed in 129 1 2 hours, boosted Balto’s fame and drew praise from Senator Dill in Washington.
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Associated Press
Fairbanks
Alaska
Balto
Gunnar Kasson
Nenana
Nome
Kasson
Bluff
Dill
Washington
Senate
John Johnson
Candle City
Mushers Race to Nome Bids Safe Crisis End
Nome Alaska reports the diphtheria epidemic easing as anti-toxin from Nenana reaches patients. Dr Curtis Welch keeps quarantine until risk of renewed outbreak passes as serum from Fairbanks arrives by air and normal life resumes.
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Nome
New York World News Service
Alaska
Nenana
Curtis Welch
Public Health Service
Fairbanks
Roy S. Darling
World Press Pub. Co
Death of 2 Explorers of Caves Recalled by Collins's Father
In Cave City Kentucky Floyd Collins faces possible death in an underground tomb. His father Lee Collins recalls two earlier cave fatalities Pike Chapman of Nebraska and Edwin Turner of New York who discovered Great Onyx Cave.
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Cave City
Floyd Collins
Lee Collins
Old Salt Cave
Pike Chapman
Nebraska
General Outdoor Advertising Company Formed in Major Merger
New York February reports consolidation of twenty one top outdoor advertising firms into the General Outdoor Advertising Company Inc. The merged 1925 business is estimated over 30 million dollars with operations in 600+ cities and over 180000 display structures. George L. Johnson becomes President with K H Fulton as Chairman.
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New York
United States
General Outdoor Advertising Company, Inc
Kk. H. Fulton
Poster Advertising
O. J. Gude
George L. Johnson
Thomas Cusack Company
Jeffersonville
Ind
Cincinnati
Mr. Johnson
Ph. Morton Poster Advertising Company
Morton Company
Thomas Cusack
American Tobacco Company
Cusack
Johnson
Walnut Hills
Seventeen Japanese Sailors Drowned in Vancouver Harbor Collision
In Vancouver harbor a pinnace returning to the cruiser Idzuma collided with the Canadian Pacific tug Nanoose during a squally night. Seventeen sailors perished including one officer and five seamen recovered. nine are missing. Vice Admiral Saburo Hyakutake led the casualty investigation as the Idzuma squadron tours the Pacific on a 20000 mile voyage.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
Asama
Yakumo
Saburo Hyakutake
Seattle
Dover Fire Chief dies in gas explosion at bank
James Smith, chief of the Dover Fire Department, was killed instantly in a basement gas explosion at a bank building where he had been summoned to locate a gas leak. Janitor Alex Thompson said the blast occurred as Smith lit a match. Thompson escaped unharmed.
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Dover
N. H
James Smith
Alex Thompson
Smith
Thompson
Spectators Swarm Cave City As Collins Rescue Efforts Intensify
Tens of thousands visit Sand Cave near Cave City Kentucky for Floyd Collins rescue scene. Autos form solid lines, trains add riders, and a spontaneous religious service forms as crowds flood the area testing roads and food supplies amid the entombment watch.
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Cave City
Associated Press
Sand Cave
Floyd Collins
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
West Virginia
Tennessee
Collins
Father Conspicuous
Lee Collins
Crystal Cave
Louisville& Nashville Railroad
Louisville
U. S. Passenger Boat in Distress in Mediterranean
A distress signal from the American steamer President Harrison was picked up near the Aegean Sea island of Chios. The vessel of 10 533 tons left Alexandria last Thursday for New York after sailing from New York November 13 via San Francisco and other Pacific ports.
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London
Harrison
Chios
Aegean Sea
Lloyds
Athens
Mediterranean Sea
North Africa
Alexandria
New York
President Harrison
United States Shipping Board
San Francisco
Pacific
Rockefeller Looms Over Golf Mark At Ormond Beach
John D. Rockefeller appears set to break his eight hole scoring record at Ormond Beach Florida. Since opening matches he has shaved two strokes from his 54 while progressing to a 64 latest. He previously posted a 42 low eight hole score last year. Saturday he teamed with General Adelbert Ames in a threeball with Darid A. W. Calloway.
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Associated Press
Ormond Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller
George F. Baker
New York
Adelbert Ames
Darid A. W. Calloway
Philadelphia
Radio Tests Claim Floyd Collins Still Alive
In Cave City Kentucky on February 8 radio experimenters used a three stage amplifier across Collins lighting lines to detect movement. They reported hearing the same faint rattle in headphones as before, suggesting Collins still lives.
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Collins
Cave City
Floyd Collins
Collings
Doubts Grow Over Floyd Collins Trapped in Sand Cave
Cave country residents dispute the rescue view and suspect Floyd Collins knows exits or hides food. Neighbors call him shiftless, noting his Crystal Cave venture and disputes over guide fees with his father. Residents mention nearby Mammoth and Colossal Caves as profitable, private claims amid park offers.
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Cave City
Ekyé
Floyd Collins
Collins
Sand Cave
Homer Collins
Floyd Collings
Floyd
Crystal Cave
Crystal
Mammoth Cave
Colossal Cave
Next war fight for race rule
The former Kaiser in retreat at Doom contemplates future wars and race alignments after the Russo-Japanese treaty. He claims to have predicted the pact twenty-eight years ago and asserts Russia aligns with yellow races while France backs black races and aims to flood Europe with Negroes. He asks where Germany will stand.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Russia
France
Europe
Britain
America
Germany
I World News Service
Worlas Press Pub. Co
Seven Soviet Officials Sentenced to Death over Leather Monopoly
Leningrad February 8 seven Soviet government officials were sentenced to death for mis management and corruption in the state leather monopoly. Three other directors received five to eight years for contracting with private traders to gain personal profits.
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Associated Press
Leningrad
Rescue Efforts for Floyd Collins Continue in Sand Cave
In Cave City Kentucky rescuers push a new scent driven plan to reach Floyd Collins trapped nine and a half days ago. Banana oil scents guide teams toward a possible exit behind his prison while digging depth reaches 2614 feet amid weather and timbering delays.
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Cave City
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Collins
W. D. Funkhouser
Department of Geology
Kentucky University
Collins Cave
Prof
Funkhouser
Greenville
Uusca
University of Kentucky
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