Benning Motor Speedway and National Playground Plan
Washington area talks unfold to develop a 2 mile Benning speedway with national and international entries. A club will provide golf links aviation schools and a clubhouse on 37 acres near Benning. The plan aims for a non stock association to keep control open and profits shared among members.
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Automobile Country Club
Washington
Exolet
Benning Rae
Voigt
Othia
National Capital
Benning
Satanal Motor Speedway
al Radis
Chinese Parliament Meets in Peking Amid Tense Reforms
Parliament convened on Tuesday with 400 delegates present, exceeding the quorum by 19. President Li Luan hung urged immediate nonpartisan reconstruction work after the oath, and the body adjourned firmly. A reconvening is expected within two weeks as factions threaten delay. Tang Shao, foreign affairs minister, remains in Shanghai until cabinet approval by Parliament.
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Peking
Hima
Li Luan Hung
Tahine
Tang Shao
Shangha
Niagara Falls Hearings Close With Water Diversion Debate
Four year hearings by the Houge foreign affairs committee on Niagara Falls water diversion to preserve electricity were closed. Congress plans to report a bill based on Representative Cline of Indiana for cooperation with Canada and hydroelectric resource development. Indications point to recommending a joint international commission to limit water diversion.
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Houge
Rome Urged By Page On Italy War Effort
The Mes sagers publish an interview with Thomas Nelson Page the American Ambassador. Page says Italy must push its war effort for its present and future, noting Italy’s mountain warfare tests and the nation fighting for life. He praises Italian women of all classes for their fortitude and contributions to war aims.
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Rome
Via
Thomas Nelson Page
Pages
Italy
Aly
Page
Form-Fitting Tights Parade At Racine Beach
Racine Wisconsin August 5 municipal beach watchers noted six women in form fitting one piece tights that were cut low at the neck with long sleeves and knee length They wore slippers and men s socks showing much leg attention centered on the daring costumes marking a departure from traditional bathing attire and drawing public comment
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Racine
Wis
Racines
Atlantic City
Newport
Bank Officials Arrested Over Mutual Trust Collapse
Edwin H Hatchview president and one of the largest stockholders of Mutual Trust Company of Orange was arrested along with secretary treasurer Thomas Byrne after state authorities closed the bank. Hatchview, ill in bed, claimed overcertification of deposits totaling $340 000 caused the failure, while his bond broker ties were noted.
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Newark
Ang
Mutual Trust Company of
Orange
Edwin H Hatchview
Thomas Byrne
Mutual Trust Company
Hatch
W Halsey & Co
New York
Chicago
England bars Dutch cotton shipments to neutrals
The Hague August 5 England declares no further cotton supplies will reach Holland unless shipments by Dutch merchants to neutral countries stop. The Brit lab legation announces this and indicates Germany’s success in obtaining cotton via neutral routes. The Amsterdam Telegraaf notes cotton goods are fraudulently exported to fictitious destinations.
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Hague
England
Holland
Britlab Legation
Gtr
Itta
Germany
Amsterdam
Harvard Student Miss Hubbard Proclaimed Most Perfect Form
In the Harvard Summer School of 1912 Miriam Elberta Hubbard daughter of Elbert Hubbard studied drama fundamentals and was proclaimed the most perfectly formed woman ever to enter the University of Michigan, in a notable recognition reflecting the era's campus culture.
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Miss Hubbard
Harvard
Maas
Aughiamane
Miriam Elberta Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard
Men are within law and Detroit swimmer puzzles resorters
A Detroit man swam home after leaving clothes on a dock at Pearl Beach. He crossed two channels, evaded discovery by night, and reached his cottage despite mosquito bites and a long, tiring swim.
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Detroit
Midh
At Clair
Atlantic City
William Sauer
Lakapoint Avenue
Pearl Beach
Sauer
Petroit
Roby Island
Middle Channel
Big Cottage
Bauer
Ene Channel
Chile Senate Delays Approval of Ambassador Nominee Baseman
Santiago reports the Chilean Senate has postponed approving the nomination of Santiago Aldunate Baseman as Ambassador to the United States in succession to Eduario Suarez Malca, who resigned in January, amid opposition in some quarters.
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Santiago
Chile
Santiago Aldunate Baseman
United States
Eduario Suarez Malca
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Ohio
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New York Ave
Cube
Maryisnaé
Virginia
WNPA
Reoumania
Awitserland
Oline Inquiry
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Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
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Cook & Stoddard CO
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Bath St. N. W. Jol. N
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Ave
Eveready
National Electrical Supply Co
N. W
R. K. Chase
Haynes
E. G. Lieberling
Haynes Factory
Chase
Treasury Department
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Kentucky
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Pottinger
D. M. Lea
Washington, D. C
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