Nouvelles des ports

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor

Rafiots et compagnies

aquarelle marine cargo au mouillage - marine watercolor cargo ship at anchor

Nouvelles des escales

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor


Le Funi - May 03, 1925


Small and Big Facts of the Week

- The Soviets refuse to participate in the arms trade conference.

- Five hundred thousand francs worth of jewelry are stolen from a traveler in a Monte Carlo hotel.

- The Porte de Bretagne in Péronne is listed as a historic monument.

- The Duke of Brabant leaves for the Congo.

- Tornadoes wreak havoc in the United States.

- A 400,000-ton mass of earth moves to Norway.

- In Saint-Étienne, a fire destroys a large timber depot.

- Edouard Herriot is elected President of the Chamber.

- The American airship "Los Angeles" goes to Bermuda with 56 people on board.

- A fire destroys the stage of the "Alhambra" music hall.

- In Belgium, Catholics and liberals refuse to collaborate with the Socialist ministry.

- Mr. Clément Ader, the father of aviation, has just lost his wife.

- While passing through Paris, the King and Queen of England place a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

- On Rue Danrémont, a gang of communists fire sixteen revolver shots at members of the League of Patriots, killing three.

- Lieutenant Thoret, along with a passenger, holds the plane in the air, propeller stalled, for more than three hours.

- English taxpayers will soon be relieved of their taxes.

- In America, the French champion Mascart is disqualified for a dirty trick in a match against Al. Corbett.

- Between Liverdun and Frouard, a shot is fired by a worker into a first-class train car.

- A jewelry store is looted in Noisy-le-Sec by nighttime robbers. - The ocean liner "Alba" arrives in Bordeaux with 140 Black people who will form the "Negro Village" at the Decorative Arts Exhibition.

- The President of the Portuguese Republic resigns.

- Hindenburg is elected President of the Reich.

- One dead and several injured in Guadeloupe following an election rally.

- Amateur boxer Woillard is assassinated on Boulevard de la Villette.

- Sick and destitute, two married couples living on Place du Maine commit suicide.

Funi 1925 05 03 The Little and Big Facts of the Week


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