Censorship Backlash Over Foreign Books Faces Congress
Widespread protests target federal customs censorship of foreign literature. An amendment to the tariff bill would end book censorship, backed by 500 educators, jurists, authors, and scientists who urge access under safeguards for mature readers. Prominent supporters include Dewey, Pound, Jordan, Frank, White, Hopkinson Adams, and Belden.
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Congress
Department of State
John Dewey
Columbia University
Dean Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Glenn Franken
The
Ta Vy
Wisconsin
Wiliam Allen White
Kansas
Samuel Hoplina Adams
Charles Beldon
Boston Public Library
Hoover predicts brighter economy with rising public work
The Departments of Commerce and Labor report lower unemployment and steady improvement since the year's start. Public authorities and utilities are awarding larger contracts, signaling a revived construction boom. Wage agreements hold and the unemployment rate is well below the 1920s low. Hoover says in two months the nation should be out of the woods and on the prosperity road.
Controlling Lake Superior levels eyed to ease Great Lakes floods
Chicago officials weigh seeking damages for last year's high water that flooded the waterfront. Officials note treaty limits require keeping Lake Superior within 602.1 to 603.6 feet, but heavy winter and spring conditions raised levels and sent surplus water into Lake Michigan Huron and the western basins. Submerged docks beaches and channel marks disrupted navigation. engineers say a stable Superior level could help stabilize the others.
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Chicago
Soo
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Huron
Tower Lakes
Uncle Sam
Canada
Laka Superior
Great Lakes
Salvo Army talk and local industry notes in 1910
Twenty years ago a Journal Files item reports Capt Smith arranging for Col Richard E Hotz of Philadelphia to speak at the Salvation Army citadel on March 30. The Raymond Company plans a doubling addition with A P Mount & Son awarded the contract. Nurses of Corry hospital host a skate for library funds next Tuesday. Corry Brick and Tile Co. received orders from New York Baltimore Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Pennsylvania section men begun yard cleanup as civic example. Arthur Deschsinp back from North East to work for Mr Hill on Lake road. Cass Franz back from Erie after jury service. Q E Alden of Warren foreman of Western Reserve Furniture Co. visits the city.
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Smithvas
Col
Richard E. Hotz
Philadelphia
Salvation Army
Pennsylvania
Arthur Deschsinp
North East
Hill
Lake Road
Daily Lessons In English By W L Gordon
A compact column on word usage missteps and pronunciation with examples. It discusses anxious versus desirous, immediate ly, and the importance of precise spelling. It highlights vocabulary building and notes Army engineers’ recommendations for a large freshwater system. It ends with a quip about women and nerves from Woman's Home Companion.
Who Is He Pierre S. duPont Leader of DuPont Interests
Pierre S. duPont heads the giant DuPont interests and plans for state control of prohibition before the House Judiciary Committee. He runs explosives and powder businesses, chairs the DuPont and GM boards, and co acquired EH du Pont de Nemours after Eugene’s death. His Kennett Square estate gardens showcase a rose trellis world of beauty and shells nearby hint at DuPont works.
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Pierre S. duPont
le duPont
House Judiciary Committee
Pierre Samel duPont
Mleuthere Trenee
duPont de Nemours
Wilmington
Explosives Company
General Motors
EH. T. duPont de Nemours
Alfred I
T. Coleman duPont
Eugene duPont
Kennett Square
de Ne ™Mours Works
A Problem a Day Tires and Blowout Pressure Question
A tire of 1000 cubic inches under TS Ibs per square inch expands to its new volume when a blowout occurs. Using standard pressure 14.7 psi as a base, compute the air space in cubic inches after expansion. The page also trails an expenditure puzzle and an unusual calculation fragment showing $720 as yesterday’s answer with a sequence of arithmetic steps.
Answers to Yesterday's Questions From the Page
The item lists five Q A pairs: 1 church affiliation for Theodore Roosevelt unspecified here, 2 whether makes have ears, 3 function of the carburetor, 4 author of The Vam, 5 death penalty method in Tevade. It also provides answers: 1 Chronometers 2 Pocahontas 3 Wilmington 4 Six 5 Lieutenant Colonel.
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Pheodore Roosevelt
Tevade
Pocahontas
Wilmington
American Bridge Cogets Big Contract in India Tower Deal
United Press reports the American Bridge Company completed a purchase exceeding one million dollars of steel electric transmission towers. The deal partners a British-owned firm operating in Bombay, with William J. Dunne as chief engineer, and the towers are destined for the Himalaya mountains.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
American Bridge Company
Bombay
India
William J. Dunne
Himalaya
Dunne
Mellons Face Stiff Fight in Home County
Pittsburgh, Mar 12. In the county politics two large groups favoring the Davis-Brown ticket are seen backing the Mellon slate led by Grundy Lewis. Secretary Mellon and W. J. Mellon loom large as county figures. County Commissioner Arm strong, GOP chairman, is quoted as not yet stating a position. Leslie-Mackrell lone group active, while Mayor Charles H. Kline’s bloc has not committed.
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Pittsburgh
Davis-Brown
Grundy-Lewis
Mellon
Treasury
W. J. Mellon
Joseph Armstrong
Repulican
Leslie-Mackrell
Charles H. Kline
Humane Day Observed by Club Cards Noted
A local club marked Humane Day with a meeting featuring an open forum on animal intelligence. Mrs. S R Lewis presented Dogs That Rank As Heroes and cited Togo Balto Chinook and Cinders among notable canine deeds.
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Ella
Page Bracken
America
Byrd
Bolivar
Lewis
Lux
Schail
I. B. Burlingame
Bib
Emma Dean
Chipmunks Climb Not High Tops Unlike Squirrels
The report notes chipmunks do not scale tree tops like squirrels but can climb up about ten to fifteen feet. This observation contrasts rodent climbing behavior and implies limits on arboreal activity.
Prohibition Poll Begins Nationwide Referendum Test
The Literary Digest starts a nationwide poll with 20 million ballots to decide three questions on Prohibition. Early figures show 28,? thousand votes favor enforcement, 1,918 support modification, and 118,934 favor repeal across ten states Indiana Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska New York Ohio. Kansas leans dry while New Orleans and New Jersey oppose. results are early and not predictive of final tallies.
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Literary Digest
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Minneota
Missori
Nebraska
Newsey
New York
Ohio
New Orl
New Jersey
Triege
Ridgway Man Hurt In Crash
August Benson of Ridgway is hospitalized with a severe arm laceration after a Monday evening crash on the Ridgway Johnsonburg highway near Johnsonburg. Driver Ludwig Johnson escaped injury as the sedan rolled in mud. Benson underwent an arm operation and is reported in good condition.
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Benson
Johnsonburg
Ridgway
Mar
Eli County General Hospital
Ludwig Johnson
North Broad Street
Johnson
Mr. Benson
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Warren, C
Western Reserve Furniture Co
W.L. Gordon
American Bridge CO
Milon
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A Stick Company
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Mellons
Home County
Allegheny County
Kline
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Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center St
Dean
Doan
John Greener
N. Sheridan
Jedlepepplies
Indyays
Member
Federal Reserve System
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