London settlement effort reshapes postwar reparations debate
The piece laments U S delay in backing a Dawes Young plan based settlement and Kellogg's London talks. It argues four years of inaction harmed exports and farmers, claims Washington now acts to salvage peace and domestic welfare, and questions political motives behind the delay.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Europe
Northwest
Commission
Ace
Kellogg
Coolidge
London
Cenfer Allied
Dawes-Youngs
Washington
Critics grapple with cinema's harmful effects on morals amid wartime era
In a frank defense of free expression a London lawyer argues against censorship of film noting it stirs only mindless excitement while critics call for limits. The piece weighs the public appetite for sensational thrillers and the potential moral impact on voters and society during a period of cultural tension.
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London
Iat
First Aid Training Suggested for Indian Schools
The American Red Cross recommends prone pressure resuscitation and other life saving methods be taught to children over 12 in Indian schools. If taught, life saving techniques could be easily learned and kept in curricula, viewed as a wise educational move.
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Erican Red Cross
Petticoat Politics in Seattle
Seattle experiences a brief period of female control at city hall as Mrs. Henry Landes, acting mayor, dismisses Chief William Severyns and Inspector J. T. Mason, proclaims herself in charge, and appoints Capt. C. G. Bannick. Mayor Edwin J. Brown returns from the Democratic convention to restore the previous leadership.
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NEA
Seattle
Edwin J. Brown
New York
Henry Landes
Brown
William B. Severyns
J. T. Mason
C. G. Bannick
Severyns
Landes
Civil War Veteran Brings Adventure to Democratic Convention
James John Brady, 82, born in New York and now of Vincennes Indiana, traveled to attend the Democratic convention. Facing $100 seats and hunger, he received help from the Travelers Aid Society and returned home on funds from Vincennes. He recalls the Brooklyn bridge era and searches for old friends the Hennessy family.
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Steve Hannagan
New York
James John Brady
Vincennes
Ind
Brooklyn Bridge
Fourteenth St
Fulton St. Ferry
Hennessy
Brady
Indiana
Travelers Aid Society
Broadway
West
Hennessy Boys
Mrs Landes Elected to Council Two Years Ago
The wife of the University of Washington School of Science dean is a sister in law of David Starr Jordan. She was elected to the council two years ago.
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Landes
School of Science
University of Washington
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Ridin Around by Hal Cochran
A nostalgic verse describes family car trips in a 1920s sedan, packing lunch, a smoker dad at the wheel, and a carefree drive to enjoy open roads and nature while avoiding city traffic.
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Lizzie
Mother Dear
NEA Service, Inc
Pests Reach England Scare Narrates Mixed Outcomes
Nature England feared the American potato bug and San Jose scale yet neither caused harm there. The British climate hindered these pests while phylloxera vastatrix caused extensive damage across Europe. The king bird of paradise can sing across the full musical scale.
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England
America
Europe
King Bird of Paradise
Everyday Epigrams From A Pipe Dreamer
Wry quips on travel roads moods and social quirks abound. The snippets joke about airplane traffic moon cool beauty brains stenography and modest calamities while poking at culture fashion and daily life with playful twists.
Oil suits may hurt Gen Dawes in campaign ties
Washington report notes Attorney General Stone filed anti trust suits against Standard Oil and about forty other firms in Chicago. The Pure Oil Co of Ohio, linked to vice presidential candidate Charles G Dawes through his brother and board chair Dawes, appears among secondary defendants. advocates call the action a political concern as Dawes denied involvement.
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Times Washington Bureau
New York Ave
Ashington
Stone
Standard Oil Co
Chicago
Pure Oil Co
Ohio
Charles G. Dawes
Beman G. Dawes
Marietta
Department of Justice
la Follette Committee
Beman Dawes
Dawes
Cleveland
Pure of
Central Trust Co. of
Columbus
Columbus Production Co
Ohio Cities Gas Co
New Jersey
Br. G. Dawes
Springfield
Marietta Banks
Family Fun Quips and Quick Wits Across Town
A collection of light quotes features a grocer’s honest weights joke about a three pound sack and a comment on revival meeting donations. Other quips joke about inheritance, debt, and a college student’s finances, reflecting humorous local dialogue.
English Air Safety Boost Shapes Passenger Service
The article notes that despite early predictions, air travel for short trips did not dominate due to US underdevelopment and England’s priority on safety and comfort. The British air ministry funds safe passenger flying, making it as safe as rail travel, with London Paris service and only one crash into the Channel where the aircraft survived but the engine failed.
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United States
England
Air Ministry
London
Paris
Channel
British plan to replace Parliament with Empire Commonwealth Congress
In Ashington July 1 the Nationalist Labour bloc in South Africa moves toward abolishing the British Parliament in favor of a Commonwealth Parliament representing Britain India Canada and other dominions. A Labor opposed Creswell may resist independence, while Scotland Wales and Canada push for decentralization and home rule across the empire.
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William Philip Simms
Ashington
South Africa
Smuts
Herzog
Britain
Empire
Creswell
London
Scotland
Edinburgh
Canada
Ramsay MacDonald
London Herald
Labor Party
Wales
India
George Lansbury
Ireland
Dominions
Colonies
Congress of
United States
Australia
Great Britain
Ask The Times Answers From Washington Bureau
The Times explains how to submit questions to its Washington Bureau for personal replies with two cents in stamps. It defines sabotage and describes the Brera secret society in Italy, the Yellow Sea name origin, an undershot wheel, a marsh plant, and the rain of aquatic life during storms.
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Indianapolis Times
Washington
New York Ave
Washington, D. C
Naples
Italy
United States Weather Bureau
Leaders Propose Exclusion of Colored Immigrants To Protect White Labor
The plan targets African natives Indians and Orientals to shield white workers from competition with laborers of allegedly lower living standards. The proposal frames immigration restrictions as a means to preserve wage levels and job opportunities for white laborers.
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Orient
Insane at Night Sane in Daytime A Philadelphia Case
Maurice Henle reports on James E. Macusker a weekly editor sane by day insane by night due to a court order and habeas corpus. He lives a daytime life managing his affairs while a nightly asylum regime governs his nights and decisions urging concern over legal restraint.
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Maurice Henle
NEA
Hiladelphia
James E. Macusker
Macusker
Mack
Macus
Film F Says Player Debut and 65 Score
A film excerpt notes a player saying he played his first game day and scored 65. He adds he expects to try again tomorrow. The exchange captures a sports moment with casual confidence.
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Hal Cochran
Nature
Tom Sims
Gen. Dawes
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Boston Transcript
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