World News Briefs From Across The Globe
News items summarize global events including Culion cotton forecast at 10,788,000 bales, capture of whisky off Long Island, revenue tax declines since 1922, and Coolidge’s cordial telegram to Queen Wilhelmina. Other notes cover Mexico recognition, Pan American women’s meetings, rum-running auto, censorship denial, locomotive output record, plane crash injuries, U.S. Jewish population, World Court support, executions, refinery lightning, a kangaroo on the loose, fundraising for Kansas wheat farmers, war motherhood tuberculosis hospital plan, St. Louis aluminum fire, Indiana governor resignation, Mississippi governor race, VFW bonus push, battleship Colorado commission, balloons auction, and Camp Meade buildings sale.
Prominent Figures Die In A Variety Of Sudden Ways
Personal Angier B. Duke son of the late tobacco king drowns off Greenwich Connecticut. J Campbell Cantrill Democratic governor nominee dies after abdominal operation in Louisville. David R Beatty Texas oilman dies at Los Angeles Country Club. Princess Anastasia of Greece dies in London. Dr Richard Kahale Pittsburgh resident leaves estate over 5 million. Earthquake in Japan reports 250000 dead. 28 killed in Bell Bird coal mine explosion. Bank of Spain branch at Gijon robbed of 600000 pesetas. German steamer Klupfel wrecked near Dutch coast with crew drowned. Britain and Nordic states push for Italy Greece League action at Geneva. Sixty to seventy Jutland fishing cutters missing after gales. Cuban embassy elevation signed in Havana. Ottawa orders 2000 buffalo killed in Wainwright park. Tangier clashes between Italian carabinieri and Spanish French police. Italian carabinieri land twelve at Tangier to patrol streets. Tourists report bands at Berlin railways aiding daylight robberies. Madrid notes Italy’s Tangier moves with Italian citizens in mind.
Japan Earthquake Toll Reaches Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Tokyo and Yokohama suffer massive losses with at least 250000 dead. Tokyo alone reports about 150000 fatalities amid widespread fires and destruction. Relief efforts mobilize as martial law is declared and U S ships bring aid while Coolidge appeals for funds.
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Osaka
Yokohama
Osaka Mainichi
Keiji University
Higher Technical School
Kumnamae Women’s Higher Normal School
Takanawa
Aoyama
Patent Office
Board of Audit
Legation
Nicolai
Shimazu Arisugwa
Tsukiji
Asakusa
Mainichi
New Japan
GOC
Nthondenski Electrical Works
Specie Bank
London Main
Tokio
Ushirome
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Uetsuya
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Fukagara
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Hibiya Park
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Sheroo
Admiral Anderson
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Washington
Stewart
Smith
Thompson
Parker
Tracy
John
D. Edwards
Whipple
Darien
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Executive Department
American International Red Cross
Red Cross
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Arturo Padre
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Tom West
el Dorado
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American Bar Association
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Gordon Stuart
Joseph Irvine
Orient Oil Refining Company
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Tenn
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Mississippi State College For Women
Theodore G. Bilbo
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Barry
Scott Field
Frank Harris
Camp Meade
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Angier B. Duke
Benjamin N. Duke
Long Island Sound
Indian Harbor
Greenwich
Conn
J. Campbell Cantrill
Georgetown
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David R. Beatty
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Los Angeles Country Club
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Anastasia
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William B. Leeds
Spencer House
St. James Square
London
Richard Kahale
Pittsburgh
Lake County
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Bell Bird
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Bank of Spain
Gijon
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Ymuiden
Holland
Klupfel
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League of Nations
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Jutland
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National Park
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Honjo
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American
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Owl Chemical Wks, Terre Haute, Inc
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J. H. Guild CO
Rupert
Vermont
Cutter
Berkeley
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Grand RafiDs
Colo
Attachment Co
Denver
Cole
B.S. T. Co
Dept
Shrewsbury
Mags
Cooperative Farmers
Paducah
Riga
Detroit
Michigan
Raz-Mab Co
Congress St
Mich
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