Jail reform call prompts fresh debate in Hope Star
The Hope Star discusses U S jail conditions, urging abolition or centralization of county jails. It cites Homer S Cummings and the Wickersham Commission, arguing most jails are filthy and inhumane, and proposes centralized prisons with proper facilities and oversight.
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Cummings
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Oseph Fulling Fishman
Department of Justice
Spies Taught to Deceive Chinese Girls in Hankow School
Dispatches from Hankow report Chinese girls as young as fifteen are sent to a secret school to learn espionage methods. Instructors select highly capable teens, teaching deception and intrigue instead of ordinary female duties at home.
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Hankow
Pneumonia and Pneumococcus Types in Medical Outlook
An article on pneumonia season, germ typing, and serum treatments. It notes public health campaigns, hospital testing capabilities, and the shift to identifying pneumococcus varieties to guide therapy. Discusses symptoms, progression, pleuritic pain, color sputum, and lung involvement across lung lobes with diagnostic methods.
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Surgeon General
United States Public Health Service
American Medical Association
United States
Our Children By Olive Roberts Barton
A mother notes how peers influence her son Fred through friends like Sandy Carver Art Derald Mort Edkelie and Edélie. She observes each child shapes Fred with praise teasing power plays jealousy and control while Fred seeks approval and navigates social pressure.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Richest G Dib in the DN World of cg
Chapter excerpt shows Connie Curby, the richest girl, and her husband Bret grappling with married life amid glittering society. Bret pressures commitment and a return to work while Connie delays, seeking endless social rounds. Bret senses his freedom fading as their year together reveals tensions. To be continued.
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Adelaide Humphries
Connie
Bret
Palm Beach
Bermuda
Iland
Cannes
Florida
California
Aolthough
Tack
Katie Bryn
Darling
Marshillage
Met
Hem
Uhiel Tommorrow
Matt
Dess
Plesse
Darting
Constance Curby
The Boy Fred Faces Peer Pressure and Growth
A reader reflects on a boy named Fred amid a crowd of friends who may overwhelm him. The writer admires Fred's integrity as he navigates mixed influences, hoping he resists extremes and learns from the struggle, guided by his sense of justice.
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Fred
Art
Frederick
Soy
First Act in China a Must Book on An Era
Bruce Catton reviews James M. Bertram Wake. Bertram’s First Act in China details the 1936 Chiang Kai shek kidnapping and its role in unifying China against Japan. The British correspondent’s vivid account is urged as essential for understanding current far eastern events.
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China
Edgar Snow
James. M. Bertram
Chiang Kaishek
Chung Hsueh-liang
Sinaiu
Baok
Chiang
Dertram
Kuomintang
Japan
Bertram
Far East
Hollywood's honorary nobles and titled residents profiled
An illustrated survey notes Hollywood's many honorary titles and memberships. Shirley Temple leads a list including police captains and deputy sheriffs. other figures span state guards, fire chiefs, and university honorees. The piece traces the origins of Hollywood aristocracy and mentions the Southern California chapter of a mobility society.
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Hollywood
Viata
Shirley Temple
Shirley
Sant Monica
Los An& Fire Department
Los Angeles County
Two Practical Garments Easily Made in Few Hours
Practical sewing notice promoting patterns 125 6200 and Winter Pattern Book. Details include sizes 34 46 14 20 40 42 material requirements for patterns 125 and 100, and prices 25 cents for book and 15 cents for book alone. Advertisement from Today’s Pattern Bureau Brooklyn NY urges readers to order with coin and address.
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Pattern Bureau
Ling PL
Brooklyn
N. Y
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