Why all the cruisers and a call for naval reduction
Kellogg urges speedy settlement of Anglo American naval rivalry and a MacDonald Hoover meeting in Washington to curb armament. He argues that large navies are unnecessary and stresses that the Kellogg anti war treaty should mean real reductions. Hoover likewise backs reduced commitments. The piece notes 15 new US cruisers and British projections and ends with a street and road statistics line.
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MacDonald
Washington
State Kelloge
American Legion
Kellogg
United States
Great Britain
Hoover
Congress
Political hokum in England and American vaudeville
The piece mocks political rhetoric in England and compares Lloyd George’s speeches to vaudeville. It notes demagogic tactics, flattery, and bragging as common to campaigns, suggesting English campaigning mirrors American style and ends with a brief unrelated note about a Hollywood boxing license denial.
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England
Lloyd George
Welea
David Lloyd George
The Glad Season Opens Montana Summer Health Reminder
The calendar announces summer as a welcome, gift-rich season for health and happiness. It calls Montana to dedicate this period to outdoor life, work and play, absorbing energy from the sun to endure the year’s rigors. It envisions summer as a time of vitality for humanity.
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Montana
Summer Play Time for Americans Across the Nation
The piece extols hot weather work and the summer vacation season as a period of health and vigor. It notes perspiration as a sign of honest toil and highlights travel and outdoor activities from now until fall. It argues heat boosts endurance and leaves people with strong bodies and clear minds for the return to work.
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South
California
London transit tickets gold daily as Ford plant looms
The London tram and bus system sells over seven million tickets each day. Experts predict that Henry Ford's forthcoming British plant will intensify fare pressures, with tram magnates likely to claim ticket sales cannot cover driver wages.
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London
Henry Ford
Mr Bumble Would Find Issue With Obscene Rabelais Book
A. Edward Newton of Philadelphia, a noted author and scholar, had a rare edition of Rabelais seized by U.S. customs as obscene. The piece argues such action mocks common sense since the work is widely available in libraries and bookstores.
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A. Edward Newton
Philadelphia
England
Rabelais
United States
Newton
Local prisons population shift in England shocks observers
The British prison population fell from 20,000 in 1878 to 100,000 today while convict prisons reduced by 1,600 in the present compared with 10,000 two decades ago. Observers note the absence of prohibition laws in England as a factor fueling jail emptiness.
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England
Germany's Merchant Fleet Rebuilds After War Losses
The German merchant fleet has recovered to four fifths of its 1914 size, now over 4,000,000 tons from 5,200,000 before WWI. Only Britain and the United States exceed it, with a World’s Work writer predicting Germany may outrank America soon and closely rival Britain, testifying to German industry and efficiency.
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Germany
America
Britain
Treasury official lauded by telegrams over shootings debate
The assistant secretary of the treasury notes he receives many telegrams praising prohibition agents for shooting innocent people and protests against the practice. All Anti-Saloon League superintendents have corresponded with him. The text also notes Colombia’s government owns the largest emerald mines. Before the war only governments could afford emeralds.
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the Treasury
Anti-Saioon League
Government of
Columbia
Best Editorial of the Day Flimflammin g the Farmer
A petition from Northwest farmers and businessmen to Congress complains that the current tariff increases on building materials like shingles cement and brick hurt farmers by widening the cost gap between purchases and sales They urge free lists for materials farmers use arguing protection for others while their needs go unmet The piece notes Hoover’s pledge of a special session aimed at relief but tailored to farmer interests and warns of political maneuvering in tariff rhetoric
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Northwest
Minneapolis Morning Tribune
Congress
Hoover
Royal Experience in Overcoming a Habit Mastery
The Rev Rov Smith of Minneapolis's Himpson M E Church offers a sermon on personal mastery. He describes finding yourself master of a habit that once ruled you, walking among critics without fear, and gaining God’s friendship as rewards of virtue.
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Rov. Smith
D. D
Himpson M. E. Church
Minneapolis
Wheat belts shift as plains states bear distress
The Haskin Letter reports a Department of Agriculture study showing farm woes concentrate in the plains wheat belt. Acreage rose in Dakota through Texas while eastern and Gulf states trimmed sowings. the shift prompts reevaluation of farm relief theories and notes the plains’ machinery advantages cut costs for producers.
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Washington
DD. C
England
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Plains States
United States
Likely choice as envoy to France emerges in model contest
Detroit June 21 AP Louis Proctor of Vancouver Washington won first place in the model plane contest at the second annual national meet of the airplane model League of America. His scale Corsair model earns him a trip to Europe and speculation grows that Senator Walter Edge may be appointed United States ambassador to France.
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Detroit
Mich
Louis Proctor
Vancouver
Wash
Airplane Model League of America
Europe
Hoover
Walter E Edge
New Jersey
New York
Thera
France
Ator
Edge
Jay Whore
Engileh
Myron T. Herrick
Wheat harvests shift northward as Plains labor concentrates
A detailed analysis describes how harvesting labor moves from southern states into the Plains with the season, reshaping wheat fields nationwide. It notes global demand, falling prices since 1914, record disappearance of wheat into consumption, and forecasts potential market tightening as world stocks tighten.
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Plains States
America
Europe
India
Egypt
China
Japan
Orient
Riot at Caxton Hall as students clash with anti vivisectionists
An anti vivisectionist meeting at Caxton hall Westminster was broken up by 200 medical students who hurled water and foul-smelling chemicals from the gallery and released live mice. Scuffles erupted and women in the audience used umbrellas against students. Police were called to eject the demonstrators who suffered minor injuries.
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London
Caxton Hall
Westminster
Goiter Talk By Dr William Brady On Water And Iodine Use
Personal Health Service by Dr William Brady discusses goiter prevalence in Tennessee. It cites water iodine levels, goiter rates among white and colored children and adults, the lack of clear water chlorination impact, and endorses iodized salt and weekly tincture of iodine as a precaution for inland regions.
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William Brady, M. D
Nashville
Tennessee
Mississippi
Middle Tennessee
Tennessee River
Cumberland Plateau
Appalachian
Oregon
Parents discuss newborn circumcision and vaccines in Q and A
A reader asks whether two weeks old circumcision is necessary and about sanitation. Dr Brady says only when cleanliness issues exist and urges physician guidance for abnormalities. Other letters cover scarlet fever vaccines, diphtheria immunity tests, typhoid prevention, iodized salt use, and goiter reduction, with general guidance from physicians and a note on submission rules.
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PF. L. KR
Selick
Answers to Questions from Readers in The Independent
Readers ask about Hamlet age, propeller speed, Icelandic students, Mississippi eddies, Isthmus of Panama dimensions, and rabbit fur timing. Answers note Mantel attribution, typical propeller RPMs, four Icelandic students, eddy capsize risk, Panama width about 30-70 miles, rabbit molt variability, and federal taxation. Also cover pronunciation hints, sandplay theory, Potomac Park bug-catchers, and 1928 freight train speed 12.9 miles.
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Hamlet
Robert Mantel
Up. A
Iceland
United States
Mississippi River
Mississippi River Commission
Isthmus
Panama
J. G
Bjorkmai
Hamsun
Strydam
Croce
C. C .A. Joseph Lee
Potomac Park
Washington, DC
Department of Agriculture
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