Saar Plebiscite Fears Drive French Refugee Worries
Paris worries over a January Saar plebiscite to rejoin Germany. Mass emigration is possible as 150,000 people of French descent in Saarlouis region and hundreds of Saarlanders have fled since Nazi rise. France seeks racial and religious liberty guarantees for Saar residents.
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Alexander H. Uhl
Paris
Saar
Germany
France
Saarlouis
Louis XIV
Louis
Georges Bakcer
Canada
Trois Rivieres
Hitler
American Women Pilots Form Emergency Relief Corps
In Los Angeles a group of noted women pilots led by Florence Barnes and Bobby Trout plans emergency relief demonstrations for disasters. They aim to prove female flyers can contribute, even as they acknowledge limits in combat roles, contrasting with Soviet aviators.
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Los Angeles
IIN
America
Russia
Amatrices
Cleveland
Queens of the Air
Florence “Pancho” Lowe Barnes
California
Slim Bobby Trout
Women Flyers Train For Disaster Relief At Big Bear
Slick-haired Booby Trout and Mrs. Barnes lead women pilots to demonstrate emergency relief methods for floods fires riots and other catastrophes. They trained at Big Bear Lake California dropping crates of eggs by parachute to test supply drops for inaccessible areas.
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Booby Trout
Mrs. Barnes
Big Bear Lake
Calif
China Censors All Movies Made There
A 1930s report notes Chinese censorship of Hollywood films shot in China led to altered scenes from The Good Earth and other productions. Authorities demanded changes to portrayals of bandit attacks and Chiang Kai-shek’s troops, masking poverty with polished crowds and guarded realities.
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China
Peiping
Hollywood
Mrs. Pearl Buck
Wang Lung
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Mechanical eye times planes at air races in Cleveland
Thousands watch as a motion picture camera with a clocking device on the ground timestamps aircraft at 250 to 300 mph. The system, first used at the last Olympiad, replaces the human eye which cannot keep pace with rapid dashes.
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Cleveland
Nazis in Austria face tough plight in Yugoslav camps
About 1,500 Austrian Nazis stranded along the Austro Jugoslav border face a harsh winter in hastily built camps. They rely on Yugoslav sanctuary yet gain only political asylum, as border patrols seal the frontier and Germany and Italy are accused of backing hostile groups.
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Varasdin
Jugoslavia
INS
Jugoslav
Heimwehr
der Tag
Austro-Jugoslav
Schuschnigg
Belgrade
Dollfuss
Lfe
Germany
Wilhelmstrasse
Italy
Ohio Opens Drive On Unlicensed Aeronauts
Cleveland dispatch reports Major Fred L. Smith Ohio director of aeronautics orders action after James Lee 33 died in a homemade monoplane crash. Lee operated without federal license, and officials will deny hangar space and field facilities to unlicensed pilots and aircraft.
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Cleveland
Ohio
James Lee
Maj
Fred L. Smith
Lee
Smith
Two Letters Delivered After 21 Years Delay
In Stevens Point Wisconsin two letters written by former County Clerk Algie Bourn were found behind a collection box in the county clerk's office and delivered twenty-one years late. One addressee, William Gething, is dead. his son Ed Gething received the letter.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Algie Bourn
Court House
William Gething
Ten Rookie Policemen Get Detective Training
In Cleveland Detective Inspector C. W. Cody trains ten highly educated rookie officers in scientific detective work. The squad, drawn from those with chemistry biology and related sciences, will be first at crime scenes to collect and eliminate nonessential items while searching for weapons bullets and other evidence.
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Cleveland
C. W. Cody
Cody
Hungarian Immigrant Dreams of Australia Amid Slump
A 51 year old Hungarian immigrant in Lorain Ohio and his wife, who arrived 29 years ago, hope to move to Australia to recover from economic hardship. Once earning $300 monthly from a business block, they now survive on $25 for food to feed seven children and themselves. He would surrender all property to reach Australia where he believes he can work and earn his own living.
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Lorain, O
America
Australia
Unemployment Faces Higher Living Costs This Winter
Washington reports show elevated living costs due to the drought and price hikes. Federal relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins warns relief expenditures will rise sharply as staples and necessities become more expensive, affecting the unemployed and modest earners more than before.
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Harry Hopkins
Washington
INS
NRA
AAA
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
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