Belgium Funds Debt Settlement Moves Europe Toward New Talks
Edward W Pickard reports Belgium's debt deal with the United States fixes war debt at 171.78 million with no interest for the war portion and 3 percent on postwar debt after ten years, structured over 62 years. The agreement excludes shifting debt to Germany and signals broader European funding hopes led by France Italy and Britain. President Coolidge has tax reduction discussions with Mellon Smoot and Tillson as plans for a substantial income tax cut emerge.
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Mason elected president of University of Chicago
M Mason, professor of mathematical physics at the University of Wisconsin, has been elected president of the University of Chicago to succeed the late Dr. Ernest De Witt Burton. The board of trustees chose a comparatively young man in keeping with recent practice.
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Disaster aboard Mackinac steamer near Newport shocks coast
A boiler on the excursion steamer Mackinac exploded off Narragansett bay near Newport Tuesday night, scalding and killing more than twenty people and injuring many others. Rescue by navy vessels followed as federal and state inquiries began into the aged boiler's deterioration.
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Expedition chief Chapman Andrews ordered to leave Mongolia
OY CHAPMAN ANDREWS and his expedition have been ordered to depart Mongolia by the Urga government. Officials accuse Chapman of violating his agreement by conducting topo graphical work and employing suspicious personnel while pursuing paleontology geology and zoology. Andrews is accused of political propaganda against the Bolsheviks.
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Riots mar Vienna opening of Zionist congress
The fourteenth Zionist congress opened in Vienna last week as anti Semites staged riotous demonstrations that kept police busy for days. Several rioters were killed and scores wounded before authorities allowed Jews to proceed. Delegates split into political factions.
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World Christian Conference Opens in Stockholm
An international congress in Stockholm, the Universal Christian conference, seeks a united Christian front on postwar world problems. Doctrinal disputes are set aside as American delegates push for a vote endorsing total abstinence from alcohol, opposed by European members. King Gustave and Queen Victoria hosted a state luncheon with wines, while American delegates limited themselves to water.
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Plans for a $500000 Masonic cathedral in Freeport
Illinois state news reports a Freeport project to build a Masonic cathedral costing 500000. Other items include a Quincy American Legion convention Aug 31–Sept 1 and Knox College president Albert Britt chosen at Galesburg.
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Jamaica Nature and People in a Caribbean Crossroads
The piece outlines Jamaica as a rising banana supplier to the United States and markets, its climate, terrain, and biodiversity. It notes the island’s mixed economy, race demographics, colonial governance, and historic ports Port Royal and Kingston, along with issues like malaria mosquitos, cattle ticks, and the mongoose impact on beef production. It also recounts Port Royal’s 1692 earthquake, Nelson’s 1779 stationing, and Kingston’s black-majority leadership under British oversight.
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Inventor sides with automatic phone call meter
A Brooklyn inventor created a device attached to a desk phone neck that logs calls when the receiver is returned to the hook. The meter records each call to aid monthly telephone bills, as described by Popular Science Monthly.
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