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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1928
Page
4
An early note describes engineers establishing a headquarters on Chilowee Mountain in Tennessee to study lightning and its effects on long distance high power lines. They plan six months to a year of work to reduce lightning dangers and enable safer transmission.
In ern Oregon a community clean-up week saw school children and Boy Scouts collect 800000 pounds of waste paper including magazines and newspapers. The effort weighed and baled the material at fire houses and raised about $6000 for the youth. Portland’s example is praised as a model for other cities to reduce litter and improve streets.
Stultz, returning from London, weighs safety of vessels and air travel. He finds ocean steamers less safe than airplanes and prefers flight, noting pilots feel at ease in the air while others fear sea travel. Lindbergh relaxed by flying, while Stultz fears Fokker and Leviathan.
A column notes the shift from Peking to Peiping as the capital's name. It compares past capital renamings such as St. Petersburg to Petrograd and Petrograd to Leningrad, suggesting adjustment will take time for readers.
A reader argues that the Literary Digest should act quickly to explain how the Social Security Administration program will be implemented, insisting on a prompt outline as done previously.
The dispatch describes gangster alliances in Chicago with Capone and a major local firm. It notes bombings and arson against shops, the involvement of gunmen for protection, and rising confidence in organized crime amid police and municipal failures.
Dr. Serge Voronoff, famed Vienna specialist, argues life could extend to 150 years a century and a half from now. He notes future generations may view 65 as merely a baby age while pondering the practicality and happiness of such longevity.
Receipts include cattle 800 and calves 200 with steady to strong demand. Texas steers bring 11.50 to 13.85, beef cows 9.25, cutters 7.00 to 0.50. Sheep receipts 1,000 steady, top fat lambs 15.60, bulk fat lambs 14.75 to 15.50, bulk cull lambs 9.00 to 9.50.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Alfred E. Smith’s presidential bid amid Houston banter. References to Smith’s birthright, Democratic chatter, Tex Rickard envy, and Independence Day feasts mingle with playful asides about contests, etiquette by Emily Post, and local barbecue planning amid a parade of colorful names and places.
Rodney reports on Tex Rickard once a Texas farm boy who left at 33, later becoming a showman and financier. He now lives in Miami Beach with two Japanese landscapers and a large yacht bought from Walter Chrysler. Rickard claims about two million in cash, and persists in cautious investing, avoiding speculative stock.
A fragmented items list notes alumni surveys at Oberlin will influence faculty pay. Other items ridicule a student failing Latin, the Nationalists renaming Peking as Peiping, pest reports, horn fans in Sunday parades, and radio use in the presidential campaign amid summer static.
In a formal announcement for the Democratic Primaries set for September 11, 1928 Wallace Ellsworth declares his candidacy for re election as County Treasurer. He cites two years in office and says his record will speak for itself.
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