Langley tests test anti aircraft defense against air attacks
At Langley Field Virginia Langley aviators and ground gunners staged a trial watched by congress and military officers. Planes towed sleeve tar targets and fought off artillery and machine gun fire as searchlights tried to spot them. Ground defenses claimed limited success while aviation advocates urged air power as the sole defense. A formal War Department report will assess distances and results.
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Monroe
Langley Field
Congress
Army
Dia
Aviaon
Othe Coast Artillery
Sharpnes O
Air
War Department
President Pro Tem Walter Simons Named In Berlin
March 7 report states majority parties in the Reichstag agreed to appoint Dr Walter Simons as ad interim president of the German republic. Simons, a former foreign minister, was then president of the supreme court. The item notes a London Institute reference to women with deft tissue folding skills.
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Berlin
Reichstas
Walter Simons
German Republic
Simons
Supreme Court
Health Hints on Babyhood Emergencies
Health hints warn mothers about common babyhood emergencies from falls to head injuries. The text advises careful observation after a fall especially if the head is affected and urges medical check for any limb pain or suspected fracture. It emphasizes watching a crying child and seeking a doctor for potential dislocations or fractures.
Letter About Dr Webb in Quincy Tl Draws Attention
A brief note discusses a letter regarding Dr Webb in Quincy Tl. The item hints at a notable exchange or correspondence and its impact on local matters.
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Webb
Quincy
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Mary Moffat
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Moffat widow of William D. Moffat will be held this afternoon at 6 from Government Street Presbyterian Church. Interment in Magnolia Cemetery. Mrs Moffat a native of the city is survived by daughter Miss Bessie Moffat and three sisters Mrs John Davis of Georgia Miss Margaret Moffat of Boston and Mrs Thomas W Sims of Mobile with other relatives.
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Mary McCaw Moffat
William D. Moffat
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Moffat
Bessie Moffat
John Davis
Georgia
Margaret Moffat
Boston
Mass
Thomas W. Sims
Mobile
Mrs Sallie Parnell Laid To Rest After Local Death
The body of Mrs Sallie Parnell 36 wife of Henry C Parnell who died Friday at a local infirmary was sent to Sunflower Alabama Friday afternoon by Higgins Courtney burial. Mrs Parnell is survived by her husband four sons George Douglas Roy and Clarence Parnell three sisters Mrs Wstelle Marshall Mrs Ollie Beltrode and Miss Mora Parnell two brothers Thomas and John Parnell and other relatives.
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Sallie Parnell
Henry C. Parnell
Sunflower
Ala
Higgins
Courtney
Funeral for Lewis Osborne Held at Grand Bay
The funeral of Lewis Osborne of Grand Bay Alabama who died after drinking piass's liniment was held this morning at 11 o'clock at Higgins Courtney funeral home. Rev E M Stewart pastor of Central Baptist church conducted the service. Burial was in Magnolia cemetery.
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Louis Osborne
Lewis Osborne
Grand Bay
Ala
Piass
Higgins & Courtney
E. M. Stewart
Central Baptist Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Protection Pact Progress Reported By Government Circles
Paris March 7 A Franco British security pact appears imminent after a meeting between Austen Chamberlain and President Doumergue. Talks have narrowed differences but eastern frontiers and Dantzig remain unresolved. Poland fears any pact might not guarantee its border integrity and Count Skrzynski pressed assurances to Premier Herriot.
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Paris
Austen Chamberlain
Doumergue
Dantzig
Poland
Count Skrzynski
Herriot
France
Pershing Expected to Quit Bed Today in Havana
General John J. Pershing, ill since arrival with his South America mission, is expected to leave bed today and plan to visit President Zayas. Visits to war and state department aides were cancelled. the mission will witness the unveiling of the Maine monument tomorrow.
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Havana
Cuba
John J. Pershing
South America
Santiago de Cuba
Zayas
Secretary of War and State Department
Dayton
Hicks
Maine Monument
Anti radical law passed in Tokio tightens communist activity
TOKIO March 7. The peace preservation act known as the anti Bolshevist law was enacted by the house as police ringed parliament. It aims to curb communist propaganda and is described by officials as a response to the Japanese Russian accord.
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Tokio
Associated Press
New York Cotton Open Steady with Mixed Early Moves
The cotton market opened steady with a small advance before retreating as selling and private cables limited gains. May rose to about 25.93 while October reached 25.46, then eased toward yesterday’s levels amid liquidation and covering activity.
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New York
Sunda
Prisoners Cost Britain About $500 Yearly to Maintain
The report notes that keeping prisoners costs Great Britain roughly five hundred dollars per inmate annually, outlining expenditure factors and potential economic impact on the penal system.
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Great Britain
Future power in American Senate eyed for Gen Mitchell
Fortess Monroe Va March 7 United Press Gen William Mitchell deputy chief of the air service may retire to seek the Wisconsin senate seat in 1926 against Irvine Lenroot. His father was a Wisconsin senator and Mitchell plans to transfer to congress after leaving the army. He may take a Chicago post and revert to colonel if he loses his current assignment.
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Whaliam J. McEvoy
United Press
Fortress Monroe
William Mitchell
Air Service
Wisconsin
Irvine J. Lenroot
Mitchell
Sixth Corps
Chicago
Middlewest
Congress
Army
Wheat Market Turbulence Sends Prices Plunging Amid Bets
Chicago reports a wild week in the grain pit with wheat sliding from $2.02 to $1.80 per bushel for May delivery as speculation and sparse U S farm stocks roiled the market. Corn and oats fell several cents while provisions rose sharply on fears of reduced U S consumer demand and large European shipments.
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United States
Europe
Lawer
Here
India
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Trade
Potatoes in early morning Chicago trading show a steady to firm tone with 83 car receipts and total U.S. shipment around 917. Wisconsin sacked round whites range 1.00 to 1.10, fancy shade higher with bulk at 1.20, Michigan bulk russets and Idaho sacked russets noted, others unclear.
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Chicago
U.S
Wisconsin
Michigan
Idaho
Deaths listed in vital statistics notice with many names
A fragmented deaths announcement lists numerous White and Colored individuals with paired names and survivors. The column appears to enumerate deceased persons including children and adults, referencing multiple families and partners, though OCR corruption obscures many spellings and initials.
Poland Insists On Present Frontiers In Postwar Talks
Warsaw reports Premier See declares Poland will keep its existing frontiers as defined by peace treaties. He notes German proposals for a western pact to guard Reich borders and deter eastern aggression must respect treaty clauses. Poland will not cooperate with any power seeking to violate those statutes and will rely on allied support.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Poland
See
Tion
Cologne
Germany
Reich
Cottonseed Freight Rates Reduced by ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission ruled cottonseed freight rates from Missouri Pacific points in northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas to Jackson Mississippi were unreasonable and unduly prejudicial. The commission ordered rates not to exceed those to Vicksburg by more than 3.5 cents per 100 pounds and set a May 20 implementation deadline.
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Washington
Mar
Missouri Pacific
Louisiana
Arkansas
Jackson
Miss
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vicksburg
Miniature Planes Enter International Endurance Contest
Chicago boys and youths from foreign cities prepared to compete in an international endurance flight contest. Twenty Chicago participants entered the event while invitations and rules were sent to YMCA directors in Paris Bordeaux Warsaw Calcutta Shanghai and Tokyo. Amateur radio station 9ZQ will handle sending and receiving results by radio and mail.
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Chicago
Paris
Bordeaux
Warsaw
Calcutta
Shanghai
Tokyo
9ZQ
Communist Deputy Stefanoff Assassinated in Athens
A dispatch from Sofia reports communist deputy Stefanoff was shot as he left the military club in central Athens. The assassin was arrested and is said to have confessed, implicating government adherents as plot instigators.
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Athens
United Press
Stefanoff
Sofia
Ye Wa
Detroit Merchant Dies in Miami After Long Illness
John H Carmody, 64, a retired Detroit haberdasher who built a 40 year business, died in Miami after a long illness. He arrived two months ago with his wife and son to the Florida city.
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Miami
Fla
John H Carmody
Detroit
Miammi
Carmody
Marquis Curzon to Undergo Surgery Monday
Marquis Curzon of Kedleston lord president of the council will undergo an operation Monday following a collapse while preparing to address a Cambridge meeting Thursday night. The Associated Press reported this update from London on March 2.
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London
Associated Press
Marquis Curzon of
Kedleston
Cambridge
Brazen Hold Up Strikes In Paterson Street Scene
In Paterson New Jersey on March 7 three gunmen seized paymaster John Vreeland of the Manhattan Shirt Co on the street in front of his office. They struck him with a gun butt and escaped with seventeen thousand dollars in cash as bystanders looked on.
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Paterson
N. J
John Vreeland
The
Hanhattan Shirt Co
Hilles May Become Next Ambassador
President Coolidge weighs Charles D Hilles of New York for ambassador to Germany in a move under consideration. March 7 report notes the possible appointment could shift diplomatic ties with Berlin.
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Hilles
Washington
Charles D Hilles
New York
Germany
Coolidge
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