Wrights and aviation progress plus federal support call
A historical look recalls the Wright brothers first flights nine months after patenting airplanes in Washington. It contrasts past obstacles with modern gains, urges federal action for a united air service, and notes aviation's potential for safe, rapid, inexpensive travel and coastal defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dayton
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Wrights
Langley
Potomac
Lilienthal
Chanute
Darius Green
da Vinci
Icarus
New York
San Francisco
Committee of Congress
Army
Navy
Post Office
Europe
London
Moscow
Siam
Brazil
United
William Mitchell
United Federal Air Service
Commerce
Congress
America
Mentality diseased criminals prompt prison psychiatric programs
National Committee for Mental Hygiene reports more than half of 10 000 delinquents studied are mentally abnormal. Sing Sing will open a clinic to study incoming prisoners, with subnormals segregated. Massachusetts mandates psychiatric exams for long-term and repeat offenders. Data show high rates of repeaters across Sing Sing Texas and New York jails. Society urged to treat offenders’ mental and emotional needs alongside probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Science Service
Daily Science
Sing Sing
Massachusetts
Sing Sing Prison
Texas Penitentiary
New York
Dawes Budget Plan Faces Senate Test
Editorial snapshot notes Charles Dawes presented the first U.S. budget plan and now aims to push a budget scheme through the Senate. It contrasts caution about Wall Street with reliance on banks and hints at political budget debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dawes
United States
Senate
Fragmented humor and social quips in a 1920s column
A jumble of quips and references mixes social satire and pop culture. The piece parades phrases about hair bobbing, science, taxes, slogans, and a parade of archetypal figures like a preacher and a safe cracker, capturing a offbeat column tone.
Charley Getsit Involved in Slab Fight Over Gambling Debt
Fragmentary report notes Charley Getsit injured in a fight over a gambling debt with Sim Ler. The incident references a Slab and a distant shot described in rough dialect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Getsit
Sim Lerenup
Public School Week Planned For California
California proclaims Public Schools Week starting Monday May 21 1925 to inform the public and parents about school conditions curricula and costs The sixth annual observance aims to unite communities through meetings with Parent-Teacher Associations Mothers Clubs and other groups in Harvard during the week of March 11 1925 with a date set and speakers arranged.
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California
Charles Albert Adams
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Harvard
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Hayward
the Review
Melo, Crissey & Reynolds, Publishers
Castro Street
United Press Association
J. & Melo, JR
George D. Chisley
EY Nolls
Hayward Review
Wall Street
Detroit News
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Chicago
Columbia Record
Luther Burbank
Institution
Doc Kearney
Charles Heyer
Moroes the
Walter Holmes
God Save the King
Nero
Ben Turpin
Horray
Enire
M. Moreira
Main ST
Hayward, Cal
Acme Poultry Products Co
Castro Valley Road
Boulevard—Tel Hay
Oakland Guarantee Building & Loan Ass’n
S.A. Soares
Bank of Italy Bldg
Reid
Wh xi
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
American Canyon
Great Salt Lake
Ogden
St. Louis
St Louis
Portland
Puget Sound Country
D. Harrington
Agt
Hay
Bank of Haywards
Commercial Savings Safe - Deposit Boxes
Glenn Motor CO
Broadway
Oakland, Cal
Mony
le Roy E. Pratt
Morticians
Coroner’s Office
C St
M. S. Madsen
Cal
First National Bank
State Bank
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