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...bound to submit to their parliaments for adherence or rejection. None of the 31 draft conventions adopted by sessions of the Conference thus far has been ratified unanimously, but 30 of these 31 conventions have been adopted by one or more nations and are binding upon the ratifiers. The 31st and completely unratified draft convention was adopted by the Conference two years ago, sought to create better working conditions for white-collar workers, proverbially friendless and unrepresented in the world's parliaments...
...ruins of Chapei. The reservist was sentence to 15 days in jail. China and Japan were still deadlocked over peace terms. Firing on the Shanghai front had almost ceased. The League of Nations Commission arrived, was taken for a drive through the ruins of Chapei. Soldiers of the 31st U. S. Infantry on duty in Shanghai asked the Red Cross for more and livelier reading matter...
...Round-Up, "Hoover'll never serve another term," snarls the villain of this piece, referring not to the 31st President of the U. S. but to one "Slim" Hoover, the brave Arizona sheriff of a Wild Western melodrama, vintage 1907. Revived last week, The Round-Up could at least be sure that it was the noisiest play on Broadway. Its cast includes seven broncos. A rescue party of U. S. soldiers finally join in a pitched gun-battle between poisonous redskins and a pair of frontiersmen. At the conclusion of this affray, one soldier may be seen waving...
Thus last week, did the 31st President of the U. S. speak of the first President of the U. S. The occasion was the 200th Anniversary of George Washington's birth. Inaugurated was a nine-month patriotic celebration. At noon President Hoover addressed a joint session of Congress, attended by his Cabinet and the diplomatic corps. After his speech he appeared at the east front of the Capitol and heard 12,000 people sing "America" under the direction of Walter Damrosch and John Philip Sousa. After lunch the President motored to Alexandria, Va. to review a parade which included...
Human beings can get used to anything and Shanghai's International Settlement got used to its battle last week. Cinemas in the Settlement re-opened for afternoon performances. There was tea dancing. The 31st U. S. Infantry arrived from Manila to the roaring strains of "Mademoiselle from Armentieres," and officers prepared for a long stay by looking for apartments in town. Reporters interviewed Countess Ciano, better known as Edda Mussolini, wife of the Italian Consul General. She, busy feeding Il Duce's grandson, complained that the curfew law interfered with her social engagements. In Rome her father despatched Admiral Domenico...