News Review of Current Events by Edward W. Pickard
A survey of recent elections and primaries shows Republican gains in Maine and varied results across states on prohibition. Notable items include Michigan shifts with Couzens and Wolott, Roosevelt's anti pro prohibition stance, and unrest in Argentina with Uriburu’s coup and restored order. The piece also notes India’s round table invite list and aviation honors for Coste and Bellonte.
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Congress
Maine
William Tudor Gardiner
Edward C. Moran
Wallace H. White, Jr
Lewiston
Arthur F. Gould
Hoover
Michigan
James Couzens
Chase S. Osborn
Louis C. Crampton
Ken Hampshire
John G. Winant
Albert W. Noone
Delaware
Hastings
46. Houston
Irenee DuPont
Thomas Enyard
Senate
Washington
John F. Miller
Seattle
Ralph A. Harr
Georgia
W. J. Harris
G. H. Carswell
Arizona
George W. P. Hunt
Ahatma Gandhi
India
London
Peruvian government releases U S citizens held on trial
American detainees freed from Cerro government custody in Peru. Lieut. Com. Harold B. Grow denies planning to bomb Arequipa and asks Peru to decide his fate without foreign pressure. Bolivia declares martial law in La Paz. In Panama, President Arosemena names a new cabinet, a major win for Rodolfo Chiari who now dominates executive and legislature.
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Peru
Cerro
Harold B. Grow
Arequipa
Bolivia
la Paz
Fanama
Arosemena
Rodolfo Chiairi
National Liberal Party
Chiari
Briand presses plan for a European federation at Geneva
Briand presented a federation proposal to the League of Nations assembly in Geneva claiming broad European backing and cooperation with the League. He stressed Europe would not threaten the United States and urged unity, while Britain’s Arthur Henderson called for disarmament and warned against unreliable peace talk amid the assembly’s agenda.
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Riand
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
M. Briand
Europe
League of Nations
United States
America
Arthur Henderson
Great Britain
Noted American financier Simon W Straus dies
Simon W Straus of New York and Chicago, a prominent financier who funded iconic U S buildings via real estate bond issues, passed away last week. Also deceased were Leonard Busby head of Chicago surface lines, Mrs Frederick Dent Grant, Rear Admiral Simpson, A B A retiree, and Arthur T Vance longtime Pictorial Review editor.
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Simon W. Straus
New York
Chicago
Leonard Busby
Hesd
Frederick Dent Grant
Grant
Simpson
Arthur T. Vance
The
Pictorial Review
Western Sewepaper Union
The Urge to Live by John Hamlin
A destitute shoe repairer Dan Berry signs a five dollar down contract with a book sales agent in a hopeful swipe at escape from poverty. The act buries him in a lifelong installment plan while he clings to a fragile urge to live.
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Berry
Cherry
Dan Jerry
Dan Berry
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London Women Smoke at Will
The article describes how London women freely smoke in public, including in theatres and paddocks, with endorsements from advertisers and a culture accepting female smoking. It notes differences from America and mentions social settings like royal garden parties where women still avoid lighting up.
Bigamy Law In New Jersey Per Two Year Privacy Rule
Newark reports in Union county that a man can have two wives in New Jersey if he keeps it quiet for two years. George E. Davis of Springfield was charged with bigamy but avoided jail due to a two year statute of limitations. He remained jailed on nonsupport after failing to post a $1,000 bond.
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Newark
N. J
Union County
New Jersey
Lnn
George E. Davis
Abe J. Davis
Tn Elizabeth
Davis
Queen Mary Seen Smoking at St James Party
Report notes Queen Mary occasionally smokes and that many women at a Farden party in St James Palace, mostly middle aged, were smoking.
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Mary
St. James’ Palace
London Man Granted Britain's First Love Injunction
James H. Heige became the first man in Britain to obtain a protection order shielding him from a woman’s unwanted advances. Justice Acton in the King's Bench division granted a perpetual injunction prohibiting love letters inquiries to his business, telephone calls, and any molestation.
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London
James H. Heige
Britain
Woman Found Locked Inside Folding Bed Fire Tragedy
Mrs. L Turney of Stockton California could not sleep and was found burnt and trapped inside a folding bed that collapsed during the night. Firefighters arrived to discover the resident locked in the bed while neighbors, blocked by a locked door, cried for assistance.
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Stockton
Who's Who Adds 3400 Americans to 1990-91 Volume
The 1990-91 edition lists 23 704 biographies with 3 498 new names. Death removed 1 407 names from the previous edition and 1 102 were dropped. Notable additions include Robert Jones of Atlanta the famed golfer and John Curry leader of Tammany Hall.
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New York
Lsted
America
James W. Gerard
William Eleazar Barton
Abraham Lincoln
Olas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Samuel Untermeier
Robert Trre Jones
Atlanta
John Ff. Curry
Tammany Hall
Charles H. Tuttle
United States
Hollywood
William
Hart
Jackie Coogan
John Gilbert
King Vidor
Ramon Novgarro
Almes
Semple McPherson
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Lifetime federal job for DC historian Dr William Tindall
Washington DC official act grants Dr William Tindall a lifelong federal post. He has 61 years in city service and was secretary to the last two governors and all boards until 1912. Though past retirement, extensions kept him on until the August 1 cut off.
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Texas
Coste
Bellonte
Washington
Hoover
White House
Curtis
Air
Charles A. Lindbergh
Arlington National Cemetery
John
Donaldson
America
Philadelphia
United States Air Forces
Prince of Wales
District of Columbia
William Tindall
Tindall
Natonal
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