Two Boys Help Miss Riley Through Christmas Kindness
Billie and Joe plan a secret good deed by delivering coal and food to Miss Riley, inspired by Jim Jones’s Scout example. They are surprised by Jim, confess the mission, and Mrs Riley receives a generous basket as Christmas air and a lighted tree mark the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illie Jones
Jim
Billie
Joe Perkins
Joe
Fellows
Toe
Riley
Western Newspaper Union
Kidnaping of Chiang Kai-shek and peace talks loom
Reports from Sianfu and Tokyo describe Chiang Kai-shek's kidnapping by Chang Hsueh-liang and warnings of possible war as Japan and Russia tensions flare. Separate items note Buenos Aires peace measures, industrial mobilization plans, American millionaires, electoral college reform talks, and Britain’s renewed debt default hints.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Far East
China
Sianfu
Shensi Province
Chang Hsueh-liang
Manchuria
Japan
Nanking
Chiang
Hai-shek
Kuomintang
Chang
Russia
Tokyo
Naval Command
Tass
Moscow
Marshal Chang
Kang
Fair Competition Act Favored by Berry Council
The council approves a committee report urging a general fair competition act modeled on NRA concepts. It would restrict business unless government price, advertising, wage, and hour standards are followed and create an administrative body to investigate and prosecute violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
NRA
Council For Industrial Progress
George L. Berry
Mediation Proposal Aims to End Spanish War Global Effort
France and Britain issued a joint invitation to Germany Italy Russia and Portugal to join a mediation plan to halt the Spanish conflict. They spoke as the League of Nations council met in Geneva to hear Madrid Valencia’s appeal over Fascist recognition. The aim is to let the Spanish people vote by ballot on a Fascist or Socialist government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Russia
Portugal
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Madrid-Valencia
Britain
Good Resolutions For A Helpful Life By Mrs H B Stowe
A moral list urging silence and restraint, avoiding fault finding, and reframing happiness to not burden others. It also praises praise as a virtue and cites the Burke quote about struggle strengthening us.
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H. B. Stowe
Spoon Bread Recipe From Cornmeal And Milk
Simple bread from cornmeal using milk boiling water and optional rice. Ingredients include butter salt and eggs and it bakes in a moderate oven for about thirty minutes.
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Deel
Joclle Webb Pearson
Alice B. Palmer
Lois
Mother
Kisil
Julia
Mrs. Allen
Outlding
Eawaed
W. Pickauc
Lee
Buenos Aires
War Woodring
Secretary of the Navy
Swanson
War Department
War Policies Commission
War and Navy Departments
Bureau of Internal Revenue
United States Treasury
United States
Internal Revenue
New York
Electoral College
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Washington
Norrixproval
Congress
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Clarence Lea
California
Roosevelt
Landon
London
Lea
Finland
Burke
Fecljre
Herbert Hoover
WNU
Uh Voley
Wagmac CO
Milnesia
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