Vocational Education Needed to Rejuvenate the South
Edward T. Franks of Owensboro Kentucky, a Southern representative on the Federal Board for Vocational Education, urges expanded vocational training to boost Southern manufacturing and agriculture. He cites growth in cotton mills, spindles, and fertilizer use while warning of regional underproduction, and outlines two steps: harness water power and intensify skilled labor through Smith Hughes act funded schools.
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Edward T. Franks
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Southern Railroad
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Mr. Ranks
America
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Albuquerque Editor Sentenced for Criminal Libel
Carl C. Magee editor of The New Mexico State Tribune received a prison term of twelve to eighteen months with hard labor in the state penitentiary after being found guilty of criminal libel of Justice Frank W. Parker of the State Supreme Court. Magee appealed to the State Supreme Court and continues to attack what he calls the state machine. Magee, once an Oklahoma criminal attorney, moved to Albuquerque several years ago due to his wife’s ill health.
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Carl C. Migee
New Mexico State Tribune
Frank W. Parker
State Supreme Court
Magee
State Supréme Court
Oklahoma
Simmons College to Build New Dormitory for Men
Abilene July 9 Plans move fast for a new 150000 dollar dormitory at Simmons College to replace Cowden Hall burned in 1922. It will house 125 men with five entries, three rooms per two men, baths for every two suites, and fireproof three stories. Alumni drive funds with a field secretary starting July 1 and pledges already coming in.
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Abilene
Simmons College
Cowden Hall
Hunter slain cliff to shoot White River mountain lion
Charley Miller a USDA Biological Survey hunter descended a cliff by rope to shoot a large mountain lion that had endangered livestock near White and Black rivers. He used wirehaired terriers to trail the animal before it retreated into a cave and was finally killed.
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Charley Miller
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Whiteriver
Arizona
Miller
Slaughter Urged as University Head
Austin Texas July 6 J W Slaughter of Houston is urged for election as president of the University He has directed the Houston Forum since 1921 and lectured at Rice Institute in 1919 He holds a BA from Lombard College and a PhD from Michigan University A movement seeks to retain Dr W S Sutton acting president for the 1923 24 session and delay a permanent choice.
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Texas
J. W. Slaughter
Houston
Board of Regents
Houston Forum
Department of Public Welfare
City of
Rice Institute
Lombard College
Michigan University
W. S. Sutton
University of Texas
Tyler Commercial College Promoted By United States Senator
United States Senator Earle B. Mayfield endorses Tyler Commercial College in Texas, praising its diploma and training. The college offers courses for bookkeeper, stenographer, accountant, private secretary, station agent, telegraph operator, cotton cla sser, and wire operator, with mail teaching available and positions secured. The free illustrated catalogue requires name and address to be mailed.
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United States
Earle B. Mayfield
Tyler Commercial College
Texas
Tyler
Jedge Jenkins Snaps Upplayful Wind Metaphor
Jedge Jenkins riffs on a sports phrase swapping wind for air in a witty quip about tiring out an opponent. The remark shifts metaphor from sails to tires as a playful take on deflating momentum.
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Jedge Jenkins
Fruits of the Constitution Warn Against Quick Amendments
An editorial urges caution on new constitutional amendments, praising the U S Constitution as a source of liberty equality and justice. It notes human imperfections yet warns against tinkering without thoughtful sober consideration and recalls the Arlington memorial rule ten years dead before honoring. It argues other remedies exist and stresses preserving founders' vine.
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United States
America
Arlington
Albert C. Richie
Maryland
Maryland Bar Association
Ma's Always Right Joke About Averages
A classroom quip has Willie misdefine average as a hen’s habit. He cites a leghorn laying an average of three eggs a week, claiming his mother’s word as authority.
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