Colds and Prohibition Debate Highlighted by Committee
A Washington committee on medical care costs highlights how illness like colds bronchitis and influenza rise after indoor living and overindulgence. The report contrasts British outdoor activity with American indoor habits and notes effects on health and oxygen use. The congressional probe on prohibition features testimonies from farmers the National Grange and the Salvation Army, with Dry endorsements stressing prohibition benefits and wets citing government liquor data.
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Wets
Association Against the
National Grange
National Organization of Farmers
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Canadian Minter of Trade and Commerce
Drys
Salvation Army
W. C. T. U. Fights Prohibition Hearings Publicity Director Says
The wets failed to persuade the judiciary committee of the house of representatives in prohibition hearings. They used noisy testimony and old tactics from the brewers association, appealing to prejudice rather than reason. Women leaders, led by Ella A Boole, affirmed the Eighteenth Amendment and enforcement, noting the Nineteenth Amendment supports it.
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Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
United States Brewers’ Association
Hoover
America
United States
National
W. C
Embarrassing Moment Shared by Harold Sadel
A reader from Muscatine recounts an embarrassing moment involving his younger brother from Maccatine Iowa dated March 16 1930. Harold offers 50 cents to square the incident and thanks him for sharing with readers.
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Harold Sadel
Muscatine
Harold
Maccatine
Iowa
Prohibition Support Cited By Train Conductor
A Christian Herald writer recounts a Birmingham local conductor recalling past liquor related fights and drunks on trains. He says prohibition has reduced drunken passengers and violence, asserting conductors in mining areas would also favor prohibition.
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Birmingham
Russia targets 'wealthy farmers' as class enemies
The Soviet plan labels farmers earning above threshold as Kulaks and aims to tax them down to the common level. The 1928 line defined Kulaks by earnings, while current measures use means of production valued at $700 or more. Comparisons show American farm wealth in 1925 averaged $8,940 with $2,100 in farm products.
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Russia
New York Times
Printing Prices Prompt Outsider Insight
The piece recalls a small print shop where a 1000 letterheads price of 2.50 reveals competition squeezes margins. The printer notes he cannot pay a worker now and predicts the younger rival will own the shop, forcing him to work for them. The column closes with a death notice: Mrs. Henry George dies suddenly after long Congregational Church involvement.
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Ming
Gordon Press
Now You See Em Now You Don't Petticoat Hose Trend
A fashion note suggests matching petticoats with hose for a coordinated look with the current hosiery trend. The advice emphasizes color pairing and style cohesion for women's outfits in everyday wear.
Newspaper Snippets and Quips From The City Life
A collage of odd anecdotes and verse fragments includes a Dewey Hess remark at a store, a Prince George hotel toast with gold medals, a playful political jab about the 18th Amendment, and light poetry lines about love and manners.
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Prince George Hotel
New York
Spring Fever in the Journal Contributors Column
A light column note invites submissions while humor and weather mix. The conductor jokes about readers avoiding empty columns and jokes about the front office receptionist, stating the aim to publish contributions from top to bottom.
Cardinals Again Defeat the Cubs and Open Season
United Press reports multiple opening day results. Athletics beat the Yankees 7 to 6 with Bing Miller homering in the ninth and George Haas making a key catch. Cubs lost 8 to 5 to the Cardinals while White Sox won 4 to 3 over Cleveland. Attendance hit 135000 across five games with Yankees drawing 65000. Bissonette, Hack Wilson, Lou Gehrig and Chuck Klein among homer hitters.
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United Press
New York Giants
Connie Mack
Athletics
Bing Miller
George Haas
Yankees
Cubs
Cleveland Indians
Phillies
St. Louis Browns
Lou Gehrig
Yanks
Chuck Klein
Barney Fribeerg
Phils
Bissonette
Robins
Hack Wilson
Brighton High to Stage Jerry of Jericho Road Operetta
Brighton April 22 The high school operetta Jerry of Jericho Road will be presented this evening. The play unfolds in a western Rocky Mountain tourist camp with a large cast including Jerry Gladys Kyle John Dayton Donald Kessel Sandy Bank Evalyn Hlemick Lettice Bank Frieda Koch Amos Bank Carl Zihlman Allen O'Dey Robert Kyle Uncle Pete Dwight Kientz and many others plus choruses and tradesmen.
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Brighton
Jerry
Jericho Road
Rocky Mountains
Gladys Kyle
John Dayton
Donald Kessel
Sandy Bank
Evalyn Hlemick
Lettice Bank
Frieda Koch
Amos Bank
Carl Zihlman Allen O'Dey
Robert Kyle
Uncle Pete
Dwight Kientz Hunter
the Detective
Clover Johnson
Cornelius Bean
Ivan Weinstaff
Mimi
Lorene Hillhouse
Dora
Geneva Eyrestone
Ghetts
Berkley Brown
Robert Edmondson
Eugene Engel
Kenneth Grant
Philip Groves
Dale Heyde
Delbert Kyle
Reed Horton
Ronald Heyde
Randolph Hoover
Jareld
Shepherd
Joseph Engel
Marion Genkins
Donald Hoskins
Kermit Oswalt
Willard Mann
Evayln Drish
Marie Fritz
Edith Painter
Eva Painter
Marion Genking
Joseph Eneel
Harold Shepherd
Clarence Garrett
Clifford Garrett
Earl Dickinson
Doyle Robertson
Wedtarn Ciyris
Lueckers
Maxine Sheffer
Bess’e Black
Ruth Singleton
Irene Saunders
Olive Crandall
Mildred Lynn
Opal Lynn
Minuet
Viola Gertz
Faith Brown
Helen Cole
Margaret Anderson
Wilma Kessel
Nina Crile
Mildred Morgay
Hee Vaintes
Teicile Cole
Peary
High School Notes Junior Meeting Nominates Class Officers
A junior class meeting was held at 7:10 Monday to nominate class officers colors and other items. Senior Girl Reserves will visit the Y W C A at a Lanquet on Friday evening at six thirty. mothers and women may attend with fifty cent tickets. The band rehearses for the Town City contest and the boys glee club and girls trio push Washington toward the lead.
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Y. W
Town City
Boys Glee Club
Washington
Hi Y dinner and typing team heading to Burlington contest
A Hi Y dinner was held today as the advanced shorthand and typing team prepares for a Burlington contest. The typing squad has practiced in halls and cot halls to get ready for audiences, while report cards were issued at the close of the term. Seniors have about three and a half weeks of school left before graduation.
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Darlin
Elmer Purviance
Myrtie Mipps
Emporium
Burlington
G&ggeltol
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