Egypt Egypt treaty proposals stir British storm
London reports British foreign office released Anglo Egyptian treaty proposals stirring debate. Laborites hail as Egypt’s opportunity while press skepticism grows about withdrawal of British protection and Suez security. Proposals require Egyptian cabinet King Fuad and British approval.
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Henry T. Russell
United Press
London
British
Foreign Office
Laborites
Arthur Henderson
Mahmoud Pasha
Egypt
Laborite
Daily Herald
Independent Daily Express
Morning Post
The
Daily Express
Daily Telegraph
Alexandria
Washington
Rome
Fuad
Britain
Suez Canal
Fashion Fall Skirts Drop Three Inches Below Knee
Designers at a three day style and merchandise show in Chicago reveal fall fashion shifts. Skirts will fall to three inches below the knee with waistlines rising to balance the silhouette. Hosiery and shoe trends constrain the length. Colors lean blue black and brown while materials tilt toward transparent fabrics and point velvets.
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W. F. Sullivan
United Press
Chicago
Prohibition Convictions Fall Short of Prison Sentences
Washington analysis shows 68 percent of federal convictions in 1926 were for prohibition violations, but only 2 percent were sentenced to federal prisons. By contrast 30 percent of drug act offenders were imprisoned, with 1,540 of 5,120 cases. Last year 1,067 prohibition offenders were sentenced to three federal penitentiaries.
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Herbert D. Brown
United States Bureau of Efficiency
Brown
Department of Justice
Atlanta
Leavenworth
McNeil Island
Speedboat Rivalry Sees Englishwoman in New York
Wealthy English sportswoman Marion Carstairs arrives in New York with the three engined, 3000 horsepower Estelle IV to challenge for the Harmsworth trophy in Detroit on Labor Day.
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Betty
Marion Carstairs
New York
America
Detroit
Stop Sign Ordered At Virginia Avenue Intersection
The board of safety ordered the installation of an electric stop and go signal at Virginia avenue and the track elevation on Tuesday. Ira P. Haymaker said the stop signal will relieve two trafficmen for other duty. Frank Arbuckle and Carl Kull were appointed policemen on Chief Worley’s recommendation.
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Virginia Avenue
Board of Safety
Ira P. Haymaker
Frank Arbuckle
Richwein Avenue
Carl Kull
Dawson Street
Claude M. Worley
Indiana highway bridges awarded for 40061
State highway department let two bridge contracts in Indiana. David Jenkins of Terre Haute won the State Road 9 bridge in Whitley county for 36061 dollars. New Point Stone Company of Batesville secured the Road 59 bridge in Ripley county for 4990 dollars. Also Paris news notes King Ghadd in Paris for a brief visit before Cairo.
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Indiana
State Highway Department
David Jenkins
Terre Haute
Whitley County
New Point Stone Company
Batesville
Road
Ripley County
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