Germanys ration diet contrasted with Britains ample larder
Marie Bennetson analyzes wartime food limits in Germany and compares with Britain and France. German rations include meat fats and sugar quotas with limited milk and bread while Britain holds ample stores and continues imports. The piece argues food morale and physical resilience influence war outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Britain
France
Reich
Russia
Great Britain
Mechanized warfare versus horses in wartime commerce
The piece notes European demand for American horses and mules as war pressures rise, despite mechanization. It cites dwindling U.S. stock, Humane Society limits, and shifts in horse types and uses, with international exports fluctuating from 1914 to 1916 and cavalry roles persisting in several nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Prentice
Union
Ashington
United States
France
Britain
West
American Humane Society
Roosevelt
Humanity
Germany
England
Canada
Italy
Japan
Scotland
Ten Terrible Seconds on the S S Cornelia Rope Rescue
On a July 1926 voyage Herman Wallin, radio operator aboard the S S Cornelia, fell overboard after missing ropes left the davits bare. A rope saved him as the guest line snagged him and crewmen hauled him back aboard before the ship neared port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman R. Wallin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Herman
Herman Wallin
S. S. Birkenhead
New York
West Indies
Cornelia
Lot
Union
Nassau Vacation Spot Then and Now
Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, once a pirate stronghold, faces a modern change as tourists arrive year round. The text notes British colonial roots with “invasion” history by England France and Spain, followed by leisure growth with golf clubs and swimming pools replacing old forts and pirate hideouts as racing yachts appear by the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
New World
England
France
Spain
Nassau
Bahamas
West “Indies
Aged Polish President Moscicki Embraces Lab Science for Vital Hope
The elderly Polish president Ignaz Moscicki, exiled from Poland, installed a personal air conditioning system in his Baroque palace to fuel his late work as a famed electro chemist with about 300 patents. He ranks with Haber and Millikan in faith that science can overcome hate and stagnation, though the era may darken as laboratories become refuges for humane intellect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Poland
Ignaz Moscicki
Moscicki
Europe
Josef Beck
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Haber
Woodrow Wilson
Robert Andrews Millikan
Panama Chief Advocates American Unity Amid Isolation
R JUAN DEMOSTHENES AROSEMENA of Panama, at the inter American conference in Panama, attacks totalitarianism and persecution and urges unity among American republics in a constructive isolation stance. He notes the Canal Zone risk in wartime and recalls past pro U.S. policies and Lima convention rapport with Roosevelt.
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R. Juan Demosthenes Arosemena
Republic of
Panama
Inter- American Conference of Foreign Ministers
State Department
Dr. Arosemena
United States
Lima
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Marie Bennetson
Ondon
America
U. S
Adventurers' Club
By ‘Lemuel F, Parton
Martin Niemoeller
Stat Gerz
Berlin
Hitler
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