Soviet arms plan gets chilly reception in Geneva
In Geneva on April 17 the Soviet plan for world armament reductions faced a cool reception from members of the preparatory disarmament commission. Germany and others criticized the timing and feasibility, while Count Von Bernstorff supported the principles but urged postponement of final figures. Japan Chile and France rejected the project as impractical.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Japan
Chile
France
Talking Pictures May Be Basis for New Tongue
Hollywood April 17. Irving Thalberg asserts talking pictures may unite peoples as a universal language. He notes motion pictures are the first universal medium shaping a Brotherhood of Man and stresses need for prepared textbooks to teach future technique. The Gang on Hal Roach studio first voiced their lines in Small Talk and heard playback.
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International News Service
Hollywood
Irving Thalberg
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
University of Southern California
Brotherhood of Man
Commodore J. Stuart Blackton
Benjamin Glazer
Paul Bern
Frank Woods
Douglas Fairbanks
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Probes Conduct of Federal Judge Moscowitz in Secret Hearing
Congressional investigators accused Judge Grover M. Moscowitz of New York of favoritism toward a ring of bankruptcy lawyers. The image shows the investigating committee members and the judge with his chief counsel John W. Davis.
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Grover M. Moscowitz
New York
Congressional Investigating Committee
H. G. Rosboro
Joseph G. Rodgers
Pennsylvania
John Oberhoser
Utah
Guilford S. Jameson
Washington, D. C
H. St. George Tucker
Virginia
Homer W. Hall
Windis
J. Banks Curtz
Earl C. Michener
Michigan
C. Ellis Moore
Ohio
Moscowitz
John W. Davis
New Alloy Permivar Aids Telephone Technology
Boston April 17 Bell Telephone Company announces permivar a new alloy of iron nickel cobalt with unusual magnetic properties. Developed from permalloy this alloy promises advances in telephone apparatus by improving magnetic components and coil loading for submarine cable and other plant elements.
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International News Service
Boston
Bell Telephone Company
Herbert Brennan Conducts With Modern Stage Baton
Portrait-like line describes Herbert Brennan wielding a baton as a director adapts from the old megaphone to the microphone for contemporary stage direction.
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United Artists
Herbert Brennan
Harvard investigators report high rate of routine police cases
Boston April 17 Harvard investigators after a crime survey say more than 70 percent of criminal cases reported to Boston police end as routine reports. Rosa does not totter Ady.
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International News Service
Boston
Harvard
Ferris Woman Is President Church Body
Waco Presbytery session closes in Corsicana with officers installed led by Mrs. R. E. House Ferris as president and re-elected secretaries and treasurers. Dr John Harman Burma of Trinity University spoke on university conditions.
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Ferris
Corsicana
Tex
Waco
Continent Funds
R. If. Evans
Red Oak
National and Foreign Missions
G. FE. Kimes
Kerens
W. K. Sneed
Wortham
G. W. McWhirter
Waxahachie
J. M
Detroit Gains 16 Million in Auto Taxes
Detroit reports $16,266,794 in automobile taxes for the year ending March 1, up $2,077,129 from the prior year, reflecting a notable surge in revenue for the city.
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International News Service
Detroit
Charters Issued for Mid Tex Oil & Gas Co and Development Co
In Austin on April 17 a charter was issued for Mid Tex Oil & Gas Co of Abilene with capital stock 100000, incorporators CC Taylor JN Sloan AF Schaefer and others. Also chartered was 3 Development Co of Dallas with capital stock 3000, incorporators HH Givan J Erwin Shilg and Charles W Almstead.
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Austin
Mid Tex Oil & Gas Co
Abilene
Capital Stock
CC. B. Taylor
J. N. Sloan
A. F. Schaefer
G. A. 3. Development Co
Dallas
H. H. Givan
J. Erwin Shilg
Charles W. Almstead
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