Haile Selassie Ship Visit Strains Italy Britain Ties
Emperor Haile Selassie sails from Gibraltar aboard the Orient liner Orford toward London with eight aides amid renewed European tension. Italian anger grows as Britain’s friendliness toward the Ethiopian leader is seen as a provocation and possible anti Italian propaganda involving a British warship.
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Gibraltar
INS
Haile Selassie of
Ethiopia
England
Orford
Rome
Haile Selassie
London
Great Britain
Italy
Britain
Signor Tafari
Benito Mussolin
Ulrich von Hassell
Germany
Europe
Mussolini
League Council
Children Help Prepare Own Meals At New Nutrition Center
At the Jane Boyd Community House the Junior League will open a summer nutrition center from June 8 for two months. Children ages 5 to 7 will meet twice weekly at 10 30 AM to assist with noon meals and cleanup, with older children 8 to 13 also invited for health lessons. The project aims to teach proper living habits and food values, using demonstrations such as contrasting diets for two white rats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children At Community House
Jane Boyd
Isabel Scroggie
Nutrition Center
Soup Kitchen
J. Hamilton Bell
Margaret Larimer
J. Stewart Holmes
Forrest Stewart
Jenna Strahan
Horace Hedges
S. E. Coquillette
J. M. Hayek
E. H. Files
Thompson
Bell
Nutrition
Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Miss Scroggie
Return to the Old House on the Quiet Street
A speaker recalls driving past the old home where they once lived. Time has worn the house, garden, and street, turning friendly neighbors into strangers and the yard dull. Yet a final glance suggests the place retains a quiet, forgiving smile as they depart.
Japanese Troops Move to Northern China Amid Crisis Hints
Four Japanese army transports carrying infantry and cavalry head to Tangku and Tientsin as Tokyo readies a new Hopei plain airbase with 15 000-man capacity. Officials warn of a looming political military crisis as Chiang Kai shek masss troops near the Yellow River and communists push west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
China
Tuesay
Tangku
Hopei
Chiang Kaishek
Yellow River
Chiang
Tientsin confronts Japanese fortifications and border tensions
The article notes extensive new construction in Tientsin with so called economical works heightening anxiety. Barbed wire fences line the border between the Japanese concession and Chinese areas, with reels ready to block streets and encircle buildings. Two Chinese city buildings near Asahi road are fortified as small Japanese strongholds.
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Portance
Tientsin
Tun Ma Lu
East Horse
Asahi Road
Bismarck's Humorous Pranks Startled Late Guests
The Iron Chancellor of Germany known for a quirky sense of humor. He would shoot open windows in guests' rooms to wake them up, a habit noted in historical sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Germany
Nun Admitted To Law Practice In U S Supreme Court
A Dominican nun from Adrian Michigan Sister Ann Joa chim was sworn in and admitted to practice before the U S Supreme Court in a historic ceremony witnessed by about a score of nuns. She was presented by Olive Geiger Faircloth, a local attorney and former classmate. Several congressmen including Percy Gassaway Raymond Cannon Bertrand Gearhart and B Carroll Reece were admitted at the same time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ann Joachim
Adrian
Mich
Supreme Court
Court
Olive Geiger Faircloth
Detroit College of Law
Percy L. Gassaway
Oklahoma
Raymond Cannon
Wisconsin
Bertrand Gearhart
California
B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Dr Colbert Freed Of Charge Of Trying To Poison His Wife
Dr John W. Colbert a 50 year old American physician was acquitted in a United States court of attempting to poison his fourth wife. He was charged with trying to kill his wife in Tientsin China where the case unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
China
John W. Colbert
United States
Man Cleared After Acquittal Then Release in Poison Case
The defendant, a St. Louis resident, was released immediately after acquittal. His wife testified she was poisoned following a diagnosis of anemia and an enlarged heart. Defense and prosecution arguments ended Monday as Colbert maintained innocence.
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St. Louis
Colbert
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