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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1927
Page
4
An editorial criticizes the rapid rise of outdoor billboards as eyesores and safety hazards. It urges restricting signs to commercial districts and notes progress by a National Committee for Restriction of Outdoor Advertising and adoption of new industry standards aimed at improving conditions.
A new three story business library in Newark New Jersey opens as a city funded center for up to date business information. The $2 330 000 project was approved by the city commission with no opposition and promises to save local businessmen about $50 000 annually in time and effort.
Readers weigh the potential cost savings of smaller bills while noting few will notice the change due to scarce distribution. A leather goods designer observes wallets prioritize personal items over money. The Arizona Daily Star marks its 50th anniversary with a 64 page Golden Jubilee issue.
A controversial quote praises Mussolini as a great man who protects his people and discourages violence toward others, though it centers on self-preservation and loyalist rhetoric.
International pageant to be held in Galveston Texas will choose the most beautiful girl from competing nations including France Berlin Russia Spain and the United States. Unbiased judges will rate entrants while rivalries foster diplomacy and stronger world ties beyond treaties.
A city newspaper extols home advertising as civic booster, while satirizing modern life. It notes Coolidge menagerie news, economic jests, Hollywood gossip, and a joke about clerks and early rising, reflecting lighthearted, era-typical humor and editorial voice.
The Standard Oil company warns that without federal action to stem the flood of oil overproduction the industry will face financial chaos and potential depletion of resources, signaling fear of a looming crisis for a sector of millionaires and billionaires.
Rodney Dutcher reports the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, with over 700000 members, argues enforcement of the Volstead Act could swell their ranks and shift sentiment. Leaders say business allies are turning against prohibition, signaling a potential breakthrough for repeal advocates.
President Coolidge proclaims Lindbergh Day for June 11 to honor Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh will arrive from Europe and receive the Distinguished Flying Cross and a White House reception. Evangeline Lindbergh and Mrs Coolidge plan three days in Washington before the Spirit of St Louis flight to New York.
British foreign secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain was slightly hurt when his car swerved to avoid a pedestrian in Whitehall Square. He suffered a cut to the forehead and a finger injury, was treated at Westminster Hospital, and planned to attend the Geneva League of Nations council meeting as scheduled.
Belmont Copper Mining firm announced completion of arrangements to take over fractional interests held by Calumet and Arizona Mining in three patented claims near Superior for 150000 dollars. A 450000 dollar fund will cover purchase money and development. The deal adds a 120 claim, about 2400 acres, to Belmont’s holdings.
The French freighter Arkansas, damaged in a collision with the steamer Suremico off Cape Flattery, was leaking badly but not in immediate danger. Arkansas towed toward Victoria for repairs. Suremico proceeded under her own steam to Port Townsend with a bent stem and a water-filled forepeak.
James P. Howe of the London AP bureau will send daily wireless reports from the cruiser Memphis as it sails toward Cherbourg to return Captain Lindbergh to Washington. Howe, son of Ed Howe, famed Atchison library man, already distinguished for notable AP scoops and a Shaw telephone interview after Shaw rejected the Nobel prize money.
Esperidiana Chavez aged 85 sits with her granddaughter Mrs. I A Espinosa as the 162nd direct descendant of Chavez is born. Chavez born in 1838 in Santa Fe New Mexico. lived in St Johns Arizona fifty years before moving to Los Angeles. The birth was witnessed by all nine daughters and two sons of the great grandmother.
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