British money men back League as financial hope
In London, Sir Richard Vassar-Smith of Lloyd's and Dr. Walter Leaf of Westminster Bank declare support for the League of Nations as the empire's financial remedy. They warn that tariff barriers and import prohibitions threaten recovery, urging disarmament and League cooperation to stabilize world finance. The Daily News notes business interest in the League exceeds political backing.
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Reeves
London
America
Tta
France
Europe
League of Nations
England
Lloyd’s Bank
London County
Westminster
Parr’s Bank
British Empire
Richard Vassar-Smith
Lioyd’s
Walter Leaf
Lloyd’s
League
Brussels
Leaf
Daily News
Early Salmon Catch Sets Record at Sebago Lake
International News Service reports Portland Maine March 1 the first salmon of the season, a six pounder, was caught through the ice at Sebago Lake by Carleton D Martin of East Sebago, marking a record for early fishing. Smelt runs on the west shore are unprecedented and Bath area reports abundant lobsters. Eastern Maine sees numerous grass fires where two feet of snow lay last year.
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International News Service
Portland
Sebago Lake
Carleton D. Martin
East Sebzgo
Bath
Maine
Sermons by wireless heard at Calvary Episcopal Church
In Pittsburgh amateur wireless operators broadcast sermons and hymns from Calvary Episcopal Church on Sunday evenings. The sermon and choir singing travel on a wave of 830 meters, with sound heard over a wide radius from Hast Pittsburgh.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Calvary Episcopal Church
Hermon
White House Loses Gray son Admiral Is Assigned
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, President Wilson's physician, is assigned as officer in charge of the Navy Dispensary in Washington. The Navy Department says he has never been officially assigned to duty at the White House, though he has served as medical aid to presidents Roosevelt Taft and Wilson for more than sixteen years.
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Cary T. Grayson
Wilson
Navy Dispensary
Washington
Grayson
White House
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Taft
Swansea Health Committee Debates Sanitary Jink Cans
London report says Swansea Health Committee adjourned consideration of providing sanitary junk cans until the corporation receives part of the German indemnity. The meeting focused on public health logistics and funding prospects amid postwar settlements.
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International News Service
London
Swansea Health Committee
Observers in Baby Blimps to Watch for Forest Fire
The forestry service studies using small dirigible balloons for patrols on the Pacific coast. One or two baby blimps may join air patrols in the Angeles Cleveland and Santa Barbara reserves. Major E W Kelley in Los Angeles notes discussions with blimp manufacturers and Shirley Alle on how blimps could aid fire protection by transporting rangers and supplies to remote canyons and aiding wireless communications.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Forestry Service
Washington
Angeles
Cleveland
Santa Barbara
E. W. Kelley
Shirley Alle
Angeles Reserve
Kelley
Corre
Pacific Coast
Poiuty
French demimondes in jail yard inspiration for films
Paris March 5 A French studio sought realism in film by filming in the Sante prison yard. They awaited star actresses detained on Paris streets for immorality to portray local color, arguing life provides better material than fiction.
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Paris
Sante
Prison Van Disruption Sparks Violent Glance at Rivalry
In a chaotic scene near a prison van, two groups of operators and performers clashed as additional vans arrived. The dispute escalated with threats to destroy equipment and attack artists and staff, requiring a strong police presence to restore order amid claims of guloval rivalry.
Mastodon Legend From Illinois Ironies of Ice and Spring
Chicago reports a fanciful tale of a baby mastodon and its mother drowning after stepping through spring ice near Minooka during ancient winters. Elmer Riggs of the Field Museum excavated nine skeletons, revealing survivors from a herd that once roamed near Chicago’s Loop 50 000 to 200 000 years ago.
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Chicago
Minooka, Il
Minooka
Cuba
Wilson Seeks Monte Cristo Isle Sale for Memoir Plans
Paris reports say President Wilson asked the King of Italy to sell Monte Cristo Isle between Corsica and Italy. The island’s isolation suits Wilson to settle and write his memoirs, with King Victor Emmanuel III the only resident, and Dante tied to Abbe Faria’s legends.
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International News Service
Paris
Wilson
Italy
Monte Cristo
Corsica
Mrs Herbert Hoover Joins New Cabinet Circle
Mrs Herbert Hoover, wife of Secretary of Commerce, will take her place in the new Harding administration cabinet circle. The report notes Hoover’s entry marks a shift in social and political roles within the cabinet nexus.
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Herbert Clark Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Harding
Famous clock sets in Braintree with new repair funds
In Braintree Massachusetts the town clock at the First Congregational church tower was to be repaired with a $3000 bequest from Mrs Mary F White as noted in her will filed in Dedham Court. The gift aims to keep the clock accurate. In New York tenor Enrico Caruso underwent another pleural surgery today to remove pus from his lungs. He is reported resting easily after the procedure.
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International News Service
Braintree
Mass
Mary F. White
Dedham Court
First Congregational Church
New York
Enrico Caruso
Caruso
Doctor Endorses Rheuma for All Forms of Rheumatism
Dr. M. C. Lyons recommends Rheuma after careful investigation. C. W. Phillips sells and guarantees it. Use of over bottles will prove why this well known doctor praises it so highly.
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M. C. Lyons
C. W. Phillips
Guasrantees
Signs of Spring Sweep Elyria Streets
A March report notes mild weather spurring spring fever with garden seeds in store windows and lawns being sown. Robins and bluebirds return, rains and thunder occur, worms surface, and geese migrate north. Children test river water, frogs croak, bees emerge, and spring activities bloom from gardening to baseball.
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Elyria
America
Flas Lodge To Elect Officers Next Week
Elks lodge in Elyria will hold its annual officer election on Tuesday evening March 8. Nominations were made at last week’s meeting and members are urged to turnout. Five candidates seek admission and initiations are planned for March 22.
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Flas Lodge
Elyria
Elks Lodge
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