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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1929
Page
3
A Newberry Herald and News report notes a scientific test by a chorus group showing kissing stimulates heart rate and blood flow. Doctors consider public kissing certificates as a health measure, while warning against overexposure and ensuring consent.
Arthur Coleman notes Holland's Magazine figures show the South has 34 percent of U S railroad mileage and 845 percent growth since earlier years, with Savannah ports leading export value. Navigable rivers move 17 million tons annually as air routes expand to 2000 miles of air mail lines and 300 airports, signaling industrial and social uplift across cities towns and rural areas.
The Department of the Interior announces the cancellation of permits issued under President Hoover's oil conservation policy. Several permit holders have been asked to show cause why their permits should not be cancelled for alleged noncompliance with permit terms.
A plan proposed after talks between Governor Richards and State Highway Commission chair, suggesting the state use available funds to retire debt instead of borrowing. It envisions routing all departmental revenues into the state treasury and issuing checks against on-hand funds, creating a sinking fund from avoided interest to retire current and bonded debts without new appropriations.
A Bulletin by the American Research Foundation reports motor bus activity in 1928 as vast: Americans rode buses totaling 25 times the U S population, with over 3 000 000 000 passenger miles and about 1 800 000 000 miles driven by 92 000 buses. Investments in rolling stock reach 500 million, with terminals and shops adding 95 million. 17 000 miles of sightseeing routes operated in the 1928 tourist season.
District of Columbia Prosecutor Camatier condemns jail for police informers and questions the system. He targets prosecutors juries judges and the Supreme Court for convicting on questionable evidence. The piece argues reform should start at the top and cites buck-passing in government. It notes signs advertising on highways showing industry ads and highway signs as offenders.
The country produced about 106 billion cigarettes in a year, a 100 percent rise from 1919. Data cover nine years with figures for 1927 at 17,176,607,484 and earlier totals ranging from 52 billion to 82 billion across 1922 to 1927. Tax records show over ten thousand-dollar incomes taxed for the prior year.
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