Debate over Big Ten rules to curb professionalism in college athletics
A board member argues for amendments to ensure rules do not penalize law abiding students, proposing that no act short of a permanent professional contract should establish professionalism during matriculation or until graduation or a semester's break. He urges college athletics be guarded against professionalism through clearer policy.
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Gerber Case Triggers Call to Revise Big Ten Professionalism Rules
The Gerber case shows the Big Ten must rethink professionalism rules. Wisconsin faced a dilemma over a technically guilty verdict and avoided breaking the rule by forgiving Gerber, highlighting risks of discretionary power and urging rule revision for fairness and consistency.
Cars Check-Up Shows City Auto Ownership Higher
A report finds 127 autos per 1000 Americans in cities and towns versus 70 per 1000 on farms. Theories vary but the core reason is farmers’ tighter cash limits due to land livestock and equipment. City workers rely on salaries with less capital tied up.
John D Rockefeller Celebrates Long Career Start
John D. Rockefeller marks sixty eighth anniversary of landing his first regular job after six weeks of street tramping in Cleveland. His father hoped for farming but the young man found a groove as a bookkeeper, shaping a fortune and career.
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Taxi Axis Sees Growth In Dense City Markets
The piece argues that taxis may replace private cars as cities grow more congested. With expert drivers navigating downtown traffic, taxis can operate at low profit margins and high utilization, making taxi use potentially cheaper than owning a car. New York is highlighted as nearing this stage.
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Bodenmark introduces land value backed currency
Bodenmark KH presents Bodenmark as Germanys new currency unit backed by mortgages on city land and farms. He argues money based on land values reflects human productivity, claiming value grows with work on farms factories offices homes or stores.
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Ten Years Of Marriage Celebrated In West Salem
Martin B Ladd and wife celebrated their sixty third anniversary with an informal reception in West Salem. Ladd, 84, and his wife, 81, have lived there since 155 when he opened a mercantile business. Also noted are a Cologne fortune tale, a German marriage in the Lutheran parsonage, a property deal on Main Street, an ice rink opening, and a Post election result led by William Grover.
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Germany
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Sawyer
Austin
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M. J. Bump
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Albert Allen
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Clinton Street
Harvey Maxwell
George Pratt
Great perplexity as British vote on new Commons
From London AP report electors in 449 constituencies across Great Britain and Northern Ireland cast votes to decide the country polity. No party seized a clear majority, signaling a possible short administration or a full-term minority government. The Evening News noted a London plot to interfere with voters including women who lean anti communism. Homer Cooke Jr., longtime Lincoln and Roosevelt ally and noted attorney, died at his Waukegan home.
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Madison judge weighs guardsmen public employee status
The Dane County circuit plan tests whether guardsmen are public employees under state law. The Supreme Court decision by Attorney General Herman L. Wher will determine if guardsmen receive workers comp for injuries in service. The test case centers on Clifford.
Johnson 20 Beloit private appeals war injury case
In July at Camp Pouginn a private named Johnson was injured when his funes exploded during an encampment. The state industrial commission awarded him 2.79 percent compensation. Attorney General Herman Ekern issued a notice that Johnson would appeal to the circuit court contending that Johnson was injured while serving.
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Camp Pouginn
Housing Strains Hit Stockholm Lower Classes
Camp Douglas records indicate government employment. Overcrowding in Stockholm concentrates multiple families in single homes, highlighting severe housing strain among the city’s poorer residents.
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