Rumanians defend throne as Carol plotting fears coup
King Ferdinand amid illness warns against interference with regency after Carol fled with Magda Lupescu. Queen Marie hurried to Bucharest after private Paris talks, while Mitilimenu downplays revolution rumors. Premier Averescu Bratiano coalition discussed as army chiefs eyed shakeup. Congress eyes farm relief and liquor votes in Canada.
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Kellogg plan offers Tacna and Arica settlement
Sere of State Kellogg proposes ceding Tacna and Arica to Bolivia with Peru and Chile receiving compensation for public works. The area would be demilitarized, Arica as a free port, and Morro under international control as a memorial to Chile and Peru. Diplomatic relations would resume with no moral surrender.
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Chile
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Railroads Inland in Europe and Asia Warned by Geography
A Washington National Geographic bulletin argues Albania will build a 24 mile rail line from Durazzo to Tirana, joining Liberia Afghanistan Nepal Bhutan Yemen Yemen Oman Yemen as isolated railroadless countries. It notes Afghanistan’s isolation, Khyber pass controls, Nepal and Bhutan’s mountains, and Yemen Asir Oman as backward yet slowly developing, with limited access and modern influence sparse.
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National Geographic Society
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Florist Arrested Over Funeral Flowers Theft
Omaha florist Carl Gullota was arrested under an old tomb ornament statute after two brothers, John and Joseph Sodaro, said he stole flowers from a vault in Holy Sepulcher cemetery they had purchased for their mother's funeral. Gullota claimed he wanted only the wire frames worth 500 dollars for another funeral.
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Lieutenant voices wary of "lost" children in city
A New York police lieutenant on the West Side warns that city children are developing a new art of getting lost. He recalls seeing kids enter the station with officers, then causing mischief with night sticks and door lights, and notes one persistent “lost boy” from nearby.
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West Side
Girl Refuses Proposal. Man Collapses On Street
In Los Angeles Herbert Reid, eighteen, collapsed after a marriage proposal to seventeen year old Miss Anderson. Police and Lincoln Heights ambulance attended. Reid was taken to hospital and later discharged with first aid instructions.
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Lincoln Heights
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Norton
Herbert
Herbert Reid
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Reid
London telepathist claims Martian friend full of detail
Mansfield Robinson, a London money broker turned telepathist, says he communicates with a Martian woman named Oomaruru. He reports readable messages about Martian life describing appearance, diet, tobacco use, and tea, claiming close familiarity with the planet.
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Mansfield Robinson
Mars
Oomaruru
Handsome conductor sparks clash in Lake Forest court
In Lake Forest Illinois Justice Burgess's courtroom erupted when Mrs. Frank Kromer and Mrs. O B Holstrom clashed over a streetcar conductor nicknamed that handsome conductor. Holstrom arrested Kromer for disorderly conduct after a fist shake and a push. The judge ordered twenty five dollars and costs, ejecting Kromer from the court.
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Ill
Eewin Burgess
Holstrom
Onwentsla Avenue
Highland Park
Frank Kromer
Onwentsia Avenue
Kromer
Traction Line
Pythian Sisters
Justice Burgess
French Merchant Marine Totals Rise since 1914
The French merchant marine has grown by 1,000,000 tons since 1914. By August 1, 1926 the fleet stood at 8,878,000 tons, up from 2,829,000 tons on August 1, 1914.
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