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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1921
Page
2
A long column cites federal protection for crabs as a metaphor while critiquing North Dakota politics. It notes wartime medal distribution, tariff bills, Townley and Langer debates, flax cropping guidance, and calls for government retrenchment, criticizes Industrial Commission mismanagement, and argues for improved judicial appointments based on bar recommendations.
A St Paul dispatch notes President Harding addressing Atlantic Fleet officers on the deck of the Pennsylvania. He declared the United States does not want territory or tribute not rightfully ours and concluded with By the Eternal, we will have it, signaling a firm national claim.
The article notes Secretary Hughes and Secretary Mellon dominate early Harding administration decisions. Mellon’s goal to refinance debt totals about 17 billion dollars over 30 months, a tough, thankless task. Hughes faces delicate foreign policy to keep party unity while engaging in Versailles settlement issues. Observers discuss whether their approaches will define the era and how America will participate in Allied diplomacy.
Forum comments on four cases of draft evasion and service. A prize fighter dodges the draft with shipyard work and gala dinners in Atlantic City. A salesman wounded in the Argonne recovers and earns the Medal of Honor but seeks removal from the slackers list due to a draft board error. A wealthy youth fled by car and hid in Canada then Germany, now defying the U S government. Another enlisted man insulted a lieutenant and faced prison, later pardoned after the armistice.
Valley City alumni moved to set up a permanent Alumni Association headquarters in the old W C A rest room at Norma School. Mrs Charles Peterson chairs a committee seeking wicker furniture rugs and related items to furnish the blue and gold room. The space will serve visiting alumni as a reception and rest area and a home for parents and friends visiting students.
Misa Virginia Weills of Boston read The Boomerang as the final number of the Lecture Course in the Auditorium Monday evening. The act was praised as highly artistic and a fine example of impersonation, with Weills combining charm, technique, and intelligent interpretation. A. S. Hanmi of Remington Typewriter Co. visited Valley City on Sunday.
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