Capitol Debate Maps Future Leaders and Global Strife
A Washington column contrasts U S legal reform talk with global conflicts. It surveys battles over presidential power to appoint Supreme Court justices, echoes in Spain Italy Russia and Germany, and lauds the Boy Scouts as a model of peaceful, civic leadership while criticizing state control and Soviet courts. It laments National Youth Administration blocks and warns against dictatorships and regimentation.
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United States
Supreme Court
Spain
Far East
Stalin
Europe
Hitler
Germany
Alps
Italy
Mussolini
Rome
Washington
Capimac
Poto
Columbia
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Arlington Nationalemetery
Boy Scouts of America
Ceeriest
Dr. West
Russia
America
National Youth Administration
Boy Scouts
Aryone
Dissipation Blamed For Collapse Says Ex-Mental Patient
New York science writer Marjorie Van de Water recounts Henry Collins Brown, founder of the Museum of the City of New York, detailing how bad temper, greed, and excesses like philandering and drinking led to a mental breakdown. He argues causes are avoidable and laments the dangers of intense anger, urging self-control and noting a stay in an asylum might serve as a cure for hot tempers.
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Marjorie van DE Water
Dutton
Brown
Mr. Brown
Jesson
No Trace of Air Found on the Planet Mercury
Cambridge, Mass. The planet Mercury has no atmosphere according to observations from Harvard's station at Bloemfontein during the recent transit. There was no luminous arc, indicating no air, and best evidence suggests Mercury like the moon is airless, having escaped into space long ago. Mercury is too hot to support life aside from the atmosphere issue.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Bloemfontein
South Africa
Moon
Mecury
Powdered bone used as remedy for pyorrhea
New York report from Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery describes boiled powdered bone from long bones of sheep and cows used to fill surgically created jaw holes. In dogs the treatment stimulated bone growth and tissues, firming a loose tooth after healing.
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New York
Columbia University School of Dental and
Simple Rules of Road to Cut Traffic Toll
Washington report on four simple rules of the road from Dr. H C Dickinson at the National Bureau of Standards. Emphasis on enforcement, accountability, signaling, lane discipline, and ensuring both parties report accidents with a suggestion of small rewards to encourage reporting. Includes proposals to require both drivers to appear at hearings and to avoid leaving the scene.
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Robert D. Potter
Science Service
Washington
League of Nations
America
H. C. Dickinson
Heat and Power Division
National Bureau of Standards
Important Highway Research Board
National Research Council
Dickinson
Oldest Land Plant Found in Sweden by Harvard Scientist
A Harvard researcher identifies fossil remains in Swedish black oil shale that reveal the world’s oldest land plant. The primitive shoot, dating to the Cambrian period about 500 million years ago, doubles the known age of higher plant forms.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Sweden
Earth
Warn Children Against Playing With Dry Ice
Chicago doctors Max L Som and Harry Neff warn against children handling dry ice after a seven year old swallowed a piece of carbon dioxide snow. The child survived after extensive medical treatment and surgery, but the case highlights risks from dry ice as a neighborhood pastime.
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Chicago
Max L. Som
Harry Neff
New York City
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Berore
General Quiz on US Money and Government Facts
The quiz lists six questions and concise answers. It notes each money bill costs about six mills to print, the Ben on the House of Parliament dials detail, gubernatorial salaries from 3000 to 25000 with an average around 7500, Chinese roof tile colors indicate building use, four states reported debt free with Nebraska holding a large treasury balance, and Timothy Matkac contributed to transcription.
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United States
House of Parliament
London
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Uncle Sam
South Dakota
New York
China
Nebraska
Florida
Ohio
Wisconsin
Timothy Matac
Foreign Phrases And Their Meanings In Brief
A compact collection of Latin French Italian phrases with rough translations. It lists examples like Qui timide rogat docet negare and Hora e sempre indicating time, plus notes on sound without sense and sculpture relief.
Favorite Recipe of the Week Freezer Ice Cream
A practical guide to freezing ice cream using tea cream powder with vanilla or chocolate flavor. Mix milk gradually with powder, freeze in a can surrounded by cracked ice and salt, then churn slowly for three minutes before finishing to freeze. Substitutions include rich milk, cream, evaporated milk, or milk and water combinations. Add sugar with chocolate flavor.
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Y. Giorse
Mercury
Milady
Little Sister
Sewing Circle
Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Belt Synidicate
WNU
Snow-Waite Petroleum
Wuelly
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