Bris bane This Week: Monkeys, Mosquitoes, and a King
Arthur Brisbane notes drift toward more treaties and new dangers while fears of yellow fever rise from Mon keys in the upper Soroban a region. He highlights Edward VIII visiting the Queen Mary and slum conditions in Glasgow. The king asks how a world with a great ship reconciles with pervasive poverty.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Soro
Abana
Edward VIII
England
Glasgow
Lord Metthett
Illustrated ancient Koran bought for fifty pounds in Cairo shop
A richly illustrated manuscript of the Koran was purchased for fifty pounds from an antiquity dealer in Cairo. Rumors claim a highly educated Jew may have drafted it and that angels or divine guidance aided Mohammed in writing.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohammed
Riveting machines eyed as pest control for trees
A writer notes using rivet and tire padding to flood insect pests away from fruit trees without chemicals. California inventor patents the method and plans a New Jersey orchard test at the soonest opportunity. The piece also ponders money circulation and a counterfeit $10 anecdote.
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California
New Jersey
Beware of gifting living creatures for Easter presents
Do not give living toys to children for Easter. Many parents and friends hand out helpless living creatures like chicks or ducklings, leading to rough treatment and unnecessary harm. The writer notes concerns about war fears and Swiss armed readiness as contextual reflections.
Controlling Flood Waters Seen as Immediate Need
The immediate business of this country is to find some way of controlling flood waters probably not impossible. King Features Syndicate Inc. WNU Service.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
WNU Service
Flandin Demands Germany Show Proof of Peace Intentions
French foreign minister Pierre Etienne Flandin warned Germany to prove it seeks no aggression in central and western Europe or risk France breaking off negotiations and preparing for war. He defended allied ties with the Little Entente and Russia and questioned Hitler’s claims of nonaggression and peaceful aims across Europe. Clashes on the Mongolian border were also reported with both sides blaming each other as aggressors.
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Pierre - Etienne Flandin
Vezelay
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Europe
France
Flandin
Little Entente
Russia
Fuehrer
Hitler
Austria
Danish
Schleswig
Polish
Silesia
Czechoslovakia
German
Switzerland
Reich
Manchukuo
Hitler claims landslide victory in German Reichstag
Germany reports 44 389 140 voting for Hitler and 542 898 against with many abstentions. Crown Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria and wife among nonvoters. Nazis celebrate as the new Reichstag nears a historic 740 member size and dominance by Nazi officials.
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Ermany
Hitler
Ruprecht
Bavaria
Berlin
Reich
Fuehrer
Europe
Nazi Party
Japan Faces Soviet Tension Under Hirota Government
Premier Hirota denies urge for war but Tokyo indicates serious trouble with Soviet Russia. Spokesman Eiji Aman says Japan must prepare for aggression as Reds bolster troops near the Manchukuoan border after a military revolt. Aman notes Soviet policy to fire on border areas and cites protests to Russian ambassador Yurenev.
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Hough Koki Hirota
Russia
Eiji Aman
Tokyo
Japan
Manchukuan
Aman
Hirota
K. K. Yurenev
Government in Business Decried by Committee
A committee on government competition with private enterprises reports to the President that government competition is destructive except to serve the public welfare. It outlines four justified conditions: defense preparedness, conservation, needed research and development, and essential public welfare services.
Alien Deportation Bill Reported to Senate
The Kerr-Coolidge deportation bill, backed by Secretary Perkins, won favorable reports from the Senate and House committees and would grant discretionary power to an interdepartmental board to harbor otherwise deportable aliens. Secretary Perkins has delayed deportations of about 2,800 hardship cases while Congress considers the measure. Senator Reynolds criticized the move as a sham and a shield for radicals and criminals. R G Tugwell announced a plan to expand subsidies to over half a million farm families through soil conservation and rehab loans linked to farm management plans.
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Senate
Senate Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
Perkins
Congress
House Committee
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Reynolds
Exford G. Tugwell
Rural Resettlement Administration
Tugwell
AAA
Fourteen Die In Mexican Plane Crash With Royal Passengers
A trimotored plane carrying ten European tourists and four company workers crashed on a ridge between Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl in Mexico. All fourteen aboard died. Among the tourists were Prince Adolf of Schaumburg Lippe and Princess Elisabeth. no survivors were found and a cause was not explained.
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Faourteen
Mexico
Popocatapetl
Ixtaccihuatl
Prince Adolf of
Processing tax shakeup outlines by House subcommittee
Open hearings on the Ways and Means panel discussed omitting new processing taxes on farm and competing products. The subcommittee accepted Roosevelt's windfall tax idea and altered the proposed tax on undistributed corporate income. They targeted about 25 million from foreign stock dividends and 83 million from temporary capital stock and excess profit taxes.
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Baers
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
New Three Power Navy Pact Outlined by London Powers
Disclosed in London the United States Great Britain and France reaffirmed a 50 50 fleet ratio and pledged not to compete in naval building. The pact caps battleships at 35000 tons and cruisers at 10000 tons with no cruisers of that size for six years and drops fortification clauses from the Washington treaty. Japan seeks future naval intentions and talks continue among signatories.
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United States
Great Britain
France
London
Japan
British Admiral murdered in Irish Free State
Vice Admiral Hey Boyle Somerville aged and retired was killed by gunmen at his home in Castletownsend County Cork in the Irish Free State. A note at the scene claimed the British agent sent 52 Irish boys into the British army and will send no more.
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Hey Boyle Somerville
Castletownsend
County Cork
Electric Home and Farm Authority Renewal Passed
The Senate approved a bill renewing the Electric Home and Farm Authority as a federal agency until February 1 1937 or an earlier date set by the President. The authority was created to aid financing purchases of electrical appliances.
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House
Senate
Electric Home and Farm Authority
Practical homemaking tips from a past era
To brighten glass rinse with ammonia in water. Use a snap clothespin to hold wire wool when scouring to protect hands. Tie a bright ribbon bow on scissors handles for quick locating in the sewing basket. Strain lard after frying to remove food bits. Oysters taste better not overcooked, rolled in crumbs and fried at 380F. Cut flowers last longer when cooled and kept with stems in water.
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Virginia
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