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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1929
Page
2
The Diller Record lists subscription terms June year in advance six months in advance. Advertising rates are available upon application. Business locals are run until ordered. Post office transmission through mails as second class matter. Rates charged per line for each insertion.
President Hoover lays the cornerstone for a new 17.5 million dollar commerce building on Pennsylvania Avenue. The seven story structure will cover 1 050 by 325 feet with over one million square feet of floor space and house about 7 000 workers.
Dr. William F. Ogburn of the University of Chicago argues that marriage improves survival and wealth, noting many paupers and asylums inmates are unmarried and that single men and widowers die sooner. The piece adds a witty caution that a young man should wed if he can find a willing partner.
Nebraska enacts a license law for motorists to take effect September 1, 1929. Licenses issued to drivers with six months of driving, no exams required now. post January both exams and renewals possible. Fee 75 cents, valid until revoked. Applies to operators over 16 without serious physical defects. Penalties range from fines to license revocation for infractions.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr. argues 1929 may bring record automobile production and broader prosperity. He notes 1928 sales in low priced autos hint steady demand, with rising production to meet expanding markets and rapid growth in related sectors. He also references traffic law changes and licensing rules amid safety concerns.
A college diary fragment recalls Joyce's ridicule of student conduct controls and a shy editor who fears ridicule. The speaker notes laughter masks fear and urges early resilience as one moves into professional life.
A National Geographic bulletin traces Cleopatra’s Needles, the pair of obelisks raised in Heliopolis and later moved to Alexandria. The New York piece, over 67 feet high, was gifted by Egypt and transported by a heavy wooden caisson to a New York dock.
Governor Albert Cabell Ritchie of Maryland intervened when Mrs Douglas MacArthur, wife of the army commander, was halted near Savage on the Baltimore Washington boulevard. A state policeman fined her companion, sparking a call to Annapolis. Ritchie arranged release after telephoning the executive mansion.
French models favor rayon chiffon for its light drape in luncheon and party outfits. The collection features solid tint chiffons with artful shaping, including princess lines, fitted bodices, low necklines and fluttery capes.
Nearly 14 000 American schools operate student savings banking plans with about 4.61 million pupils participating as depositors. Total deposits exceed 26 million dollars, with 947 610 dollars paid as interest to savers during the year. In 38 cities, grammar school enrollments are fully participating. in 47 cities, high schools show full participation.
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