Global capital and Western distrust in foreign investment
The piece argues that eastern capital faced Western resentment when financing western ventures, and now American capital abroad provokes similar unease in Europe. It notes Europe tolerates but resents U.S. money, fearing domination, while South America shows less hostility. It highlights U.S. bond and stock purchases turning creditors into owners and the political friction over war loans and colonial legacies.
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United States
Europe
South America
Sam
Washington
Dominion
Anj
QUEER PARTY RESPONSIBILITY AND FOREIGN POLICY LEADERS
The piece notes the Republican and Democratic parties diverge from their leaders on World Court policy. Senators Borah and Johnson are identified as primary opponents yet hold official party leadership roles. It contrasts party platforms with actual congressional stance and cites Wilson era unity as a counterpoint. The text questions party responsibility in foreign affairs.
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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
William E. Borah
Borah
Viram W. Johnson
Republican Party
Congress
America
Wilson
Democratic Party
Con
Upside Down Party Leadership in Congress and Police Lines
The piece argues congressional leadership rests on seniority rather than current policy, leaving the party in power as largely unrepresentative. It notes pacifist past leaders linger, while reconciliables wield formal influence without followers, creating an official reader who guides from the past. It also remarks Chicago police reforms and urban crime rhetoric.
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Gress
Wilson
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
Is Lynching Dying Out In American Towns
A Liberty Missouri lynching of a colored man accused of attacking a white woman prompted a district judge to convene a grand jury. The panel heard over a hundred witnesses from the lynch mob but returned no indictments, signaling community approval of the act and suggesting the ritual may persist where public sentiment is lenient.
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Liberty
Advertising It Builds a Gum Empire for Wrigley
Wrigley explains his rise to a multi million package daily business by sticking to a single line and relentless ads. He spends over a million dollars yearly on newspaper space to promote 6 cent gum. He credits sustained advertising for educating the public to chew gum and to favor Wrigley’s. He stresses continual repetition to prevent buyers from forgetting.
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Wrigley
Wrigley’s
The School Teacher's Sixteen Points From Time
From Chicago the American Federation of Teachers issues a sixteen point program for next year. The list includes a five hour school day, a single salary scale, minimum salary of two thousand dollars, sabbatical leave, academic freedom, illness or funeral pay, abolition of teacher rating, pensions after six years, caps on class size, schoolhouses meeting high standards, teacher councils in policy making, tenure, hire and fire reform, balanced boards with teacher input, modern methods, and independent education boards responsive to small taxpayers.
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Chicago
American Federation of Teachers
American Federation of Labor
Achnnlhausen
Trink
Nnpeal Doarda
Drive to curb gasoline product substitution seeks federal action
A national campaign by the National Vigilance committee and Associated Advertising Clubs of the World aims to curb oil product substitution at service stations. Legislation may target District of Columbia and then model state laws to prohibit selling substitutes for trademarked oils with penalties and potential damage suits. Experts note the difficulty of proving substitution and call for careful safeguards and witnesses for legal action.
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Washington
Congress
National Vigilanee Committee
Associated Advertising Clubs
Floral Better Business Bureaus
Federal Trade Commission
District of Columbia
Fraud and poor fuel tests hit motorists across the industry
A large oil company claims if it achieved full demand it would have to double output, signaling widespread substitution. The Better Business Bureau warns of dope solutions that claim to instantly charge batteries but harm life. District of Columbia gas pumps have been found manipulated to cheat buyers of up to two quarts per gallon.
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Metas
Cnircs
Better Business
Lown
United States
Better Business Bureaus
United States Bureau of Standards
District of Columbia
Proposal to sell Korean royal land for relief of peers
The Japanese government contemplates selling land formerly owned by Korea's royal family to fund relief for destitute Korean peers. The plan was submitted by the governor general of Korea.
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Tekin, Sept. S
Royal Family of
Korea
LaSalle Woman Blames Self in Windsor Murder Case
Mrs Ruth Janisse a 30 year old of LaSalle Ontario is accused with her husband of killing Clayton McMutlin a 30 year old of Windsor Ontario She says she fired the shots and exonerates her husband She had recently been discharged from a hospital noting a self inflicted bullet wound in the leg.
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Ruth Janisse
LaSalle
Ont
Clayton McMutlin
Windsor
Much Cheer Seen In Trade Out Look
Labor Day marks a steady start to autumn trade with wholesome progress and resilient confidence. Credit markets show ample liquidity as New York banks pull funds abroad to offset domestic needs while rail, steel, and oil sectors hint at renewed investment and easing inflation pressures.
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New York
Associated Press
United States
Answers to Questions from the Information Bureau
A longQ and A column from The Independent features readers queries on microphones weights Angora goats walls of English towns and more. It cites playing managers in majors US auto exports to England and historical ranks from Washington. It notes bond market recovery and upcoming state and corporate issues.
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The
Times
Washington
Independent
Nelona Independent Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
David Bancroft
Boston W Nationals
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Nationals
Tyrus Cobb
Detroit Americans
George Sisler
St. Louis
United States
York
Chester
Fordever
Congress
Marely
George Washington
Sherman
P.M Sheridan
J. J. Pershing
Peter
E. P. Mc
General Petroleum Corporation
Mooed the Cow Details Count on Texas Ranger Train
A quirky line from a cow narrator lamenting that details matter as a train rolls over its tail, yielding a whimsical scene tied to a Texas Ranger setting.
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Texas Ranger
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