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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1928
Page
4
The piece mocks California drivers and politics, contrasting strict road courtesy with perceived arrogance. It cites Senator Johnson and suggests outsiders face bias as Californians are portrayed as overconfident road users and entitlement seekers.
The article urges citizens to invest heart and knowledge in their home county. It reports attorney Arthur LaPrade proposing on street paving costs, council adjournment after midnight, and Mayor E H Black naming two-year committee assignments for Public Safety Public Utilities Aviation Ordinance Health Parks Budget Streets Sewers Cemetery Auditing and Publicity and Celebrations.
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution held its Washington convention ending at Congressional Country Club with a golf tournament. Ganson Depew chaired the event as newly elected president, while Colonel Franklin Blackstone led the national society. The District of Columbia Society, captained by Major A M Halcombe, defeated the national effort. Future conventions to settle golf controversies will also honor patriotic ancestors.
President Walter D. Scott of Northwestern University says mechanized power has replaced human labor, estimating each man now has the equivalent force of 175 enslaved workers. He argues this hidden power underpins America’s prosperity and industrial growth.
An Iowa farm wife recounts hiring a traveling paper hanger who left a shoddy job with rough patches on the wall. The bemused woman sent the tale to Farm and Fireside editor George Martin, who quipped that the item will run.
The piece notes Henry Ford heads a vast employment network with Detroit plants employing over 112 thousand workers, highlighting the dependency of workers on a single industrial leader and the broad impact of Ford’s manufacturing influence across additional factories supplying Ford-related goods.
The new council sworn in by City Attorney P. A. Sawyer elected E. H. Black mayor, retained police commission, and set pay for officers and staff. R. M. Bruchman was reelected police magistrate at 75 cents weekly. B. W. Steinert named superintendent at 250 dollars monthly. Pete McCoy as sanitary inspector at 150 dollars monthly. Existing departments retained staff, old council adjourned sine die, new board took over with harmony, and routines including a light engineering transition and budget moves followed.
The passage notes that salesmen, mechanics, and their dependents nationwide regard Ford as the most important man on earth, estimating over a million people affected. It calls Ford a benevolent despot while acknowledging the remarkable extent of his power.
Marion Davies stars in Quality Street at the Rialto Theatre with fans of famous plays noting Barrie trusted his work to film. The delicate whimsy of the play meets cinema as Barrie’s reputation for successful transfers is highlighted.
Mrs Mary Bennett age 105 and longtime California resident died in Fresno today. She came to America on the first steamship to make the direct passage from Norway. She leaves a daughter Mrs W E Conlan of San Francisco. Her husband died at 102 and her father lived to 110. She did her own housework until moved to the hospital.
John Mitchell Johnson a retired railroad executive and Civil War veteran died in Palo Alto California at age 83. He formerly served as vice president of the Denver Rio Grande and Western Pacific railroad and traffic manager of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad and held posts with Missouri and Southern railroads. Born in Cincinnati, Johnson was 83.
Mukden Manchuria June 5 Marshal Chang Tso Lin dictator of Manchuria and longtime north China military chief was believed dying tonight from wounds after a bomb exploded under the train bringing him from Peking to Mukden. He was in a comatose condition at 7 pm after earlier rallying and had seen reports of his death circulate, then denied.
A playful exchange between a young lawyer and a relaxed heiress centers on a hypothetical million dollar inheritance. The dialogue hints at social posturing and mock tension over wealth and legacy.
Enoch Frost aged 25 was killed in Bisbee Arizona after being dragged beneath a fast moving boxcar as he tried to hitch a ride to California. He died four hours after reaching a hospital due to injuries.
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