Industrial giant Charles Brooker dies after 50 years in copper and brass
The Anaconda Standard notes the death of Charles F. Brooker a leading figure in American brass and copper industry. He helped form American Brass in Connecticut served 20 years as its president and later chaired its board. His work linked Eastern manufacturing with Montana mining backed by Republican politics and philanthropy.
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Charles F. Brooker
America
Mr. Brooker
West
American Brass Company
Connecticut
American Brass
Brooker
Anaconda Company
Montana
New England
Republican National Committee
East
Butte
Democrats weigh changing nominating rules in 1928
Old but still effective the party debates replacing the two thirds rule with a majority for national convention nominations. McAdoo and Smith factions clash over reform as Senator Carter Glass proposes state instruction to delegates. Solid South and bone dry states may unite to block Smith if rules change. Debate questions the wisdom of abandoning the two entrenched rules.
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McAdoo
Smith
South
West
Radio and the Bakery Link The Curious Bond Explored
A humorous analytic piece in the Bakers Weekly cites Radio News figures of over five million radio receiving sets in American homes. It argues radio's educational and entertainment value also benefits the baking industry by stimulating demand and interest in bakery products.
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Shelley
Radio
Bakers Weekly
Science in Toyland Reflects the Spirit of the Age
A 1926 reflection notes American toys mix science and invention with social graces. Dolls and refrigerators imply domestic roles, while boys’ toys include flying airplanes and submarines. The piece mocks prohibition shifts and political irony amid a broader critique of society and governance.
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Paris
Moscow
Italy
America
Eugene Grace Led Bethlehem Steel Rise to World Rank
Eugene Gifford Grace, born August 27 1876 in Gosh en New Jersey, rose from Lehigh University graduate to president of Bethlehem Steel in 1916 and led wartime production and postwar expansion. He reorganized Cuban Jaragua Iron and later oversaw acquisitions of Lackawanna Steel and Midvale Steel and Ordnance.
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Eugene Gifford Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethelehem Steel Corporation
Lehigh University
Charles M. Schwab
Jaragua Iron Company
Cuba
Mr. Grace
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
War and Navy Departments
Lackawanna Steel Company
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company
Eugene Grace
Goshen, New Jersey
Radio program schedulers list central time stations
A fragment lists several stations and programs in central time. WCCO Minneapolis shows music and sports segments. WEAF airs musical comedy and a dinner concert. WGN Chicago features a dinner concert and comedy sketches. WDAF Kansas City lists school of the air and night programming. KOA Denver offers a bridge program.
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WCCO
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minn
WEAF
Garrett’s
Chocolate Soldiers
Iszaak Waiton League
WDAF
Kansas City
School of the Air
WGN
Chicago
Drake
Blackstone
Sam 'N’ Henry
Correll
Gosden
WHB
Woc
Davenport
Iowa
WOW
Omaha
Neb
Henry Thornton
Lillian Madsen
Pacific Time Stations Radio Schedule Brief
Time stations KFWR and KPO list broadcast slots in Hollywood and Los Angeles. Programs include Pontiac dinner hour, news and studio, grand opera, orchestral segments, Azure Music Club, and Gypsy and Marta with multiple hour blocks from 6 to 11 p.m. in varied formats.
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KFI
Los Angeles
Cal
Howard's
KFWR
Hollywood
Pontiac
KPO
Gypsy
Marta
Horoscope for Tuesday December 21 1926
A Tuesday horoscope foresees mixed luck with Saturn and Neptune favorable and Mars adverse. Travel by rail or ship looks auspicious and holiday happiness possible. Aged people may enjoy family reunions. health directives through stars praised. Caution advised due to possible accidents and public religious disputes.
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Saturn
Neptune
Mars
Great Britain
Child rearing guides warn honesty over storytelling myths
A dated health advice piece urges parents to model truthful behavior for children, emphasizing that belief in myths can erode trust. It warns against overindulgence, promotes happiness with discipline, and advises positive prompts to guide play and study, while noting broader political tensions and cross border strains between Washington and Mexico City.
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Spo
Washington
Mexico City
Kellogg
Calles
Kellogg and Calles Face Off Over Mexican Oil Rules
Secretary Kellogg adopts a firm policy toward Mexico as President Calles maintains a strict oil land rule from 1917. U.S. Europeans and Americans clash over 50 year leases. Kellogg backed by Senate resistance may push for external action if Calles does not bend.
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Kellogs
Calles
Frank Kellogg
Republic
Kellogg
Wind and Wings of the North and South
A compact critical note on Charles Henry Luders and R J Stevenson poems. The writer praises Luders as a distinguished American author and cites his lyric Wind of the North and its gentle warmth. The piece then shifts to Stevenson’s reputation among Stevensonians and highlights The Celestial Surgeon as a strong example, quoting lines that express spiritual struggle and awakening.
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Charles Henry Luders
Luders
Norland
R. J. Stevenson
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