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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
4
The piece argues railroads show safety first works with 1924 data: 931 million train riders and 149 deaths, about one in 6 million odds. It urges applying railroad discipline to highways, predicting future controlled traffic and reduced auto crashes as drivers accept responsibility.
Eleven percent of New York students failed to identify President Coolidge in a test though he was the most photographed figure at the White House. The same group recognized the Prince of Wales.
From Billings reports the Montana state WCTU in session pledges to make Montana bone dry and to repeal the Walstead aligned medical prescription law. The group attacks doctors by saying the Volstead act substitutes for saloons and vows to renew repeal efforts.
A Helena dealer advertising cars by parading them on Main Street with a price sign repeats a tired bluff. The piece compares this tactic to horse traders and minstrel acts, labeling the dealer a cheap imitator of older hustles.
The piece argues US newspapers should resist government propaganda schemes in debt talks with France and warn against Creel era censorship. It stresses that editors can analyze facts without guided boosts from officials and that journalists earn standing equal to politicians when shaping national policy.
Editorial argues students lack clear goals in college and cites a Wisconsin survey showing many undergraduates and women plan uncertain futures and marriage. It warns modern college life leads to aimlessness, dance, luxury, and degeneration, urging parents and professors to combat these trends.
The piece recounts the dawn of the air mail era from 1918, comparing airmen to Columbus and Boone. It notes the evolution from short routes to a continental relay system, the challenges of night flight, and the development of portable and fixed land lighthouse beacons to guide mail trains across vast distances.
The air mail system expands with eight tentative routes announced from Boston to New York and beyond. Bids are sought for connections including Chicago to Birmingham and St. Paul, Sacramento to Los Angeles, and Seattle to Pasco. Feasibility to be decided as petitions arrive.
Pittsburgh has adopted a no-change locomotive policy after trials on two New York to Pittsburgh trains and later on Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and Chicago mail and express runs. Heavier locomotives replaced lighter types to boost speed on flat sections and allow longer mountain hauls.
The Baltimore Sun voices frustration at government waste noting 108 job holders in the Bureau of Receipts versus 66 judged needed by the Commission on Efficiency and Economy. It warns of transfers rather than firings, calling this politics and arguing definitions can't illuminate such excess.
Fort Leavenworth in Kansas plans a $1 million factory inside the penitentiary to produce 2300 to 3000 pairs of shoes daily for the army navy and federal institutions. Warren F. Goldthwaite named superintendent with 700 convicts to be trained. profits go to the government.
A readers letter harshly criticizes the White family of Lombard Montana alleging laziness and dubious farming claims. In Moscow a group from the Moscow Art Theatre forms a building society to construct a dedicated home for actors and painters with living quarters a theater and roof garden.
Dublin reports Father White, head of the Fishermen's association, warns that within five to six years fishing may cease in Ireland due to decay. The Ministry of Fisheries says state loans cannot develop the industry and that private effort, as in Great Britain, is required. A stray line notes radium radiation details.
The Helena Independent Information Bureau invites readers to send questions for free answers. Sample queries cover dinners with couples, land in Pennsylvania, unexplored South America, brickwork terms, rabbit fur demand, Ohio River locks, early U S roads, fish prices, the Library of Alexandria, caravel speeds, and extraterritorial rights.
Ambassador Herrick denied retirement plans while Secretary Wilbur ruled out resignation. The Shenandoah inquiry moves to Washington and a court of inquiry investigates the submarine S-5E sinking. France presents final proposals on war debt settlement to the United States. Rear Admiral Christy ordered to continue rescue work on S-5t and defer salvage. Colonel William Mitchell testifies before the air board amid hearings for lower ranks. H G Dalton of Cleveland named referee in shipping board fleet corporation dispute. Marnah Chaplin granted U S stay until February next year. A Spanish peasant finishes rock home art carved over 17 years with balcony, garret and cellar.
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