Debt moratorium gains acceptance as nations agree
The Hoover plan gains broad support with France and other nations agreeing in principle to suspend payments from July 1, 1931, to July 1, 1982 totaling about 800 million dollars for debtors. Germany faces 243 million in conditional reparations suspended while 130.6 million must be paid and may be loaned back. A Berlin–London parleys seek to shape post moratorium terms as British observers attend.
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Church state clash and Soviet policy shift in old world and Russia
The piece notes Italian press casting church state issues as medieval, reports Paraguay bolivar ministerial tension, Peru rebel defeat near Cuzco, and Vera Cruz church law clashes. It also covers Stalin unveiling conciliatory policy toward bourgeoisie and kulaks, plus labor and industry reforms tied to the five year plan.
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Polish Gent Is No Apollo But He Sure Has a Way With Women
A Polish tailor named Leo Weidenberg in Warsaw attracts front page attention for marrying eight times and fathering 46 children. He has lived through multiple faith changes and marriages across Poland, Russia, and the United States, with 39 spouses located and ongoing speculation about more.
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Lublin
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Piotrkow
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Deaths In The Week Include Walker And Duke Of Aosta
OTABLE notes the deaths of John Brisben Walker in Brooklyn a longtime public figure as a soldier businessman writer editor and world peace crusader. Also passes Duke of Aosta cousin of the king of Italy whose World War I fame was noted with Italian sorrow.
Lips and Eyes Tested as Keys to Character
Oxford lecture tests Bettmann theory that lips and eyes reveal vocation and character. At an Old Students reunion at Oxford University popular figures were examined. findings show a general link but one strong exception in the legal profession with a predominate thin lip. Deep thinkers are said to have the thinnest lips per Bettmann.
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Oxford
England
Bettmann
Oxford University
Bettman
Mormon Mantle Shelves Adorn Parish House in Auburn
Two marble mantle shelves carved by Brigham Young will decorate the Second Presbyterian parish house in Auburn New York. The shelves come with timbers from the original house, dating nearly a century, reflecting Young’s boyhood days spent in Port Byron in the Finger Lakes region.
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Revolution Brings New Bullfighting Slang To Spain
In Madrid slang for bullfighting gains "monarchy" and derivatives. A truly bad bullfight is "monarchical" and a poor bullfighter is "monarchial," prompting crowds to shout "You're worse than the monarchy." Recent Valencia appearances featured posters reading Francisco Vega de la Republica.
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Gitanillo de Triana
Francisco Vega de Los Reyes
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Valencia
Francisco Vega de la
Hunter Bros. Retain Air Refueling Record
The Federation Aeronautique Internationale did not approve Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brien for their 647 hour 28 minute endurance flight near St Louis. The official record remains held by the Hunter brothers with 553 hours 41 minutes.
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Washington
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
France
Dale Jackson
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Hunter Brothers
Uncle Eben Finds Gratitude at the Zoo for Looks
The Washington Star quotes Uncle Eben who jokes that when dissatisfied with his looks he goes to the zoo and thanks himself for being much handsomer than the hippo.
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Washington Star
Man requests 60 extra days after jail term for wife slapping
James Verano, 49, of Holland Michigan, upset after Justice E B arsons sentenced him to a one day jail term for slapping his wife. Verano asked for 60 additional days but was denied.
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African Beauties Launch London Fashion Caravan
A caravan of motors carrying a full range of dresses fabrics and cotton rayon items departs for a tropical country. Stops will be Damascus Jerusalem Alexandria Cairo and Cape Town with impromptu manikin parades featuring native women wearing the models in each city.
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Jerusalem
Alexandria
Cairo
Cape Town
College Education Valued at Sixty Thousand Dollars
Attorneys seek sixty thousand dollars for Edna Schieck nineteen and Fred Schieck sixteen children of Edward Schieck who died in a collision with Fiorito Brothers truck. They argue the loss of their chance for a college education due to their father's death. The suit names Fiorito Brothers as defendants.
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Edward Schieck
Edna
Fred Schieck
Fred
The Conceited Drivers Warned by Criminologist
A criminologist notes that conceited people make the worst drivers and laments the large number of poor drivers in the city. The Los Angeles Times commentary illustrates satire on driving behavior and self-importance.
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Los Angeles Times
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