International Chamber sessions hear Hoover on armaments and reform
In Washington delegates from 43 nations met for the International Chamber of Commerce. President Hoover urged cutting global defense costs and pushing for an armament reduction at next year’s League of Nations conference. Georges Theunis and Melvin Traylor criticized tariffs and policy, while Francis and Fall cases highlighted immigration and corruption issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
International Chamber of Commerce
Silas B. Strawn
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Georges Theunis
International Beds
Hoover
League of Nations
Mr. Hoover
M. Theunis
Secord
United States Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic City
Melvin A. Traylor
America
Traylor
Strawn Invites Delegates to Jubilee in Chicago May 10
Delegates to the International meeting received invitations to Chicago for a Jubilee celebration with events in the Loop, Fort Dearborn replica dedication, and a grand air force war game. The Boy Scouts of America convened in Memphis for its twenty first annual council meeting, headed by Walter W. Head with Mortimer Schiff elected president. Dan Beard awarded the silver buffalo to Lord Hampton, Griffith Ogien Ellis, and Lewis Gawtry among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Strawn
Chicago
Midwest
Loop
Fort Dearborn
Air Force
Boy Scouts of America
National
Memphis
Walter W. Head
Mortimer Schiff
New York
Dan Beard
Boy Scouts
Lord Hampton
Griffith Ogien Ellis
Lewis Gawtry
Forge Fisher Baker Dies at Ninety One in New York
Forge Fisher Baker of New York, reputed to be the wealthiest American broker and a leading financier, died of pneumonia at ninety one. He was buried Tuesday in Tuxedo Park where he resided, with many prominent finance figures in attendance.
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Nasthees
United States
Park Lane
New York City
Kermit Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
John Sloane
Auenst Belmont
E. Marshall Fietch
Jeremiah Milbond
Samuel Schiffer
Robert L. Gerry
Doi K. Drexel
Mabel Choate
Frances Perkins
New York State
Forge Fisher Baker
New York
Tuxedo Park
Baker
Mounties Tell Arctic Tales and Northland Struggles
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police chronicling Arctic North America reports recounts extraordinary cases from Cambridge Bay to Bathurst, detailing polar journeys, native life, and moral struggles. Vignettes cover a one man on skis with Eskimo companionship, gambling amid tribes, and a hanging case revealing cultural attitudes toward suicide and restraint.
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Ottawa
Cortlandt Starnes
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
George Smith
Chicago Tribune
Arctic
North America
Lerct
G. Baker
Cambridge Bay
Pernard Harbor
Tersely
Paker
Bathurst
No Peet
Hudson's Bay Company
Elsineimiat
Eames
Western
Mukhagaluk
Ellice River
Northwest Territories
Sergei
B. & Baker
Kataryuk
Snow House
Mukhogaluk
Record of Elinor Smiths 32500 foot ascent and Eskimo death cases
Elinor Smith, at Stoosevelt field, reportedly reached 32,500 feet per altimeter. Official record for women is 25,743 by Ruth Nichols. Eskimo cases describe old men dying naturally or by self harm, and witch doctor killings linked to spirits. Serjeant Duker notes suspicions but cannot prove murder in Ka Links case.
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Elinor Smith
Stoosevelt Field
L. T
Ruth Nichols
Sokilik
Magnetic Pole
Itkilik
Itkik
Ka- Links
Duker
Mie
Messares
Mounga
Kablulna
Netives
Sergeant Baker
Boston Fight Ends With Nose Bite Fined Officer
Boston police officer George Barns was fined 25 dollars in court after biting Jeremiah Sulliyvan’s nose during a scuffle. He appealed the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
George Barns
Jeremiah Sulliyvan
Man bends five inch steel bar with thirty pounds
Chester T. Crowell describes in the North American Review how a man of ordinary strength can bend a five inch steel bar using only thirty pounds of pressure. He notes measurements within a few millionths of an inch and the role of light-based gauges in precision manufacturing.
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New York
Chester T. Crowell
North American Review
Crowell
O. K
Valuable Idea Drives Family Business Turnaround
Durrow dismisses a bright young outsider, then learns Walter Smith, son of Durrow, impressed Simpkins with a vacant-store window display plan that boosted sales. Walter proves his business acumen, earns Durrow's apology and a $24,000 payoff, and suggests the young man should enjoy his youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Durrow
Simpkins
Walter Smith
Walter Durrow
Walter
Darrow
Shaapkine
Childhowl
Simpkin
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M. A. Traylor
Edward W. Pickard
Strawn
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Robert de Prancis
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Leo A. Fever
Francis
A. B. Fall
Albert EB. Fall
Supreme Court of the United States
Ulitzer Prize
Margaret Ayer Tiarnes
Bernadone F. Sehmitt
University of Chicago
Susan Glaspell
Henry James
Charles W
Charles W. Eliot
Robert Frost
A. B. Macdonald
The
Kansas City Star
H. R. Knickerbocker
Philadelphia Ledger
Ryckman
Fremont
Neb.) Tribune
Edmond Dotty
Maltimore Sun
Constitution of
Atlanta
Newport
Berlin
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Chiang Kai-shek
HMNA
China
Preas
Shanghai
Tientsin
Mukden
Canton
Chiang Kaishek
Miles Lampson
Chen Chi-tang
Ther
Chiang
Kwangtuong
Kwangsi
Boumergue
France
Vincennes Park
Tursday
Italy
Belgium
Brasil
Denmark
Rolland
Portice
Indo-China
Equatorial Africa
Madagascar
Mount Vernon
Carmona
Portugal
Madeira Island
Magalheus Correia
Funchoity
Madeira
Lisbon
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
National Assembly
Angora
Ismet Pasha
Aod
Japan
Seifi Yoshihara
Tokyo
Washington, D.C
Hochi Shimbun
Kuriles
Petropavlovsk
Kamechatka
Bering Sea
Aleutian
Alaskan
Seward
Vancouver
Seattle
San Francisco
Yushihara
Junkers
South America
Bolem
Portuguese Guinea
Yoshihara
Ull
Hejaz
Nejd
Arabian Peninsula
Ibn Saad
Wilmot Islands
Corp. BH
G. Nichols
Baker Lake
Baker Island
Matlye Soodyyalluk
Dominion
Ishootmnata
Ishoctmata
Mukhagatuk
Khakhilak
Bathurst Intet
Okchina
Oksuk
Eames Bays
Khakhilok
Clayton, Woods
Buffalo
Gregalach
Clayton C. Woods
McChure Newspaper
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