Britain Leads The Way In Global Disarmament Talk
The column argues Britain has cut military spending and led disarmament efforts since World War I, noting cuts in battleships from 69 to 15 and cruisers from 108 to 50 by 1936. It compares naval tonnage with the United States, France, and Japan and urges other nations to follow Britain’s example to aid economic recovery.
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Great Britain
United States
France
Germany
India
Gibraltar
Malta
Egypt
China
Britain
House of Commons
Admiralty
Japan
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Irish Free State Grants Bounty on Cattle Exports
Snowy owls with six foot wingspan head south from the Arctic. In Liverpool England the Poor Fight cents fund pays for medical consultation treatment and medicine in the districts. three doctors run the cheap dispensaries for the needy.
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Irish Free State
Arctic
Fight Cents
Liverpool
England
Boston sculptor honored by France for postwar facial restoration
Anne Colman Ladd, a Boston sculptor, received the Cross of the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for aiding French surgeons after World War I. She describes creating life like por trait masks using plaster casts, gutta percha, copper, and enamel to restore missing facial features. The masks allowed mutilated veterans to be recognized and live normal lives.
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Anne Colman Ladd
Boston
Chan nel work near Saint John Harbor near completion after delays
Reconstruction of the Saint John harbor channel on Partridge Island neared finish after two years of ledge removal and dredging. The project began following the Duchess of Richmond grounding in 1929, with $650,000 approved by Parliament and two mishaps delaying progress.
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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 Waste Energy
At a session of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Dr M Luckless and Frank Moss described how poor lighting strains the eyes and alters nervous muscular tension when reading. They noted blood pressure fatigue and energy waste rise with dim light. Dr Michael Levine reported a potential plant cancer study isolating an organism that drives rapid cell growth and tumor formation. He suggested understanding this organism could illuminate the cancer problem.
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M. Luckless
Frank Moss
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Michael Levine
Montegiore Hospital
New York
Levine
Shaw autograph plot on ship ends in teetotal twist
Stewards aboard the Empress of Britain planned to obtain George Bernard Shaw's signature to sell to autograph seekers. They intended to pay for drinks in the Cathay lounge and keep the bill, only to learn Shaw was a teetotaler.
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George Bernard Shaw
Cathay Lounge
Shaw
Treeborne Cafe Opens in Chestnut at Sceaux
A new restaurant cafe has opened in a tall chestnut tree at Sceaux near Paris. Seated dining spaces rest among branches with access via a winding staircase around the trunk and food delivered from the ground by rope baskets.
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Sceaux
Paris
France
New York Telephone Directory Drops Miss Title In Winter Edition
The New York Telephone Company removed the courtesy title Miss from more than 12 000 unmarried female subscribers in its winter edition directory. The change trims about 10 pages from each bulky volume distributed to hundreds of thousands.
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New York
The
New York Telephone Company
Best Credit Risk For Women As Credit Winners
Ralph Walker of the Mutual Credit Rating Exchange in St. Paul says single women are among the best credit risks in the United States. He credits prudent budgeting and known spending margins, noting women often manage income carefully. He also notes that low-salaried married men are strong credit risks.
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Ralph Walker
Mutual Credit Rating Exchange of
St. Paul
United States
Walker
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