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Bratinau death and riots dominate world brief
Premier Ionel Bratinau of Romania died last Thursday. In Fal som California state prison about 1,500 inmates rioted, killing eight and wounding 22 as militiamen and officers tried to quell the disturbance. A Thanksgiving fire in North Lawrence New York killed six in the home of Walter Leary. Senate debate looms on a possible third term for the president. Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray face execution for murder at Sing Sing. Charles R. Forbes is released from Fort Leavenworth after fraud conviction. A plan to draft President Coolidge into a third-term bid is abandoned. Prohibition bureau appointments will favor competitive exams, with politics kept out. White House rebukes the Chamber of Commerce on tax cut projections. North Carolina spends 35 to 37 million on elementary schools, with over 100,000 children daily commuting to school. The state notes no property taxes fund state education.