Senator Heflin Urges Honest Oil Inquiry Beyond Parties
Senator Heflin of Alabama argues that the oil controversy should be a national fight for honesty. He criticizes endless namings, urges prosecutions where warranted, and stresses integrity and straight dealing over party loyalty in evaluating oil leases and officials.
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Heflin
Alabama
Congress
Capitol
Congressional Investigation
Wyoming
California
Denby
Fall
Autos on Farms Shift from Pleasure to Necessity
Autos on farms are used mainly for business, with farmers reporting two-thirds to nine-tenths of usage for farm work. The vehicle started as a toy for adults but has become nearly indispensable, signaling a broader shift toward practical utility in technology and media.
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Uncle Sam
St. Thomas
Washington
Congress
Panama
Philippines
United States
Balancing View of 1924 Economy by Cabinet Members
Treasury Secretary Mellon Commerce Secretary Hoover and Interior Secretary Work present a united assessment that the 1924 economic outlook for the United States is favorable and that global conditions show promise.
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Andrew W. Mellon
Political labels cannot secure popularity for the speaker
The speaker warns that political branding cannot hold sway over public favor. He asserts that personal merit, not party allegiance, will determine popularity and urges the listener to reject worship of any political label.
Alaska to Grow Own Farm Produce The North
Washington reports from agricultural stations note progress in developing Alaska's agricultural resources. Experiments focus on hardy cattle crosses using Galloways and Holsteins, promising grains like barley and spring wheat, and legume cultivation for hay, pasture, and soil improvement.
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Washington, D. C
Alaska
United States Department of Agriculture
Central Asia
Alaska Experiment Station Reports Hardier Crops For Interior
The 1909 Alaska agricultural survey highlights red clover as valuable when sown in May and cut for hay or plowed under in August. Early peas show promise for interior farming, oats with peas or vetch make silage, and wild grasses like wild rye are favored. Potatoes thrive across the territory, with hardy varieties improving. Rosa rugosa is a hardy ornamental rose being tested.
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Sont MoMhe
Alaska
Arctic Circle
Storm-bound men devise directed radio to call for help
Six hydro electric engineers trapped 280 miles north of Vacaville California in a mountain camp gain a new wireless method by directing radio waves toward high voltage lines. The trick sends messages 260 miles to a terminus where a boy with an amateur receiver picks them up. The feat promises safer one way communications for future land use of wireless.
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Vacaville
Cal
The
Washington Star
Pafic Gas and Electric Company
Power Company
Wired wireless promises new long range messaging
The amateur sending set and snow bound engineers are in full communication as experts say the discovery could repurpose land lines for direct sending. High tension lines and even telephone telegraph lines and barbed wire fences may transmit messages without disrupting existing uses. The system could also send messages when radio static blocks normal methods.
Virgin Islands Exodus to Harlem Grows as Jobs Fail
New York reports 8000 of 26000 native Virgin Islanders now roam Harlem streets as unemployment pins them to scarce work. Editor Rothschild Francis cites steerage travel costs of 45 dollars and prohibitions on sugar cane rum as drivers of depopulation and calls Washington to lift restrictions.
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New York
Virgin Islands
Harlem
St. Thomas
St. John
St. Croix
Rothschild Francis
The
Washington
Virgin Islanders
United
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
United States
Denmark
Francis
Jamaica
Barbados
Girls say 3800 mile hike cured their nerves
Misses Sarah Shannock and Sophie Edell, both 23, return to New York after a seven month journey that included a 8800 mile foot trek to Los Angeles. They describe wearing knickers and khaki while traveling from Broadway and Forty second Street starting June 4 and spending only 259 dollars, urging office workers to walk for relief.
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New York
Los Angeles
Sarah Shannock
Sophie Edell
San Francisco
Shannock
Wilkins Avenue
Brooklyn
Enel
West One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Miss Shannock
France to Use Soldiers to Guard Art Treasures
Paris reports authorities consider armed guards to protect priceless works after two Gobelin tapestries were stolen from Versailles. Plans include electric burglar alarms, exterior flood lighting, police dogs, and deploying soldiers to guard palace and museum treasures across France.
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France
Paris
Versailles Palace
Versailles
Fontainebleau
Probate Notice of Estate of William L. Wallace
Creditors of William L. Wallace deceased will meet the administratrix before the county judge of Jefferson County Nebraska on June 4 1924 at 9:00 A M to present claims for examination. Three months from March 3 1924 to file claims. those not filed by June 3 1924 are barred. By order of the Court. Louis J Nutzman County Judge Denney Denney attys for estate.
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William L. Wallace
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Louis J. Nutzman
Denney & Denney
Attys
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