Quieting Californias Nerves About Montana Earthquakes
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Montana tremors pose no major danger and urges Californians to travel, noting small shocks help settle crustal changes. It argues earthquakes can occur anywhere and that recent Montana quakes do not justify fear or avoidance.
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Prohibition Move Sees General Andrews Delay Naming Officers
General Andrews defers announcing enforcement officials as he plans to consult various republicans and senators before finalizing the list. The delay follows a period of hopeful talk about strengthening the prohibition effort and coordinating with lawmakers.
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How Science Saves Gasoline
Scientists find a cure for gasoline waste through breather bags atop large storage tanks. Each bag captures vaporized gasoline daily, allowing nighttime inhalation and condensation. Estimates show about 59 million gallons yearly saved, with one tank reclaiming 14 000 gallons monthly. The innovation highlights science aiding national efficiency.
Battle over permanent postal rate increases heats Congress
Debate rages in Congress as supporters push to make recent postal rate boosts permanent amid a $37.1 million deficit for the last fiscal year and a predicted $68 million annual wage boost burden. Critics note patronage fell where rates rose and publishers vow a fight against permanent rates. Southern newspapers warn that evolution will be proven by traffic and quick thinkers survive.
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Afraid of the Dark on World Court and Pepper’s Shift
A political column notes Senator Borah urging a wartime stance against a World Court unless a world legislature is made, while Senator Pepper eases from a hard line toward supporting US membership with amendments to exempt America. The piece mocks senatorial fear and control motives amid debate over court statutes and Harding reservations.
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Delay in cancer studies harms current patients
Cautionary note urges immediate action for those with suspected cancer. Emphasizes relying on present treatments rather than awaiting new methods, which may come too late to help today. Warns against assuming research benefits current sufferers. Also mentions state talks on uniforms and street safety measures for night travelers.
The Primitive Ego and the Nature of Happiness
In this Baltimore Sun piece the author argues happiness is contentment, not joy, and that work fosters a negative happiness by diverting thoughts from self. Self-reproach and pride shape happiness, suggesting humility may be a civilized virtue born from social life.
Presidents who settled major strikes in U S history
The Haskin Letter recounts presidential interventions in key labor battles from 1902 to 1919. It traces Roosevelt's 1902 coal strike mediation, Wilson's 1914 Ludlow era actions, and 1919 bituminous talks, highlighting arbitration, injunctions, and the evolving scope of executive power amid hostile opposition and public peril.
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Early 1920s U.S. coal strike tensions and actions
The text notes volatile standoffs involving Presidents Wilson Harding Coolidge and miners' unions. Harding threatened federal force to open mines. anthracite and soft coal operators moved toward or resisted renewal terms. A 1923 settlement extended contracts to August 31 1923, with later conferences at Morrisburg and a 10 percent wage increase under an August agreement.
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Bandit or dry agent under debate in campaign chatter
Major Marnem Smithy urges that prohibition inspectors ride in uniform on highways to catch violators of the intoxicating beverage law. A Richmond incident shows how roadside attackers can be mistaken for bandits or enforcement agents, causing panic and misreading of authority as seven men halted a car at night.
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New York Hospital Looted by Six Robbers
Six men raided St Gerard's Newark Italian hospital in New York today stealing liquor valued at 1500 plus 1800 in jewelry and 540 in cash from Dr Charles P L Gnast. They held a physician, cut telephone wires, and escaped with liquor cases and alcohol cans as police investigate.
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Niagara in Peril Threat Prompts International Oversight
Washington August 1 The Associated Press reports Secretary Hoover warns that the Brander of Ning Falls scheme faces destruction by naturalization and calls for international engineering attention. Harvard University is highlighted with an appropriation of 33 041 200% as the leading educational institution in the United States.
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Pay Too Much for Foreign Products
Secretary Hoover urged counteraction to high prices from foreign monopolies in rubber coffee potash nitrate and related goods. He proposed allowing American importers to form combinations to influence markets in buyers interests while noting he is open to better ideas. He cited Sherman law which restrains domestic producer combines but does not stop foreign producers from price setting in the United States.
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Shipping Board Sells Eighteen More Ships
The Shipping Board sold eighteen additional ships as part of postwar asset realignment. An agreement was reached on settling the Belgian debt. Comments were exchanged on abandoning MacMillan Arctic Flight. The prohibition enforcement staff outlined plans for a new drive, and Secretary Hoover urged countermeasures against foreign monopolies in American necessities.
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West Pointers Drill for Fraternity Delegates at West Point
New York Aug 18 Associated Press reports a cadet drill at the U S Military Academy West Point for visiting delegates attending the centennial Beta Kappa convention in New York City from Sep 10 to 12 arranged by the organizing committee. Delegates from 99 chapters seek new charters from Agnes Scott College University of South Carolina College at Wooster Occidental College University of California University of Kentucky and University of the South. The centennial meetings will also plan the next year event at the original 1776 charter College of William and Mary. The organization lists 61 members with over 40 living. Washington The Shipping Board privately estimates American tonnage at adresses.
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Vandals mar scenery as campers trash streams shoots refuse
A Roundup Tribune item laments camper litter turning Stillwater and Boulder streams and forests into pest holes. It describes ten minutes needed to clean campsites and the ongoing challenge for rangers amid widespread dirt, discarded clothing, tin cans, torn kettles, fish heads, and burned remains.
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Answers to Questions on Education and Public Welfare
A feature of the government’s role in education highlights vast investments in laboratories, libraries, and experts to benefit citizens who must apply for information. The Helena Independent Information Bureau offers government data via mailed questions and two-cent stamps, directed by Frederick J. Haskin in Washington.
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Four Injured in Car Near Fairmount Minn
An automobile accident near Fairmount Minnesota injured five members of a Sheridan Wyoming tourist party returning from a northern Minnesota vacation. Robert Oshinski and four others sustained injuries, including a broken arm for Mrs Ostinski and minor injuries for Mr and Mrs John Jenson and two Oshinski daughters aged 10 and 16.
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Anthropologist A. B. Skinner Perishes In North Dakota Crash
Grand Forks N D Aug 18 A B Skinner 39 a New York anthropologist, while touring North Dakota to study Indian relics, was killed last night when his automobile went into a ditch near Tokio N D after a whisky ride. The auto overturned and sank no, the surface of the road.
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