Has Congress the Courage to Stand for the People
The editorial argues Congress must confront the Boulder Dam bill amid pressure from the hydro power industry. It urges Representatives to resist amendments favoring a low dam or delaying ratification and calls on Senators to vote, even through filibusters, to protect public control of Colorado River management.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Colorado River
Federal Trade Commission
Capitol
Indians Mistreated Report Sparks Senate Inquiry
The institute for Government research reports dire conditions among American Indians including high death rates and poverty. Tuberculosis trachoma and infant diseases are common. Hospitals and medical staff are inadequate, and schools poorly run. An inquiry by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee will be conducted this summer to guide possible legislation in December.
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Philippine bills may come to vote in Congress soon
A measure may be taken up that would deduct 125000 annually from funds regularly sent to the Philippine government. The move signals a financial sanction tied to withholding confidence in the islands’ administration.
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Congress
Blame in Chicago and Philippine governance debate
Chicago leaders blame lax prosecutions and liquor money for crime while Judge Frank Comerford argues organized crime profits from the Volstead era fuel crime and corrupt politics. In the Philippines a Governor General dispute stalls government, with bills funding civilian assistants seen as crucial to avert renewed deadlock and anger among Christians and Moros. A Greece gold shipment of 3.5 million and a note on David Dietz in Science close the piece.
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Greeks and the Magnet Stone in Ancient Times
The article traces the history of magnetism from loadstones and magnetic oxides to the origins of the term magnet. It notes Thales mentioning loadstone, Greek and Latin roots, and early knowledge in Greece Japan and China around 700 B C. It cites Magnesia in Thessaly and Lucretius explaining name origins with a Arkansas Magnet love deposit.
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Senate Passes Administration Tax Bill Amid Budget Push
Congress clears the administration tax bill after weeks of debate, with Senate reductions under $205 million and House support expected. The move aims to preserve a balanced budget while trimming corporate rates and income taxes, amid fights over inheritance taxes and public-works funding.
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Story of Civilization Drama Shifts From Church to Street
Durant surveys the shift from sacred to secular drama beginning with the 1548 church ban on Mysteries, noting how miracles and moralities rose as intermediaries. He describes the devilish prologues and anti clerical satire that fueled secularization, with Everyman as a key allegorical figure.
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Satan
Will Durant
Wasteful habits raise New York street cleaning costs
New York spends about 23 million dollars yearly to wash sweep and shovel 1776 miles of streets and may be losing efficiency to wasteful littering. The piece links paper tossing during Lindbergh Byrd and Bremen visits to higher costs and argues for civic pride and cleaner habits to curb expenses and smoke damage.
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New York
Lindbergh
Byrd
Maude Adams Pioneers Color Process and Produces Films
The article notes Maude Adams has retired from acting to become a motion picture producer and inventor with a new color process, operating a laboratory at Roukonkama Long Island New York. It also includes a public inquiry column by Mr Fixit asking city officials to address alley parking problems on Pennsylvania Street.
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G. M. Police
Claude M. Worley
School building boom and shortages prompt part time instruction
The data show 874 775 dollars in Q and A spending with 432 elementary, 165 junior high, and 127 senior high buildings. Across the biennium 1924 to 1926 about 1 360 new school structures were raised nationwide for 714 314 365 dollars. Despite growth, 67 of 404 cities reported elementary parts time classes and 19 cities high school pupils faced reduced facilities.
Amateur Photography bulletin for beginners offers full DIY guidance
The Times Washington Bureau promotes an elementary photography bulletin covering camera types lenses exposures developing printing enlarging and mounting. It invites readers to request the bulletin by mail with five cents for postage and handling, filling in name and address and noting they are Indianapolis Times readers.
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