G.O.P and Britain Face Pension Talks and Balkan Shifts
A sweeping analysis outlines Republican plans to reform social security with a $30 monthly federal contribution and 60 year age limit, alongside a broad Democratic counterproposal. It notes Britain's intensified trade protections, German moves toward Ukraine and Memel, and Franco-Italian tensions reshaping world power and economics.
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U. S
Washington
Massachusetts
Allen T. Treadway
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Rising Far East Tensions Loch Japan China Russia threaten major crisis
The article warns of an imminent Far Eastern crisis involving Japan China and Russia. It details Japanese military and economic moves in Manchuria Shansi and Canton and disputes over fishing rights Sakhalin and the Chinese eastern railway. It notes US Britain and others edging toward a unified protest with little expected effect.
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Japan
China
Russia
Manchuria
Shansi
Chiang Kai-shek
Canton
Tokyo
Sakhalin Island
Moscow
Great Britain
U. S
U. S. State Department
Nelson T. Johnson
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Possible mayor bid touches Harold Ickes and others
The item notes Harold L. Ickes may retire to seek the Democratic nomination for Chicago mayor. It also mentions John Nance Garner facing a path to the presidency among Detroit friends, Anthony Eden’s possible return to the cabinet, and Massachusetts Rep. Joseph Martin poised to win the House Republican leadership on the first ballot next month with strong party backing.
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Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Chicago
John Nance Garner
U. S
Detroit
Texas
Garner
Anthony Eden
Neville Chamberlain
Massachusetts
Rep
Joseph Martin
House
Pan American Conference Struggles With Yankee Imperialism Critique
U S delegates head to Lima for the Pan American conference amid cool reactions from 20 nations. Critics warn of Yankee imperialism as they note South American centers in Rome Paris Madrid and insist on Europe trade. Obstacles include Mexico expropriation policy and Argentina’s Italy Germany ties, with defense unity seen as aspirational.
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Great Britain
Germany
England
Export Credits Department
China
Berlin
Mexico
Britain
London
Lima
U. S
North
Rome
Paris
Madrid
Pan America
Europe
Cordell Hull
Hull
Argentina
Italy
Roosevelt
Shapely Neck Aims At Posture For Fashionable Look
Patricia Lindsay advises that fashion now favors erect posture and graceful carriage. She emphasizes firm shoulders, a beautiful neck, and grooming routines from morning cleansing to neck exercises inspired by the Gibson Girl era. A simple breast stroke-inspired exercise helps shape shoulders.
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Bell Syndicate
Hint of the Day Eye Mask Promises Fresh-Looking Eyes
A Paris beauty secret offers featherweight masques soaked in a soothing solution to relieve eye tension and fatigue. Place a pad on each eye for five minutes of cooling relief, leaving eyes looking clear and radiant for hours with a harmless treatment.
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Paris
Quinine and the Cinchona Bark Discovery
A Washington Post account recalls Countess Chin chon whose malaria cured in 1638 by tea from cinchona bark inspired widespread use. The quinine tree name honors her, and over three centuries quinine has saved countless malaria lives in tropical regions.
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Countess Chinchon
Peru
Washington Post
Spain
Action at Aquila Imagined Place in Novel
The note describes Aquila as an imaginary town near Luray Virginia, north of the Shenandoah River and west of the Blue Ridge. It places Aquila a few miles south of Luray in a Shenandoah River setting within the fictional landscape of the work titled Action at Aquila.
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Aquila
Luray
Blue Ridge
Shenandoah River
Gabby Hartnett and Carmichael Highlight This Week’s News
The piece profiles Gabby Hartnett a Cubs catcher hitting .296 with a 16 year span of high play and Phil Wrigley extending his player manager contract. It also notes Dr Carmichael of Vanderbilt urging security against stagnation and his Alabama roots, set after a southern business leaders conference in Atlanta.
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New York
Gabby Hartnett
Gabby
Phil Wrigley
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
R. Oliver Cromwell Carmichael
Southern Business Leaders
Atlanta
Vanderbilt
Dr. Carmichael University
Noted British Politician Amery and Nazi Exiles contrasted
A hard boiled British reporter and Leopold Amery are profiled amid tensions over appeasement and empire. Amery denounces negotiating with dictators while Grosz, expelled by the Nazis, seeks exile in America, where he remains a prolific caricaturist and painter in Queens.
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Leopold S. Amery
London Times
Mr. Chamberlain
Kipling
India
Oxford
Admiralty
Empire
Cambridge
England
George Grosz
Hitler
Art Students’ League
League
John Sloan
Queens
Lovely Doilies Pattern for Crocheting Fast
Learn to crochet lovely doilies in a short time using four strands of string. Pattern 1715 gives directions, stitch illustrations, materials, and a photograph. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York. Include name and address.
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Eedlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N.o
Foe of Tranquility Quote on Unreadiness and Disorder
A fragment quotes Jeremy Taylor noting that lack of readiness and inconsideration threaten peace of mind. It emphasizes how surprise and confusion disturb a settled spirit and tranquil conditions.
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Jeremy Taylor
Absent minded gangster and other quick sketches
A collection of wry maxims and a joke about an absent minded gangster who trained his machine gun on his own secretary. The quip humor centers on workplace irony and ambition.
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Lord Stanley Baldwin
King George VI
Chamberlain
National Association of Manufacturers
Lord Baldwin
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Reich
France
Ukraine
Poland
Polish Ukraine
Russian Ukraine
Soviet Republic
Persia
Afghanistan
Balkans
Jugoslavia
Milan Stoyadinovich
Balkan
Tunisia
Corsica
Nice
Savoy
Suez Canal
Ethiopia
Treadway
Anthony Eden Mr. Chamberlain
Asia
Pan-America
By Patricia Lindsay
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Syria
WNU
Plato
Dean
Doan
Doans
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