Post Scripts and Echoes of a Shifting Era
A collage of brief notes and quips from a late 1920s press page covers political turns, social satire, and international chatter. Highlights include Coolidge vacation talk, Walsh’s maiden campaign speech, Stresemann’s terms, and a tongue in cheek look at economics, milder defense talk, and cultural tidbits. The column juxtaposes royalty, politics, and economic musings with tongue in cheek critique of contemporary figures.
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Vermont
Senator Walsh
Helena
Floating high life liner off New York lures the wealthy
Fifteen miles off Fire Island a 17 000 ton vessel named Friedrich der Grosse anchors as a floating bar and cabaret. A Negro jazz orchestra plays for millionaires flappers and chorus girls. Drinks are priced high while cuisine and features attract yachtsmen. The British flag flies as guests toast Liberty with Scotch high balls amid a replica statue. CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.
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Sanford Jarrell
New York Tribune, Inc
New York
Fire Island
Long Island
Alabama
Atlantic Seaboard
Friedrich der Grosse
Ocean
Night on Floating Cabaret Costs Average of $153
Special to The Washington Pent. New York August 15 Here is tabulated approximate cost for a person aboard the floating cabaret 15 miles off Fire Island Round trip fare Admission Four mint juteps One ten Four Aloe gin bucks Two bottles champagne TAPS cee sea teem Winner Stateroom Total 91358
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Firewater Island
Washington Pent
New York
Fire Island
Spanish Army Loses Villages to Moors in Morocco
Madrid reports rebel forces in Morocco continuing attacks on Spanish positions. Loma Verde described as very critical, with many Spanish casualties. Enemys strikes on convoy routes near Afrau Agrau, coast road hold, and Xeruta, where 260 rebels have occupied the town.
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Madrid
A. FP
Morocco
Loma Verde
Afrau
Agrau
Rons
Xeruta
Lloyd George Partisan Elected to Commons
Sir Alfred Mond Liberal, former minister of health in the Lloyd George cabinet, was elected member of the house of commons for West Carmarthenshire Wales. Mond 12760 votes. Labor candidate 8351. Conservative 7906. Seat vacated by Sir Ellis Griffiths to give Mond a chance to contest. No change in Commons balance.
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London
Sir Alfred Mond
Lhberal
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Weat Carmathen
Wales
Alfred
E. F Owen
Alfred Stephens
West Carmathen
Ellis Griffiths
Alfred Mond
French Troops Meet Moroccans in Battle Near Fez
A battle began today between French troops and Moroccans north of Hadija in the Fez region. French forces from Fez were sent to reinforce the advance post near the line between the French and Spanish frontier, with fronts near Diebeikhil and Beni Oulid.
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Paris
Hadija
Fez
Diebeikhil
Beni Oulid
Rabel
Steamer Rochambeau Breaks Shaft at Sea
Havre France Aug 16 The French Line steamship Rochambeau sailing from New York Aug 6 reports a broken crank shaft has slowed her speed She hopes to reach Havre port by Saturday night despite the trouble and continued voyage toward France
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Havre
France
Rochambeau
New York
Low Power Transmission May Revolutionize Radio
Buenos Aires reports a two week night radio test using 10 kilowatts and 85 to 90 meter wavelength links between St Assize France and Villa Elisa Argentina. Receiving at Trans-Radio Internacional’s high power station shows night traffic from Nauen Germany, though daytime long distances still need high power. Engineers see potential to replace some high power stations after further experiments.
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Buenos Aires
Franca
Argentina
St. Assize
France
Villa Elisa
Trans-Radio Internacional
Nauen
Germany
Europe
Paria
Boy Slayers Grow Worried Over Fate in Court
Special to The Washington Post from Chicago reports Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb facing sentencing in Judge John R. Caverly's court for the murder of 14-year-old Robert Franks. Dr. Harold Singer testifies the youths have grown more somber, showing signs of normalcy, with Leopold more the laugher and Loeb turning serious at times.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Wnathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
John R. Caverly
Harold Singer
President Coolidge Starts Vacation With Sugar Report In Tow
President Coolidge begins a Vermont vacation with the tariff commission sugar schedule report. He aims to stay in touch with the White House, order newspapers sent to Plymouth, and decide quickly whether to alter sugar duties, amid Sugar beet interests opposing any cut and La Follette supporters urging relief for consumers.
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President Coolidge
Bob la Folletta
Coolidge
Vermont
Tariff Commission
Slemp
Maj
James F. Coupal
White House
Plymouth
la Follette
Senate
Stemp
Woodstock Inn
Woodstock
Rudolph Forster
Short Steel Day Success 12 Months Trial
New York reports that the partial elimination of the 12 hour steel day has yielded generally satisfactory results though many basic steel workers still log more than ten hours daily. A Cabot fund survey notes the seven day week persists in continuous mills and many plants did not fully convert to eight hours by 1928..factory-era figures show only small percentages on 48 hours or less in blast furnaces, with higher shares in open-hearth and Bessemer departments. CONTINTED ON FIFPH PAGE
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New York
A. P
Gaid
Adele Bhaw
Cabot Fund
H. B. Drury
Pennsylvania
Birmingham District
Federal
Department of Labor
Bessemer
Shenandoah Heads to Sea Maneuvers Off New Jersey Coast
The Shenandoah dirigible left Lakehurst at 11 35 a m and cruised past Atlantic City toward the sea for Navy Atlantic flight squadron maneuvers. Commander Lansdowne led a crew of 171 men to simulate enemy lines around 596 to 600 miles offshore, with expected return Sunday night.
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New Jersey
Lakehurst
N. J
Atlantic
Navy
New England
Atlantic City
Barnegat Bay
Lansdowne
Seize $100000 in Gin And Opium on Liner President Hayes
Ninety tins of opium valued around $100000 and over 260 bottles of whisky were seized from the liner President Hayes arriving from Boston for a world voyage. Chinese gin and Chinese stewards were noted aboard.
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New York
President Hayes
Boston
Brutal Father Charged After Public Spanking
In Philadelphia on August 15 Louis Glazier, 19 years old, was placed under $500 bond to keep the peace after his daughter charged him with publicly spanking her. Magistrate O Connor criticized the act and warned Glazier. The daughter warned she could leave home due to the conduct.
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Philadelphia
Louis Glazier
O’connor
Village wrecked by bomb use shocks Washington Pa
Washington Pa Aug 16. The mining town of Slovan 20 miles north of here was wrecked early today by enemies of Squire Henry Tennyson who dynamited his house. The magistrate and his family escaped injury but their $10,000 home was ruined. Windows in 100 other dwellings were shattered and structures rocked as if in an earthquake. Tonight Slovan has the look of a tornado swept town. Justice Tennyson has heard many liquor law violation cases and has been repeatedly threatened.
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Washington Post
Washington, Pa
Slovan
Here
Squire Henry Tennyson
Siofan
Justice Tennyson
Workman Plays With Dynamite Two Die In Florida Blast
Inverness Fla Aug 16 A workman near Red Level tossed a lit dynamite within a box causing a massive explosion. Two workers were killed and two others seriously injured in the blast on the Crystal River road. A colored boy was involved in the incident as the spark set off the charge.
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Inverness. Fla
Crystal River’ Road
Red Level
FLIERS HALTED AGAIN AS NEW BASE FOUND NEAR ICE Free harbor found for flight route
Lieut. Lowell Fr. Smith reports postponement of the Reykjavik hop to today to permit Lieut Schulze to set a new base in an ice free harbor discovered by a scouting party. The emergency base at Frederitaal was relocated, and destroyers were to cover theAngmagalik Ivigtut flight route with clear weather inside the ice.
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Lowell Fr. Smith
Patrick
Air Service
Reykjavik
Lieut. Schulze
Lieut. Smith
Biasell
Frederitadal
Aiaer Islands
Falk
Angmagaalik
Ivigtut
Cape Farewell
Wade
Lieut
Women to Nominate Mrs Pell for Congress in Westport
In Westport New York on August 15 Mrs Stephen H H Pell of New York City and Ticonderoga will be named for Congress at a National Women's Party women-for-Congress conference. Pell plans to decline. The district nominee would oppose Bertrand H Snell who leads the House rules committee and shapes the fate of the equal rights amendment. Miss Mary Han Casteel of George Washington University was elected chairman of the student council of the women's party.
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Westport
N. Y
Stephen H. H Pell
New York City
Ticonderoga
Congress
National Woman's Party
Pell
Bertrand H. Snell
House Rules Committee
Mary Han Casteal
George Washington University
Women's Party
Honduran Rebels Reoccupied Amapala After Withdrawal
Advicer says government forces retook Amapala after rebel withdrawal led by Gen Juan Castellanos. Rebels reportedly paid 20,000 pesos. Revolutionary forces were said to have occupied Marcala as followers of Gen Gregorio Ferrera clash with other towns. An American named Mr Jeffers aides Gen Ferrera.
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San Salvador
Amapala
Honduras
Juan Castellanos
Marcala
Gregorio Ferrera
Mr. Jeffers
Ferrera
American Boy Scouts Win in Copenhagen
American Boy Scouts in Copenhagen have won first places in firet aid camp construction and canoeing contests and will meet in Denmark in the tug of war finals tomorrow. They compete with troops from 30 nations.
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New York
Copenhagen
Denmark
German Ruhr terms accepted by Berlin ends crisis
London reports Stresemann declares the French Ruhr terms accepted by Germany after a two hour conference at Hyde Park. Macdonald acts as intermediary to speed long talks while American support in the allied front is noted. The London conference is near final closing with acceptance confirmed.
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Stresemann
London
Charlie Dawes
New Symphony
Berlin
Germany
Hyde Park
German Delegates Confer Actively Throughout Day
German and French delegates held long talks in Aug 15 12 oclock meetings and issued hopeful communiques A German French plan for Ruhr evacuation faced delays as Berlin and Paris weighed terms British PM Ramsay MacDonald urged speed and warned that a quick Franco German settlement remained unlikely ongoing telegraphic exchanges with Berlin continued into the afternoon with a key reply not yet confirming a timetable for new terms and occupation.
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Terme
Reichstag
Ramsay Macdonald
Macdonald
Marx
Berlin
Ebert
Dowing Street
Rutr
M Herriot
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Babe
Dicky
Viscount Knollys
Wolsey
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John W. Davis
Mr. Coolidge
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Cox
Washington
Chas
Nebraska
Jack
William Z. Foster
Prince Ras
Abyssinia
Iceland
la Follatte
Egypt
Sudan
England
Institute of Politica
Irving Fisher
Yan
Alabama Jazz Orchestra
Leopold
Leech
Boxe
Loeb
Clarence Darrow
Bachrachs
Robert E. Crowe
Darrow
Harvey Church
Church
Derrow
Singer
Albert W. Fox
McCumber
Shenandoah
Spanks
Workman
Fredericksdal
Mrs. Pell
Americana
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Excuralon Sundey
Southern
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Ady
Washington Peat
Teuton
U. S
Ruhr
Danies
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