Soviet seeks U S recognition through debt payment
Washington reports that the Soviet government seeks recognition from the United States by paying the $232,000,000 owed. Senator Wheeler and Parley Christensen say Russia would meet U S conditions, including private property guarantees and sanctity of contracts, but State Department remains firm on requirements before any trade talks.
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Washington
United States
America
Wheeler
Montana
Parley P. Christensen
Farmer-Labor
State Department
Lenin
Mr. Trovzky
Russia
Department
Hughes
Reval
Only One High School Girl of 309 Chooses Marriage
Des Moines reports a Des Moines high school senior class survey with 309 attendees. Most girls want careers as actresses interpreters farmers lawyers doctors and teachers with only one expressing a wish to marry and have a home.
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Des Moines
Des Moines High School
Prohibition Agents Seize Over Twenty-Five Thousand Gallons
Prohibition agents in Chicago seized 25 211 gallons of alcoholic beverages last month. They made 187 arrests and confiscated property valued at 16 268 dollars, with expenses excluding salaries totaling 50 dollars, according to Prohibition Director William D. Moss.
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Chicago
Prohibition
William D. Moss
Moss
Soviet Cavalry Mutiny Suppressed at Kazan
A mutiny by the Second Cavalry Brigade at Kazan was crushed after heavy fighting. Forces were sent from Moscow and thirty leaders were executed, according to a Moscow dispatch to the Stockholm Tidningen.
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Kazan
Stockholm
Moscow
President Harding to Review Fleet at Seattle
President Harding plans to review the United States battle fleet during a Seattle stop as part of his Alaska trip. Orders call for concentrating fleet units off Seattle on July 27, with the review forming a key event in the program.
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Harding
Seattle
Washington
United States Battle Fleet
Barding
Alaska
Admiral Andrews
United States
Foreign Trade Shows Increase in April
The Commerce department reported American foreign trade for April at 147 million dollars higher than April 1922. Imports totaled 364,250,006 dollars, up from 217,023,142 dollars in April last year.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Denmark Votes to Recognize Russia in Parliament
Copenhagen authorities report that on June 9 the Danish Parliament adopted by a large majority a government motion to ratify a commercial agreement with Russia, granting de facto recognition to the Soviet government.
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Denmark
Russia
Copenhagen
Peace Talk Useless as Ruhr Dispute Drags On
Brussels June 7 The Franco Belgian conference refused to discuss Germany’s latest reparations note until German passive resistance in the Ruhr ends. Premiers Poincare and Theunis and other leaders debated harsher pressure, with Theunis proposing a 7 billion gold mark Belgium payment plan and an international railway consortium plus yearly reparations commissions.
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Brussels
Germany
Ruhr
Poincare
Theunis
Germmany
Premier Theun
Belgium
Reparations Commission
Moscow Welcomes American Congress Members Visit Seen as U.S. Interest Signal
Moscow on June 8 greeted Irving T. Bush of New York Representative Carroll L. Beedy of Maine and Representative Ross A. Collins of Mississippi. Senator Brookhart of Iowa was expected to arrive Monday with other members of the American congress, signaling growing American interest in Russian affairs.
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Moscow
Irving T. Bush
New York
Carroll L. Beedy
Maine
Ross A. Collins
Mississippi
Senator Brookhart
Iowa
American Congress
Army's Largest Dirigible Destroyed in Storm Fire
The US Army airship TC-1, the nation’s largest dirigible, burned after mooring at Wilbur Wright field in Dayton. It had arrived from Scott Field Illinois on a test flight when a severe electrical storm sparked the blaze. Sergt. Harry Barnes and A. Maranville were injured leaping forty feet to the ground.
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Dayton
United States Army Service
Chicago Council Praises Gov Smith and Seeks Illinois Act Repeal
Chicago city council voted 31 to 13 to compliment Gov. Al Smith of New York for signing the prohibition enforcement repeal act. The same vote also favored repeal of the Illinois search and seizure act.
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Chicago
al Smith
New York
Speed Money by Plane to Save Interest and Reduce Robberies
The federal reserve board is considering transporting money by airplane to cut interest charges and incidentally lower the incidence of robberies, announced in St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Federal Reserve Board
Sex Equality Gains in Divorce Bill Support
London June 9. The bill granting wives the right to divorce on the sole grounds of misconduct passed its third reading by 257 to 26, marking a strong Commons endorsement for gender equality in divorce law.
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London
Commons
Cabinet Resignation Denied in Peking
The resignation of Premier Shao Tsengs cabinet was refused by President Li Yuan Hung. Overtures are being made to the premier who is presently in Tientsin.
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Peking
Shao-Tseng
Li’ Yuan Hunga
Tientatin
Tokyo police raid labor leaders as anti propaganda drive widens
Tokyo police extend counter socialist actions to labor, arresting two top union leaders and probing writers. Raids target Waseda University amid student tensions. university paper suspended and professors resign. Cabinet links crackdown to Moscow talks and demands Russians assume Niklaievsk massacre responsibility and pledge not to propagate in Japan.
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Tokyo
Waseda University
Kato
Joffe
China
Japan
Moscow
Nikolaievsk
Sakhalin Island
Trussia
Runaway Trolley Plunges in New York Killing Girl One
June 8 New York a runaway trolley car sped down Amsterdam Avenue striking a five story building at 118th Street crashing through the front to the second floor. A twelve year old girl Margaret Mc Laughlin was killed while she played a piano in the flat as three or more people were injured.
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New York
Margaret McLaughlin
Amsterdam Avenue
One Hundred and Eighteenth Street
Pearls Stolen From Mrs Mabel Corey Worth 200000
London authorities pursue tourist thieves after the 130 pearl necklace valued at 200000 disappeared while Mrs. Mabel Gilman Corey travels from Paris to London. The gift from her husband W E Corey in 1913 sparked the investigation with Mr Corey due in Paris June 16.
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London
Scotland Yard
Continental Police
Mabel Gilman Corey
W. E. Corey
Paris
Corey
Alaska Given Taste of Summer 120 in the Sun
A Yukon heat wave sent temperatures to 91 in shade and 120 in sun on Friday in Dawson City. Officials note this is the hottest day in 23 years since the Dominion weather bureau began observations, only eclipsed by July 10, 1920, when it was one degree higher.
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Dawson City
Yukon Territory
Dominion Weather Bureau
Millions of butterflies migrate through south Florida
Residents of south Florida report millions of white butterflies appearing to fly southward for three days. Local naturalists cannot explain the migration and are seeking the source from the north.
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West Palm Beach
Vla
South Florida
St Louis St Paul Passenger Service Resumes After Seven Years
After a seven year pause regular Mississippi River passenger service resumed with the steamer Harry GQ Drees departing for St Paul Minnesota on a first trip. The restart marks a return of scheduled trips for the line serving St Louis and St Paul.
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St. Louis-St. Paul
St. Louis
Upper Mississippi
Harry GQ. Drees
St. Paul
Minn
Treasury liquor ban on ships to stand under Volstead Act
Washington June 9 Treasury department regulations barring liquor from all ships within the three mile limit will stand as long as the Volstead act remains unchanged. The ruling was officially stated here by authorities.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Two Illinois Aviators Killed In Plane Crash
Peoria Illinois June 9 Clarence Brown twenty two of Luxa IL pilot and Emory Gibson twenty three of Atlanta MI student flyer were killed when their plane fell two thousand feet near Kellar field while doing stunts.
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Peoria
Clarence Brown
Luxa
Emory” “Gibson
Atlanta
Kellar
Field
U. S. Market Report for Week Ending June 4
Market figures show wheat and corn prices across Minneapolis Chicago and St. Louis with No. 2 red winter wheat at 1.23 and No. 2 mixed corn at 81c. Livestock bids in Chicago included hogs top 7.40 and fat lambs up to 15.50, with various beef, veal, and milk products detailed. Fruit vegetables and dairy prices listed for regional markets including Florida watermelons.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Iowa
California
Kentucky
Missouri
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Bliss
Northern
Wisconsin
Young Americas
Moors Kill 45 Spaniards in Major Mellila Battle
Madrid reports a Spanish victory over Moors in the Mellila zone with over 300 rebels killed. Spanish losses include 45 dead and 200 wounded. Colonel Valenzuela of the foreign legion was among the fallen, the unit drawing veterans from the A B D F and British and Canadian forces.
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Madrid
Mellila
Valenzuela
Foreign Legion
Legion
A. BD. F
1924 Shrine Convention to be Held in Kansas City
The 1924 convention of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will be held in Kansas City on June 2 3 and 4. The decision followed a unanimous vote at the convention in Washington with other inviting elites withdrawing before the vote.
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Washington
Kansas City
Germany Proposes Annuity Reparations Based on International Loan
Berlin report says Germany handed a note to the entente and United States outlining a system of annuities totaling about 1.2 billion gold marks yearly if an international loan is unavailable for immediate capital payments.
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Berlin
Germany
Entente
United States
Peasants Resist Grain Levy in Grain Export Push
In Russia peasants confront crop failures worse than the Samara famine as grain levies for export meet resistance. Food shortages spark riots and strikes amid officials pressing the collection.
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Berlin
Samara
Ford Wins Government License for Mississippi River Plant
In Washington on June 8 Henry Ford secured a federal license to build a power plant at the High dam site on the Mississippi River between St. Paul and Minneapolis.
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Grants Ford
Washington
Henry Ford
High Dam
Mississippi River
Minneapolis
Cuno Salary Raised to 67 Dollars Monthly
Berlin reports Chancellor Cuno to receive a salary increase, raising his monthly income to 67 dollars. The move comes as Germany seeks solutions to political and economic troubles.
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Cuno
Berlin
Excerpt from Rev P B Fitzwater English Bible Lesson
Short excerpt from a 1933 Moody Bible Institute English Bible lesson by Rev P B Fitzwater. Copyright notice appears with Western Newspaper Union attribution.
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P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
The
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Esther the Brave Queen in a Persian Saga
A lesson noting Esther's rise from queen to savior of the Jews. It covers Haman's plot, Mordecai's warning, Esther's perilous decision, fasting and prayer, and the king's counter decree that saved the Jews and established Purim as a memorial.
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Esther
Ahasuerus
Xerxes
Vashti
H. Haman
Haman
Mordecai
Hsther
God’s Plow frost drives across the world
A compact quotation notes frost as God’s plow that plows every inch of ground, opening clods and pulverizing soil, attributed to Fuller.
Brink of a Precipice Quote by C. Reade
A line reflecting on the brink facing all beings, great or small, at a depth beyond human fathoming and only comprehensible to Omniscience.
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C. Reade
Two More Women Join the Army
Milwaukee Wisconsin resident Hattig Waltzon reports relief from backache after using a vegetable compound advertised in local papers. She credits Luc E Pinkham and claims strong results and urges friends to try the product with her testimonial.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Luc E. Pinkham
Hattig Waltzon
Garden St
Milwaukee, Wia
Gained in Every Way with Lydia E. Pinkham’s Remedy
Mrs. J. Grace of 291 Waltz Avenue Buffalo New York reports female troubles that caused loss of appetite and weakness. After using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she gained in every way felt stronger and could eat better.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Lydia FE
Piukham
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