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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1923
Page
5
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The address ignites nationwide speculation on Coolidge’s mind and political fate. It praises clarity and Lincolnian simplicity, supports tax cuts, opposes joining the league of nations, and notes the bonus proposal without endorsing a plan to pay it.
Dr H P Moore, at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers convention, says the United States has enough helium to fill 200 ships the size of Shenandoah. He argues helium enables safe airships, boosting commercial aviation and potential wartime use. The British program plans high speed, long range dirigibles under private ownership with wartime takeover.
President Saner of the American Bar Association argues that Washington and Marshall would face a drinking questionnaire if nominated today. He says they would admit past drinking but pledge not to drink if the Constitution made it inconsistent with obedience to its provisions. The remark highlights a key point in amendment majorities.
A poem notes vanished newspaper ghosts haunting farms at 2 a.m. and in news dispatches once chased by psychologists and interviewers. The speaker muses ghosts are migratory and laments their disappearance from daily stories. Also parodies old sayings and comments on Europe and liquor pricing.
Cincinnati Enquirer notes the Ohio Supreme Court divided six to five on a statute from the general assembly, ruling it violates the Ohio constitution while a minority argues it does not. An intermediate court and a trial court aligned with the majority in earlier steps.
A profile of Edward Clingan Finney detailing his rise from a Kansas farm boy and Oklahoma lawyer to First Assistant Secretary of the Interior. The piece traces his career from clerk in the general land office to key roles shaping potash coal oil and water power legislation and notes his western sympathy and Washington ties.
Letter to the editor argues for broad national action to capture criminals rather than chasing them city to city. The writer cites underground political-criminal links and urges deportation of violent crooks to an island, with permission to return after reform. Washington dated December 4.
The editor notes a worldwide famous baby store seen on Washington streets carried in a dilapidated express wagon. The visible portion is small, but the unseen memorial feature is the vast, overarching monument it represents.
Senate actions include pensions and franking for Florence Kling Harding widow of President Harding. Reports reclassifying salaries for Senate and House staff. Lodge joint committee plan to honor President Harding. Tax, tariff, and constitutional amendment proposals appear from multiple senators. Bills include jury trial for contempt, German relief funds, conciliation court, racial commission, aero nautics bureau, and rail passenger charges reform. District bills duplicate House measures. other proposals touch child labor and uniform marriage and divorce laws.
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