World War Debt Plan Steers To Final Accord In Paris
Hoover and French leaders announce a broad moratorium and debt relief package. Germany gains a one year pause on reparations, with conditional payments and a Ten year plan to resume installments. Britain France Italy Belgium and others see scaled debt relief as Allies seek disarmament progress and a London conference to work out details.
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Stimson
England
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Young Plan
Machines That Are Almost Human
An 1931 Western Newspaper Cajon feature by E C Taylor surveys X-ray tubes and N-ray technology as early thinking machines. It explains how X rays reveal hidden defects in metals and medical bodies, aid industry and surgery, verify jewels, inspect sealed packages, and even reproduce ancient artworks and scenes from the past through innovative imaging.
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University of Wurzburg
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University of Illinois
Rome
Red Sea
Cajon
Giant loud speaker test shakes Berlin rooftops
Residents of Berlin heard music from a rooftop loud speaker 25 miles away. The device claimed to equal an orchestra in volume, vibrating its diaphragm an inch and requiring 120 amperes to operate. Air waves were felt on the skin 150 feet distant, per Popular Science Monthly.
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Berlin
Germany
Popular Science Monthly
Father Grills Son Over Punishment For Staying Home
A stray comic-style anecdote recalls a father asking his son about punishment for staying indoors while the mother attended a singing lesson. The exchange reveals a light domestic scene from everyday life.
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Tommie
Brown and white fashion tips for travel and town wear
Cherie Nicholas writes on brown dominates 1931 styles for travel and town: brown coats and suede pumps with matching bags, brown hats, and a white frock with a brown velvet touch. Accessories feature white gloves and shoes, brown trim on Panamas, and the double-date dress concept transforming from sports frock to tailored ensemble.
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iHus
Cherie Nicholas
Taion
White and black ensembles dominate fashion forecasts
A Kansas City Star fashion note highlights white and black contrasts as the favored style. A white hat and glove with chalky jewelry heighten outfit impact, and white liner adds crispness when paired with black hats. Cream lace blouses, navy jackets, and white skirts with contrasting jackets appear in current dining and social wear, echoed by New York debutantes with white dresses and red green sashes.
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Kansas City Star
Tuxedo Park
New York
Longer Evening Coats Return for Winter Styles
A Paris fashion writer notes next winters return of longer evening coats with velvet and velveteen fabrics. Lucile Paray favors trailing coats, Germaine Lecomte shows three quarter length velvet pieces, Irene Pane debuts pale pink velveteen, and Worth presents white cross barred velvet jackets and fur trimmed wraps. Dropped shoulder lines and waist draping define the new looks, with several coats pairing black broadcloth and satin or gray fabrics.
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Paris
New York Times
Lucile Paray
Germaine Lecomte
Irene Pane
Worth
Irene Dana
Cotton Dress Favored for the Six Year Old
Throughout fashion, the style Prestige of cotton weaves is a matter of comment. This pretty dress is fashioned of Maize-color pineapple mesh durene cotton with inverted gleats at the yoke and a novel white collar as key styling features.
Color combinations brighten new modes in fashion
Brown and yellow or green and copper color pairings shape the latest ensembles. Brown coats with brick red frocks, brown hats and belts appear beside lemon yellow or copper finishes. White or lemon yellow accessories brighten favy outfits while blue coats with pastel frocks rise in popularity.
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