France Faces New Fraud Scandal Echoing Stavisky
Paris reports revive suspicion of Charles Levy alias Charles Goldenberg in a wave of alleged war damage fraud. Observers cite government circulars steering claims to Levy firms, with connections to Camille Chautemps and Georges Bonnet. Levy rose from humble origins in Oran to major financier amid postwar reparations.
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Morris Gilbert
NEA
Paris
France
Bayonne
Alex Stavisky
Charles Goldenberg
Charles Levy
Levy
Levy Company
Joseph
Charles
Camille Chau
Temps
Chautemps
Georges Bonnet
Legion of Honor
Stavisky
Levy-owned
Special Finance Company
Ministry of Interior
Somme
Seminary Students Keep Hebrew In Curriculum
In New York on December 7, students across 40 Reformed Church in America seminaries voted against making Hebrew elective. Seventeen opposed, sixteen favored, others delaying action, effectively defeating the proposal and preserving Hebrew in the curriculum. The vote also halted delegates to the 1935 General Synod, continuing last year’s cost saving plan.
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New York
The
Reformed Church In America
General Synod
Power of science in pediatric operations described
A medical report recounts two rapid tonsil procedures on a child, including revival and mouth rinsing, noting the child felt no pain during both operations and displayed only slight lethargy in the eyes afterward. The account reflects awe at scientific capability.
UGH IS THE WORD Prehistoric Kodiak Indians Busy With Knife And Axe
Life was grim on Kodiak Island Alaska when prehistoric ancestors of the Indians lived there. Dr Ales Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian documented child killings burial of infants with dead mothers woman killed at a death and buried together and other harsh customs. Evidence includes a hunter crushed bones and a massacre skeleton with a heart dagger and a skull with a stone club.
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Washington
Kodiak Island
Alaska
Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Hrdlicka
Wells Sketch Sees Autobiography Prophesy in Art
New York reports H G Wells, famed novelist, shaping his Autobiography as an artist. The illustration from 1895 shows Wells at his desk penning books as a struggling author, publishers bid, customers pay, reviewers mail educative critiques, a prophecy fulfilled in his real career.
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New York
H. G. Wells
Wells
Ancient Newspapers Reveal Curious 19th Century Ads and News
Two late 1840s Mississippi papers Natchez Gazette and The Mississippi Free Trader show space saving front pages with tiny mastheads and scarce local news. Ads carry testimonials, mail order commerce, medical and professional notices, and items like a cotton thrasher and a city lottery drawing.
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J. B. Landreaux
Ouachita Parish
Jewel McQuiller
Parish
Mississippi Free Trader
Natchez
Miss
J. R. Frantom
Landreaux
Calhoun
Hospital without patients in London joins refugee legacy
A French hospital built in 1718 for Protestant refugees fleeing the Edict of Nantes now serves as a home for their aged descendants. The building, once dedicated to care for the sick, has become a silent monument to history with no patients remaining.
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London
England
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Pillsbury's Best
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Cross & Blackwell
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del Monte Coffee
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Quick
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H. Lyle
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Virginia
John D. James
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