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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1920
Page
11
In Seattle this week the discussion returns to the role of the vice president alongside Franklin D Roosevelt. Experts suggest the vice might gain influence and possibly an ex officio cabinet position in the future. The piece honors the current holder though noting past mockery of the role.
A Star reader cites flaws in veteran Frank L. McCarthy claim for compensation. The letter argues delays and misstatements at the Bureau of Veterans Affairs, noting dates from 1919 1920 and Mayo Clinic records. The editor and president E H Hallett defend the bureau and pledge to publicize true facts while avoiding injustice.
Across the nation towns are piloting municipal camp grounds to lure and aid touring motorists. Facilities include a central pilot, posted routes, shelter houses for parties, gas meters, water hydrants, waste disposal, a service house with writing desks, free telephone and shower baths. Officials foresee rapid spread as roads improve and tourism profits rise.
Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan leads a steady war in Washington as chief of the bureau of supplies. He battles oil profiteers to curb Navy costs and explores naval refinery plans to ensure affordable fuel for national defense. He argues the navy serves the public in peace as well as wartime, and praises McGowan as admirable.
The article brands Ludendorff as a conspiratorial agitator who claims Germany can raise a massive army to face Bolshevik threats. It criticizes his ongoing influence, warns allies against being swayed, and suggests the German public misreads his danger while Prussian militarism lingers.
A writer defends journalism as a demanding but worthy path for ambitious young men. He argues the field’s constant challenges build character, noting how the craft has evolved and how editors face risks, including contempt charges, while contrasting with headlines about Cork and Brody.
Gilson Gardner analyzes the collapse of the farmer labor and liberal coalition efforts in Chicago. He notes the labor party rejected amalgamation and a La Follette led platform, with fundamental policy clashes over taxation and mine nationalization.
Doctor Frank Crane urges modern American art to break from Gothic and Renaissance molds. He contrasts steel-framed architecture, industrial landscapes, and gritty urban scenes with classical forms, urging artists to reflect contemporary life and the Zeitgeist.
A camp experience broadens a child beyond formal schooling. The author contrasts practical learning with traditional curricula, praising self reliance and problem solving learned through outdoors activities. The piece argues understanding, thinking skills, and adaptable knowledge outvalue rote fact memorization.
A fragmentary newspaper column mocks shortages gas ice and water while noting gas victims and a cryptic warning about danger to individuals. It references John Crhvnlinovich Bill Renvire James O'Connell and a correspondent and ends with a poem about street cars and a local figure Ted Cooke.
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