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...Prohibitionists who object to modifying the Volstead Act even so much as to let British passenger vessels bring their liquor stores into American ports under seal. (It seems that most prohibitionists will regard this concession as completely outweighed by the authority the Govern-ment will have to prevent rum ships from "hovering" three miles...
...unequivocal opinion issued from the lips of Mrs. Emily Newell Blair of Joplin, Mo., Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The subject of her opinion was President Coolidge, the object a group of Democratic women in Hartford, Conn. Said Mrs. Blair: "I believe that he has not won favor with the women, largely because women voters are thorough modernists and they cannot see that an 18th Century man, such as our admittedly Puritan President is, is fitted particularly for the problems of this rushing 20th Century. A great amount of propaganda has been sent out about his ' cautiousness,' ' thriftiness...
...American Field Service Fellowships have been established to promote this object. While it is planned by this direct method to secure among American scholars a better appreciation of the contributions of the French universities to science and learning. It is hoped that through such fellowships the peoples of the world who cherish the same ideals of democracy, justice, and liberty will be helped to know one another better, to understand and appreciate more fully one another's character and aims, to seek larger benefits from one another's labors and achievements in various field of human activity, and more...
Chancellor Stresemann arranged to visit Chancellor Seipel of Austria at an early date. Austrian support in a German plea to the Vatican for intervention in the Ruhr was said to be the object of the visit...
...Russian Trade Delegation in London announced the formation of a Russo-British grain-exporting Company, composed equally of Russian and British interests. The Board of Directors will consist of four Russian and four British members. The object of the company is to finance the exportation of grain from Russia and sell it in Britain, France, Italy and Southern European countries. The "Big Five" * British Banks were reported to be willing to extend credit up to ?1,000,000 (about $4,500,000) for the use of the company...