Peace ballot ties The Journal to VFW campaign
The Journal prints a ballot urging readers to sign a peace appeal to Congress, in steps with the Veterans of Foreign Wars to gather signatures from 25 million voters nationwide. The drive, led by Commander-in-Chief Scott P. Squyres, aims to present a strong public demand for keeping America out of war while backing a robust national defense.
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Great Khan claim reshapes view of China’s lost lands
A long, dense passage traces 19th and early 20th century territorial losses by China, naming Britain on Hong Kong, Soviet Union on Outer Mongolia, Japan in Korea and Manchuria, and France in Indo China. It notes rising Sino Japanese tensions, Malay peninsula interests, and a looming border risk through Yunnan toward five northern provinces. It then shifts to wartime relief in Beijing with the Red Cross and Salvation Army coordinating millet aid for refugees and rural hunger.
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Britain
Upper
Burman
Sikkim
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Mongolia
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Korea
Formosa
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Manchuria
Jehol
France
Indo China
Malay Peninsula
Great Wall
Pekin
Shanghai
Hainan
Yunnan
Indo-China
Siam
Kwangski
Kweichow
Pacific
Red Cross
Pekin International Women’s Relief Committee
Salvation Army
Brazil Bolivian rail plan links Porto Esperance and Corumba to Santa Cruz
A Brazil Bolivia commission urged building a Porto Esperance to Corumba railroad and a Corumba to Santa Cruz line. Porto Esperance connects by rail to San Paulo and Santos, boosting transit across Brazil and tying Corumba with Santa Cruz 276 miles east of the old trade route. The project envisions short connecting lines uniting distant towns, expanding export trade in hides jerker beef ipecac and skins, and fostering freer movement and friendlier ties.
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Porto Esperance
Corumba
Santa Cruz
San Paulo
Santos
Rio de Janeiro
Argentina
Paraguay
Between War and Peace Washington Angle on Realism
In this Washington Angle column F B B recounts an interview with Senator Capper of Kansas who urged a more realistic foreign policy. He asserts that widespread belief includes a China war unknown to the State Department, framing the critique as a Western influenced perspective.
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F.B.B
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China
United States policy debate presses stays out of foreign wars
A featured discussion argues for a clear peace path over war with six concrete suggestions. It urges keeping ships people and money from war zones, using neutrality acts, and amending the Constitution to empower the people to decide on entering foreign conflicts. It stresses international cooperation and a single code of law for all nations to prevent war.
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Standard Oil
China
Congress
Far East
Washington
Capper
United States
Mars
Uncle Sam
Europe
Economic Highlights Reflect Unsettling Depression Outlook
Dorothy Thompson notes how investor psychology drives post September decline beyond raw data. October layoffs hit 100000, November 400000, with December expected higher. grim employment trend contrasts with mixed official forecasts amid winter hardship and shrinking consumer demand before Christmas.
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Dorothy Thompson
Apostles of
Du Pont plan for 3 million jobs and $25 billion
A White House commentator notes Lammot du Pont’s proposal to spur private investment with 3,000,000 jobs and $25,000,000,000 over 2 to 50 years. He urges government and industry to stabilize taxes, labor rules, and legal framework under clear public demand. Washington editorialists call the plan reasonable and grounded in economic planning.
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Insurance Men Make News Editorial Cites Rotarian View
An editorial from the Rotarian Magazine suggests harmony among business leaders will end wars, noting a London reference and highlighting shared interests of insurance men in metropolitan financial sections.
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Rotarian
British insurers halt war risk policies over air power threat
About 300 British insurance firms agreed to cease issuing war insurance on land. The statement cites the incalculable hazard from aircraft, noting war risk rates rely on averages and experience. It argues property losses from war would drive peace efforts, aligning with Alfred Nobel’s belief that science may curb war.
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Alfred Nobel
Kansas City Wins Safer Traffic City Honor
Kansas City celebrates a year without a child traffic fatality, following a 1926 peak of 18 child deaths. The city attributes success to enforcement, engineering, school safety and adult education, showing traffic safety results from long term, well run programs. It earned the National Safety Council safest city award for 250,000 to 500,000 population.
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National Safety Council
Disappearing the Fog on Straw Votes and Forecasts
A columnist questions straw poll forecasts showing Republicans gaining 46 seats in Congress if elections were now held, doubting the reliability of prognosticating polls amid a busy session and global uncertainties. He mocks astrology driven headlines and defends reading horoscopes for reader interest while affirming support for straw polls.
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Dixieland
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Aldebaran
Arcturus
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Uranus
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Napoleon
George Washington
The Forty Six Scribes and the Public Opinion Machine
Charla Michelson, Director of Publicity for the Democratic National Committee, analyzes pre election polling and its failures from 1932 to 1936. He notes the limits of the Gallup style samples and contrasts them with traditional party precinct reporting for a credible forecast.
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Landon
Literary Digest
American Institute of Public Opinion
Oesiver
Farley
Roosevelt
Maine
Vermont
Gallup
Institute
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Oregon
North Pacific
America
Charla
Michelson
Democratic National Committee
Twenty Five Years Ago Delayed weather aids clam harvests in Talbot
In the past month soft shelled clams known as maninose have abounded along Talbot shore amid fuel shortages. A new telephone exchange is being installed in the company building and will be operated soon. Several local weddings are noted with detailed gowns and ceremonies. Other items report hospital stays, upcoming dances, engagements and social visits. Deaths include Mrs. Elizabeth Hobbs, and a maritime rescue details twenty eight passengers saved from the steamboat Atlantic after a fogbound night. A burglary at Mr. Croll’s Hickman store ended with a failed safe opening and no stolen goods.
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Talbot
Thomas Massey
Tagleside
Maclay
Concord Parsonage
Alexander Lord
Concord
Sallis Collins
American Corner
Walter Lord
Norman Thawley
Grace
Elva Thawley
William Lord
Mary Walls
Ridgely
George Helmsley
Wyoming
Delaware
Howard Quigg
Helmsley
Masonic Hall
Denton
Messrs
T. Alan Goldsborough
William H. Anderson
Albert G. Towers
Harvey L. Cooper
J. Dukes Downes
George C. Skirven
Dawson O. George
Clarence E. Frampton
Edwin W. Breeding
Henry W. Hughes
Maryland University Hospital
Baltimore
Nichols
Ernestine
M. M. Todd
Kirkman Wilson Short
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. A. G. Westerfield
Harry R. Klotz
Edith Pearl Bradley
Walter J. Bradley
Northfield
N. J
J. R. Carroll
Caroline
Mr. Carroll
Far Northwest
Pacific Coast
California
L. Virginia Jones
Philadelphia
Alice D. Baughley
Greensboro
John T. Carter
Melissa Ward
Burrsville
Annie B. Simpson
Harrington
E. J. Stelnagon
West Philadelphia
Maria
Nettie Mason
James T. Wright
Wright
Charles W
Walter M. Wright
Continental Trust Company
Elizabeth Hobbs
Thomas Hobbs
George E. Nichols
Leonard Hobbs
Wilmington
Thomas’ Hobbs
William Brown
William Woshell
Goldsboro
Fred Murphy
George Deen
Warren Burr
Wesley Chapel
Atlantic
Eastern Shore Development & Steamship Co
Bay Line
Virginia
Annapolis
Pas
Albert W. Sisk
Bay
William Croll
Hickman
Slats Diary by Oliver N Warren
Sunday Napolyen says life is short and full of troubles. Slats, proprietor of many, notes the joke of that view and his own feelings. Monday he lists potteries decomposed as winter cold and skating weather approach. Tuesday Christmas urges temptations and appetite for holidays grows. Wednesday a class question on octogenarians provokes a playful misinterpretation. Thursday classmates argue about men in women’s hospital. Blisters claims a man was burned there. Friday Jane’s lace curtains give a flirtatious moment as she cleans. Saturday Pa insists he wake early to read Buffalo Bill story from the weakly program.
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Ft. Ball
Jake & Blisters
Jake
Octogenaria
Witch
Janes House
Jane
Buffelo Bill
Homemakers Club Annual Report Highlights Community Aid
Sixteen meetings this year with thirty six members and 44 visitors attending. Welfare efforts included 500 clothing items distributed to families, food to Miracle House and Home for the Aged in Easton, and Christmas baskets and Mother's Day fruit help. Activities spanned rallies, conferences, scrapbooks, library book purchases, and a Memorial gift. Donations supported Flood Relief and Easton institutions while Health Tags and Christmas seals funded charitable work. Penny-per-member donations will fund Christmas needy aid.
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Tri-County
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Preston High School
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Easton Hospital
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Twentieth Century Club Report
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