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April 24, 1932

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THEY CARRY ON IN ENGLAND; Mr. Scarborough's Acute Diagnosis of British Temperament ENGLAND MUDDLES THROUGH. By Harold E. Scarborough. 263 pp. New York: The Macmillan Company. $2.50. England Carries On

By P.w. Wilson

THERE once was an American doctor," we read, "who, after making a most careful and painstaking investigation of London's milk, water and sanitation, was able to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that no child could possibly live to the age of 5."

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YOUNG CRIMINALS: THE RISING TIDE; Warden Lawes of Sing Sing, by Going Direct to the Convict, Learns What Might Be Done to Cut Down the Numbers in the Distressing March of Boys Toward the Penal Institutions YOUNG CRIMINALS: A RISING TIDE

By Lewis E. Lawes

Feature article on youthful prisoners

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POWHIDA OF PENN CHECKS YALE'S NINE; Limits Elis to Seven Hits in 8-0 Triumph, 3,000 Seeing Franklin Field Game. VICTORS TAKE LEAGUE LEAD Land on Parker, Who Relieves Broaca in First, for Six Runs in Eighth. POWHIDA OF PENN CHECKS YALE'S NINE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Vs Princeton

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BROADWAY SIDE-SHOW; Flea Circus and Two Burlesque Academies on the Shady Side of Times Square

By J. Brooks Atkinson

Flea Circus and 2 burlesque shows on W 42nd St

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MacDonald's Pledge of Success.; ITALY WITHHOLDING NEW NAVY PROGRAM

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

J R MacDonald and others address Journalists' Assn

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Historical Events

1932Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.^[†]

Bernard "Benny" Rothman was a British political activist. He is known for organizing the mass trespass of Kinder Scout in 1932, which led to the establishment of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.