Washington backs European security pact talks despite nonparticipation
Washington monitors the London Paris Rome Berlin negotiations on a European security pact. President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg report and assess that inclusion of Germany is key and that such a pact could end war risk and ease France’s security concerns. Officials aim for an amicable, inclusive agreement.
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America
Europe
France
Washington
Altho
Germany
Jong
Cable Briefs From United Press Across Nations
A digest of terse foreign notes reports Orthodox youths opposing a Balfour visit in Jerusalem, Empress Charlotte ill in Brussels, Tom Jones charged with desertion in Birkenhead, saloonkeeper services in London, Red Front Fighters rioting with no injuries, Lords adjournment for Marquis Curzon, German princes' sons headed to Spain, Prince of Wales visit to Mexico City discussed, and the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert sighted near Taormina.
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United Press
Jerusalem
Mer. Damanois
Lord Balfour
Balfour
Brussels
Charlotte
Maximilian of
Mexico
Birkenhead
England
Tom Jones
London
Church of St. Mary Magdalens
Moburz
Red Front Fighters’ League
House of Lords
Marquis Curzon
Privy Council
House of Commons
Berlin
W Wilhelm
Louis Ferdinand
Spain
Alfonso
Meaxito
Sorciety
Mexico City
Prince of Wales
Rome
King George
Queen Mary
Harding half-cent stamps attract stamp collectors on first day
Sales on March 19 at the post office philatelic agency raised 2446 dollars for about 150 004 pieces. Collectors bought blocks of six twelve or one hundred and requested one and a half cent Washington stamped envelopes bearing Harding stamps and first day cancellation.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Postedice Department
Philatelic Agency
Japan's Land Law to Be in Effect Shortly
The alien land ownership act passed by the house of peers on March 16 and approved by the lower house will become law soon. It liberalizes foreign land purchase for Japanese residents and bars land ownership by citizens or countries that ban Japanese in their lands.
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Japan
Associated Press
Tokio
House of Peers
Five Hundred Men Called for Murder Trial in Chattanooga
Five hundred gentlemen, 300 more than usual, were summoned to the county court in Chattanooga, Tenn., for the murder trial of W. S. Bennett and Mrs. Mae Bennett, indicted in the death of Miss Augusta Hoffman, Bennett’s aunt. Bennett is a railway official from Rome, Georgia.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
W.S. Bennett
Mae Bennett
Augusta Hoffman
Bennett
Rome
Windmills of Holland staged at Allison opera house
Allison March 23 One of the biggest entertainments of the school year Windmills of Holland was presented Friday evening under Miss Gladys Swain direction. The operetta featured wooden shoes stage costumes and special scenery boosting the school fund by about 130 with a packed house and calls for a repeat performance.
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Allison
Allison Opera House
Gladys Swain
Epsom Salts Promises Quick Constipation Relief
An ad describes Epsonade Salts as a tasty remedy for constipation. A tablespoonful in water is said to yield quick bowels action, with two doses claimed to work after a meal. The copy touts low cost and child acceptance, naming The American Epsom Assa as the source.
Eleven more bodies found at Bethlehem Mines Barrackville mine
In Fairmont West Virginia eleven additional fatalities were recovered from the Bethlehem Mines mine at Barrackville. New York reports five dead in a tenement house and a horse race at Auteuil with Paris Holbeach defeating odds at 255 to 1. Also Paris Maurice Brocco and Charles De Ruyter face summons by France and Belgium cycling authorities over alleged partiality claims involving Frank Kramer.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Barrackville
New York
Paris
Holbeach
aAuteil
Maurice Brocco
Charles de Ruyter
France
Belgium
Imade
Frank Kramer
New
Iowa City cigar shop raid leads to liquor nuisance charges
Prohibition agents raid a crowded Iowa City cigar store owned by Fred Breece Lee Breete and Fred Abbott. They face preliminary hearing on maintaining a liquor nuisance after bonds of 1000 dollars each were set. Officers seized 48 bottles of Sash a bitters 18 percent alcohol two partly filled bottles and several empty gallon cans suspected of containing alcohol.
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Iowa City
Fred Breece
Lee Breete
Fred Abbott
Justice of the Peace
B. F. Carter
Prohibition
Raid Night Standoff Yields No Liquor Found
A dramatic raid found over 60 men in the store as officers swarmed the site. All detainees were searched but no liquor was discovered, per police statements.
Unconscious Clerk At Post Office Retires From Work
From complications at his home at 04 Western avenue he has been unconscious for several days. His fitness necessitated his ceasing work as clerk in the post office early this year.
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Western Avenue
Iowa Marine Drowns in Guam Service Seaman 24
Cedar Falls Iowa March 23 James Schroeder a member of the marine corps drowned at Guam where stationed a telegram to his mother from Washington said his body not recovered He is 24 and served in World War with Company C His father E E Schroeder lives at Webster City and a sister at Anamosa He died while in military service and his death is reported without details Also noted Oswego New York March 23 an 80 year old Civil War veteran has a baby boy born to his wife who is 34 The veteran already has two other children One son two years old and a third child from a former marriage nearing middle age
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Cedar Haplds
James Schroeder
Maine Corps
Guam
Washington
E. E. Schroeder
Webster City
Anamosa
Schroeder
Company C
Oswego, N
Ny Man Dutcher
Dutcher
Sally Rinker’s Sunset Inspires Schoolteacher’s Song
Sally Rinker travels from Ohio to Los Angeles to teach. Several hopeful suitors vie to capture last Moonday’s sunset in verse. Professor Milton Strop and Joseph Weston write lines, but Sally finds the real sunset in the Pacific and a bungalow gift.
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Sally Rinker
Ohio
Los Angeles
Sally
Utah Avenue
Joseph Weston
Ocean Avenue
Milton Strop
Strop
Steel Giants Report Slump Hit 1924 Profits
United States Steel General Motors and Bethlehem Steel released 1914 operations data showing a drop in overall business volume and lower profits than 1923. Gross incomes rose for US Steel but net income fell. General Motors and Bethlehem also posted reduced earnings per share and profits amid restrained costs.
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U._S
New York
General Motors
Bethlehem
United States Steel
Nenerd Motors
Bethlehem Steel
Won't Deliver Letter to St. Petersburg Now Leningrad
Berlin dispatch notes mail returned to German authorities marked to Saint Petersburg Russia. Soviet postal rules require addressing to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. St. Petersburg is now Leningrad, affecting delivery.
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St. Petersburg
Berlin
County
Jelty
Russia
Soviet Russia
St. Petersiburg
Leningrad
Cedar Rapids Driver Killed in Auto Race
Cedar Rapids racing figure Elmer L. Elliott was killed and H M Edwards injured in two crashes at the Gulf Coast Speedway. Elliott suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Elsie Elliott.
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Houston
Fox
Elmer L. Elliott
Cedar Rapids
H.M. Edwards
Gulf Coast Speedway
Elliott
Elsie Hiliott
French Unaware of Turkish Movements
Paris officials said they were ignorant of any major Turkish troop concentrations near Mosul despite Geneva dispatches. The border region holds an oil district in dispute between Turkey and Great Britain as S. C. White lies critically ill at his home.
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Paris
Mosui
Geneva
S. C. White
Turkey
Great Britain
Slump in Spring and Summer Hit Major Firms in 1924
Summaries of last year’s operation by Schwab of Bethlehem Gary of United States Steel and DuPont of General Motors show a spring and summer downturn with a late rebound. United States Steel opened at 86 percent capacity and fell to 56 percent by the third quarter, recovering to 69 in the fourth. Bethlehem opened at 74 percent, dropped to 31 percent, then recovered to 70 percent. Despite earnings declines, these firms strengthened their finances, GM reporting its best year end in history and remains optimistic for 1925 demand.
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Schwab
Bethlehem
Gary
Unied States Steel
DuPont
General Motors
Aus
United States Steel
Bethlehen
Creomulsion Cough Remedy Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a twofold remedy for chronic coughs colds bronchial issues and lung troubles. It claims creosote kills germs soothes inflamed membranes and that the product builds the system after colds with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
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Creomulsion Co
Atlanta, Ga
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