World events brief from Washington Paris and on
A compact digest reports plans for arbitration courts in Washington. President Harding to nominate at least five federal judges next week. Germany seeks a four power pact with US Britain France and Italy. White House gifts $5 gold pieces to staff. Shipping bill debates and seed distribution funds clash in Congress. Volstead act enforcement brief filed by International Mercantile Marine. Butler’s Supreme Court nomination confirmed 61 to 8.
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Drought Hits Japanese Rice Crops Across Shiga Prefecture
Asaligun in Shiga suffers drought losses with farmers shifting to cities. Tokyo cites 1923 crop cut of 28,500,000 yen in army budget and 11 year reductions totaling 355,840,000 yen. Brussels court orders return of millions of francs to a British bank tied to the former Kaiser. Paris rebuffs American archaeologists over Carthage digs. Musso lini orders a new money coin design echoing Fascist symbols. Earthquake shakes Wellington and Waikuku fissures appear. Bavaria politics stir as Crown Prince Rupprecht gains support. Latouche storm wrecks Alaska rail cargo. Paris officials back naval treaties. Belgrade approves 15 million for the army.
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Deaths of rail official and elderly man in Paris Texas
Personal Alexander Hilton, vice president of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, is dead in St. Louis from a nervous breakdown. John Dunham, a 121 year old man, dies at his home in Paris Texas.
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Baldwin sails to discuss British debt with Washington
Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer, sails from Southampton aboard the Majestic to confer with Washington officials on Britain's debt. He hopes to fund the debt and ease interest with a settlement that could improve trade between the United States, Britain, and Europe.
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Poincare Plans Seizure of German State Forests
Premier Poincare intends to present to the allied premiers a plan to seize Germanys state forests as a guarantee after declaring Germany in default on wood deliveries. The move follows the reparations commission decision and targets German forest holdings to secure reparations obligations.
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Gales on British Coast Destroy Five Ships and Kill Twenty Eight
Gales over the last two days along the British coast destroyed five ships and caused 28 deaths. Western coastal areas faced severe conditions with wreckage, flooded streams, and washed away bridges.
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Man shoots wife and himself. remorse saves wife
Springfield, Tl. Dec. 28. Louis Watkins shot his wife then himself, but, overcome by remorse at the sight of her body, he bound her wounds and stopped a bleeding artery, saving her life. Both survive. the quarrel followed a threatened divorce.
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Mrs Joslyn Plans $5 Million Art Museum Memorial
Omaha Nebraska December 28 News item reports Sarah Joslyn widow of George A L Joslyn former head of the Western Newspaper Union announces plans to erect an art museum costing five million dollars as a memorial to her husband.
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November taxes collect more than October but below 1921
Washington reports November income and profit taxes totaling 83,624,394 dollars, about 4 million higher than October but 25,068,7ST less than November 1921. The data reflects continued fluctuations in early 1920s tax receipts.
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