U S Joins World Court Protocols Amid Senate Watch
EDWARD W. PICKARD reports that under Hoover and Stimson the United States has signed protocols for accession to the World Court, with Albania Abyssinia and Lithuania still to sign. Secretary Stimson argues amendments protect US rights and require consent of disputing nations for advisory opinions, while debates loom in the Senate over ratification and the Root withdrawal provision.
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Edward W. Pickards
United States
Hoover
State Stimson
Bafkaires
Berne
Switzerland
Jay Pierrepont Moffat
America
Albania
Abyssinia
Lithuania
Mir. Hoover
Senate
Samson
Stimson
World Court
Secretary of State
Nobel
Great Britain
League of Nations
Fingerprints Tab in Federal Employment Scrutiny
Washington The United States Civil Service Commission expands fingerprinting to federal job applicants, especially for law enforcement. The system spans about 1,200 cities, compares new prints with the Justice Department register, and has cut post office losses by half during peak seasons.
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Washington
United States Civil Service Commission
Uncle Sam
New York City
Baring
Cade Sam
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Federal Civil
Commission
Department of Justice
Bureau of Prohibition
Prohibition Force
Civil Service Commissioner
Commissioner's Offce
Portersville Youths Erased From U S Highest Peak
Six Portersville youths Leonard Longly Rex Williams Rudolph Lumley Carter Saunders Worth Ramey and Irval Carter once painted their names on Mount Whitney the United States highest peak A forest ranger in Sequoia National Park ordered the graffiti removed and the climbers sent two friends to whitewash the names after failing to make another ascent The act preserved the park’s property and halted their boastful mark on the snow crowned summit.
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U. S
Portersville
Calif
United States
Leonard Longly
Rex Williams
Rudolph Lumley
Carter Saunders
Worth Ramey
Irval Carter
Monet Whitney
Uncle Sam
Forest Rangers
Mount Whitney's Heights
Sequoia National Park
Big Toe Signals Brain Power, Says Specialist
London watchers report a medical expert claims the big toe reveals brain health. A gentle stroke of the foot’s sole suggests a healthy brain if the toe rises. a downward curl signals possible brain issues. Other toes are not relevant to the test.
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London
Budgeting Stockings And Odd Tales From The City
A fledgling contest asks working girls to budget incomes of 15 to 35 dollars weekly with stockings as a top expense, showing most budgets center on rooming costs. The piece shifts to a brash salesman in Texas boots, a racing electric train anecdote, and a theater district beggar asking two dollars for coffee at an expensive hotel steps.
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H. C. of
Hose
Texas
Yong
Man charged with first degree murder in Lantry killing
Magistrate John Flood and his brother Joseph faced Justice Ket in Lynbrook as Francis Lantry is accused of murder after a dispute over the Lantry house culminates in a pistol shot. Flood says the death was accidental while stepping in a hallway to deter his brother-in-law. his wife corroborates the tense scene with a family that saw the gun fired.
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Cedarhurst
Joseph Flood
Catherine Lantry
Francis
John Lantry
John Flood
New York City
Joseph
Edward T. Ket
Lynbrook
Lantry
Francis Sentry
Flood
Aud
Sentry
Edward Blunt
Bott
Giant 3000 Pound Whale Jawed Shark Brought Ashore
A 3000 pound shark with whale like jaws was landed at Point Reyes by an amateur using a live sardine bait. A motor truck hauled the 17 foot creature to San Francisco where it was displayed. Officials say the peaceful shark differs from ferocious types.
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San Francisco
Point Reyes
Point Reyes Beach
Two Colors in Film Color Theory Explained
A New York note explains that color cinema reduces images to two principal colors, green and orange, with all other hues seen as variations of these two. The piece discusses how color cameras capture light and how colors are reproduced in color photography.
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New York
Broken Heart Follows Wife's Death In London
Mr and Mrs Thomas Carroll endured a hard life together. At seventy four, Mrs Carroll died from injuries after a fall from a chair. Upon her death, their son reported the death of his father, believed to be caused by a broken heart over the loss of his wife.
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Senate
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Arkansas
Lobby
Grundy
Democratic Party
Reed
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Fisher
Nye
North Dakota
Ware
Cutting
Norris
Wheeler
Barkley
Pittman
Robinson
Grandy
Grindy
Committee On Privileges and Elections
London
Thomas Carroll
Speedy aerial train proposed near Glasgow
A Glasgow inventor builds an overhead monorail system called the George Bennie air train. Propeller driven passenger carriages are suspended above the Northeastern Railway line at Milngavie. The cigar shaped coach will carry 50 passengers and light freight at up to 120 miles an hour.
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London
Glasgow
George Bennie
Northeastern
Milngavie
Willlan Beardmore Company
Treasure crew seeks gold and whisky from sunken Islander
A bold salvage gang gathers in Juneau Alaska hoping to recover up to 5 000 000 in gold and a stock of thirty-year-old Scotch whisky from the wreck of the Islander. They prepare to dive and contend with the sea for the famed treasure and liquor.
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Juneau
Alaska
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