Scandal and Senate Roles in Hoover Cabinet Appointment
An editorial examines the Hoover cabinet choice amid West's power site hearings, noting the President's retention of a conflicted appointee. It blasts Senate passivity and Coolidge's late term act, warning the decision may tarnish public trust and be remembered long after other deeds fade.
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West nomination sparks Senate power trust debate
Senator Norris questions secrecy in the West nomination and recalls prior testimony about relationships with Samuel Insull and water power interests. The piece links West to the power trust, urges public access to testimony, and notes broad concern over presidential influence and the interior secretary’s duties amid ongoing disputes over Cumberland Falls and future power licenses.
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Cumberland
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Tor
Reed Committee
Committee On the West
Hoover
Hoover Will Direct Policy Across Departments
Washington correspondents agree that regardless of Hoover’s cabinet choices he will exert strong overall control of policies. The public expects a more energetic government as Hoover plans to run things himself, avoiding weak leadership seen in past officials like Fall and Daugherty.
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Fall
Daugherty
Hoover
Bennett Harbor Named After Bennett in Byrd Antarctic
The article honors Floyd Bennett for his sacrifice during Byrd’s Antarctic expedition. Bennett, who died in service after pneumonia, helped in the early relief effort for Bremer flyers. Byrd memorializes him by naming a harbor after Bennett, ensuring his name endures on the map.
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Betrothal Mention Missed For Tennis Queen Helen Wills
Mail Pouch Correspondents omitted noting the betrothal of Helen Wills, queen of the tennis courts, and San Francisco youth Moody, marking it as a quiet love match rather than a formal engagement.
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Prohibition Training Rumor Pupil Flu Notice Abdu Hak Hamid
A fragment notes a young man arrested near trance as a potential prohibition officer. It mentions pupils with colds barred from Trenton schools during influenza. Abdul Hak Hamid is described as Turkey's poet laureate and Beau Brummel. A quip warns fathers to check college letters drying up, hinting a return home.
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Whalen praised as swift in policing New York traffic
New York Jan 24 A brief look at Groger Whalen the new commissioner of New Yorks finest and his quick response to traffic regulation in the Broadway theater district. The stagger system opens shows at different times to ease crowds with Whalen personally overseeing a booth near 44th street while officers in 12 district booths report progress. Also notes Dr Anna Louise Strongs Moscow trip and a debate between Sinclair Lewis and Theodore Dreiser over Russia. A humorous courtroom whiskey moment and Maria Woodson of Plains Va visiting New York are mentioned.
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Theodore Dreiser
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Just Fauls By Edgar A Guest
Poem about the man of decent mind who goes to work without complaint. He faces toil with a cheerful spirit, helping neighbors, keeping self-respect, and accepting life's hardships as part of earning bread and clothes. The verse emphasizes steady labor, honesty, and personal dignity amid care and grief.
Left Handedness Likely Inherited Says Study
Dr Morris Fishbein summarizes a study by Herbert D Chamberlain at Ohio State University on the class of 1927 freshmen. Of 2177 students, 94 were left handed equal to 4.31 percent, with higher left handed rates among fathers and a sex-linked inheritance pattern observed.
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Flush kidneys with salts and water say experts
A noted authority urges flushing the kidneys daily by drinking a quart of water and taking four ounces of Rad Salts or Jad Salts from the pharmacy. He warns excess rich foods form acids that paralyze kidney function, causing dull pains, headaches, dizziness, and urinary irritation. Jad Salts is described as inexpensive, safe, and fizzy lithia water.
Reading Airways Pilot Lands at Hagerstown Airport
Albert C. Carl of Reading Airways landed a monoplane at Hagerstown Airport yesterday while en route from Bedford to Reading. The carrier operates Pittsburgh to Harrisburg to New York service. Carl was forced off course by a snowstorm. W. T. Glessner of Richmond was in town on business Tuesday.
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Hagerstown
Bedford
Reading
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
New York
Carl
W. T. Glessner
Richmond
Goitre not a disease claims Milwaukee doctor
Dr A A Rock a long time goitre specialist from Milwaukee claims goitre is not a disease and outlines a home treatment method that reportedly yields remarkable results He opposes unnecessary operations and offers a free book detailing a simple at home approach to readers interested in the method.
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