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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
2
The Onden Standard references a press group and circulation section denying any exclusive use by other parties. It notes assignments to reporters and credits recent publications, implying a standard practice for attribution and distribution across papers.
The piece credits railroad leadership for pressuring Southern Pacific strikers to return to work and praises government efforts to curb living costs. It notes early signs of relief, urges patience with authorities, and commends local yard workers for remaining on duty during uncertainty, framing union action as a service to workers and the nation.
The Standard urges delaying city public improvements funded by this year’s bond issue due to high costs and labor shortages. It suggests the Board of Education should also postpone, anticipating cheaper prices and possible surplus labor next winter or spring. The goal is to reserve funds to spur employment when demand rises after demobilization.
A reader-published piece in The Standard critiques the education system using a bricks test metaphor. It praises Miss Claudia Lide for a project where eighth graders wrote adventure chapters, resulting in tangible student output and magazine submissions, while condemning excessive emphasis on marks as a false standard.
The text argues that adults should act on motives different from their children by guiding self interest. Intelligent self-interest can energize children, turning dull school work into lively, spirited activity and making learning a more dynamic experience.
Salt Lake City auditor Captain B A Bock recounts Rhine visits and German views on American mobilization. He notes German belief they would have won with US entry, underestimates of US power, and questions about submarines. He cites Admiral Sims and Jellicoe on submarine losses and Britain's sea endurance, predicting crisis by late 1917 without a breakthrough.
Mount Clemens Mich Aug. 28 Lieutenant W W Slater and Sergeant Biryckland believed to have gone down in Lake Ontario or landed in remote area after flight from Buffalo to Toronto in the international aerial derby returning to New York to Toronto. Commandant Lieutenant Thomas Gill said Blazer’s machine had engine trouble and sought Selfridge field for repairs, remaining in wireless contact. The search noted they were last seen near Buffalo, with no confirmation of their safety.
Mules under four manned squads depart Camp Karney for San Diego with a U S soldier in charge of each, eleven miles to the water front, amid altered plans as the Dix transport waits for a Philippine voyage due to a strike, while clipped, unclear text follows about a husband and wife advertising.
New York state association committees on fair prices for meat reach a tentative schedule for eighteen beef, lamb, and pork items with margins two cents higher than wartime. Wholesale prices are expected to allow lower postwar figures, reflecting higher overhead costs including rent and labor.
New York Aug 27 Elbert H Gary chairman of U S Steel said in a communication to the AFL committee organizing iron and steel workers that the corporation would refuse to discuss business with such representatives.
SAS PRANCISCO Aug 27 Three thousand army gas masks for use by open fighting forest fires in the state are expected here tomorrow by United States forest service Authorization was bought today by the service to purchase army masks for the fighters A request that the secretary of agriculture require permits for all grafts in the state was sought in a telegram from the service Fires at Santa Barbara and Siskiyou counties and in the Tahoe national forest were reported to be beyond control Johnson inquiry postponed New York Aug 28 The examination of President Johnson of the American League in regard to the suspension of Carl Mays was postponed until Monday by Referee Henry Gillespie
A six passenger Sweaty- SIX-passenger airplane, 50 feet long with 95 foot wings, flew 100 miles in 58 minutes from Milwaukee toward New York as part of a planned cross continental passenger airline. A. W. Las led operations with Pilot Charles Cox and three others aboard. No passengers were carried on this test flight.
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