Mussolini survives assassination attempt and expands reach
Edward W. Pickard reviews Benito Mussolini’s near-fatal nose wound after a shot fired by Violet Albina Gibson in Rome. Mussolini resumes duties, travels with the fleet to Tripoli, and touts a shift toward a syndicalist Italy. Fascists clash with opponents in Palermo and Naples while Italy braces for foreign economic pressure as crews patrol the Adriatic.
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Arner
Benito Mussolini
Italy
International Congress of Surgeons
Rome
Violet Albina Gibson
Mussolini
Tripoli
Baron Ashbourne
Tes “Duce
Conte di Cavour
Fascisti
Palermo
Sicily
Naples
Giacomo Matteoti
Sig Modigliani
Matteoti
John Amendola
Cannes
Venice
Senate
Navy
Washington
Farm Population Declined Sharply in 1925 United States
Agriculture department data show the farm population dropping toward 30.66 million on January 1, 1926 from 81.18 million the year before. Net movement from farms reached about 901 thousand, with farm births exceeding farm deaths by a noted margin.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
France budget balanced as Dawes plan aid counted
Finance minister AUOL PERET won decisive parliamentary passage after a week of debate. Tuesday figures showed France's budget balanced for the first time since World War I, excluding 52 percent of reparations paid by Germany under the Dawes plan.
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Auol Peret
France
Germany
Autonomy Talks in Morocco Ended by Madrid
A semi official Madrid statement rejected Abd el Krim's terms, prompting predictions of a French push in Morocco. Meanwhile in Syria French forces clash with Druses and Prince Hamad Atrash dies in Maarba. In India religious violence spikes in Calcutta as Britons curb unrest. Airplane raids hit Peking amid factional Chinese power struggles.
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Morocco
Paris
Madrid
Spain
Abd-el-Krim
Krim
France
Syria
Hamad Atrash
Sultan el Atrash
Maarba
Illinois State News Roundup Highlights Local Elections and Incidents
Geneseo Mayor John Pritchard wins by 680 votes over Carl Lager. Chicago man George Clinton confesses to $500 in forgeries and waives preliminary. jailed. Anti-KKK ticket leads Herin township by 200 to 400. Delia Poor dies from shotgun discharge by nephew after hunting trip. Clyde Warren indicted for embezzlement. released on bond. Rev. Andrew J. Gregg dies at 70 in Creal Springs. Postmaster Lloyd D. Wood of Batavia dies from a fall trimming a tree. Illinois State Sheet Metal Contractors hold annual Peoria convention. Louis Mueller welcomes. Marseilles teacher O. S. Howland killed by interurban car. Rock Island student Franklin Smith fined for speeding and drunken driving. Mule accident on Sargent farm. rifle discharged. Canada thistle fines directed to township commissioner. University of Illinois short course on fire prevention set June 15–18. Delavan banker James Warren Crabb leaves $1,000,000 estate. Smallpox threat in Paris and Edgar County. Illinois scientists meet in Harrisburg April 30–May 1. Rev. BE Gavin retires as Waukegan priest. successor named. Evanston leads Illinois towns in disease control scores. Oak Park and Springfield follow. Other city standings listed. Illinois fiddlers to Jefferson City contest broadcast by WOS. Christian Buehler leaves $1.5 million fortune to care for aged in Peoria court.
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John Pritchard
Geneseo
Carl J. Lager
George Clinton
Chicago
Peoria
Herrin Township
Delia L. Poor
Marshall
Clyde D. Warren
State Bank of Lakewood
Shelby County Grand Jury
Andrew J. Gregg
Presbyterian Church of Cairo Presbytery
Creal Springs
Lloyd D. Wood
Batavia
Illinois State Sheet Metal Contractors’ Association
C. N. Louis
Louis Mueller
Howland
Marseilles
Rutland Township
Illinois Traction System
Franklin Smith
Rock Island
Ernest Sargent
Canada Thistle
Carlstrom
University of Sinois
Illinois
James Warren Crabb
Delavan
Ilinois Central
Paris
Edgar County
Harrisburg
Illinois State Academy of Science
Southern Illinois
Cuba
BE. W. Gavin
Archdiocese of Chicago
Father Gavin
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Waukegan
Cardinal Mundelein
Francis J. Shea
St. Thomas Aquinas’ Church
Ilinois
Evanston
State Department of Health
Isaac D. Rawlings
Hvanston
Oak Park
Springfield
East St. Louis
Moline
Rockford
Cicero
Danville
Decatur
Bloomington
Joliet
Aurora
Quincy
L. McGoon
Otto Frank
Governor Small
Llnola
Jefferson City
WOS
Christian Buehler
Kashmir Vale Crowned by Maharaja and Jammu’s Rail Link
Prepared report notes the Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu crowned in winter in Jammu near the warm plains. It describes Jammu as a small provincial capital with a brief 20 mile railway link to Wazirabad, and the Vale of Kashmir famed for its scenery, climate, and strategic Himalayan barriers.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Amma
Kashmir
Srinagar
Jammu
India
Himalaya Ranges
Minnesota
Northwest Frontier Province
Tibet
Afghanistan
Wazirabad
Lahore
Tawi
Vale of
Weston Railroad
Indian Plains
Rawalpindi
Jhelum
Dansal
Thames Valley
Switzerland
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Spitzbergen
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Representative Hill
Edge
Bruce
Edwards
Castle of Trevano
Lake Lugano
Louis Lombard
Edward W. Pickard
Andrews
Buckner
New York City
Canada
Federal Building
Alfred J. Talley
Court of General Sessions
Hudson Maxim
Congressman Ware
Pennsylvania
William ©. Woodward
American Medical Association
Anton J. Cermak
South
Jardine
Brookhart
Peru
Chile
Kellogg
Cruchaga
Velardi
Russia
Peter Strouve
Nicholas
Czar
Calcutta
Hyderabad
Berar
Secunderabad
Marshal Chang
Peking
Feng Yu-hsiang
Wu Peifu
Shansi
Kilangsi
Chili
Shantung
Illinois State News
Banthal Pass
Banihal
Himalayas
Damascus
Carolinas
Shalimar
Pir Ponjal Range
Happy Valley
Les
Himalayan
Baltistan
Ladakh
Mes Gilgit
Hunza
Karakoram Range
Vale of Kashmpir
Sher Garhi
Royal Bare
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