Ten Rack brothers honored for World War service in Germany
Ten Rack brothers from Kildorf near Bad Homburg were decorated with the Cross of Honor for active service. Only one was lightly wounded across four years of hostilities. The siblings, Jacob, Heinrich, George, Joseph, Valentine Peter, Gerhard, Wilhelm, Jean, Ferdinand, and another, never met during the war but stayed in touch via their sisters.
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Germany
Rack
Kildorf
Bad Homburg
Jacob
Heinrich
George
Joseph
Valentine Peter
Gerhard
Wilhelm
Jean
Ferdinand
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for Malaria Relief
Quick relief advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic to treat malaria with tasteless quinine and iron. It claims to destroy infection, build up blood, prevent reinfection, and be safe for children. Available at drug stores in 50c and $1 sizes, with the $1 size offering more quantity.
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Grove
Italians Advance Into Aduwa In Ethiopian War
Gen Emilio De Bono leads Italian forces across the Mareba frontier into Ethiopia capturing Adigrat as they press toward Aduwa. Italian planes bombard towns. Haile Selassie may head north while the League of Nations considers sanctions. Mussolini rallies Black Shirts to support the campaign amid global tension.
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Ethiopia
Aduwa
Mussolini
Europe
Emilio de Bono
Eritrea
Mareba River
Adigrat
Tigre
Harrar
Makale
Aksum
Haile Selassie
Geneva
League of Nations Council
Committee of Six
Italy
Laval
France
Baron Aboisi
Addis Ababa
Rome
Embargo Proclaimed and Travelers Warned in Roosevelt Speech
President Roosevelt announced two proclamations in San Diego. The embargo bans all shipments of war material to belligerent nations. He warned Americans that travel on Italian or Ethiopian vessels would be at their own risk.
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San Diego
United States
Roosevelt
A F of L Urges Preserve Basic Law and Fight Reds
The American Federation of Labor opened its Atlantic City convention with a call to keep the Constitution intact for now to aid industrial recovery. The report supports some government control over industry, while warning against premature changes. It also urges action to purge Reds and to maintain a strict boycott of German goods until Nazi rights protections improve.
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Merican Federation OF 4 Labor
Atlantic City
Executive Council
NRA
Congress
Supreme Court opens in new palatial home and signals key cases
Chief Justice Hughes leads eight associate justices into a ten million dollar temple like court building. More than 150 lawyers admitted to practice as the calendar begins with six cases shaping the New Deal, including the pivotal agricultural adjustment act ruling. Gen Malin Craig named chief of staff of the American army succeeding Douglas MacArthur with a decorated WWI record.
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Dred Scott
Malin Craig
War College
Roosevelt
Douglas Macarthur
New Island Commonwealth
Craig
St. Joseph
West Point
Cuba
China
France
England
Belgium
Italy
Naval Academy Birthday Celebrated in Annapolis
Naval Academy marked its nineteenth anniversary on October 10 with a large gathering of naval personnel from admirals to ordinary seamen. Prof Wilder D Bancroft led distinguished guests connected to the service. A featured event was a sham battle where midshipmen landed from boats and attacked the academy under protective fire from a sub chaser, with sea planes and coast artillery participating.
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Naval Academy
Inapolis
United States Naval Academy
Wilder D. Bancroft
George Bancroft
Academy
Navy
Polk
Plane crash near Cheyenne kills twelve aboard
Swelve persons died when an eastbound United Air Lines plane crashed about fifteen miles west of Cheyenne Wyoming in the early morning. The craft struck a hill peak, bounced to another hill top, and killed the two pilots and a stewardess. fire did not break out.
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United Air Lines
Cheyanne
Wyo
AAA Potatoes Debate Over Warren Act Quotas in Washington
Officials farmers and consumers discussed the Warren act which imposes quotas and a production tax with jail penalties for bootleg sales. Secretary Wallace opposed enforcement, proposing voluntary surpluses reduction plans and price support, while AAA urged producer input on cures and returns. Tigers win world series after beating Cubs in most games.
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AAA
Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt approves 20 million works project in Pennsylvania
President Roosevelt on the Houston in Lower California consulted Ickes and Hopkins about the work program and formally approved a $20,000,000 works project in Pennsylvania. He then fished near Arenas Bay before sailing toward Cocos Island off Costa Rica for a pirate lore rendezvous.
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Lower
Califfornia
Houston
Roosevelt
Ickes
Harry Hopkins
Washington
Pennsylvania
Arenas Bay
Cocos Island
Costa Rica
Commutists in Mexico City uproot swastika from German con
Riot protests against fascism in Mexico City culminate with demonstrators tearing the swastika from the German consulate staff and dragging it through the streets while police avert clashes at the German club. Also noted: Francis Wilson, famed opera star and first Equity president, dies in New York at eighty one. Chicago losses: Edward Moore and Karleton Hackett die within two days.
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Hitler
Mexico
Mexico City
Germany
Francis Wilson
de Wolf Hopper
Cross stitch Quilt Blocks for Home Craft Co.
Six inch stamped cross stitch blocks offered for 10 cents as Outfit No. 464. Text describes making six inch squares into doilies pillow tops scarves and bedspreads for girls and grandmothers. Send stamped self addressed envelope to Home Craft Co Dept A Nineteenth and St Louis Ave St Louis Mo for information.
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Address Home Craft Co
Dept. A
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Ave
St. Louis
Bronze bust highlights prehistory of the typewriter in Vienna
The Vienna unveiling of a bronze Peter Mitterhoffer bust recalls earlier writing machines. Records show Henry Mill patented a writing machine in 1714 for impressing letters with printlike precision, and G A Hughes perfected a typewriter in 1850, predating many later developments.
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Vienna
Austria
Peter Mitterhoffer
Mitterhoffer
G. A. Hughes
Manchester
England
London
Henry Mill
Mill
Oatmeal Picked For Dionne Quintuplets Diet
The Canadian government appointed a staff of experts to supervise the Quints care and approved oatmeal as their cereal. Medical authorities praise oatmeal for its balance of body building minerals protein and Vitamin B. Vitamin B is cited as a key safeguard against nervousness constipation and poor appetite in children.
Postum Free Week Offer Promises Health Boost
The Postum Company offers a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it. The ad invites readers to request the free trial via mail, detailing no purchase required to receive the sample.
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Postum Company
New Memphis Stop on White Ordinance For Blind Pedestrians
Memphis enacts a new ordinance requiring motorists to stop at intersections when a white cane is visible. The rule applies until the cane and its owner have crossed the street and only blind persons may carry the canes.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wolves as pets at Moscow Zoo challenge wolf danger myths
The Moscow zoo showcases two wolves bred as pups and raised with patient training. Their tame behavior and refusal to return to the wild challenge the belief that wolves become dangerous when trained from puppies.
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Moscow Zoo
Pathfinder Magazine
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