Oregon School Law Up Again The Supreme Court Ruling
Portland correspondent reports that the U S supreme court decision striking down state laws banning foreign language teaching in grade schools renews challenges to Oregon's anti private school measure. Opponents say the Oregon law clashes with the Fourteenth Amendment rights to acquire knowledge worship and raise a family, and will spur a campaign to test legality in court. The law would require all children aged 6 to 14 to attend public schools after September 1926 with penalties for noncompliance, effectively targeting parochial and private schools led by supporters including the Ku Klux Klan. attorneys warn against constitutionality and urge parallel challenges to the language cases.
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Oregon school law faces mixed reactions after ruling
The text notes factions split over a high court ruling and its potential impact on Oregon's compulsory schooling statute. Proponents argue the decision does not affect the law's constitutionality, while others fear it may restrain private school instruction.
Statewide idle farming hits ten thousand plots this year
An Interstate News Service report from Harrisburg cites a state labor department survey showing about 10 000 farms in the state not tilled due to labor shortages. About 10 percent of total acreage idle, with rural districts unable to attract sufficient help for planting, tending, and road work. County agents aided the survey, listing idle farms and acres by area including Erie, Johnstown, McKeesport, New Kensington, Philadelphia, Reading, Scranton and Harrisburg districts with hundreds of idle farms and tens of thousands of idle acres.
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State Department of Labor and Industry
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Erie
Johnstown
McKeasport
New Kensington
Philadelphia
Reading
Scranton
Harriaburg
French Aviator Breaks World Altitude Record
At Bourget air field France on a Monday Sergeant Bury a French military aviator claimed a new world altitude record of 10700 meters. He lost his oxygen mask and was unconscious during descent but the altimeter showed the record. The previous mark was held by Lieutenant J Macready of the U S Army at 1518 meters.
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France
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J. Macready
United States Army
California Woman Challenges California Syndicalism Law
Charlotte Anita Whitney of San Francisco filed a Supreme Court suit challenging California's syndicalism law. Whitney was convicted and sentenced under the act for organizing a branch of the Communist Labor Party in Oakland.
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Communist Party
International News Service
Washington
California
United States Supreme Court
San Francisco
Communist Labor Party
Oakland
Warsaw to Pull Down War Wrecked Church
Warsaw reports the demolition of a richly decorated Russian cathedral once admired by foreigners but seen by Poles as a symbol of Russian oppression. After occupation forces removed bronze roofing and replaced it with wood, deterioration prompted plans to pull it down though authorities will first undertake other urgent projects.
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Warsaw
R R Repair Shops In County Turn Out Two Million In 1922
Pennsylvania public utilities repair shops report 1922 output valued at 202,359,552 with 64,777 workers. Blair County leads with 46,917,271 in repair work. State males number 64,185 and females 592 among 64,777 employees. total wages reach 97,627,645.
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Lawrence
Pennsylvania
James F.woodward
Blair County
Allegheny County
Philadelphia
Pauphin
Ad Hoc Figures Mixed With Odd Letters From an 1821 Ledger
A fragmentary note mixes monetary sums such as 632,802 paid to female en Claves and 1821 totals including 2, S00,887 with a joke about adopted children. A Milwaukee Sentinel quotation echoes the theme of belonging and real parents, ending with an exclamatory line about chosen love.
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