Channel tunnel plan linked to London Paris trains
The British and French talk of a two tube link under the Channel with electric operation from Kent. Five years of work, cost now 20 to 25 million pounds, capable of 30 000 passengers and 30 000 tons of goods per 20 hours, reshaping transcontinental rail travel and creating a central Continental hub.
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Christian Science Monitor
England
France
House of Comand
Paris
Sethas
Arthur Fell
M. P
House of Commons
Christian Science
Sir Arthur
Straits of
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London
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Constantinople
Sir Arthur Fell
Great Britain
British Isles
United Kingdom
Madrid
Rome
Berlin
Europe
United States
America
Blackfriars Bridge
Charing Cross
Grain Market Summary Shows Mixed Chicago Close
Grain market notes from Chicago on May 3 show corn up two cents, oats down about seven to eight cents, with wheat futures higher. May corn at 171, July 168 8-8, Sept 164 8-4. oats May about 70 1-8, July 72 8-8, Sept 70 8-4. Prices listed for other grains and months include 63.70, 61.60, 33.40, 82.70, 28.95, and July 28.30.
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Mghicago
Stock Market Sees Strength at Open With Leaders Rallying
New York May 3 The stock market opened irregularly but showed sustained strength with steel common up 5 8 to 98 7 8 and Westinghouse advancing over 2 points to 54 7 8 In afternoon trade Westinghouse hit a fresh high of 56 7 8 while Royal Dutch New York yielded 11 2 to 106 1 4 and Atlantic Gulf climbed to 1501 2 Government bonds and railway bonds held steady Total daily stock sales reached 764 800 shares with weekly total 8 476 000 shares Corporate notes closed unchanged after profit taking but the market remained firm through the day leading to a steady finish.
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New York
Baldwin
Westinghouse
Atlantic Gulf
Royal Dutch
Steel
General Cigars
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Marine
Marine Preferred
Studebaker
Sinclair
Mexican Petroleum
Royal Dutch New York
Wilsons stance on Fiume in entente quarrel debated
The Kansas City Star notes imperfect information limits judging Wilson as a spokesman for the entente in the Fiume dispute. It concedes sympathy for Italy’s safety aims but calls Italy’s claim excessive and potentially economically injurious to transit peoples. It questions US intervention beyond its dooryard, stressing restraint and duty to world responsibilities only on great occasions.
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America
Kansas City
Wilson
Entente
Fiume
Italy
United States
Hemisphere
Sub treasury report details partial New York transfer
Sub treasury report from New York on May 3 notes a partial sum of 180000 dollars transferred or allocated. The brief item references a limited portion of funds and hints at an ongoing accounting update.
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Sub-treasury
New York
Supreme court reopens McClure suit against Northrop and Calef
The supreme court yesterday set aside Judge Case's superior court ruling in the McClure versus Northrop Calef and Esther Northrop suit. It remands the case to assess damages against J Frances Calef as executor and Esther M Northrop, pursuing Calef personally as estate distributee. About $5,000 involved.
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Supreme Court of Errors
William
Superior Court
Charles T. McClure
D. Ward Northrop
J. Francis Calef
Esther M. Northrop
Judge Northrop
Arthur B. Calef
Dr. Calef
Wheeler
Supreme Court
J. Frances Calef
Calef
City Briefs From Middlesex Hospital to Local Homes
William A. Caron, long ill at Middlesex hospital, returns home on Broad street and is regaining strength after sunlit veranda rest. George A. Pratt, just back from overseas, receives honorable discharge and settles at Church street home. William E. Stroud, president of City Savings Bank, and his wife take rooms at Douglas house on South Main and Church. Mrs. Benjamin D. Putnam moves into Cromwell Main street house purchased last month from William B. Stroud.
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William A. Caron
Middlesex Hospital
Broad Street
George A. Pratt
Church Street
William E. Stroud
City Savings Bank
Douglas House
South Main
Church Streets
Benjamin D. Putnam
Main Street
Cromwell
William BH. Stroud
Italy Quieting Down on Fiume Crisis
From Italy the dispatches speak of a quieter stance with no planned military seizure of Fiume. Premier Orlando seeks a strong parliamentary vote and frames the issue as Wilson’s appeal to Italians. He aims for a Paris compromise, warning delegates to align with the times and avoid foreign policy blunders.
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Italy
New York Evening Post
Fiume
Orlando
Wilson
Paris
Florentine
Machiavelli
A Mirage Dream in a Wet Missouri Saloon
A bone-dry Arkansawyer travels to a Missouri town and, amid a display of drinks, proclaims he will not have a drink, insisting there is no such place and that he will wake up in a minute. The scene features an acquaint ance in a saloon and a dreamlike refusal.
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Lamar
Arkansas
Missouri
Gabe
Arkansawyer
Missing New York girl linked to Connecticut murder
Detectives linked the body found near New Canaan to Miss Ethel Woolsey of Queens after matching age, dental features, and a time frame of disappearance on April 11. Woolsey was last seen leaving her aunt’s home in Flatbush and expected to reach Springfield but did not arrive.
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New York
New Canaan
Miss Woolsey
Missing Persons Bureau
Elmer Woolsey
East Tenth Street
Flat Bush
Springfield
Funeral rites for Mrs Mary Murphy at St Johns
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Murphy from her home at 526 High street is set for Monday morning at 8 30. Mass will be offered at St Johns church at 9 oclock followed by burial in St Johns cemetery.
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Mary Murphy
High Street
St. John’s Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Stutterer Wins Bid at London Horse Sale
At a London horse sale a stuttering buyer pressures the dealer, struggles to speak, then offers forty pounds. The owner praises the horse, but the stutterer smiles and reveals his real bid of fifty pounds after the accepted offer.
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London
Repair and Experimental Auto Service Promises Quality Work
An advertisement touts first class equipment for automobile and gas engine repair and related experimental work. It guarantees workmanship to customer satisfaction at very reasonable rates.
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