Universal draft urged in wartime measure debate
The American Legion marks its eleventh World War anniversary by urging Congress to support universal draft. The plan would empower the president to draft ages 21 to 30 with no exemption for industrial workers, and authorize government control of resources and price stabilization during war. Proponents cite centralized power to avoid profiteering and ensure ready national defense.
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Universal Draft
Voday
United States
American Legion
Congress
Legionnaires
America
Legion
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
United ‘States
Herbert Hoover
Harding
Coolidge
Davis
Christian Science Monitor
Peggy Joyce buys 127 carat diamond worth $300000
A Newspaper subscriber laments Peggy Joyce owning a $300,000 127 carat diamond and argues newspapers should report honestly to spur action on poverty and social inequity. The letter notes public indignation and the irony of such wealth amid jobless men in New York.
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Peggy Joyce
New York City
The Widow Who Wins Aerial Divorce Case
A Chicago divorce court awarded a divorce to a wife who charged her husband bought an airplane and would not stay home. The judge offered sympathy as she claimed he flew for Oppraty. The hatched trend of widow grounds in Paris and Chicago suggests more husbands may flee for flying.
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Chicago
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Spring Song Feeds Pneumonia Fears In Editorial Rebuttal
William Brady rebuts a 1928 spring health piece arguing that exposed cold and dampness, not germs in snowbanks, cause illness. He mocks the editorial claim of hidden microbes and urges readers to discard outdated theories while promoting practical hygiene and cautious dress.
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Reril
Brady
Dr. Brady
American Titorial Association
William Brady
War to End War commentary by Glenn Frank excerpt
The essay reviews Henry Kittredge Norton’s Back of War and argues that war cannot end war. It highlights four causes of war—primitive, social, economic, and political—plus the need for broad societal roles beyond warfare, urging a collective mobilization of scientists, engineers, and leaders. It touches on American politics with a quip about Al Smith and Dan Mandy as presidential contenders and notes debates on suffrage and law.
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Henry Kittredge Norton
Mr. Norton
Droepapandis
F. Tres
Kansas
al Smith
New York
Dan Mandy
Texas
Broadway Mirth and Modern Manners on a City Street
A bustling New York snapshot sketches nightlife, advertising, and celebrity culture. It notes East Side musicians moving uptown, department stores offering odd fare, artists and automat goers, and a Lambs actor Lee Reynolds toying with celebrity publicity. Tom Mix's Catalina display adds a final flash of showbiz flair.
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New York
Frisco
Miorris Gest
William Thaw III
Wil
William Seeman
Walker
Rube Goldberg
Bruce Barton
Gene Tunney
Canarsie
Park Avenue
Vere de Veres
Broadway
Old Medicine Street
East Side
Pharmaceutical Champa—Ea
Forty-second Street
Herald Square
Sixth Avenue
Beaux Arts
Isadora Duncan
Uncle Wiggily and the Owl's Omelet
Squeskie Squealer, a pig boy, watches Uncle Wiggily draw a scene in the sand with a pointed stick. The boy’s crying ends as Uncle Wiggthy’s misdrawn picture of a barn with a wind arrow and smoke at the chimney is explained. The rabbit asks if the boy has deciphered the message in the picture.
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Dr. Passum
Uncle Wiggily
Squeakie
Uncle Wipgthy
Rabbit Gentleman
Uncle Wigally
Dr. Possum
Mr. Twistytall
Squeakle
Mr. Longears
Uncle
Uncle Wiggily and the Wind That Blows Differently
Uncle Wiggily asks what is the matter as a small pig complains about wind direction. The scene features a talking animal world with mentions of smoke, a wind from the south west, and trees bending. The dialogue includes a pig, a bird Bqueakie, and Mr Longenars with the playful tone of a children's tale.
Uncle Ray's Corner Monkey Tribe and Chimps Compared
Uncle Ray explains orangutans of Borneo and Sumatra as wild woods men, living high in trees and fearing few humans. He contrasts them with African chimpanzees, noting size, lack of tails, and clever tricks like drinking from bottles or riding bicycles. He highlights human attitudes toward both, and mentions captives Jiggs and Maggie as examples.
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Central
Africa
Jiggs
Maggie
Ray
Uncle Wiggily and Puzzle Laden Woodland Tales
An illustrated Abe Martin style fragment follows Uncle Wiggily and Squeakle on a schoolday adventure. The owl initiates a nine-square magic puzzle while a wolf and rabbit banter. A woodland call from an owl leads to a helper request as Uncle Wiggily ventures toward a new encounter in the forest.
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Dr. Possum
Hat Hat
Jie
Miss Brown of X Y O is drawn into espionage intrigue
Miss Brown London stenographer partners with Miss Frances Austin in a secret service plot led by Dessiter. She uncovers links to Scotland Yard and a Russian exiled figure Paul as Bretskopf schemes to manipulate the press. Dessiter hints at betraying Bretskopf and aims to detach the respectable from foreign influence as Downing Street signals trusted discretion.
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W. MM. Hartman
Waterloo
Towa
Associated Press
United Press International News
Wiss
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Pricea
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Glory
Brooxs É& Pantey
Representatives
Rosaig
Great Britain
Miss Brown
London
Secret Service
Frances Austin
Paul
Bretskopf
Action Committee
Dessiter
Thunder
Aliss Brown
Downing Street
Cal
Burroughs Nature Club Questions and Answers
A reader questions bird salt needs and ant control in beehives, identifies a mysterious turtle, and asks about cardinals nesting and plant foods. The column provides earlier answers on cardinal nesting, edible plant for a weed, and methods for countering cats that kill birds.
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North America
Ann Gray
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