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Small and Big Facts of the Week
- A tenants' demonstration degenerates into brawls in Beirut. - 200,000 francs worth of jewelry is stolen from a Neuilly mansion. - The destroyer "Tiger" is undergoing testing in Saint-Nazaire. - In Brussels, two elderly men are murdered by their resident. - The daughter of the late Lord Curzon marries an equerry of the Prince of Wales. - A one-month-old baby leaves Paris by plane for Copenhagen. - The earth trembles in the Basses-Pyrénées. - The English motorist Campbell is driving at over 242 kilometers per hour. - The Los Angeles judge denies Charlot a monopoly on his attire. - A farmer, Mr. Evariste Jonchère, is awarded the Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture. - In Alfortville, an alcoholism tragedy leaves a widow and two orphans. - A fire devastates a village in Haute-Loire. - While trying to save his little daughter, an officer from Mézières drowns in Mar-Vivo. - In China, an American is murdered and another is captured by bandits. - In Biarritz, two Englishmen drown along with the lifeguard who was helping them. - Floods in Haute-Garonne claim 7 lives. - Several officers of the Russian merchant navy were expelled from Marseille. - A Casablanca-Dakar mail plane is attacked by natives. - 230 works by the painter Sargent are sold in London for 14.5 million. - A terrible fire destroys the superb Château de Randan. - Near Chamonix, three tourists fall 50 meters. - Italian driver Ascari is killed in Linas-Montlhéry during the Grand Prix of the Automobile Club of France. - Siki is injured in New York during a brawl. - French troops evacuate Essen.
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