Negotiations Opened on New Twelve Mile Limit
Paris reports negotiations begun between France England and the United States to establish a reciprocal twelve mile off shores. France seeks concessions to keep liquor aboard French ships in American ports if the zone is recognized and will not protest Washington seizures unless shipping lines demand action. A report of potential liquor seizures by the United States unsettled French shipping circles. An imposing soldiers monument unveiled in Winnipesaukee was modelled by Mrs. Hilliard Taylor.
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Frank KE
Mason International Haws Service Statt
Paris
Foreign Office
France
England
United States
America
the Hague
Washington
Winnipes
Hilliard Taylor
Woman Suspect Held in Chicago Murder Case
Mrs. Bertha Schillo of Chicago is under arrest as a suspect in the murder of Richard Tesmer, a Chicago insurance man. Tesmer and his wife were held up in their garage by a four-woman bandit gang. Tesmer was shot when he resisted to protect his wife’s wedding ring. Mrs. Schillo denies the charge.
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Bertha Schillo
Chicago
Richard Tesmer
Schille
Borough Planning Commissions Bill Signed By Pinchot
Harrisburg June 28. Governor Pinchot signed bills enabling boroughs to form five member planning commissions to regulate lot layouts and public works. Also approved were measures allowing boroughs to buy private electric utilities, amicable real estate divisions in trusts, consolidating highway balances, funding veterans groups, and adjusting highway routes in Tioga, Somerset and Lackawanna counties.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
W. D. Craig
Beaver County
Pinchot
Burgess and Council
Miller
Crawford
Phipps
Venango
Baldwin
Potter County
State Highway Department
Rinn
Lehigh
Betts
Clearfield
Tioga Somerset
Lackawanna
Governor Approves Farming Commission
Harrisburg, Pa June 28 The governor approved a resolution creating a legislative commission to study farming conditions related to labor and marketing of products. The body will include three senators and five house members to hear hearings across the state, with a $4,000 appropriation, reporting to the 1925 legislature with recommendations and possible legislation.
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International News
Harrisburg
Pinchot
Rinn
Lehigh County
House
New Orleans Couple Sentenced for Abandoning Baby in Gretna
Walter Adams and his wife were jailed for six months and fined $100 each for abandoning their five week old baby on a Gretna doorstep. A judge rebuked them in court, noting the baby belonged to Adams’ second wife and that his first wife, Hathhelot Adams, was present with three of their past children. The case highlighted family disputes as the mother and children faced an uncertain future.
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New Orleans
Walter Adams
Jefferson Parish
Edrington
Gretna
George Vadder
Adams
Hathhelot Adams
Edna Adams
Uncle Hiram's Will A Lesson In Greed And Guile
Uncle Hiram tests his nephews Tim Charley and Ada by feigning poverty to see who will lavish him with hospitality. After weeks of plots and hospitality, Hiram spends his declining years with both, then returns to his farm and dies leaving thirty thousand dollars to a home for female imbeciles. The two nephews each receive identical letters confessing their schemes and the judge of human nature.
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Hiram
Tim
Minnie
Adam
Tia
Charley
Minole
Uncle Hiram
Ada
Charter
Ada Inter
Anela Hiram
Sunday School Duty Sparks Sodas and Movie Plans
A mother asks Johnny if he behaved in church and donated to the collection. He proudly says yes, noting the offering covered three ice cream sodas and funds to attend the moving picture tomorrow night.
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Johnny
Wittily Expressed Critic’s Wry Observation
A witty critic notes that the book contains much that is new and true, but observes that the new portions are not true while the humorous parts fail as well. He dismisses the work's merit with a sharp quip, calling it a muddle of novelty and jest.
Alleged Holdup Man Faces Jury Over Alibi Defense
The commonwealth’s case against Frank Graziano for highway robbery went to a jury, returning a guilty verdict later. William Hetrick, a Johnson quarries employee from Hillsville, said he was robbed of 226.61 while returning from payday along a roadside, gagged and bound by three men. Graziano denied involvement, presenting an alibi. a plant timekeeper testified Graziano was off work.
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Commonwealth
Frank Graziano
William Hetrick
Johnson
Hillsville
Hetrick
Triois
Graziano
William, Edwards
Gramiano
Man Held Responsible In Alleged Hold Up Case
Testimony placed Graziano away from the scene as the alleged hold up occurred. He claimed to be at his ill sister's home, but witnesses testified they saw him there around the time of the incident. The case raised questions about his whereabouts and involvement.
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Graziano
Great Lumber Tract Fire Near Laurel Washington
International News Service reports a massive blaze at Laurel, Washington destroying over 6 million feet of lumber and damaging Laural Box and Lumber company buildings. The town’s connectivity is cut, with the community reportedly under threat as volunteers battle the fast spreading flames in the dry timber. A separate note mentions animal feeding practices described by Nature Magazine, including tiger cubs and camel feeding anecdotes.
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Sullitin
International News Service
White Salmon
Wash
Laural Box and Lumber Company
Laurel
Litle
Women Pictures Traded For Furs
New York June 28 Meyer Krupp veteran of forty years among trappers returns from off Manchuria. He relates natives traded sabia skins for pictures of pretty women from illustrated magazines. Real photographs of American women in fine clothes are sought by islanders as fur traders plan trips to Siberia and the Arctic.
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New York
Meyer Krupp
America
Sun
Manchuria
Siberia
Acen
Allver
New Yorker Considers Presidential Run Amid Suburban Metaphor
A New Yorker hints a run for president if he rejects the view that the United States is merely a suburb. The remark links national leadership with urban identity and broader civic scope.
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United States
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