Death of Speaker Byrns Ends Notable Congress Career
News review recalls the sudden death of Speaker Joseph W Byrns from a heart attack and stroke at the Mayfair hotel in Washington. A Tennessean who led the House for the 74th Congress, Byrns was lauded for parliamentary mastery and fairness. his death prompts tributes from Roosevelt, Snell, Robinson, and others. The House chose William B Bankhead to serve as speaker for the remainder of the session.
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Joseph Wellington Byrns
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Burns
Washington
Bertrand Hi Snell
New York
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
White House
House
Congress
Nashville
Tenn
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
A. Pratt Andrew
Massachusetts
Gloucester
Andrew
Harvard
Mint
Taft
the Treasury
Miss Clara Noyes Dies in Washington After Stroke
Clara Dutton Noyes sixty six director of the American Red Cross nursing service died in Washington moments after her stroke while driving to work. She was assistant director during World War I and had headed nurses at Bellevue and allied hospitals in New York.
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Iss Clara Dutton Noyes
American Red Cross Nursing Service
Washington
Miss Noyes
American Red Cross
Ill
Flo
America
Maravere Pietro Badoglio’s Ethiopian Campaign Noted
Pietro Badoglio, Italian field marshal, led forces in the Ethiopian campaign as part of Italy’s military actions in the early 1930s, drawing international attention to the conflict and Italy’s expansionist aims.
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Maravere Pietro Badoglio
Ethiopia
Ural Housewife Conference Opens in Washington
Ural housewives from many countries begin their third triennial conference in Washington with Mrs Alfred Watt of Canada presiding. Delegates visit open houses and exhibits while sharing experiences on rural crafts and family income strategies.
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URAL
Washington
Alfred Watt
Canada
Vienna
Stockholm
Hull and
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federated Women’s Institute
Power and policy wrap a busy war era in motion
Arthur Brisbane notes power compression from Queen Mary to the flying engine and cites government bond sales as low tax investments. Memorial Day parades honor veterans while warning against another war. Zioncheck’s Washington arrest raises voter questions. Supreme Court halts a New York wage law as Alfred Sloan urges modernized US industry. Argentine locusts threaten cotton, Arab Palestine warns on Jewish immigration, and Cleveland Socialists push demanding reforms.
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New York
Open Door at Stake as China Silver Pact Deepens Far East Ties
Washington observers see the silver purchase deal with China as a pivotal shift in open door policy, linking US currency flows to Chinese trade while Japan strengthens hold in North China and British interests resist economic rivalry. The piece notes Japanese tariff evasion, smuggling, and looming competition, with alarms about Philippine colonization and potential shifts in regional power dynamics.
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Washington
Treasury
China
Russia
Japan
United States
Sir Frederick Leith-Ross
Shanghai
Ministry of Finance
Sir Frederick
North China
Bank of China
New York
Poe
Manchukuo
Roosevelt
Far East
Philippine Islands
Manila
Philippine
Dava
Tokyo
Philippines
Congress
Scientist lists over 160000 serious earthquakes worldwide
Professor Montessus records more than 160000 quakes with disastrous effects. The great earthquake zone covers the Mediterranean Azores Italy West Indies Central America Japan China India Persia Asia Minor. The Tokyo quake of 1928 is noted as the greatest and most disastrous in history.
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Mediterranean Sea
Azores
Italy
West Indies
Central America
Japan
China
India
Persia
Asia Minor
Tokyo
Sweet Temper Delights When a Boy Is Around
A lively quip praises a boy with a sweet temper, noting many are not worth their salt yet he is delightful to have nearby if not relied upon for responsibility. The remark blends humor with affection for agreeable company.
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George
Black Draughts Reputation Spans Generations
The advertisement extols Black-Draught as trusted over decades with families passing its use from mother to daughter and son. Fred Richardson of Artshore Oklahoma testifies he has used it twenty years and his mother fifty, praising it for sour stomach constipation and sluggishness and noting it cleanses the bowels and brings lasting satisfaction.
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Fred Richardson
Artshore
Okla
Contempt for Order as a Sign of Mental Decline
Quote from Mary Borden argues that contempt for order reflects low intelligence or a breakdown, whether mental moral or physical, highlighting a provocative observation on discipline and behavior.
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Mary Borden
Able Men To Become Able In Any Profession
A quotation from Aristotle notes that able men arise through three necessities nature study and practice. The saying emphasizes foundational traits for mastery across fields.
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