Franco mutiny and Allied warnings roiled world
A sweeping World Review reports Franco's revolution in Spain deepened by mutinies among Fascist troops. Mutinies erupted in Spanish Morocco with arrests and executions, while Franco rushed there. Reports claimed Italian troops in Ceuta, later denied, and a wide-reaching plot implicated many air force officers as government forces push toward Pozoblanco.
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Eneral
Franco
Spain
Spanish Morocco
Ceuta
Morocco
Air
Cordoba
Pozoblanco
Saion
Great Britain
France
Ancient temple carved from single rock found in Mexico
In Malinalco near Mexico City a massive one piece temple rises on a summit. The round structure features a snake mouth entry, carved eagles and tigers, and stairways with traces of ancient paintings. Jose Garcia Payon leads further excavations uncovering related buildings and artifacts.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Malinalco
State of
Jose Garcia Payon
Spodumene Ready for Broad Industry Use
New York reports a simple lime kiln process to separate spodumene from ore. The purified 80 to 90 percent lithium source can aid lithium chloride production and glass batches, with beta spodumene avoiding expansion that damaged pottery. Potters urged to adopt beta form for kiln use.
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New York
United States Bureau of Mines
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Oliver C. Ralston
Foster Frans
Bureau
Source of Prophecy Lies in Careful Study of Nature
An essay discusses prophecy arising from nature rather than mysticism, focusing on chemistry. It explains free energy and thermodynamic happiness, the role of entropy, and notes California scientists Stephenson and Giauque confirming the third law for certain substances.
Odd Statistics On Widowed and Divorced Marriages
New York study of 1932 to 1934 marriage data finds widowed and divorced men who remarry tend to wed spinsters more often, while divorced women tend toward widowers if not marrying bachelors. Divorced individuals more often take second spouses who were not previously married, and those with multiple marriages tend to avoid single partners.
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New York
New York State
New York City
Statistical Bulletin of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Causes of Plant Cancer Sought in Bacillus
Researchers at Columbia University and Montefiore Hospital isolate a phosphorus containing material from the body of Bacillus tumefaciens, the plant tumor producer behind crown gall. The substance, related to brain and liver tissues, uses Yale chemistry to identify an acid fraction that stimulates rapid plant cell multiplication.
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New York
Erwin Chargaff
Michael Levine
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Montefiore Hospital
J. Anderson
Yale University
Cellophane Evolution From Fiber to Film History
The text traces early discoveries by Dr. J. E. Bran of Bern and Brandenberger’s work in France around 1900 on thin viscose sheets for a tablecloth. It explains how viscose sheets led to cellophane and rayon, noting both were little used until moisture processing enabled their rise as products, with Cellophane and rayon sharing a path from the same base material.
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George Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
United States
J. E. Bran
Bern
France
James Bowie and His Fatal Knife Tale of the frontier fighter and his infamous blade
James Bowie, famed as a tough frontiersman and later Texas insurgent leader, supposedly crafted a two edged nine inch knife after a street brawl left him slashed. He copied it from a wooden model, displayed it among frontier men, and the weapon earned fear and respect as he terrorized foes. His life intertwined with the knife and with Texas independence, shaping a legendary frontier career.
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James Bowie
Bowie
Tom
Kai
Kniltt
Texas
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