Front pages devote little space to crime and accidents
A Wharton School study of eastern newspapers from 1911 to 1926 shows front pages allocate only about five percent to crime and accident coverage. In contrast, government and politics occupy 38.5 percent, foreign news 12.5, and arts and sciences five to fourteen percent, with shifts reflecting wartime and global events.
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Wharton School of Finance and Commerce
University of Pennsylvania
Purea
Arte
Eght
Floating Post Office Afloat Serves Detroit River Steamer
The C. F. Bielman Jr, the world’s only floating post office, resumes service on the Detroit River delivering mail day and night as an auxiliary to the Detroit post office. Since 1895 letters are mailed aboard freighters, with a powerboat taking bags to and from passing vessels, a quick routine that handles millions of pieces to and from freighters.
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Detroit
C. F. Bielman, Jr
Detroit River
Bielman
Vessels Move Through Detroit River in Peak Season
The Detroit river hosts the busiest waterway traffic during navigation season with about 100 vessels recorded daily. The text also notes how film drama struggles to find tension and laughs, leading to edits and cuts to improve mirth and pacing.
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Detroit River
Acid test of popularity for movie previews
Hollywood May 2 previews of motion pictures in suburban Los Angeles theatres are seen by producers as the acid test of audience appeal. Representatives of the Laugh and Tear spotters are in first night crowds, and stars often attend, providing reactions that can alter the picture's reception and future plan.
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Hollywood
Cal
Los Angeles
German Village Solves Problem Flag Display
Gross-Solschen Germany May 3 The village devised a flag system using four color strips black red gold and white with snap fasteners allowing any color combination. When showing the official republican flag the white strip can be covered leaving the black red and white visible to view if a monarch flag is desired the setup adapts accordingly.
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Gross-Solschen
Germany
Imperial Flag Display Sparks Controversy Festival Plan
A political group proposes a festival by a nationalist organization aiming to stage the Prussian flag display. The plan envisions using snap fasteners to reveal only black and white strips, omitting gold to create a stark black white piece. The move signals a provocative aesthetic amid debates on historical symbolism.
Four fascist papers published in states
Rome reports twenty one Italian language newspapers abroad support the Fascist cause. Four are published in the United States in New York Newark Boston and New Haven. Others are scattered in Europe South America Canada and Egypt. A new company offers air trips over the Alps for tourists.
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Rome
Italy
Fascist Party
United States
New York
Newark
Boston
New Haven
Europe
South America
Canada
Egypt
Advertising World Peace Theme At Houston Convention
Houston hosts a peace themed advertising convention May 14 with 56,000 delegates. Notable speakers include Governor Miriam Ferguson, U S Senators Hiram Bingham Morris Sheppard and Bishop Quinn. The event runs May 11 14 with tours to San Antonio Dallas and New Orleans and a banquet to close.
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Houston
Texas
Great Britain
Australia
South America
San Antonio
Mexico
Beaumont
New Orleans
Corsicana
Wortham
Dallas
Miriam A. Ferguson
United States
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Morris Sheppard
Charles Aubrey Eaton
New Jersey
C. 8. Quinn
Episcopal Church
George EB. Roberts
New York
Edith McClure-Patterson
Dayton
Ohio
General Federation of Women's Class
National Advertising Commission
City Auditorium
Sheppard
O. F. Halcombe
Amond G. Carter
The
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
William 8. Patton
Advertising Association
Lou E. Holland
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Pairie View
Congressman Eaton
Bishop Quinn
Sn Antonio
Holland
Harold Vernon
London
Norman
H. Catts
Sydney
Arthur Reber
Switzerland
Son of Kaiser Is Now a Tiller of the Soil
Potsdam May 2 Eitel Fried rich second son of ex Emperor Wilhelm II calls himself farmer in the new Potsdam city and telephone directories. He omits the long list of military and hereditary titles the Hohenzollernas have added to their names in the city records. The designation of prince is part of his name under post revolutionary German law and not a title.
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Potsdam
Eitel Friedrich
Willah II
Hohenzollerna
Court boosts wife's value in English case
In Whitby England Arnold H. Walker was ordered by the court to pay B. Brown 7500 dollars for stealing Mrs. Brown's love, despite an agreement to accept 5000 dollars.
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