Houghton Warns American Aid to Europe May End Without Peace
Ambassador Alanson B Houghton told a London audience that American reconstruction aid for Europe would cease if peace based on goodwill fails to emerge. He stressed peace must come from European peoples and noted U S support hinges on the new peace climate. The speech, his maiden as ambassador, was delivered amid postwar distrust and near the Dawes plan’s concerns.
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Associated Press
London
Alanson B Houghton
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Coolidge
Court of St. James
Washington
France
Marshal von Hindenburg
England
Dawes
Oughton
America
Baldwin
Duke of York
MacDonald
Belgium
Japan
Portugal
New York World News Service
White House
Kellogg
U S Envoy Ultimatum Echoes White House Press Echoes
U S envoy Houghton delivering Coolidge warning urges Europe to pursue peace and avoid war finance while noting limits on American loans. The stance mirrors White House press conference rhetoric and stresses cautious European actions, with Paris and Berlin warned against militarism and reckless moves.
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U. S
Europe
White House
Prince George of Serbia Exiled From Belgrade
Prince George of Serbia is sent into exile from Belgrade and placed in a secluded cottage to live as a hermit. Reports cite a prankster temperament and it is noted his conduct caused diplomatic tensions with ministers and foreign officials.
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New York World News Service
Berlin
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Belgrade
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Paris
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British Gold Standard Bill Passed On Second Reading
The British House of Commons approved the second reading of the gold standard bill and a money resolution to restore gold parity. It outlines American credits totaling 300 million dollars, 200 million with the Federal Reserve and 100 million with J P Morgan, repayable in two years.
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Great Britain
United States
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Snowden
Public Opinion Halts Tetra Ethyl Leaded Gasoline Sales
New York May 4 Public pressure over health risks from tetra ethyl leaded gasoline led Ethyl Gasoline Corporation to suspend sales indefinitely starting tomorrow. Columbia University experts urged public warning and a Washington conference on May 20 to address the health problem, with Yale and Harvard researchers voicing concern over safety.
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New York
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation
World
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
General Motors Corporation
Columbia University
Washington
Thomas Midgley, Jr
Yandell Henderson
Yale
C. K. Drinker
David Edgall
Harvard
Bureau of Mines
Bayway
N. J
Standard Oil Company
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Extra Tax Levy Nears Approval in City Petition Drive
Fire Chief Barney Houston filed petitions with the Municipal Emergency Committee showing more than 25 000 signatures toward an extra 0 96 mills levy set for June. Mayor Carrel said unofficial returns suggest the 75 000 quota will be exceeded, ensuring city operations past September 1.
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Republican Organization
Sol H. Freiberg
Board of Elections
Third and
Walnut Streets
Republican
Strand Theater
Howard Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Elections Board
Germany's Brown Coal Drives Postwar Revival
This World News Service report portrays Germany’s postwar recovery driven by brown coal. Coal output nears 1913 levels with nine million tons monthly, fueling industry and electrifying cities as production expands and investors judge by activity and credit rather than stock quotes.
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Ruhr
Germany
Doctor Farabee in Critical Condition At Home
Dr. W C Farabee noted scientist and head of the University of Pennsylvania museum is in critical condition at his Washington Pennsylvania home on May 4 after a year long battle with anaemia and more than thirty blood transfusions.
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Farabee
Associated Press
Washington, Pa
W. C. Farabee
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Prince of Wales Charms Capetown Crowd on South Africa Tour
The Prince of Wales travels from Capetown into the interior amid vast crowds and acclaim. In Somerset West he delivers a thanks, speeds in cars toward Stellenbosch, and is paraded in an open carriage by Stellenbosch University students amid fanfare and enthusiastic women observers.
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Prince of Wales
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Stellenbosch
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Stellenbosch University
Jury Finds Carr Asked for Bribe in 1923 Case
Walter Carr former Monroe Board of County Commissioners head was found guilty by a Hamilton jury of soliciting a $1,000 bribe from H. S. Coulter Oxford road contractor on November 6, 1923. The verdict carries a penalty of one to ten years in the penitentiary. Carr's attorneys filed a motion for a new trial. A $2,000 bond was continued by Judge A. C. Risinger. The case was given to the jury at 4:40 p.m.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
Walter Carr
Monroe
Board of County Commissioners
H.S. Coulter
Oxford Road
Carr
A. C. Risinger
Ancient city found beneath sea off Tunis coast
Sir Edward Denison Ross reports the discovery of submerged Punic city ruins off Jerba near Tunis. An Arab fisherman spotted street outlines, with divers confirming underwater ruins. French Tunisian authorities will lead exploration using airplanes, with Carthage and Utica sites on the itinerary.
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Carthage
London
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School of Oriental Studies
Jerba
Gulf of Gabes
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le Kef
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la Marsa
la Goulette
Utica
N. Y
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
New York
Edward Denison Ross
University of London
British Museum
Royal Asiatic Society
Asiatic Society of Bengal
Order of the Indian Empire
Byron Kuhn de Provok
Djerba
French Check Rifeian Raid Into Morrocca
Paris reports Abd El Krim’s Rif raid into French Morocco met a serious check as General Colom’s flying column struck near Fez forcing the Rif siege at Aoudour to lift. Additional columns move on Riffian forces in the Skerbouazoun area. Lyautey arrived at Fez to direct operations and vows swift restoration of order as French prestige aims to deter further incursions.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Abd-El-Krim
French Morocco
Colombat
Fez
Quergha
Aoudour
Achirkane
Cambay
Freydenburg
Skerbouazoun
France
Marshal Lyautey
French
Morocco
Lyautey
Ouergha
Spanish Morocco
N. Y
World News Servi
N.Y
Woman credits Quoden talent to sixth sense
Katharine Gobere Wellman, divorced wife of New York lawyer Francis L. Wellman, suddenly paints canvases and writes poetry with rapidity and skill after years of study. She attributes her artistic leap to tapping the subconscious through psychological work, denying spiritualist or supernatural powers.
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New York World News Service
New York
Katharine Gobere Wellman
Francis L. Wellman
Prison Break Plot Foiled at Chicago House of Correction
Chicago authorities thwarted a plan to release seventy five prisoners from a single tier at the House of Correction tonight. Leader Stanley Gype, an escaped convict from Jefferson City Missouri, and co conspirator Paul Lupenheimer faced charges as guards found nearly sawed bars and carved wooden pistols in their cells.
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House of Correction
Richie V. Graham
Graham
Stanley Gype
Jefferson City
Bridewell
Paul Lupenheimer
Wisconsin
Gype
Lupenheimer
Industrial expansion eyed for Cincinnati rail hubs
H. A. Worcester of the Big Four Railroad outlined a plan at the Cincinnati Traffic Club for a Union passenger station on the Central Union Site with a new eastern freight terminal and belt line railroad. Total cost around 50 million dollars, four to five years to build, with the passenger station lasting for decades and flood resistant. The plan aims to relieve growth by adding facilities for 16 to 18 car trains and roundhouses, with city support anticipated.
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Cincinnati
Union
H. A. Worcester
Big Four Railroad
Cincinnati Traffic Club
Linton
Worcester
Central Union Station
Third Street
Central Avenue
Frank D. Reiley
Union Station
Coroner Orders Body Ex Humation as Poison Inquiry Opens
Evansville Ind May 4 Coroner Max Lowe halted the funeral of 10 year old Joseph Bernard Bowles and ordered the body taken to a local undertaking establishment for poison examination. Bowles was the sixth in his family to die under mysterious circumstances with the mother Mary T Bowles now the sole survivor. The family had recently moved from Owensboro Ky where six other relatives died in the past two years.
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Evansville
Ind
Joseph Bernard Bowles
Max Lowe
Mary T. Bowles
Owensboro
Jack's Restaurant Closes After 25 Years in New York
New York May 4 Jack Dunston owner of Jack's Restaurant at 761 Sixth Avenue announces retirement and closes the gay night spot. He founded the venue in March 1891 and says he has had enough after decades of operation. The decision ends an era in the city’s nightlife.
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