Arms Race Drains Golden Life Blood of Civilized Nations
Milton Bronner reports that in 1937 global armament spending rose sharply, with major nations absorbing vast sums and providing grim proof that disarmament efforts since World War I failed. Budgets show Britain and others embarking on multi‑year rearmament, while secrecy hampers full totals.
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Europe
Great Britain
Backache and leg pains may signal kidney trouble
Kidney warning signs include backache leg pains and frequent or painful urination. Poisons stay in the blood causing headaches swelling and fatigue. Do not wait seek relief with Dean's Pills, trusted for over five decades to help cleanse kidneys.
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Dean
Sidney
Industry Gaining Back Its Losses After Slump
The Federal Reserve Board reports industrial production rising from 77% to 83% of the 1929-1935 average from June to July, with August showing further gains. Steel, lumber, cement, textiles, shoes, coal and crude petroleum output up. residential construction up. employment and payrolls modestly higher.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Board
Armament Spending and Social Welfare Compare Across Nations
The text notes 1934 35 figures for marks and francs, cites estimates that France shows a dip in 1937 but likely with large supplemental budget coverage, and argues that if global arms spending in the past five years had funded social welfare, slums could be removed, hospitals built, parks created, schools modernized, and municipally owned housing provided while taxes fell.
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France
New Fall Pattern Jacket Idea Sees Boxy Tailored Style
Design Pattern 8189 targets wallage girls and young businesswomen with a boxy collarless jacket look. Pair with flat crepe and contrast colors like slate blue with Lorenzo brown or gray with dull purple. Pattern includes sizes 12 to 20 and requires 3 54 yards of 39 inch material for size 4.
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Wallege
Faris
Wunl
Faul Nas
L A Rail Merger Deferred Again
The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed ruling on merging Louisiana Arkansas & Texas Railway Co and Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co. It said both applicants could seek changes to the commission plan for consolidation. The plan split L A & T properties to Rock Island Frisco group and L A & T properties to Illinois Central system No. 10.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas Railway Co
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co
Louisiana & Arkiansas
Rock Island-Frisco Group
Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas
Ilinois Central Group
Poppies Offer Sparks Unusual Hospital Request
A young nurse selling poppies faced a curious offer from a man who would pay five dollars for a poppy if she promised to nurse him at any hospital. She agreed and asked where his hospital would be, receiving the reply that it was a maternity hospital.
Coaches keep posts as Rocky Mountain clubs stay steady
Denver report notes no Rocky Mountain football coach changes in the year. Only Montana State leader Jack Croft resigning to join Utah State and Schmubert Byehe succeeding him, having previously coached until Croft's 1936 appointment.
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Rocky Mountain
Mountain States
Jack Croft
Montana State
Utah State
Schubert Byehe
Croft
Early Winners Highlight Halcyon Studs Debut Crop
Lexington reports Halcyon’s first crop of five foals now two years old with three winners. Star athlete Sweet Patrice has claimed seven victories, marking a notable early success in the stud’s racing lineage.
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Lexington
Halcyon
Sweet Patrice
Judge Criticizes Handling In Peonage Case In Arkansas
FORREST CITY Ark Tony Hickd 25 negro central figure in a peonage charge freed on 100 bond Wednesday after a habeas corpus action in Chancery Court He had been turned over to a county planter unable to pay a 100 fine totaling 199 In St Francis county Chancellor A L Hutchins criticized Justice J B McCutchen for imposing excessive fines and deplored farming out prisoners He said offenders should be tried in the district where arrested
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Tony Hickd
Crosa County
Couta
St. Francis
A. L. Hutchins
J. B. McCutchen
St. Francis County
Expect Arrest of 8 in Prison Death Probe
Philadelphia coroner Charles A. Hersch predicted Thursday that at least eight prisoners would be arrested in the baking death probe at the county prison. The case concerns four convicts who died amid a hunger strike and related conditions at the facility.
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Philadelphia
County
Charles A. Hersch
Emerald Oil Promises Quick Relief for Itchy Skin
Advert offers Moane's Emerald Oil at first class drug stores nationwide. It claims rapid relief from rashes, eczema, athlete's foot, poison ivy, and other external skin troubles, with healing benefits and a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Ward & Son Drug Store listed as a point of purchase.
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