I C C Faces Dark Road in Rail Valuation Policy
Washington dispatch notes the Interstate Commerce Commission must gamble on valuation standards as the Supreme Court’s O F al lon decision unsettles how railroads are valued for rate setting. The article traces Smyth vs Ames and Brandeis dissent, warning the court’s lack of a fixed yardstick hampers uniform regulation and leaves recapture and cost factors in flux.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Supreme Court
St. Louis & O'Fallon Road
O'Fallon
Supreme Court
Smyth
Ce Stone
F. GC. C
Munn
Illinois
Bold leap of faith earns national hero status
A reflection on Lindbergh's daring transatlantic flight as a critique of cautious virtue. The piece argues that taking long chances, not sober frugality, propels extraordinary success and lifelong admiration. It urges graduates to risk much for potential total reward.
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Maine
Colonel Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Atlantic
To Think or Not To Think Youthful University President Says
The youthful president of the University of Chicago argues youth should be taught to think, noting he is the youngest college president. He laments mass thinking and standardized influences from cars, movies, and literature, urging early grade teachers to specialize to foster thinking. He warns that thinkers may misdirect without constructive aims.
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University of Cicago
United States
Wise folly urged for 1929 graduates
The piece notes various advice for graduates from Massachusetts England Ohio and the West. It argues that while prudence and toil are praised, the best trait a man can have is the ability to be wildly foolish now and then, a quality the author believes will aid success.
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Massachusetts
Ohio
The Many Who Lost in Lotteries
The piece contrasts a few lottery winners in events like the English Derby with the many losers who funded those wins. It notes an Irish widow, a Indianapolis janitor, and a Calcutta clerk as examples, while stressing that most participants lose money and society ignores the broader failures behind speculative gains.
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Indianapolis
Calcutta
War born emotions fade in British politics
The article notes the reversal of wartime attitudes as Ramsay MacDonald returns as prime minister after being a pacifist during the war. It argues wartime anger toward pacifists has ebbed, with English public opinion shifting since the conflict.
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Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Britain
Diary of a Texas girl navigating lonely New York
A Texas girl in Manhattan records two weeks living on her own, noting how strangers from all parts of the globe connect in New York. She observes kindness mixed with caution, encounters ex-San Franciscans and Houstonians, and reflects on safety, opportunity, and the city’s mixed reputations.
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New York
Manhattan
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Texicans
Houston Press
New York Telegram
Debenture plan split among three Republican senators
Report notes only three Republican senators opposed the debenture scheme with two regulars and one insurgent. Announcement cites 500,000,000 for farmers as aid for surplus crops while contrasting farm and auto workers living conditions. Also recounts a transcontinental goodwill journey led by Mayor Walker and Mrs. Willebrandt delivering water from the Atlantic to Los Angeles.
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Furui
General Motors
Atlantic
Walker
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Cryer
Los Angeles
Willebrandt
Washington
Long Island
Angeles
New York Coral
Airplage
Santa Fe
Health and Diet Advice by Dr Frank McCoy
Dr Frank McCoy discusses maintaining alkaline blood through diet, noting acid forming foods can raise acidity and listing symptoms of acidosis. He promises tomorrow's column with a foods list and answers reader questions on mucus, toddler sweating, and formalin sensitivity with diet changes.
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Frank McCoy
Questions and Answers from the Haskin Desk
Frederic Haskin answers reader questions on aviation progress with Gen Atterbury and Col Lindbergh, American air industry leaders, and Paris distance notes. The column covers aviation production by states Kansas Ohio and New York military planes, society of American Magicians leaders, Greek letter fraternities for Italian parentage, and miscellaneous science and geography queries.
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Gen. Atterbury
Pennsylvania
Col. Lindbergh
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Paris
New York
Newport
Narragansety
M.C. A
Kansas
Ohio
Society of American Magicians
A. W
Rights and duties for veterans and college earning data
The document outlines rights for British ex service men in US hospitals under a reciprocal agreement with the British Ministry of Pensions. It notes how care is authorized and reimbursed. It also reports a Bureau of Education survey that in 763 colleges four percent of students earned expenses, with men averaging about 169 dollars and women earning far less due to fewer employed.
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United States
Veterans’ Bureau
British Ministry’ of Pensions
Imperial
Veterans
CC. L. A
Bureau of Education
PD. Jd. L. A
Perry Conatians To Mike Europe Tours
NEW LEXINGTON June 17. Miss Elizabeth Fright of Thorneville Terry County teacher at Esohton High School leaves Thursday for Paris France to visit her aunt Mrs R Hare Rev Fr D J Dunne pastor of St Patricks Church Junction City sails for an extended trip through France and Ireland. Misses Anne Jenkins and Gladys Jones local high school teachers will depart from Montreal for a through France Italy Switzerland Germany and Belgium.
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New Lexington
Misa Elizabeth Fright
Thorneville
Terry County
Eshocton
Thurme Day
Varia
France
R. Hare
D. J. Dunne
St. Patricks Church
Junction City
Ireland
Anne Jenkins
Gladys Jones
Montreal
Francs
Italy
Germany
Belelurm
Daily Study In Correct English Word Of The Day
Lesson notes on proper usage and common mispronunciations. Highlights include distinctions between illness subject to repeated versus continuous illness and guidance to choose precise terms like discrimination and distinction.
Cross Word Puzzle Clues Mixed in Jumbled Grid
Puzzle shows horizontal clues for door rug unit of work or energy and various definitions. Vertical hints include digger of gold and To knock among others. Several garbled entries and misspellings suggest a damaged puzzle page with unreadable fills.
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Goethe
Greater
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
Niagara
Arthur Brisbane
King Kwatures Incorporated
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Frederics
Haskin
Eugene Greenaut
A. C. ©. Hardeen
Houdini
Clarence Darrow
F.R
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Cape Vincent
N. Y
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Aurora
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