War Debt Effort and School Attendance Warrants Issued
A Salisbury drive targets parents with absent children under Maryland school attendance law. Writs by Attendance Officer Charles Tilghman lead to court summonses in multiple districts as officials pursue compliance with the required attendance days for ages 8 to 16 and grace provisions for older students.
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France
Bar of Justice
Wicomico County
Charles E Tilghman
Murray Phillips
Well White
Rodnery Jone
T Hearn
Salisbury
Percy White
Powells Ile
Wham Co Alrce
France weighs early debt funding to United States
Paris reports official circles consider funding France debt to the United States with deferred interest and principal. Premier Poincare seeks a solution to critics and tax burdens while maintaining exchange stability. An arrangement may imitate the 1778 loan terms with a 2 percent rate to ease Parliament scrutiny.
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Paris
France
United States
Poincare
Mellon
Louis XVI
Homestead Grants Total Big Acreage
Washington AP reports 6,368,929 acres patented to homesteaders in the last fiscal year. Public land receipts totaled 10,760,000 dollars with five percent shared with states. Indian trust patents issued covered 46,600 acres for 6,010 patents. 2,546 Indian fee patents covered 288,939 acres.
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Washington
General Land Office
Bey Brok to 25 Million Deals at Jones and Baker
Federal hearing probes the Jones and Baker brokerage house's operations and a mysterious broker known as Emmons B. Stone. A clerk for creditors questioned Stone’s ties as he testified that he opened a Broad Street office in his own name and claimed $200,000 in proceeds. An accountant described the books as highly elaborate in shifting funds.
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New York
Jones and Baker
Emmons B. Stone
Stone
High Achoal
Eng
Doanes and Baker
Jonse
Broad Street
Jones
Baker
Fugitives Escape From Wise County Jail Believed Safe
A group of five escapees, including a 70 year old, fled from Wise County Jail Thursday night and reportedly found shelter in the Cumberland Mountains in Bristol Virginia. Snowfall across Wise and surrounding counties has obscured tracks, delaying efforts to recapture them as authorities search the hills.
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Bristol
Sinn Theld
Matfield- Yy
Wise County
Cumberland Mountains
Paar
Wiscoyrena
Beet Pest Is Alien
Washington De 15 report notes a pest threatening sugar beet crops in parts of the region. The article hints the pest may be alien to the beet fields and could impact the industry’s yield and practices.
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Washington
Der
Nominations and infrastructure plans in late United States notices
Washington reports: Zari J Davis nominated as Assistant Attorney General. John W H Crim nominated for U.S. Marshal. Johan H Edwards nominated for Interior Department Solicitor. Ford's railroad seeks 63 mile line between Wauseon Ohio and Durbin Michigan with mortgage securities. Texas Democrats back Governor Neff for President. Dawes and Young invited to U S expert committees on Germany. Vera Cruz and Manzanillo ports closed to international commerce. Laredo agents report five Mexican naval officers to New Orleans amid gunboat Zaragosa situation. New York Central requests ICC action on line approval.
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Washington
Zari J Davis
Michigan
Presidentoolege
John W H. Crim
Caller
United States
Nid
Weary Land
Johan H Edwards
Indiana
Interior Department
A. P
Henry Ford
Detroit and
Ireaton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wauseen
Ohio
Durban
Mich
Paris
Reparation Commission
Charles G. Dawes
The
Americans
Owen D. Young
New York
Aad Beaker
Germany
Financial Post
San Antonio
Laredo
Texas
New Orlean
Ehleh
Vera Cruz
Zaragosa
Revels
Revolution Splits Mexico Into Two Zones Amid Turmoil
Both sides claim progress in the Mexican conflict as government forces abandon key rail hubs near Vera Cruz while Rebels press toward Celaya and Acámbaro. Reports say Ciudad Juárez remains in rebel hands, with authorities seeking to recover lost ground as Obregon’s Western army advances toward Guadalajara.
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Ikeeeene
Vera Crus
Baesbeut
Saat
Giet
Uruapam
Micheocus
Acambare
Celaya
Obregon
Guadalajara
Jeborknda
U S Grants Amnesty for Ten War Prisoners
President Coolidge ordered the release of ten war law violators and about thirty others across Chicago Kansas City and Sacramento. The decision followed a special committee’s recommendation and the attorney general's veto. The Justice Department began preparations immediately after the order.
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Washington
A. P
Coolidge
Chicago
Kansas City
Sacramento
Ee Pegermin
Ene
Justice Department
Weather Outlook For Next Week
Port weather to bring colder air next week with increased cloudiness and chances of rain across the Great Lakes region as systems move through. Temperatures trend downward with showers and cool mornings likely statewide.
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Great Lakes
Santa Claus Visits Salisbury Street Shoppers
The Salare Department Store on Salisbury Street hosts Santa Claus today and Monday. He will give stockings filled with candies and toys to tots, with one thousand prizes to be shared among well behaved boys and girls throughout the year.
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Salare Department Store
Death Falls From Hotel Window in Philadelphia
Charles W Nevin II died after plunging from a sixth story window at the St James hotel in Philadelphia. Frank Paris of Brooklyn and Willem F Fotterall Jr of Port Kennedy were detained and questioned as investigators pursued the circumstances. Nevin’s companions claimed they had fallen asleep after drinking with him and deny any foul play.
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Prous
Philadelphia
Charles W Nevin
St. James
Evacey
Frank Paris
Brooklyn
Willem F Fotterall, Jr
Port Kennedy
Ruc
Nevin
Todo Necholson
Germans Without Gold Lose Their Furniture in Berlin Warehouses
Berlin reports show housing costs and storage charges rising for foreigners and Germans. Since October 1 the economy worsened and many warehouses will sell unpaid furniture after four weeks, allowing buyers to purchase large lots at low prices to offset charges.
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Berlin
Chicago woman linked to Panama oil bubble case
Investigators seek a woman connected to Lee Koretz, once tied to a 96 million Panama oil scheme. A janitor identified Koretz as a man known as Bronson who met a daytime occupant in a rented suite. Grand jury reports two true bills for larceny and confidence games. bankruptcy actions filed by three women claiming notes totaling 96.5 thousand. A trust company seized Koretz's recovered assets, with 750 thousand in overall holdings and 300 to 400 thousand allegedly given as extra dividends before disappearance.
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Chicago
A. P
Lee Kerets
A! Bronson
Koretz
Bronson
Korets
Exive Automobiles
Avay
Salisbury Loses Sho Soccer Classic On Eastern Shore
In an upset at Hurlock, Po comoke City fell 1 to 6 to Chesapeake City in the Eastern Shore soccer final. A telephone message from W S Pitman to J M Berett confirmed the result and that the game would be fed to Chestertown.
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Hurlock
Pocomoke City
Eastern Shore
Chesapeake City
W S. Pitman
Public Athlete League
J M . Berett
Gordy Parkee
Chestertown
Open Meeting For Baseball Fans In Salisbury
Citizen sports supporters are urged to attend a Monday meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at three in the afternoon. Gra ham Gunby urges unity to settle club debt with a $1,600 shortfall and $4,900 promised by Sportsmen to cover pressing obligations in the 1929 campaign.
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Graham Gunby
Salisbary Club
Peron
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