Rabaul Cleaned Up After Destructive Pacific Quake
Washington DC reports Rabaul New Britain Island residents return home and resume trade after a quake that damaged thousands of buildings and stirred three thousand tons of pumice. The town faced a sea surge and a raised harbor bed while natives and settlers begin debris clearance.
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Washington, D. C
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Pacific
New Britain
National Geographic Society
Bismarck Archipelago
New Guinea
Australia
Printing costs rise for Federal Reserve notes
Washington reports rising costs in printing bank notes at the Government Printing Office. A thousand sheets now cost about $97, up from $86 in June 1935. Under Section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, the issuing cost is borne by the Federal Reserve banks.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Government Printing Office
Federal Reserve Banks
Our Youth Problem in Commencement Time
In James Hilton’s reference to modern parents and schooling, the June Commencement marks a moment when youth receive diplomas and feel poised for a grand career. The piece notes the shift from old academic life to a challenging world and the high expectations placed on graduates.
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Chips
James Hilton
The Meaning of a College Education in a Tough World
The passage argues that youth face fierce competition and impersonal economics after school. It critiques schools as turning out snobbery based on money, urging that true value lies in useful knowledge and understanding. It notes excess trained graduates for limited jobs and calls for balance in the economic system.
Dining in Summer Makeover by Betty Wells
A reader, Mary T., describes turning a dining room into a cool summer retreat with a French door to the garden, white walls with pale yellow ceilings, a green rug, yellow pongee curtains, slip covered chairs, and coral velvet accents. She plans fall updates like mohair slip covers and summer rugs to sustain the season's light, fresh vibe.
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Mary T
Windsor
Cleaners
Windsors
Let Us Have Creative Youth and Jobs Drive
Employment has risen fourteen per cent from the depression low while dividends are up fifty per cent. Until this spread is adjusted the problem remains. Culture is glorious yet needs daily bread. a job is what others can do, but work is to create. Let us have creative youth.
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Western Newspaper Union
English School to Train Dogs for Conversation
London plans a fall opening of a school to teach dogs reading arithmetic and conversation with humans. Sponsored by Miss L Lind af Hageby, founder of the Animal Defense and Anti vivisection society. She aims to prove dogs are beings capable of thought and feeling to reduce cruelty.
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London
L. Lind Af- Hageby
The
Animal Defense and Anti-vivisection Society
Overweight Shortens Life Span Warns From Insurance Data
The article cites insurance records and medical authorities to claim overweight directly shortens life. It details how excess weight increases mortality beyond normal, raises diabetes risk, and links obesity to heart, kidney, and surgical risks. It cautions readers to maintain normal weight and avoid exaggerated dieting.
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Harry Gauss
University of Colorado
E. P. Joslin
Boston
W. E. Preble
Agouti Rodent of South Africa Jungles
The agouti is a rodent allied to the guinea pig and common in the jungles of eastern South Africa. It is about the size of a rabbit, has a rudimentary tail and ranges in color from yellow to brown.
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South Africa
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