Peculiar Naturalization Views Raise War Oath Question
The piece argues that a Supreme Court decision requiring foreign born applicants to pledge to bear arms unjustly restrains naturalization. It notes wartime exemptions for conscientious objectors, praises moral character over military zeal, and calls for applying rules to favor constructive, peaceful citizens while avoiding criminal elements.
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Tribune
Fos
TRIDU
Bieter
Associated Press
Postoffice
Jefferson City
Zertter
Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States
High Tribunal
Hughes
Rightfly
Peole
Carmot
Supreme Court
Supreme Cow
Wholesale and Retail Prices and Oil by-Products
The article notes a long term drop in wholesale oil costs and wheat prices since 1926, yet bread prices remain stubbornly high. It highlights the gap between production costs and retail prices, blaming distribution inefficiencies. It discusses lubricating oil, crude oil, wheat, flour, and bread, noting loaf size increases and labor costs as factors.
Missouri Pacific Tax Payments Highlight Heavy Railroad Burden
The Missouri Pacific paid 30 163 dollars to Cole County and 933 274 dollars across forty three counties and St. Louis, the largest tax outlay for the year. The piece argues buses and trucks should match railroads in road upkeep costs, noting railroads are major taxpayers and community builders. It calls for fairer tax assessment on buses and trucks.
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General Assembly
Missouri Pacific
General Revenue Fund
Cole County
St. Louis
Jackson County
Hoover And His Own Job In The Nation's Needs
Comments from other papers praise President Hoover for leadership in the London naval conference and his resourcefulness during the Great Depression. The Kansas City Star notes his courage in Germany crisis, his consultative approach, and his devotion to world and national welfare despite lacking some fighting leadership traits.
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Hoover
Germany
Congress
Kansas City Star
Pan American highway to link continents across Central America
The piece argues for a Pan American motor road joining North and South America via Central America. It notes Mexico's blast opening a 200 mile stretch and claims the highway will boost trade, modernization, and civilization in Central American republics, while strengthening the Monroe Doctrine. It cites Moherly Index Monitor.
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Américas
Europe
Asia
American
Central America
North
South America
Mexico
Latin America
Moherly Index-Monitor
Radio May End Sectional Dialects and Accents
A 1920s NEA Service piece argues radio will eradicate regional speech habits from the southern drawl to New England twang. It cites Dagmar Perkins, Daniel Frohman, Robert Und erwood Johnson, Edwin Markham, and Prof. Overstreet, predicting a national, cosmopolitan English shaped by radio, with better diction and less provincialism as audiences absorb correct speech.
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Dex
New York
New England
America
Martiels
Dagmar Perkins
National Association For American Speech
Daniel Frohman
Robert Underwood Johnson
Italy
Hall of Fame
New York University
National Bureau of Education
Edwin Markham
Harry A. Overstreet
The
College of the City of New York
Miss Perkins
Samuel Shipman
National Association For American
Daniel Frolman
Hunk Anderson In Critical Condition
Rochester Mayo Clinic physician Dr. J Barborka reported C J Hunk Anderson Notre Dame senior football coach is in serious condition with severe headaches since late May. Tests show a likely head condition though exact cause remains undetermined.
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Rochester
Minn
J. Barborka
Mayo Clinic
C. J. “Hunk” Anderson
Notre Dame
Barborka
Anderson
Knute Rockne
National parties strain money in off year
Washington reports both Republican and Democratic leaders face hard times funding party machinery during the dull season. Joseph R. Nutt of Cleveland, GOP treasurer, discusses finances here as the last Democratic loan request from Chairman John J. Raskob is noted, signaling cash concerns for sustaining campaigns.
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Washington
Treasury
Joseph R. Nutt
Cleveland
Democratic National Committee
John J. Raskob
FLASHES of Life Across World News Bits
A roundup from AP notes quaint spellers on ships in Liverpool. malaria avoidance via sleep under netting at dusk in Panama City. a Stolen twenty foot launch travels 225 miles to a steamer then 15000 miles in South Seas. Gandhi ignores conventions at a two hour banquet while in a loin cloth. Canada’s heaviest casting nears machining for generator shafts. an absent bishop nearly spoils a Talbot wedding by missing the church deadline in Tarporley England.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Baliea
Tarporley
England
Maud
Church At England
Trader Horn dies in England after adventures abroad
Alfred Aloysius Smith known as Trader Horn dies at 82 in a Tankerton nursing home after a brief illness. The famed adventurer and author, who journeyed from West Africa in 1871, hunted ivory and diamonds, and wrote tales with Mrs. Ethel Lewis, entertained readers worldwide before his death.
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Whitstable
Kent
England
Alfred Aloysius Smith
Trader Horn
Tankerton
Vine
Ethel Lewis
Lancashire
West Africa
Liverpool Steamship Company
S 4
Kalahari
South Africa
Cherry Creek
United States
Madagascar
Love at Last in Hospital Room
Beryl and Tommy confess a lifelong love in a hospital ward as Irene watches in disbelief. Gaylord, caring for his wife, arranges support while Irene schemes, but the moment belongs to Beryl and Tommy. The scene closes on their embrace and shared joy.
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Beryl
Gaylord
Irene
Meryl
Bery
Prentiss
Mr. Everett
Cruer
Irena
Gay
Tommy
Mat
Trone
Tommy Wilson
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HL. C. Clark
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Mahatma Gandhi
Sydney
N. S
Canada
New Glasgow
Man
Des
Springfield
Modine
George Wadlow
Cecil Johnson
Fmey Daniel National Bank
Federal
Windlow
Johnson
Bryl
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