NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS SUMMARY
Edward W. Pigeon and Alexander Legge review federal farm policy and wheat stabilization efforts. The piece covers Senate reactions to stabilization plans, Sun Maid Raisin loan fallout, Prohibition enforcement debates, and political figures’ statements. It also notes Hoover tariff stance, diplomatic travels, and notable deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexander Legge
Federal
Senate
Sena’ “Wheeler
B Stabilization Corporation
Nrazier
North Dakota
Bill Legger
Chicago
Jheeter
Sun Maid Raisin ‘Growers’ Association
Wall Street
Sun Maid ‘Raisin
Legge
Intérnational Harvester Company
Washington holds to old art ideals
Washington clings to classical architecture as New York leans to modern forms, with a $60 million federal building program under way. The Fine Arts Commission and architects push for domes and columns, aligning with the L Enfant plan and Versailles influences while modern construction proceeds on Agriculture, Commerce, and Interior Revenue buildings. Arlington Memorial Bridge near completion signals a culmination of monumental design and enhanced parkway and boulevard development.
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Washington
New York
Aelum
Fine*arts Commission
Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Wash
Versailles
Louis Viv
le Notre
Sandscape
Congress
Commission of Five Arts
Lule
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Government ‘Printing Office
Department of Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Deparment of Justice
National Archives
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Puiomae River
Liveola “Memorial
Arlington Estate
Francis Scott Key
Georgetown
Drivers Held for Drink Must Walk Chalk Line
Lynn Mass A chalk line drawn at Andover police headquarters guides sobriety tests for drunken drivers. The line spans the room two inches wide. Drivers brought in on drunken operation charges may walk the line to refute officers claim. close following results in acquittal, faltering leads to the judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Andover
Renew Courtship of 50 Years Ago at Fork Wayne
Wilfred rekindled a fifty year old romance with Mary H Christie from Indiana. Frank Wilson courted her, then went to India as a missionary. Miss Christie became a teacher. Wilson recovered her address through the Post Office and recently returned to marry at age eighty two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fork Wayne
Ind
Frank Wilson
Mary H. Christie
India
Miss Christie
Wilson
Post Office Department
Calorie aware menus and bankers memory tricks
Lighty column snippets and anecdotes discuss calories on menus for travelers and a humorous banker memory trick. It also recalls a golf course encounter with a locomotive executive and notes on auction prices for rugs and old coins as curiosities from Bell Syndicate.
Spanish Prisoner Endorses Long Jail Stay
Spanish prisoner Miguel Baello, 32, arrested in Alicnte, Spain, for disorderly conduct, refused information at the bar and praised prison life for freeing him from worrying about meals. He allegedly assaulted guards while being moved to his cell to extend his stay beyond the original sentence.
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Alicnte
Spain
Miguel Baello
Bnello
Fired Firemen in Lyndhurst Firehouse Shakeup
Lyndhurst New Jersey mayor Horace Bogle faced a backlash after appointing three supporters as fire department drivers at Volunteer Fire Company No 3. The regular crew refused to recognize the newcomers, arguing they were not properly selected. The dispute escalated as opponents threatened to resign rather than serve under the mayor’s preferred drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndhurst
Horace Bogle
Fire Company No. 3
Bogle
First Day as U S Citizen for European Dancer
The article tells of George A Ala a Swiss born performer from Locarno whose American citizens fate hinged on turning twenty one He crossed the Atlantic to claim citizenship and race time against delay His German internment era father died in a camp and George later drifted through Paris before seeking a brighter future in the United States He shipped from Havre aboard the Collamur and faced customs hurdles and language barriers while hoping for work as a goldsmith apprentice in New York City
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New York
George A. Ala
Wier
Madigan
Locarno
Switzerland
Beth” “Bis
Greus
Stockholm
Act
Wrere
George
Europe
Brussels
United States
Michigan
Paris
America
American ‘ Imbassadors
Havre
Scientist Warns of World Killer Toxin in War Looms
London reports Prof Leonard Bill and Prof Hill warned at a Sanitary Inspectors meeting in Lowestoft about a hidden bacillus toxin that could kill millions. A gram of dry toxin inhaled or ingested could wipe out large populations. they urged halting war preparations and redirecting funds to disease prevention.
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London
Syroonius
Exid
Chinese Women Grow Ashamed of Bound Feet in China
A traveler reports a shift in attitudes toward bound feet among Chinese women in Homad province. Many now wear oversized coverings to disguise bound feet, keeping the traditional tiny shoes beneath, though their altered gait betrays the deformity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
China
Homad Province
Ohio Child Ties Grandparents Record in World Claim
Springfield Ohio three year old Betty Love Beaty daughter of Mr and Mrs B R Beaty is tied with a child in Warley England for the world record of living grandparents. The child’s family lists include four grandparents five great grandparents and one great great grandparent. The great grandparent is eighty two years old.
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Springfield
Ohio
Betty Love Beaty
BR. C. Beaty
Warley
England
Betty
Redeced Crum
Rus ‘Qhio
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Howell
Carlton Club
Quantico
Hat F. Sinclair
Alitchell
Mitchell
Sinclair
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
William B. Shearer
Geneva
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Shearer
Gelator Howell
Nebraska
Bere American
Mas
John Coolidge
Coolidge
Florence Trumbull
Trumbull
Connecticut
Plainville
Ionn
Ackson Reynolds
First National Bank of New York
Melvin A. Traylor
First National Bank
Bank For International Settlements
Bergpear
League of Nations
League Assembly
Young Commission
Messrs. Reynolds
Traylor
Susay MacDonald
Great Britain
Berengada
Mr. Hoover
Russia
Red Army
Chang Fak-wei
Lichow
Tate
Kansun
Snochow
Austria
Streeruwitz
Johan Schober
Vienna
Karl Vangoin
Guerkoslovakia
Callutte
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Bacha Sakao
Afghanistan
Peshawar
Habibullah
Qlonel Lindbergh
Miami
Cuba
Trinidad
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Dutch Guiana
Texas
Cardinal Dodls
Harry F. Hodges
Panama Canal Locks
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New York Yankees
Wilfred
Clemenceau
Clesimiceau
Charles
Sindly
Lom
California
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