Germany crisis tests world to save solvency
News review reports Germany’s financial collapse threat after bank closures, capital flight, and clashes over a distant relief loan. France and Britain seek accord in Paris and London with Hoover directing limited U.S. involvement while German leaders demand strict conditions.
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Machines That Are Almost Human
In 1931 modern science foresees wireless crystal lighting and humanlike robots. A Schenectady tower lit two miles away, and gas filled bulbs glow via changing magnetic fields. Robots detect broken rails, extract gold fumes, and aid television and two way calls.
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Schenectady
United States
New York City
Western Newspaper Union
Best Wood for Chessmen
The forest products laboratory identifies boxwood as the best material for chessmen, noting its rarity and high price but suitability in small sizes. West Indian boxwood offers a cheaper alternative, and American holly provides a light colored, hard, easily carved option for chessmen.
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Forest Products Laboratory
German Opera Stars Face Pay Cap Amid Financial Straits
German Stage society decides opera stars may earn at most 160 a week or 100 a year. The limit reflects the poor finances of many German opera houses. There is concern that renowned foreign artists may decline to perform in Germany at these rates.
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Life Insurance
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Tidewater
Germany
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Peter the Great Peter the Great by Fannie Hurst
Peter Tarbell, once a rising theater figure under the tyrannical actress Hilda Taypar, is humiliated and quits the Broadway scene. Years later he becomes a lower-division apartment building superintendent, caring for his ailing wife Tessa while facing eviction, poverty, and the intrusion of a derelict dancer they shelter.
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Cerberus
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Hilda Taypay
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Upper West Side
New York
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Yessa
Splendor for Dogs on Park Avenue Coats With Side Pockets
Dogs paraded by women along Park Avenue are dressed in ornate coats and groomed to perfection. The latest satirical display features a dog coat with a small side pocket holding a neatly folded handkerchief. Its utility is unclear.
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Park Avenue
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