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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1923
Page
7
The insurgents, elected as representatives, are accused of betraying the Republican party by attempting to force reforms outside the party line. They are urged to accept the party verdict, support the party’s candidate for Speaker, and advocate reforms within party limits to avoid harming true reform efforts and their own standing at home.
The article notes awards in the Witter Bynner undergraduate poetry contest, focusing on Countee P. Cullen who won second prize. It observes prize poetry’s limited lasting impact, and recalls Cullen’s prior achievement as a high school student in a poetry contest sponsored by the Federation.
A poem titled The Ballad of the Brown Girl by an unnamed author in the women’s clubs section drew praise for its length and moral. The work contrasts a lily maid and a dark brown girl, with a moral about preferring gold to affection. The piece accompanies commentary on hyperbolic poetry and poetry’s perceived decline. About 706 students from 63 colleges entered the competition.
The report lists needs including riverfront extensions, lighting, fire department motor apparatus, and other improvements. It argues Congress must provide for District needs as control rests with Congress and urges an inspection trip to quell doubts and emphasize urgency.
A published schedule for Christmas mail lists the latest dates for mailing cards and parcels to ensure delivery. The note argues not later than does not mean not before, urging earlier mailing to ease congestion. It promotes public help to assist workers and extend the Christmas spirit by mailing earlier.
A Minnesota wife sues, claiming radio causes marital strife by keeping her husband awake and away from her. The brief mocks the idea of modern devices as home wreckers, noting golf and radio as new corespondents in divorce actions.
London dispatches report Spanish financial circles worried about a floating debt of 3.747 billion pesetas. They estimate a 5 billion peseta loan will be needed, likely issued in January, with banks and the public favorable to the plan.
The text notes outlays from about $5,000 per person to $500 per person, spent by teachers and students and others as part of extravagant aid. It argues American dollars, sent with various motives, have funded Samaritan aid through a long period of need despite political aloofness.
Dr. Stewart Paton of Princeton proposes that football mental impact lowers students to a football level of mentality affecting later life judgment. He praises sport spirit but claims football distorts the relative importance of athletics over intellect. He notes many attend games beyond questioned mentality, while admitting broad generalization may overreach.
A Rocky Mountain News report notes President Coolidge and former President Wilson leveraging radio to address unseen audiences. The piece discusses how powerful stations could shape campaigns, expose partisan claims, and change how voters hear speeches without direct audience interruption.
Anonymous letter from a man in Washington describes being unlawfully held for two days after being accosted by an officer. He claims no charge was found, cites a lying tongue as the cause, and calls for apology to restore his reputation and constitutional rights.
Charles Wells Russell quotes a reader noting that Shakespearean English survives in parts of Ireland and that colonial Virginia retains Angio-Saxon terms. He cites British colonel letters from England and Suffolk and wonders if phrases like you people or you folks reflect the colonel's observation about local expressions.
John Quincy Adams discusses the Monroe doctrine in his diary as cited by Bancroft. The 100 year old doctrine is revisited in correspondence to an article in today’s Post and Adams remarks in Volume XI page 218 are referenced.
Paul T. Cheek cites Adams diary entries noting Adams says Monroe prepared annual messages with department heads supplying ready paragraphs, and that Adams preserved credit to Monroe where merited. He contrasts Adams with Jefferson and Jackson, and discusses Adams’s view on who authored the Monroe doctrine long before controversy over authorship. Washington, Dec. 2.
An observer criticizes public morals in Washington, claimingSunday afternoons belong to churches while stage shows lure women and men alike. The note laments shifting rules and praises a new ruling allowing more indecent performances to be seen by Sunday afternoon crowds, urging restraint.
A bill by Representative Treadway seeks to shift control of the anthracite industry to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Another proposal from Chairman Johnson would replace current restriction laws by classifying future immigrants into close blood relations and other aliens with quotas set at 2 percent of each nationality in 1890.
Copenhagen dispatch says the Maud, under Capt Roald Amundsen, drifted toward the north pole with Arctic ice. Engineer Sievertsen died July 10 after months of illness. Maud last communicated from Spitzenbergen in March and left Seattle in 1922 with Amundsen aboard, who later left to prepare an attempted North Pole flight.
London reports Signor Marconi and C B Franklin achieved a beam transmitting system for wireless messages. They claim a revolution in long distance communication after successful England to St Vincent tests across 2256 nautical miles using much less energy.
An arming conference of the church in session here faced opposition to a proposed merger. Detailed remarks focused on church governance and potential consolidation impacts within the Kingstree area and related church authorities.
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