Quotes on Current Topics by National Figures
Arthur A. Ballantine notes a Supreme Court limit on government industrial regulation and states the President shifts to using taxation as a tool. He warns that such experiments would harm industry and employment and criticizes what he views as rushed, unrepublic discussion.
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Arthur A. Ballantine
Secretary of the Treasury
Supreme Court
Cry for Peace by Haile Selassie Emperor of Ethiopia
Haile Selassie pleads for peace to avoid war with Italy. Ethiopia aims to finish modernization, spread education, build roads, develop commerce, and employ liberated slaves. He emphasizes building radio stations to participate in global intellectual life and vows to pursue peaceful progress.
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Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Thiopia
Italy
Stabilizing Influence by Harry Hines Woodring
Assistant Secretary of War Harry Hines Woodring argues the army has become an intimate part of American life. He contends the armed forces stand as the nation’s greatest stabilizing influence, with widespread presence and an efficient educational system despite limited modern equipment.
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Harry Hines Woodring
Asst. Secretary of War
World on Mend by Sir Robert Borden
Former Canadian premier Sir Robert Borden writes that nations face confused conditions yet remain optimistic. He urges active public participation by the best elements of society and recalls his stance 30 years ago on opposing his own party to avoid public indifference.
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Robert Borden
Canada
Japan's War Spirit Rises Amid Imperialist Push
Kanju Kato writes for Japan's trade unions that war in China grows from imperialist nurture. He argues capitalists push expansion and war prep while U S policy and Japan's Far East aims clash. England fades as the United States and Japan collide over China.
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Kanju Kato
Japan
China
United States
England
Ford Urges Wages Kept Up to Sustain Business
Henry Ford warns that failing to raise wages could push businesses out of operation. He argues the economic system relies on workers earning enough to buy goods, stressing the link between fair pay and business survival.
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Henry Ford
Wage Fixing Speech by Senator Borah
U S Senator William E Borah contends government wage limits on relief projects at 19 dollars a month and monopoly price controls for necessities strip workers of manhood, turning citizens into peons. WNU Service.
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William E. Borah
U. S
Idaho
Draped Silhouettes and Greek Influences Dominate Fall Fashions
The fashion scene embraces oriental drapes and Greek pleats with front fullness in new fall and winter styles. Bustled gowns in chiffon and black silk feature draped bodices, accordion pleats, and vermilion sashes. Gold cord waists, gilt leather Grecian sandals, and Hindu inspired turbans complete the look.
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Paris
Schiaparelli
Alix
Western Newspaper Union
Sea-Shell Hat Clips Inspire Sea Motif Fashion
In a seaside craft note readers discover hat clips and dress accents shaped like painted seashells. The trend adds coastal charm to accessories with hand painted shells and resin finishes.
Modern vogue in scent application for summer wear
A French perfume house promotes applying perfume directly to the skin rather than clothing. The skin perfume in lilac scent is cooling and awakening for hot months. A new trend combines perfume with dusting powder in a single fragrance for a unified personal scent.
Beauty Hint Foundation for Warm Weather Makeup
An astringent lotion with a powder base serves as a good foundation for makeup in warm weather. It can also cleanse the face several times daily before applying powder.
Five Die and Six Hurt in Train Fight Over Senorita
In Zamora Michoacan Mexico a pretty senorita sparked a deadly clash on a train from Urecuaro. Two rivals fought for her, others joined, guns appeared and the melee left five dead and six wounded.
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Zamora
Michoacan
Mexico
Urecuaro
Scrap of Paper Solves Paris Murder Mystery
In a French prison the detection of a scribbled scrap led to the conviction of Rene Anchisi Pierre Guilleminot and Serge Sauvageot for the murder of Donald Ross of Maisons Lafitte near Paris. Ross, a Glasgow firm representative and British Intelligence member, was killed after a burglary attempt turned violent.
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Paris
St. Julien-en-Genevoise
France
Surete
Devil's Island
French Guiana
Rene Anchisi
Pierre Guilleminot
Serge Sauvageot
Donald Ross
Glasgow
Maisons-Laffitte
Ross
Gare St. Lazare
Was First a Boy Then Girl Now a Boy Again
At a San Francisco medical meeting Dr. Hugh Hampton Young described an orphanage case where a child raised as a boy was later identified as a girl then subjected to surgery to become a boy again. The subject, now eighteen, grew to six feet with a beard and masculine features and wears male attire.
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San Francisco
American Urological Association
Hugh Hampton Young
Baltimore
Stranger Filler Dowry Unites Couple at Last Minute Ceremony
In Calceutta a wedding halted when the bridegroom confessed he could not provide the agreed dowry. After family rancor the parents allowed the ceremony to continue, and a stranger arrived with the funds to match the match. The new suitor joined the groom and the ceremony proceeded to completion.
Owl Destroys Boy's Eye in Swan River Nest Theft
Richard Clemen sen, fifteen, was pecked by an owl while climbing a tree to take a bird nest at Swan River. Doctors fear he may lose sight in the damaged eye. The incident ends his nest robbing days.
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Swan River
Man
Richard Clemensen
Padlock Puzzles Progress with Word Christ
A Chicago note reports an old English padlock owned by Mrs. D. R. B. Peache that opens when a combination spelling the word Christ is entered. The clue hinges on letter order and puzzle logic rather than force.
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Chicago
D. RB. Peache
Christ
Explorer finds Columbus fort at Cap Haitien site in Haiti
New Orleans explorer Maurice Ries from Tu lane University returns with artifacts including a Queen Isabella ring and a Spanish rapier guard, claiming to have located Mount St Michel near Cap Haitien where Columbus reportedly built a fort at Navidad after his Santa Maria wreck.
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New Orleans
Haiti
Columbus
New World
St. Michel Hill
Cap Haitien Harbor
Petit Anse
la Navidad
Maurice Ries
Tulane University
Ries
Norman Armour
Port-au-Prince
Cap Haltien
Mount St. Michel
Santa Maria
Cuba
Isabela
Air routes tied to empire in London Express view
The London Sunday Express argues the empire hinges on communications. It compares Roman roads to modern air travel and contends open air routes would have reduced colonial tensions, keeping Britain and America united.
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Air
Empire
America
London Sunday Express
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