Hoover approves new world debt funding settlements
President Hoover signed off on the tenth debt settlement of the World War Foreign Debt Funding Commission. The agreements cover thirteen debtor nations with the United States set to receive about thirteen billion dollars in total. France faces a 62 year payment plan totaling over 6.8 billion dollars with interest. Russia and Austria have partial or delayed settlements, while Liberian and Armenian debts remain unsettled or obsolete.
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Tee
Hoover
World War Foreign Debt Funding Commission
United States
France
Russia
Austria
Issa
Reward Offered in Farmhouse Slaying Mystery
Police search for answers after Mrs Lapka disappears from her Lopka farm home on Saturday night. Her body found Monday in a straw pile near the house. Coroner returns a verdict of murder by unknown persons. Husband questioned about family history as investigators pursue possible motives amid limited information.
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Lopka
Lapka
Fland County
Berusey Mistery
Lotney
Tie
Beina Neld
Milter
Congress eyeing overseas branches by state banks
A legislative trend aims to let state members of the Federal Reserve establish branches abroad and in U.S. possessions. The idea has support in several quarters, with Congress having enacted necessary legislation. The Nordeske measure moved to the calendar after committee approval, but no timing for enactment was announced. Formal banks now have authority.
Norbeck measure aimed at state banks in reserve system
The Norbeck measure would apply to state banks with capital of 1,000,000 or more and was endorsed by the Federal Reserve Board. Officials would not identify banks awaiting passage of the act. Senators Glass and Fletcher urged a congressional study of the credit situation to prepare any needed remedial legislation.
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Norbeck
Federal Reserve Board
Glass and
Fletcher
Florida
Algonquin Collides Near Manhattan in Dense Fog
The Algonquin struck Fort Victoria 12 miles from Manhattan as fog hid dangers. Passengers were below decks while engines halted to permit the pilot to go over the side. Water flooded holds and rooms, the ship listing rapidly and limiting power. Captain J W MacKenzie coordinated emergency radio calls as the liner assisted the Fort Victoria.
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Manhattan
Algonquin
Fort Victoria
J. W. MacKenzie
Snowbound Cities Escape Winter Fog Tradeoffs
In the eastern United States New York and Boston avoided the heavy wintry conditions that struck much of the nation yet faced their own foggy haze and air quality issues as travel and daily life contended with reduced visibility and disrupted transit.
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New York
Bowtom
Unclear Cold Weather Claims in Texas Hunter Death
Fragmentary report notes extreme cold in the southwest causing shelter issues for stockmen and a hunter freezing to death in Texas. Readings described as namier and ax icy, with damaged text obscuring details of events and locations.
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Texas
Severe Cold Halts Christmas Trade Across Midwest
In Saco Montana the temperature hit 36 degrees below zero while nearby Williston North Dakota recorded 38. Devils Lake in the same state stood at 32 below. The bitter weather disrupted Christmas shopping over a wide area as many shoppers stayed home, with Chicago among cities blaming the cold for weak foot traffic.
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Oua
Saco
Mont
Williston
N. TL
Devils Lane
Middle West
Chicago
Weather Forecast Indicates Cold Spell Across Regions
The forecast describes a bleak today with clearing in the meantime, but warnings of continued severe cold in the middle west and portions of the east. Damaging cold is expected to persist into the near term, with no relief in sight for these regions.
Mercury rises as brutal cold grips vast region
December cold front roars across the Midwest and East, freezing temperatures reach near zero from Canada to New England. Gales, ice, and sleet paralyze streets and highways, with several deaths reported as winter storms lash Dixie to New Orleans and beyond.
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Prairies
Canada
Disie
Rockies
New England
Midwest
Dominion
New Orleans
Dixie
Tennessee
Georgia
Atlantic
Virginia
Carolinas
Wallen
Ontario
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