World events briefed from Washington and beyond
A wide-ranging roundup notes 13 more U S district judges proposed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, tariff talks by the Senate Finance Committee, funds for European war debt, and leadership changes at the Alien Property Custodian and Emergency Fleet Corporation. It covers Hoover and Mellon remarks, the Wool clip forecast, Ford projects at Muscle Shoals, and various recent incidents, deaths, and recoveries worldwide.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
Cardinal Ratti Chosen as Pope Pius XI in Papal Conclave
Achille Ratti archbishop of Milan was elected pope and chose the name Pius XI. The white smoke proclamation followed by a public benediction marked the conclave's end. Ratti, former papal nuncio to Poland, is praised for his work with Polish Catholics and orphans and is expected to be crowned within a week.
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Philadelphia
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Quebec
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Hidden Underground Rivers Spark English Utilities Study
Authorities in English districts study subterranean rivers as a potential water source. The Mole in Surrey is cited as an example where a surface stream dives underground then reemerges later. Discovery of subterranean water flows could ease widespread bucket water shortages faced by many last summer.
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England
Mole
Surrey
Senate Tackles Tariff and Co operative Marketing Issues
Washington lawmakers pursue tariff schemes for farm products with higher rates than the Fordney bill while debating valuation principles and a farm risk insurance bureau. A 1600 acre Palm tract near Riverside is set aside a national monument. Senate completes second reading on cooperative marketing bills amid monopoly risk concerns.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Republican Agricultural Tariff Bloc
King
Sinois
Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
Riverside
Cal
House
Howatt and Dorcy Released on Bond to Attend Union Convention
Alexander M. Howatt former Kansas district UMW president and August Dorcy deposed vice president, serving six month jail terms for strikes, were released on eleven thousand dollar bonds each to attend the international union convention in Indianapolis on February 14. They plan to return to jail after the convention to state their side in the dispute that toppled Howatt’s administration.
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Irian
Alexander M. Howatt
Kansas
United Mine Workers
August Dorcy
International Union
Indianapoli
Howatt
John L. Lewis
Labor movement backs miners against wage cuts
New York February 8 labor union officials report assurances from Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor that AF of L will support the miners in their spring fight against wage reductions. Gompers says the labor movement and the people will stand with the miners against owners profiting from high coal prices.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Labor Movement
Mr. Gompers
Poor Lecturer Heir to Millions in France and South Africa
Newport Rhode Island February 8 George A henri who claims to be a lecturer has lived here in apparent poverty for two years. He now falls heir to an estate valued at 12,000,000 in France and South Africa according to a message to Judge Robert M Franklin of this city.
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R. I
George
Henri
France
South Africa
Robert M. Franklin
Ambassador to Spain Recovers in Madrid
American ambassador Cyrus Wood in Madrid has recovered after a serious illness. A prior report noted an attack on a girl, but authorities have not specified further details.
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Spain
Madrid
Cyrus
Wood
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