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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1921
Page
2
A debate between Navy and Army supporters over aircraft versus battleships dominates the discussion. Admiral Sims and General Mitchell advocate air power as key to modern war, while rivals defend battleships and bombing tests to prove the ships' dominance.
The excerpt outlines two core rules for public speaking: first, speak with a strong desire for your message. second, adopt a natural, conversational tone. It notes the decline of pompous elocution and credits Wendell Phillips with popularizing plain speech in the United States.
A motivational extract asserts that a person is born to master adversity and rise above misfortune. It emphasizes an inner strength larger than fate or others' influence, capable of laughing at challenges and driving achievement.
President Marding announced Congress may reconvene before Ark 4 to address pressing business. White House aides described tariff revision talks and a possible tax schedule, with no firm date but discussions continuing through conference and canvasses in Congress.
At the Burley Tobacco Growers Association annual meeting in Lexington Kentucky the plan to curtail production was abandoned. Officials cited the inability to secure any percent of district growers to sign the pledge as the reason for dropping the measure.
An address by Secretary Hoover to the National Press Club argued that U S government structure resembles a zoo with bears under commerce, literary, and agriculture departments. The piece notes polar bears under Commerce, grizzly bears under Literature, and brown bears under Agriculture.
President Harding detailed Leonard Wood to travel to the Philippine islands to study conditions amid rising calls for independence. The decision, formalized in a conference with General Wood and Secretary Weeks, replaces Harding’s initial plan for a different approach.
Washington March 4 Efforts to override President Wilsons veto of the Fordney emergency tariff failed in the House. The vote to pass over the veto was 201 to 1382 against, short of the two thirds needed. Wilson said relief for farmers requires broader constructive measures and world peace. He approved further appropriations and extended wartime authorities, while the war law repeal resolution neared passage.
Raymond Fox, 24, was sentenced in Chicago criminal court to up to fourteen years for assault with an automobile in a murder attempt. Court attaches called it the first conviction on this charge in connection with automobile accidents. The injured party is Miss Virginia Trade, daughter of Circuit Court Judge DP Trade.
John Schuler, special policeman for the American Railway Express, shot and killed his wife Ellen Schuler, 90, at their Chicago residence after police say she drank nearly a quart of poisonous alcohol. Schuler was reported drinking before the fatal incident.
G F Hardy, engineer for the El Paso and South Railroad, fell from the front of his locomotive while in the union station yards at El Paw and was instantly killed as his neck broke in the fall. Railroad surgeons deemed a sudden illness likely caused the accident.
Beatrice personal crisis reports indicate Ned-Peter Trudson, 47, confined at the state Institution for feeble-minded, committed suicide today by leaping into a cistern used as an exhaust for pipes from the hoiler house. Boiling water nearly filled the cistern. he died before rescue.
Lackawanna Steel Company returns to United States Steel price schedule since March 2019 after drastic price cuts. The move implies a 15 to 23 percent price increase and follows a 15 to 20 percent wage reduction earlier. Champ Clark dies in his 86th year shortly after serving 26 years in Congress.
London reports from Reuters describe a proposed German settlement for thirty years of payments, higher export duties, and a 90 percent levy on exports. The plan aims to replace the Paris terms, contingent on Germany retaining Upper Silesia, with mixed reactions from the allies and ongoing talks. The article also notes separate local incidents including a Michigan murder inquiry, a burial dispute in New York, and a New York church census.
Washington weighs responses to League of Nations and Britain over Yap and Mesopotamia mandates. Officials say no further action until new administration, noting US-Japan talks on crucial cables and possible international control. Council reply text released with no new concessions. publication decisions await.
A seaplane piloted by Ensign J W Alcorn swept low over a Pensacola beach after performing stunts and struck a kite string, killing two Black women and injuring two Black children and another woman who later died. Alcorn was arrested awaiting investigation.
President Harding presented his cabinet nominations to the Senate in executive session and they were confirmed within minutes. The ceremonies restored Washington era customs and signaled a swift start for the new administration. The confirmed officers include Hughes, Mellon, Weeks, Denby, Fat, Wallace, Hoover, Dougherty, Hays, and Davis.
Sergeant Hubert Thorne of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police reached Edmonton after a seven week trek by dog team and railway to hand over Albert Lebedeaux deans a Stavey Indian charged with murdering Adelaide Lebedeaux the wife and child killer case tied to a northern outpost.
Valparaiso Indiana William Lang engineer and George F Black fireman on Michigan Central train were held on involuntary manslaughter charges by the Indiana commission investigating the Porter disaster Coroner W C Seipel said they face bail of 10000 and 5000 respectively and will be held pending further proceedings
Travelers from Laredo Texas report a serious strike disrupting rail service between Monterey and San Luis Potosi. Bridges burned and tracks destroyed by strikers. trains guarded by federal troops clashed with attackers. Fifteen strikers captured and executed. arrivals were up to thirty seven hours late.
Washington. The executive council of the American Federation of Labor goes on record against unionizing alien workers in the Panama Canal Zone. It states they are not citizens and have no intention of becoming citizens of Panama or the United States. The council urges the canal zone be manned by American citizens as a safeguard for American interests and against aliens.
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