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...falling commodity prices, disgruntled farmers were getting ready to embroil the Midwest in an agricultural strike (see p.11). Rural agitation for inflation had raised an issue from which the Administration had been dancing away for weeks. But by noon the newshawks knew that the President's announcement would concern none of these things. The United Press, by querying Moscow, had scored a great "beat"' on the Russian recognition story...
...Clark University, legal adviser. The agenda and the apportionment of nations to the various colleges has not yet been decided upon, but will be taken up at the next meeting of the Executive Council, to be held shortly after Saturday, November 18. The problems to be discussed, however, will concern several of the important questions now facing the League at Geneva, such as disarmament, particularly as regards the revision of the Versailles Treaty...
...impossibility of enforcing such a regulation, finally, must be apparent to all, including the Drys. But at present, the Dry's votes are of concern to the administration, and the Commonwealth must pose as a guardian of morals, while under its very nose the group against which it has legislated will disport itself in the "taverns," and gladly contribute to the revenue Income. If the Democrats put through such an imbecile piece of legislation, they will make themselves the laughing-stock of the very young men whom they hope will cast a vote for their party when they reach...
...previous plane and had to be in Reno next morning "to visit her sister." (It turned out that she was to be married next day.) And there was a middle-aged man named Emil Smith, a retired grocer. Mr. Smith caused the Negro porter at the depot some concern. He seemed to have had too much to drink. His luggage included a smallbore rifle and cartridges. (It later developed that he was expected to compete in a shoot at Chicago's North Shore Gun Club.) And he was extraordinarily fussy about taking a brown-paper parcel into the cabin...
...This League of Nations is in itself contradictory nonsense and is absolutely worthless! The so-called 'League of Nations' is in reality only a concern composed of those nations who rushed at Germany in criminal onslaught like a band of highway robbers at a traveller...