National Parks Fight Over Waterpower Act Exclusion
Washington July 22 Amendment to exclude national parks from the new waterpower act will be pushed in Congress. Robert Sterling Yard of the National Parks Association says the act permits private interests to build dams and power facilities on park lands, threatening parks and the nation’s playgrounds. Yard warns efforts to block irrigation in Yellowstone and other measures could open the door to more park damming while rallying conservation groups to defend the parks as a national asset and travel draw.
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Robert Sterling Yard
National Parks Association
Yard
Federal Waterpower Commission
Wilson
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Lake
America
National Park
League of Nations
Harding
Altho
Cox
League
Lowell Courier- Citizen
Literary Digest
Honest Club Faces Collapse and Twists into Crime
The tale follows Twinsie as funds fail to materialize for the Honest Club leading to whispers of revolt. He proposes rebranding as the Crooking Club to lure members into vice and crime, casting doubt on virtue and authority.
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Twinsie
Twinsia
Crooking Club
Franklin Chase Hoyt
Scribner’s
Tough marching for Turkish unit engineers in Asia Minor
Lieutenant Soteriades, ex second lieutenant in the Sultan's engineers, recalls brutal conditions faced by Greek and Armenian troops in Asia Minor. He describes starvation, massacres near Sivas, sinking Christian boats on the Black Sea, and civilians forced to march and carry loads under Turkish guard. He later joined Near East Relief in Marsovan.
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Leutenant
Brest
Soterindes
Asia Minor
New York
Nature
Soteriades
American College
Marsevan
Robert College
Constantinople
Turkey
Sivas
Central Asia Minor
Black Sea
Near East
Marsovan
New Socialist Government Forms Committee in Sweden
Stockholm July 23 The new socialist government has appointed a committee to study socializing certain industries and its potential benefits for consumers and society. Premier Branting stresses production must not fall and notes the panel will not pursue systematic socialization of production.
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Stockholm
Branting
Sweden
Plaza Theatre Review Promotes Passers By and Local Acts
The Plaza presents J Stuart Blackton’s Passers By with Herbert Rawlinson as Peter Waverton and a strong supporting cast. Local performers feature in Making Movies and other acts with a touring reel of audience shots. Jeff Davis King of Hoboes appears Friday and Saturday plus Regal topics and empire screening.
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Norton
Wilson
Lark Lanning
Fay
Thomas
Empire Theatre
Jeff Davis
Jeff
Realife
Bridgeport Screencraft Co
Mulligan
Davis
Capitol Theatre
Stuart Blackton
C. Hadden Chambers
Herbert Rawlinson
Children urged to stay home as film bill features vaudeville acts
A speaker tells youths to avoid drifting from home while a film and vaudeville program unfolds. Miss Cassinelli showcases gowns. Bryant Washburn in Mrs Temple's Telegram screens Saturday. The bill includes Five Tasmanians, Haig and Lavere, Bob Milliken, Foster and Peggy, and Owen Moore in The Desperate Hero with Pathe News.
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Miss Cassinelli
Bryant Washburn
Friedlander
Will Housh
Swe
Poll’s
Haig
Lavere
Bob Milliken
Mack Sennett
Foster
Peggy
Owen Moore
Pathe: News and Review
Kangaroo Hunt Planned for Prince of Wales Visit
Melbourne plans for the Prince of Wales include a kangaroo hunt by automobile as an entertainment during his tour of Australian country districts. The event will occur on the sheep stations as part of the itinerary.
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Melbourne
Australia
Prince of Wales
Kangaroo drive to feature Prince. Fal kiner comments
The station ranch of Lee Falkiner at Boora NSW hosts a kangaroo drive in which the Prince will participate. Falkiner says the event will be a fine Commonwealth sport not child’s play or blooded murder. Times Want Ads invites readers to profit from the opportunity.
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Lee Falkiner
Boora
New South Wales
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