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Small and Big Facts of the Week
In Madrid, a 17-year-old Spaniard kills his two brothers with an axe. The Turkish government makes mass arrests of striking telegraph operators. At Orly, a plane crashes into a tree. Vermandel wins the Midi cycling criterium. The National Chess Congress will be held in September in Nice. In Rio de Janeiro, a statue of Pasteur is unveiled. A film factory explodes in Strasbourg. A mad passenger throws himself into the sea in Marseille harbor. Near Ecouen, a lady of the manor was held captive by her husband. Miss Harrison tries in vain to swim across the English Channel. At Le Portel, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, a drifting wagon collides with a tram and seriously injures six Parisian bathers. By mistake, a military aviator bombs a farm in the Marne. Italian Bottecchia wins the Tour de France. The Portuguese Cabinet resigns. On Rue Ballu, a young engineer falls from the 6th floor and gets up without serious injuries. A fire breaks out in a Roubaix factory. An American donates the restored Doyenné tower to Chalon-sur-Saône. French architects stand out in a competition held in Malta. 250,000 English weavers threaten to strike. The Invalides train station is blocked for several hours by a derailment. In Paris, two women abandon a baby in a taxi. The mayor of Avignon resigns. A free "relegated" man seriously stabs a man and a woman. A Parisian antiques dealer is evicted from his shop in Saint-Malo. The bank employees' strike is in full swing in Marseille.
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