Britain Leads The Way In Disarmament Debate
Britain leads in disarmament talk arguing its reduced military outlays and naval strength set a model for others. The piece compares 1914 and 1936 forces, defends the empire police role, and urges nations to follow Britain’s lead toward fair, reasoned re adjustments to global defense and debt issues.
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Montana
Great Britain
United States
France
Germany
India
Gibraltar
Malta
Egypt
China
Wors
Mand
Britain
House of Commons
Admiralty
Japan
United
Honored by France Wait Masks II Featured Sculptor
Mrs Ladd describes a mask making method used for mutilated faces. A gutta percha mask built from photos and descriptions, then copper bath, silvered and enamelled to match skin. Masks were light, durable, and lifelike, enabling veterans to be recognized publicly with features like false eyes and moustaches.
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Anne Colmanston
Ladd
Bung Sa
Lette
Work advances on Saint John harbor channel project
After two years of ledge removal near Partridge Island the eastern channel to Saint John harbor nears completion. Since 1929 the Duchess of Richmond grounding spurred funding and multiple mishaps including the Leconfield and a Halifax rock breaker sinking, with two dredges and a repaired Leconfield still at work to reduce ledges to 30 feet low water.
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St. John Harbor
Partridge Island
Saint John Harbor
Leconfield
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Saint John
Eyes and Nervous Strain From Bad Light Warn Energy Waste
Dr M Luckless and Frank Moss report at an A A S S session that strain from poor lighting wastes the body’s energy. A book’s nervous muscular tension rises or falls with light. Dr Michael Levine describes a plant cancer organism that triggers rapid cell growth, suggesting study may illuminate human cancer mechanisms.
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M. Luckless
Frank Moss
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Michael Levine
Montegiore Hospital
New York
Levine
Empress of Bri..." idea to get Shaw signature fails
Sixty words misread: plan to obtain George Bernard Shaw's autograph for autograph seekers collapses when it is revealed Shaw is a teetotaler. In Cathay lounge patrons sign a bill for drinks. Stewards planned to pay, keep the bill, then discover Shaw avoids alcohol.
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George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Tree Cafe Opens In Chestnut Near Paris
A restaurant cafe has been opened in a tall chestnut tree at Sceaux near Paris. Separate dining spaces rest on branches, reached by a winding staircase around the trunk. Food is conveyed from ground level in baskets on ropes.
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Sceaux
Paris
France
Miss Eliminated from Directory of New York Telephone
The winter edition of the widely read New York Telephone Company directory omits the courtesy title Miss from over 12 000 unmarried female subscribers names. The company says removing the title trims about 10 pages from each bulky volume.
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New York
The
New York Telephone Company
Best Credit Risk Working Girl Rates Highest
Ralph Walker, secretary of the Mutual Credit Rating Exchange of St Paul, says a single woman is a top credit risk due to prudent budgeting and spending control. He notes women generally avoid taking chances, making them safer borrowers than men.
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U.S. Exchange
Ralph Walker
Mutual Credit Rating Exchange of
St Paul
United States
Walker
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