War Debt Facts and World Loan Figures Rise
A study by leading institutes and an updated encyclopedia outlines wartime and postwar debts. It says total advances from the Allied states reached 9.6 to 10.35 billion dollars with American loans amounting to 18 nations participating. Britain France and Italy hold the largest credits and interest rates averaged 4 1 4 percent to 3 percent after settlements. The analysis notes potential cancellation of about 51 percent of US debts if reduced rates are factored in, while overall war costs are pegged near 88 billion dollars direct and substantial indirect losses across nations.
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Fooking's Institute
National Encyclijedia
Suizzalla
Nile States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Great Bruin
Belgium
United States
Germany
The Machine and the Coffee Crisis in Brazil
A New York Times analysis argues Brazil offsets coffee overproduction through government measures while noting machine production fuels global downturn. Economists say tech progress drives depression, but coffee politics challenge the doom. The piece questions whether overproduction stems from excess output in commodities, not just machinery.
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New York Times
Brazil
Fortinge
Hogy
East Indies
Argentina
Australis
Fragmented Questions From A Historical Newspaper Page
A reader quiz style row presents questions about Erie county senatorial districts and a storm named Florista, plus inquiries into the founders of the Fascisti and Pennsylvania’s first governor, with a buried literary line and a remark on a long running “Machine” era reflecting social critique.
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Erie County
Siam
Florista
Fascisti
Pennsylvania
Twenty Years Ago From Journal Files November 26 1912
A fragmented column recalls events from twenty years prior. A cheese swindler case involves a young man posing as R W Newton. The M L B Club hosted a tureen dinner at Merrick home. Miss Anna Smith writes from Yuba City noting fine weather and gifts. Miss Mac Leiplein’s fifteenth birthday party ends with a mixed shower on Lemon Street. A P Mount and son Josrell plan to attend the Bradford dedication of the new State Armory tonight.
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Anna Smith
Yuba City
Calin
Corry
A. P. Mount
Josrell
Bradford
State Armory
Usis
Hollywood Film Shop Frenzy of New Productions and Injuries
Hollywood allows a rush of new sound stage work with Cecil DeMille’s The Ring of the Cross at Paramount and Nagana at Universal. Stars like Charles Laughton, Kathleen Burke, Colbert, and Ann Harding loom, while George Perrington is critically injured in an auto accident. Freight and postage trends show fewer letters mailed daily in New York.
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Hollywood
Cal
Numa
al Barnes
Girous
Selig Zoo
Cecil DeMille
Paramount
Charles Laughton
Ners
Wiesets
Universal
Tala Birelli
Hans Steinke
Matanen
Island of Lost Souls
Richard Arlen
W. G. Curtis
California
Clausette Colbert
Tim McCo
Wall Street
Connolly
New York
Pauline Lord
Gilbert Miller
Ann Harding
Leslie Howard
R&d Preparatory
George H. Perrington
Front Street
Maurice Nicholson
North Thirteenth Street
East State Street
Pertington
Franklin Man Dies of Wound in Hunting Accident
Arthur Tingley, 41, of Cooperstown, died in Franklin hospital from injuries after a hunting accident on November 5 near his home. He had his left foot amputated on November 18 after complications. He is survived by his parents, five sisters, four brothers, and several in-laws, with others listed as residents in Crainesville Chicago Akron Milledgeville Stockton and Cooperstown.
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Pranklin
Arthur Tingley
W. A. Tingley
Cooperstown
Franklin Hospital
Claire Reitz
Tingley
Tollows
Herbert Pelton
Crainesville
Pred ‘Tait
Chicago
Brooks Fleming
Akron
John
Lee
Herbert
Claude
Martha
Lawrence Swagger
Milledgeville
Mary Gray S Fatally Fractured Left Arm in Fall
Mary Virginia, daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Gray, fell this morning and sustained a fracture of the bone in the left arm. D M Alford traveled to Union City today for another load of turkeys for the Sanitary Meat Market.
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Mary Virginia
Mark Gray
D. M. Alford
Union City
Experienced driver causes most mishaps in survey
Harrisburg reports a Pennsylvania Motor Federation survey shows experienced drivers, not novices, cause the majority of crashes. Findings cover Pennsylvania and 20 plus states, with 12 month+ drivers representing over 90 percent of 1,281,400 crashes. Highlights include weather, peak hours, Sunday most crash-prone, intersections as danger points, under 20 as riskiest age, and drivers urged to be more cautious and courteous to reduce fatalities and injuries.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Motor Federation
Pennsylvania
S. Edward Gable
Federation
Mr Gable
Days of Robins as Reformer In Chicago Recalled
Charles P Stewart recounts Raymond Robins a Chicago reformer and professor whose 1910s visibility faded amid amnesia and political intrigue. The piece traces Robins’s public image, mounting speculation on his whereabouts, and eventual disappearance revealing wartime era civic tensions and press scrutiny.
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Robins
Chicago
Stewart
Charles P
Stewart Rental
Washington
B. G
Raymond Robins
Fic
Ius
Kooner
Coloner
Take Time To Be Safe Admonition Warns on Highway Crashes
Gov Committee on Highway Safety urges motorists to slow down and drive carefully after a spate of wrecks. Officials emphasize prevention and public awareness to reduce injuries and fatalities and remind readers to follow posted limits and safe driving practices.
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Governor's Committee On Highway Safety
Child Burns Frighten Sharon Child May Die in Fire
Seven year old Wah Kettering was burned when her dress caught fire from fumes of an open stove in the bathroom. Her mother extinguished the flames and the girl was rushed to a hospital in critical condition.
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Sharon
Wah Kettering
Burgess Accidentally Killed Handling Rifle in Basement
Brownsville Pennsylvania November 26 William J Craft 66 a general contractor and Burgess of South Brownsville for six years was found dead in the basement police said he was shot accidentally when a rifle discharged as he cleaned it for a hunting trip. He planned to leave today and was found near a work bench with a hunting rifle on the floor and other guns hanging on the wall.
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Brownsville
William J. Craft
South Brownsville
Polité
Craft
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Hollywood Film Shop
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Philadelphia
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Inj Woods
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Stockton, N.Y
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