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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1925
Page
2
The Federation of Labor ends sessions in Aug 3 meeting outlining a strenuous non partisan campaign. It endorses La Follette and plans to back candidates with favorable records in next year’s contests while warning against aiding third party movements.
Greek troops concentrate along the Bulgarian border amid threats of invasion if Sofia fails to arrest and punish assassins of a Greek landowner at Atenimaka. The slain man Nikolaides is linked to Bulgarian terrorism as 6000 Greeks face exile by October 15 under a mixed commission decision. Pangelos government sends two divisions toward the border. Vienna reports Bulgarian cabinet crisis.
Coast Guard cutter No. 249 chased a boat eight miles west of South Cal and captured it with liquor valued over 2000 dollars aboard. Two men and a 12 year old boy were arrested. over 1000 dollars of liquor was thrown overboard. Owners Horace and Bob Hill hinted a test case, the first under a new rule allowing seizure of American registered boats on the high seas when loaded with liquor.
Reform elements seeking to abolish mutuel betting at Kentucky race tracks were overwhelmingly defeated in Saturdays primaries. Across thirteen counties involved only two counties swung reform candidates, while most races favored opponents of the turf by majorities of around 800 or more.
General Pershing arrived to take charge of the Tacna Arica plebiscite as preparations proceed. The report notes the involvement of authorities and the expected governance role for the vote.
An ad urges readers to boost weight and vigor with Mc Coy Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets. It promotes sugar coated tablets from Mc Coy Laboratories New York, Albright & Wood and Van Antwerp Drug Corp, claiming five pounds gained in thirty days and a 60 tab price of sixty cents.
Los Angeles August 3 International News Service reports at the International Kindergarten Union meeting that there are no childhood failures and that social losses arise from failures by parents and teachers. Miss Ethel Salisbury urged close parent teacher conference and early nursery guidance to identify a child's needs and temperamental abilities.
Tokyo reports veteran journalist Motosada Zumoto views China’s riots as a sign of national awakening, arguing the upheaval signals rising virility. He notes Japan’s past opening spurred strength and predicts similar spirit may spread to India, despite resulting damage and loss of life.
The Pan American Highway Commission launches a drive to apply U S road building methods in Latin America. Ten film sets on U S roads traveling from Washington to ten states will be shown in nineteen American countries including Cuba Mexico and Brazil to prepare for the Buenos Aires Pan American Congress of Highways.
Police pursued a lone bandit who shot and killed three people and wounded others in Denver and surrounding mountains. The attacker demanded no money before firing, leaving investigators to comb city streets and rural routes for clues.
According to Zumoto, India harbors latent qualities and the brainiest race on earth, with awakening not postponed for another century. The observer argues India must restore its birthright and seize development now.
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