Red Cross Efforts on Ethiopia War Crisis
Geneva seeks Ethiopia adherence to the 1929 Red Cross convention to protect the sick and mitigate warfare. Emperor Haile Selassie favors adherence but fears enforcing it on subjects, while Menelik II previously refused. If no safeguards, the looming war could be the first in seventy one years with no brake on barbarism, despite hopes to ease hostilities.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Red Cross
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Menelik II
Haile Selassie
Menelik
Clarence K Streit
New York Times
Speed, Safety and Fatal Car Crashes Debate
Governor Hoffman of New Jersey and State Motor Vehicle Commissioner John A. Harnett of New York dispute claims that speed alone drives accidents. They argue faster travel worsens outcomes, brakes tested across speeds, and most fatal crashes occur at speeds unsafe for conditions.
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Hoffman
New Jersey
John A. Harnett
New York
19 Year Olds Set Pace For Crime During the First Quarter
The Bureau of Investigation reports that in the first quarter more than 90,000 cases were examined and that 19 year olds led arrests, exceeding every other age group. Over 56 percent of those arrested were under 30, challenging the notion that crime is mainly the work of hardened criminals. The findings urge new approaches to steer young offenders away from crime.
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Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Department of Justice
Songs For Home But It’s No Use
A Georgia congressman longs for his Apping County farm and home life as he fights in Washington. The piece contrasts duty in Congress with rustic peace, urging mutual understanding and a contemplative note on art and nature.
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Braswell Drue Deen
Georgia
Congress
Washington
Highth
Life at Bryant Park And Nearby Friends
New York Day by Day sketches Bryant Park as a social refuge for elderly adults in a crowded city setting. It notes quiet, solitary routines and memory as a coping anchor while mentioning local groups like The Friends of the Chinese People and The Anti-Nazi Society and describing Ben de Casseres as a famed word stylist connected to Mencken.
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New York
Briant Park
Bryant Park
Ben de Casseres
America
Mencken
de Casseres
Philadelphia
Jim Huneker
Joel
Evening reflections and a temperate New England town hall note
A fragment from a late social recollection describes crowds ending an evening with Emerson and a reflective mood. Karl K Kitchen is lauded as kind and gentle, with one dramatic temper flare in a restaurant when he sent guests to wait and overturned a table. Town Hall meetings in New York symbolize agreeable small-town warmth with sharp political heckling and notable speakers. The piece also touches on Broadway, fashion notes, and distant dramatic school news, ending with a cryptic personal aside.
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Karl K. Kitchen
Kitchen
Hts
New York
New England
Town Hall
Broadway
Raymond Moley
Norman Thomas
Lawrence Dennis
James Gerard
al Smith
Anniversaries list notable births and deaths spanning decades
A compiled roll of notable anniversaries lists Henry Knox born in Boston in 1750 and Thomas Eakins born 1844 in Philadelphia. It notes Flora Darling born 1840, Earl Balfour 1848, David Belasco 1854, Frank Sprague 1857, Bolton Smith 161, and numerous others with birthplaces and death dates.
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Henry Knox
Boston
Thomaston
Maine
Flora A. Darling
Daughters of the Revolution
U. S. Daughters of 1812
Lancaster
N. H
New York
Thomas Eakins
Philadelphia
Earl Balfour
David Belasco
San Francisco
Frank J Sprague
Europe
Malford
Conn
Bolton Smith
Memphis Tenn
Boy Scouts of America
Indianapolis
Washington
Lundy s Lane battle and early aviation milestone noted
A historical note recounts the 1814 Battle of Lundy’s Lane near Niagara Falls with both sides claiming victory, mentions the 194 start of the Chinese Japanese war, and cites Louis Blériot’s 1908 flight across the English Channel from Calais to Dover as a landmark in aviation history.
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Lundy's Lane
Niagara Falls
Canada
Britain
Louis Ble- Tiot
Calais
France
When the waiter captain lifts the lid for inspection
A fragment describes a waiter captain lifting a silver lid to inspect an entree and a waiter berating a mirror to the back of the head, noting a rotten haircut. The obscure 1935 syndicate copyright framing remains.
Today’s Horoscope: A Glimpse Into a Wandering Mind
The article notes a week’s quality offset by vacillating tendencies. It describes the native as inspired and capable of wandering into strange paths, sometimes far from the right one, with a mind that is artistic and possibly unsettled.
Cheerfulness Elevates Senses Through Gratification
A concise guiding statement urges daily cultivation of cheerfulness to heighten sensory pleasure and overall well being. The advice frames happiness as a practiced, mindful habit rather than a spontaneous mood.
Oarsman At 86 Seeks Race With Old Rivals
Mark Lynch, an 86-year-old Nova Scotia oarsman, offers a summer race challenge to veteran Canadian and U S oarsmen including James A Ten Eyck, Syracuse University coach. They previously rowed a three mile contest in 1899, Lynch winning as Ten Eyck doubted his rival’s lead. Also eyeing 85-year-old Fred Plaisted, former coach of John O Neal.
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Lynch
United States
James A. Ten Eyck
Syracuse University
Ten Eyck
Fred Plaisted
John O'Neal
Herring Cove
O'Neill
Peru's Mineral Wealth Largely From American Mines
About eighty percent of Peru's mineral output is produced by mines owned by American interests. The figure highlights the influence of U.S. ownership on Peru's mining sector and its exports.
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Peru
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