Government Sues Over Radio Trusts In Major Antitrust Case
The government moves against Radio Corporation of America and partners including General Motors General Electric AT&T Westinghouse and Western Electric claiming cross licensing gave control of the radio business. Owen D Young welcomes the suit as a test of the RCA structure amid Hoover administration actions.
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Senate
Department of Justice
Radio Corporation of America
General Motors
General Electric
American Telephone and Telegraph
Westinghouse Electric
Western Electric
Owen D. Young
United States
Hoover Administration
Fragmented Remarks Mix Politics and War Fears
A collection of varied quotes touches on dreams of killing a lion, looming war with England, U S telephone dominance, unemployment, 1932 political running mates, tariff tensions, foreign trade treaties, a failed book hit, French ambitions in the Sahara, prohibition forecasts, and a Mt Vernon divorce over pinochle.
Editorial reflections on judges and labor dispute costs
The Times Voice Views Editor critiques judicial actions on costs in Nazareth and recalls a 20th century labor strike at Waverly and Toledo. It contrasts restraining orders, the fate of the strike, and a judge’s stance with references to Isaiah. The piece closes with a definitional query about a water wheel.
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Times
Judge of
Waverly
Toledo
Indianapolis
A. B. Anderson
Taylor
Anderson
Machinists’ Union
United States
Tariff Poll Shows Strong Public Opposition to Smoot-Hawley
The New York Telegram poll of 93 newspapers finds 74 against the Smoot-Hawley tariff by about four to one. Public sentiment vilifies the measure as harmful amid a depression, warnings of retaliation and Congress’ missteps while laborers wait unpaid for half a century.
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Esults
New York Telegram
Congress
F. Scott McBride
Trade barriers and tariffs in modern diplomacy
The passage argues that naval limits and tariff reductions should go hand in hand to gain trust. It contends that in international trade barriers resemble gun emplacements and that customs controls act as guards while tariffs function as tribute, reflecting distrustful global sentiment.
Condors and Eclipses Across Regions and Time
Questions and Answers cover the condor’s native range in South America and California, its size and wing span, parchment paper production with sulfuric acid, solar eclipses in 1929, and Grover Cleveland’s name change from Stephen.
Tuberculosis Toll Remains High Despite Declines in Cities
Dr. Morris Fishbein surveys tuberculosis trends from 1900 to 1929 noting overall rate declines yet continued global toll. He cites city-by-city changes in New York Chicago Providence and Dallas, with emphasis on Negro mortality and geographic disparities alongside factors boosting resistance such as air sunlight nutrition and hygiene.
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New York World
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Maryland
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medicalssociation
Hygeia
Health Magazine
Bath
New York
Chicago
Providence
R. L
Dallas
Tex
United States
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Newark
N. J
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Birmingham
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Losis
Washington
D. C
New Orleans
Sir William Osler
Men of Death
Harvard Princeton Clash Sends Mixed Signals on Fame and Failure
Heywood Brown muses on peace talks at Harvard and Princeton and the allure of triumph in football. He contrasts public applause for winners with the sympathy shown to losers like Gene Tunney and Dempsey, noting how failure shapes legacy and public sentiment.
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Harvard
Gene Tunney
Gene
Chicago
Dempsey
Carpentier
Boyle
Thirty Acres
Palm Beach
First Air Mail Regular Service Inaugurated 1918
The first regular daily air mail service linked New York and Washington. Started May 15 1918 with 24 cent stamps later reduced to 16 and 6 cents. Route time three hours 22 minutes. Began Army air service then moved to Post Office. service discontinued in 1920, later expanded to other cities and the transcontinental link to San Francisco.
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United States
New York
Washington
How Well Do You Know Your Bible Daily Question
Daily Thought column presents five Bible quiz items with answers from verses such as John 11 35 Numbers 1 2 Exodus 15 20 and Matthew 5 5 plus a faith oriented verse from II Corinthians 5 7. The page shows a quiz style feature and a short moral reflection.
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Jesus
Moses
Aaron
Birthplace of civilization debate heats archeology circles
Dr Ephraim Speiser argues Elam in Susa as cradle of the first civilization. He traces Alpine stock Elamites founding metallurgy and early cultures in the Fertile Crescent, influencing Sumerians, Semites, and Indo Europeans amid long regional conflicts.
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Valley
The
Nile
Tigris
Euphrates
American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Babylonia
Ephraim A. Speiser
University of Pennsylvania
Persia
Susa
Susiana
Elam
Speiser
Europe
Asia
Struggle R
Highlands
Near East
Fertile Crescent
Syria
Mesopotamia
Millenia
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Eeem
United Press
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
Newspaper Information Service and Audit Bureau of Circulations
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England
Hoover
Brown
Ohio
Curtis
Mrs. Gann
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Harding
Algiers
France
Sahara Desert
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Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Times Voice
the Machinists’ Union
M. E. Tracy
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Pacific
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