War and finance mingle in Brisbane weekly essay
The column surveys bonds offering 600 million 2 percent and 400 million 1 percent notes as a safe, tax free investment, contrasts it with risky business ventures, and laments taxation of capital while praising purchases of government securities. It notes memorial day veterans’ thin frames, Pershing’s birthday sword, and warns against war. It cites Justices and Sloan on industry, boll weevil and locusts in Argentina, Arab city mayors on Jewish immigration, and Palestine dissent amid British policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Pershing
Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
United States
White House
France settles general strike as Blum backs labor demands
France ends a major general strike with Leon Blum promising support for workers. Five demands win: wage hikes 7 to 15 percent, union rights, forty hour week, paid vacations, and collective bargaining. White collar workers excluded. Strike impacts national economy and defends currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seine
France
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Blum
People’s Front
Texas Centennial Exposition Opens in Dallas at $25 Million
Texas marks its 100th independence anniversary by opening a $25 million centennial exposition in Dallas with President Roosevelt among early visitors. The fair runs through November 29 and features the Texas Hall of State at $1 million plus $200,000 for equipment, plus other national and educational exhibits and a government funded Negro Life building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
EXAS
Dallas
Roosevelt
Texas Hall
National History Museum
Aquarium
Chester Davis
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Board
Chester C. Davis
AAA
Davis
Iowa
Grinnell College
Montana Farmer
Howard R. Tolley
Doctor Tolley
United States Supreme Court
Mr. Davis
Europe
Death of Speaker Joseph Byrns Ends Notable Career in Washington
Joseph Wellington Byrns, speaker of the U S House, died in his Washington Mayflower hotel apartment after a heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage. A Tennessee Democrat, Byrns served 27 years in Congress, led the Democratic majority, chaired the appropriations committee, and guided the campaign effort before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
White House
Burns
Congress
Byrns
House II
Joseph Wellington Byrns
House of Representatives
Tennessee
Mayflower Hotel
Washington
Appropriations Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Filene Plan Urges Ban on Unfair Trade Practices
A business advisory council report calls for voluntary joint industry self regulation to curb unfair trade practices. Lincoln Filene chairs the committee proposing confidential reports to the Federal Trade Commission and separation of trade practices from labor provisions in agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filene
Business Advisory Council
Federal Trade Commission
Council
Lincoln Filene
Boston
Cantonese Government Declares War on Japan Seeks Unified Front
The Canton government declares war on Japan and initiates steps toward a nationwide resistance. Leaders hope a coalition with the Nanking authorities will unite China against Japan and rally Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces for a campaign to expel Japanese forces from North China.
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Japan
Canton
Nippon
China
Nanking
South China
Chiang Kai-Shek
North China
Cool Frock for All Around Wear
Fashion note describes a dress with dotted swiss fabric wide cuffs and bow tie neckline. Easy to make with two pleats and front stitchings. waist detail uses self fabric or purchased belt. Barbara Bell Pattern No 1846-B in sizes 12 to 20 with busts 30 to 38 inches. price fifteen cents to mail order from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Circles Within Circles in a Round World
A reflective meditation on social ladders and cycles. The text ponders whether the climb from high to low ends where it began, suggesting trajectories converge as distant extremes touch and journeys loop back to origins.
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Brisbane
Queen Mary
New York City
Zioncheck
Northwest
Hughes
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Ministry of Agriculture
Pales-np
Palesne
Palestine
Lewis
Lafayette
Momehs
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Senate
J. W. Burns
Samuel Hoare
Dee
Admiralty
Viscount Mansell
Samuel
House of Commons
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Mediterranean
Hoare
London
Britain
Borge Isaac Hughes
Libby Hilles
Badoglio
Arshal Pietro Badoglio
Duce
Haile Selassie
England
Selassie
O. C. Harvey
Anthony Eden
Harvey
Red Cross
Clara Dutton Noyes
American Red Cross Nursing Service
Miss Noyes
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Cyrus Hall McCormick
International Harvester Company
Lake Forest
Ill
America
Thomas
Homas
the Tribune
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, D. C
Missouri
Addiion
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Treasury
Beca
Mufti
Natapal
Regi
Select Products, Inc
23Rd St
Long Island City
N.o
Tan Ees Areas
PET Store
Oa Icee
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