World Crisis Tracks Manchurian Strife and League Debates
Tokyo presses a Shanghai occupation as Japanese forces seize Chapei amid global tensions. Yangtse patrols, Nanking threats, and League responses dominate a week of diplomacy with Yen urging sanctions while the United States weighs embargoes.
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Orient
Japan
China
Shanghai
Council of the
League of Nations
Geneva
United States
Council
League
Washington
Hoover
Stimson
America
Great Britain
MacDonald
Chapei
North
Whangpoo River
Pootung
Woosung
Whangpoo
Yangts
4-H Club Broadcast Program Announced
A 4-H Club broadcast event hosted by C B Smith airs Saturday February 6 from 12 30 to 1 30 pm. Esther White of New Hampshire speaks on savings from 4 H work and John Tasker of Vermont shares tree lessons. R A Turner discusses the music achievement test and C B Wadleigh of Durham Virginia explains it pays to belong to a 4 H Club. A Chicago robbery story follows with a bandit stealing trousers and an overcoat from James Walsh.
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C. B. Smith
United States Marine Band
Airship Akron praised by Admiral Moffett amid global unrest
Admiral Moffett tells the House Naval Committee the Akron is superior to any airship built. Doctor Davidson discusses Akron material failures leading to firings at Goodyear. Meanwhile uprisings in Salvador and Kashmir spark martial law. Disturbances in Spain, Jesuits disbanded, and UK reports submarine M-2 sinking near Portland.
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Moffett
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
House Naval Committee
Akron
BE. C. Davidson
International Association of Machinists
Goodyear Company
E. C. McDonald
W. B. Underwood
Admiral Moffatt
Hat
Salvador
Kashmir
Spain
Michigan Beets Lead Crop Winners in Banner Beet Growers
Olvar W. Chase of Turner produced 28.72 tons per acre to top the Michigan Banner Beet Growers contest for 1931, with a net profit of 11.87 per acre after costs. Fertilizer applied and soil carefully prepared g planted on fertile ground. Other winners include Jerry Geer Beaverton Ray McCean Sr Rosebush Edmund McLeod Merrill Semon Bollenbacher St Louis H G Hofferbert Bannister Earl Morris St Louis Mark Caywood Breckenridge Ora Metzley St Louis Dean Geer Coleman Otto Wegner Riga Arthur Dehmel Unionville John Loganbach St Louis Oswald Geyer Frankenmuth Mrs B C Larrance Rosebush C B Shample Prattville Robert Gulick Merrill M Mooney Gaines.
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Olvar W. Chase
Turner
Michigan Banner Beet Growers
Farm Crops Department
Michigan State College
Jerry G. Geer
Beaverton
Ray McCean
Rose
B. C. Larrance
Rosebush
C. B. Shample
Prattville
Robert Gulick
Merrill
M. T. Mooney
Gaines
Fashionable figure talks on health diet for farm women
Miss Muriel Dundas outlines a weight loss plan on WKAR advising gradual reductions of up to two pounds weekly. The menu emphasizes milk, vegetables, fruit, whole grains, and lean proteins with limits on sweets and rich soups, plus a light evening snack of hot milk and a cracker.
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WKAR
Muriel Dundas
Extension Department
Stolen Car Returns After 11000 Miles in 51 Days
A car stolen from Frances O'Donnell in Morenci on October 4 was later recovered with the speedometer showing 11 000 miles driven in the 51 days it was missing. Blissfield Advance. Jack Blanchard’s 1900 Duryea won half the second prize for oldest car at the Detroit Automobile Show, D. J. Serrell of Rochester earning the other half with a 1900 White Steamer. all prize cars remained on exhibit. Dexter Leader.
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Frances O'Donnell
Morenci
Blissfield Advance
Jack Blanchard
Detroit
Michigan
D. J. Serrell
Rochester
Dexter Leader
Homemaking commandments urged by Kentucky leader
Miss Myrtle Weldon, home demonstration leader, pins down ten homemaking rules at a Farmers Week banquet. She cites eight hours for housework and the need for a daily routine and health, plus staying mentally alert and ready to serve the family and community.
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Myrtle Weldon
Kentucky
Homemakers
Farmers
Michigan State College
Miss Weldon
Suit Over Parma Highway Crash Death Arises
Henry Moe of Parma Michigan sues Earl C Michener of Adrian in Lenawee Circuit Court over the death of his seven year old son Robert Charles Moe. The child died after being struck by a car driven by Michener on U S 12 two miles east of Parma last November 5. Attorney Frank Ford of Kalamazoo represents the plaintiff.
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Henry Moe
Parma
Mich
Lenawee
Earl C. Michener
Adrain
Robert Charles Moe
U. S.12
Michener
Frank ¥. Ford
Kalamazoo
Addison Courier
Advertising Story Tells Its Own Tale Today
A brief note highlights how modern advertising carries a narrative beyond sales, shaping public perception and cultural trends through creative campaigns and media integration. The piece examines industry shifts, audience engagement, and evolving platforms driving the narrative.
Advertising's Pulling Power to Lift Struggling Businesses
Advertising, with its strong pulling and boosting power, is shown to help revive businesses stuck in the dumps by drawing customers and increasing exposure. It argues that strategic promotion can turn around moribund enterprises.
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Edward W. Pickard
Manila
Y. S. Williams
Tokyo
Russia
Manchuria
Harbin
League Council
W. W. Yen
Naotake Sato
Joseph Paul Boncour
Briand
Yen
Commission of Inquiry
Harine
Lausanne
France
Laval
Lord Tyrrell
Germany
Sir Eric Drummond
Secretariat
Eric
Paris
Evere
William Wrigley, Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
National Baseball League
Germantown
New York
Mr. Wrigley
William Wrigley Jr
Hatever
Thomas H. Massie
Inlaw
Granville Fortescue
E. J. Lord
Albert O. Jones
Joseph Kahahawai
Honolulu
Massie
Cristy
Plymouth
UBA
Senate Finance Committee
Machado
Chase National Bank
Carl. J. Schmidlapp
Jose Obregon
Chase Company
Herbert D. Brown
United States Bureau of Efficiency
Panama
National City Bank
Uey Long
Louisiana
National Capital
Long
Democratic Party
Franklin Roosevelt
Pat Harrison
Robinson
Garner
al Smith
Paul N. Cyr
Alvin O. King
Mr. King
Baton Rouge
Vinson
Naval Committee
Senate
Harles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Eugene Meyer
Senate Committee On Banking
Harvey GC
Arkansas
Jesse H. Jones
Texas
Treasury
Reconstruction Corporation
Congress
House
Glass
Mrs. Granville Fortescue
4-H Club
James Walsh
Portland
Western Newspaper Union
Banner
the Homemakers’ Corner
Farmers Week
Sues Michener
Down
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