Mattern Still Missing After Siberia Hop
In a harsh assessment, Jimmie Mattern, the Texas aviator attempting a world circumnavigation from Khabarovsk to Nome, is presumed dead after a June 14 departure went unseen. The editor questions the value of risky solo flights, arguing they hinder aviation progress and public safety, praising Mattern as brave but condemning the venture as ill advised.
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Jimmie Mattern
Texas
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
Mattern
New York
Globe
Bering Sea
Siberian
Press Commentary on Public Works and Waterway Policy
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin reports Roosevelts stance favoring tolls on waterways and self support for projects. It cites a national transportation minister's report opposing any project failing the self support test and warns against ratifying the St Lawrence waterway treaty if it cannot meet that standard.
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Rooseegl
National Transportation
Tly
St. Lawrence Waterway
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
From President to President andorra greeting
President Roosevelt sends a cordial message to the Andorran president noting Andorra’s small stature and recent bloodless change to a modern democracy. The piece hints at political shifts, economic policy, and upcoming media and political maneuvers in a period of U.S. domestic reform and international remarks.
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United States
Andorra
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Preservation push builds national survey of historic buildings
The American Institute of Architects backs a census of U S historic and architecturally notable structures. Leicester B Holland leads the Library of Congress survey grouping data regionally for a national review. The effort aims to identify endangered buildings and spur public support for preservation.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gadsby Tavern
Alexandria
Via
Washington
Daughters of the Revolution
Colonial Dames
American Legion
American Institute of Architects
Leicester B. Holland
Fine Arts
Library of Congress
United States
Hancock
Beacon Hill
Boston
New York Herald Tribune
Taxpayers Face Quiet Grievances Amid Relief Push
A historic piece notes that taxpayers, a large yet neglected group, receive little relief. It calls taxpayers the enduring backbone who bear burdens for others while government acts as a reluctant broker. The tone critiques relief programs and laments the quiet strain on responsible citizens.
Popular as Ever Lure of Gold Resurrects Ship Treasure
Despite nations adopting the gold standard, the recovery of £75,000 from the Kitchener death ship proves the yellow metal still draws treasure seekers. The Chicago News notes the enduring appeal of gold.
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Chicago
American Democracy and the safeguards of liberty
The piece argues democracy needs limits to prevent mob rule, citing Magna Charta and a written constitution as restraints. It contrasts equal rights with equal opportunities, notes taxation and land wealth disparities under the crown, and links revolutionary movements to injustice. It warns against destroying democracy, praising American democracy as the world’s salvation.
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de. J. B. Gambrell
Thomas Jefferson
William Jennings Bryan
Houston Tost
Getting Back to Gold Standard Stresses Global Currency Fix
The Montreal Star argues currency chaos demands a return to a universal gold standard, possibly reconstructed with safeguards. The piece warns that any move to depreciate currencies should spur global efforts for rapid resumption of the gold standard.
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Montreal Star
Prospects at London Delegates Face Global Obstacles
Delegates from 65 nations gather in London for crucial talks amid hurdles to success. Governments recognize that total failure is unacceptable due to the high economic cost, amid a looming threat of world economy breakdown if deadlock persists.
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London
Pete
Tang
Ex candidate and peanut machine found on Hollywood lawn
A defeated candidate may have abandoned a peanut vending machine found on a Hollywood lawn. MG has decided he is through with politics, reflecting a weary stance amid local political fallout.
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Hollywood
Wish
Les ¢S Times
Question Editor QandA Service From The Kingsport Times
A reader asks about historic questions and receives concise factual answers. The column lists topics from Indian schools to eclipses, birthstones, the Great Dakota Boom, carat weight, Farallones Islands, St. Louis 1904 World’s Fair, Hawthorne’s House of Seven Gables, and English police with firearms, noting the service’s limits and confidentiality.
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Frederick M. Kirby
Kingsport Times Bureau
New York Avenue
Washington, D. C
Abe Ib Cal Dase
Farallanes Islands
California
Golden Gate
St. Louis
Marthe Washington
John Dandridge
Kent County
Virginia
Hawthorn
House of Seven Gables
Household Measurements Save Money at Home
Housewives across the United States can save hundreds yearly by using simple measuring tools to verify purchases. Learn to check butcher, baker, and candlestick maker deliveries, meter readings, and exact quantities like full bushels and quarts. Clip coupon for the Department 209 bulletin in Washington.
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United States
Washington
New Bulletin
Kingsport
Pimes-Barein
New York Avenue
Answers from a Test Turn to Page 7
The questions ask for the Great Lakes largest lake, Charlotte Bronte identity, location of Upsala University, Jubilee year frequency in Jewish tradition, an alloy of copper and tin, number of states needed to ratify a constitutional amendment, timing of a lunar eclipse, origin of Maryland's name, a hero from the Jewish War against Syrian Kings, and the nature of Brook Farm.
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Great Lakes
Charlotte Bronte
University of
Upsala
Eryland
Presidents of League of Nations and World Court identified
A reading notes M Politis of Greece as President of the Assembly of the League of Nations and Mine Jchiro Adachi of Japan as President of the World Court, with emphasis on rare circumstances requiring special authorization.
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League of Nations
World Court
A. M. Politis
Greece
Assembly of the League of Nations
Mine- Jchiro Adachi
Japan
How X Ray and Dyes Aid Diagnosis of Surgical Kidney Case
Be Clendening describes advances in diagnosing kidney diseases. X ray improves stone detection, locating size and side. cystoscope with dye injections clarifies pelvis dilation, tumors, or displacement. These methods foster a new medical specialty, urology, and enhance surgical certainty.
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Logan
Clendening
M.D
Tommie Amoong
What’s What at a Glance by Charles P Stewart
Ex Senator Smith W Brodhart leads a push to develop US eastern European trade and weighs if financiers foresaw or caused the mood downturn. He cites J P Morgan and others with views on deflation and a Wall Street stock market quiz. Ferdinand Pecara predicts further revelations from Kuhn Loeb and Dillon Read probes.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Washington, D. C
Smith W. Brodhart
United States
Europe
Capecaly
Brookhe
Senate Banking Committee
Wall Street
Ferdinand Pecara
Senate
Kuhn
Loebend Company
Dillon
Read and Company
J. P. Morgan and Partners
President of the World Court Q Did President Wilson ap
The fragment presents a Q and A about the World Court presidency and whether President Wilson appointed someone to a leading role. Details are incomplete, with no clear names, dates, or outcomes to confirm.
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The
World Court
Wilson Ap
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