Future of Prohibition Enforcer Haynes Questioned in Washington
Washington debate questions Roy A. Haynes authority as Prohibition Commissioner. Critics say he lacks independence and has been hampered by orders from Assistant Secretary Ogden Mills. They urge a leader who enforces the law without external meddling and with firm initiative.
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Washington
Roy A. Haynes
Prohibition
Haynes
Lincoln C. Andrews
Maynes
Assisant
The
Treasiy
Ogden Mills
Mills
Wet Moms
France Cuts Coal Prices Amid Strike Effects
The piece notes that despite a bituminous coal strike, France reduces coal prices to ninety francs for domestic coal and about two dollars for furnace coal. It argues the government act precedes wage cuts, benefiting consumers first and boosting strike popularity.
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France
England
Being Married It Is Different Quarrels over Radio Then Golf
A newspaper item notes how spouses have killed over disputes about their radio, bridging, or golf. The article cites a fatal quarrel where a man shot his wife after disagreement on distant versus royal station. It argues marriage changes our stance on safety.
Silencer for the Rear Seat Stars as Test Instrument
The Bureau of Standards introduces an accelerometer to test riding comfort in autos. With a gauge on the instrument panel, drivers may hear less from rear seat passengers as the device analyzes comfort for both pedestrian and driver. The auto expert Jim will need to interpret how to act on the data.
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Bureau of Standards
Joss
Jim
War Department profits from horse investment
War Department reports show a fourfold gain on roughly 1 million pounds spent on horses. Breeding raised the value to about 4.594 million dollars from an initial 3 million, with gains reflecting increased stock value rather than direct income.
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War Department
He Who Laughs Best in Humorous Character Sketches
This excerpt humorously notes the folly of taking oneself too seriously through caricatures of Jiggs Andy Babbitt Elmer Gantry and others. It suggests readers may find themselves in these familiar types and warns that those who cannot laugh at themselves miss the point.
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Jiggs
Andy
Babbitt
Elmer Gantry
Mowmith
Maggie
World Events and Anniversaries in Brief
Observances mark the 10th charter anniversary of Brooklyn Savings Bank and the centenary birth of Bishop Peter J. Batten. Notable items note the first women legislators elected 20 years ago, Archbishop Randall Davidson's 50th seat, and Pop Anson would celebrate his 87th birthday. Regional conventions open in multiple cities as officials meet for educational, religious, and civic events.
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Marietta
Ohio
George Klapka
Teimesvar
Brooklyn Savings Bank
Fittsburg Landing
PJ Barnum
Bridgeport
Conn
Sethel
Margaret Mather
Charleston
W. Va
Montreal
Quinness
Nevonshire
Cainsborough
Chicago
Camden
Mussolini
Violet Albina Gihoun
Wandall T. Davidson
Canterbury
Charles Granville Bruce
Pvice
Mount Iverest
FL Campion Acheson
Npiscapelamocese
Conneticut
Brooklyn
Savings Bank
Peter J. Batten
Alton
Clinogis
Winland
Archishop of
Randall T. Davidson
Church of England
Adrian C
Pop
Southern ‘States Art League
New Oytouns
Michigan
University of Michigan
Kansas City
All Hallows Church
London
William Penn
Jon Quincey Adama
Im The Ginkette Needs Special Foods For My Stomach
I am the ginkette with a sensitive stomach who insists on particular foods at specific times. I describe my meals to my hosts and require penil items to be prepared. I claim nothing is radically wrong with me but I am different and will relate how weak my stomach is.
Cost Rise Debate and Curtiss Defence of Appropriations
Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas defends federal spending levels amid postwar criticism. He cites budget reforms and wartime to peacetime shifts, arguing appropriations are based on merit and necessity for veterans, rural roads, and national infrastructure as he contrasts 1916 and 1928 totals.
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Chas. Curtis
U.S
Kansas
Charles Curtis
Senate
North Topeks
Kas
J. R. Burton
Congress
Poems I Love By Charles Hanson Towne in Praise of de la Mare
The passage praises Walter de la Mare as a supreme artist in poetry and image making. It highlights his skill with repetition and evocative scenes, notes his late ripened craft and economical prose, and recommends Memoirs of a Midget to show poetic novelistic turn. It ends with a line about the moon walking through silent nights.
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Charles Hanson Towne
Walter de la Mare
Tam
de la Mare
Silver Imagery In a Quiet Natural Scene
An old poem fragment describes a moonlit landscape with silver fruit on trees and beams of light. Doves lie asleep with silver plumage while a harvest mouse and fish appear in a moonlit, metallic setting.
Dumping tin cans along river banks criticized
Ida Wingard urges improved Clean-Up week efforts and calls out tin can dumping along river banks and highways in the city. She suggests flattening and burying cans to reduce visual pollution and improve the city’s image for visitors.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Service Department
Ida Wingard
Radio Actors Train Voices At School London
Radio actors and actresses study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to improve voice distinction for radio drama. The BBC offers prizes to the top two students, with Kenneth Barnes guiding trainees. Lessons emphasize natural speech and longer pauses to aid listener comprehension over wireless.
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London
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
British Broadcasting Company
Kenneth Barnes
Broadcasting Company
Thirsty prisoners sent to Dayton workhouse
Four prisoners in Jackson county jail were sentenced to the Dayton workhouse after being caught making liquor. Harrison Patten, Trolly Vintor, Luther Hillenbrand and Willard Coffman, all fined for liquor violations, were found fermenting 8 gallons of wine using yeast berries and sugar. Their terms extended 100 days beyond their original fines.
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Jackson
Dayton
Harrison Patten
Trolly Vintor
Luther Hillenbrand
Willard Coffman
93 Layer Cake Highlights Mother's 83rd Birthday
A 93 layer cake, 39 inches high, was presented by a daughter at the 83rd birthday anniversary party for Mrs. Mary Hi Oliver in Lakeland. The event marked with a unique culinary gift as part of the celebration on April 7.
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Brainerd
Mion
Mary Hi. Oliver
Lakeland
Ming
Monstrous cake and early life tribute at Mrs Oliver home
A 93 rung ladder tribute with spruce trimmings and red hearts reading Mother 94 topped a mammoth cake laid in sections at Mrs Oliver’s home. Separate item reports pyramids to sun and moon and new Mexico valley discoveries from 2000 years ago.
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Pyramids
Valley of
Mexico
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