Good and Bad in Business
Admiral Palmer of the Emergency Fleet Corporation reports laying up forty two ships and cutting expenses by fourteen million dollars while tonnage remains near previous levels, nearly profitable. In private business profit wins, but public boards serve constituents seeking district money and port promotion, not necessarily profitable fleet efficiency. The clash explains why public funds go to ports regardless of fleet output, and hints at cheaper menswear this winter.
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Admiral Palmer
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Rubber and the French Debt Debate
The piece argues Britain taxes crude rubber to pay its war debt to the United States, overcharging Americans on tires by about 380 million annually while France lacks the same leverage. It urges treating debtor nations by capacity to pay and warns against uneven terms that could ruin weaker economies.
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United States
Britain
R. B. Howell
Nebraska
Senator Borah
Frech
Champaigne
Paris
Messia
Mellon
Caillaux Et al
Germany
Belgium
France
Borah
Scott
Subsidizing Aviation in The Language of Harbors and Lighthouses
Opinion argues air travel bears hidden ground costs for landing fields, signals, and ground staff. It compares air subsidies to water routes, suggesting naming subsidies as harbors and lighthouses to fit familiar political categories and secure support.
Why We Can't Abolish It and Its Implications
A columnist argues the dead letter office is doomed to survive because no system can rely on everyone obeying all rules. Personal accountability would still fall short as human nature varies and some mail unsigned. The piece notes broader societal inefficiencies from universal caution and ends with a remark on male college students facing discouragement in sports and life.
Smart Crimials and Notable Crimes Across Cities
A Los Angeles councilman is arrested for bribery as his brother fabricates a self written letter to divert sympathy and triggers a failed dynamite attempt that wrecks the house. A San Francisco killer decapitates a victim, scatters body parts in a swamp, and investigators link hair and teeth to ID the corpse.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Editorial Debate on Foreign Missions and Christian Impact
The piece questions whether missionary efforts abroad meet Christian ideals in medicine education and charity while noting hostile nationalist reactions and real harms in colonized regions. It cites Thomas F. Millard on the limits of Western education and Christian ethics and asks if the church bears responsibility for disappointments and harms.
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China
Shima
Thomas F. Millard
New York Times
Iide
South Seas
Church
Lexington named ship of navy’s air carrier era
The U S 5 Lexington sister ship of the Saratoga will launch October 3 in Quincy Massachusetts. Four earlier Lexingtons served as brigs storeships and ironclads, with Captain John Barry and Commodore Perry among their noted commanders. The current Lexington aims to uphold a proud naval legacy by serving as an air carrier in a postwar armament framework.
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Washington, D. C
U. S
Lexington
Saratoga
Quincy
Mass
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Continental Navy
John Barry
United States Navy
Barry
Edward
Capes
Virginia
John Hancock
Marine Committee
Liverpool
S Barry
English Channel
Bay of Biscay
Irish Sea
H. E. M.S. Alert
Alert
Lexingston
Mill
Plymouth
Dunkirk
Fillmore
Commodore Perry
Japan
Pittsburgh
Mississippi River
New Orleans
John Rodgers
United States
Commodore Rodgers
Mississippi
Tennessee
Donelson and
Island No. 10
Band of the Mississippi
New Madrid
Mound City
Salomon A. Sliver
Hutter
French publishers set higher price for novels
Paris announces new standard price for novels at twenty francs to cover rising costs. Prewar pricing ranged from three to four francs, rising to seven and a half francs in recent years. The French Publishers union says the rise funds materials and production, with authors benefiting from the new rate as the base for their royalties.
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Paris
Paris Fashion and Scandal Stir Paris Shops Row
Paris reports sensational ad tactics by luxury stores in Rue de la Paix. A staged death in a shop window caused a panic among porters and shoppers. Separate items note eye massage therapy by Dr. Roger Dansar and a fur surname list for winter wear including galiak palani hurnsducky swiesky.
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Paris
Mongolia
End of Vacation and Schooling Regrets in Verse
A poem reflects nostalgia for childhood summers and the return to routines. The speaker recalls dragging to school each September and prefers gray hair to the lost carefree days, noting school thralldom and the lack of compensation for vacation endings. Ted Robinson cites The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Ted Robinson
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Walking stick crystal radio set patent by English inventor
London reports a novel patent a walking stick that houses a full crystal radio set with phones and collapsible aerial. It operates by grounding via the ferrule and extending the aerial and receiver from the top. Also from London, painter Miss Juliet N Williams notes flowers have moods and each flower has its own face, some smiling, some frowning.
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London
Eng
Juliet N. Williams
The Ancient Highway by James Oliver Curwood review
A detailed critique of The Ancient Highway set in Quebec and the forests around Lake Saint John. It highlights Clifton Brant and his rivals Gaspard St Ives and Ajax Trapitz, Antoinette, Angelique, and the rescue sequence, noting Curwood’s blend of romance, adventure, and daring action. Published by Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, $2.00 net, New York.
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James Oliver Curwood
Canada
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Lake St. John
Aimple
Curwood
Clifton Brant
Gaspard St. Ives
Antoinette
Angelique
Ajax Trapitz
Dumas
Gaspard
Ajax
Ivan Hurd
Antoinetta
Hurd
Joan of Arc
America
Bolduc
Brant
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
New York
Seibert of the Island by Gordon Young review
A critical study of Seibert of the Island portrays Sei pert, the Island planter, and Greena as central figures in a complex triangle on Pulotu Island. The narrator notes blurred secondary characters and complex motives as Selbert's harsh strength meets human vulnerability. The tale traces Selbert’s growth toward sympathy and a moral reckoning, ending with tragedy and unresolved loss.
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Gorilon Young
Conrad
Pulotu Island
South Seas
Seipert
Greena
Overna
Tom Combs
Warries Selbert
Mit
Hel
Nada
San Francisco
Tantren
Williame Oyatership
Selbert
Orcena
Paulesn i
Vauleen
Xoda
Oreena
Beckeet
Sethert
Purpona
Seibert
Hlacopra
Mrute Selbert Fm
Wit Yama
Tom Cnombo
Island
Gordon Young
New York
George J. Doran Campany
Porcupine Pierces Tire On Roadside Incident
Stanley Hurd found a flat tire on his coupe after driving home in Saco Maine. He recalled hitting an animal on the road and hurried away believing it was a skunk, later discovering porcupine quills in the tire.
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Saco
Stanley Hurd
Be Mine Costs a Man His Freedom
A fragmentary verse fragment remarks that talk is not cheap and two words Be Mine cost a man his freedom in a cryptic TH-Bits snippet.
Cousin Jane novel by Wilson to publish Oct 28
Book note about Harry Leon Wilson’s shift to a female lead in Cousin Jane. Jane Wilton faces a serious problem in Mrs. All humor and charm appear in the heroine, a new type for Wilson’s readers. Published by Cosmopolitan Book Corporation on October 28.
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Ruggles Bunker Dean
Merton
Harry Leon Wilson
Cousin Dane
Wilson
Tme
Ruggles
Jane Hn
Wilton
Mfr
Jane
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
Mudegarde i Wawthorne Makeshift Farm Told for Youth
Mudegarde i Wawthorne writes a charming Makeshift Farm for young readers from Appleton. The tale follows a family on a farm where children share kitchen house yard and garden tasks and blend work with playful adventures including a mystery tied to the Forties era of the family. The author is Nathaniel Hawthorne's granddaughter Wild Harvest author John M. Askison plans summer visits to Nig brother's ranch in Craig county and a future tour of a 200000 acre Texas cattle ranch.
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Appleton
Nathaniel Hawthorne
John M. Askison
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Nig Brother
Craig County
Texas
Dara
Oskinson
United States
Reluctant Duchess parodies and witty digs on aristocracy
Allen Duey Miller writes a breezy, bright Mittte tale in contrast to A Lady of Quality and Serena Brandish. The piece offers good humor with a happy ending and playful defense of dukes, balancing sharper, cynical stories of high society. Published by Dodd Mead at $1.75.
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Iy Ray
Allen Duey Miller Han
Lady of Quality
Serena
Serana
New York
Dodd, Mead
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Labrador
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Chartard
Manzanilla
Acapulco
Roger Dansar
Darsonval
Academy of Science
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