United States seeks full ILO membership in Geneva
The American Congress moves to apply for full membership in the International Labor Organization at Geneva. The move, easing non political safeguards, shifts Washington toward League activity and could alter perceptions of the League and its covenant.
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International Labor Organization
Geneva
ILO
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U.S
League of Nations
Japan
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World Court
Germany
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Labor Organization
Congress
Central Office
Italy
Roosevelt
China Bans Cricket Fights Hard, Courts Severe Penalties
Reported in China a fierce crackdown on cricket fighting aims to make it as illegal as opium use with equal penalties. Yet the practice persists with trainers breeding and selling crickets for bouts. Fighters glare across bamboo rings as bets rise and stakes change hands.
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China
Roosevelt Plans 100 Mile Shelter Belt Across Nation
President Roosevelt weighs a plan from the American Tree Association to plant a shelter belt of trees 100 miles wide spanning the United States from Canada to the Texas panhandle. The project would take 10 to 12 years and create 100 strips running north to south to protect soils and reduce wind erosion across North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma to the Texas line.
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Roosevelt
United States
Canada
Texas Panhandle
American Tree Association
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Fraser River gold dredge to unlock vast wealth this summer
A new large scale gold dredge, the largest Pacific coast has seen, aims to recover Fraser river riches. Built under Hume Robertson supervision at BC Marine Engineers, it will use 200 psi hydraulic pumps, 12 500 cubic yards daily capacity, and electric drives. Jones Creek hydro plant will supply 2 000 horsepower. If successful, more dredges will follow.
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Fraser River
Canada
Pacific Coast
Hume Robertson
Placer
Malaya Peninsula
Marine Engineers and Shipbuilders Limited
Jones Creek
Turns Page In History Englishwoman marries Frenchman keeps British status
Ina Ginn of Stanmore Middlesex now Mrs Lucien Albert of Paris is the first Englishwoman to marry a foreigner and retain British nationality. She wrote to the Home Secretary about her betrothal and later received a handwritten British passport stating she is a British subject under the 1933 nationality act as wife of a French citizen.
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Ina Ginn
Stanmore
Middlesex
Mme
Lucien Albert
Paris
Home Secretary
Year Of Anniversaries Recalled By Montreal Committee
Victor Morin, chairman of the Montreal committee on Jacques Cartier observances, reminded the Quebec Women’s Institutes convention of key anniversaries in 1934. He highlighted Canada’s discovery by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and subsequent colony events including Three Rivers’ founding in 1634, the first road between Quebec and Montreal in 1734, and the Toronto charter in 1834.
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Montreal
Jacques Cartier
Quebec Women's Institutes
Canada
Three Rivers
Quebec
Toronto
Amazing Tales of Extraordinary Sleepers Through History
The account surveys chronically sleepless or protracted sleep cases from history and fiction. It cites W Foxley the pot-maker who slept fourteen days in 1546, Arnheim who slept two years and four months after a tram fall, Marguerite Bovenval the Sleeping Woman of Thenolles for nineteen years, and Rip Van Winkle who slumbered twenty six years.
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Huddersfield
W. Foxley
Mint
Arnheim
Marguerite Bovenval
Thenolles
Rip van Winkle
Harms
May Join League Russia Seeks Least Explaining Entry
Edmonton Bulletin notes Russia may join the League of Nations after delaying to choose a tactful entry. Moscow is portrayed as balancing chivalry with shrewdness to keep peace in Europe while focusing on Japan’s advance in the Far East.
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League of Nations
Europe
Moscow
Stalin
Japan
Far East
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Edmonton Pulletin
Machine Reads Minds and Telepathy Claim Discussed
An inventor Dr. Alexander Cannon unveils a brain reaction recorder with flexible tubes attached to a subject. The device logs emotions fatigue concentration and truthfulness on graph paper and claims waltz music relieves asthma and telepathy as a physical fact.
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Alexander Cannon
Queen's Voice Expected On Radio At Cunarder Launch
For a second time in broadcasting history the queen's voice will likely be heard on the wireless in September during the launch of Cunarder No. 534 at Clydebank. Her Majesty previously spoke on the early BBC broadcasts.
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Clydebank
British Broadcasting Corporation
Indian Rope Trick Declared Myth by Magic Circle Panel
An occult committee of the Magic Circle ruled the Indian rope trick a myth after a solemn inquest. No witness could confirm the feat, and a 2500 prize was offered for a verifiable performance. Notables like Lord Ampthill and Sir Michael O Dwyer discussed India lore and failed attempts.
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Lord Ampthill
India
George
Queen Mary
Sidney Clarke
Nizan
Hyderabad
Sir Michael O'Dwyer
Michael
Harry Price
National Physical Laboratory
Sir Francis Griffin
Police
All India
Aga Khan
South African and Quebec school language parallels noted
Dr. S Pellissier in Quebec study observes bilingualism patterns resemble South Africa. He notes Dutch majority and English minority in schools and explains Scottish surname descendants from Scottish settlers who married Boer women, with mothers passing language to children.
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South Africa
Campbell
Fraser
MacDonald
S. H. Bloemfontein
Orange Free State
Union of South Africa
Pellissier
Dr. Pellissier
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