Gouging Begets Gouging in International Trade
An Associated Press dispatch argues gouging in global commerce fuels retaliation and higher prices. It notes Great Britain could offset war debts via rubber profits, while U S policies on food could balance rubber gains. Gouging begets barriers as governments trim expenses to avoid inheritance from prior regimes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
United States
England
Commercial Airplane Service Promises National Trade Rise
In a near future air mail and express will replace much surface transport. Chicago studies show wholesalers 75 percent, retailers 65 percent, insurance firms 60 percent willing to shift mail to air. Financial leaders from six cities formed a company for a nationwide air transportation system. Air lines will become main trade routes linking cities.
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Chicago
New York
Nurmi Refuses Big Offer Keeps Amateur Runner Status
The Flying Finn Paavo Nurmi proved his integrity by turning down a $60,000 offer in Finland and choosing to retain his amateur status while competing in America. His decision costs for clubs hosting him and reflects the era’s views on foreign athletes and amateurism.
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Paavo Nurmi
America
Nurmi
Finland
Finnish runner astonishes world with frugal tour
A Finn champion runner traveled across the United States with a total daily expense of seven dollars excluding car fare, earning cheers and praise for his feats. Despite lower earnings than expected, his endurance and travel cost efficiency left Americans impressed by his self-reliance and sportsmanship.
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Finland
Asek
Why do battered wives plead for abusive husbands in court
A Montana police court report recalls a battered wife who defended her abuser saying he had a right to beat her and that the rougher the beating the more her love for him cemented. The piece questions why women seek release for the man who harms them and suggests fear of harsher punishment or death.
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Butte
Automobile use as democratic and un-American in colleges
An unsigned editorial argues against eastern universities banning cars from campus towns. It asserts automobile ownership reflects American democracy, not immorality, and that prohibiting cars under the guise of stopping un-American class distinctions is misguided. Cars are common, affordable, and not inherently un-American.
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America
Best Editorial of the Day From The Baltimore Sun
A classroom lesson portrays Morocco as a northern African realm with a sultan ruling tribes, Berber peoples, and Riffians who defend self rule. It extols goats and morocco hides, notes gold deposits, and mocks European interference while offering a cautionary geography summary for fifth graders.
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Baltimore Sun
Morozzo
Africa
Morocco
Ou. J
Spain
Don
Jne
Iman
Mérécco
By Sentence Sermons Rev Roy L Smith Pastor Minneapolis
The sermon collection by the Rev Roy L Smith D D from Simpson MB Church Minneapolis stresses that nothing is worse than living with a betrayed memory of a friend and chasing happiness through dishonest means. It condemns social contempt and divided loyalties while urging honest loyalties over excuses.
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Roy L. Smith
D. D
Simpson M. BE
Minneapolis
Hatravad
Half-Cent Coin Backers Call for Bread Price Flexibility
In Washington May 29 the Haskin Letter reports bakers seek a half-cent coin to allow one half cent loaf price changes amid flour and wheat swings. Langendorf leads San Francisco bakers arguing today’s coinage limits profits and prompts profiteering accusations. A cent change costs the public about two dollars yearly per family, while industry turmoil persists.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Langéndorf
San Francisco
Washington
Mr. Langendorf
Tire
Mint to resume fractional coin production faces lobbying
Congress has not introduced a bill to resume the half cent, but bakers, manufacturers, and slot machine users oppose it. Merchants favoring fractional prices would use it to advertise small buys, while churches fear reduced offerings. The dispute links worship costs to coin value.
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Congress
House
Senate
Shortest Honeymoon Ends In 20 Minutes
Lexington Kentucky truck driver W T Barlow asked his boss for 20 minutes off to get married. He went home, changed his suit, wed, and reported back to work within the same short period.
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Lexington
W. T. Barlow
Omahas DAV Convention Promises Active June 22 to 27
Helen Henrickson leads preparations in Omaha for the Disabled American Veterans World War convention scheduled June 22 through 27. The hometown event highlights veteran affairs, with local organizing efforts and anticipated participation from DAV members and allied groups.
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Helen Henrickson
Omaha
Navy Academy dummy diploma plan altered by Wilbur
Washington June 2 The Associated Press reports that plans to have Ra mett Navarro appear in a film scene at the naval academy commencement were changed by Secretary Wilbur Navarro will not join the regular exercises but a similar ceremony will be staged without President Coolidge after the formal exercises the superintendent will replace the president in the scene. Public pressure mounted as word of the plan spread
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Washington
Associated Press
Ramett Navarro
Coolidge
Naval Academy
Wilbur
Navarro
Academy
Académy
Defense day endorsed by governors and other items
Reports that defense day was endorsed by four governors. Funeral services held for former Vice President Marshall. Plans dropped for President Coolidge to appear in a moving picture. A move to transfer the bureau of mines to the commerce department was announced by Secretary Hoover. Rubber manufacturers plan to reclaim more used products. The Oregon echo law's knockout by the Supreme Court is praised as upholding liberty. the piece warns such state control could extend to press and speech.
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Marshall
Coolidge
Bureau of Mines
Commerce Department
Hoover
Oregon
Thomas Jefferson
What I5 A Boy
Reading Bulletin warns that a boy will inherit and carry out policies, treaties, and governance. He will manage prisons, churches, schools, corporations, and cities, deciding fame or condemnation of all work and the nation’s future.
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Senate
Rere
Wallace McCamant Named To Circuit Court Of Appeals
The Philadelphia Record notes Wallace McCamant of Portland Oregon was appointed to the circuit court of appeals. It cites his support for Governor Calvin Coolidge five years earlier and his 1920 opposition to Senator Johnson’s presidential bid as key qualifications. It adds his role for Oregon in litigation over a state law affecting private and parochial schools, tied to K K K influence, as further merit for the appointment.
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Wallace McCamant
Portland
Oregon
Circuit Court of Appeals
Calvin Coolidge
Johnson
Philadelphia
Tragedy in Freeborn Farm Family Fire Claims Three
Associated Press report from Denton Maryland states three children died in a home fire on a Freeborn Eliwanger farm. The blaze fatally claimed young lives and prompted local investigations. Authorities have not released further details.
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Denton
Associated Press
Freeborn
Eliwanger
Answers to Questions from the Helena Information Bureau
Readers submit queries answered by experts on topics from blues origins to white gold and Old Ironsides. Questions cover art galleries in Grand Central, baseball dope, pomato plants, birch bark removal, and chiefs of staff from the ranks.
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Helena
Grand Central Station
New York City
Atlanta
P. A.W
S. Med
Ironsides
Adirondacks
Forest Service
David Belai
Peggy Steuart
Annapolist
Anthony Stewart
England
Miles
Twain, Reid and Choate Lunch Joke From New York
A Bagin’s Memories anecdote recounts a lunch with Mark Twain, Whitelaw Reid, and Joséph Choate. Choate, turning down wine on his 60th birthday, boasts he has never tasted wine tobacco or gambling, prompting Twain to envy the feat and Reid to prod.
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Mark Twain
Whitelaw Reid
Joséph Choate
New York
Choate
Mel
Mark
Bagin
Thought on foolish instruction and waste of knowledge
A reflective aphorism contrasts folly and instruction, noting that fools’ guidance is folly and foolish instruction wastes knowledge, with a Kabir couplet about cleansing charcoal.
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Kabir
Thief Loots Church Coats in York Basement
In York Pennsylvania during a Lutheran worship service, a thief rifled coats in the church basement, stealing about 25 dollars in cash from overcoats as congregants prayed on the second floor.
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York
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