The Limits of Planning and the Golden Rule
The author argues that scientific planning in finance and politics cannot control nature or human nature. History shows attempts from Roosevelt to postwar treaties fail against selfish ambition. True planning must start with individuals choosing liberty and moral conduct guided by the Golden Rule.
Building boom foreseen by chemists at ACS tercentenary
The opening session of the American Chemical Society celebration in New York forecasts a construction boom driven by chemists discoveries. Prof James R Withrow of Ohio State predicts artificial stones in all colors and hardums. wood rot and metal rust are halted by protectives. light weight backs like thistledown promise safer tall buildings.
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American Chemical Society
New York
James R. Withrow
Ohio State University
Queen Mary Tea Chest Shown At Ceylon Exhibit
Visitors at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto will view a chest presented to Queen Mary from the Empire Tea Growers. Crafted from rosewood, satinwood, ebony and purseheart, it preserves natural wood. The lid bears the Queen’s cypher, and the chest originally held fifteen pounds of Empire tea valued at over three dollars per pound.
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Ceylon
Toronto
Empire Tea
India
British Guiana
Not a Rheumatic Pain for Four Years
A man credits Kruschen with curing his rheumatism, noting no rheumatic pain for over four years after starting the remedy about five years ago. He was nearly 70 and able to work daily. The ad claims Kruschen dissolves uric acid crystals causing rheumatic trouble and flushes them from the system with a daily dose.
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Kruschen
Leather gauntlets for motorists and motorcyclists
Canadians supply many medium quality motorcyclist gauntlets used in the United Kingdom while heavier leather gloves are imported due to British limits in manufacturing cow mule and horse hide varieties.
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United Kingdom
Industrial Department
Canadian National Railways
Dangerous Oils in Lungs Linked to Fatal Pneumonia
Dr. Irving Graef of Bellevue Hospital described six deaths from pneumonia linked to mineral oils and animal fats aspirated into the lungs. He warned cod liver oil, though beneficial in the stomach for bones, can be deadly if inhaled. He cited a case where oil entered the lungs after forcing a reluctant child to swallow it by holding his nose.
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Irving Graef
Bellevue Hospital
New York
American Association of Pathologists
Graef
Umbrella Industry Slumps as Fashion Dims Umbrellas
In Germany the umbrella trade suffers a collapse as rain shields fall out of style and workers in the sector, about 150000, lose jobs. Manufacturers seek methods to revive demand and restore the umbrella to its proper place.
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Germany
Surgical Find Offers Hope to Ease Human Suffering
Francis C. Grant, M.D. of Philadelphia reviewed at the American College of Physicians meeting the latest nerve surgery ideas to block pain pathways. Cutting pain fibers in the spinal cord can stop pain in the legs up to the pelvis while touch fibers remain intact and leg movement is unaffected, though root cutting is used rarely due to movement loss. The approach aims to block pain pathways and has shown success in pelvis malignancies and angina pectoris.
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Francis C. Grant
M.D
Philadelphia
American College of Physicians
World’s most powerful mobile searchlight tested near Pittsburg
Residents watched a 60 inch mobile searchlight beam 750000 candle power reach up to 50 miles in clear line of sight. Engineers say the light can illuminate targets far ahead and assist air defense against fast bombing planes, with the equipment mounted on trucks for mobility.
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Pittsburg
United States Army
England Refusal To Pay War Debts Draws Roosevelts Dismay
The New York Daily News cites sharp letters criticizing England for withholding war debt payments and notes that the U S also defaulted on its bonds. It argues that nations involved in the war faced large repudiations and cites President Roosevelt and the Supreme Court as supporting the stance.
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Roosevelt
Brain Trust
United States
Paris
Europe
New York Daily News
England
Uncle Sam
Supreme Court
John Bull
Camels Allocated for Soviet Farms in Kazakh Desert District
Soviet plans allocate 257 camels for 1934 to expand camel farming in the semiarid Yedich district of Western Kazakstan. The region now hosts 2,335 ships of the desert, with the herd up 24 percent this year.
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Soviet Russia
Yedich
Kazakstan
Post Office Savings Bank Sees Record Growth in Britain
Britain’s Post Office Savings Bank reports deposits hit a record £355,000,000, rising by £28,000,000 in the past year and £50,000,000 over two years. Small savers contribute via coins, stamps in savings books, and 250,000 home safes issued last year. Depositors surpass 9.5 million, growing about 12 percent yearly.
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Post Office
Britain
Post Office Savings Bank
Wake Islands Rise as Air Route Stopover
The Wake Islands, tiny atoll trio totaling about 2,600 acres, are slated to become a calling point on the planned U.S.-China air route. Pan American Airways and the U.S. Government are cooperating on the project, signaling future strategic importance for distant Pacific outposts.
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Wake Islands
Pacific Ocean
Pan- American Airways
United States
Morning ritual draws crowd beneath open window
In the morning, a person stands in pyjamas at an open window and slaps the chest with both hands for several minutes. A crowd begins to gather in the street below, watching the unusual display unfold from the doorway to the street.
Railroad Worker Clubs Form in Russia
Reports indicate that workers in Russia are forming clubs to organize railroad labor groups. The initiative aims to improve welfare and provide mutual support for employees across rail lines.
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Russia
Lord Greenmantle eyed for John Buchan successor in Canada
London papers praise John Buchan as Ottawa Governor-General pick and first commoner to hold the post. A peerage may follow before he takes the role, with Greenmantle as a possible title from his best selling works. He wrote his first book aged eighteen and earned substantial royalties from Cromwell and other novels.
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Lord Bessborough
Ottawa
London
Canada
John Buchan
Lord Greenmantle
Cromwell
Bible Distribution in Canada Reaches Wide Reach
Colporteurs travel by dog team and on foot across Canada to distribute Bibles. The Canadian branch reports 30 000 Bibles a month on average and a 22 000 increase in total Bibles distributed. After expenses, $39 000 was sent to London for world wide work, up from $23 000 in 1933.
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Canada
British and Foreign Bible Society
London
Conscripts To Be Called Oct 1 In Germany
General Hermann Goering announced to foreign reporters in Berlin that Germany will call its first class of conscripts since the Versailles Treaty abolition for one year of service starting October 1.
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Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Berlin
Germany
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