France Becomes Continental Labor Magnet Says 1.5 Million Fore ign Workers Plot
Washington dispatch reports 1.509 million foreign laborers in France, mainly Italian and Belgian, drawn by higher wages and work. Officials note France maintains strong industry but faces debt and currency concerns while Britain and Italy stabilize finances. Labor influx continues post Armistice as authorities require labor contracts and ensure native employment protection.
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Europe
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Masuret
Paris
Department of Commerce
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Locarno film controversy reaches London move makers
Fragmentary report describes a protest by Pathe Gaumont over the Locarno treaty film. The film is expected to sail to Southampton by steamer tomorrow and faces objections in the United States over concessions used in the cinema.
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Locarno Film
London
A.P
Southampton
Pathe Ga
America
Jack Daw's Adventures on the Sea Island Rescue
Jack Daw and Dotty rescue a frightened boy named Oogle at sea. They bring him ashore, plan to warm him by a fire, and search the island for his parents while seeking food. Flop the monkey stays close as they assess safety and await the next steps.
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Oogle
Dotty
Jack
Flop
Treaty film delay prompts foreign affairs inquiry
A letter seeks to halt or cancel exclusive Pathé screening in the United States and questions exhibition options at Southampton as the treaty signing news reel may be withheld. Sir Austen Chamberlain is named in the correspondence.
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Pathe
United States
Austen Chamberlain
Foreign Affairs
Southampton
Rat caps spark campus fashion at Southern College
At Birmingham Southern College junior girls adopted yellow rat headgear with Fresh on visors. Freshmen protest claim seniors removed the word Fresh, sparking a campus dispute as rivals across southern colleges weigh the hijacked trend.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Southern College
South
Progress Made in Debt Funding Plan
Washington reports the American debt commission has arranged the return to the treasury of 7.47 billion dollars loaned for World War risk and relief. The Romanian settlement is the twelfth funded obligation, with seven powers awaiting funding proposals totaling 4.48 billion dollars. France owes 4.21 billion, with Russia Yugoslavia Armenia Nicaragua and Liberia among other debts listed.
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A.P
Romania
American Debt Commission
Treasury
United States
France
Russia
Jugo- Slavia
Armenia
Nicaragua
Liberia
Bridges to be run by two states highway departments
The two state highway departments will operate the bridges and the existing toll will end once the bridges are paid for. The bridges were formerly owned by A N Alford of Hartwell, Thomasville, Ga. Rosalie Mason, 12, on a Mason plantation hunt near here, shot a 150 pound deer, setting a local deer-hunting record alongside Eleanor Hopkins of Thomasville.
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Little. Rock
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John E Martineau
Christchurch
Hartwell
Alford
Bankhead
Trartwell
Anderson
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Georgia
South Carolina
R. B. Liron
States
Ohe Bridges
Ane Eporores
Thomasville
Rosalie Mason
Mason Plantation
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Rosalie
Eleanor Hopkins
Thomase
Rail merger bill drafted in Congress
A plan to force consolidations of the railroads into main competing systems is embodied in a bill prepared by Senator Cummins Iowa. The measure will be introduced early in the coming session and pushed in the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. The road would be renumbered for voluntary consolidation within a period or face action by federal authorities.
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Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Senate
Coolidge
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Com
Old Savannah Slave Advertisements Found in 1825 Paper
In Sparta Georgia workers razed the Law Building uncovering an aged Savannah publication dated 1825. The yellowed paper lists numerous slave sale ads and distillery notices, with publisher name unreadable, alongside other antique legal books and documents.
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Law
Savannah
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