Lloyd George Egg Attack Tarnishes Welcome in New York
Former British prime minister David Lloyd George visiting New York faced egg throwing by Irish sympathy groups. Police clashed with demonstrators along the parade route as he and his party were escorted to their car after a theater outing.
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David Lloyd George
Great Britain
America
Mauretania
Streat
Macom
Battery
Metropolis
Canada
United States
Lloyd George
Britain
British Empire
Atlantic
Ireland
Association For Recognition of the Irish Reppublic
Higher Wheat Duty Opposed by President Coolidge
President Coolidge will not recommend a wheat duty increase to boost prices. After reviewing the proposal and consulting with Thomas Q. Marvin head of the U S tariff commission he doubts he has the legal right to raise the duty even if it were wise.
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Coolidge Washington
Coolidge
Thomas Q. Marvin
U.S. Tariff Commission
Germany Credited With 2.05 Billion in Reparation Payments
The reparations commission released revised figures as of June 30 showing Germany credited with 8.21367 billion gold marks in payments. Of this total 1.9 billion was cash and 3.25 billion in merchandise, with the rest in shipping cables and credits tied to Sarre Valley mines and ceded territories.
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Germany
Paris
Sarre Valley
Europe seen back to stability says J Ogden Armour
J Ogden Armour told reporters in New York that Europe has passed the economic crisis and is returning to stability after a four month pleasure trip to France and England, arriving aboard the Mauretania.
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Europe
J. Ogden Armour
New York
Mauretania
Mr. Armour
France
England
Sixty Die in Kiev Synagogue Stampede Night Scene
Sixty people were killed and 100 injured in a stampede at a Kiev synagogue on Thursday night. Panic broke out when lights suddenly failed and cries of fire erupted.
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Kiev
Paris
Moscow
Prize elephant Charlie Executed at Universal Studios
In Los Angeles a celebrated elephant named Charlie was executed at dawn Friday after a reported vicious temper. Officials listed the animal as 189 years old, and a firing squad carried out the sentence at the studios.
Twenty Pound Mushroom Found in Prairie du Chien
John Martin found what is believed to be the largest mushroom in the region in dense timber near Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. The specimen reportedly weighed twenty and one half pounds and attracted local interest.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
John Martin
Stresemann forms new cabinet amid eight hour day plan
Berlin reports Chancellor Stresemann resignations accepted by President Ebert and a new directorate style cabinet formed. The plan includes seizing economic values, price controls, increased production, and ending the eight hour day, drawing Socialist opposition and fears of a military dictatorship.
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Berlin
Stresemann
Ebert
Herr Stresemann
Bavaria
Herr Ebert
Ambassadors Harvey and Child to Quit Posts
The State department announced that ambassadors Harvey and Child will resign. Harvey will leave London around year’s start. Child, arriving in the United States soon, will not return to Rome. Officials stressed the resignations are for personal reasons and not demanded by the department.
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Harvey
Child
Washington
State Department
London
United States
Rome
California Man Kills Stranger for Insurance Claim
A Eureka man, Alex A. Kels, wealthy butcher, confessed to Sheriff W F Riecks that he hired a stranger on Sept 12 to kill him, burned the body, and staged identification as himself to enable his widow to claim about 100000 in life insurance.
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California
Eureka
Cal
Alex. A. Kels
Lon
W. F. Riecks
Stockton
Kels
Storms Wreck French Coast As Gales Rage
North to northwesterly winds, at times hurricane strength, have battered the French coast for thirty six hours. The seas have claimed many lives and hurled wreckage along the English channel and Atlantic seaboard.
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Paris
English Channel
Atlantic
Illinois Gins First Bale of Cotton at Cairo
The first bale of cotton ginned in Illinois was produced here Wednesday in Cairo with city officials and southern Illinois agriculturists in attendance. The cotton originated near Villa Ridge and sparked ceremonies honoring the historic milestone.
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Illinois
Cairo
Linois
Villa Ridge
More Men for Postal Service
Washington reports a deficiency appropriation bill will fund 3,200 additional clerks 3,000 carriers and 500 laborers for the Post Office department at the upcoming congressional session.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Congress
Mussolini Links Debt Cut to Germany Claims
Paris reports Premier Mussolini tells Echo de Paris that canceling allied debts is the only way to ease the claims on Germany, framing debt relief as essential to postwar settlement.
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Paris
Germany
Mussolini
Echo de Paris
Labor Leader Attacks Reds at AFL Convention
Frank Hodges secretary of the British Miners Federation warned the AFL delegates that Western civilization must guard against Bolshevism and what he called the Asiatic mind of Russia. He condemned autocracy and dictatorship while praising parliamentary democracy and liberty, as Gompers and others applauded.
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Portland
Ore
Frank Hodges
British Miners’ Federation
American Federation of Labor
Hodges
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Mr. Hodges
Wm. Z. Foster
British Miners’ Union
Samuel Gompers
Europe
Moscow
Five Die When Street Car Hits Auto Near Mount Clemens
Five men killed instantly when a Detroit United street car struck their automobile four miles south of Mount Clemens Michigan. The impact hurled the car twenty feet. The deceased include A Shiffman S Levine and A Baker.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Detroit United
Here
A. Shiffman
S. Levine
A. Baker
Coolidge Insists War Debts Paid to U S
White House says President Coolidge remains opposed to canceling war debts owed to the United States by European nations. He favors liberal settlements and maintains the loan to Great Britain should be handled without forgiveness and with repayment.
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Coolidge
U. S. Washington
America
White House
United States
Great Britain
Bombard Felons at Bay in Kentucky Prison
Convicts in Eddyville Kentucky prison killed one guard and wounded three others before taking refuge in the dining room. Twenty National Guard troops bombarded the room to prevent the escape attempt.
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Kentucky
Eddyville
Eddyville State Penitentiary
Liberty
National Guard
Cash Corn Surges Above Dollar Mark at Board of Trade
Cash corn tops the dollar on the Chicago Board of Trade for the first time since October 1920, up five cents to the best quote in three years. Compared with a year ago, corn spots are eighty cents higher, with this year's crop put at about 3 billion bushels.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Turkish Republic Nearing Proclamation After 1876 Movement
Constantinople reports the Turkish Republic will be proclaimed soon with a new constitution. The government will have a single legislative chamber, the national assembly, marking a major shift in the state's structure.
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Constantinople
Turkey
National Assembly
Hearse with phono, angels and chimes haunts East Side
A $20,000 hearse described as decorated with thirty five wooden angels and fitted with a talking machine and amplifier to carry music to the roadside appeared on the lower East side.
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Phonograph
New York
Lower East Side
Oklahoma Solons to Meet October 17
Oklahoma legislature will reconvene on October 17 after a majority petitioned by members led by William D. McBee of Stevens County. He issued the call on behalf of the body.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
William D. McBee
Stevens County
U. S. Market Report: Week Ending October 3 Prices
Washington reports Chicago market prices for live stock and commodities. Hogs top at 8.30 with bulk 7.30 to 8.10. beef steers 8.00 to 11.65. cows and heifers 3.40 to 10.80. veal calves 8.00 to 12.25. lambs 11.75 to 13.25. feeding lambs 12.00 to 13.40. Fruits and vegetables list potatoes, onions, apples, peaches, and other items with fob and bulk prices. grains show No. 2 red and hard winter wheats, mixed and yellow corn. dairy notes butter and cheese prices.
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Chicago
Long Island
Maine
Maine Green Mountains
North Dakota
Minnesota
Red River
New York
Elbertas
Utah
Idaho
Michigan
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Young Americas
Fernand ez Wins Filipino Senate Seat Amid Wood Opposition
Complete returns from Tuesday's election show Ramon Fernandez elected to succeed Pedro Guevara as Philippine senator. His victory marks a win for independence advocates and anti Wood forces, with most precincts reporting and scattered exceptions remaining.
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General Wood
Manila
Ramon Fernandez
Insular Senate
Pedro Guevara
Washington
Fernandez
Monarchists Try to Seize Berlin Army in Civil Strife
Monarchist agitators in Germany press claims of marching on Berlin to rally the army against the republic. For a day they attempt to inflame troops in the capital, risking a swift coup at the republic’s core, but so far their efforts are failing.
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Berlin
Germany
Miners Rescued Alive After Nine Days Entombed
Eight men trapped by flood in Falkirk pit for nine days were rescued Thursday in good condition. Sixty three miners were inside when the disaster struck on September 25. twenty one were saved the same day and about thirty remained unaccounted for. Hope remains that more survivors will be found.
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London
Falkirk
Axes Save Ohio Man From Hardened Asphalt
Hassan P. Has an 36 was trapped overnight when he slipped into a pool of warm asphalt near an asphalt plant in Canton Ohio. Workmen cut with axes for over two hours to free him with only his head right arm and shoulder visible as the asphalt hardened around him.
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Ohio
Canton
P. P. Hassan
Hassan
National Forest Funds Share Totals by State
The Department of Agriculture reports $1,321,422 remitted to 28 states as their one quarter share of 1923 national forest receipts.
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National Forest Funds
Washington
Department of Agriculture
National Forest Resources
Colorado Sees 4.5 Million Tourists Spend 45 Million
Colorado welcomed about four and a half million visitors this season. They spent an average of ten dollars each, totaling roughly forty five million dollars, according to estimates announced by the Denver Tourist Bureau in Denver.
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Colorado
Denver
Colo
Denver Tourist Bureau
Dam River Barrage Opens In South Africa
After seven years of construction a dam stops a 40 mile river in South Africa. The barrage uses a barge type to trap mud and prevent flood damage to private riverbank properties. Twenty divisions and 36 sluice gates regulate a 1 400 foot long structure that holds 25 feet of water when full. Water passes through tanks filters and chemicals for treatment. A British prince officiated at the formal opening.
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South Africa
Harrowgate Spring Water Used for Horses at Doncaster
A noted English horse trainer is giving ailing horses at Doncaster Harrowgate spring water, amid amused comment from friends. Some wonder if pot Epsom salts trace to a spring near Ep 50m and whether that fact carries weight.
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Doncaster
Harrowgate
Does Madge Approve of Cosmetics in Public View
A quirky item notes Madge, asked about cosmetics, seeming to lend countenance to the practice. The brief uses old fashioned phrasing to show social approval or disapproval in a light, humorous tone.
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Madge
Detour Signs Attract Boy's Ginger Ale Stand
A tale from upstate shows a clever boy who fashioned homemade detour signs to divert traffic by his father's house. He then set up a small yard stand selling ginger ale and lemonade to travelers until authorities removed the signs.
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New York Sun and Globe
France May Subsidize Movies and Forms Cinema Committee
France plans state subsidy for the film industry and forms the Comite Francaise du Cinema. Minister of Public Instruction presides in an honorary capacity. Paul Leon, director of fine arts, is named president of the committee.
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France
Comite Francaise du Cinema
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