Pacifist Citizenship Debate Amid Schwimmer Case
The Civil Liberties Union urges 150 religious groups to weigh church stance on war refusals and citizenship. Supreme Court ruling bars alien pacifists from U.S. citizenship, prompting calls for thoughtful, deeply grounded church positions across denominations. Do not take your wife and children near the Canadian border due to prohibition risks.
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American Civil Liberties Union
Supreme Court
Rosika Schwimmer
United States
Schwimmer
The
Civil Liberties Union
The Years of Man and the Century Dream
On his seventy eighth birthday Sir Oliver Lodge remains hale and optimistic about living to a century. He believes rapid living-condition improvements will extend lifespan, but studies disagree. Evidence shows life expectancy remains near seventy despite better infant survival. Newborns today reach middle age faster, yet no assured path to a hundred. Historian Shaw joked of six hundred years, yet mortality endures.
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Oliver Lodge
George Bernard Shaw
Premier MacDonald May Visit United States in July
Rumors suggest Prime Minister MacDonald could travel to the United States in July. The plan could place him in time to deliver a Fourth of July address, an outcome described as potentially unusual.
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MacDonald
United States
Onion growers told to meet demand for larger milder onions
A Boston AP mispatch reports that New England farmers face pressure to grow larger, milder onions to compete with Texas, Egypt, Bermuda, California and Spain. Growers may have to alter production to satisfy consumer demand, a shift likened to a nineteenth century slogan about food.
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Boston
Associated Press
New England
Council of Farmers
Connecticut Valley
Texas
Egypt
Bermuda
California
Spain
Agricultural college bred crops and onions for America
The Seattle Star notes the work of agricultural colleges across the country producing improved corn varieties like Wisconsin Silver King and higher oil and sugar content, and Iowa and Ames College improving ear placement to boost yields. It also mentions plant breeding extending to onions, promising larger, milder bulbs to meet public demand. The column ends by remarking on the movie dog Strongheart and a light musing on heaven.
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Agricultural College of Illinois
Wisconsin
Agricultural College
Iowa
The Country's Colleges Reveal Growth and Funding Split
A survey notes 674 U S colleges with over 800000 students. Church colleges number 376 but host only 3 percent of students, while 106 publicly controlled colleges hold 40 percent. Growth favors state institutions. rising costs push more students to seek aid, and higher education is framed as a public dividend.
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Methodist
Presbyterian
Friends
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Yale
Middle
Duluth Johnson Club Goes Past Two Hundred Members
Duluth boasts a Johnson club with more than two hundred members. If the Sullivans can unite in Butte to organize, a Sullivan club could reach five hundred members.
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Duluth
Butte
Cherry Pie Praise and Pie Craft in Nebraska News
Editorial notes celebrate the cherry pie as the season’s focus in Nebraska. It praises crust, balance of tartness, and proper serving with ice cream or alone, warning against overbaking or gelatin fillings and predicting pies to come like green apple and pumpkin varieties.
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Billy-boy
Jim
Billyboy
Dilly-boy
Nebraska
Ice laden Atlantic routes threaten ships and Europe
The Haskin Letter reports greater Arctic ice drift into North Atlantic lanes with an estimated 2,000 bergs and extensive field ice. Coast guard patrols warn ships as Gulf Stream cooling could temper Europe, bringing a hard northeast winter to North America and milder summer in parts of Europe.
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North Sea
Bishop Defends Mixed Social at White House
Bishop W N Ainsworth of the Methodist Episcopal Church South says social events for Mrs Hoover should be official not personal and should not exclude any race. He argues the color scheme does not enter the arrangement and that the public selects those invited, not the president. The statement contrasts with southern congressmen and Billy De Priest from Illinois notes.
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de Priest
New York World
Profitable Pullmans Spur Passenger Traffic Shift
Railways report a historic shift in travel as first quarter data show more passengers in sleeping and parlor cars than in day coaches. Fairman type cars carry around 106000 in fares while overall Pullman occupancy rises with a far larger share of riders choosing sleeping accommodations over ordinary cars.
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Railway Age
America
Miami Herald
You Tell One You and Garbo Quotes and Jokes
A string of humorous clippings from era joke pages. Bits include a mock life exchange about Garbo, a traffic policeman anecdote, a two weeks notice gag, and quips about golfers, hats, driving, and misadventures in daily life. The tone is light, episodic, and compact.
Passages of a Fragmented Family Conversation
A garbled exchange reveals a domestic scene with a father urging a daughter to return home early and avoid the milk man. The dialogue shifts to social scandals, a suitor, and a forced truth about love and trust, ending with a terse cue to a named city.
Wills and Tunney Arts Interest Highlighted in Press
The article notes Helen Wills blending tennis and art, with critics debating her success as an artist alongside her famed court prowess. It also questions Gene Tunney’s literary tastes and America's shift toward travel luxuries, suggesting railroads face a class dynamic as autos and buses increase short trips.
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Helen Wills
Londontown
Gene Tunney
Bernard Shaw
America
Aisa
Miss Wilts
Minneapolia Star
Aee
Duty and Work as the Path to Success in Society
A column reflecting on moral duty urges that true success comes only through work. It mocks graduates rushing into the harsh world, notes many supposed recipes for wealth, and proclaims a single proven method: work. The piece also mentions Rotary, a Newark club honor, and a plan to dilute liquor in sewers to limit alcohol content to one percent.
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Ig College
University of Hard Knocks
Seattle Star
The Golden Rule Solves Our Problems Says Enquirer
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes that the duty to others as we would have them do to us guides spiritual growth. Refusal to duty brings suffering and loss of stature. If all followed this simple rule, problems would be solved and many would be glad.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
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