Global alien labor purge sparks debate on migration policy
An international summary details a six group plan expelling aliens from many occupations in several nations. It notes effects on musicians drivers hairdressers interpreters and other workers with deadlines in 1935 and May 21. The piece questions economic impact and calls for a comprehensive review by the Geneva office of the International Labour Organization. A New Hampshire woman aged 82 plans to run for a local office.
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Tibet
Turkey
Pata
Genéva
International Labor Organization
Test in most districts is undertaken with no political effect
The fragment notes a professional technician statement about election testing across districts, implying a lack of strategic political impact and suggesting routine administrative actions rather than a targeted campaign effort.
Debate Rages Over AAA Drought Response and Corn-Hog Policy
Critics charge the AAA failed to anticipate drought effects and fault Secretary Wallace for optimistic weather forecasting. The corn hog program, once mocked, proves profitable for farmers and government as loans were repaid with interest. With drought looming, calls grow to scrap or reshape the AAA and shift from scarcity to abundance in next year’s policy.
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Drouth
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Run
South Carolina
Omaha
Prairie States
Wallace
Benen
United States Treasury
Chicago
Corsine
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Broadway
New York
NRA Codes In Service Trades Spark City Demonstration
The Times reports New York protesters sought a state code of fair trade to replace NRA rules in service trades led by laundries and related firms. They argue hours, wages, and conditions need lasting limits beyond temporary truces amid broader housing finance push.
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New York Times
Gen. Johnson
NRA
New York City
the Times
States
District of Columbia
Trade Journal
Real Estate Act Aims at Broad Mortgage Benefit
The article argues the Act will aid real estate and building fields by clarifying mortgage provisions. It notes mortgagees should inform good mortgagors of the new provisions and that a modernized, well repaired home remains the most desirable mortgage type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleady
The Gates of Money and Safety Seldom Align in Policy Talks
The piece critiques national tax structures and governance while quoting a Chinese proverb about money. It argues for strong armed forces as a safeguard and questions when politicians will deliver promised security and prosperity.
England tracks nearly 300000 footpaths and 2000 yearly disputes
England maintains close to 300000 footpaths with about 2000 disputes annually. The data highlights extensive rights of way and ongoing contention over path use and access in communities nationwide.
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England
Growth Damaged by Logging Cuts in Birch Trees
A University of Michigan bulletin reports the bronze birch borer is often a secondary problem to climate changes from logging. Removal of tall trees alters duff temperature, light, humidity, and evaporation, stressing young birch and causing mortality and slow growth.
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University of Michigan School of Ry
Ralph C. Hall
University
United State Department of Agriculture
Samuel T. Dana
Schoo of Forestry and Conservation
French ladies converse across language barriers
A humorous note shows Mrs Nuriche remarking on language gaps in France. A friend counters that while the adults struggle, her girls speak French yet cannot understand each other, highlighting playful miscommunication across generations.
Air conditioning seen as future American staple
Economists forecast ai conditioning to lead a new American industry with ubiquitous use in homes hotels and offices. Chrysle engineers unveiled a home unit that cools dehumidifies and then heats and humidifies in winter, signaling broad adoption alongside autos and radios. George Babbitt of Boston, formerly Concord, recently stayed with the Kents on Middle Street. William Tee of Swarthmore Pa. also visited the Wood cousins on Hubbard Street.
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America
Chrysle
George Babbitt
Boston
Concord
Samuel G. Kent
Middle Street
Kents
William Tee
Swarthmore, Pa
Waiter 8. Wood
Hubdart Street
Concha Ornament Ties to Southwest Saddlery and Dress
The concha or shell shaped ornament, often silver and sometimes leather, decorates saddles bridles and chaps in the Southwest. It also names the button like piece concealing clasps on the lower leg of tight fitting Mexican trousers.
Largest islands of the Mediterranean by area
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean with 9,860 square miles. Sardinia lies to the west at 9,463 square miles. Cyprus Corsica and Crete follow with areas around 3,000 square miles each.
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Sicily
Mediterranean Sea
Sardinia
Cyprus
Corsica
Crete
Beating the Bounds Ceremony in English Parishes
The ancient church ritual of beating the bounds involves clergy and parish members walking the parish boundaries. Origin believed to trace to Anglo-Saxon days, marking territorial limits and reaffirming parish identity.
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England
Desertas Islands Form Part of Madeira Group
The Desertas islands are four rocky islets in the Atlantic 30 miles southeast of Madeira forming part of the Madeira group named Bugio Deserta Grande Chaco and Sail Rock. They have no permanent inhabitants.
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Desertas Islands
Atlantic
Madeira
Bugio
Deserta Grande
Chaco
Sail Rock
Public health halts dysentery sweeping state hospitals
State health officials act to stop a dysentery epidemic hitting institutions. Seven deaths reported at Ion State Hospital and Danvers State Walter E. Fernald School for the feeble minded. Nearly 100 patients show similar illness across the facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ion State Hospital
Danvers State
Walter E. Fernald
Rabbi urges doubled boycott against Germany
At the World Jewish Conference in Geneva on August 22 Rabbi of New York urged Jews to double their boycott of Germany, arguing Hitler may be on the eve of disintegration and calling for stronger united action.
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Geneva
Hitler
New York
Germany
Boston Cool Spell Ties August Records
Boston reports the coldest August day in four years with a low of 55 degrees while a cold front moves through the Middle West. A London Ontario story identifies kidnap suspects in a separate case involving a wealthy brewer.
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Boston
Mercury
Central Middlesex
Middle West
Toronto
London
Ont
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