Outlawing Poisonous Weapons Moves at Geneva Conference
An international army conference at Geneva plans a protocol to ban poisonous gases and bacteria used as weapons. U.S. Representative Burton of Ohio and French delegate Paul Bouconr urged a sane move toward universal endorsement, stressing preparedness and peace.
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We Were Doing Twenty Years Ago Today
A. Blair Antrim, a Roanoke leader, died after years in public life. Mine Boas Pitzer was murdered in a cold blooded strike at Hikhorn. Hebrew merchants secured an injunction to limit city interference with Sunday business. They had observed Saturday for closing. Ten years ago today, Miss Ollie Hale of Graham and Pavrency Todd of Galax wed. A Knights of Calymbue council was started in Gary. Streetcar service to the fair grounds was extended, seen as an improvement to reduce warlike dangers. The note laments war horrors and hints at possible future reductions in suffering.
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War hero Alvin York founds education in Tennessee
A World War hero, Sergeant Alvin York of Tennessee, celebrated for single handedly capturing prisoners and disabling machine guns, shifts from battlefield fame to a new mission after the war. He declines film offers and instead founds an educational institution in a remote Tennessee community, demonstrating courage and initiative in a different field.
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Time and Fate in Verse and Yorks Endowment
A reflective poem on time and fate contrasts with a biographical note praising Sergeant York. It recounts how York funded the Sergeant Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute in Fentress County Tennessee, backed by county bonds and state support, praising his peacetime heroism and public-spirited legacy.
Selected Editorial Opinions On Birth Rates And Immigration
The piece argues 1924 birth rate rise to 22.5 per thousand and lower infant mortality, praising immigration restriction as protecting American workers and culture. It contends native-born citizens grow with right kind of population increase and warns against Southeast European immigration affecting industry and social systems.
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A fragmented collection of quips and aphorisms on love, trust, money, class, and college life. It notes wary social behavior, the hazards of greed, and the tempers of youth, with lines about dating, hypocrisy, and the return home of college graduates.
London Sates of America Bring High Prices to Tourists
Last Night's Mail reports American tourists in London face steep costs as the pound stays near par, muting expectations of cheap England. The piece notes three American Broadway shows, Rose Marie No No Nanette Tell Me More, dominating London theater, with other American titles like Just Married Rain Beggar on Horseback Dancing Mothers and Tightwad also drawing crowds. Also observed is Ramsay MacDonald, pictured riding the Hampstead line, illustrating British political life’s simple image contrasting with American excess.
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Parade beauty queen contest to crown America’s prettiest girl
A staged event to select the nation’s most beautiful girl from city winners. The winner will travel to Atlantic City for a national pageant with vaudeville acts and film offers, amid objections from some who oppose beauty contests.
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Fables on Health Shoes for Comfort in Warm Weather
The article advises choosing properly fitted shoes for comfort, noting that hard or patent leather harms sensitive feet and causes a hot burning feeling in warm weather. It praises soft leathers like calf skin Kangaroo feather or viet kid, emphasizes roomy toe boxes, and warns against cramped shoes leading to corns and hammertoes.
Our Students Are Not Radical Says President Coolidge
A conservative defense of American students contrasts with radical movements abroad. The piece defends faith in national progress, criticizes overreaction, and urges readiness to defend rights while assuming good faith of nations. It cites polling and comments by IMON MITCHELET on voter apathy, and warns against unsafe bootlegging of fireworks to children before the Fourth of July.
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Short Cuts From Exchanges
A collage of quotes from newspapers discusses isolation, peace prizes, Europe's aversion to another war, rail travel versus air, and rural life discomforts amid growing automobile traffic and winds.
Cleverness and comic quips from city life in Paris
A playful collage of witty exchanges hints at urban peril and social quirks. A Morbihan lawyer's son frets on Paris streets at night while the joke about a revolver sparks fear of theft. A birthday joke twists around weekdays and indelible memory, and a couple argues over a frock and cash. A doctor quips about misdiagnosis, and a theater shows the gatekeeper’s strict fairness toward ladies.
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