Leap Year Martian? Leap Year Folklore and Fancy
Leap Year brings romance and caution for bachelors with Scotland’s 13th century law cited as origin. The article links Leap Year to marriage trends since 1900, notes Prince of Wales as a coveted bachelor, and mentions birthdays on February 29 along with historical figures and quirky incentives for renters and workers.
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Scotland
United States
Aixi
H. RB
Prince of Wales
Rossini
Uriele
Sam
Julius
Augustus Caesar
Margaret
Gandhi Party Rises for Bitter National Struggle
In Bombay reports say the Indian National Congress plans a broader, tougher push for emancipation after failed round table talks. Militants press for immediate action though nonviolence remains official policy, with big fundraising and nationwide boycotts feared to paralyze British India.
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Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Lorklon
Indian National Congress
India
National Congress
Gandhi
London
Congress
Egypt
Irasian National Congress
Wall of China
British Arm Reserves Amid Gandhi Exile Threats
British authorities in major cities bolster army and police powers to curb rent tax defiance and anti salt protests. Viceroy may exile Gandhi to Burma or prison islands if law is defied, a move seen by Congressites as fueling greater resistance and mobilization.
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Gandhi
Burma
Addaman Islands
Indian Ocean
Mahatma
Disarmament At Geneva Hinges On American Push
Lord Cecil, founder of the League of Nations, urges clear disarmament rules and an international air police force. He says America's full, strong participation in February's Geneva talks is decisive for peace and outlines two main proposals: universal armament cuts or abolishing specific offensive weapons. He argues for extending bans to all nations and notes economic factors favor progress.
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Edward Stanley Hayward
Heath
England
Sussex Downs
Lord Cecil
Geneva
League of Nations
Britain
America
Cecil
Switzerland
France
Devil
Lord Cil
Italy's Grandi urges global disarmament for peace
Rome Italy's foreign minister Dino Grandi argues that nations must disarm to end a two year European crisis. He cites Hoover moratorium and League actions as proof of cooperation with America and calls for unified effort, noting widespread unemployment and the danger of ongoing armaments. He sees Italy choosing the path to peace.
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John Evans
Rome
Dino Grandi
Italy
Grandi
Palazzo Chigi
Europe
Hoover
League of Nation
America
Stimson
Washington
Thim
Mussolini
Geneva
League of Nations
Cole Wins Comeback Seat in Maryland Delegation
William P. Cole Jr of Maryland's second district, a World War I veteran and lawyer, defeats Linwood L. Clark to rejoin Congress. The Maryland delegation becomes solidly Democratic with Cole at 42, after a prior illness and delayed swearing in in 1928.
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Cole
Baltimore
William P. Cole
Maryland
Linwood L. Clark
Clark
79Th
France
American Legion
Baltimore County
Relief Sent to European Animals in Bison Preservation
Relief for the European aurochs comes from the New York Zoological Society to the International Association for Aurochs Preservation. The group covers 22 countries, with only Germany England Holland and Poland retaining scattered specimens. Mrs Helene Levedow of Pittsburgh is noted as a prominent diamond cutter who learned the craft in Belgium.
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Frankfort-Am-Main
Auroch
New York Zoological Society
Joe
Mrrs
Helene Levedow
Pittsburgh, Pa
Lo Belgie
Iowa Jack-of-all-Trades Aims For Three Professions
Garrison resident Gulick, a 55 year shopkeeper and longtime butcher ireman hotel proprietor dry goods merchant restaurant keeper and opera house marshal, now works as cook waiter and dishwasher in his own restaurant with ambitions to serve as banker druggist and blacksmith someday.
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Garrison
Towa
Sanford
Gulick
Ireman
Lady Rhondda Calls for Bold Disarmament Plan
London observes Lady Rhondda in a bold interview as she leads the push for disarmament reform. She proposes a 25 percent minimum armament cut by each nation, then leaving rest to experts while urging a global currency framework tied to tariff controls. She stresses a last chance for action, stronger than mere talks, and highlights the need for international cooperation to end the arms race.
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London
Lady Rhondda
Rhondda
Bloomsbury
England
Aly
Grain Outlook Is Brighter For 1932
Chicago traders expect improved 1932 conditions after 1931 collapsed prices and activity. Wheat futures fell to 43 3 4 cents May and cash bids around 45 cents while May high touched 66 14 cents. Daily grain volume sank to about 16 million bushels from a normal 85 million as the board of trade faced a year of extreme low prices and reduced business.
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John P. Boughan
Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Board of, Trade
Board of Trade
Causes Cited for Historic Price Collapse
The passage attributes the price collapse to two main causes: enormous wheat acreage expansion following World War I and government interference with supply and demand operations. It notes a shift from wartime controls to market pressures.
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