Famine Rumors and Hunger Across Soviet Russia
Gareth Jones reports a severe famine gripping Soviet Russia as peasants abandon villages for Moscow in search of bread. He describes declines in cattle and horses, reports from peasants across the countryside, and letters from German colonists detailing starvation, warning that towns mask rural desperation. The piece notes official denial despite visible hunger and promises a follow up article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gareth Jones
David Liont George
Soviet Russia
London
Moscow
Siztete
Ukraine
Russia
Wooten
Aerae
Frain
Srow
Torgsin
Willges
Rusia
Ost-Rapress
Germany
Campobello Island Camp and Roosevelt Summer Home
A long reminiscence describes Campobello Island off New Brunswick near Passamaquoddy Bay as Franklin Roosevelt's summer home locale. It notes accessible travel from Eastport and Wells, island history tied to Captain Owen, and the island's romance, beauty, and remoteness drawing Americans and Canadians alike.
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Campabella
Roosevelt
New Brunswick
Passamaquoddy
Franklin Roosevelt
St. Andrews
Eastport
Quoddy River
Theodore Roosevelt
Havre de Loutre
Campobello
Otter) Island
Bey of
Fulidy
Owen
Liverpool m
Warrington
England
Setlement
William Campbell
Nova Scotia
Owens
Byease
Captain Owen
Edward William Campbell Owen
William Fitz-William Owen
St. Ann's
Roosevelta
Bay of Fundy
Economic Conditions Deter Many Young Couples
A newspaper feature discusses how financial pressures strain marriage while urging practical alternatives. It quotes Dr. Marie Stopes and Dr. Alopes on premarital patience, two-stage marriages, and balancing careers with love. The piece links maternal upbringing, nursery quality, and women's emancipation to shifts in marriage stability and family life.
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London
Marin Stopes
Dsc
Pad
Tr. Skies
Han
Weizmann’s London Visit on Palestine Farming Model
In London Mrs Chaim Weizmann discusses Palestine’s shift of intellectuals into farming to combat unemployment. She notes two colonization types: individual allotments with farm basics and cooperative settlements with shared housing and nursery care. She argues Palestine’s model could guide Britain and America, while stressing voluntary commitment over compulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Chaim Weizmann
Zionist Colonization Movement
London
Ans. Weizmann
Britain
America
Kitcher
Sindergarten
Antarctic expedition plans amid catapult sleds and dugouts
London reports on a new polar venture led by 27 year old explorer Foane Pease. The BDU group aims to explore a two island Antarctic continent from the Weddell Sea to the South Pass, establishing a winter base with a meteorology station. Two caterpillar driven sledges will move men inland. winter dugouts will be used. The ship is 60 feet long and seven inches thick. Pease praises the Antarctic as the world’s most beautiful continent. Iceberg discoveries and deep sounding feats are noted. diet favors whale and seal meat with penguin as emergency food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragin Sels
Uth Das
Tony
Pease
Une
Amuan
Ralin
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Doctor Stopes
Crimea
Kley
Nijal Novgorod
Volga
Mossow
Gurse
Moet
Vilieres 1
Black Earth
Maxtun
Khurkolt
al Beery
Bie
Ramava
Lenin
Stalin
Calonists
Central Asia
Kazakstan
West
Bibenia
North Caucasiia
Coor’t, Iaag
New York
American, Inc
Mr. Jones
Ria
Uanging
By A. C. Morton
Canada
Sumer
Benedict Arnold
Asurist
Canadian
Island Off Coast
Coset
New Brunewick
Maine
North Ameren
United States
William
R.N
Welchpool
Halifax
Council of
Renames Island
Truet
Unin
Siuple Corporation
Tt Sum
Tonia
Yodo Ant
Jo Ie Tslind
Marie Stopes
Betty Ross
Callossly
Harry Buffkins
Rod
Simple Mother
Tolstolant
Dr. Alopes
Great Britain
Palesling
de Wrich
Jane
TNS
Reven
Pram
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