Aircraft speed and rail rights spark cross continental debate
The piece surveys rail rights of way versus speedier air travel, spoofing with references to a British flight London to Darwin and a plan to reach 600 mph. It notes Francesco Agello’s record, Mussolini’s air speed push, and adds commentary on American aviation optimism and bankers’ hopes after a Reconstruction Finance Corporation talk.
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Australia
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Will Rogers
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California
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New York
Tokyo
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Seattle
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Moving Pictures and Moral Tone in Public Debate
A discussion weaves through bankers, loans, and government guarantees, with Abe Kabibble and a father-in-law contending over securing a loan. The piece critiques boycotts of moving pictures and censorship calls, notes Upton Sinclair and Roosevelt banter, and reports a Michigan wife sent to house of correction for beating an office assistant with a flatiron.
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Frank W. Warren
Grand Rapids
Michigan
House of Correction
Dorothy Morris
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