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Small and Big Facts of the Week
- Floods claim one hundred lives in Mexico. - 14,000 quintals of straw burn in a military hangar on Boulevard Lefebvre. - In Vichy, a Parisian woman is robbed of a 120,000-franc necklace. - Seven foreign students are expelled from Belgium for communist activities. - The French Aeronautical League holds its general meeting under the chairmanship of aviator Fonck. - Ticket sales for the Decorative Arts Exhibition are banned on public roads. - A violent storm breaks out in Lyon, Toul, and Nancy, causing extensive damage. - An American woman commits suicide in a taxi while walking in the Bois-de-Boulogne. - Due to the drought, several neighborhoods in Berlin are experiencing water shortages. - The fishing season will open next Sunday, June 21. - A Turkish woman gives birth to four children. - In Magic City, the "Little Manufacturers" elect their queen. - The United States issues a loan in favor of Belgium. - Several thousand workers go on strike in Nantes. - The peacekeepers will wear summer uniforms. - The Frenchman Bizot is world champion of checkers. - Provençal festivals and races are held in Buffalo. - In England, four people are crushed by an express train. - The Reich will build a cruiser and five torpedo boats. - At the Paris circus, the boxer Ledoux is beaten by Kid Francis. - The Neuilly festival is open. - Commander Teste's plane catches fire at Villacoublay.
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