Old Men Still Useful Fists and Razor Blades
A compact column notes mature age usefulness and cites Supreme Court judges ages, Theodore Taft prospects, and a satirical look at crime and justice. It contrasts geriatric wisdom with modern methods like the electric chair and lethal chamber, and surveys global tensions from London to Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Hughes
Taft
Justice Brewer
Woodrow Wilson
California
United States
Coast Guard
Hawaii
New York
World Affairs Split Pact Eases Gold Exchange Plan
The United States Great Britain and France agreed to a new gold exchange pact allowing governments to exchange gold for each other's currencies with 24 hours notice. It permits gold earmarking between governments but excludes private traders. The move aims to stabilize international finance amid currency devaluations and nonintervention feints in Spain.
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Von
Morgenthau
United States
Great Britain
France
Treasury Department
England
American Navy Department
Japan
Italy
Germany
British Foreign Office
Consumer co operatives stir radical fears in Roosevelt era
The column argues Roosevelt’s six member commission on consumer co operatives reveals divergent views and warns of a partisan battle in Congress if action is pursued. It claims European co operatives are radical linked and warns these groups threaten private initiative and independent businesses, while noting U S government funding and Tugwell’s resettlement projects. It also links rising beer prices to currency policy and farm impacts amid open liquor debates.
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Madrid
Italy
Germany
Balearic Islands
Ceuta
Meditranean
England
Egypt
Suez Canal
National Maritime Commission
Pacific Coasst
Maritime Commission
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Franklin Roosevelt
Commission
International Longshoremen’s Association
American’ Radio Telegraphists’ Association
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
Masters, Mates and Pilots of America
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, Marine Cooks and Stewards
Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Vipers’ Association
Art Schuschnigg
Austria
Heimwehr
Prince Ernst von Starhemberg
Fey
Starhemberg
Prince von the
Schuschnigg
von Starhemberg
Mussolini
Rabs
Palestine
Arab High Committee
Arthur Wauchope
Royal Commission of Investigation
Jerusalem
Mount Zion
Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Congress
Tugwell
United States
Rexford Guy Tugwell
James Peter Warbasse
Western Newspaper Union
Thorez Speech Triggers Paris Berlin Protest Crisis
Thorez, French Communist leader, spoke in Strasbourg prompting protests from Berlin. Nazi Der Angriff accuses him of aiming to provoke war and overthrow the German Reich for Soviet goals. French rightists link the incident to Russian Communist plots against France and Germany, amid reports Litvinov’s secret Paris visit.
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Mia4vrice
Thorez
Strasbourg
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
der Angriff
France
Germany
Eich
Russia
Maxim Litvinov
Parie
League of Nations Assembly ends in pessimism and debate
The final session reflected discontent with limited achievements as Argentina's Carlos Saavedra Lamas floated civilization threats. A 28 member committee was named to study reform. nonmembers may be invited to discuss raw material access as the US and others watch. Disarmament reports approved calling for a world disarmament conference reconvening soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations Assembly
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Argentina
Assembly
League Cgvenant
Russia
United States
Solving the Odd One Out in Ten Notables List
A puzzle presents ten men with four professions each. Cross out the occupation in which the man is best known, yielding a single most famous role per entry. Names include Arthur Brisbane Vernon Gomez Benjamin Cardozo Sinclair Lewis Nellie Melba Franchot Tone Fritz Kreisler Walter Hampden Macdonald Smith and James Whitcomb Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brisbane
Vernon Gomez
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Sinclair Lewis
Nellie Melba
Franchot Tone
Fritz Kreisler
Walter Hampden
Macdonald Smith
James Whitcomb Riley
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Brisbane
London
Mile End Road
Herman Jahnke
Mr. Jahnke
Plato
Vladivostok
John Bull
Britain
China
San Remo
Berea D'Olmo
Ansenha
Dr. Irving
Inte Teluniverse
Wed
Terpart
Belgium
Edward W. Pickard
Oviet
Spain
Ivan Maisky
Lord Plymouth
Portugal
Anthony Eden
Sheffield
Oviedo
King Leopold
Elgium
Leopold
Rhineland
Enator
William E. Borah
Idaho
Republican’ Party
Union
Senator Borah
Amn
National Industrial Conference Board
Philippines
Luzon Island
Cabanatuan
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, D. C
Lowell Henderson
Bell Syndicate
WNU
U. S
Bayer
Bayer I
Bayer Aspirin
AGIL
Verona
Zach Waite
Jesia
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