World debts rise as US plans large long term bond issue
The United States faces a growing public debt with a projected deficit next year. Secretary Mellon announced an $800 million long term bond issue at 3 to 4 percent, to be dated June 1931 and maturing 1949, exempt from most taxes. The issue, likely oversubscribed, marks a shift to heavier borrowing despite a still fragile economy.
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Hough
United States
Treasury
Andrew
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew Metlon
Federal Reserve Banks
The Resurrection Teachings In Luke's Gospel
A compact preacher note on Luke 24 26 to 61 stressing the resurrection as core truth. It outlines the empty tomb the Emmaus journey and Jesus appearance and commission to the eleven with the ascension finishing the gospel narrative.
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Jesus
Christ
God
Luke
Peter
Emmaus
Jerusalem
Bible Not a Puzzle Lamp for a Wayfaring Man
Daniel Moore reminds readers that the Bible should not be treated as a riddle for the wise but as a guiding lamp for travelers on life’s road.
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Daniel Moore
Happiness and kindness as life’s true measure
A brief reflection on happiness asking what right one has to be joyful without making others happy, attributed to a Christian philosopher. The note emphasizes shared joy and moral duty in daily conduct.
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Chriatian Paith
We Need Not Fear We Know Him as Savior
A faith note affirming confidence in Jesus as Savior and not as judge, stressing Christian belief in salvation through Christ and encouraging trust in divine protection.
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Jesus
Him
Deadly grasses plague western elk and moose
The Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture warns that squirreltall and similar grasses with saw-toothed seeds injure and kill elk, deer, and moose by piercing mouths and causing infections. Efforts target eradicating the grasses from Wyoming’s elk refuge and North Dakota’s Sully’s Bill game preserve.
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Department of Agriculture
Elk Refuge
Wyoming
Sullys Bill
North Dakota
Son Relates Bold Kiss Prank At Charity Bazaar
Frederick Lonstale recalls a Hollywood charity bazaar tale where a father urged his son to kiss a seller. The son distracts the crowd, returns with a scream, and reveals he kept his dollar, proving not all screams come from romance.
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Frederick Lonstale
Hollywood
Detroit Free Press
Zipper Invention Spreads Worldwide Since Sundback 1914
The zipper, invented by Gideon Sundback of Sweden while in the United States, began as a safety device for pockets and expanded to tobacco pouches and children’s clothing. It is now manufactured worldwide in the United States, Canada, Austria, France, and Germany, with Sundback reaping significant rewards after earlier failed attempts.
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America
Supreme Court of the
United States
Minnesota
Hughes
Holmes, Brandeis, Stone and Roberts
Pierce Butler
van Devanter
McReynolds
Sutherland
Gideon Sundback
Canada
Austria
France
Germany
Sundback
Youthful Art Idea Cited In Plea To Teach Public Schools
Walter Bateson urged greater art appreciation in schools citing a museum scene where two girls misread works. The youths misidentified pieces from The Thinker to Calais burghers, Volga boatmen, and Coxey’s Army, but one boy saw a deeper story of hardship led by Moses and the Jews.
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Walter Bateson
Ein
Rodin
Calais
Volga
Coxey
Moses
Persia
Fellows' Syrup Boosts Vitality and Sleep for Weary Adults
An old advertisement touts Fellows' Syrup as a tonic for weakness nerves and run down conditions. It promises renewed energy appetite and deep sleep after several doses and urges readers to ask their druggist for the genuine product prescribed by doctors.
Far Future Earth Faces Eternal Sunlit Day
Dr. W J Spillman, consulting specialist, predicts a distant era when the earth never has water on the hot side and endlessly faces the sun while orbiting. The opposite side would remain about 50 degrees below zero as the sun sits overhead at all times.
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W. J. Spillman
Department of Agriculture
Jazz in Japan fuels rise of bands in schools
Japanese educators fear declining demand for gunka and Shoka war songs as students in schools and colleges organize bands and orchestras. Citizens widely hum popular airs, reflecting a broad interest in jazz and music education in the Rising Sun.
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Japan
One Carnegie's Boy and the Sydney Harbour Bridge
The feature profiles Lawrence Ennis, born in Edinburgh pits at eleven, who emigrated to America, trained as an engineer, and rose to lead the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia. His journey from working boy to chief constructor illustrates a remarkable self taught rise in the engineering world.
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Carnegie
Sydney Harbor
Australia
Lawrence Ennis
Edinburgh
America
Hotel Registrations In 1980 Fail To Span The Globe
A statistician notes that registered guests at New York hotels in 1980 would not nearly circle the globe. The enterprise has been abandoned, Life reports.
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New York
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