New York Citizens Budget Commission aims to cut city costs
New York City taxpayers form the Citizen's Budget Commission led by Butler Davis Seligman Bruere Small Watson and others to curb waste and high taxes. The panel will examine the next municipal budget and mobilize public opinion against unwise expenditures while sharing responsibility with officials and political groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizen's Budget Commission of
New York City
Nicholas Murray Butler
John W. Davis
FE. R. A. Seligman
Henry Bruere
J. Barstow Small
Thomas J. Watson
Lewis H. Pierson
Greater
New York
Swim to reduce drowning toll this summer
A public call urges learning to swim to cut drownings during holidays and weekends. It stresses accessible private and public lessons, community pools, and the need for all ages to become water wise to protect children and adults near water. It warns ignorance risks criminal carelessness and urges parents to ensure training before children are near cheap waters.
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Mars
Wanderers seek work as relief warns against leaving home
The president's unemployment relief committee warns against youths and job seekers wandering to find work in a time of high unemployment. Depression era bread lines attract able bodies from other areas, risking crime and social strain. The piece notes Spain's Alfonso taxation on prohibition and cites general economic hardship.
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Unemployment Relief Committee
Secretary of Labor Desk
Wifare
Fighting Becomes a Racket
The piece argues prize fighting has shifted from brutal sport to a dirty racket over the past decade. It notes heavyweight titles rarely change hands by knockout since 1919 and warns that the public bears the cost while officials profit, urging those who run the racket to reflect or lose their goose that laid golden eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Fitzsimmons
Helpless Chicago as McGeoghegan is cleared in bank robbery case
In Chicago, Danny McGeoghegan, a beer hustler, is dismissed on a $60,000 bank robbery indictment after bank officials, who faced threats and required guards, urged the state attorney to drop charges. The episode exposes perceived law enforcement breakdown and fear in Chicago society.
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Danny McGeoghegan
Chicago
McGeoghegan
Pasadena nurse testifies in $200000 heart balm suit
Miss Myrtle Hazel Joan St. Pierre smiled on the witness stand at Los Angeles court as she described the wooing of David Hutton, husband of Aimee Semple McPherson, in a heart balm suit seeking two hundred thousand dollars. she collapsed during testimony amid emotional details.
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Myrtle Hazel
Joan St. Pierre
Pasadena
Los Angeles
David Hutton
Aimee Semple MicPherson
Bonus Leaders 10 Decide On July 4 What
In Washington on June 27 AP reports boys seeking bonus money will decide on Independence Day what to do next. The executive committee sets July 4 for a convention to consider Walter W. Waters resignation as commander in chief of the bonus expeditionary force. They aim to form a permanent veterans organization coordinating all wars. Police push efforts to remove the group from the city.
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Washington
Walter W. Waters
Portland
Oregon
W. S Keyser
Cleveland
Keyser
Two Arrested for Beating Day Agents in Union Raid
On June 27 a raid at Union led to a clash with about 300 attendees at an American Legion picnic. Prohibition agents D. M. Taylor and KE. Liley from St Louis were bruised and treated. Arrests were made of John Armour and Verne L McKinley, with a Legion member deputizing to protect the agents. One man arrested by the agents escaped amid the melee.
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ST. Louis
Prohibition
Union
American Legion
John BR. Armour
Verne L. McKinley
D. M. Taylor
KE. Liley
Pacific school superintendent commits suicide at home
Pacific, Mo June 27 Walter T. Leezy 43 superintendent of the public schools of Pacific shot himself at his home Saturday night. His wife said he suffered a nervous breakdown caused by worry and overwork. Leezy had been with the schools for fifteen years and held degrees from Springfield Teachers College and studies at Missouri and Washington universities.
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Pacific, MC
Walter T. Leezy
Public Schools of
Pacific
Leezy
Springfield Teachers’ College
University of Missouri
Washington University
Skin care in summer aims to curb germs and contamination
Dr Morris Fishbein notes warm season increases skin exposure to sweat, moisture, and germs from pools and locker rooms. Emphasizes bathing with warm water and bland soap, caution with very hot baths, and promotes cold showers with brisk drying. Warns about ringworm in public facilities and suggests foot coverings and prompt treatment, plus sea air and sun benefits.
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Morris Fishbein
Quotes From Global Figures On Politics And Society
A compiled quotation fragment lists statements attributed to figures such as Jimmie or Gimme Walker, Wilhelm excrown prince of Germany, Dr. Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, William R. Castle, James M. Beck, Mrs. Elmer J. Ottaway, B. S. Stevens, Premier Venizelos, and Bernhard Berlitz. The lines touch on governance, culture, debt, and wartime recollections, indicating a broader debate on state power, individualism, and international relations.
Lashes of Life and Odd News Items Across Cities
In a San Francisco note a centenarian named Minerva Hartman lives in a stilts house after authorities lifted it to clear a highway. In Stalingrad a bricklaying labor circus shows old and new styles. Warsaw condemns sex appeal as ministry workers wear black coveralls. Shattle reports a Lloyd double causing unusual police orders.
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Fresa San Francisco
Minerva Hartman
Stalingrad
U.S
Warsaw
Ministry of Justice
Eucharistic Congress Ends in Dublin After Blessing
Dublin hosts report hundreds of thousands return home from the thirty-first Eucharistic Congress ending with a papal blessing from Pope Pius from Vatican City. A million church members heard the blessing as a 17 mile procession and two pontifical masses closed the event amid large crowds. In Belfast, riots and violence marred travel to Dublin with orange and green clashes injuring many as pilgrims faced attacks along rail routes. Authorities increased security for Cardinal Lauri as he travels Ulster to Armagh. In other items, W. W. Robertson, 86, Civil War veteran and former miner, dies at Crane Missouri after a career in Joplin, Aurora, and Stotts City.
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Dublin
Pope Pius
Vatican
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Orange
Green
Irelana
Fortadown
Ballymena
Orangemen
Government of
Waa
Cardinal Lauri
Ulster
Free
Congress
Armagh
Senate
Ice
Treasury-Post Office
House
Springfield
W. W. Robertson
Southwestern
Missouri
Crane Yester
Day
Joplin
Aurora
Stotts City
Many Millions to Be Paid Out by U S Corporations
New York June 27 AP Approximately $300,000,000 in dividends will be paid by American corporations on July 1. Many have reduced or skipped dividends, but the total adds a large cash outflow to investors. Bondholders will receive about $500,000,000 in interest payments as well.
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New York
Leap Year Bride and a Flawed Newspaper Romance
Cherry Dixon, a young debutante, falls for reporter Dan Phillips despite wealthy parents opposition. After a risky disclosure about Dan’s lead, she faces anger and reconciliation, while their romance endures amid missteps and a costly newsroom secret. Cherry battles housing hunts and a postponed future as they chase a shared life.
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Teibune Printing
Associated Presence
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Elso
Tees
Berstz
Postomitice Et Jederaon
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Jefferson City
Mali
Edvsoce
United States
Job Wanderers
Alfonso
Spain
Borah
Munich
Uncle Sam
Aimee
Mildred McCaffery
Pietro Gentile
Hutton
Pacific Kills
Jimmie
Gimme Walker
Germany
Wilhelm
Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown
Columbia University
William R. Castle
James M. Beck
The
America
Elmer J. Ottaway
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
Australia
B. Stevens
Premiur Fleutherios Venizelos
Greece
Sweden
Bernhard Berlitz
Shattle
Harold Lloyd
Lloyd
Eucharistic Congress For Catholics
Ireland
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Plorer
U. S
Cherry Dixon
Pretty
Dan Phillips
Wee
Cherry
Dan
Thin
California
Jim
Daniela bin
Methce
Wrace
Pan
Telayea
Tony Toscalli
Texcalis
Garth Hendricks
Cherri
Mac
Tomor
Toscalli
Bates
Phillips
Ler Dan
Contesaton
Charly
Maple Leaf Tea Room
Hendricks
Sentinel
Ita
Tony
Brown
Phtins
See
Toscelli
Dao
Herry
Hastwood
Philips
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