World economic talks push debt deals and arms pause
Edward W. Pickard reports on Norman Davis and British Premier MacDonald near agreement on a world economic conference in London with a tariff truce, the debt question, and disarmament aims. France Italy Belgium accept the tariff truce. U.S. seeks authority to negotiate tariff revisions. Davis also presses disarmament talks with Rosenberg and outlines American opposition to armament buildup while urging a consultative pact for security.
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Norman
Davis
Europe
Tor Neksunde
London
Maclon
House of Commons
Great Britain
Washington
Japan
Germany
Holland
China
Rimeroms ‘Ler-Alagdonaldin
Roosevelt
United States
MacDonald
Congress
Hull
France
Herfiot
ITE Wheeler
Spork
Senate
T. Y.soong
Alfred Sze
Soong
Viscount Kikujiro-Ishii
Far East
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Albert J. ‘Pant
Mexico
Paraguay Bolivia War Declared as Peace Talks Fail
International tension rises as Gran Chaco dispute escalates with no national concessions. Paraguay's Ayala and Bolivia's leaders express readiness to fight while neutrality efforts falter and no negotiations yield results. President Roosevelt urged relief plans clash with farm strike actions led by Milo Reno in Des Moines and Montevideo Minnesota.
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Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Eusebio Ayala
Paraguay
Netion
Montevideo
Minn
Minnesota Farm Holiday Association
Wallace
R.L. Rickard
Oklahoma Monday Association
Farmers—Of
Oklahoma
Actors Dinner Club at Hotel Great Northern
A vivid scene from the Actors Dinner club on Fifty-seventh Street shows lights of New York in blue and black velvet as guests inquire about reservations. The evening features famed performers, a charity-like meal, and a rotating program with included acts by Leon Errol, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and Sophia Tucker, highlighting equality of all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Bayne
Theo Gollars
Actors’ Dinner
Hotel Great Northern
Fifty-seventh Street
Sixth
Seventh Avenues
Herbert Rawlinson
Leon Errol
Cornelia Otis
Skinner
Conway Tearle
Adele Rowland
Sophia
Tucker
Actors’ Dinner Club
Leonarrd
Paris
Sophia Tucker
Fish Help Farmer to Judge Weather Forecast Claim
A rustic weather theory from The Odore Aright rancher holds that observing a goldfish at the pond surface predicts rain within hours. The farmer asserts this simple rain forecaster rarely fails and could aid farmers in Napa and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napa,Callt
Theodore Aright
Arighi
Gold’s long influence on world affairs and wealth
Washington reports a detailed National Geographic observation by Frederick Strauch on gold’s changing role from adornment to money, tariffs, and debts. It notes that about half of global gold production since the discovery of America is unlocated, with $22.4 billion mined since 1942 and $11.94 billion held as monetary stock today.
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Washington
Frederick Strpch
National Geographic Society
Peru
Mexico
Rome
Eharlot
America
United States
Europe
Columbus
India
Orient
South Africa
Canada
Crippie Creek
Lena
Rand
Klondike
Tink Hides in Furnace and Comes Out Hot Dog Mt Clemens
Mrs Verne Snell of Mt Clemens hunted for her dog Tink everywhere after he vanished. While fixing a furnace she opened the ash compartment and the warm dog jumped out unharmed, leading her to believe Tink had been inside for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tink
Mt. Clemens
Verne Snell
Mt. 'Clemens
Snell
Barley Demand Doubtful After New Legislation Insight
Dr H W Harlan United States Department of Agriculture lays out barley malting prospects after beer legislation. Most regions offer little chance for profitable malting, with only a few localities favored. Malting barley rarely commands a premium over feed barley. the 1917 crop shows limited malt use. Regions best for barley include Western New York northern Illinois parts of Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota Iowa and Kansas. Barley must be well grown plump with mellow kernels and minimal disease or mold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W W. Harlan
United States Department of Agriculture
WNU
Congress
Department
United States
New York
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Kansas
Cabbage and Cauliflower Growers Waste Lime
The article notes cabbage and cauliflower growers overuse lime in spring, causing waste and higher costs. Charles Chapp of the New York State College of Agriculture warns excess hydrated lime is pricey, and losses from club-root may outweigh the benefit. He advises growers to assess potential losses and consider rotating crops or moving to disease-free fields before purchasing lime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Chapp
New York ‘State College of Agriculture
Sanitation Pays in Hog Production Across Farms
A survey of 80 hog farms in Sedgwick County Washington and Yuma County Colorado shows the clean ground method boosts litter yields. Farmers changing hog lots at least every two years average six and a half pigs per litter versus four and one fifth for those who only clean farrowing houses. Those who neither change nor clean yield three and nine tenths, a level too low for break even.
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Sedgwick
Washington
Yuma
Colorado
Beit Cattle Dip Guidance From Historical Text
Advice on treating beef cattle for lice, suggesting coal tar dips or nicotine sulphate solutions. Where dipping vats are unavailable, spray each animal with a hand sprayer until wet to the skin. Use commercial dips with care to follow directions, repeating the treatment in 14 or 15 days for thorough control.
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International
Edward W. Pickard
Norman Davis
Alfred Rosenberg
Hitler
Rosenberg
Geneva
Wagon Hand
Tienry Morgenthau, Sr
George Crifaas
Federal Farm Bord
Frederick, E. Murphy
Jobisier
Minneapolis Tribune
JT Simpson
House
Chatrninn Jones
Agriculture Committee
Burns
Conference Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Hiram Johnson
California
Federal Trade Commission
Bere Securities
Interstate
Commission
T. Vv. Soong
Cial
Sumner Welles
Amner Welles
Cuba
Havana
Welles
Harvard
James ‘Bryd Ht Conant
Dia
al Lawrencé
Lowell
Sheldon Emery
Dorchester
Mass
James—Scott Conant
Jennett Bryant Conant
Harvard College
Roxbury Latin School
Conant
Bureaus of Chemistry ‘and Mines
Sheldon
Emery
Peeve
J. B Conant
Inegay
Jenny Wren
Metropolitan Opera House Ballet
Abie
Enel
Ninety-fourth Street
Big Four
Grand Central Terminal
Albany
Bell Syndicate
Italy
Breckenridge
St. Louis
Department of Agriculture
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