League rebuke to Japan over China crisis and U S protest
League of Nations warns Japan as hostilities in China intensify. Secretary Stimson rejects Japan’s claims to Shanghai settlement as a base for military action, pledging U S responsibility if Chinese fire on the settlement. London and Washington react as troops shell near foreign zones.
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Tapan
Shanghai
Japan
Council of
League of Nations
Tokyo
League
China
Germany
Juge-Sluria
Stimson
Anolther Stern
Shanglei
Debuchi
United States
London
MacDonald
Japanese Ultimatum and U.S. Reform Proposals Highlight Crisis
Japan presses Gen Chiang Kai-shek to withdraw troops from Shanghai and threatens force while Tokyo seeks 40 000 to 45 000 fresh troops to Shanzhai. American protests over raids continue as Hoover asks Congress for a broad government reorganization for tax relief and streamlined federal offices including a new public works and personnel administration office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Department of Commerce
Interior
Hla Care
To Ching
Tai Ting Kal
Sheanghai
Chiang Fai-shek
Shanghai
Ariki
Hirohito
Shanzhai
Cunningham
American Methodist Church
South
Arthur Ringwalt
Tokyo
Preoent Hoover
Congress
Public Works
Democratic House Proposes Tax and Economy Agenda
Democratic leaders push a multi bill strategy to cut expenses and curb government costs. The Ways and Means Committee reviews a revenue plan including a gasoline tax and a 7 percent tax on domestic light and gas bills. The treasury notes a prior overestimate and seeks higher totals while accounting for reconstruction and veterans relief expenses.
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House
Garner
Hoover
Ilainey
Minois
Treasury
Ways and Means
Reconstruction — Corporation
Senate votes on relief bill and Glass-Steagall reform
A Senate vote of 35 to 8 defeated the La Follette money bill for 700 million dollars from the federal treasury for state relief and highway projects. Progresive bloc supported it while sixteen Democrats and six Republicans joined to pass. The chamber then moved to the Glass-Steagall bill to liberalize the federal reserve and expand credit across the banking system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Iis
Senate
Federal Reserve
House
Cardozo Named to Supreme Court by Foover
President Foover nominated Benjamin Nathan Cardozo chief judge of the New York state court of appeals to fill one Supreme Court seat. Senate confirmation expected. Norris leads judiciary committee amid protests. Cardozo’s praise comes from Norris, Reed, Waterman, and Wagner despite opposition from some groups.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Foover
Benjamin Nathan Cardoz
New Turk State Court of Appeals
Senate
Norris
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Cardian
Uberals
Nebraska
Reed
Pennsylvania
Watewn
Odin
Wagner
New York
Resignation Shocks Fiat as Laval Steps Down
Jerre Laval resigns as premier of Fiat amid confidence vote in parliament. Pansaniere, former premier, agrees to help form a new government as talks proceed on leadership and policy direction.
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Jerre Laval
Fiat
Hig E«Ablet
Pansaniere
Garner Emerges as Texas Support Grows for Presidential Bid
Texas Senators Morris Sheppard and Tom Connally announce Garner as a favored son and likely Texas delegation choice, praising his brief speakership and long House career. Garner denies speaking for any campaign while the plan gains momentum nationally in a broad Democratic push.
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Peaker
John N. Garner
Texas
Morris
Sheppard
Tom Connally
Garner
I.e
Stalesman
Texvn
Turkey's Weik-Rusahdi Bey Pushes Frontiers Fraternization
At the Geneva disarmament conference a Turkish deputy, Tu Weik-Rusahdi Bey, urged that frontier politics fade amid nations' fraternization. He backed international aviation oversight and opposed alliances, aligning with France on civil aviation and weapons bans. Germany proposed sweeping disarmament steps.
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TU Weik- Rusahdi Bey
Turkey
Geneva
Turk
Thut
Who
Germany
Actress Minnie Madder Fiske Dies in Hollis at Sixty Seven
Mrs Minnie Madder Fiske longtime leading American actress died in Hollis after three months fitness at sixty seven. Her passing mourned nationwide as she entertained for half a century with notable stage work. Also noted: Speyer, dubbed the man without a country, died in Berlin after a career as British financier and adviser before World War I.
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Minnie Madder
N Fiske
America
Hollis
L. L
Stesideor Speyer
Berlin
Firivg Counelior
Germany
Wesarn Newapaper Union
Rio Grande shifting boundary prompts boundary debate
National Geographic bulletin describes how the Rio Grande acts as a shifting boundary with erosion, new channels, and cross-border movement. It notes crossers, smugglers, and disputed banks where land changes hands between the United States and Mexico.
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Washington
Rio Grande
Mexico
Texas
United States
National Geographic Society
St. Lawrence
Detroit Rivers
Big Grande
Rio Grande Valley
Tio Grande
Riaes
Lower
United
Palace 3000 Years Old Unearthed in Egypt
Cairo reports a palace about three thousand years old likely linked to Queen Nefertiti was found at Tel el Amarna by Feypilan Exploration Society. The discovery includes a sandstone relief said to be a lifelike portrait. Nefertiti, wife of Akhenaten, preceded Tutankhamun.
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Cairo
Nefertit
Feypilan Exploration Society
Tel-el-Amarna
Akhenaten
Tut-Ankh-Amen
Oak tree once used as whipping post endures in Alfred Maine
In Alfred Maine a historic oak tree that served as a whipping post during colonial blue laws remains standing. The relic marks a past legal practice and stands as a tangible link to the town’s history.
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Alfred
Maine
Blind to See Usual Print by New Device
MEM Thomas and Conrand present the photo electrograph, a device that makes ordinary print legible for the blind. A light passes over the page, illuminating letters which are shown in relief and magnified elsewhere for touch reading. Braille can also be read, with compact inked characters on smooth pages reducing production size and cost.
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Poria
Mem
Thomas
Conrand
Trotsky Rebels Hinder Stalin Regime In Moscow Clash
London reports that Trotzkyites challenge Stalinist rule in Moscow. Rebels allegedly control key economic points, fund operations at about 15000 dollars monthly, and pursue return to Mis tow led by Trotsky and allied groups. Russian officials complain to Turkey over unresolved protests.
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London
Russia
Stalin
Moscow
Trotsky
Turkey
Trotzkyites
Ers
Daily Mail
Trotzky
Mistow
Trotzky Himseclf
Trotekystes
Troteky
Preobrazhensky
Ike
Infulia
Tassia
Stolin
Prince Seizes Belongings but Alfonso’s Items Held
The Spanish Republican government shipped several cases of clothing and household silver to the prince of Asturias but did not return Alfonso or Queen Vittoria’s personal property. An emissary’s intervention forced the transfer of silverware, a gift from the prince’s English grandmother, Princess Beatrice, amid ongoing disputes over gifts and ownership.
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Paria
Prince of Asturias
Alfonso
Vittoria
Beatrice
Radio and Movies Create New Standard of Speech
Dr May E Lommel of the University of California tells the Sarsonal Association of Teachers of Speech convention that radio and talking pictures set a new national speech standard. He warns uniformity may erase quaint localisms and calls laziness a major hurdle to correct speech while noting growing diction awareness among the young.
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America
May E. Lommel
University of California
Sarsonal Association of Teachers of Speech
Doctor Immel
Ohioans to Build House of Welded Steel Sheets
The world’s first welded steel sheet house will rise soon in Solon Ohio and nearby Cleveland. Built by American Rolling Mill of Middletown and a Cleveland group the eight room two bath home will cost less than a wooden house and include a two car garage. Exterior asbestos sheet and insulated interior with about fourteen tons of steel used.
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Cleveland
Solon
Axan
American Rolling Mill Company
Middletown
Ohio
Inns Claim Age Record Griston England
Two inns contend as England’s oldest hostelries. The Rumner ion’s license dates to 1241. A city plan from 1250 to 1830 notes the Full Moon hotel as an apparently venerable inn.
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Griston
Eng
England
Fire in Home Kept Burning 50 Years
Ephriam Scroggs, early settler, started a fire in his home on his wedding night and kept it burning for five years. His niece Mrs. Ellen Lippard recounts that the couple left only once for a night and a day, yet the fire remained banked and unextinguished.
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Statesville
N. O
Ephriam Scroggs
Ellen Lippard
Surrender Possible Noted in Alfonso’s Table Service Battle
The report suggests surrender may be possible while Alfonso’s request to release his own table service was denied, outlining a disputed request and its denial.
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Spalo
Alfonso
Noninflammable Gas Is Perfected in Jersey Bayway
Standard Oil of New Jersey reports a new gasoline that will not catch fire when exposed to a flame. J. A. Masury notes the fuel shares characteristics with street gasoline and has a flash point similar to diesel or furnace oils.
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Jersey Bayway
J.—A
Standard Ol Company
New Jersey
A. PF. Masury
Ordnance Finance Committees
The
Society of Automotive Engineers
Tom Sawyer author Sam Clemens links to Hannibal memories
The passage recalls Mark Twain (Sam Clemens) and his youth in Hannibal Missouri. It notes Becky Thatcher, Laura Hawkins, and Tom Sawyer creator’s schoolmaster Mr Cross. It mentions Clemens leaving Hannibal at eighteen and Laura’s Civil War era actions aiding a Union commander.
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VW Bex
Black Avengers
Mark Twale
Tom Sayer
Becky Thatcher
Tom
Tumoris
Sam Clemens
Laura Hawkins
Bannibal
Woeman
Laura
John McNeil
Bia Ufe
Cuest
Buffalo Bill Origins and early Buffalo Hunters
The article recounts three men named Buffalo Bill prior to William F. Cody. It notes William Matthewsop of Wichita and William Comstock as earlier Buffalo Bills, and explains Cody’s rise after winning a hunting match against Comstock and taking on laborers for the Kansas Pacific railroad. Cody’s later fame with the Wild West show is mentioned.
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Buffalo BI
William FL Cody
Cody
Kansas
William Matthewsop
Wichita
Buffalo Bik
Southern Plains
William Comstock
Phil Sheridan
Fort Wallace
Kan
Buffalo Bill
Kansas Partie Railroad
Comstock
Coty
Legend of Barbara Frietche linked to Whitters tale explored
The Frederick Maryland claim that Barbara Frietche rode a window ledge waving a Union flag and taunting Confederate troops is scrutinized. Historians question her existence with Ne ighbour May Quan trell proposed as the real figure, and Whittier circles acknowledge uncertainty. The Whitters club recently unveiled a restored home amid the debate.
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Barbara Frietche
Whitters
Frederick
Maryland
Ines
Stonewall Jackson
Barbara
Jackson
Whittier
May Quantrell
Iveson
Whittier Club
Sigmund Romberg
Language Fragments Highlight Common Fngteh Words
A fragmented text lists frequent Fngteh language words such as The of and to a and in that ft and e. It notes small utility items and asks about usage and meaning within the language.
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Edward W. Pickard
Chiang Kaishek
H. T. Rainey
B. WN. Cardozo
American Legion
American Federation of Labor
National Association of Adverterra
Mnntional Employment Commission
Henry L. Stevens, Jr
Aamerican Legion
I T
Frealident Hoover
A. F. of L
H.l.stevens Jr
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolph Hitler
Fascisti
Klagges
Brunswick
Hitler
University of
Oither Head
J. N. Garner
Rio Grande River
U. S
States
Egypt
Shangshai
Seepoees
Flennor Holm
Women's Swimming Association of
Migs Holm
Prince
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