Debt storms sweep Europe as nations brace for reckonings
France and Britain face defaults and debt protests with Herriot resigning as France votes to defer payment. Belgium and others follow Hoover era debates on war debts while Roosevelt denies a London Express misrepresentation. Impeachment talk and disarmament hopes color Washington turmoil.
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Belgium
Great Britain
London
Washington
United States
MacDonald
Stimson
America
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Czechoslovakia
Latvia
Hungary
Poland
Esthenia
Remier Herriot
Germany
Britain
Berlin
Kurt von Schleicher
von Neurath
Prohibition Women Debate Pervasive Drinking Lessons
In a radio talk President Roosevelt cites the challenge faced by women and girls as they confront early exposure to alcohol. He contrasts present conditions with his youth when wine at home was common and carrying a flask to a party was unheard of.
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London Express
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Louis T. McFadden
Pennsylvania
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United States
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Houston
Texas
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House
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New York
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A. J. Barton
Anti-Saloon League
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Ella Boole
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Walter R. Miles
Yale
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Hoover
Borah
Blaine
Wisconsin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prohibition funds blocked and Manchuria crisis evolves
In Congress ETS funds for prohibition enforcement were defeated in two votes. Treasury cut proposals for the coast guard were rejected. Geneva talks see Tokyo rejecting foreign mediation while Soviet Russia signals possible recognition by the United States. Litvinov calls for broader international cooperation as Sino Japanese tensions persist.
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Schafer
Wisconsin
Boylan
New York
Papan
Geneva
League of Nations Conciliation Committee
Manchuria
United States
Russia
Tokyo
Japan
Great Britain
Maxim Litvinov
China
D. W. W. Yen
Litvinov
League of Nations
Nudist Colony Teeters Through Winter at Sky Farms
Sky Farms near Liberty Corners New Jersey, a 30 acre nudist camp, pauses for winter. founder Carl Becker notes members will swim calisthenics in Manhattan gym, while Sky Farms remains open year round for country living. 220 metropolitan members, 500 possible, dues pay for rail fare and upkeep. organization emphasizes privacy and cleaner relations between the sexes.
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New Jersey
Sky Farms
United States
Manhattan
Mars
Carl Becker
Liberty Corners
N. J
American League For Physical Culture
Olympian League
Camp Olympia
Highland
N. Y
Becker
League
Friends urge Roosevelt to name Campbell attorney general
East St. Louis Democrat Bruce A. Campbell, a prominent Illinois figure, is pressed by supporters to be offered the attorney general post in President-Elect Roosevelt's cabinet. The push reflects Campbell's standing within the party and hopes for a senior legal role in the new administration.
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Bruce A. Campbell
East St. Louis
Illinois
Roosevelt
Cholera Toll Rising in China Epidemic 1982
Cholera devastated parts of China in 1982 with official counts seen as over 100000 cases and more than 30000 deaths. Shanghai saw initial cases with spread to Nanking and Yangtze cities. rail traffic halted in Shansi Shensi Henan and Suiyuan amid the crisis.
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Peiping
China
Bureau of Public Health
J. Heng Liu
Bureau
Liu
Shanghai
Nanking
Yangtze River
Shansi
Shensi
Henan
Suiyuan
Blind Inmate of County Farm Elected to Office
An adult blind man and former lawyer, inmate of a county farm in Bon Homme County, was elected state attorney on the Democratic ticket amid South Dakota’s landslide. In Badlee County a resident who moved to Iowa was elected coroner after leaving the state. no withdrawal was recorded. The story notes many counties filled ballots with weak or no strong candidates just to field names.
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Iowa
South Dakota
Youth not going to the dogs, says education study
A National Education Association survey finds juvenile delinquency not rising and even declining in some large cities. It notes about 200000 youths enter U.S. courts yearly, with factors like environment and heredity influencing behavior and cites efforts such as parental schools and truancy programs to cut delinquency.
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Washington
National Education Association
Chicago
New York
Children’s Court
United States
London Drug Turns Sap Into a Samson
Researchers at a London hospital report a new drug that allegedly prolongs life, removes fear, and boosts courage and strength in both humans and animals. They claim it could render a race of supermen, with sheep gaining oxlike power and cats becoming pantherish, though they warn about potential extreme social effects.
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London
Lawsuit Reveals Horse Victory Over Motor Car
Nashville suit details Ralph Harter seeking 5000 damages after a car overtook L F Watkins daughter riding a Watkins horse. Harter claims the horse backed into the car causing damage and injuries including broken elbow and three ribs. the horse suffered no harm.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ralph Harter
L. F. Watkins
Watkins
Harter
Forgotten Coat Saves Kansas Farmer's Life
In Aurora Kansas Med Cote, farmer, recalled his coat as dark clouds gathered. He returned to fetch it leaving the horses, a lightning bolt struck the team, three horses died, while Cote suffered only a slight shock.
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Cote
Glass Roofed Houses Cover Future Cities
Engineer Joseph S. Pecker, linked with Harold F. Pitcairn in autogiro development, predicts glass roofed houses will shelter future cities and provide convenient landing fields for autogiros in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Joseph S. Pecker
Harold F. Pitcairn
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