Advisability of Adequate Means of National Defense
Speech summary by President Calvin Coolidge outlines national defense needs and civil applications. It discusses inland waterways, dam projects, fortifying Great Lakes levels, private operation vs federal control, and rail consolidation. It also covers prohibition enforcement, Indian policy, veterans benefits, education, petroleum, and foreign relations with emphasis on peaceful leadership and national unity.
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Congress
Mississippi Waterway
Great Lakes
Board of Engineers of
The
War Department
New York
Joint Board of Engineers
Canada
United States
St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence
State Department
Boulder Canyon
Colorado River
California
Secretary of the Interior
Columbia River Basin
Inland Waterways Corporation
Federation
Ohio
Department of the Interior
Post Office Department
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of Labor
Bureau of Immigration
United States Employment Service
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Mexico
China
Nicaragua
Henry L. Stimson
Coolidge signals no 1928 bid as party plots next candidate
President Coolidge declares he will not run in 1928 and that the party must choose a new candidate. The White House meeting with Republican leaders reveals plans for 1928 campaigns as Hoover Lowden and Dawes discuss potential candidacies.
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Washington
Coolidge
Chairman Butler
Republican Committee
Butler
White House
Kansas City
Congress
Senate
House
Hoover
Frank O. Lowden
Curtis
Kansas
Dawes
Longworth
Willis
Ohio
Watson
Indiana
Rapid City
S. D
Mr. Coolidge
Black Hills
Williams
Oregon
Hilles
New York
Sullivan
Wyoming
Hamlin
Colorado
C. Bascom Slemp
Ernst
Kentucky
Finance measures lead in as Congress opens session
The House, after the president’s message, began a short session with three major bills up for action the $236 million tax reduction measure the $198.9 million deficiency appropriation and the Swing-Johnson Boulder dam proposal plus numerous public works items. The Senate saw about 50 minor pension and claims bills introduced.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Boulder Dam
Mississippi
Treasury
Oklahoma
Nevada
Representative MecClintic
McClintic
Ways and Means Committee
California
Reclamation Committee
Rules Committee
Congress
Mississippi River
Colorado
Colorado River
Imperial Valley
Woman Entrains Temper In Taxidermy Shop
A furious customer returns to a taxidermist with a parrot she says was stuffed six weeks ago losing feathers. The artisan defends the craft calling the bird’s moult a natural part of art.
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Polly
West Coast Theaters Scrip Books A New Christmas Gift
The West Coast Theaters scrip book plan lets buyers give admission tickets at a 10 percent discount. Demand at the circuit’s home office indicates the gift is popular this year, with scrip books now on sale at the Rialto and American theaters.
Tucson dedicates $175000 art and music temple
Tucson has erected and dedicated a 175000 dollar temple of music and art hailed as an outstanding city institution. The project was completed through the Saturday Morning Musical club led by Alex Berger of Tucson with Pittsburg contributing an initial hundred thousand dollars to start the building fund.
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ART
Tucson
Ariz
Alex Berger
Pittsburg
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Inland Navigation
Prohibition
Veterans’ Hospital
Tuskegee
Petroleum Conservation
Mixed Claims Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington Traction Companies
Veterans
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Public Buildings
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Capital
Mount Vernon
Fort Sackville
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Union
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Ohio River
Alleghenies
George Rogers Clark
Pacific
American Progress
America
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Rialto
Boston Post Road
First National
New England
Rialto Theater
Grace Sartwell Mackaill
Jack Mulhall
Miss Mackaill
Boston Post
Mulhall
Frace Sartwell Mason
Saturday Evening Post
Clarissa
Post Road
Edythe Chapman
Phillips Smalley
Walter McGrail
Ray Haller
Mackaill-Mulhall
Kay Lapo
Tories ‘Dept
Wacker Pr
Chicago
Winchester
Quartz
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