France Eyes Debt Settlement With Washington Talks Under Way
Paris plans for settling postwar debt are outlined by Finance Minister Caillaux. Negotiations in Washington will shape France’s offer, aiming for annual payments near 75 million francs, potentially up to 100 million, with a Wall Street loan contingent on U.S. support and broader reparations alignment.
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France
Washington Commission
Germany
Wall Street
Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Caillaux
Washington
Debt Funding Commission
America
Britain
N. Y
Fidac urges reparations to aid war debt payments
At its Rome conference Fidac the inter-allied federation of ex-service men passed a resolution urging that wartime sacrifices be acknowledged in settling war debts. It called on former enemies to pay reparations so allied debtor nations can manage debt payments more easily. Colonel T W Miller pledged American support to push the government on these views. A second resolution urged allied governments to curb Communist propaganda as an international danger.
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New York World News Service
Rome
Fidac
Inter-Allied Federation of
T. W. Miller
N. Y
Roome for Rent Classifieds Offer Affordable Rooms
The Commercial Tribune highlights comfortable rooms for rent near work or school. The Rooms Furnished and Rooms and Board sections on the Classified Page help readers locate affordable living quarters suitable for study or reading in a home-like setting.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Elephant on Hand Tied After Rampage Near Augusta
J J Kelly of Cairo Illinois, an elephant expert, ties the 7 500 pound Tex to a two foot tree near Augusta Arkansas after the bull elephant rampaged at Tupelo Mississippi causing damage to a popcorn field, a bridge and a car. The elephant, famed for attacking his keeper, was lured from a drainage ditch by a horse and stacked into a noose yesterday. Tex is said to be 111 years old.
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Associated Press
Augusta
Ark
J. J. Kelly
Cairo
Tex
Tupelo
Miss
Senator Stanfield Frame Up Alleged After Boise Arrest
Senator Robert N Stanfield of Oregon, chairing a Senate subcommittee, was arrested in Boise on a charge of drunk and disorderly. He calls the arrest a frame up and says the officer struck him first with a pistol drawn. police deny alcohol on his breath and plan to expunge the record.
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New York World News Service
Boise
Robert N. Stanfield
Oregon
Senate
Baker
Stanfield
Edens
Portland
Senator Stanfield Vote Sparks Prohibition Debate
Senator Stanfield has voted dry on all major prohibition questions since joining Congress. Prohibition groups list him as a bone dry ally, and leaders are embarrassed by word of his arrest which they say may be a frame. He reportedly felt drinking would be his own affair.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Stanfield
Congress
Dustry
New England
Graduate School of Social Administration
University of Chicago
Chicago
Loop
Cease Firing As Officer Dies In Moroccan Assault
Paris dispatch reports French Foreign Legion at Amirot near Chechovan and Ajdir on the Ouergha line. An officer fell shot through the heart while urging attack, prompting a cease fire as troops paid silent tribute before resuming the assault.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Ouergha
Morocco
Chechovan
Ajdir
Amirot
Foreign Legion
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y
Church Report Claims Dry Law Raises Kansas Deaths
A Federal Council of Churches study released from Washington on Sept 14 says prohibition shows a drift back in conditions. It notes Kansas alcoholic deaths rose after 1920 and discusses shifts in alcoholism types, army cases, and limited influence on life expectancy despite insurance optimism.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Department of Research and Education
Federal Council of Churches
Kansas
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Obare
Army and Navy Ready to Aid Coolidge Aircraft Inquiry
The War and Navy Departments prepare to assist the President's Special Aircraft Board convening at the White House. Colonel William Mitchell stands as potential expert witness, while a Navy Court of Inquiry investigates the Shenandoah disaster and may provide confidential information if authorized.
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Navy
Coolidge
Mitchell
Washington
War and Navy Departments
Special Aircraft Board
White House
War Department
William Mitchell
Air Service Administration
Wilbur
Shenandoah
Department
Davis
Naval Aviation
Army Air Chief
Army Air Program
Air Service
Bradley Mausoleum Sold by Widow After Wealth Gone
New York details depict widow Mrs. Bradley selling the Italian marble Bradley mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery for about 100000 after financier William Bradley died penniless. The 1911 monument, once a showpiece, was bought by Joseph Paterno of Paterno Bros. Its remains were moved to a smaller mausoleum within the same cemetery.
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New York World News Service
New York
William Bradley
Bradley
Max Sheinart
Apponyi pushes plan for general disarmament
Geneva reports Count Apponyi at the League of Nations Assembly urging immediate consideration of general armament reductions and preparatory talks for a world disarmament conference. China wins a diplomatic point urging a Beijing conference solution while Mosul talks drift unresolved. New York mayoral race closes after a bitter primary with Walker Hylan Waterman and Thomas contesting power and a heavy police presence planned for election day.
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Gaunt
Gray
Apponyi
Hungary
Balkan
League of Nations Assembly
Europe
Aquinones de Leons
Manana
de Leon
League
Count Apponyi
Council
Permanent Court of International Justice
Universal
Uruguay
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Sweden
China
Peking
United States
Brussels
Turkey
Diala
Irak
Mosul
Iraq
Persia
Britain
N. Y
N.Y. World) Press Pub. Co
New York Police Shakeup On Primary Eve
Commissioner Enright ordered a historic citywide shift for primary election protection. Forty eight hour transfers for most captains and patrolmen, mobilization of detectives and police academy reserves, and 3000 reserves called up to ensure an impartial election.
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New York
Enright
New York Author to Receive Legion of Honor Cross
The government will award American novelist Gertrude Atherton the cross of the Legion of Honor for wartime heroism. Minister Briand reportedly informed friends of the author in New York, per World News Service copy.
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New York
Word News Oc
Paris
Gertrude Atherton
Briand
Friends
N. Y
World News Service
World Press Pub. Co
Former Lowell National Bank cashier shoots self before sentencing
J. H. Boardman, ex cashier of the Old Lowell National Bank, wounded himself at his home in Lowell Mass today. He was due to be sentenced in Boston Federal Court for embezzlement after pleading guilty last year to converting about 70000 of bank funds for personal use.
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Lowell
Mass
J. H. Boardman
Lowell National Bank
Boston
Remus Links Politicians in Whisky Theft Probe
A land jury investigation into the theft of 893 barrels of whisky from the Jack Daniels warehouse in St. Louis will be opened if an alleged statement by George Remus to Mabel Willebrandt is warranted. U S District Attorney Curry said Remus, jailed, may seek a court audience to discuss bond or new information ahead of his September 21 case.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
New Land Jury
Jack Daniels
George Remus
Cincinnati
Remus
Mabel Willebrandt
United States
Curry
Willebrandt
Atlanta
Department of Justice
Washington
Davis
Body in Iowa Linked to famous prison escape suspect
Two postal inspectors were ordered to Dubuque Iowa to verify if a found body is George Dutch Anderson, a fugitive linked to Gerald Chapman. The case involves warrants from Indiana and Atlanta Penitentiary rewards totaling $1500, with five pictures circulated in post offices.
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Washington
Dubuque
George
Dutch) Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Rush D. Simmons
Chicago
Cincinnati
Anderson
Atlanta
Muncie
Ind
Ben Hance
Delaware County
Atlanta Penitentiary
Cincinnati District Assigns Inspector for Dubuque
George F. H. Birdseye announced that George Pate, inspector of Toledo, will represent the Cincinnati district at Dubuque. Pate, though based in Toledo, is associated with the Cincinnati district and knows Anderson by sight.
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George F. H. Birdseye
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
George Pate
Toledo
Dubuque
Pate
Anderson
Italy Feels First Winter Taste as Violent Storms Hit
Rome dispatch reports a sudden winter feel as violent storms sweep Alpine provinces and parts of the north experience snow. The unsettled weather marks Italy’s first taste of the season with strong winds and widespread precipitation.
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Rome
Italy
Alpine
Republican committee withholds La Follette support in Wisconsin race
Washington reports that the Republican National Committee will not back Robert M. La Follette Jr in the Wisconsin Senate primary. Chairman Butler said further GOP support depends on the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. Roy Wilcox vows to run in the general if defeated. Butler notes La Follette is not in line with the party and mentions his own plans to run for the Senate again.
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New York
Tammany Hall
James J. Walker
Smith
State Democracy
John F. Hylan
William Randolph Hearst
Tammany
Waterman G. O. P. Choice
Frank D. Waterman
William M. Bennett
John J. Lyons
Bennett
Waterman
John Purroy Mitchel
Norman Thomas
Democratic Party
Empire State
Messrs. Smith
Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Walker
Mr. Hylan
Hylan
Chary
K. Hylan
Municipal Assembly
Buncombe
Washington
Republican National Committee
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Senate
Wisconsin
Butler
National Committee
Roy P. Wilcox
Eau Clair
Mr. la Follette
Coolidge
la Follette
Cleveland
Chicago
West
Imself
Wisconsin Nomination Campaign Heads to Senat Race
Wisconsin Republicans and Democrats closed campaigns for the U S Senate seat to fill the La Follette death term. Nominees Roger La Follette Jr Roy Wilcox and Francis McGovern campaign for September 29 final vote with possible independent runs if defeated.
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Brent
Drottningholm
Universal Church Conference
Stockholm
NR. Melborn
John Rodgers
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Rodgers
Lakehurst
N. J
Hilary P. Jones
Navy General Board
Construction Corps
John H. Towers
Ralph C. Pennoyer
M. R. Pierce
Lewis B. McBride
Naval Construction Corps
Paul Foley
Bellevue, D.C
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Foley
Pierce
Secretary of War
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League Assembly
Albin E. Johnson
J. J. Lyons
National
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Massachusetts
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Milwaukee
Robert M. la Follette
Francis E. McGovern
Daniel Woodward
Oshkosh
William G. Bruce
Bruce
World Court
Charles B. Rogers
Ft. Atkinson
Republican Party
J. J. Blaine
Herman Ekern
Burton K. Wheeler
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