Million to Be Used in U S Relief Item
Atlanta hosts a non sectarian fundraising conference led by A Brown of Detroit and Mayor Sims. Harold Hirsch opens the meeting with remarks of national aid, pledges of cooperation flow, Brown cites Jewish farming progress and Russia Poland persecution, quotas by state are set for Georgia west Florida North Carolina South Carolina and east Tennessee with named chairmen and funding pledges.
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Atlanta
Brown
America
Russia
Michigan
Europe
Poland
Georgia
Harold Hirsch
West Florida
Sidney P. Levy
Pensacola
North Carolina
Lolonel Weil
Wilmington
South Carolina
East Tennessee
Harry Wise
Chattanooga
Steamer Airedale Feared Lost After Shoreing at Island
The steamer Airedale went ashore at Couder's island in the St. Lawrence River Saturday night and is likely a total loss. Her forepeak and No 1 tank are flooded. The vessel, of 3,044 tons, is chartered to Canada Steam Ship Lines of Montreal.
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Quebec
Que
Airedale
Couder’s Island
St. Lawrence River
Canada Steamship Lines
Montreal
Frontier dispute between Egypt and Italy settled in Cairo treaty
In Cairo on December 7 Ziwar Pasha for Egypt and Marquis Negrotto Cambiaso for Italy signed an agreement that settles the long contested claim over Parabub on the Egypt Cyrenaica frontier. Llamas are mentioned as baggage animals in the report.
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Cairo
Egypt
Parabub
Cyrenaica
Tripoli
Ziwar Pasha
Negrotto Cambiaso
Italy
Druse Rebellion in Syria Focuses in Southern Lebanon
Report describes the main theater of the Druse uprising against France in Syria as southern Lebanon with terrain likened to southern California. Rebels hold a 100 by 50 mile area from the desert to Mount Hermon, centered near Husheiya between Jedideh and Basheiya.
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Beirut
Syria
Lebanon
California
Los Angeles
Sierras
Plains of
Riverside
Mount San Bernandino
Desert
Colorado River
Lebanons
Ooo
Merjetium
Mount Hermon
Euphrates River
San Bernandino
Djebel Druse
Riverside Plain
Meriietum
Jordan
Husheiya
Jedideh
Basheiya
Port News Highlights Cotton Shipments and Local Events
Cotton shipments from Mobile totaled 11 886 bales with 6 586 sent to foreign ports and 5 300 to domestic ports. Mobile received 9 800 bales this week as dock stocks wait for vessels, with several ships expected to arrive. Firemen answered 15 calls over the weekend, mostly for sparks and chimneys, with minor damage. The St Francis Street Methodist Church teachers council meets at 6 30 p m to discuss instruction methods. Spottswood reappointed trustee of Confederate Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek by Gov Brandon.
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Mobile
Mobile Cotton Exchange
Teachers’ Council
St. Francis Street
Clean-Up Made in Florida Rum Den
West Palm Beach police and sheriff sweep raid nets 26 men and two women charged with gambling drunkenness and carrying concealed weapons. The operation shut down a rumor mill in a deserted milk house west of the city after a tip about a car theft and blackjacking. About 1000 bottles of homemade beer three barrels of mash and distilling gear were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fla
Sheriff's Office
Suspect Shot by Memphis Police
Ed. B. Flanagan, 22, was shot and seriously wounded by two Memphis policemen who said they surprised him attempting to hold up two Negroes. They reported he refused to halt and fired at them. the suspects fled.
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Memphis
Tenn
B. Flanagan
Flanagan
Enid
Fokker predicts U S. air supremacy and growth potential
Dutch aircraft designer Anthony Fokker spoke in New York on December 17 arguing America can achieve air supremacy through a vast weather service, widespread field expansion, and large scale factories. He projected affordable commuter planes under $1000 and urged city landing facilities to support urban air travel. Florida would become a key aviation hub linking North and South America.
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New York
Anthony H. G. Fokker
America
Weather Bureau
Fokker
Florida
Great Airways
North
South America
England Faces Debt Default in Global Crisis
New York December 7 Great Britain, burdened by a vast debt, risks default on creditor payments. George Harvey, ex ambassador, argues England's productivity has peaked and its role narrows to a middleman. He cites debts near 40 billion dollars and interest expenses about 2 billion, with steel, coal, and shipbuilding fading amid subsidies and closures.
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New York
Great Britain
George Harvey
The
North American Review
Harvey
United States
England
Ardea
France
Germany
Esme Howard
Two Killed When Auto Turns Over Near Shelbyville
In Shelbyville Tennessee a car carrying J W Greenlea of Kansas City Missouri and C W Babcock of Hickman Mills Missouri crashed after veering off the Dixie highway while Mrs Greenlea drove and attempted to pass another vehicle. Both men died from a fractured skull and neck break respectively. Mrs Babcock and Mrs Greenlea were injured with details on Babcock’s wife’s condition not released. The party had been touring Florida and returned home with a load of pineapples and oranges.
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Shelbyville
Tenn
J._W. Greenlea
Nsas City
C. W. Babcock
Hickman Mills
Mobile Vessel Damaged in Ocean Crash
The steamer Federal, a Mobile operated vessel under Waterman Steamship Line, sustained damage in a crash during a voyage. Authorities investigated the incident and assessed the ship's condition and any potential environmental impact.
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Steamer¢ Federal
Mobile
The
Waterman Steamship Line
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