News Review of Current Events by Edward W Pickard
New York wins bid to host the Democratic national convention in Madison Square Garden opening June 24. Delegates from New York and other cities would bear the event costs. The selection prompts varied political forecasts for McAdoo Smith and Underwood, with tax revision debates in Congress and Republican insurgent momentum. The piece also notes Wilson’s health, Coolidge’s potential nomination, and international notes on France’s fiscal policy.
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Indian Affairs
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Madison Square Garden
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San Francisco
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St. Louis
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al Smith
Underwood
Wal Street
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Coolidge
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Governor Pinchot Demands Probe At Prohibition Rally
At the Anti Saloon League convention Governor Pinchot denounced the national failure to enforce prohibition as the worst in history and urged a congressional investigation of the prohibition enforcement unit. In a separate event the Shenandoah dirigible test at Lakehurst saw heavy winds tear loose the airship, but Captain Heinen and 21 crewmen regained control and returned safely to the hangar after seven and a half hours with only nose damage.
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Arkansas
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
Fall
Daugherty
Navy
Dave Bold
Benedict Arnold
Hudson River
Mr. Fall
America
Department of Justice
White House
Overnor Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Anti- Saloon League
Lakehurst
Anton Heinen
New York Harbor
Heinen
Dawes Sounds Plan to Stabilize Germany Economy
General Dawes accepting the chair of the expert committee warns against politicians and demagogues causing disorder. He says stabilizing currency and restoring Germanys productivity is essential to avert a historic bankruptcy. The panel seeks financial authority input and invites Reichsbank President Schacht to discuss help offered in London Zurich and Amsterdam. Dawes aims for an immediate loan around 200 million dollars to stabilize the mark.
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Committee of Experts
Germany
Herr Schacht
Reichsbank
London
Zurich
Amsterdam
Dawes
GEORGE OPENS PARLIAMENT AS TORY UNION FALTERS
The British parliament opened with a dull throne speech urging minor reforms to aid workers and farmers. Labor leader MacDonald plans to press for a confidence vote, while Liberal Asquith signals support to block Tory and Labor clashes. In Mexico, rebellion nears a climax as U.S. warns rebels. Tacoma runs aground near Vera Cruz.
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Ing George
Rameau MacDonald
H. H. Asquith
MacDonald
Commons
Labor Party
Exico
Tampico
United States
Tacoma
Vera Crag
Vera Cruz
Earthquake Devastates Tokyo Area Killing Dozens
OKYO tremor described as the severest since last September’s great temblor. About thirty people killed and many buildings wrecked in Tokyo, Yokohama, and nearby areas. Subsequent strong shocks reported from Sendai, Bogota, and Bombay.
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Okyo
Yokohama
Sendai
Japan
Bogota
Colombia
Bombay
India
Enizelos Becomes Greek Premier Amid Cabinet Shifts
Enizelos assumed the premiership and formed a cabinet with Rous sos as foreign minister. Britain may renew friendship and aid. Greece may join the English Italian Spanish bloc to curb French aims in Europe. Saloniki preservation may hinge on English support. Veni zelos backs a republic and likely its first president, while opposing royal family expulsion and the revolutionary officers’ dissolution before plebiscite.
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Enizelos
Greece
Roussos
Mediterranean
Europe
Saloniki
Serbia
Venizelos
Revolutionary Army
Farmers and industries in Chicago urge policy aims
ARMERS and manufacturers in a Chicago convention presented resolutions to President Coolidge and Congress. They oppose price fixing and government ownership of railroads and mines, back cooperative marketing of farm products, praise the Agriculture and Commerce Departments for foreign marketing work, support reforestation, seek tax cuts, advocate limiting immigration by quality and need, defend the Supreme Court's role, and push Muscle Shoals for fertilizer production.
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Middle West
Chicago
Coolidge
Congress
Departments of Agriculture and Commerce
Supreme Court
Manure Doubles Wheat Yield in Experimental Results
Ht M Banner of the Southwestern Wheat Improvement Association cites multiple experiment stations showing manure as a top dressing raises wheat yields and quality. Oklahoma data show ten tons per acre every four years adds about 9 bushels per acre annually, with returns over $3.50 per ton applied. Kansas results indicate 9 to 11 bushels more per acre over years of manuring.
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Ht. M. Banner
Southwestern Wheat Improvement Association
Wheat Belt
Oklahoma
Kansas
Automobiles and Country Life in Early Rural Reform
Ten to fifteen years ago rural residents protested city drivers racing along country roads. Farmers feared frightened horses and many accidents. Locals then viewed automobiles as a curse and sought bans on side road use.
Automobiles Transform Rural Life And Connectivity
The piece notes that the automobile is revolutionizing country life by reducing isolation and improving rural conditions. It anticipates further developments from modern technical science that will prove as helpful as cars, signaling ongoing progress in rural accessibility and daily life.
Biblical Book Titles in Classic Novel Byline Examples
The Bible has inspired many novel titles including A Fountain Sealed by Sir Walter Begant Whosoever Shall Offend by Marion Crawford and Many Inventions by Rudyard Kipling, among others.
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Sir Walter Begant
Marion Crawford
Rudyard Kipling
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