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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1925
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR text mentioning salary and literary work with copyright note from 1925. No clear event, person, or organization identified. Unable to determine full headline or summary from provided material.
Premier Mussolini steadily regains health after bed rest and meetings with Fascist colleagues. He will attend senate sessions soon and dismisses rumors of a successor as groundless while continuing official duties and violin practice.
A skeptic column argues for higher pay for public officials while noting abuses as lawmakers raise salaries covertly. The piece mocks the process, suggests ayer tax on liquor and office seekers, and cites Senator Borah about a $2500 raise amid controversy. It warns higher pay could fuel more bids for office and calls for efficiency.
New York dispatch reports editor Will Rogers commenting on Congress raising salaries from 7500 to 10000 a year and President Coolidge signing the bill. Rogers jokes that pay should reflect value and hints at a White House roof project as a trade for political favors. He notes public fatigue with demands and jokes about honesty and costs.
In Salisbury Rhoacas Me the stranded passengers turn to ice cream as a morale booster after a derailed train. Dan, starved and feverish, reaches safety in Salisbury and recalls a bleak march with food scarce while the crew repairs the track. Petroleum from the United Kingdom is noted as a major export.
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