Rumor of War Debate Sparks Clash Over Air Power
Paris dispatch reports Marcel Cachin challenging Eddie Rickenbacker on aviation strength and dominance. Rickenbacker lists the United States among top world air powers, ranking after France and Britain, amid ongoing Mitchell trial discussions on war debt and contracts.
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Paris
Marcel Cachin
Charber of Deputies
Eddie Rickenbacker
United States
M. Cachin
Rickenbacker
America
France
Great Britain
Italy
Turkey ready to wage war over Mosul oil fields
London dispatch reports Turkish leaders pressed to use force if the League fails to award Mosul to Turkey. Kemal Pasha reportedly commands a large army poised for border action, with weapons and an Eski‑Cheir aircraft factory aiding potential operations.
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London
Turkey
League of Nascil
Mosul
Manpha Kemal
Es 3
Mumiber
Kemal
Eski-Cheir
Osul
Radio guided automobile tourist service begins in Chicago
Nina Baker announces world first radio controlled tourist service in Chicago. The bureau provides road and weather updates, campsite info, and planning aid for long and short motor trips. Free road maps charts and state traffic laws are offered. Miss Baker will broadcast weekly from the WBBM studio with travel tips and beauty spot spots for tourists.
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Chicago
Nina Baker
Junior Chamber Opens Convention in Anniston
Alabama Junior Chamber delegates gathered in Anniston for their annual convention after a formal opening. A day of speeches and entertainment followed by a Civitan Club luncheon and an automobile tour of nearby areas. A banquet was planned for the evening.
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Anniston
Ala
Alabama Junior Chamber of Commerce
Civitan Club
Vnsaroy
Officers Sonn
Faculty Reject Abolition of Compulsory Training at City College
At the College of the City of New York the faculty rejected a student demand to end compulsory military training. The vote was 54 to 16 with 89 abstentions, despite a student poll showing 2,092 in favor of abolition. Delegates plan resolutions at the national undergraduate conference on the world court at Princeton on Sunday.
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New York
College of the City of
Sidney S. Mezes
Pringeton
Tornado's area well confined to level lands
Washington reports on tornado science noting the rarity of repeat hits, explaining formation from cold Mediterranean-like airflow meeting warm Gulf currents. Professor Humphreys describes the storm as a violent rotating system usually under a mile high, with area skipping behavior poorly understood and tied to large rain or snow events.
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Washington
Middle-West
William J. Humphreys
Weather Bureau
Africa
Mississippi Valley
United States
Harey
Denver
Canada
Allegheny Mountains
Alabama
Georgia
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Rocky Region
Gulf of Mexico
Humphreys
Rocky Gulf
Tourism boom fuels French finances in summer season
France attracted large foreign spending with American and British visitors paying an estimated 10 billion francs during June to August, equating to about 500 million dollars for the three months. The report notes a Riviera winter surge and highlights stock exchange injuries from a busy November, alongside fashion notes and evolving Paris cultural life.
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Paris
France
Tourist Bureau
Riviera
le Figaro
Bourse
Stock Exchange
Napoleon
Opera
Jacques Natason
Odeon Theater
Florence Barclay
Rosary
Second National Theater
Paris Chamber of Commerce
Proposed Railroad Rate Hike Shrouded in Manchester
Fragmentary OCR shows a proposed increase in freight rates on cotton goods from New England, with Manchester cited as a location. The legibility is limited, but the item implies a tariff move affecting Northern cotton shipments and rail transport pricing.
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Manchester
New
Eng
Reduced Brick Rates From Mobile to Florida and Georgia
Railroads announce reduced brick rates from Mobile to Florida and South Georgia. The traffic office of the Chamber of Commerce reports the new discount will ease shipments to Florida points currently facing shortages of building material.
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Mobile
Florida
South
Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Annette Shaffer Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Annette Schneider Shaffer wife of George Shaffer died after a long illness at 1 10 this morning at the family residence on Springhill avenue five west of the G M N crossing. She leaves her husband her mother Mrs Louise Schneider a brother George Schneider a sister Mrs Louise Sweetser and other relatives. Funeral Sunday at 9 30 from the family residence at 10 30 mass and burial in the Catholic cemetery.
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Annette Schneider Shaffer
George Shaffer
Springhill Avenue
G. M. & N. Crossing
Louise Schneider
George Schneider
Louise Sweetser
Sprint College
The Glory of Flight in The Way of a Bird passage
In The Way of a Bird, Sir W. Beach Thomas argues that birds embody a high life through their arousal and senses. He notes rapid heartbeats, arterial blood, keen vision and hearing, and a marked mental alertness, with birds achieving monogamy and lyric loves within natural parenthood.
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W. Beach Thomas
Browning
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Assieinerinentadie
M. Cachi
Frante
Lewcour
Moul
Britain
S. M. S. Amrey
Ncation
of Nations
Actiat
Chamber
Humphrys
New Orleans Coffee Co., Ltd
New Orleans
Gwin’s Stationery
H. P. Gwin Stationery-Eng. CO
Conception Street
Dauphin
Annette S. Shaffer
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