Night air mail links Chicago with New York service launched
Des Moines gains a regular station on the coast to coast air mail route as Chicago and New York begin overnight flights. Beacons guide the 774 mile course with 82 landing fields and 150 giant lights. Dawes and Chicago officials attend the ceremonies.
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Des Moines
Transcontinental Air Mail
Chicago
New York
Charles G. Dawes
Maywood Field
John Coolidge
Plymouth
WHT
Grace George
William B. Dever
Paul Henderson
Arthur ©. Lueder
Dawes
U. S. Seeks Prompt Action on Rights in China
Washington indicates support for an early convening of the International Commission to replace extraterritorial treaty rights in China with a Chinese judicial system. Kellogg and MacMurray discussed this with Chinese minister Dr. Sze, with possible reminders to signatory powers of Arms Conference resolution No. 5. No formal call yet. China expected to request the meeting. Danville printer Frank D. Sullivan discharged after arson case. Galicia and Teschen floods cause heavy damage with 300000 homeless and $2,000,000 relief needed.
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Washington
International Commission
China
Sze
Kellogg
John van A. MacMurray
Peking
Defense Day broadcast reaches vast audience worldwide
Acting Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis Gen John L Hines and Gen John J Pershing joined defense day addresses. The program spanned 95 000 miles of wire, 30 stations, observed in about 7000 localities with 20 to 80 million listeners estimated. Reports from nine corps area commanders confirmed success of the national demonstration.
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Dwight F. Davis
John L. Hines
United States Army
John J. Pershing
W. 8. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
War Department
Davis
Army
Speeding locomotive derails near Cumberland on Pennsylvania line
The American, a Pennsylvania Railroad New York to St Louis train, derailed two miles west of Cumberland while carrying National Education Association delegates. The engine jumped rails twice after speeds near 60 mph, breaking two drive shafts. No injuries were reported and service resumed after about an hour.
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Indianapolis
Ind
New York
St. Louis
Chicago Bandits Take $150000 in Downtown Jewelry Heist
Two men bound jeweler Fred J. Gottlieb and two others in his Republic Building salesroom on Chicago's central business district four teenth floor. They escaped with jewelry valued at 150000 and several bonds, and took keys to safety deposit boxes at a downtown bank. Gottlieb, a diamond importer, reported the loss as detectives rushed to secure the bank boxes.
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Chicago
Fred J. Gottlieb
Republic Building
Central Business District
Gottlieb
Santa Barbara seeks 22 million reconstruction fund
Santa Barbara braces after a major Pacific Coast quake with a plan for reconstruction. City leaders estimate 20 to 25 million dollars in damage, plus about 2 million in earthquake insurance. They propose a 20 million dollar reconstruction loan and a 2 million dollar earthquake aid fund, appealing to national clearing houses for the loan through the local association.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Pacific Coast
Santa Barbara Clearing House Association
Railways Pay Record Taxes in 1924 Says Bureau
Washington reports that Class 1 railroads paid 340 million 342 thousand dollars in federal and state taxes in 1924, up 2.5 percent from 1923 and 187 percent above 1918. Daily taxes averaged 929 896 dollars, with 80 percent going to states and 20 percent to the federal government.
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Washinton
Bureau of Railway Economics
Bureau
Panama Canal Toll Receipts Decline in FY Ending June 30
Panama Canal toll receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30 totaled 21 million 400 thousand dollars, down 2.89 million dollars from the previous year. The year saw lower earnings across toll collections.
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Panama Canal
Panama
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Solution Note
A dense word puzzle page lists horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and prompts. It ends with a teaser that the solution will appear in the next issue.
France plans to fund war debt negotiations with U S
Washington reports France will soon start talks on funding its 4 billion dollar wartime debt to the United States. Ambassador Daescher conveyed Paris’s plan to Mellon, with Caillaux possibly leading a French delegation. The first meeting of the French Commission with the U S War Debt Commission is expected in September.
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Washington
United States
France
Mellon
Treasury Department
Daescher
Foreign Office
Caillaux
American War Debt Commission
Austen Chamberlain
London
England
Paris
Chamberlain
Kellogg
American Debt Commission
Herriott
Missing Tennessee feudists found chained on mountain
Dr. W. D. Maston and Lawrence Bowman, alleged feudists missing 11 days, were found bound to a tree on Signal Mountain by James Thomas. Sheriff doubts the feud story, claiming it may be a frame up, while Bowman and Mason describe being seized by hooded men and treated harshly.
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Tennessee
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. D. Maston
Lawrence Bowman
Signal Mountain
James Thomas
Sam Godsey
Tom Selman
Bowman
Godsey
Mason
Dr. Mason
Jim Thomas
Thomas
Lawrence
Joe Willis
Miners Seek Ten Percent Raise and Two Year Pact
Scranton Pa delegates from 158 000 anthracite workers adopt a two year contract demand starting Sept 1 for a 10 raise and 1 per day for day men plus check off uniform pay and dead work. Demands to be presented to operators at Atlantic City. President Andrew Matty foresees a mining pause to let operators stockpile and avoid signing quickly. International President John L Lewis warns operators will hear ongoing sentiment at every step.
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Scranton
Ambassador
Atlantic City
Andrew Mattey
District 7
International
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Fight Ends in Suicide Leap From East River Bridge
Two men leaped from East River bridges in a suicide bid. One man aged 85 weighing 220 pounds died on a nearby pier shortly after the leap. rescuers allegedly arrived too late. The unidentified elder’s death followed the dramatic descent as authorities investigated the incident.
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New York
French Gold Basis Loan Approved Under Pressure of War Debt
Paris officials announced a government plan to issue a perpetual gold basis loan in exchange for National Defense bonds due this year. An organizing committee led by Under Secretary George Bonnet will launch a nationwide drive similar to Liberty Loans. The 1925 budget will be settled soon, enabling Caillaux to push the loan and address interallied debts. Interest stands at 4 percent with adjustments tied to pound sterling exchange. Bonds redeemable at par on 95 sterling basis and funded by saved interest from National Defense bonds. Dr. Percy Norton Evans dies at West Lafayette after long illness nephritis was the cause.
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Paris
Council of Ministers
George Bonnet
United States
Caillaux
Cuba's Sugar Crop Reaches Record 5.1 Million Tons
Havana authorities report Cuba's sugar crop set a record with a total output of 5,100,000 tons this year. The Agriculture Department estimates planters earned about $123,879,000 in revenue.
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Havana
Cuba
Department of Agriculture
Auto Racer Killed in Fourth of July Atlanta Race
Macon automobile racer Taylor was instantly killed at Lakewood track Atlanta as his car crashed through the barrier entering the stretch during the Fourth of July races.
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Atlanta
Taylor
Macon
Lakewood Track
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Board ON Rights
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Frank D. Sullivan
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Danville
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Teschen
American Railway Association
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Impero
Italy
Rhode Island
Nova Scotia
U.S
Percy Norton Evans
Lafayette
Purdue
West Lafayette
Evans
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