President backs single buyer for government ships sale
The President signals a shift to delegate sale talks to one man, pressing to curb the United States Shipping Board’s frequent quarreling and inefficiency. He cites past stalled deals like the Pacific Coast Dollar line sale and suggests transferring negotiating power to the Emergency Fleet Corporation while preserving some board authority to accept or reject terms. The move aims to end the unprofitable Shipping Board era and fulfill taxpayers’ expectations.
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United States Shipping Board
Pacific Coast Dollar Line
Coolidge
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Editor Praises Frugal Office Workers Under Coolidge
Director Lord supports President Coolidge and extols a janitor who saved 200 by removing pins and paper clips from wastebaskets in Washington. The tale closely mirrors a postmaster who boiled typewriter ribbons to produce ink for his office.
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Lord
Coolidge
Washington
Ironic Bond Debate Sparks Plain Talk Between Governors
A playful clash of letters between Governor Al Smith and Congressman Ogden Mills over a proposed 100 million dollar public improvement bond becomes a showcase for sharp, vivid language. The exchange includes Mills’s complaint and Al Smith’s retort about legislative performance.
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Billingsgate
New York
al Smith
Ogden L. Mills
Congress
Mills
M. D
M. C
Rhoades
Montana considers stocking Flathead lake with Superior whitefish
The state fish and game commission weighs stocking Flathead lake with Lake Superior whitefish instead of importing fish from Idaho Minnesota or Oregon. The plan aims to boost commercial fishing and provide fresher buyers while creating Montana jobs. Flathead lake has not previously been a fishing ground for game fish and hosts bull trout squawfish and other cannibalistic species.
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Idaho
Pacific Coast
Minnesota
Montana
State Fish and Game Commission
Flathead Lake
Lake Superior
Northwest
Whitefish From Glacier Park Planted In Flathead Lake
State officials report success in planting Lake Superior whitefish fry from Michigan and Lake Macdonald. Netting in Flathead Lake yielded two to three pound whitefish, bull trout, and squawfish. Findings suggest Flathead may support commercial fishing as whitefish thrive in cold Montana waters. Hollywood promotes June weddings with multiple bridesmaids joining the ceremony.
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Lake Superior
Michigan
Lake Macdonald
Glacier Park
Superior
Flathead Lake
Montana
Cap pistol backers push harmless toy comeback
Column warns against returning to cap pistols for Fourth of July despite maker press releases claiming safety. Notes bans on firearms and firecrackers in many towns, argues child access risks and accidents from training kids to fire pistols, and mocks benevolent assimilation comparison with Philippines context.
More Than One Murder a Day in Chicago History
The piece notes 170 murders in the first 151 days of the year in Chicago and argues that immigrant and native populations show higher American murder rates than European records. It suggests reasons for the disparity and frames it as a challenge to law and institutions to vindicate themselves.
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Chicago
England
America
Europe
Best Editorial of the Day from The Milwaukee Sentinel
A Milwaukee Sentinel editorial mocks Dr. Poulson’s claim that Prohibition enforcement offers quick wealth. It satirizes prospects of short-term riches from the Walstead act, noting frugality and long service rarely yield lavish gains and questioning the enforcement income hype.
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The
Milwaukee Sentinel
Reverend Roy L. Smith Db Pastor in Minneapolis
Brief church notice notes Rev Roy L Smith Db of Simpson M E Church Minneapolis. The item identifies his role and location in a concise church directory style entry.
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Roy L. Smith
Simpson M. E. Church
Minneapolis
Davis sensitometer aids standardizing light sensitive emulsions
Washington June 18 Raymond Davis chief of the laboratory at the Bureau of Standards unveiled the Davis sensitometer an instrument to test and standardize light sensitive emulsions for film plates and printing papers It measures exposure with a constant speed disc and calibrated light to determine speed contrast and color sensitivity aiding photographers astronomers and manufacturers The device is non patented and open for public viewing reflecting long term laboratory work in photography history
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Washington, D.C
Photographic Laboratory
Bureau of Standards
Raymond Davis
Department of Commerce
Davis
Uncle Sam
Nicephore Ulepce
Daguerre
John William Draper
University of the City of New York
M. Schmid
George Eastman
Yout
Evolution of color film and moving pictures in science
The article surveys 19th and early 20th century color film efforts. It credits Ducos du Haroun for three-color methods, notes Joly, McDonough, and Lippmann as pioneers, and states color motion pictures remain largely laboratory work with no clear breakthrough. Experts mark time, awaiting an amateur breakthrough to advance the field.
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Ducos du Haroun
Joly McDonough
Lippmann
Mr. Davis
Senator Ladds Body Returns From Baltimore
President Coolidge departs for summer retreat at Swanpscott Massachusetts as government moves toward a 100 million dollar tax cut. War veterans warned on bonus certificates. Shipping board delegates ship sales to Fleet corporation. Attorney general to appeal in International Harvester case. Prohibition enforcement undergoes sweeping reorganization effective August 3.
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Ladd
Baltimore
President Coolidge
Swanpscott
Mass
Shipping Board
Fleet Corporation
Supreme Court
International Harvester
Prohibition
It Is Hot Blazing Hot in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles the heat is extreme with waves of heat rising from the streets. People crawl like crabs in their effort to endure the sun as the heat damps spirits and exhausts strength, affecting the old and the young alike. A waterproof hat cover is described as a new practical item designed to protect hats in rain and showers.
League Committee Scans Questions of International Law
Stockholm June 4 The League of Nations committee on codification of international law selects ten topics for study including suppression of piracy limits of territorial waters and international extradition. Hammarskjold presides with George W. Wickersham as a member. Subcommittees will report findings to the council before any international conferences or binding treaties are proposed.
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Stockholm
Associated Press
League of Nations Committee
Hjalmar Hammarskjold
George W. Wickersham
New York
League
Baron Marks von Wurtemberg
Geneva
Boral
Hammarskjold
Council of the League
Teapot Dome Decision Provokes Public Outcry Across Nations
Washington report details the Teapot Dome ruling noting public mistrust and perceived flaws in law. It cites Doheny and Fall as targets of corruption, with bribery indictments voided by statutes and grand jury issues. The piece contrasts official verdicts with a public sense of guilt and calls for accountability. Also brief notes on halted marriages in four counties and a goldfish fire incident in Monroe Wisconsin.
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Teapot Dome
Doheny
Fall
Fall J
Secretary of the Interior
Sinclair
Sinclar
Attorney General’s
Grand Jury
United States Senate
Europe
United States
Great Falls
Answers to Questions from The Independent Information Bureau
A compressed reader Q and A page recounts readers sending in queries to The Independent Information Bureau in Washington. Questions span topics from superstition and pronunciation to wedding rings, Coolidge dam funding, motor cycles classification, Amundsen’s polar proof, dogs perspiring, architectural newels, Balkan languages, Washington's Paine classic, and a 1364 degree heat record from Azi zia near Tripoli.
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Rome
Coolidge
Coolidge Dam
San Carlos
State of
Arizona
National Automobile Chamber of Commérce
Amundsen
North Pole
G. EL A
Naval Observatory
South Pole
Scott
Arctic Ocean
Roald Amundsen
Bureau of Animal Industry
Balkans
Washington
Thomas Paine
The
Royal Meteorological Society
Azizia
Africa
Tripoli
Most Loved and Most Hated La Follette
The Missoulian recalls Robert M La Follette as a polarizing leader whose career defined a half century of American politics. His fierce battles against state corporate power inspired devotion even as the third party collapsed in 1924, leaving a lasting emotional impact in Wisconsin.
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YaFollette
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Wisconsin
LaFole Jette
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Haskin Letter
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