Peking’s Glory Declining After Uprising
International News Service reports Peking fading from China’s national life after the capital moved to Nanking. The once cosmopolitan city, with the Forbidden City and legations, is described as a museum of imperial grandeur as chaos from the Boxer Rebellion and Sun Yat-sen’s Kuomintang reshaped the nation.
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George Adams
Forbidden City
China
Edward 8. Corwin
Princeton University
Carnegie Foundation
Rome
Peking
Canton
Sun Yat-sen
Kuomintang Party
Chiang Kai-shek
Socony Hill
Yangtze
Gobi Desert
Great Wall
Legation
Nanking
Electrical wiring reach in New England homes
Eighty four percent of New England homes and farms are wired for electricity. The New England Council released figures showing about 1 650 000 wired homes out of a total 1 960 000.
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International News Service
Boston
New England
New England Council
Electrification progress and national contrasts in 1930s headlines
United States homes wired 64 percent with New England leading. New Hampshire reports 97 percent service, New York higher. Blood selling for transfusions grows in Long Beach. Berlin war book Nothing New On The Western Front sells 200000 copies. Sao Paulo credits cooperatives exceed 100 to fund farmers and builders.
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Berlin
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Texas Solons to Bryan C C Convention
A large portion of the Texas Legislature plus Governor Moody left Austin for Bryan to attend the Fast Texas chamber of commerce meeting and visit A and M College. Moody will speak on arrival with penitentiaries likely as a topic. The House returns to face a four cent gasoline tax bill advancing from a favorable committee report.
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United Treas
Austin
Tex
Bryan
Moody
Senate
House
Texas Chamber of Commerce
A. & M. College
Tillotson
Sealy
Nervous Women Praise Capudine
Delicately poised women with nerve strain praise Capudine for quick nerve relief and pain ease. As a liquid it acts instantly, faster than tablets and powders, contains no opiates and does not upset the stomach. Sold by druggists in 50¢ and 60¢ sizes.
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Ady
Gasoline Tax Exemption Plea Aimed at Municipal Use
George Purl of Dallas sought an exemption for gasoline used by cities in fire departments and other municipal purposes. The attempt to exempt gasoline for farm needs motor boats and airplanes was made but failed.
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George Purl
Dallas
Drug Den Fixed Like Movie Set in Indianapolis
Police in Indianapolis arrested two Black men on narcotics charges after uncovering an opium den recreated as a film scene. A woman clerk simulated solitaire while clients prepared drugs using a red lamp, playing cards, a table knife, and cocaine divided into squares.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Hidden drug den with secret capsule cache uncovered
Police raided a hidden drug den where a secret compartment in an ornamental paper weight held 46 narcotic capsules. The rooms were furnished with beds, heavy carpeting, and soft red lighting to muffle activity.
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