Dictator contrasts and lie test musings in Brisbane column
In this Brisbane column, Hitler and Mussolini are depicted as borrowing ideas, Kemal Atatürk asserts defiance of treaties, and a proposed lie test for Mrs Hauptmann is considered. The piece also notes a school paddling incident, a foundling baby, leprosy cures, Nazi executions in Memel, and Mussolini’s growing army while Patman criticizes bonds to veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Hauptmann
Europe
Mussolini
Rienzi
Dolfuss
Vienna
Ancient Ontong Java Island life and looming population decline
A National Geographic prepared report details Ontong Java in the Bismarck Sea where population has plunged from about 5,000 in 1907 to roughly 750 today. It describes canoe making from driftwood, reef fishing methods, garden work by women, taro cooking, island migration to Leuaniaua and Pelau, and the impact of disease and cultural erosion on island communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
Ontong Java
New Guinea
Leuaniua Island
Tim
Keila
Leuaniua
Leuaninua
Pelau
Mekaike
Simplicity Dress Pattern Promises Quick Sew
An advertisement explains a chic simple dress pattern with four body pieces and a single piece each for sleeves and shoulders. It highlights easy construction, inexpensive cotton fabrics, and gay buttons. Pattern 2159 available in multiple sizes with illustrated instructions. price 15 cents plus address order to Sewing Circle Pattern Department New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York
Witty exchanges and reform quips across papers
Dialogue snippets reveal social reform banter and domestic irony. Brown replies on economy while his wife notes cigars and golf purchases. Miss Carenne endorses women voting while joking to disfranchise gigolos. A lighthearted exchange ends with a bride revealing ten new gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Boston Transcript
Forgetful Guest Blamed For Missing Party Gaffe
A brief London Tit-Bits quip recalls a guest apologizing for missing a party. The exchange shows social etiquette tips and wry humor about memory lapses among acquaintances in a witty if terse tone.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brisbane
Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Sultans
Mohammed
Kemal
League
Dardanelles
Asia
Constantinople
Japan
Russia
New Jersey
Wilentz
Schraft Junior High
Parma
Ohio
Foundling Hospital
Jacintho Moura
Rio de Janeiro
Kovno
Lithuania
Memel
John Simon
Italy
Patman
King Features Syndicate, Inc
OUR Comic
Little
Little Brother
By Osborne
Finney
Ted O'Loughlin
Western Newspaper Union
Mer
Ol Dnnerstan
London
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