Coolidge Seeks Belgian Debt Deal Ahead of Tuesday
In Vermont Coolidge, with Mellon and Smoot, indicates an agreement on Belgian debt refunding is near and slated for conclusion tomorrow. Washington officials expect a decision after Coolidge reviews the report, with Smoot traveling to brief him and return for more talks.
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Belgium Eyes Arbitration If Washington Talks Fail
May Seeking arbitration looms if Washington negotiations to fund Belgium’s debt to the United States collapse. A Belgian parliament move to submit the debt issue to arbitration is studied, with talk of an inter allied conference. King Albert’s Paris trip during Wilson’s deliberations adds potential impact, but officials remain silent on the delicate matter.
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Times Want Ads Bring Returns
Classified notices and listings in the Times provide readers with sales opportunities, job leads, and service options. The page highlights how readers can respond to advertisements and leverage the paper’s reach for local commerce.
Two Weeks Remain Before Day Set for Miners Strike
Cold Philadelphia Aug 16 Two weeks left before a nationwide hard coal supply disruption may occur as 118000 miners in 828 mines in northeastern Pennsylvania threaten to strike over wage contract talks. Leaders show no signs of reconciliation since the August 4 break in Atlantic City with the United Mine Workers insisting they will not work without a contract. Operators warn of a public boycott if prices rise and stand firm on opposing the check-off and the requested ten percent wage rise plus $1 daily for all day workers.
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Cracksmen Loot 7 Safes Downtown Over Weekend
Burglars attacked seven safes in downtown Louisville during the weekend and obtained more than $4,000. They also robbed the home of J. E. Roth, taking $1,300 in jewelry and money. The thefts were discovered Monday.
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Invitations Sent for Republican Day Celebration
Louisville Kentucky records reveal forty thousand invitations issued for a Saturday Republican day celebration a picnic without speakers in the event.
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Memorial tablet honors Austrian claim to typewriter inventor
In Innsbruck a memorial tablet was unveiled at Peter Mitterdorfer’s house, claimed by Austrians as the original inventor of the typewriter. Born September 22, 1822, Mitterdorfer began work on his wooden contraption decades later, with needles as types.
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Carlos Glidden
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Vienna
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Milwaukee
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House to Act on Tax Reduction Bill Before Christmas Recess
Representative Tilson, Connecticut, promises final House action on the tax reduction bill before the Christmas recess or soon after. Coolidge discussed the plan with Mellon Smoot and Tilson, who foresee a heavy surtax cut from a 40 percent maximum and aim to pass the bill by March 15. Tilson doubts all miscellaneous taxes can be eliminated this session.
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Bryan Jr. vows to continue father's battle against evolution
William Jennings Bryan Jr in Miami declares he will carry on his father's fight to remove the teaching of evolution from schools. He is busy settling his father's estate and will depart next week for Los Angeles on legal business.
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Prominent Lexington Merchant Dies on Train
Cincinnati reports C. B. Ross a Lexington merchant died on an early Baltimore and Ohio train from Chicago to Cincinnati. The body was found by the porter after a stay in a Rochester Minnesota hospital.
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Blast Wrecks Big Brick Home Of Kentucky Judge
Ashland Aug 17 Elliot Hall the large brick home of Judge W H Flannery of wattlesburg was partially wrecked by an early morning explosion. A dynamited charge tore away the front porch and shattered windows while eight people in the house were awakened and uninjured. Police suspect lawless elements angered by Flannerys enforcement of prohibition laws. Bloodhounds failed to pick a trail as crowds gathered and the blast rattled the street. The judge and his family were in rear rooms spared from damage.
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Howard Long Nearing Discharge This Week
Editor Howard Long of The Kingsport Times is improving after an appendicitis operation at Riverview Hospital on Thursday. He remains not critical but nervous. visitors are forbidden to prevent complications as doctors plan his move home to Blourville later this week if recovery continues.
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Charges Against Kentucky Adjutant General Filed
James Kehoe of Maysville, adjutant general of Kentucky, faces formal misconduct charges from Brigadier General Carter of the Kentucky National Guard. Governor Fields said he would consider any reply. Allegations include intoxication disorder and insulting language to an Indiana artillery chaplain. charges were forwarded to the governor Friday.
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James Kehoe
Maysville
Kentucky
Briadier
Carter
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Fields
Indiana Artillery
Record Freight Loadings Highlight Broad U S Economy
Last week showed sustained improvement with mixed commodity prices. Steel and metal markets rose while wheat futures fell and cotton held steady amid rains. Freight car loadings reached a new yearly high, though grain loadings declined sharply, signaling strong goods movement into consumption.
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Atlantic Seaboard
United States Stel Corporation
Canada
Shenandoah Will Pass State Fairs En Route Flight
The navy dirigible Shenandoah will pass over state fairs in Columbus Des Moines Minneapolis Milwaukee and Detroit during its middle western flight next month leaving Lakehurst early September.
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Columbus
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Detroit
Lake Hurst
Sharks may hinder Ederle Channel swim in English Channel
Cape Griznez Aug 17 Sharks appear in the English Channel as Gertrude Ederle, American, plans to swim the channel tomorrow. Her progress is now reported with concerns about sharks in the water.
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Cape Griznese
English Channel
Gertrude Elderle
Ederle
Detectives Hunt Hartford City Slaying Suspects
In Muncie Indiana a police sweep failed to trap George Dutch Anderson and Charles One Arm Wolfe, tied to the Hance murder and the Chapman gang. Witnesses place Wolfe in Yorktown minutes before the New Britain policeman killing, while Anderson eludes capture after a long prison escape.
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Wolfe
Hance
Gerald Chapman
Department of Justice
Atlanta
Chapman
Connecticut
New Britain
Conn
Randolph
L. E. Bellows
Indianapolis
Auto injuries fatal for Moore in Tennessee crash
Memphis report says D. C. Moore, 32, of Covington Virginia died and Donald Clement, 24, was severely injured when their car was struck while repairing a tire near Millington last night.
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Tenn
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Covington
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Millington
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