France Agrees to Pay American Debt in Postwar Accord
The French chamber of deputies approved the Mellon-Berenger debt funding with the United States by 300 to 292. France commits 4.025 billion dollars over 62 years with 685 million dollars in interest. initial annuities set at 30 million dollars each. France has paid 82.351 million on account through 1928. Washington moves to make the settlement operative. Treasury may consider delaying the war stocks debt of 407 million due August 1. Senator Reed Smoot says no need to wait for December. the House will act when it can in October.
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Pariy
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Chamber
France
Washington
Congress
Treasury
Reed Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
House
Colorado Train Wreck Takes Nine Lives Near Stratton
Nine people die when a trestle bridge on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad collapses as floodwaters flood the arroyo two miles west of Stratton Colorado. Victims include Mrs. Mary McDonald of West Palm Beach and several named travelers in Memphis New York and elsewhere along with two unidentified porters.
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Denver
Colo
Stratton
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Mary McDonald
West Palm Beach
Ben Lewis
Memphis
Tenn
Harry Lewis
G. S. Carlie
New York
Julia Carlie
Jennie Foltz
Plans for Medicinal Whisky Production Announced
Prohibition Commissioner James M. Doran announced plans to produce 2,000,000 gallons of medicinal liquor next year to replenish stocks from warehouse thefts evaporations and legitimate use. The whisky will meet United States pharmacopoeia standards and age at least four years in charred barrels before use.
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Washington
Prohibition
James M. Doran
Florida Banks Get Funding to Restore Confidence
Five million dollars in cash from the Atlanta Federal Reserve and a promise of "all the money needed" boost Florida bankers and business leaders as they work to restore public confidence after 23 banks closed in two weeks and 15 in the region have shut their doors.
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Tampa
Fla
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Florida
German reparations reach ten billion dollars by May end
Berlin reports that by the end of May Germany had paid about ten billion dollars in cash and in kind as World War I reparations over the previous nine months. The same report shows the United States had received about 16.707 million dollars to cover American Army expenses during the occupation.
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Berlin
Germany
S. Parker Gilbert
United States
Senate Finance Panel Clears Tariff Bill Path
The Senate Finance Committee ended public hearings on the house tariff bill and expects the measure ready for the Senate when it reconvenes August 19. Chairman Smoot and Senator Watson of Indiana lead the panel.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Japan to Build New Embassy Residence on Embassy Row
Washington report notes Massachusetts Avenue’s Embassy Row expanding as the Japanese embassy plans an imposing residence in the 2500 block, signaling further development of the area.
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Washington
Massachusetts Avenue
Catholic Central Society elects Libner president
Willibald Libner of New Ulm Minnesota was re elected president of the Catholic Central Society of America at the annual convention in Salem Oregon. The diamond jubilee convention is slated for Baltimore next year.
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Salem
Ore
Willibald Libner
New Ulm
Minn
Catholic Central Society of America
Baltimore
Mrs. Coolidge to Sponsor Northampton Cruiser Launch
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge will sponsor the new light cruiser Northampton when it is launched on September 27. The ceremony occurs at Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Quincy Massachusetts. Northampton is tied to the home of former President and Mrs. Coolidge in Northampton Massachusetts.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Adams
Northampton
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Quincy
Mass
Coolidge
Farm Returns Show Increase in Income in 1928
The 1928 farm returns rose to an average net of 1334 on 11,851 owner operated farms, up from 1290 on 18,859 farms in 1927, the best year since the postwar agricultural depression. About 26 percent earned 1000 to 2000, 45 percent nil to 1000, and 4 percent posted losses. Geographic gains were largest in the south central, west north central, and east north central regions, with declines in the south Atlantic.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
South Central States
West North Central
East North Central
South Atlantic States
12 908 Aliens Deported in the Last Fiscal Year
Immigration Commissioner Hull announced that 12 908 aliens were deported in the 1929 fiscal year. Main reasons cited were criminal activity overstaying visas and becoming public charges. Deportation totals rose from 6 409 in 1924 to 12 908 in 1929.
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Washington
United States
Hull
Soviet buyer tops European imports of American machinery
New York report by Amtorg Trading company shows Soviet Russia moved to second place in imports of American industrial machinery this fiscal year, with only Great Britain purchasing more. The data highlights Russia as a major European purchaser of U.S. machinery.
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New York
Soviet Russia
Amtorg Trafing Company
Great Britain
Russia
Secretary Denies Naval Parity Note Rumor
Secretary Stimson denies reports that the United States has sent a note to Great Britain on naval parity. He also says the department will not disclose details from disarmament talks in London between Ambassador Dawes and Prime Minister MacDonald.
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Washington
Stimson
United States
Great Britain
Department
London
Dawes
MacDonald
Record Taxes Paid by Class I Railroads in 1928
In 1928 Class I railroads paid a total of 389 million dollars in taxes, the largest sum in history, up by 309 thousand over the prior high of 1926, according to figures from the Bureau of Railway Economics of the American Railway Association.
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Washington
Bureau of Railway Economics
American Railway Association
Paraguay Senate Hails Tacna Arica Pact Settlement
The Paraguayan senate adopted a resolution to congratulate United States and Chilean ministers and Peruvian officials in Asuncion on the Tacna Arica border dispute settlement between Chile and Peru.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Senate
United States
Tacna-Arica
Chile
Peru
Fire devastates Seattle Union Pacific dock
A blaze swept the Seattle waterfront causing extensive damage to the Union Pacific dock. Six firemen were injured as firefighters battled the flames, with damage estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Seattle
Wash
Union Pacific
Michigan Jurist Grant Fellows Dies at 64
Justice Grant Fellows of the Michigan Supreme Court has died at age sixty four after suffering a stroke. The Lansing based jurist served on the high court and was noted for his decades of service in Michigan law.
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Lansing, Mich
Grant Fellows
Michigan Supreme Court
Fellows
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