War-Torn France Aid Report Totals $3,688,873 Expended
The American Committee for Devastated France reports ending its work March 1 1924 with 34,000,000 received and disbursed. Of 34.9 percent, $685,574, was sent to France. funds supported soldiers, medical staff, and civilian relief. The report notes French committees took over operations and outlines construction, transportation, and agricultural assistance provided in war-ravaged areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waanington
Fonremert
Jrriean
Lor
France. Inc
Promithexta
France
United States
Inomsking Publis
Meaager J. Jenkins
Anne Morgan
American Committee
Fay
Demaned
Oda Aio
Sri Daweed
Brlerancourt
Schoors
Enone
Thes Peres Peele
Infant Mortality Figures in Department Report
Fragmented OCR note cites infant mortality rates across the department. Mentions a 24 per cent figure for a specific area and a 64 per cent comparison to New York, with references to overall regional care and associated statistics.
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Tess Tranner
New York
Ship 6 000 Miles Out Claims Sending Record
A radio transmission record is claimed by the liner Belventand crew as 150 watt continuous wave transmitter sent messages during an around the world voyage. Ship radio operator Thomas Walker confirms exchanging signals with San Francisco while the Bergenland was 6400 miles away near Shanghai.
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New York
Belventand
Phormas RL Walker
Shipva
Oessavely
San Francisco
Bergenland
Shanghai
Riva
Aerial windmill to harness gale for farm use
A British trial near Marpenden, Hertfordshire, tests Bilau aero dynamos on a 30 foot high sail apparatus to power farm plants and village needs. Aims include cheap electricity with minimal maintenance, needing only monthly oiling. The setup features a propeller like turbine driving a turbine unit, with tests showing several hundred watts to kilowatts output and envisioning wider rural use.
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London
John Ball
Berlin
Bilau
Bilby
Marpenden
Bertfordshire
Oxford University
Tly
Uched
Dick Turpin Cloaks English Women In Robber Trend
A garbled note mentions Dick Turpin style cloaks worn by robbers and a tale of fashion and crime. It references Ava Hadley tied to Robert Wigram, secretary of a French embassy, plus various odd vestige details and nicknack descriptions from a past era.
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Santa
Dick Turpin
Ava Hadley
Robert Wigram
Varia
Wigrama
Uo Jong
Coat
Mile
Inionette
Vast World News Roundup Covers Wars Taxes Fires and Quakes
A sprawling digest reports on a mix of wartime and domestic events. Notes include tax reform debates led by Secretary Mellon, Scopes in trouble over evolution teaching, Atlanta fire fatalities, a Great Falls oil case conviction, and Abd El Krim massing for Fez. Also covered are shipboard trials, the Beau transport acquittal, and international tensions in Morocco, Ireland, and the Philippines with quakes, mutinies, and diplomatic notes.
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Concord
Rededars
Committee For Devastated
Army
Hawili
Officinix
Paul
Gwaese
Adet
Petyaeer
Ratetires
Emanen
Lowden
Reducas
Preme Court of the United Shington
Ces McReynolds
Brenteis
House
Senate
Ing
Washington, S
Washington
Indiana
Wellsburg
W. Va
West Virginiansburgh Coal Company
der D. W. Fuller
Beau“i
Norfolk
Vas
America
Blue
Connecticut
New
Treasury
Andrew Mellon
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Bankers’ Association
J. T. Scopes
Rea High School
Dayton, Tenn
Atlanta, Ga
C. O. Bone
Lieut
R. L. Denhard
Middle West
Iowa
Gordon Campbell
Kevin-Sunburst
B. K. Wheeler
Wheeler
Great Falls
Mont
Leavenworth
Phillip Berdlzheimer
Eagle Pencil Company
Elizabeth Wanamaker Fry
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Bernice Day
Wordy Dayz, Sr
Chicago
Los Angeles
Han Quentin Penitentiary
Charles Foster Kent
Yale University
New Haven, Conn
A. H. Reet
Milwaukee
Wendell Hoover
Tetuan
Abd- El-Krim
Abd-El- Krim
Fez
First National Bank of Las Vegas
N ML
Paral Legos
Offieisia
Anneta
Gaver
Michigan
Els Tvasis
Kansas
Fey
Heener
Topeka
AL Metluire
Aoneigh Perorl
Wien
Bator Shon Ee Groeten Ate Rearhern
Matfonsl Auton Taitelie Cantither
Catneneres
Bre Cites
Driivedi
Witte Baarte
Atin Wan
Wty
Shidehara
Tokyo
Japan
Sveti Kral
Sofia
Buenos Aires
Rio Janeiro
House of Commons
Kraf Ibn Saud
Ali
Hedjaz
Reddah
Ted Sen
Panay
Viscount Leverhulme
Grentest Bod Oyid
Industriens
Monarch
Torquay
England
Johannesburg
South Africa
Liquid Veneer Company
Ellicott Street
Buffalo, U. S
CIA
Onker
MenaMotor
March
Mar
Allen's
le Roy
N.Y
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