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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1924
Page
4
A New York Sun writer estimates the coming games will feature about 12,000 athletes from many nations across 19 sports divisions. With 30 nations entering up to four per event and large spectator attendance, promoters hope for goodwill but warn against national prejudice undermining the event.
In Kansas a bitter intra party clash erupts as Capper, Curtis and seven GOP congressmen vote to override the president’s veto of the soldiers bonus bill. Denunciations fly from rival factions while Democrats hail potential November gains across top to bottom offices.
Ohio cities clash over standard time daylight saving and sun time with some towns on fast time others on slow time. County officials insist on standard central time while city councils push daylight saving. Businesses display dual clocks and residents laugh at the stretched hours. Farmers oppose faster time, many returning to slow time as merchants along Main Street switch back.
The article notes French spectators booing American soccer players at Paris, part of a broader Olympic effort to foster harmony through international sport. It mentions the games as a quadrennial event drawing thousands and emphasizes the role of events like soccer and field games in linking nations.
A Columbia University freshman poll shows 96 self identifying socialists 60 republicans and 48 democrats among the class. The piece notes their support for conservation equal rights for women national ownership of railroads and modification of the Volstead law for beer and wine.
In the Old Orchard the Screech Owl Spooky lives in a hollow of a tree near Farmer Brown's Boy houses. He watches one new dwelling at night, sees a shadowy arrival, and wonders who lives there while other birds scatter in fear. The scene hints at a mystery to be explored in the next tale.
The piece rails at shifting political standards in Ohio and disputes over James M. Cox’s revival as a presidential candidate. It lampoons Coolidge era growth and questions Hiram Johnson’s willingness to stay in Republican politics while noting European snare dynamics and New York convention ghosts.
Friendly stars favor commerce and American exporters while summer vacations and foreign travel rise. Vision for major projects stays clear though political plots emerge. Aged gain renewed honors. large gatherings, especially of women, seem auspicious. Writers and lawyers face unusual deaths. England nears war and Russian affairs seem threatening.
The Doctor allows swallows to nest aboard his ship in Fantippo harbor to avoid noisy houses. Speedy the Skimmer and the swallows relocate to the vessel, building mud nests on masts, vents, and cracks. The ship ends cleaner, and birds multiply after nesting abroad. Tomorrow’s tale hints at a mysterious island.
The piece argues women can balance marriage and work by becoming partners with their spouses. It cites Mrs Lillian Gilbraith who merged her husband’s efficiency engineering career with her own literary and later engineering pursuits, sharing shop talk at home and mastering her partner’s field to build a joint professional life.
London reports a plan to install a girdle of radio direction finding stations around the British Isles. The system would supplement lighthouses, helping steamers determine exact positions from Lizard Berwick Flamborough and other points.
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