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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
4
The article notes criminal activity shifting with prohibition. Burglaries and robberies are more numerous and daring, aided by planes or inside involvement. Many cases are inside jobs hidden from routine police patrols, complicating law enforcement efforts.
The next weeks bring a sprint of state primaries boosting delegates to conventions in April and May. Illinois added 58 delegates last Tuesday, bringing total elected to 441 as Republicans feud among Wood Lowden and Johnson. Democratic prospects remain flexible as uninstructed delegates head to San Francisco to face Bryan Edwards and prohibition factions.
The president of a major New York savings bank says such banks will release capital for construction once building costs are standardized. Until then the start of new projects remains hazardous speculation, with many homeless awaiting funds and a timely end to the delay hoped for.
Fifty forest rangers trained as aerial observers in San Bernardino now can spot fires from thousands of feet, relaying alerts by wireless to headquarters. The method aims to reduce costly West coast fires by early detection from the air.
The Modern Language Association votes to discontinue simplified spelling reforms. Critics liken efforts to Mrs Partington sweeping the Atlantic and note English resists such drastic changes due to its diverse roots and global usage.
A garden of brief jests and misheard lines from editorials and witty remarks. References include the Louisville Courier Journal Washington Herald Yonkers Statesman and others with light banter on alfalfa rumors and a Fulton Fish Market reminiscence.
Fragmented clippings show newspapers debating Hoover's potential impact on the 1920 race and Republicans prospects. Mentions include Detroit News Believes in Playing Sure Thing, Pittsburg Dispatch, Philadelphia Press, and Arkansas Gazette with speculations on Hoover’s candidacy and Johnson’s.
The Montana press urges merchants to adopt a purposeful advertising program and warns against treating ads as donations. Also reports on Olaf Wiig in Basin, a remark about foreign policy, war-time fund totals, and Sunday observance debates across Montana publications.
An address decries housing shortages and rent hikes affecting the middle class. It notes Cleveland’s city council approved a plan to create a rental review board to limit returns to 10 percent and a fair-price board to curb profiteering, with potential municipal authority to enact curbs on rents.
The article questions federal reasons for keeping the Victor Berger case in limbo after his conviction for pro German stance. It notes his ouster from Congress and suggests a public explanation is due, labeling the continuation as a polite fiction. It also discusses budding debates on women law students and the so called legal face in Britain.
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