Birth Rate Race Across Europe Draws Wartime Echoes
Europe pursues higher birth rates as France Germany and Italy push incentives for large families. Mussolini and Goebbels promote marriages and subsidies while taxes deter bachelorhood. In Germany 100000 couples accept subsidies and loans tied to husbands' wages. France renews efforts amid concern over declining births.
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London
Thomas Malthus
Malthus
European
France
Germany
Italy
Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Goebbels
I Duce
Cupids
Alps
Hitler
Goebbels
Should Young People Go To College
The piece weighs whether higher education is essential for youth. It questions the necessity of four years and the cost, noting success can occur without college. It argues a degree may not guarantee wealth but offers advantages and cultural growth beyond economics.
Device Lets Park Your Voice in Harvard Display
Cambridge researchers unveil a vocal parking space device on a thin steel ribbon at Memorial Hall Harvard University. The magnetized ribbon records speech directly without processing, using a two magnet system to imprint sound waves onto the tape and a second magnet set to replay the stored words as an electric current.
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Cambridge
Mass
Memorial Hall
Harvard University
Wisdom and opportunity in college life and professional training
The piece argues college as a miniature world shaping adult life and social skills. It urges pursuit of higher education despite funds, noting scholarships and part-time work as paths. It stresses that professional studies now require trained minds and access to college courses for success. Wisdom is central, with proverbs from Western Newspaper Union.
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Western Newspaper Union
How to Protect a Bathroom Mirror from Damp
Do not hang a mirror on damp walls and take special care in bathrooms where steam gathers. Nail oiled silk to the back before hanging to prevent damp penetration, and wipe joints with a dry cloth where the glass meets the frame to keep it dry.
UC Berkeley Remains Nation's Largest Campus by Enrollment
Berkeley California reports University of California with 18 337 full time resident students remains the nation s largest higher education institution.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Rubber in foundation garments how to wash and care
The article explains rubber in elastic woven textiles loses elasticity with age and hot water. It advises lukewarm washing, a soft brush, and careful drying, avoiding hot irons, plus notes on preparing supplies for household helpers to ensure smooth work and readiness.
Reversible Henry VIIIth Coat Adds Second Suit
Beige wool crepe coat with red dotting and monotone red lining becomes two outfits in one. The garment is designed as a reversible frock coat, increasing wardrobe versatility.
Woman Names League as Beneficiary of Fortune
A Philadelphia woman named the League of Nations heir to her fortune. The League declined to reveal her name while she lives. On the woman's death the estate would go to her husband, then sister, and finally to the League, after legal review showed no restrictions in regulations against such a bequest.
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League
Geneva
Philadelphia
League of Nations
Links That Bind Friendships and the Reality of Bond
A reader questions the value of real friendship arguing it rests on self interest and convenience. The magazine editor counters with kinship as a lasting bond and suggests friendship demands permanence and tolerance, citing Henry Ward Beecher on burying friends faults.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Creomulsion for hard coughs and colds promises quick relief
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as seven medicines in one for coughs and colds. It stresses safety and rapid aid while noting varying factors, higher cost than cheaper remedies, and a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
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Qwee
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Three Nations
Rome
Jai Alai
Katherine Hines
Miami
Fla
United States
Lame Bode
WN U Service
Louis R. Gravis
Division of Investigation
Public Works Administration
PWA
CWA
States
District of Columbia
California
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Blessing of Animals
Los Angeles
Victor Marin
Blackie
Sue
TO -Nicht
Deere Chen
Mre Wan
BAYER
of Bayer
Atlanta Constitution
S.S.S
J. S. Rorabaugh
W. Paddock St
Beatrice
Nebr
Dr. Pierce
Potter Drug & Chemical, Corporation
Malden, Mass
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