Europe Must Act to Aid Eastern Europe Now
Henry P. Davison urges immediate U S action to rescue Central and Eastern Europe from famine and disease. He proposes a three American commissioners plan with up to 500 million dollars, zero interest for three years, then six percent, 15 year maturity, and broad authority to allocate materials and remove barriers.
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Congress
Central
Europe
Pershing
Hoover
Lane
Commission
Tam
United States
Treasury Department
Tam Nixe
Great Britain
Tolland
Spain
Japan
France
Belgium
Italy
Chassagne and Thomas Seek to Wipe Out Last Year in Speedway Race
Rene Thomas and Jean Chassagne, stars of the French Ballet team, return for the Indianapolis 500 mile sweepstakes on May 31. After last year's defeats caused by defective wheels and a dramatic crash, they vow faster mounts and no excuses if they fail to finish one or two.
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Europe
America
Austria
Germany
Greece
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Esthenia
Ukraine
Czeche
Slovakia
Chassagne
Thomas
Rene Thomas
Jean Chassagne
Indianapolis Speedway
Wagner
Chassage
Indianapolis
Predicts Brilliant Future for Two Young Drivers
The 500 mile race for $50,000 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 31 will feature Roscoe Sarles and Joe Boyer who are tipped for fame in the gasoline sport. Sarles, who started on Indiana county fair tracks, showed coast success in 1918-19 and rode with top names. Boyer, a Detroit millionaire, boasts wins at Cincinnati and Uniontown and top finishes at Sheepshead Bay and Uniontown.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Roscoe Sarles
Joe Boyer
Sarles
Indiana
Barney Oldfield
Indianapolis
Oldfield
Boyer
Detroit
Cincinnati
Uniontown
Sheenshead Bay
Mahogany Timber and Its Central American Source
Pye timber prized as Swietenia mahogani from Central America and the West Indies. Trees reach 69 to 100 feet with six foot diameter, though such sizes are rare. The wood polishes well with a reddish brown hue and varied markings. Many workers are employed to cut and transport the timber to the coast for export.
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Gelight
Central America
West Iadies
Long-Lived Trees Across Historic Regions
The text describes ancient trees in Fountain Abbey Yorkshire dating to 1182, a very old Redwood in Mayipoza grove, African Baobabs surpassing 5 000 years, a mighty cypress at Chapultepec, and Dracaena Drago in Orotoya Teneriffe cited as extremely old by Humboldt, noting remarkable longevity.
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Fountain Abbey
Yorkshire
Fornia
Mayiposa
Africa
Chapultepec
Humboldt
Orotoya
Teneriffe
Ten Winds And Wind Speeds Defined In A Classic Chart
The article lists wind speeds and the corresponding effects in pounds per square foot and travel distance. It classifies readable ranges from perceptible winds at one mile per hour to great storms at sixty to seventy miles per hour and a hurricane at eighty to one hundred miles per hour.
Great Auto Race at Indianapolis Announces 22 Entrants
The event features 22 entrants from France England Italy and the U S with 8 5 000 total prize money. Prizes total 50 000 for top ten finishers and include 20 009 10 000 5 000 3 500 3 000 2 200 1 800 1 600 and 1 500.
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France
England
Italy
U. S
Indianapolis
Ray Harrowan
Marmon
Joe Dawson
National
Jules Goux
Peueot
Rene Thomas
Deage
Ralph DePalma
Mercedes
Three Chevrolets to Drive for Fifty Thousand Dollars
The Nelson family racing trio Louis Arthur and Gaston Chevrolet will drive at the 500 mile race for $50 000 on Monday May 83. Louis and Gaston steer Monroes while Arthur returns to racing in a Frontenac. All three brothers resemble each other in size and moustaches.
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Nelson
Chevrolets
Louis, Arthur and
Gaston
Louis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Louis Chevrolet
Monroes
Will
Arthur
Frontenac
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Greencastle
Charles Peller
Nicholas Taxi Station
Desine
A. B. Hanna
C. W. Huffman
Hanna & Huffman
Davison
Des Moines
General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Henry P. Davison
The
League of Red Cross Societies
Convention of Red Cross Societies
Geneva
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Black
Adriatic
Hungary
Roumania
Montenegro
Albania
Serbia
Galleia
Vienna
Czecho- Slovakia
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi Valley
New York
Dr. Copeland
Central Europe
Ren Thomas
Louuis
Arthur and
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