Peace motion bitterly hit in British debate
In London Feb 6 the House of Commons rejected Labourite George Lansbury's motion for Britain to sponsor an immediate international peace conference. The chamber passed a amended motion 164 to 118, while earlier it defeated the original 228 to 137. Imperialist papers attacked Lansbury and Lloyd George, urging empire allegiance over peace talks.
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G. H. Anderson
London
George Lansbury
Great Britain
House of Commons
Lansbury
David Lloyd George
Europe
Morning Post
the Express
Britain
League of Nations
Bank of France Cuts Discount Rate Again
The Bank of France reduced its discount rate to 3 1/4 percent from 4 percent marking a second cut in a month. It had earlier been cut from 5 percent on January 9 and previously spiked to 6 percent last November to curb gold withdrawals.
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Paris
Bank of France
Touts at Oxford parties push illegal services in tea rooms
In Oxford England women at church tea parties and political meetings encounter touts seeking clients for illegal services. Prices start at 85 cents and go up. West Winfield Pennsylvania has built a modern recreation room and dance hall 300 feet underground in an old mine.
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Oxford
England
Touts
West Winfield
Job seekers and help wanted notices in brief classifieds
A page of short ads lists people seeking work and housing help from readers. entries include a man seeking any advancement job, a Texas couple requesting a good honest match for marriage, a Hart woman seeking a housemaid, a reader needing work with multiple skills, and a man seeking to adopt a child.
Boy Scouts Mark 26th Anniversary In Amarillo
More than a thousand youths in the Amarillo area will register for the 26th year of Boy Scouting with closing festivities for the silver anniversary led by Chief Marvin J. Paul. Next week emphasizes commemorations across civic clubs and radio programs while Adult Scout leaders meet at San Jacinto Methodist Church. The annual Round-Up is canceled this year due to a three day field meet planned for May.
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Amarillo
America
Marvin J. Paul
Paul
Scout Movement
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Mrs Vivian Bryan Returns From Chicago Beauty Meet
Mrs Vivian Bryan in charge of the Charles of the Ritz Make-up Salon at Marizon Co. 705 Polk Street has returned from a week long trip to Chicago where she attended a national meeting of beauty and make up specialists.
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Chicago
Vivian Bryan
Charles
Marizon Co
Polk Street
New Amarillo Office Speeds U S Treasury Payments
A state disbursing office branch in Amarillo will handle rehabilitation loans subsistence grants and payrolls for the Settlement Administration. E C Hodges Jr assists as disbursing officer with an accounting department led by R A Boyett at 216 and 230 Amarillo Building. The San Antonio office supervises this emergency operation.
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United States Treasury Department
Amarillo
Resettlement Administration
E. C Hodges, Jr
R. A Boyett
Amarillo Building
San Antonio
Row Over Smoking at Bucyrus Public Library
City Auditor Clarence Oppenlander likely found on the library steps due to a dispute. The library board allowed use of a room for the auditor but required him to follow the no smoking rule.
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Bucyrus, CO
U.P
Clarence Oppenlander
Library Board
Oppenlander
Indians Wealth Sharers and Bird Tactics From Montana
In Dillon Montana Professor H A Turney High of Missouri explains that ancient Indian tribes practiced share the wealth ideals among the Flathead with rich food gifts. He notes that prestige came not from wealth but generous distribution. Separately, a zoological observation states that water sleeping birds circle by tucking a foot and paddling with the other to avoid grounding ashore.
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