Rudyard Kipling joins a committee of inquiry into the future of British radio broadcasting after the British Broadcasting Company’s monopoly expires next year. Does that strike anyone else as incongruous? He’s only 59, but wireless just feels a bit futuristic for him. The article doesn’t say how many people are on the committee, but it includes just one (1) woman, Meriel Talbot, former director of the Women’s Branch of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Jimmy Walker cuts the legs out from under NYC Mayor John Hylan’s main issue, saying he (Walker) has fought for the 5¢ fare for years and “would rather cut off his right arm” than increase it.
Former Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando resigns from the Chamber of Deputies, in protest at the Fascist tactics during the Palermo elections.
A mob of 1,000 people lynch a black man in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. The lynching could be seen from a train.
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