Chinese Guerrilla Tactics Boost Chinese Stand Against Japan
A US correspondent notes Chinese guerillas disrupt Japan's military machine with persistence and skill. Communist agents and patriotic students unite in a national anti-Japan movement, using plays, speeches and village news to rally farmers and families. Cooperation between guerillas and farmers sustains feeding and sheltering fighters, underscoring courage and unity in China.
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China
Japan
Péipi National University
Ibrietins- Aia Sa
Scarsdale Uses Local Codes to Shape Advertising Signs
Scarsdale New York enforces a strict local ordinance banning signs not aligned with a building zone plan. Rules limit billboards to small, parallel signs tied to frontage with setbacks, capping size and requiring tasteful placement. The result is a pleasant townscape as firms improve boards to fit standards. Russia and Japan seem to be preparing for an opening.
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Scarsilate
Scarsdale
Advertisine Sign Board Company
Hag
Russia
Japan
Illiteracy Battle Aimed At Spanish Republic's Peasants
A correspondent notes the republic sought to educate its largely illiterate peasant population. Despite some progress, the war disrupted efforts as factions warred over literacy and political control, with reports of ongoing resistance to Franco.
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Spanish Republic
Pranco
Third Term Talk Roiling Washington in 1938
Washington rumors swirl over President Roosevelt seeking a third term with factions split. Some allies push for it to carry on New Deal policies, while others warn it would inflame opposition. Readers invited to submit questions for further angles on the third term debate.
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Roosevelt
Depenent
Louis Howe
Ballyhot
Anone
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Pat. Harrison
Mississippi
Chandler
Robert H. Jackson
New York
Jim Farley
Jackson
WPA
Harry Hopkins
New York State
New Deal
Hopkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Illiteracy addressed by military schools in Spain tour
Reporter notes soldiers in Spain attend compulsory classes taught by the militia of culture, learning the alphabet and stories of liberty against Moors and Napoleon. A voluntary class draws about 100 men beyond A B C, studying service geography and general culture, signaling a potential education-based outcome after the war.
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Piedmont Reprisals and Northern Capital in New South
Analyzes post Reconstruction Piedmont power shifts as northern capital, textiles, and utilities enshrine a conservative southern bloc. Profiles Walter George, Frank Dixon, Josiah Bailey, Carter Glass, and Harry Byrd as Republican in name, shaping policy with Republican press. Links 1930s Roosevelt era reprisal dynamics to earlier Tory purge patterns and regional political realignments.
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Jay Franklin Washington
Old South
Coastal Plain
Piedmont
Florida
Potomac
Or South
New
New South
Walter George
Georgia
Guten Ed" Smith
South Carolina
Josiah Ba
North Carolina
Carter Glass
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Poole Island
Roosevelt
Sherman
Carolinas
Rodssvelt
John W. Davis
Atover B. Smith
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
Carter
Glass
Secon
Senate George
Hie
Heal
Garlin Johnston
Senate
Toy
Colton It
Hollywood Film Director Prays Legs Reveal Character
A Hollywood dance director LeRoy Prinz asserts that a girl's legs reveal her character and temperament. He analyzes walking styles of actresses for Artists and Models Abroad, claiming firm knees and still legs indicate strength of character and artistic potential, while outward curving or fleshy knees suggest laziness or clumsiness. He cites how leg traits supposedly align with reliability and professionalism in film casts.
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Hollyawoga
Auige da
LeRoy
Prinz
Hollywood
Frinz Hiss
Picares
Gil
Pring
Paris fashion authors toast new fall materials and stripes
Paris fashion writers note pre fall trends with stripes in reliefs and weaves. Winter wools mimic velvet with soft textures and bold color pairings like slate blue and burgundy. Fabrics evolve with jacquard silks, tweeds, and metallic thread accents shaping the season's stylish outlook. Traffic death flag proposal taps public safety concern in Pasadena while Long Beach already uses similar signal.
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Lesur
Bianch
Pasadena
Cal
Pasa Lon
Long Beach
Daily Dozen from the Medical Society of the Alita of Pennsylvania
From the Medical Society of the Alita of Pennsylvania a health advisory warns of foreign bodies entering the ear. It lists common intruders such as beans glass beads buttons seeds and pencils erasers and notes harm from attempts to remove them. Safest method is syringe removal by a doctor. unwanted objects can swell and block the ear canal causing hearing loss and headaches. Avoid poking objects into the ear.
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