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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1929
Page
2
Harvey S. Firestone argues prohibition improves factory conditions and worker happiness, citing better industry morale and uplifting changes in workplaces. He says this public testimony helps build support for enforcement and observance without arguing wet or dry.
The piece argues America faces a growing auto accident toll with 27 500 deaths last year including 16 000 pedestrians and a August daily average of 91. It urges strengthening laws to exclude reckless drivers and protect competent motorists on public highways.
Miss Fern L. Pugh editor of the Messenger at Martin South Dakota commends farmers to keep trying in cooperative work. She says failures in worthy activities should not paralyze action and that great movements come from many errors and disappointments, inspiring youth to persevere.
John H. Thorburn former Urbana Banking Company president in Urbana Illinois stole 100000 from the bank. Coy Leach stole fifteen chickens from their perch. Both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one year to life. They were sent on the same train to the same prison with matching outcomes.
The Great Falls Tribune cites a temperance address on alcohol in the city’s speakeasies. A chemist analyzed over 300 samples finding less than 16 percent drinkable and 91 percent poisoned. The piece claims imported brands are produced domestically and warns of physical and mental decay from use.
The session adjourned to reconvene Jan 6 1930. Highlights include tax cuts, tariff action, and French settlement terms addressing World War I loans. The writer discusses Nebraskas Jubilee remarks, Corn Borer fight funding, and Congressional outcomes on income tax reductions and a senate seating dispute.
The speaker outlines the committee’s position on how legislation must be initiated considered and presented by its members. He notes the committee’s influence measures across national scope and suggests a broad stake in reform.
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