Left Wing Laborites Oppose Royal Pensions in Commons
New York dispatch reports Britain may debate a life pension for former King Edward amid strong left wing Labour opposition led by Maxton Buchannan McGovern and Hardie. They decry royal expenses while recalling past blasts on monarchy and royal funding debates.
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Dewitt Mackenzie
Associated Press
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Noted World War Figure Dead
Paris reports the death of Alexander M. Thackara aged 88 a former US consul general at Paris from 1913 to 1924 known for aiding Americans to leave Europe in World War I He died of bronchial pneumonia at the American Hospital in Neuilly where he had resided Thackara received the Croix de Guerre on October 24 1934.
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Algxelder M. Thackara
Europe
Thackara
United States
Neuilly
Cows React With Jazz to Radio in Barn Experiment
In Lancaster a dairy farmer reports his 31 cows showed immediate interest when a radio played. Cows preferred snappy tunes over dreamy waltzes and despised symphonies and speeches, with music boosting worker vigor in the barn.
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Lancaster
Park Miller
Miller
Reception Highlights Honor Pershing and Strauss Attendees
At a reception attended by General John J. Pershing and the late Jesse I. Strauss then United States ambassador to Paris. The report notes their presence and the ceremonial context of the event.
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John J. Pershing
Jesse I. Strauss
United States
Paris
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