Germany Offers New Financial Peace Program
The report describes Germany sending a reparations offer under the Versailles framework as the United States monitors without public guidance. It notes the 132 billion gold mark total set by the 1921 reparations commission, largely to be paid in bonds, many of which were never issued, with doubts about their value and Germany’s ability to pay.
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Germany
Lee
Gerany
Ruhr
Altocated
Berlin
France
Entente
Washington
Reich
International Commission
Hughes
Rhine
Rhineland
Louisiana Coast Storm Halts Rail Line And Varies Winds
A northwest storm along the Louisiana coast disrupted the Louisville and Nashville line at Rigolets with a pile driver toppled and poles blown over. Mobile felt the strongest winds up to 57 mph from 5 to 6 20 am, causing ship anchors to drag and trees to fall citywide.
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Associated Tress
Mobile
Ala
Louisiana
Louisville and Nashville
Rigolets
Command of all seas planned by John Bull
Washington reports that British Admiralty aims for command of all seas stirred American naval circles. Officials cite the arms conference aim of equal navies and no dominance. Parliament discussion on a Singapore base is noted, with Singapore outside the 110th meridian fortification limit.
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Associated Press
Washington
Theritish Admiralty
Great Britain
Lord Balfour
Singapore
Pacific
Wages Rise 10 Percent for Oliver Iron Workers
Duluth Minnesota May 2 1924 effective yesterday 11000 Oliver Iron Mining Company employees in United States Steel Corp subsidiary gain about ten percent pay hike Pentrost Mitchell vice president announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Duluth
Mann
Oliver Iron Mining Company
United States Steel Corporation
Pentrost Mitchell
Coast Guard massed boats target liquor vessels along New Jersey shore
The Coast Guard ordered all available boats in the North Atlantic concentrated off the New Jersey coast to monitor the rum fleet off Atlantic Highlands. Two cutters will oversee operations day and night as government negotiates with foreign lines to align with the Supreme Court decision. June 15 is set as the effective date for the new prohibition rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Washington
Supreme Court
Coast Guard
North Atlantic
New Jersey
Atlantic Highlands
Treasury
Hughes
Coast Guard aims to curb rum fleet with more boats
Washington reports that winter patrol concludes with a dozen additional boats ready to cut off shore supply lines to rum ships. Coast guard headquarters vows to tighten control and Treasury Assistant Secretary Clifford believes the fleet can be driven out by denying customers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coast Guard
Clifford
The
Treasury
Women Leaders Plan National Sugar Boycott Fight
New York reports women leaders coordinating a national sugar boycott as they dissect Earl D. Babst remarks. Babst, head of American Sugar Refining, said his firm earns margins near cost and urges housewives to resist hoarding and speculation to keep sugar affordable.
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Associated Press
New York
Earl D. Babst
American Sugar Refining Company
Louis Reed Weltmiller
Babst
France May Abandon Lausanne Conference
Paris reports France plans to flatly reject German reparations proposals. Observers close to Prime Minister Poincare foresee an extension of Rhine occupation as a likely follow up. The German note proposes bond funded payments and arbitration to settle future disputes, with currency stabilization tied to reparations progress.
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France
Rhine
EU Associated Press
Paris
Premier Poincare
Smackover Grows So Fast Postmaster Quits
Washington reports Smackover Arkansas swelled from 200 to 10000 in an oil boom. Postmaster Fred W McDonald resigns after saying the mail outgrew the office with 5000 to 7000 letters daily and parcel post by the tons. Thirteen assistants were rushed in and salary raised before his departure.
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Washington
Smackover
Arkansas
Post Office Department
Fred W. McDonald
McDonald
Richland Refuses Funding for Dixie Highway Link
Richland parish political body rejects the State Highway Commission request to finance its share of the five mile Dixie Overland Highway link through LaFourche swamp. Ward 3 continues local road work, leaving unresolved the Ouachita parish connection and delaying construction for many months.
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Richland Parish
Iga Fourche Swamp
Richland Police Jury
State Highway Commission
Ward 3
LaFourche
Rayville
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Ward 38
Richland
la Fourche
Proram
S. M. Collins
Piggly Wiggly Chief Seeks Memphis Help to Save Stock
Clarence Saunders, Memphis groceryman and Piggly Wiggly Stores Inc. president, announces a Memphis selling campaign to raise funds for his Class A stock after Wall Street volatility. He warns that failure to sell could wipe out his private fortune and says the NYSE suit will be pursued. volunteers are asked to join a citywide effort to support the business and protect Memphis interests.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Saunders
Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Stock Exchange Board of Governors
Saunders
Exchange Board
Stock Exchange
Elected Congressman in California Special Election
Captain John D. Fredericks, Republican, declared he would only go to Washington if endorsed as a world court advocate, and was apparently elected congressman from California's Tenth District in yesterday's special election.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
John D. Fredericks
Washington
Harding
California
Leaders of mob who stormed church sought by police
Police seek the leaders of a mob that last night forced about 600 men to surge through the Pillar of Fire Church in Bound Brook New Jersey. After a melee, around 100 worshipers barricaded on the second floor while the first floor lay wrecked. An unidentified speaker praised the Ku Klux Klan earlier in the evening.
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Bound Brook
N. J
Pillar of Fire Church
Gilbert Extension Case at Vicksburg Draws Attentive Delegations
Monroe Traffic Bureau manager H J Fernandez and aides travel to Vicksburg to press for a ten mile Missouri Pacific extension from Epps to Delhi. The dispute before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Cassidy seeks a Louisiana Public Service Commission order to build the line, shorten the Monroe area detour, and boost local trade.
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H. J. Fernandez
Monroe
W. M. Washburn
M. S. Biedenhar
H. K. Touchstone
P. M. Atkins
Vicksburg
Gilbert
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Epps
Delhi
Louisiana
Cassidy
Carrol
McGee
Ark
Fernandez
Mississippi Bar Association Meets in Biloxi for Two Day Session
The Mississippi Bar Association convened in Biloxi with members from across the state and many prominent jurists and lawyers addressing the opening sessions. The meetings will run for two days.
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Associated Press
Biloxi
Miss
Mississippi Bar Association
TADE Convention to Consider Plans of Transportation
New Orleans May 5 dedication of a $20 million industrial canal project will connect Pontchartrain with the Mississippi River and create an inner harbor with dock and warehouse space. James A. Farrell will speak on shipping and trade as the convention opens.
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Associated
New Orleans
Pontchartrain
Mississippi River
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
National Foreign Trade Council
C. H. Markham
Trihois Central Railroad
W. P. Simpson
New Orleans Association of Commerce
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Alexander Hamilton Institute
New York
C K. Gephart
First Nations Bank of
Europe
Eurane
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Monoplane Flight Attempt From New York West to San Diego
Lieutenant John A. MacReady and O. B. Kelly took off from Roosevelt Field in the army monoplane T-2 aiming for a non-stop transcontinental flight to San Diego within thirty-two hours.
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Hempstead
N. Y
John A. MacReady
O. &. Kelly
Roosevelt Field
San Diego
Cal
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Weaks Supply Co
Genasco Roofing
Orleans
Cauley’s Grocery
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