League of Nations talks and European diplomacy brief
A review of Assembly discussions shows leaders from France Belgium and Britain pushing for a stronger League pact while Britain and Belgium plan Rhine evacuations. Reports mention efforts toward an international court and looming tensions in the Middle East and Manchuria amid rising nationalist activity and new air travel milestones.
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League of Nations
France
Belgium
Ger
Japan
League
Marathon contests popular in Texas headlines
Texans chase publicity through wild endurance stunts in a burst of marathon craze. Bill Williams of Hondo pushes a truck with his nose up Pike's Peak for a prize while other Texans spin tops, croquet players plan to sack croquet halls, and would-be record setters from Houston to Dallas chase fame with audacious feats.
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Dalles
Rome
Texas
Lone Star
United States
Bill Williams
Hondo
Medina County
Williams
Pike's Peak
Bill
California
Houston Ind
Rule
Galvestin
Gotham
GC. G. Hart
L. &. Rose
New York
B. P. Wit Tigris
Tesaz City
Los
Big City
Tesas
Jimmy Walker
Jimmy
Jesser
Rio Grande Valley
Canada House Moves on Ontario Divorce Tribunal
Ottawa reports Canada House faces pressure over divorce petitions from Ontario. Premier Werner Ferguson and provincial leaders may seek a divorce tribunal to speed cases next winter. Opposition on religious grounds likely, while Quebec and Atlantic provinces rely on their own courts.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Werner Ferguson
King
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Baz
Anttt
Nash vows weekly church attendance after juvenile beer find
In Lindsay California eighteen year old Edwell Nash promised in Justice J P King’s courtroom to attend church every Sunday for two years after police found a cache of seven beers on Lindsay Peak. Nash made the pledge as part of a juvenile case handling.
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Lindsay
Calif
Edwell Nash
Young Nash
Justice of the Peace
J. P. King
Lindsay Peak
Chita Built by Russian Exiles on Siberian Frontier
Chita in Trans Siberian route history. Once a Russian exile town on Lake Baikal’s eastern shore, it grew into a frontier hub with a 57 000 population mixing Chinese Russian Central Asian residents. Timber towns, wooden houses, and busy down town streets with dry goods, tobacco, textiles, and eateries mark daily life amid a busy market district.
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Chita
Siberia
Far Eastern
Republic
Spreut
Lake Baikal
Pacific Ocean
National Geographic Society
Liniy
America
Whita
Shifting Sand Dunes Reveal Ancient Town on Sylt
Sand dunes on the North Sea island of Sylt uncover a god-sized village dating to the Ninth or Tenth centuries. Finds include pottery similar to Rhinish wares from 500 to 700, with other items from the Fourteenth century, indicating a settlement 300 years or more before being buried by dunes.
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Berlin
North Sea
Sylt
Hustrossia
Syit
SOO
Itu
Food Costs Rise 1.4 Percent From 1928 to 1929
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 1.4 percent rise in food costs from June 1928 to June 1929. Prices given include sirloin steak 7.4 cents per pound in 1928 and 41.2 in 1929. rib roast 84.7 and 37.6 respectively. pork chops from 34.8 to 37 cents. bacon ham and hens up. lard and fees up. overall items priced show a 58.4 percent increase versus June 1913.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
P Articies of Fonds
Berlin Actors Take Odd Jobs as Work Vanishes
In Berlin about 300 actors are out of work as government and private offices scramble to place thespians in new roles. Department stores have hired actors as sales staff and four actresses are working until engagements return. Many actors become stenographers secretaries floor walkers room clerks or door men, with one actor even trying stone masonry after discovering better pay away from the footlights.
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Berlin
Frightful Workplace Mishaps Highlight Hidden Risks
A New York state insurance fund survey reveals odd and serious injuries from everyday settings. Examples include a Long Island gardener bitten by poison hidden in daffodils, a Palisades Park guard struck by snake paper debris, and a Battery wind gust injuring an elderly man. Other incidents involve needle pricks, spider bites, a rose bouquet accident, a pe n of danger, and a pen piercing a nose leading to brain infection.
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New York
Pat
Long Island
Ian
New York State Insurance Funds
State Fund
Palisades Interstate Park
Tes
Prank Triggers Watermelon Stampede in Enterprise Market
A boyish prank at Enterprise Oregon sparked a watermelon price stampede after the market opened at 34 4 cents. The belt vent was erased from the store sign provoking rivals to post a 4 cent price, then a swift drop as supply moved quickly. Notable chaos followed as prices swung wildly.
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Enterprise
Ore
Coal Alcohol Breakthrough At South Charleston Plant
A new method to make ordinary straight grain alcohol from coal and petroleum products was announced by a subsidiary of Galen Carbide Company in South Charleston West Virginia. Prohibition Administrator J M Doran said the plant has produced 40 000 gallons matching grain alcohol for general use.
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San Francisco
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
I. ®. Raymond
Glendale
Calif
A. B. McGaffey
Mong Campbell
Cincinnati
Barris Livermore
Boston
William H. Beers
New York
J. B. Stowe
A. E. Deifel
C. F. Canfield
John H. Wood
Northern Airways Company
Needies
Filot T. G.reid
Cleveland
Mary Heath
Termniy
Washington
Galen Carbide Company
South Charleston
W. Va
J. M. Doran
Believe This One and You’re Believing Anything
Wes Holt, an alleged eyewitness, claims a rattlesnake bit itself and died within three minutes. He says he found the snake in a water hole, pinned its tail to the ground with a stick, and the reptile died from the bite.
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Wes Holt
Wes
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