Neutrality Bills Stir U S and Allies In January Session
Joseph J V Larrine analyzes the neutrality law signed by Roosevelt and its global impact. Britain calls the U S its arsenal while Paris, London, and bankers race to fund arms for Allies. Industrial boom tempered by shipping losses and looming domestic debates signal a tense, evolving prewar landscape across Europe and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
U. S
United States
Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
Administration
Key Pittman
Senate
New York
Sol Bloom
House
Cei
North Sea
Chicago
United States Lines
Panama
Maritime Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Journey’s End for Lost Boy in Holbrook Hunt
Bruce Crazier, seven, finally rests in hospital after six days of wandering through Arizona mountain country as 800 possemen searched. He recalled fear fading after the first night. Also noted are an unexplained physics report in New York and a claim that U.S. temperatures have exceeded normal in 14 of 20 years. Otto P. Higgins, once Kansas City police director under Boss Tom Pendergast, pleaded guilty to income tax evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holbrook, Ariz
Bruce Crazier
New York
American Institute of Physics
U. S
Kansas City
Otto P. Higgins
Tom Pendergast
View of Terminal Island prison and famed inmates
A San Pedro prison scene prompts questions about a famous convict set to be released in November. Names tied to Halisa, including Dino Alberi and Achille Starace, appear as common ties. Also mentions Lawrence Pitzer and a Rogers Zimmerman link amid bets and telegraph firms. Answers follow in column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terminal Island
San Pedro
Calif
Halisa
Dino Alberl
Achille Starace
Alberto Parlani
Guiseppe Valle
Lawrence Pitzer
Wim Rogers
A. F. Zimmerman
Chicago
Western Union
Ambassadors warn Japan amid China tension and trade talks
U S Ambassador Joseph Grew confronted Foreign Minister Admiral Nomura urging concrete proof of Tokyo’s intent to cooperate as the abrogated trade treaty nears expiration. Washington hints at expanding embargo powers while Japan faces pressure from the new neutrality program. A separate 195-page report details national spending in 1935-36, showing 59.3 billion dollars in income with 50 billion for current consumption and large shares for food housing and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
U. S
Joseph Grew
Japan
America
China
Tokyo
Grew
K. Nomura
Washington
Congress
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
John
Roosevelt
National Resources Planning Board
Al Capone and Neutrality Shifts Weaken Italian Cabinet
The Italian cabinet ousted all pro German members to preserve neutrality under Mussolini. Pitzer wins the national corn husking contest in Lawrence Kansas. Zimmerman faces indictment linked to misuse of the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital in Chicago for a large fraud over ten years. Moe Arinen berg’s wire service tipster information network is blocked.
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al Capone
Mussolini
Pitzer
Lawrence
Kan
Zimmerman
Will Rogers Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Moe Arinenberg
Death Trap on El Chivo Bridge Adventure
Morrie Lowder recounts a Cuban flood rescue aboard a Chicago travelers group. A packed train crossed a swamped El Chivo viaduct near Colon, cars sank into the river, and responders including Lowder ferried passengers to safety while aid crews arrived. engineers and firemen were rescued later.
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el Chivo
Ello
Morris E. Lowder
Chicago
Illinois
Adventurers’ Club
Morrie Lowder
Morrie
Cuba
Havana
Oriente
Gerardo Machado
Colon
Matanzas Province
Express
Macagua
Cole
Areman
Union
Lightweight helium worthy of commercial use questioned
University of California scientists report only traces of lightweight helium found in air. De Luis W. Alvarez and Robert Cornoy say discovery advances physics but no method exists to extract usable quantities for commercial lifting purposes. Research used the university cyclotron. heavy helium remains dominant with 92.3 percent lifting power of hydrogen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California
de. Luis W. Alvarez
Robert Cornoy
Denver
United States
Wild composer Spears takes Harvard poetry professorship
LEMUEL F. PARTON profiles the rise of Stravinsky’s influence and the shift of the “wild” composer to a respected Harvard poetry professorship. The piece contrasts his creative turmoil with public acclaim and notes his ongoing symphony work while reflecting on pre-war intellectual climates. It also covers industrialist Grace's antiwar stance at Bethlehem Steel and a brief compare-and-contrast with past leadership and wartime roles, then highlights Walter A. Wood’s mapping feats and recent climbs with the American Geographical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Browder
Nicholas Murray Butler
Harvard
Russia
Rimseky- Korsakoff
Fred Piper
Himmelf
Stravinsky
Professor Stravinsky
Switzerland
France
America
Grace
Eit Ethine Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
Mr. Grace
Walter A. Wood
American Geographical Society
Mountain Elias Mountains
Elias Mountain Range
Yukon Territory
Wood
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Colombia
Louis Boyd
Greenland
Mr. Wood
Tecnica
WNU
Household Tips From Old Column Combines Eats and Fixes
New hot water bottle care suggests adding a teaspoonful of glycerine to keep rubber soft. Glass cleanup uses moistened cotton to pick up shards. Do not twist electric iron cords. Odors vanish by rinsing bottles with cold water and a pinch of mustard. Celery tops powder flavoring stored long in airtight jars. Pork roast topping blends applesauce with brown sugar and cinnamon for crust.
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Joseph JV. Larine
Western Newspaper Union
Arsenal
U. S.S
Flint
Norway
Haugesund
Germany
The
Reich
Pacific
Georgia
Carl Vinson
Europe
Maginot Line
Forbach
Lille
Paris
Belgium
Netherlands
Prague
Bratislava
Vatican
Pius
Italy
Rome
Rumania
Moscow
Il Duce
Balkan
Bulgaria
Egypt
Greece
John Metaxas
Metaxas
Cae
Macagan
EU Chivo
Who's
By Lemuel F. Parton
York
Igor Stravinsky
Earl
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Lehigh University
George Eliot
Walter
Tels. & Ite
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Skye
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Bureau OF Standards
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