Washington Letter on debt talks and roosevelt program
The senate debate on Ramsay MacDonald's debt intrusion at the World Economic Conference delays are noted with potential for an extra session. Roosevelt's partial payment to Britain and readiness to renegotiate are seen as steering the debt, while Johnson forecasts four million idle workers by October 1 under public works, and a 238 million naval building program. The piece also discusses veterans' benefits, labor, and the senate's racketeering inquiry.
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Senate
Ramsay MacDonald
Capitol Hill
Congress
Great Britain
United States
Swanson
Roosevelt
Hugh Johnson
Public Works-Industrial Control
Elt
White House
General Johnson
Johnson
Mysterious Tycoon Basil Zaharoff Faces The American Weekly
A feature examines Sir Basil Zaharoff, famed for wealth built on death and war's profits. It claims he hides his real identity and nationality while allegedly stirring conflicts to sell armaments. The story will run in The American Weekly with next Sunday's Detroit Times.
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Europe
Basil Zaharoff
Detroit Times
Demon Trio Murders Terrify Dortmund City for Years
The American Weekly magazine cover story outlines the Demon Trio of Dortmund and their brutal killings of women and young girls. The article chronicles two years of fear and the city’s howls for justice as investigators close in on the suspects.
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Dortmund
American Weekly
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Imp improper dieting menaces health and women
Washington reports from the U S Public Health Service warn that dieting, pursued for looks rather than health, imperils women nationwide. Surgeon General Hugh S Cuming notes deaths are not directly from dieting but are often attributable to it, urging bread and butter as a healthier daily staple.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Hugh 8. Cuming
United States Public Health Service
Sam
Austrians Succumb to Get Rich Quick Schemes in 1981
Austrians hit lotteries as unemployment rises and wages fall. Government reports show growth in all get-rich-quick schemes, with state monopolies on major and small lotteries yielding profits. State also takes 4 percent of bets at race tracks, totaling 2.6 million dollars last year amid economic strain.
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Vienna
Austria
Digestive Elixir Promises Quick Relief and Gains Trust
Advert describes Daves Mentha Pepsin as a stomach remedy for gas indigestion and heartburn. Claims ten minute relief from pains and dizziness. Notes over 6,600 bottles sold in a New Jersey town last year and urges readers to try a bottle guaranteed by pharmacists nationwide.
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New Jersey
Dave
America
Realizing Age and a Frustrated Bridegroom in a Short Sketch
Mrs Pegrew laments aging as a policeman no longer guides her through traffic. Mr Podsnap jokes about the wedding when the minister asks the bride a puzzling question. The bride responds, I think I'm crazy, leaving the scene unclear who was involved.
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Organized Labor
Hugh S. Johnson
Army Ordnance Magazine
Weldona
Phepter
Atlantic City
Rufus
Bosco
Dare
Wakefield Cash Store
Wakefield, Mich
OSI
Hershey
Campbell’s
K. C
Chipso
Balza Sauerkraut
Stockley
van Camp
Wakefield
Michigan
William Jacobson
Michigan Bell
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