Schools Shape an English Speaking Filipino Nation
A Philippine education piece highlights rapid school growth from 2,100 private schools at Dewey's Manila Bay arrival to 6,500 schools and 17,000 Filipino teachers. English becomes official language, with universities like the University of the Philippines and Santo Tomas noted for influence, enrollment, and pride.
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Philippines
Dewey
Manila Bay
Islands
University of the Phillippines
Orient
Santo Tomas University of Manila
Harvard
United States
Junius B. Wood
Chicago Daily News
Houses of Representatives
Revision of Rates
Washington June 1 President Harding personally checked on freight rate relief for shippers entering the Interstate Commerce Commission offices. He asked about efforts to ease burdensome rates and was told the subject is under investigation as part of railway adjustment.
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Washington
Congress
Harding
Interstate Commerce Commission
Road rates prompt government aid debate as fruit hauls loom
Minutes show discussions on broad revisions through voluntary action of the roads. Harding cited high western fruit shipping charges as a catalyst for inquiry. Commission officials said fruit schedules are under informal consideration while a debt discharge proposal resurfaced in a Senate interstate commerce hearing led by Samuel Rea.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Samuel Rea
Pennayly la Lines
Tulsa Race Riots Toll Mounts After Disruptions
Tulsa faces martial law as riots erupt after a suspected assault. Eight killed and hundreds wounded as flames engulf the negro district, with officials cautious on total deaths and thousands displaced. National Guard patrols restore quiet at dawn.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma National Guard
J. B. A. Robertson
Adjt
Charles F. Barrett
Charles Daley
Entre Negro
Wich
State Highway News Letter Details Department Work
The state highway department announces a monthly newsletter with detailed project work and public data. Call the office to view the current issue. Also notes new arrivals, a drug store transfer in Worland, a bank meeting holiday in the Big Horn Basin, and several local moves and births.
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State Highway Department
Cody Ten-Run Collapse Nets 16 4 Victory
Cody baseball team routed the Basin club 16 to 4 on Sunday with a rough game full of errors. A Cody batter hit a homer off an umpire and a center fielder muffed the ball. Decoration Day rematch ended 15 to in Cody's favor.
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Cody
Rain boosts crop outlook and local travel notes
Another heavy rainfall improved crop conditions with growers optimistic about the biggest harvest in history. State Engineer F C Emerson of Cheyenne visited town on irrigation business east of Manderson. Thales Smith and family from Byron were in town Tuesday.
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F. C. Emerson
Cheyenne
Manderson
Thales Smith
Shell
Mrs. Jessie
Byron
Tax Free Securities Prompt Congress Action
Senator McLean of Connecticut, chairman of banking and currency, says Congress may need to amend the constitution to curb tax exempt securities. He warns that without action, vast sums of capital could escape taxation and financial burdens would fall on the poor as wealthy personal property remains untaxed.
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Congress
McLean
Connecticut
Banking and Currency Committee
Veterans Exemption Notice For Widows And Nurses
The county assessor urges Spanish American War and World War veterans and widows who served in World War I to file notice of service to note tax exemptions. Exemption up to two thousand dollars applies to low property. school polls remain non exempt. J Atherly, Assessor, Cowley County. Commissioner C A Welch present on official business.
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C. A. Welch
Cowley
Congress Justifies Existence Amid Lunacy Of Einstein News
The article lampoons press obsession with Einstein as Congress keeps drawing its regular pay, implying a satire of public discourse and political rhetoric.
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Congress
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