League's Value in Italian Ethiopian Matter Seen at Geneva
The essay praises the League of Nations as a modern check on secret diplomacy and a global protest mechanism. It argues fifty nations can unite to oppose territorial giveaways, cites U S protest at Geneva, and urges reaffirmation of 1932 Covenant-based stance against terms contrary to the League. It notes critics flip from sanctions support to opposition of Britain policy and stresses collective action strengthens moral authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
League of Nations
Ethiopia
France
Great Britain
United States
League of Nations Association
League
Mussolini
Council
Assembly of the League
Assembly
Italy
Weekly Business Survey Shows Mixed Early 1935 Recovery
Department of Commerce reports from 33 cities show retail trade ahead of last week and up from 1935, with industrial activity showing an encouraging upward trend. Wholesale volatility tied to processing tax issues, New York and Boston economies weak, various regions noting price shifts, rising advertising and warmer weather aiding demand, while steel and furniture markets move to expand.
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AAA
Department of Commerce
Dallas
New York
Boston
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Louisville
Cleveland
Ohio
Chicago
Industrial and economic activity across multiple states in 1935
Indianapolis expansion funding 500000. Portland lumber up with a mill night shift. Pittsburgh orders heavy rail and structural steel. Detroit GM contract for a 7009000 stamp ing plant in Grand Rapids. Ford bids on a 500000 continuous glass furnace. St Louis steel plant to spend 1 million on power, a 6 million water project employing 3000 begins in Birmingham. Louisville tobacco sales 84 million pounds at 19.14. Rural and small town general merchandise sales up 100 in 1935 vs 1934 and 446 vs 1933. Chain stores gain 9.78 cents in December. year gain 10.615 cents. Cotton consumption in last five months 1935 up to 2415827 bales. exports 3452266. Advertising linage up 12.35 cents December. annual gain 5.8%. Electric power production up. Great Northern net income 7 million vs loss 1,074,480 in 1934. early 1936 week revenues up 10 cents. November farm cash receipts up 265 higher than 1934 with Florida lowest. 11 months 1935 cash receipts up 11 cents over 1984.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Portland
Pittsburgh
Detroit
General Motors
Grand Rapids
Ford
St. Louis
Birmingham
Louisville
Great Northern
Florida
King George V Dies. Edward VII Becomes King
King George V of England died shortly after midnight on January 20 after a brief illness. The Prince of Wales, 41, becomes ruler of the British Empire with Queen Mary and royal figures at his side. Rudyard Kipling also died in London at seventy, with Westminster Abbey to receive his remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King OF England
Prince OF Wales
Edward VII
George V
England
Queen Mary
Princess Royal
Duke of York
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Rudyard Kipling
India
London
Fach
Westminster Abbey
George VI
Kipling
Victoria
Economic Outlook Forecast for 1936 Industry By Industry
Industry forecasts for 1936 predict gains across sectors. Farm implements see a peak year, agriculture up despite AAA demise, construction eyes modest gains after 1934-35 rebound, electric power sets new output records with over 300 million in budgets, motors remain a recovery bellwether with heavy retooling, steel to fund modernization, railroads push modernization including air conditioning, textiles expect higher cotton rayon silk use, aviation plans bigger faster safer planes and extended international service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Babson
Business Week
AAA
Supreme Court
Motors
Forecasts for 1936 Markets and Prices
Experts foresee more new security issues in 1936 than 1905 with refunding issues dominating capital markets. Industrial profits are expected to rise steadily despite higher taxes. Wholesale prices for 1936 are projected about 10 percent above 1935 with food prices likely down. Overall, 1936 is seen as the best year since 1929 despite election fears.
Farm Youth and City Appeal Challenge Rural Life
Wheeler McMillen, editor of The Country Home, argues at Kansas farming convention that keeping young people on farms is the foremost agricultural issue. He notes farm families invest heavily in education, yet many youths leave for cities seeking opportunity, urging permanent farm legislation to secure stable, prosperous lives for farm children and equal city chances.
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Wheeler McMillen
Country Home
Kansas
McMillen
Bonus Bile Band Wagon in Capitol Cash Grab
Lawmakers rushed to approve a soldier bonus as soon as Congress returned, turning the benefit into a political keystone. Politicians competed to ride the public funds wave, each eager to claim credit in the Capitol.
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Capitol
Congress
Roosevelt Speech Urges Citizens to Seek Truth Behind Facts
Editorial notes recount Roosevelt's Jackson Day remarks urging citizens to form “a committee of one” to verify claims, examine motives, and scrutinize those seeking a return to reactionary governance. The piece cites Baltimore bank president leading a national civic group as a fru stration example of conflicting public rhetoric and republican safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Baltimore
Cooperatives Rise as U S Trust in Market Is Challenged
The piece notes a growing Cooperative Movement in the United States with 6500 cooperatives and over 2,000,000 members, tracing origins to England and Rochdale. It highlights aims to cut the gap between producer and consumer, maintain quality, and transfer ownership to active workers, plus examples from Sweden and Denmark. It also discusses new glossary terms in world affairs such as treaties neutrality and economic sanctions.
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United States
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Midwest
Seattle
England
Rochdale
Lancashire
Great Britain
Scandinavian
Switzerland
Department of Labor
That of the Interior
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
U. S
Feed Mills
Buffalo
Superior
National Committee On
League of Nations
Negro delegation praised for sincere talks in India visit
Reports from Ceylon and Madras praise the Negro delegation sent by the American Student Christian Movement for its earnest discussions on privilege and community. The Guardian of Madras notes the timely relevance amid Harijan debates, while a Latvian letter laments political prisoner suffering and calls on democracies to publish these human rights appeals.
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Ceylon
Guardian of
Madras
India
America
Latvia
Disputes Over Hoover Smear Campaigns and Liberty League
A historical reflection on partisan battles over attacks on President Hoover and the shifting alliances as leaders of the American Liberty League, war munitions chiefs, and corporate figures are cast in a campaign to defend or attack administrations. It notes speeches by Jouette Shouse and quotes on privileged interests and political deception. It mentions Frank R. Kent and the exposure of slanderous schemes in American politics.
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Congress
Hoover
Republican
Jouette Shouse
American Liberty League
Liberty League
Fess
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Raskob
Frank R. Kent
Baltimore .Sun
Scribner’s Magazine
Democratic critique of the Liberty League smear campaign
Charles Michelson of the Democratic National Committee accuses the Liberty League of financing a smear campaign against President Hoover and Democratic officials. He contrasts Republican tactics during the Hoover era with current Democratic and Liberty League conduct, invoking party debt and public charges about gag rules and class prejudice.
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Raskob
United States
Republican National Committee
Kent
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Liberty League
Hoover
Congress
Duffy
Wisconsin
Charles Michelson
Magic number magic trick explained in a card
A mystic prediction describes a three digit number with distinct digits. The spectator reverses and subtracts, then reverses and adds. Repeating these steps results in 1089, regardless of the starting number, with a leading zero applied if needed.
Twenty Five Years Ago Hunter Foxes In Tuckahoe Neck
A historical note recalls fox hunting sport in Tuckahoe Neck this winter with foxes released earlier. Social notices include weddings at Mapel Del and Williams burg, a Jackson Day conference in Baltimore, and local church charity elections. Obituaries record Mrs. Rhoda Baker’s death. other items mention civic, school, and fraternal events across Caroline County.
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Tuckahoe Neck
Huffington
Caroline High School
Federalsburg
Ladies’ Mite Society of
Thawley’s
M. P. Church
Jennie Moore
Elsie Booth
Anna Clough
Clara Clark
Maud Booth
B. M. Payne
Williamsburg
Neva Clark
Elbert J. Edgell
Friendship
L. B. Morgan
Concord
Edgell
Maryland
Baltimore
Messrs
A. W. Sisk
J. F. Ledman
N. H. Fooks
G. E. Williamson
L. C. Reid
Preston
E. E. Goslin
Thomas A. Smith
Henry Wilkinson
Ridgely
F. R. Malone
Greensboro
H.L. Cooper
G.R. Percy
J.B. Boughley
T. Alan Goldsborough
M. B. Stephens
Marc Bryant
J. Kemp Stevens
Leslie Merrick
O. W. Downes
John H. Horsey
J. Dukes Downes
R. B. George
Howard Melvin
Denton
Mapel del
Nathan Steele
Miss
Dessie Ethel
Harvey H. Gooden
G. R. Neese
Mary Garey
Alex Gooden
Nolan G. Steele
Fannie Bernard
Naylor
Trappe
Thomas W. Jones
Elza Short
Delia Hall
Milford
Katherine Knotts
J. Virgil Moore
Rhoda Baker
Alexander Baker
Burrsville
Wesley M. E. Church
T. J. Sard
Elizabeth Brown
John Brown
Harrington
Amanda Brown
Jay Brown
Brownsville
Del
Edward
Smyrna
John
Charlie
W. A. Smith
Bridgeport
Conn
William S. Fox
Caroline Council No. 175
C. H. Roe
T. Dukes Roe
Preston O. Sparks
William K. Scotton
S. F. Cole
Thomas F. Roe
Charles A. Smith
Inside Sentinel
J. T. Alburger
Outside Sentinel
W. A. West
W. K. Scotton
Robley D. Hackett
Queen Anne
Rhodes
Briarley
Elizabeth Briarly
Dukes
Dr. Hopkins
Dickinson
Hackett
Slats Diary Chronicles Small-Town Week of Stumbles
Oliver N Warren records a quirky weekly diary from Slats where Sunday’s church sermon on care, jokes about nuts and cars, and a preacher’s line mix with romantic notes about Jane. The week includes Christmas gifts, a Dixey revival misread, a newspaper writer father, a rain afternoon with radio biff, and a quarrel over broadcast manners.
Marydel Church Notices and Funeral Rites Report
Rev R H Connor preached the funeral of James Parker near Marydel with burial in Odd Fellow Cemetery. He led William Carson’s funeral with interment in Templeville cemetery. The fourth quarterly conference met Jan 20 with good attendance and Dr Hallman presiding. Connor invited to return. Local visits and illness notes follow with Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 11.
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R. H. Connor
James Parker
Marydel
Odd Fellow’s
Wm. Carson
Elizabeth Hall
Templeville Cemetery
Hallman
Connor
Sue Thompson
William
Hillsboro
J. Tyson Heather
Helen Heather
Marie Smith
Dover
T. E. Heather
T. D. Garrison
Cheswold
Del
Bobby Heather
Billy Sparks
Emma Gooden
Harry Sparks
Household Hints From Everyday Kitchen Tips
Stains on washed sinks can be removed by cream of tartar after drying. Salt added to wash water helps colorfastness of colored fabrics. Apples kept in water with lemon juice prevent browning during cooking. A drop of blueing in wash water makes cut glass sparkle. A string in each jar aids removal of paraffin seals. Castor oil around fern roots may revive dying plants. Do not pack dressings tightly as they bake and expand.
Two Lessons From a Father On Honesty And Sagacity
A father explains business basics to his son emphasizing honesty and sagacity. He defines honesty as keeping promises once given, and sagacity as never revealing such insight. The piece notes how hard times reveal character, making the industrious steadier and the lazy more so.
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Tommy
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L. C
Annabella
Journal
Oliver N, Warren
Chirch
Sayen
Jane
Howie
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Billie Gote
Dixey
Slim
Unkel
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