Air Regulation Vital Need
Congress considers a bill to amend the Interstate Commerce act to regulate interstate transport of persons, property, and mail by all carriers. It would grant the ICC power over air lines and post office control over mail, aligning aviation with national defense and commerce goals. The bill has broad support from Air Transport Association, 17 air mail passenger companies, and Senate leaders, citing life and property protection and orderly operations.
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Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Post Office Department
United States
Postal Service
Air Transport Association of America
Wheeler
Montana
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Red Writers and the Moscow Congress Deception
James Rorty accuses the writers' congress in New York of being a Stalinist setup to forge a domestic literary united front for Moscow. He argues the event served Soviet aims, omitting critics like John Dewey and Max Eastman to shield Moscow trials.
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Moscow
Writers’ Congress
New York
Congress
Russia
James Rorty
Stalin
Trotsky
Rorty
Communist Party
America
John Dewey
Max Eastman
Benjamin Stolberg
Oswald Garrison Villard
United Front
Navy bids open on 35,000-ton battleship with 16-inch guns
The Navy Department invites bids to build a 35,000-ton battleship. Plans had a 14-inch gun limit, but Japan refused. The question was whether to arm with 14-inch to fit disarmament or 16-inch for parity. This illustrates the broader failure of disarmament efforts.
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Navy Department
Navy
Army
United States
Japan
America
Ringworm of the Foot A Public Health Bulletin Warns
A U S public health bulletin notes ringworm of the foot is a common, contagious fungus infection. It often starts with a red ring on the skin and can appear on the face hands neck and soles. Preventive advice includes keeping feet dry changing stockings daily and avoiding moist footwear. stand on a cork mat if standing at work.
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King Bean
Sylvio
The Merry on and Ancient Egypt Quiz Clue Sheet
A scanned puzzle page lists questions about Egyptian art symbols gods and musical instruments. It asks to identify items like the god symbol, Atalanta, Mercury and a drinking cup cylix and mentions a song in an opera and a political dragging profile reference.
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Laaels
Atalanta
Fuler
Neavens
Alican Yace
Jupiter Stesdeeeereserees
Commarce
Mercury
Meeteyermrereer Bomdese
Wisdom Waals
Nico
King
Syndicace
Pigeons and Detectives in a Century of Tales
Edwin Hill reflects on pigeons used in night flights by the US Signal Corps and honors such birds as Mocker and Spike. The piece blends military history with literary notes, mentioning McClellan, Nick Carter, Woodrow Wilson, and the archbishop of York, and ends with musings on the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution framed in Philadelphia under Washington.
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Edwin € Hill
Moscow
Ture
United States Bignunl Corps
Monmouth
N. J
Tarawey
Panamia
Honolulu
New Jersey
Mocker
France
St. Micheil
Ield
Mocker Haas
Spike
Gher Am
Argonne
George 3. McClelan
New York
Rich Carter
McClellan
Wan O
Scholly
Princeton
Nick Carter
New York City
Woodrow Wilson
York
Willian Temple
Count Doyle-Edgar Wallace
United States
George Washington
Philadelphia
Madison
Hamilton
Frankl
Barthdolph
Wdcolanes
Gladstone
King Fens
Syn
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10 and 20 Years Ago June 25 1917 San Antonio probes
The notice recounts federal moves against merchants selling home brew equipment and toxic liquors, with the federal horticultural department to relocate to San Antonio under Melx Pubkett. It also notes a donation by Thomas Goggan and Brothers to Baldiers club for the institute’s life, and a Portland visitor commenting on meat substitutes, food preservation, and dolphin and porpoise meat becoming common.
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San Antonio
United States District Attorney's Office
Federal Horticultural Department
Melx ‘Pubkett
Houston
Red Ww
Thn Agriculural
The
Chamber of Commerce
Sata
Dickirs
Portland
Ofe
Ban’ Antonio
New York Glimpses of Society and Celebrity Life
D C Mcintyre sketches New York pageantry and prominent figures in high society. He notes Tony Canzoneri and LeLand Hayward, Clifton Webb, and Roys Morgan, plus hotel culture at the Vanderbilt and vivid scenes on Fifth Avenue. The piece also mentions Fannie Hurst, Bill Robinson, Dorothea Brande, and a parade of actors, artists, and socialites amid urban fantasy and fashion.
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D. C. Mcintyre
New York
Tony Canzoneri
Leland Hayward
Vanderbilt
Bill Hay
Clifton Webb
Russ Morgan
Lucius Boomer
Robert B
Exmer Helingway
Vincent Astor
Major Bowes
al Smith
James Farley
George Abboth
Broadway
Damien the Leper: A Saint's Painful Heroic Tale
A dramatic review recounts Father Damien's mission on Molokai guiding lepers with no resources. It praises his courage, building shelter and a water system, despite illness and hostility, portraying him as a noble, almost saintly figure in a harsh epic.
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Damien
Tere
John Farrow
Daanfen
Talinn
Elsie Robinson
Joseph Damien
Honolulu
Pipea
Ain
Words of Wisdom and Paradox Across Time
A fragmentary collection of maxims and quotes from thinkers like Mrenlay and Sir Walter Scott. It contrasts bold courage with practical wisdom in daily life, noting two paths to contentment: reduce wants or acknowledge needs, and urging personal choice in happiness.
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Nitin
Royal S. Copeland, M. D
Sa.light
Bugdea i
Guin
Tigris
Bagdad
Fannie Hurst
Bob da Vis
Grand Canal
Venice
Miss Hurst
White House
Bill Robinson
Robert Ripley
Mamaroncek
Dorothea
Brande
Shej
Lark
Dionee
Lexington Avenue
McNought
Father Damien
Iwf
Damon the Leper
Dona Fre
Shead and Ward
King Fea Sym. Dm
Sir Walter Scott
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