06 Dec 1923
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1923
Page
1
News of the Week summarizes actions in Washington including a plan for eliminating ultralight adult medals, agriculture crop yields, and prohibitions. Mentions include President Coolidge declining gift turkey for Thanksgiving, and shifts in navy wage board, taxation debates, and a proposed Philippine withdrawal resolution.
A New York report notes the Cornelius Vanderbilt residence on Fifth Avenue between Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth streets is sold to a syndicate. Land value cited at $3,000,000 with the property assessed at $7,325,100. An array of other items includes naval, labor, and political notes from Manila to Philadelphia and San Francisco.
Rome reports Premier Mussolini saying Italy has not renounced reparations yet lacks certainty on payment. He says the country is rebuilding, while Caio cabinet construction minister Dr. Heinrich Friedrich Albert is named chancellor in Germany with Ebert. Berlin faces hunger protests as authorities crush demonstrations. Cairo exhibits rare Tutankhamun treasures as political tension rises in Europe and the Middle East.
The piece reports British and French alarm over German rearmament since 1922, with claims of large numbers of troops and weapons. It notes the Ruhr occupation context, Berlin’s political instability, and shifting German leadership under Stresemann era influences amid socialist and communist resistance and clashes with police and occupation forces. It also covers reparations talks and Belgian, Polish actions, and broader interwar tensions shaping policy debates in Britain.
Paris reports a Cologne correspondent stating Germany is preparing for revenge war though not yet ready. Since October 1922, Germany has begun evading the Versailles treaty and arming. estimates cite 200,000 trained soldiers and enough cannons for 40 to 60 divisions, with factories running overtime. London dispatches note British observers confirm intensified military buildup in Germany and concern over peace in Europe.
After months of talks in Berlin, Paris, and Moscow, France prepares a commercial political and economic treaty to recognize Soviet Russia. The accord would create close cooperation between France and Bolshevik leaders, with three sections covering financial, economic, and political ties.
A blaze on Detroit's waterfront spread from an overheated stove aboard a watchmen’s shanty to burn the Detroit and Windsor Ferry dock and housing for the U S immigration and customs offices. The fire reached the six story Munger building, a four story warehouse, and several storefronts on Woodward avenue near Baton street. Loss is estimated at 1.5 million dollars.
Berlin reports that in the first half of the year Germany slaughtered 10,882 dogs and 165,186 horses for food, with totals for the previous year at 18,509 dogs and 240,014 horses. Figures cover public slaughterhouses only, not farmer killings.
Three Chicago residents were killed when their stalled car on a Dearborn day trip was struck by a Michigan Central express train near Jackson Michigan. The victims were Thomas Robinson the driver and passengers Mrs Ida Kurent and her sister Mrs Barbara Ginter.
The 1928 Thankagly ing day race at Beverly Speedway on the coast ended with Bennett Bin winning in a Dusenberg special. Jimmy Murphy finished second and Fiddie carn placed third. A double fatality occurred as spectators watched the tragedy.
Washington reports that secret American government archives prove the German government deliberately planned and ordered the sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania. The disclosure is presented as evidence of intent and coordination at the highest levels.
Four Moros were killed in a clash with a constabulary near Bayan in Lando province. The governor’s dispatch confirms casualties and notes ongoing pursuit to quell unrest in the region.
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