Couzens Sees Railroads Improving and Rates Likely Down
Senator James Couzens Republican of Michigan says American railroads are in better shape and earning money and should be able to reduce freight rates as sought by shippers nationwide. He favors consolidation of strong lines, national transportation needs, and maintaining lines for community benefit while awaiting further rate declines.
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A. O. Hayward International News Service
Washington
James Couzens
Michigan
Couzens
Senate
Threat Made To Blow Up House Reported
Mrs. Mary Dudek of Waldo Street complained to police that someone threatened to blow up a new house she was building in the district.
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Mary Dudek
Waldo Street
Rev Junkin to Preach at Clenmore School
Reverend C M Junkin pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church will conduct services at Clenmore school house Wilmington Avenue near Hillcrest at 39 30 Sunday afternoon. The service is open to district residents and others. A Sunday school may be organized. You may be deserted at the altar. See the picture at the Dome.
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C. M. Junkin
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Clenmore School House
Wilmington Avenue
Hillcrest
Make Your Own Beauty Clay at Home
Make Your Own Beauty Clay explains how to mix a fresh batch at home for a few cents. The guide highlights inexpensive ingredients and simple steps to create a cosmetic clay product.
Jokes From Radio Bring Laughter To Arkansas Boarders
Broadcast laughs from radio inspiration fuel a collector of jokes in Arkansas. A summer guest couple spurs humor at supper as the narrator recalls sly exchanges about mushrooms and springs, praising radio vaudeville and jazz tunes over highbrow music. The writer muses on a possible stage career despite earning a living in everyday life.
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Arkansas
Min
Fate
Gzink
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co
Canna Walska Plans Final American Opera Pursuit
Polish soprano Canna Walska, wife of Harold F. McCormick, will sail July 11 on the Inner Olymp ic for a renewed bid at American grand opera. Her voice teacher Walter Straram will join her in New York. Walska hopes to overcome prior dismissals in Paris and Warsaw and debut in Rigoletto at the Paris Opera on June 26 faces possible postponement or cancellation.
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Walska
Harold F. McCormick
Chicago
United States
Walter Straram
New York
Mme. Walska
America
Paris
Warsaw
Paris Opera
Thrift Education Urged To Prevent Large Financial Losses
A call for comprehensive thrift education notes yearly multi million losses from fraud and poor money management. The piece urges consistent thrift teaching in schools, churches, media, and businesses, citing 1915 National Education Association actions and urging broader, continuous, practical instruction to curb economic harm.
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National Education Association
Oakland
Cal
Harding Aims to Exit Shipping Publicly
Washington June 16 President Harding expressed hope that government involvement in shipping can end through a new program led by Edward P Farley of Chicago as head of the US Shipping Board The president voiced support for an American merchant marine while lamenting the failed ship subsidy program and noting foreign nations hindering its growth He urged the board to reach a unanimous plan while acknowledging government operation as a temporary option.
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International News Service
Washington
Harding
United States Shipping Board
Edward P. Farley
Chicago
A. D. Lasker
Revere Oil Subsidiaries Named in Fraud Order
Ten Revere Oil Company subsidiaries based in Fort Worth were named in a fraud order by the Post Office Department. The action targets a merger plan that consolidated over 100 defunct and dying oil concerns into entities including Kosse Gusher Syndicate variants, Moran and Mayflower groups, Guaranty Lease, Royalty firms, and others. Revere itself and Dixie Royalty are excluded as receivers manage remittances.
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Washington
Revere Oil Company
Fort Worth
Tex
Post Office Department
Kosse Gusher Syndicate
Kosse Gusher Syndicate No
Kosse Gusher Lease Pool
Roco-Moran Synedicate
Moran Syndicate
Mayflower Oil Company
F. M. Grosse
Guaranty Lease and Royalty Company
International Brokerage Company
CC. J. Hoke
Eastern Trust and Mortgage Company
Aamed
Dixie Royalty Company
Blue Sky Bill Signed By Governor Harrisburg
Gov. Pinchot signs the Henderson fuel oil tax bill and the Clark blue sky measure along with the Smith bill reorganizing the State Banking Department. The Clark act requires licensing for all securities dealers and salesmen by the State Banking Department with exemptions for utility securities sold by their employer. Effective August 1.
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Harrisburg
Gov. Pinchot
Henderson
State Banking Department
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Star Theatre
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