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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
2
Power boatmen claim boats go faster on salt water than fresh water. They say salt water offers less water displacement and reduced friction, which increases speed.
A description asserts China covers an area equal to the entire North American continent from Nova Scotia to British Columbia and from Winnipeg to the southernmost Mexico.
The term Six Frame Wilton describes the number of colors used in Wilton rug weaving. Frame refers to the wire over which threads are woven and used in cutting the thread to create the rug’s piled effect.
A Woman's Home Companion observation notes that many women hold a false self image and attempt to dress that imagined picture rather than reality. The piece discusses self perception and societal pressures affecting personal presentation.
A horned toad called Rip Van Winkelle is said to have survived decades in a corner-stone. The tale circulates as Germany readies for a Reichstag election with 31 parties. Julius Rosenwald gains gifts totaling millions for humanity with a twenty five year endowment condition. Moving pictures will soon feature sound with actors needing strong voices.
New York State signs a record check totaling 33,723,734 dollars the largest drawn by the state to fund public schools. The note contrasts prior spending on princes and public variances, praising progress toward education funding.
Archaeologists uncover Bronze Age artifacts and Philistine pottery in Palestine. The find hints at the crucial moment humans learned to extract copper and how early civilizations expanded trade routes across the ancient world.
Centuries ago Phoenicians sailed from Mediterranean ports via the Straits of Gibraltar into the Atlantic using stars as guide. Yesterday Italian explorer Umberto Nobile, aboard Italia, started toward the North Pole but was halted by fog and gale. He carried a 6 foot cross and the Pope's flag to drop near the Pole. The article ponders conquering space.
The article credits Liberty with noting that the first people to wear undershirts were the Romans during the reign of Augustus from 63 B C to A D 14.
The McNary-Haugen farm relief bill is vetoed by President Coolidge who warns of major perils including price fixing a bloated bureaucracy and encouragement of wasteful distribution. Attorney General Sargant notes constitutional issues and opposition cites farmers rally calls and political maneuvering in several states.
In Kansas City, Erbert Hoover told Pennsylvania delegates that he agreed with Secretary on the matter.
The senate passed a $205 875 000 tax reduction bill after changes raise the total to about $223 million, while nixing a graduated corporate tax below 15 000. Vice President Dawes cast the tie-breaking vote against the amendment. In other news General Nobile completes another North Pole flight in the Italia dirigible and Lindbergh is named chair of a new Trans Continental Air Transport technical committee. Heavy fighting continues between Nationalist forces and Chang’s defenders near Peking and Tientsin with expected clashes along the Paotingfu Machang line.
German parliamentary elections reduce nationalist ranks as Socialists and Communists win about forty percent of the Reichstag. The Marx center party loses seven of its sixty nine seats and the chancellor post is at risk. Greece's cabinet resigns and Venizelos agrees to form a new government after the president suspends parliament.
In Kansas City delegates rejected a proposal to elect bishops for a limited term, maintaining the lifelong rule since 1808. They nearly unanimously backed opposing military training in schools and colleges. Doctrinal agreements affirmed independence of thought while upholding Evangelical beliefs. Dr. Raymond J. Wade and Dr. James Baker were elected bishops.
Dr Hideyo Noguchi, bacteriologist at the Rockefeller Institute, died in Accra Gold Coast Colony from yellow fever. He had traveled to Africa to study links between South American and African yellow fever and contracted the disease in a laboratory experiment. He continued his work despite illness.
QECHEr AES Kellogg's peace proposals have been accepted by the British government with slight reservations. Britain agrees to cooperate with principal powers in a multilateral anti-war treaty while protecting its global interests and existing commitments under the League of Nations. Statesmen expect reservations not to hinder treaty formulation.
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