Colleen Moore's Doll House Exceeds Dreams and Costs
Colleen Moore’s doll house tour showpiece costs 435000 and travels on rail with 700 craftspeople behind its nine by nine by fourteen foot frame. Proceeds from visitor fees support crippled children through hospitals and charities, with four years of bookings ahead worldwide.
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Santa Claus
Colleen Moore
Colleen
Hollywood
Grimm
Anderson
Miss Moore
South America
China
Bayard de Volo
Captain Kidd
Aladdin
Gulliver
Robinson Crusoe
Friday
Father Neptune
Brisbane This Week on War News and Global Oil Sparks
The piece surveys wartime dynamics across Asia and beyond. It notes China’s northern chaos as Japan contemplates action near the Great Wall and Philippines involvement. It contrasts oil as strategic gold with Japan’s air power and Mussolini’s oil interests, then reports clashes in northern Brazil and a Communist-led coup attempt halted by bombs, framing capitalism under fire.
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China
Japan
Great Wall
Philippines
California
Mussolini
Italy
Walter Damrosch Explains Music as World’s Voice
Walter Damrosch portrays music as a divine instrument speaking through mortals and moments. He calls music both servant and master of life and death guiding love hate war prayer and joy across all human experience.
Treasure hunts in Jacksonville and Wall Street spark bold plans
In Jacksonville, Florida, men plan expeditions to hunt pirate treasure, guessing a possible stash though chances are slim. Similar treasure quests arise in Wall Street, echoing past events of 1929. The ventures promise excitement, deemed worth the effort, as one declares a dull life is no life.
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King Arthur
Jacksonville
Fla
Wall Street
Great Jonker diamond to be cut for sale
The uncut Jonker diamond will be sliced into pieces to fetch about 1.5 million dollars. The largest piece will be 100 carats with others 10 to 50 carats as Hollywood potential buyers eye the opportunity. A separate note mentions John S. Clemiengo, sixteen, sentenced to the electric chair next January for aiding George H. Hildebrand in murder and robbery, reflecting on youth crime.
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Ethiopia
John S. Clemiengo
Dhe
George H. Hildebrand
Foreign observers warn of possible massacre if Ethiopia falls
Foreign observers in Ethiopia say the country is fighting a lost cause with rising wounded and mounting hopelessness. They blame the League of Nations 50 to 1 gentlemen for sanctions and boycott that fail to stop Italy yet embolden the Ethiopian ruler to sacrifice lives needlessly.
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Ethiopia
League of Nations
Italy
Anglican bishops denounce Hitler persecution of Jews
The archbishop of Canterbury leads Anglican bishops in denouncing Hitler's treatment of German Jews and urges Christians in Britain and beyond to exert influence to end the persecution.
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England
Canterbury
Hitler
Great Britain
King Features Syndicate, Inc
WNU Service
Rings as markers of rank from Rome to papacy
The article traces how ancient Romans wore rings to indicate rank and quality and explains the church's continuation of the practice. It highlights the Fisherman’s Ring as the most noted papal ring and notes the amethyst rings worn by cardinals.
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Rome
Wild Trees Supply About Two Percent of Global Rubber
Wild trees yield roughly 2 percent of the world's crude rubber. The figure highlights the contribution of natural forests to global latex production amid increasing industrial demand.
Federal policy shifts threaten armament pace and trade
The piece analyzes U S policy toward League sanctions on Italy and the neutrality act’s scope, noting pressure on oil and copper shipments and the administration’s aim to influence opinion. It discusses postwar naval views, Japan’s stance, and potential effects of Canada’s reciprocity treaty on Roosevelt’s 1930s election prospects.
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Washington
Hull
League of Nations
Italy
Congress
Shipping Board Bureau
Department of Commerce
Old Shipping Board
League
Mediterranean
Ottawa
MacKenzie King
Canada
Taft
Household Tips From a Bygone Column
Practical hints cover sewing socks washing with soap hot water, cut doughnuts in diamonds, unpainted dress-ing tables, serving cranberry apples with pork, floor squeaks fixes, meringue with lemon and salt, goldfish care, cake doneness test, lighter beef gravy by sugar, onions peeled in cold water, and make ahead casseroles for reheating. Associated Newspapers WNU Service.
William Penn Born in London and Quaker Founder
William Penn, a Quaker and colonial founder, was born in London and died in 1718. The article notes his Oxford expulsion for Quakerism, repeated imprisonments in Ireland, his failed refuge plan in America at Sylvania which Charles II renamed Pennsylvania, and his later ruin and Fleet Prison confinement.
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William Penn
London
Pearson’s Weekly
Admiral Penn
Oxford
Penn
Ireland
America
Sylvania
Land of Woods
Charles II
England
Fleet Prison
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