Gibson to Take Washington Aims to Geneva Disarmament Talks
Ambassador Hugh Gibson sails to Geneva to represent the United States at the League of Nations preparatory commission on disarmament. He met with President Hoover and Secretary Stimson and may carry Washington guidance and new ideas to break the naval reduction deadlock. Hoover’s policy on fighting craft remains central to U.S. stance.
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Washington
Hugh Gibson
Geneva
America
League of Nations
Preparatory Commission On
Gibson
Hoover
Lejeune to Head Famous Virginia Military Institute
Lexington Va April 11 Maj Gen John A Lejeune will head the Virginia Military Institute. He will succeed Gen William H Cocke retiring ill health The school known as West Point of the South boasts a long record of military service and strong World War I ties.
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Lexington
South
John A. Lejeune
Lejeune
United States
Maning
Virginia Military Institute
West Fall
William H. Cocke
United States Military Academy
New Market
Tennyson
Jackson Memorial Hall
West Point of the South
General Lejeune
Claude Crozet
Napoleon
Widowed Kentucky Mother of Nine Jailer
BARBOURVILLE KY A widow with nine children has served as jailer in a Kentucky mountain district for seven years after succeeding her husband who died with a sheriff's posse. During her term she saw one son killed by a prisoner who escaped. Mrs Dempsey West now completes her third regular term.
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Barbourville, KY
Skentucky
Mountain District
Sean
Dempsey West
Texan Owns Pistol Used on Jesse James
The 44 caliber revolver that ended Jesse James’s career was fired again in Houston. George Culver a Matagorda cattleman possessed the pistol since 1885 when James’s brother-in-law gave it to him after Robert Ford killed the outlaw. Culver displayed the gun to a Houston audience during the Texas and Southwest cattle raisers convention.
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Houston. Tex
Jesse Car
George Culver
Matagorda
Tex
James
Robert Ford
Culver
Houston
Texas
Southwest
A Picture of the Exchange and its Busy Floor
The New York Stock Exchange operates with about one thousand traders brokers and clerks working behind trading posts pneumatic tubes telephones and call boards. The chief reporter watches the bell rings at 10 and a noisy rush of bids and offers begins as market activity surges through a bustling, highly American spectacle.
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U. S. Steel Common
Gmail
Ft>s
New York Stock Exchange
Ammenter
Arlilleay
Trading Post
Buckthorn Bark and Glycerin Stop Constipation
An old ad touts buckthorn bark and glycerin as a fast act solution for constipation. It claims Adlerika cleans both upper and lower bowels removing foul matter, relieving gas and sick headaches after one spoonful. Sold by Longstaff Drug Co and druggists.
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Longstaff Drug Co
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White House
Stimson
Richard J. Turner
West
Point of Southland
Texan
Jesse James
Johnson & Sewell Home Furnishers
Stevens
Masonic Temple
Bldg
Belmont Percase
Huron
Burlington
Asl
Congoleum Hall
Betty Bright
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