Carol II Returns as Romania King After Coup and Turbulence
Edward W. Pickard reports Romania welcomes Carol II, with parliament approving his crown, while legalizing regency acts. Juliu Maniu struggles to form a government as party divisions complicate the future. The piece also covers a Chicago murder of Alfred J. Lingle, a deadly tanker collision in Massachusetts Bay, tariff action, and a naval treaty dispute over disclosed documents.
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C. Caraiman
Rumania
Carol II
Bucharest
Michael
Carol
Romania
Liberal
National Peasants’ Party
Juliu Maniu
Marie
Oberammergau
Helene
Magda Lupescu
Fairfax
Merchants’ and Miners’ Line
Massachusetts Bay
Scituate
Banks Close In Florida Rise In Withdrawals Amid Bank Panic
In Florida, Bank of Bay Biscayne and three Miami subsidiaries failed to open, with deposits protected after large withdrawals. Federal Reserve airlifted $8 million to ease fears as Cosmopolitan Bank in Cincinnati faced closure due to capital impairment tied to Shafer’s market losses.
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Florida
Bank of Bay Biscayne
Miami
Federal Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Ohio State Banking Department
Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company of Cincinnati
A. W. Shafer
Henry L. Doherty Company
New York
Shafer
Bank
Western Newspaper Union
Wisconsin Republicans Meet in Oshkosh for New Progressivism
At the state convention in Oshkosh Wisconsin Republicans endorsed Gov Walter Kohler for renomination and adopted a platform pledging the new progressivism to unite moderates. Delegates also named W Cameron Forbes as ambassador to Japan and appointed Legge and Teague to the federal farm board while reasserting the call for a nationwide prohibition referendum.
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Pe Hoover
W. Cameron Forbes
Boston
Japan
Legge
GO. Teague
Federal Farm Board
Egular Republicans
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Woman Uses Three Names in Three Hours in Newcastle
Mrs. Amos Dyer of Newcastle records a rapid name change sequence. She first appeared as Mildred Kissick, obtained a divorce from Simon Kissick and restoration of her maiden Haynes name, then became Mrs. Amos Dyer by marriage in quick succession.
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Newcastle
Ind
Amos
Dyer
Mildred Kissick
Simon Kissick
Haynes
Decree Renames Hungary’s Legal Authority
Budapest declares all laws and decrees now issued in the name of the holy Hungarian crown replacing the prior reference to the Hungarian people after loss of the Hapsburg king. The change marks a shift in sovereign title amid postwar political realignment.
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Budapest
Hungary
Rockefeller Becomes Tenderfoot Scout in Lakewood
In Lakewood New Jersey John D Rockefeller was made a Boy Scout tenderfoot after an address by William Mc Gee a twelve year old resident of Lakewood. The talk covered the aims and purposes of the Boy Scout movement and its Ocean and Monmouth counties drive for a $150000 fund. Rockefeller was introduced to the financier after church services and granted the rank.
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Tenderfoot
Lakewood
N. J
John D Rockefeller
William Mc.Gee
Boy Scout Organization
Ocean
Monmouth Counties
William
Toledo Robber Killed In Ambush. Wife and Child Held
Police trapped the Allen gang at their Toledo home for days. Claude Allen, 30, died in a gun battle as his wife Edna, 26, and their 3-year-old son John watched from a bedroom. Edna and John were prisoners during the siege. The couple’s loot tied the gang to Michigan robberies in Flint Jackson and Lenawee counties. Edna, awaiting relocation to Tennessee, described the couple’s life and urged Claude to stop crime.
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Toledo
Ohio
Claude Allen
Allen
Edna
John
Flint
Jackson
Lenawee Junction
Mich
Claude
Tennessee
Jem
Michigan
Britain Plans Air Giant for Service to America
Britain unveils plans for the R-102 giant dirigible destined for transatlantic service. It will be larger and faster than R-100 and R-101, combine their features, use shale oil powered semi Diesel engines, and aim to be a pacemaker in lighter than air craft. Construction could begin before year’s end.
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London
England
Paris Hotel Introduces In-House Air Taxi Service
In Paris a major hotel launches its own air taxi service offering guests flights for nine francs per kilometer with hangars at Le Bourget. Guests may book planes to go anywhere and keep them at their disposal for any length of time.
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Paris
le Bourget
Eleven year old girl becomes organist in Colford church
Stella Dix an eleven year old schoolgirl from Short Standing has been appointed organist for a local church in Colford England.
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Colford
England
Stella Dix
New Orleans French Market To Mark 200 Years Of Food Trade
The French Market in New Orleans nears its 200th anniversary as a historic food hub. Historians cite its long continuous history and glamor, with notable patrons from Andrew Jackson to Theodore Roosevelt. Officials plan commemorations before the stalls are replaced by a modern sanitary market.
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New Orleans
North America
Tropics
Place d’Armes
Andrew Jackson
Lafayette
Thackeray
Jenny Lind
O’reilly
Roosevelt
Taft
Harding
Louisiana Historical Society
Six Year Old Girl Sacrifices Life to Save Sister
Marion Carlin six and her sister Peggy four, of 2706 George Street, were struck by a truck driven by Mellor Griffith of Manayunk at Twenty Seventh and Gerard. Marion pushed Peggy clear then was killed instantly. Peggy suffered cuts and bruises. Griffith arrested pending coroner action.
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Philadelphia
Marion Carlin
Peggy
George Street
Twenty
Gerard Avenue
Mellor Griffith
Manayunk
Marion
Mary Drevel Hospital
Griffith
Students Best Elders in St Louis History Quiz
In St Louis high school rivalry students stumped elders in a city history exam. A contestant revealed the founder's real name Pierre Laclede Liguest, not Laclede. Another youth proposed consolidating St Louis and St Louis County, a plan that baffles officials. Judges unanimously praised the students for their superior performance.
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St. Louis
Pierre Laclede
St. Louis County
Woman Sees Father for First Time in Life
Ida Fulton fifty-one of Portland Oregon meets her father John Turnage seventy-eight of Carbondale Illinois for the first time. Turnage and his wife separated before her birth. Fulton located him about six years ago via Illinois acquaintances and exchanged photographs. They recently met face to face.
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Ore
Ida Fulton
John Turnage
Carbondale
I. Turnage
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