Nazi regime curbs farm girls leaving country for work
Berlin dispatch reports drastic measures halt farm population drift to cities. Berlin will issue work permits only rarely for outsiders likely earning under 1400 dollars annually, applying to all labor including servants. The policy blocks GDR rural maids sought by wealthy urban households. Summer resorts barred hiring farmers' daughters as chambermaids and waitresses, especially in Bavaria and the Black Forest.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Federal Labor Office
Mecklenburg
Bavaria
Black Forest
Kellogg's Rice Krispies: A Breakfast Favorite
Kellogg in Battle Creek markets Rice Krispies as a ready to eat breakfast cereal. It offers nourishment from wholesome rice and is easy to digest. The product promises a lively crackle when milk or cream is poured, appealing to children and suitable for lunch as well.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Farm to city migration spurs U.S. labor shifts
The article notes city lodging and railway hiring trends pushing workers toward urban jobs. If farm movement persists, the federal labor office may draft industrial plants for workers with farming backgrounds, while protecting skilled trades such as watchmaking and carpentry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Labor Office
Germany
Model T Ford Wrecks Amarillo Fire Truck
The No. 5 hose truck of the Amarillo Fire Department was badly damaged yesterday afternoon when rammed by a Model T Ford. No one was injured. Damage estimated over 100 dollars. Accident at Fifth Avenue and Madison Street as the fire truck returned from a false alarm. Ford driven by H. M. Beeler. Truck hit amidship by 829-B Florida Street, L. J. Redus was driving the truck.
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Amario
Fifth Avenue
Madison Street
H. M. Beeler
Florida Street
L. J. Redus
Africa Moves to Put Air Services Under Government Control
Minister Pirow announces absorption of Union Airways into Railway Administration. Regular internal air services will be government controlled with plans to take over Southwest Airways and start new routes. Existing Durban Capetown service to continue, plus revival of Johannesburg Durban and new Capetown Windhoek and Johannesburg Lourenco Marques routes. Switzerland reports 15.49 percent of population trained for military service.
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Capetown
Windhoek
Johannesburg
Lourenco Marques
Mapmakers error sparks Franco Spanish talk on Ifni boundary
A map mistake naming a dry river bed in Northwest Africa triggers a Franco Spanish boundary dispute over Ifni. A mixed commission searches for the northern limit, with issues of sovereignty over the population and customs posed, while Spain’s occupation raises questions about frontier guards and contraband arms.
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Richard G. Massock
Paris
Africa
France
Spain
Ifnt
Ifpi
Tini
Morocco
Foreign
Ifni
Isml
Merebbi Rebbe
Wadi Draa
Wad Nun
Wad Bu Sedra
Capaz
Wad Souleguemat
Alt Bouamaren
Uncle Sam to Create Insular Territories Bureau in Interior
The United States plans a new permanent agency in the Interior Department to govern outlying domains. The bureau of territories and insular possessions will centralize Hawaiian Alaskan and Virgin Islands affairs and move Puerto Rican records from the War Department. It aims to coordinate with Britain’s colonial office and prepare for future independence timelines.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Great Britain
Colonial Office
Interior Department
United States
America
War Department
Virgin Islands
Warden Arrested in Partridge Case in Michigan
Escanaba veteran game warden Herman Leisner who served 24 years arrested and prosecuted his younger brother for killing partridges out of season. A separate note mentions male fur seals guarding their harems from April to July without food or rest.
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Brothe
Escanaba
Mich
Herman Leisner
Michigan Conservaton Department
Leisner
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