International Labor Conference to launch universal old age insurance plan
Geneva reports that the International Labor Conference will start a convention mandating each signatory state to create obligatory old age widows and orphans insurance. The Labor Bureau has issued a questionnaire and drafted a base project, reviewing 50 plus compulsory schemes. It notes compulsory coverage for wage earners as a core principle and traces early steps in Germany, Austria Hungary, and France in the early 1900s.
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Geneva
International Labor Bureau
The
Labor Bureau
Germany
B C Relieves Headaches and Quiet Nerves Ad
A historical ad claims B C relieves headaches and quiets nerves by a blended formula. It promises fast relief from violent headaches in minutes and notes uses for muscular pains colds and neuralgia with no narcotics. Packages priced 10 and 25 cents.
Polar exploration era quickens with new 1932 plans
The piece notes Roald Amundsen reaching the South Pole in 1911 and traces polar exploration from sail to radio and aircraft. It highlights two 1932 American expeditions led by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd to Little America and an Arctic voyage by Captain F. M. Williams, studying weather geology and life, with daily weather broadcasts.
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Washington
Roald Amundsen
Norway
South Pole
Polar
Amundsen
Richard EB. Byrd
Antarctic
Little America
Northwest Passage
Gjoa
Europe
Alaska
Northeast Passage
A. E. Nordenskiold
Greenland
Sir Ernest Shackleton
England
South Magnetic Pole
North Pole
Peary
Robert F. Scott
Engand
Scott
S. A. Andree
Sweden
Andree
White Island
Umberto Nobile
Italy
Pole
Spitzbergen
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Arctic Sea
Nobile
Admiral Byrd
Anarctic
Poles
Amundsen A
Labor Bureau Eyes Universal Compulsory Insurance Expansion
In postwar Europe several nations widen social protection. The Holland scheme from 1913 is now in force while Italy and Spain adopt compulsory coverage. Existing laws cover tens of millions. the Labor Bureau aims to extend compulsory insurance to all workers.
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England
Luxemburg
Romania
Sweden
Holland
Italy
Spain
Labor Bureau
Coed researchers define ideal mate at Alabama
University of Alabama coeds vote on the perfect mate. They describe him as a gentleman with broad shoulders slim waist brown eyes and straight hair. He should be considerate honest good with people have humor and a playful spirit and not stingy but not necessarily liberal with money.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
ULP
University of Alabama
Coffee Cake Recipes From Sister Mary's Kitchen
Winter coffee cakes appeal to many and can be made at home with eggs butter sugar imagination and time. The recipe instructs sponge method yeast usage quick rising and detailed steps for dough making shaping and a Philadelphia cinnamon roll with currants for a baked treat.
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Sister Mary Nea
Philadelphia
Tomorrow's breakfast and meal plan with bun recipe
The item lists breakfast lunch and dinner menus featuring canned pineapple cereal eggs and drinks plus a mutton dinner with parsley potatoes and desserts. It includes a bun rolling method with a sugar syrup and whirligig rolls prepared from the same dough.
Theater Bombing Renewed in Kansas City Strike War
In Kansas City police report renewed theater bombings with a Baltis theater lobby wrecked and walls cracked by a placed bomb. A lighted fuse to 12 sticks of dynamite was found at St John theater near New Year. No injuries were reported.
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Kansas City
St. John Theater
Health superstitions correct diet is vital treating tuberculosis
Dr Morris Fishbein reviews Gerson and Hermannsdorfer diets used for tuberculosis noting no universal benefit. He cites Mayer finding high protein intake may help some, salt restriction and fat provisions vary, and vitamin needs are not routinely deficient. Emphasizes individualized treatment for TB patients.
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Hygeia
Gerson
Hermannsdorfer
Edgar Mayer
Saranac Lake
Mayer
Edge cuts into inch thick slices to prevent unrolling
The text describes slicing into about one inch thick pieces to stop the edge from unrolling. It notes a careful approach to ensure stable portions suitable for handling. No dates or people are mentioned in the readable fragment.
Instructions for making rolled butter loaf
The passage describes folding creamed butter into a dough or mixture, rolling it into a jelly roll shape, slicing into one inch sections, placing them in a pan, letting the pieces rise until doubled, and baking twenty five minutes in a hot oven.
Man Made Heart Substitutes for Animal In Demonstration
In San Francisco on January 1 a Dr Maurice L Tainter and colleagues demonstrated a mechanical heart replacing a living animal's heartbeat. The animal remained alive for hours with normal blood pressure and pulse as narcotics showed effects, revealing new research avenues in pharmacology and animal blood reactions.
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San Francisco
Maurice L. Tainter
Department of Pharmacology
Stanford University Medical School
Tainter
Society For Experimental Biology
P. J. Hanzuk
Floyd de Eds
United States Department of Agriculture
Stanford Pharmacology Department
State plans 90 day bid on prison farm mineral rights
Huntsville Texas UP reports a state effort to determine if all prison lands should be developed within 90 days. The prison farms total 82 000 acres and bids on mineral rights for 2 000 acres were requested. The winning bidder must commit to drilling a test well.
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Huntsville
Tex
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Stanford
Hess
Thrift Department Store
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Charmeu
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