Nanking Emerges as New Center in China’s Affairs
The National Geographic describes Nanking as the workshop of China’s affairs, surpassing Peiping in diplomatic prominence. It notes embassies and consulates from Russia Britain France Japan and the United States, rapid modernization including seven story cement pagodas and asphalt boulevards, a government railway to Shanghai and Peiping, air service, and a population around 650000 with heavy American involvement and auto traffic.
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Washington
Nanking
China
Peiping
National Geographic Society
Russia
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Canton
New China
Sun-Yat- Sen
New York
Peking
Central Hospital
Ministry of Railways
Ministry of Communications
Nanking-Shanghai
Shangahi
Hankow
National Aviation Company
Chungking
Chengtu
Eurasia Aviation Company
Sino-German
Loyang
Sian
Lanchow
Tihwa
Sinkiang
United States
Salem senior's 95 court appearances set record
Salvatore Vitale, an elderly Beverly resident, made 95 appearances in court on various minor charges in Salem Massachusetts. His latest sentence was confinement at the state farm for nonsupport and drunkenness.
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Salem
Mass
Salvatore Vitale
Beverly
State Farm
Jamestown Island to be excavated by CCC crew
A 200 member Civilian Conservation Corps unit will dig Jamestown Island Virginia to uncover 1607 settlement foundations for the National Park Service records. Plans include surveying the island in 100 square foot sections to locate early homes under B Floyd Flickinger supervision.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Jamestown Island
America
National Park Service
Robert Fechner
Virginia
Colonial National Monument
John Smith
John Rolfe
Jamestown
General Assembly
Middle Plantation
Williamsburg
James
Association For the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
B. Floyd Flickinger
C. C. C. Company
Yorktown
Brothers Meet at Fair After 42 Years Apart
John J. Holloway of Lynn Massachusetts meets brother Patrick Holloway a fifty seven year old veteran of the First Cavalry in China Sixth Cavalry in Mexico and Rainbow Division in France at a Chicago World's Fair reunion after decades apart. The brothers were separated when Patrick left Ireland for America forty two years earlier and Pat now lives with a sister in Highland Park.
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Chicago
Tipperary
Ireland
America
John J. Holloway
Lynn
Mass
Patrick Holloway
South Green Bay Road
Highland Park
John Holloway
Patrick
First Cavalry
China
Sixth Cavalry
Mexico
France
John
Boston
Pat
Crows Lead Hunter to Squirrels in Arkansas Woods
Walnut Ridge, Ark. Crows act as guides for farmer C. F. Howerton after his prized dog Old Drive was killed by a rattlesnake. With the dog gone, crows attract Howerton's attention and lead him to squirrels, three of which he bags, then followings quarrels between crows and two more squirrels.
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Walnut Ridge
Ark
C. F. Howerton
Howerton
Old Drive
Kansas Farmers Plan to Put in Artificial Ponds
Northwest Kansas farmers plan artificial ponds on all farms to aid flood control water conservation and increase well water supply. Business leaders seek federal and state aid to develop basins to hold runoff water, tackling drought while creating job opportunities.
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Kansas
Oberlin
Kan
Digger Indians Once Great Basket Artists
In California the Digger Indians once known as dirt eaters crafted intricate basket work now owned by John S. Bransford of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Bransford collected the pieces in the 1880s in Plumas County, many made before white contact, a testament to a once flourishing art that faded with the civilization.
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Salt Lake City
California
John S. Bransford
Bransford
Plumas County
Plan to Use Dry Ice for Cooling Airplanes
An Indian transportation company tests solid carbon dioxide to cool aircraft. If successful, future flights may be cooled across the country with Calcutta to Bombay service as summer heat reaches 115 degrees and sometimes exceeds 130.
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Calcutta
India
Bombay
Stone Age House Found in Katrineholm Sweden
A 5,000 year old Stone age dwelling was unearthed at Katrineholm in central Sweden by Dr. Sten Florin. The site yielded numerous flint axes weapons and primitive household implements.
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Stockholm
Katrineholm
Sweden
Sten Florin
Marble doll worth half a million found in Tarragona tomb
In a Tarragona bank vault a marble doll valued at $500,000 is unearthed from the tomb of an infant believed to have died around 300 A D. The artifact’s discovery links ancient burial practices to modern museum interest.
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Tarragona
Spain
General Foods
Points on Poultry Carving for Tender Servings
Instructions detail how to carve birds to maximize tenderness and appeal. Notes include proper bird positioning, sequencing of joints, separating breast from carcass, and presenting mixed white and dark meat on individual servings. When served jointed, stuffing reveals center portions and dressing distribution.
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Bell Syndicate
Wwnu
Pigeons, Panpipes, and a Chinese Air Concert
Dr. Berthold Laufer notes ancient Chinese practice of attaching small reed pipe like instruments to pigeon tails. As flocks fly the wind vibrates the pipes producing open air concerts. The Chinese claim the sounds guide flocks and deter hawks, but scholars doubt this. The music largely benefits listeners, not the birds.
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Berthold Laufer
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Concerts Heard All Day in Peking Homes
A report notes that a single day of concert music from Peking could be heard across the city and inside private homes, spreading wide through the area during that period.
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Peking
Necessity Green and the Talkies Debate
The speaker insists on twice weekly attendance to keep up with dialogue, while Howarth counters that regular visits aren’t the point, noting the need to understand his kids’ speech.
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Green
Old Boy
Howarth
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Mich
Grown
Brown
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