Search the Closets and Help the Needy This Winter
Intense cold brings suffering to many unprepared in Indianapolis and other cities. The article urges readers to donate warm clothing, shoes, and coats to agencies helping those in need, suggesting telephoning organizers and checking closets for items to give. It also criticizes state politics and the Mooney and Billings cases, arguing about civil rights and the governor’s tactics.
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Mooney
Billings
California
Something New In Public Affairs Investigation
The city council probe into police department vehicle purchases reveals the law was evaded by splitting the requisition, saving money for the people. It praises the purchasing agent as a shrewd businessman while condemning legal evasion, a contrast with evasions in state and county government that harmed the treasury.
Church Lobbying By Churches Questioned In Congress Debate
Representative Tinkham argues churches have right to engage in public affairs and urges Senator Caraway to probe funding and spending of two major church bodies the Methodist Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals and the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. The aim is transparency in political activity.
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Tinkham
Methodist Board of Temperance
Prohibition and Public Morals
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Not a job for Moses as Mexico ambassadorship eyed
The piece argues Senator Moses of New Hampshire lacks diplomat skills for Mexico posting. It recalls his temper and clashes with allies, contrasting with Ambassador Morrow and noting the need for high diplomacy in settling issues with Mexico.
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Moses
New Hampshire
Mexico
Senate
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn
Morrow
Danger From Above: Crashes Spur Debate on Air Safety
In the New York area three airplane crashes into buildings within two weeks kill two pilots and burn houses but spare ground residents. The piece argues for safer operations through altitude rules, better training, and stricter enforcement of flying rules, while noting limits of prohibition and citing Jersey City officials on policing.
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New York
Boggs
War prevention plan by Hurley prompts wary view
M E Tracy surveys Edward N Hurley's proposal for a world wide boycott led by industrial magnates to halt war by restricting critical raw materials. The piece questions feasibility noting oil steel and other commodities controlled by few firms could block wars but warns against naive trust in such schemes.
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Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Walter Teagle
Sir Henri Deterding
James A. Farrell
Charlie Schwab
Fritz Thyssen
Old Mars
Mr. Hurley
Power and control of war materials questioned
The passage argues that a small group of men own vast war essential resources such as steel and chemicals and could, in theory, force war conditions through boycotts. It notes governments and public opinion may still restrain them, citing hypothetical 1914 actions against England and past U S railroad freight disruptions.
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England
France
United States
Power and Industry in History and the Risk of Oligarchy
A historical reflection argues that industry and aristocracy can shape nations, but democracy resists ceded control. It notes Russia in 1916 and France faced upheaval, suggesting industrial magnates acting to prevent war would provoke fear and fear rather than unity, and questions if any nation would trust them to steer humanity.
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Ndustry
Russia
France
Jealousy Cited as Rage in Proverbs and Addison
A religious proverb notes jealousy as a male rage leading to vengeance. Addison adds that the jealous man's illness is so malignant it turns surroundings into nourishment for the envy.
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Addison
Why Air Buoyancy Keeps a Ship Afloat
The text explains that a ship floats because its hull and fittings filled with air make the total weight lighter than the displaced water. If a hole lets water fill the hull and displaces the air, the ship sinks as the hull becomes heavier than the same volume of water.
Proper Diet Aids TB Prevention By Dr. Morris Fishbein
Health column explains how nutrition and vitamin intake affect disease resistance. Vitamin A is highlighted as crucial against tuberculosis and infections, with notes on cod liver oil substitutes lacking vitamin A and the role of vitamin D. Emphasizes balancing a growing child’s diet to boost resistance and reduce susceptibility.
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The
American Medical Association
Hygeia
Labrador
Newfowndland
Books on the Wall Street Crash and its aftermath
The review discusses two post crash books and the need for a serious, trained analysis of the panic. It critiques humor about the era, notes social and economic shifts, and argues that many suffered while others laughed at the disaster. It condemns Johnson Cantor and Parker references as lacking taste.
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Wall Street
Eddie Cantor
Dorothy Parker
Ernest Hemingway
New Yorker
Sold Out by Edward Dean Sullivan notes stock crash context
A fragmentary preview of Sullivan's Sold Out mixes grave and light anecdotes with sharp economic reflections. It highlights a Tempo quotation questioning the speed of proclaimed economic strength and the impact of stock market events in November 1928.
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UCH
Edward Dean Sullivan
Sullivan
Tempo
Stock Exchange
the Times
Illinois Admission and Early State Prosperity Highlight 1818 Entry
Illinois joined the Union on December 3 1818 with borders between the Great Lakes and the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Early settlers mainly from the south brought slavery influence. After 1820 land speculation rose, followed by a 1842 panic. The state recovered to prosper during the Civil War era, producing three fifths of grain exports to Europe and ranking second in railway mileage.
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Illinois
Great Lakes
Ohio
Mississippi
Indiana
South
Europe
Earthquake Times and Language Queries From 1886
The Charleston earthquake timing records state 9 51 p m and 9 59 p m on August 31 1886. The phrase arent I is flagged as ungrammatical British usage. Oil generally has about one third higher heating value per pound than coal with 150 to 200 gallons of oil equaling a ton of coal depending on coal quality.
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Charleston
Absolute motion debate challenges earth surface relativity
Science writer notes a clash between Albert Einstein and Dayton C. Miller over absolute motion. It explains how motion on Earth relates to solar system and galaxy movements, and discusses light speed constancy versus detected directional differences in light. The piece outlines Einstein’s view of no absolute motion and Miller’s claim of ether-based evidence.
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Albert Einstein
University of Berlin
Germany
Dayton C. Miller
Case School of Applied Science
Cleveland
Earth
Sun
Einstein
Space
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