Ambassadors Dawes and Franco in London on disarmament talks
Edward AW Pickard reviews British and American diplomacy with Dawes in London, noting dress, social duties, and the Kellogg pact, while Franco and others press disarmament progress. He reports planned naval reductions, thoughts on a German reparations bank, and tense politics around Japan, Mexico, and Italy as world powers seek postwar settlement.
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Edward AW
Pickard
Great Britain
London
Tesday
Drabassa
Wes
Inckingham Palace
Ermer
Abs
Arthur Henderson
Foreign Affairs
Dawes
Queen Mary
Prince of Wales
Ness
King George
Re Bs
State Department
British Empire Service League
America
American Legion
League
Red States
Europe
MacDonald
Washington
United States
France
Taly
Japan
League of Nationa
Ebates
Poincare
Paris
Germany
Rhineland
International Bank of Settlement
Stimson
Tis
Stresemann
Reichstag
Venezuela Bird Tourists Drawn To Venezuela's Varied Climbs
Washington reports that National Geographic and Carnegie studies in Venezuela show a wide climate range from hot plains to cool highlands. North American birds such as redstarts and warblers visit lower sunlit coffee plantations, feeding on abundant insects as zoologists catalog birds, snakes, and mammals.
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Washington
Florida
Wuest G. Hoult
National Geographic Society
Carnegie
Venezuela
Tropics
United States
North America
Ali
Hal
Coast Range
Germany
Str
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Tomahawk Found During Farm Demolition Near Fort Ans
Workmen uncover a stone tomahawk two miles from the village while tearing down part of the James Goodman homestead on the George Wray farm. Historians date it to pre Revolutionary wars era. The Goodman house is a large 18th century farmstead tied to Colonel Wray who built it around 1777.
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Old Farm
Fort Ans
James Goodman
George Wray
Goodman
Colonel Wray
Fort Ann
Lomshead
James Godman
Calonel Wras
Must Buy Ticket to Park in Australia
Melbourne traffic cops issue parking tickets costing a shilling a day and rising. The Australian trade commission reports motorists now park off street after presenting colored pasteboards to traffic collectors.
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Australia
Washington
Melbourne
Commerce Department
National Guardsmen Taught Patriotic Songs in Towell Mass
With Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers backing, Towell guardsmen rehearse patriotic songs weekly under Mrs. Frederick Bond, daughter of Lowell Public Schools' first music master.
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National
Towell
Mass
Edith Nourse Rogers
Frederick Bond
Lowell
Transcontinental airplane dining service debut
The Pred Harvey system announced that starting July 1 transcontinental air plane dining service will be inaugurated, marking a new era in in-flight meals for Kansas City passengers and other routes.
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Kansas City
Arab women fail to gain freedom in Tunisia era
In Tunisia, traditional gender roles persist as veiled women date to public spaces only in limited areas while urban areas show faint signs of modernization. The piece notes strict religious conservatism, past scandals, and schooling under French rule as possible precursors to future change.
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Tunis
North Africa
Tunisia
Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Ebc
Djem
UN Uder
Book Store Maintains Mail for Drifters in Seattle
In a dimly lit Seattle bookshop run by Charles D. Reymer, itinerant workers find a permanent address through a unique mail service. The shop, described as the world’s only “post office” for wanderers, forwards letters to lumber camps, fishing fleets, and ships, helping families reconnect despite constant travels.
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Seattle
Pollyanna
Caesar
Diamond Dick
Charles D. Reymer
Liessiler
Staymer
Globe
Camp
Alaska
Sailor
San Francisco
Baymer
Custard Pie Throwing No Grounds for Divorce
Superior Court Judge Edward M. Yeomans rules custard pie incidents do not justify divorce. William Fitzpatrick testified his wife threw a custard pie at him. she admitted the pie throw but denied dishes hot water and a poker.
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Hartford, Coon
Superior Court
Edward M. Yeomans
William Fitzpatrick
Freak Chickens From Turken Eggs Displayed in Cyero
In Cyero Texas Henry Froese reports fifteen eggs bred to produce sixteen chickens, with the nineteenth and sixteenth birds forming a two-bodied freak with one head. The cross of pheasant and chicken yields turken eggs from California. Fourteen birds are normal. the abnormal display is kept in formaldehyde in Froese's office.
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Cyero
Texas
Henry Freebese
Frobese
California
Castles for sale in Britain attract American buyers
English and Scottish castles and even an island estate go on the market with prices starting around £4,000 for small ruins. American buyers back central heat and modern comforts, while agents tout romantic legends to boost value. Islands and villages are listed among prominent estates for summer sale plans.
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London
Ensgland
Scotland
United States
Thurland Castle
North Lancashire
Gaggerston Castle
Northumberland
Sibdon Castle
Shropshire
Skelmorlie
Renfrewshire
Colliston Castle
Portarshire
Tunstall
England
Brian Tunstall
Stott’s
Briska
Argyllshire
Wottoul
Staffordshire
North Morar
Twverness-shire
Airplanes spoil milk supply protests rise near Clarkson airport
Local farmers near Clarkson demand abandonment of the airport after planes overhead disturb cows and reduce milk yield. They accuse the field established a year ago by Dr. Pierre A Bernard of causing bovine distress, trampling gardens, and intrusions on homesteads. A justice of the peace was appointed to investigate.
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Clarkson
Pierre A. Bernard
Justice of Peace
Siam Expands Weighing Machines in Asia
Siam leads Asiatic nations as the sixth largest importer of American built coin operated vending machines, a National Geographic survey shows. The machines are used beyond decoration to weigh beauties and dispense sweets at religious fairs temples and shrines frequented by crowds.
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Washington
Siam
National Geographic Society
America
Andorra’s Tribute to France Fails to Pay Lunch Cost
Perpignan France tiny republic Andorra paid a territorial tribute in money to France recognizing suzerainty. The 1500 francs was delivered to prefect M Bodenan by three Andorran delegates who swore loyalty to France. A tunel costing more than the tribute was presented to delegates and guests.
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Perpignan
France
Andorra
Pyrenees
Orientate
M. Bodenan
Bible Society to publish 618 language Bibles this year
In London the Bible Society plans to issue Bibles this year in 618 languages, a move described by The British and Foreign Bible Society as expanding access to scripture across linguistic groups.
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London
British and Foreign
Bible Society
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