1924 US investments abroad top 9 billion dollars
Washington report cites Commerce Department figures showing American investments abroad rose by about 1 billion to surpass 9 billion in total. Hoover calls the United States the world’s greatest investor as 1924 balances show $5.97 billion in credits abroad and $6.182 billion earned by foreigners in the US.
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Washington
Associated Press
Commerce Department
United States
Hoover
Old Country
Danger in Words Told Ad Waiters at World Ad Meet
By Associated Press Houston May 11 The profit driven ad world should tell the truth in campaigns. H W Wayne director of two London firms warns truthful advertising is an ambassadorial message. James W Young Chicago addresses the convention: words can work marvels but carry danger.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
H.W. Wayne
London
Associated Advertising Clubs
James W. Young
Chicago
Samuel Johnson
French congressman seeks sunrise view on Haleakala
Idaho Representative Burton French left the Haleakala rest house at 3 AM to watch the sunrise. Anxieties grew as he did not return by 7 AM, but he was found at 10 AM about three miles from the rest house, uninjured. He said he was not lost, but had moved to a higher point to gain a better view.
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Haleakala
Maui
Hawaii
May H
Associated Press
Burton French
Idaho
Haleakala Mountain
French
Costa Rica Crash Kills Two Airmen
In San Jose Costa Rica May 11 two U S Army Air Force airmen Lieutenant Watson and Sergeant Henson were killed when their aircraft crashed and burned.
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Costa Rica
San Jose
Associated Press
Watson
Henson
United States Army Air Force
Vigilante Day Parade Planned If Weather Clears
The second annual Vigilante Day parade is set for noon if conditions are favorable. The event was postponed due to snow but will proceed with the parade route described and a matinee dance at Broadwater camping grounds afterward. Also reported, Edmonton's Yukon town of May 6 was nearly destroyed by a large fire.
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Snoopey
Old Sol
Broadwater
Edmonton
Alberta
Yukon Territory
Stewart River
Tales of Horror Widens Probe Into New York Baby Farm
New York May 11 Evidence to support a homicide indictment against Mrs Helen Auguste Geisen Volk former German Red Cross nurse who ran a East Eighty Sixth Street baby farm was obtained by assistant district attorneys Investigators seek to exhume bodies from St Michaels cemetery for Agnes Tohey and William Winters deaths witnesses say Geisen Volk mistreated crying children when parents could not pay A Philadelphia woman Mary Beakers says her grandchild placed in the care disappeared
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New York
Associated Press
Helen Augtte Geisen-Valk
Agnes
Ryan
Supreme Court
Geisen- Volks
St. Michael's Cemetery
Toohey
Winjiss
Geisen-Volk
GeisenVolk
White
Mary Beakers
Philadelphia
Jessen- Volk
Drug Raid Nets 19 Arrests In Billings
Billings on May 11 saw a joint federal county and city raid seize about $25,000 worth of narcotics, mainly opium, with 15 Orientals and 4 Negroes arrested. The operation staged by officers resulted in 19 arrests.
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Billings
Associated Press
Charter Violation Claim Over NP 1875 Land Sale
Washington May 1 Attorney BD F McGowan for the forest service charged the Northern Pacific violated its charter by selling about 800 000 acres of land in 1875 before a congressional panel probing land grants. James Kerr the railroad counsel denied the sale complied with the law.
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Associated Press
Washington
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
BD. F. McGowan
Forest Service
Northern Pacific Railway Company
James B. Kerr
Congress to redefine Volstead act as a feasible law
Representative John P. Hill of Maryland urged modifying the Volstead act at a Washington meeting, arguing a “decent law” could curb flagrant violations with broader congressional support. He warned that the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments are violated in the South without federal action, predicting similar stance toward prohibition unless changes are made. William H. Stayton, founder and others attended.
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Washington
Associated Press
Congress
John P. Hill
Maryland
Association Against the
South
William H. Stayton
Senator Walsh To Visit Europe And Ireland This Summer
United States Senator T J Walsh of Montana says the next Congress faces a likely fight over a 300 million federal tax cut policy and irrigation policy preservation. He plans a European tour including The Hague to observe the world court in action and may spend time at The Hague during its session while also visiting Ireland this summer.
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Butte
Ila
Con Press
United States
T. J. Walsh
Montana
Im Butte
Europe
Walsh
Hague
Bishop Fox to be coadjutor in Montana diocese
The Right Rev. Herbert H. Fox was elected bishop coadjutor by the Montana Episcopal Diocesan Convention. Delegates also elected Rev. Kellar, Rev. Snell, Rev. Chapman, Rev. First, F. W. Haskins, Dr. Spottswood, Judge Bennett, and Judge Cheadle to attend the General Convention in New Orleans in October.
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Butte
Herbert H. H. Fox
Montana
Episcopal Church
New Orleans
C. Kellar
L. W. Snell
Helena
C. F. Chapman
George Ifirst
Tewi
Japanese Withdraw From Northern Saghalien Under Inouye
Tokyo May 12 The final withdrawal of Japanese troops from northern Saghalien is complete under General Inouye. Troops are expected to reach Tokyo on May 23 and be greeted with acclaim. The withdrawal from the Soviet portion followed a February agreement between Japan and the Soviet Union.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Saghalien
Inouye
Japan
Dirigible Fails To Cross Mountains
The US airship TC-5, starting from Aberdeen Maryland, attempted to fly to Pittsburg and Ohio points but failed to cross intervening mountains and returned to its base this afternoon after flight difficulties during the test.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
May
United States
Aberdeen
Constitutionalists form to oppose Colorado Klan
In Denver on May 1 the Constitutionalists, a state wide group opposed to the Ku Klux Klan, unified with leaders from both Republican and Democratic parties. The pledge emphasizes educating the public against a Klan controlled government and declares Colorado must choose between Klan rule and constitutional government. The group says there is no middle ground and vows to drive the Klan from the state.
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Denver
Colo
Associated Press
Constitutionalists
Ku Klux Kklan
Colorado
Everest
American Republic
Colorad
Still Fail to Find Victims of Wreck
Associated Press reports Memphis May 11 that officials in charge of the government steamship Choctaw say efforts to recover the bodies of more than a score of people missing since the Norman capsized in the Mississippi River late Friday remain unsuccessful. Much progress has been made in salvaging the sunken steamer and officials hope most bodies will be found in the wreckage. only one portion of the Norman had been brought to the surface.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Choctaw
Norman
Mississippi River
New York Dry Forces Seize Whisky Distillery on Lower West Side
May 11. Prohibition agents raid a whisky distilling plant on New York's lower west side, finding $50,000 worth of re distilling machinery. Two brothers employed at the plant are arrested. The dry navy blocks rum row amid dense fog, claiming no liquor crossed the line so far. Authorities say several higher ups in the bootleg trade are to be arrested in ensuing actions.
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New York
Associated Press
Lower West Side
White Light District
Ram Row
Just a Joke Leads to Husband's Death Explosion
Mrs R J Miles and her 18 year old son were taken into custody after an explosion blew up the shack where her husband slept behind their Coeur d Alene Idaho home. Authorities say Miles confessed to placing six sticks of dynamite under the building and causing the blast in a self admitted act.
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Coeur Walone
Idaho
May Watts
R. J. Miles
Miles
Herman Walters
Aliles
Bribery Trial Resumes for Former Kansas Governor
In Topeka the Johnson Mavis case proceeds as jury selection continues after a peremptory challenge error. Twenty one jurors were tentatively seated for the trial of former governor Jonas Mavis, accused of conspiring with state bank commissioner Carl Petersen to seek a pardon for Walter Grundy, a convicted embezzler. The court plans to reduce to 12 for the trial, with Petersen to be tried separately.
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Kans
Jonasthan M. Mavis
Kansas
C. RB. Griffith
Chambers
James A. MacLaure
Carl J. Petersen
Davis
Walter Grundy
Petersen
Jonathan M. Davis
Carl J Peterson
Trias
Hin denburg Reaches Berlin for Formal Induction
Field Marshal von Hindenburg arrived in Berlin amid cheering crowds as president elect, to spend a night before his formal induction at noon tomorrow. The presidential party rode a four hour journey into the city, reaching the chancellor's palace with a peaceful, uneventful arrival.
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Berlin
Amfay
Lpress
von Hindenburg
Germany
Chancellors Palace
Revelation on Ditch Projects at Washington May 11
Secretary Worle warned that settlers are leaving irrigation projects as farmers fail to replace them. He called for new land settlement programs and cooperation with railways, governors, and local chambers. The government will back feasible reclamation, but only if settlers stay and new ones arrive.
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Associated Press
Washington
Work
Worle
Reclamation Service
Railroads
Chambers of Commerce
Eight men die for explosion in Sveti Kral cathedral
A court martial sentenced two dozen men for participation in a recent bomb explosion at the Sveti Kral cathedral. Ten defendants were condemned to death, while two others received six and three year terms.
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Sofia
Assaaed Tre
Sveti Kral
Shellfire scatters Atlantic icebergs
Halifax May 21 The icebergs menacing north Atlantic shipping lanes were scattered by shell fire from the U S cutter Pampa after a patrol duty in icy waters. The state vessel arrived here reporting the action and the presence of several largebergs.
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Associated Proes
Halifax
Siebergs
U States
Pampa
Rum Fleet 10 Seek Trade in California
Coast Guard cutter Tamarna reports five 1,000 ton vessels laden with liquor waiting off San Diego and Santa Rosa Island in the Santa Barbara channel. Rum runners flew British and Belgian flags, awaiting a chance to land cargoes, according to officers.
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Hy Associates Press
San Diego
Cal
Coast Guard
Santa Rosa Island
Santa Barbara
Man sets self afire on road near Bellevide
A middle aged man soaked himself in gasoline and ignited his clothing on a roadside near Bellevide Illinois today, dying from his burns. A farmer found an intact card in his pocket reading Paul Mueller from St Louis Missouri.
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Associated Press
Bellevide
Ills
Paul » Mueller
St. Louis
Defense Day as Annual Federal Event Proposed
Washington reports a War Department plan to establish Defense Day on November 11 as a permanent yearly affair. President Coolidge awaits action while Acting Secretary Tavis discusses the proposal, derived from a general staff study of the September 12 defense test. The plan envisions a nationwide muster across army branches, voluntary participation by states and cities, with no federal funding expected.
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Coolidge
Tavis Waas
White Mouse
War Department
General Staff
Army of the United States
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