France defaults on war debt as Herriot quits
In a dramatic session, the French chamber votes 402 to 187 to default on the December war debt interest of 19.3 million dollars to the United States, prompting Premier Herriot and his cabinet to resign. Britain pays its 95.55 million dollar debt but with reservations, while Belgium follows by default.
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Herriot
Lebrun
London
Washington
Great Britain
United States
MacDonald
Stimson
Belgium
France
America
Italy
Lithuania
Czechoslovakia
Latvia
Hungary
Poland
Esthenia
Louis T. McFadden
Pennsylvania
Mr. Hoover
Congress
McFadden
APAN
Geneva
League of Nations Conciliation Committee
Manchuria
Russia
Tokyo
Japan
Maxim Litvinov
China
D. W. W. Yen
Litvinov
League of Nations
Not by a Jugfull Tabor Refuses Pardon Aid
Oldest Mississippi convict A. J. Tabor, 89, serving life for a 17 year old murder, tells his son not to seek a pardon. He urges against any governor intervention and says he will stay in prison until the Lord calls him home.
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Jackson
Mississippi
A. J. Tabor
Tabor
Women kill deadliest bushmaster in Panama jungle
In Panama R P two American women driving to Madden dam crushed a seven foot two inch bushmaster, mistaken for a boa constrictor, after it struck their car tire. The serpent’s head was crushed with a crank and later identified at a dispensary as the tropical venomous snake.
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Panama
R. P
Raymond Ditmars
Bronx Park Zoo
New York
America
William Cates
Everett Seaburg
Madden Dam
Callahan Construction Company
Man Fakes Death in France Then Returns to Life
Leon Barat staged his own death to observe mourners in Marseilles. A wake was held for the supposed deceased, but Barat sat up alive, causing a mourner to die from shock. The widow has filed a damage suit against Barat over the incident.
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Marseilles
France
Leon Barat
Barat
Truthful defense cuts traffic fine in Maryland court
In Baltimore Roland Udick avoided a $6.45 fine by telling the magistrate the truth after missing the first summons. He admitted a man had promised to "fix it up." The magistrate said the truth pays and reduced the total to $2.45, saving Udick $4. The case highlights honesty in traffic court.
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Baltimore
Roland Udick
Udick
Brooklyn Manufacturer Ends Life at Queens Crematory
Harry W. Holly, fifty nine, a Brooklyn manufacturer reported missing, appeared at the United States crematory in Maspeth Queens. He paid for his cremation then entered a room and fatally shot himself. His widow Mrs Caroline Holly offered no explanation.
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New York
Harry W. Holly
Brooklyn
United States
Maspeth
Queens
Caroline Holly
Man Awarded $1 Balm Against Fiesta Queen
Hershell E. Aldridge sued Miss Margaret Murray Fiesta queen of San Jose for $10,000 claiming a broken heart after a marriage promise. A Superior court awarded him $1, and Miss Murray paid the dollar, concluding the claim.
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San Francisco
Hershell E. Aldridge
Margaret Murray
San Jose
Specialists with unusual trades grab headlines
Mrs Amy Adams of London sells old English cottages to American millionaires. Cottages are disassembled packed and shipped to estates across the water. James Mathews accused robber claims he only steals Methodist churches. A W Hazelton Hollywood rents medals for actors stock 2000 kinds. A Paris shopkeeper sells 119 cheeses and advises wine pairings. General Feng after failed revolt paints plum blossoms.
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Amy Adams
London
James Mathews
White Plains
N. Y
A. W. Hazelton
Hollywood
Feng
Kansas City Times
Chocolate Cascarets Enter Market As New Trade Partner
An old friend in a new garb introduces Chocolate Cascarets after two years of experiments. The original candy laxative, popular since the Cleveland era, gains a commercial mate praised for flavor, action, and packaging. Both products push the familiar slogan they work while you sleep.
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Cleveland
George Ade
Adv
Market for Farm Waste Spawns Chemists’ Lignin Research
The discovery that drugs and varnish resins can be derived from lignin in farm wastes has prompted chemists to intensify research on the expansive farm waste problem.
Future English to merge into a hybrid tongue expert predicts
British writer H C Bailey cites A Lloyd James on a coming hybrid English. He suggests two centuries hence English will be a blend of British and American forms hidden from our imagination. The note questions a single true American English spoken across regions.
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H. C. Bailey
A. Lloyd James
America
South
Middle West
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