Naval disarmament talks open with hopeful mood in London
Edward W. Pickard reviews the opening of the naval limitations conference in London. King George greets delegates as MacDonald Stimson Tardier Wakatsuki Grandi stress unity on five disarmament principles. Experts foresee a phased process, with battleship cuts, Mediterranean rivalry, and advisory roles to the League. The Young plan's aftermath includes German reparations and troop withdrawals from the Rhineland.
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Edward W. Pickard Ayers
London
King George
Roys
House of Lords
MacDonald
Great Britain
Stimson
United States
Premier Tardier
France
Mac. Dofiald
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Japan
Dino Grandi
Italy
Mediterranean
League of Nations’ Disarmament Commission
Wickersham Commission backs enforcement of dry laws
The Wickersham commission chair asserts the body focuses on enforcing Prohibition and urges Congress and the public to support stronger enforcement. He insists the Eighteenth Amendment is constitutional and requires proper enforcement agencies and tribunals for prompt action against violations. Secretary Melion and Prohibition Commissioner Doran testified to the House on expenditures in the executive department.
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Wickershim Commission
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Mellon
House of Representatives
J. W. Woodrough
Omaha
Wickersham Crime Commission
Wickersham
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Melion
Prohibition
Doran
House Committee On Experiitures
Executive
M J Bry AN Widow of the Commoner Dies in Los Angeles
The week’s deaths include M and J Bry AN widow of the Commoner who died of arthritis in Los Angeles at sixty eight. Also noted are Stephen T Matuer former director of the national parks system James Dahlman mayor of Omaha George Le Maire comedian D A Boody Wall Street broker and Viscount Esher influential British peer.
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William Jennings Bryan
Los Angeles
Stephen T. Matuer
National Parks System
James Dahlman
Omaha
George Lé Maire
D. A. Boody
Wall Street
Viscount Esher
Western Newspeper Uniow
Sheriff’s long extradition effort ends with Crouch case
In a remarkable 13 year pursuit from Temple to Helensville and back, Sheriff Bigham obtains an extradition order to bring Arthur Crouch to Texas on embezzlement and forgery charges. John Grey, once a trusted New Zealand official, is revealed as Crouch. Barrister John J. Terry aids in the defense.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Temple
Texas
Arthur B. Crouch
Arthur Crouch
John Bigham
Sherif
Sheri Bigham
New Zealand
Hoover
Bigham
Auckland
Helensville
John Grey
Public Trust Fund
Heéiensville
Crouch
Mr. Terry
Grey
Mr. Grey
Bisham
Lfe
Terry
Kin Will Get Fortune Found in Wooden Leg
An American family will share an $88,000 fortune found among the effects of a Polish man who died in Vienna. A Polish consul located $3600 for hospital and burial costs, plus $200 more later. A Vienna official named Wieder discovered the $88,000 hidden in the wooden prosthetic leg. The money awaits the American relatives’ instructions.
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Vienna
Woah Goldberg
New York
Poland
Golibers
Wieder
Nearing 70, Kansas City Man Skates Nightly
G Frank Householder, nearly seventy, skates nightly at the Pln Mor rink in Kansas City. He recalls spending an entire evening two years ago to complete one lap and now often leads, while he tries to coax friends to join him, with little success.
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Kansas City
G. Frank Householder
Tam
Householder
Light satire and city life from a New York writer
A collage of wry anecdotes and cartoons about photography fashions and work life in New York. It notes a photographer who marries the first woman he can and a photo booth self-portraitist, a clerk offering shoe break-in service, a memory-based filing publisher, a strongman insulted by Bud Fisher, and a New York City apartment hunt with a free radio offer.
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Les
New York City
Teister
By the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Charm School Teaches Table Manners And Daily Skills
Charm School at Boyd Junior High teaches students street behavior, reading railroad timetables, using the telephone, answering formal dinner invitations, and other everyday tasks. The program covers table manners and simple rules of courtesy as listed subjects.
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Knoxville
Ceco
Boyd Junior High School
Groom Found Dead On Railway Track In Perthshire
A teaching party discovered the body of the groom on a railway line between Meigle and Alyth, Perthshire, while the bridal party waited at the church.
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Dundee
Scotland
Meigle
Alyth
Perthshire
Weightiest Army Report Tops Five Pounds in Weight
Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown chiefs the Army Corps of Engineers official river and harbor projects report. The 2,198 page volume weighs five pounds four and a half ounces, is over nine inches long and nearly four inches thick, printed on thin paper and containing more than a million words.
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Army
Washington
Lytle Brown
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Light Fades on Five Year Memorial for Slain Florence Kane
In Brooklyn the candle lit each dusk by Florence Kane's mother for nearly five years is to be extinguished as the Kane home is to be sold. Florence, 24, was murdered in 1925 near her East New York home. Despite many suspects and extensive police work, the case remains unsolved and a brick wall for investigators.
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Glereesny
Commerce
Lamont
New Construction Division
Bir
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New York
Florence Kane
Brooklyn
Lydia Kane
Nolice
Neary
Mother Kane
Florence
New York Avenue
James June
Atlantic Avenue
Liberty
Kane
Manhattan
Utica Avenue
Johns Hopkins Professor Claims Auto Exhaust Cleared
Johns Hopkins chemistry professor Dr J W CG Frazier unveils a device to eliminate carbon monoxide from auto exhaust. Trials with Prayner and team show engines in closed garages can run safely without dangerous gases, promising universal safeguards to prevent asphyxiation.
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Baltimore
J. W. CG. Frazier
Johns Hopkins University
Prayner
Johns Hopkins
Frazier
Abandoned Donkeys A Worry To Madrid
The Madrid city government faces costs from finding stray donkeys on streets similar to abandoned cars. Donkeys occupy space and eat, prompting frequent sale notices though buyers are not always available. The issue highlights municipal strain and practical disposal challenges.
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Madrid
Spain
New York
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