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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1922
Page
32
Tokyo reports 1921 birth and death stats show Japan's population rising by 724,609 in a year. Births totaled 2,031,103 with 1,306,494 deaths, a trend sparking talk of solving this internal problem, expanding industry, and using northern water power to feed a growing nation.
London dispatch reports Prof. J. Macmillan Brown’s claim that Easter Island was the center of a vast Pacific empire 5600 years ago. He cites huge statues on stone platforms, mass tombs, and evidence of sudden abandonment, cannibalism, and a once thriving but now vanished civilization.
A miniature train scene moves along a track with the track itself appearing to move while the tiny cars stay in view. The display, designed in America, carries a Portuguese inscription stating that the nation's existence depends on its means of communication.
Sunderland dispatches report a buoyant turn in northeast England as 1923 nears. Dozens of new ships are planned on the Tyne and several yards reopen after wartime closure, with Brunner Mond and Furness Shipbuilding expanding. Unemployment may fall from 110 per thousand as engines contracts sustain 5,000 workers.
London December 30 Plymouth intends to become a world leading port with new docks at Southampton inspiring engineers. Nautical experts say Plymouth offers unparalleled water depth for Atlantic liners and could cut 24 hours from England to the United States voyage. Plans propose bypassing Cherbourg and running ships to Plymouth for passenger transfer to Channel steamers. Construction would cost several million pounds.
Dublin reports record a workhouse mutiny as paupers protest by striking and roaming the building. Officials say inmates from across Ireland refuse orders, steal furniture, and return late after leaving at will, with the master recounting beds being made by staff and 20 watchers unable to stop theft.
London designer Cintra praises American women for energy adaptability and generosity, notes New York style is conventional while English dress is more individual. She compares skirts sleeves and debs, calls American hospitality and car ownership widespread, and cites her visit to the Plaza hotel and fashion venues.
Biographer E. T. Raymond assesses Ramsay MacDonald as Labor leader. He praises MacDonald's parliamentary skill and personal charm while noting wartime record criticisms and the political costs within the Labour Party. The article traces his career from Leicester defeat to Aberavon leadership.
The author frames the Labour Party leader as a liberal-leaning politician who values tactics over ideals. He is seen as disciplined, skilled in parliamentary games, and capable of extracting talent from the party, but not as a great Labour statesman compared with Sir Clynes.
London Dec 30 Relief is coming for the British taxpayer says Stanley Baldwin new chancellor of the exchequer The government is pledged to a reduction of expenditure to bring about reduction of taxation He notes acceptance of unpopularity but calls for cuts to end unmanageable spending He adds better Europe trade depends on settling reparations and improving Britain France ties France overestimates surrender while Germany trade threatens Europe with bankruptcy or revolution
Americans and British join to raise a grand monument on the Humber estuary east coast England. Grant the US consul at Hull reports a granite block from Plymouth intended to be part of an obelisk memorial marking the Pilgrims departure for New England.
The town council of Luneberg in Dee 36 decided to sell a building to the Farmers' Association for 20,000 hundredweight of potatoes to aid the poor in the coming winter. The potatoes are valued as a stable medium over fluctuating paper marks.
London debate notes Walter Stoneham, a Society photographer who has photographed over 25 000 people, including King George, argues men are as vain as women. He cites anecdotes about high officers admiring mirrors and says Lloyd George was the best sitter. He has never found two faces exactly alike in his career.
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