Times Magazine 1920's

December 1929

Plus: Youth vs. Adult Culture

How has Prohibition really affected The United States?

Crime increases as gangsters like Al Capone take control

Mary Stanley, Maddy Reid, Sean Gomendoza, Kendra Triggs, McKenna Haag, Jacob Tuttle

Table of Contents Letters From the Editors...………Page 2 Letters to the Editors……………..Page 3 Advertisement…………………….Page 4 Letters to the Editor.................….Pages 5-6

City Life in the 1920s

Briefing…………………………….Page 7 Interesting Facts about everyday life.

Advertisment……………………...Page 8 Politics Article………………….….Page 9 Political figures wanted to return the US to “normalcy” after WWl, but they have different opinions and approaches on how to do so.

World Article……………………...Page 10 America and many European countries are still recovering from the effects of the First World War. Advertisement…………………….Page 11 Society Article……………………..Page 12 Read about the Klu Klux Klan and the problems it’s causing.

Economy Article…………………...Page 13 Read about how the stock market has changed our economy.

Advertisement……………………...Page 14 Feature Article: Crime & Prohibition...Page 15-16 Crime is starting to increase in the US. What’s your opinion on Prohibition?

Advertisement……………………..Page 17 Entertainment Article……………..Page 18 Movies and music are the new big thing.

Sports Article……………………....Page 19 Sports stars are becoming household celebrities.

Advertisement……………………...Page 20 Interview: 10 Questions…………...Page 21 Amelia Earhart breaks traditional barriers by shattering world records in aviation.

Bibliography………………………...Pages 22-23 1

Letters From the Editor The latest trend in hair, soft push back waves that softens the facial features.

Dear Readers, The United States isn’t the same as it used to be. Everything as we know it is changing, whether it’s women’s fashion or our beliefs on Christianity and Evolution. One major change is the act of consuming alcohol.

Prohibition has change the way people create, sell, and ingest booze, or alcohol. This change is what we focused our feature article on. We talk about how alcohol is made and how people consume it. The article also talks about famous crimes and gangs and how and why they were committing these crimes. We focused on this because it totally change the behavior of people everywhere. Also, because it’s any issue that isn’t focused it on, but if it isn’t dealt with then it will hurt the United States and its citizens. Finding this information, took many reporters and long hours in the office. We had to send lots of agents to different speakeasies and moonshiners, whose names will not be released. From the office, we hope you enjoy our very special magazine.

Sincerely,

Dear reader, Can you feel it? Have you noticed it?

Our nation is changing. We Americans are living in a time of change, a time of evolution.

Things are changing, and things are becoming more modern for us. Say goodbye to the past, and say hello to inventions, ideas, and beliefs that will rock our perspective of our nation and our world forever. However... not all change is good. Some of the things we’re seeing, the groups and organizations rising up, are now dangerous, even deadly and harmful, for us and for our fellow citizens.

We are facing a new world of life-changing ideas, and we are surrounded by influential people, who are known for good and bad reasons. Criminals, daredevils, leaders...the list never ends. In this issue of TIME magazine, we will investigate just what exactly it is that’s changing in our world, which influential people are making the headlines, and how this flood of change and innovation affects us.

Sincerely, Sean Gomendoza

Cars driving through the city

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor,

I agree with your previous article about adult culture in the 1920’s. Newspapers have been lying to the public about the morality of youth culture and should be stopped along with many other things brought along with the new decade. I think families should save their money and give it to charities instead of spending it on immoral items like makeup and short dresses.

I don’t like how women’s jobs and house chores have been changing recently. At home, women’s jobs have been made easier with the help of appliances like the washing machine and the electric refrigerator. Many women have more free time to write to newspapers and speak their opinion which I think is immoral. Women should not be able to speak their opinion.

Flappers became very popular in this decade. Flappers are young women who break traditional behavior. They kiss their boyfriends, they drive cars, and play golf. When I was growing up, men and women would participate in courtship instead of dating. With courtship, couples were supervised by adults and they went to appropriate places for young men and women but with dating, couples are unsupervised and the could go to bars and clubs! Courtship has changed because of flappers! I think they should make laws against flappers because they dressed inappropriately and drink alcohol and smoke and young women should not be allowed to act in that way.

Overall, I am very disappointed with our youth society. I think young men and women should act more sophisticated instead of like teenagers going to clubs and making out.

Sincerely, Kendra Triggs

Flappers walking in the city

Dear Editor, Your article on the Scopes Trial really brought my attention to the matter of religion and science. I have seen many articles and posters about the “Monkey Trials”, but your article really brought my undivided attention to the debate of science. After reading that article, I realized that I follow the beliefs of modernists, and I believe that evolution and creationism could work in harmony. I also believe this whole thing about “the only possible way the world came into this universe was God making it”, is dumkuff. Even if you were an almighty being like God, it still would take more than twenty-four hours to make the whole earth and all its plants and animals.

Your article also brought my attention to the unfair Tennessean legislation about the teaching of evolution to children. It’s not the government’s choice of what to teach children, it’s the choice of the children’s parents, teachers, and the children themselves. If John Scopes wanted to teach evolution, then it was his choice. The children didn’t need to believe what the teacher said. I really think that the Monkey Trials are the cat’s pajamas for the United States. This trial has helped Americans realize that the world is changing, so we need to change too. It’s the 1920s, we need to advance on our traditions and try new things with the rest of the world. We can still keep the Bible and other traditions, but we need to advance on other subjects like we did with dudding up and sports. But billboards like William Jennings Bryan are holding us Americans back by preaching that once they start teaching evolution, then Christianity will disappear. He’s wrong, once we start teaching evolution then we can figure out how this earth was actually created and how we truly came to this to be on this earth. Modernists also need to calm down, especially Clarence Darrow, who was Mr. Scopes’ defense lawyer. Mr. Darrow has made a lot of questionable moves, but I guess that’s what he’s known for. Even with the attitudes I disagree, I still have modernist beliefs.

Thank you for helping find my own opinion in this crazy new world.

Sincerely, McKenna Haag

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Letters to the Editor Dear editor:

New city life with great innovations Dear Editor, I read your article on Urban V.S Rural life. I agree with living in the cities where everything is changing and getting better. Last night I was taking a drive in my new car and was driving through the countryside and saw a man harvesting his crops and he looked absolutely miserable. I don't know why anyone would want to live that way. They don't get to see all the pretty flappers walking around town and they are missing out on all the new stuff being made.

Today I drove by the same farmer and he was still harvesting his crops and wasn't even close to being a fourth of the way done. Maybe if he had enough money to buy one of them fancy new tractors he would be able to do it twice as fast or maybe even faster. Living in the country would suck. You have to work all day and all night harvesting and feed the animals. Farmers don't get paid a lot either so they can buy any new things and then they can't keep up with all of us city folk. In city life, you have credit so all you have to do is pay a little bit each month and it's the greatest thing ever because my family can now get whatever we want and we just have to pay a little bit each month. If you live out in the country you probably can't get credit because they are too poor to afford it so they can’t have as much money as us city folk.

Sincerely, Jacob Tuttle

I loved reading your article on prohibition. Personally, I stand FOR prohibition and I am very against letting people continue to endlessly drink themselves to death. Removing alcohol from our culture would just be the cat’s pajamas! With prohibition, think about all of the benefits that are possible! The men will spend less time in bars and more time where they belong: with their families. Along with that, think about all the money being wasted on alcohol.

Without alcohol, the money will go to more useful places, like clothing or food. There’s another aspect of life that alcohol affects: morality. Does it not influence our children when they see drunkards running around and falling over on the side of the street? How do we know that the foul things running from our children’s mouths and through their minds isn’t from a drunkard who couldn’t keep his mouth shut? Prohibition would remove the risk of damaging our children and add a higher sense of morality. The benefits of prohibition would affect all for the better, from the mothers to the children. Plus, it's always better to get an early start on something this big rather than to wait until later. Also, think of all the people who are like me and support this movement! We can’t be let down, can we?

Speaking of which, have you thought about how many people support this movement?

There’s so many! Women, Christians, political leaders, and so many more, not even including the organizations that support it like the American Temperance Society and the Christian Temperance Union. We all want to reap the benefits of prohibition, and those who don’t will learn to see how alcohol is just...blaah. Plus, we can already see some of the benefits of prohibition in other parts of the nation that have already taken measures against alcohol. Fewer arrests for drunkenness have been made and liquor's price has been increasing to the point that many can't afford to buy it. Well, I think I've made my point here. Alcohol is a scourge to our society, and we must remove it as soon as possible.

Thank you for your time.

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor,

Young Americans breaking tradition Dear Editor, I enjoyed reading your article about youth culture.

As a woman who has been working since the War, I agree that we should keep our jobsespecially since we’ve worked so hard to get them. The times are changing, and so should the people of our age. Barlows represent how people should act these days, as we are given more freedom and opportunities. Now that we are given the right to vote, I agree that women should break traditional barriers. I grew up in a ‘traditional’ family, where boys are expected to be the masters of families, and children are obliged to assume adult-wage earning responsibilities.

People need to accept that the modern family and home is changing. I currently live in a small single-family home. I am no longer forced to marry and help create a large family. Even the tabloids show that women’s roles have changed in society! The fact that children can go to school, and women can dress the way the want to is the bee’s knees! Thank you for showing people that women can have a different place in culture- as shown by their short hair and even shorter dresses. I, for one, am tired of being forced to cover up, and live dependent on my husband. I am now free to smoke, drink, and even dance with my goof in public! It’s the kitten’s ankles to live in a world where houses are smaller, and women can drive cars and attend petting parties. I am glad to live in a world where there are shifters and daring flappers! Thank you for your time.

Sincerely, Mary Stanley

That 18th amendment is total baloney! A couple weeks back a couple of friends and I were smokin' a ciggy. We were right out the entrance of the juice joint. A fine looking flapper ran out and started upchucking all over my spiffy new shoes!

The flapper had a dead soldier in her hand! It was not some of the good stuff either! It was probably some of that bathtub gin people have been making these days. Don't fret, though.

Everything was copacetic soon after the young dame was cleaned up later that night.

That prohibition needs to dry up! It doesn't benefit any of our city people lives and especially doesn't get rid of the capers or even the drinking in general. The bathtub gin and bootleg alcohol is toxic. The prohibition doesn’t support deadly substances! Everything will be jake if the government would get rid of the 18th amendment.

Sincerely, Robert Whitman (Maddy Reid)

Dumping illegal alcohol into the sewers

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Briefing America’s present need is not heroics but healing ;not nostrums but normalcy;not revolution but restoration; not surgery but serenity.

-Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding was elected the 29th President

Amelia Earhart was the first women to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

Foods like wheaties, KoolAid, Milk Duds and Jell-O are becoming very popular.

Aw, play that thing, Mr. St. Cyr, lawd, you know you can do it!

Everybody from New Orleans can really do that thing!-Louis Armstrong to the Banjoist on “Gut Bucket Blues”

You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.-Babe Ruth

I see them walk by in a dreamDempsey and Cobb and Ruth , Tunney and Sande and JonesJohnson and Matty and Young-Alex and Tilden and Thorpe- was there a flash of youth that gave us a list like this, when our first tributes were sung? -Grantland Rice

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

We have had booms and collapses in the past. But now we have no boom. Our progress is rapid-but sure.

Buying is now larger than it ever was-but it is not frenzied. The kind of emotion which brings on a boom is absent. -Samuel Crowther

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Politics of the 20’s By: McKenna Haag In the 1920s, the United States has been adjusting to the after effects of World War I, also known as returning to normalcy. The three presidents who served all had different ideas of normalcy. That would help and hurt the United States different industries. Warren G. Harding, who served from 1921 to 1923 thought that normalcy was going back to the ways of prewar. He wanted peace and prosperity, these were ideas Harding stood for. The next president, Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) believed that normalcy was when the government did little or none interference with business. Herbert Hoover (19291933) agrees with Coolidge and was against federal interference with the economy.

Warren G. Harding had many accomplishments that helped with his goal of returning the United States back to its “normal” state of peace and prosperity. In 1921, he held the Washington Naval Conference. This conference was held to reduce the number of guns or arms all great-powered countries, including Japan and Britain, had in their armies. The Washington Naval Conference is the first effective arms-reduction agreement. Harding created the Fordney-McCumber Tariff to make it harder for the foreigners to earn income. When Congress passed it in 1922, it became very successful. Warren G. Harding signed the National Origins Act in 1924, which limited the number of immigrants allowed into the country to 164,000 annually.

While being successful, Warren G. Harding also made many mistakes during his presidency. Many of these mistakes gave him the name of the “worst president in United States in history”. Harding let others like his wife Florence Kling Harding and Harry Daugherty, his Attorney General take control of his presidency. He had lack of judgement, lack of lax management, and weak leadership. Harding appointed all his friends and acquaintances into office. This group of political leaders is known as the “Ohio Gang”.

Warren G. Harding’s most fatal mistake was the Teapot Dome Scandal. The Teapot Dome Scandal all started when Harding gave control of several oil reserves to his Secretary of Interior, Albert Bacon Fall.

Albert Fall leased off oil reserves to private oil companies. The Teapot Dome Scandal cost Harding’s popularity and reputation.

After Warren G. Harding died unexpectedly in August of 1923, his vice president was inaugurated into office as in the usual procedure. The new president came to be “Silent Cal” or Calvin Coolidge.

Much of the nation held the same belief as Coolidge of normalcy, that the United States needed a government that did little to interfere with business.

Through the years of 1922-1929, stock dividends, corporate profits, and wages rose, which lead to having a soaring stock market during Coolidge’s presidency. During this time, transportation and communication industries thrived in this condition. While this was none of Coolidge’s doing, he still helped the United States. He cut taxes and unnecessary spending and this presided over one of the greatest economic booms in United States history. Also during Coolidge’s presidency, Congress passes the Air Commerce Act, which made regulations in anything to do with flight.

After Calvin Coolidge left the White House, Herbert Hoover tries to follow and fulfill his footsteps. He held the same beliefs as Calvin Coolidge, the government shouldn’t interfere with the economy. Many expected that Herbert Hoover would be as successful as Coolidge, but he didn’t accomplish many things mostly because of the stock market crash in the beginning of his presidency. Even him being involved with the creation of the radio and airline couldn’t help him with his failure in presidency. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation did have success, but not the intended areas. It was intended to facilitate the economic activity by lending money during the depression. He did have some accomplishments, though. He created the Federal Farm Board (FFB), to stabilize the prices of and promote buying agricultural products.

Warren G. Harding delivering an address at St. Louis, Missouri (1918).

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Foreign Policies of the ‘20s By: Mary Stanley

America’s economy is still recovering from the effects of World War I. Housing costs are especially high; men are struggling to find jobs as they return from war, and America is in recession with business bankruptcies tripling. Now, Americans want to return to isolationism, and go back to an era of peace. The United States has no desire to get involved in foreign affairs; however, with America being as rich and powerful as it is, U.S. factories are now bombarded with chemical requests from Britain. America is trying to keep the world at bay by protecting their culture with immigration restrictions.

Germany after Treaty of 1919 Though they have once rejected the idea of the League of Nations, the United States still participates in their activities.

Recently, the States have decided to join the World Court, but was rejected, as the League has powerful ties. They wish to stay separate from the United States. Harding and Coolidge proposed naval cuts and released wartime prisoners during their times, however, newly elected President Hoover has embraced an alternative policy of nonintervention.

The gap in the bridge

Two treaties that impacted the government included the Washington Naval Conference and Kellogg Brand. The Kellogg Brand, created in June 1927 by Frank B. Kellogg, is a multilateral treaty that invited powerful nations to a declaration renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. The Washington Naval Conference, created by Charles Evan Hughes, reconciled with Japan to scrap large parts of their navies and respect territorial holdings in the Pacific, as well as refraining from the building of coastal fortification or defences.

Another event that has recently taken place was the Dawes plan in 1924. Germany had stopped paying reparations, causing Great Britain, France, and Italy to halt in their payments to America. The Dawes Committee devised a plan to lend Germany loans, thus allowing the other European countries to pay back America in their loans.

The plan has been working for five years, and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1925.

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Societal Issues: Arguing Among Americans

Protesters protesting the unjust death of two immigrants

By: Sean Gomendoza After World War I, our society has become plagued with issues and problems, ranging from cultural differences to political differences. The Ku Klux Klan has returned, once again targeting certain ethnic groups, such as Catholics and African Americans. Along with them, many of those who believe in Social darwinism have recently been discriminating against immigrants, as they believe that immigrants have bad genes and therefore must be removed from the country. Due to their widespread influence, this belief about immigrants has spread and affected the many people who came here seeking a better life. One of the more threatening organizations to everyday people are the WASPs. WASPs are a group of white Americans who believe all immigrants and foreign culture is a threat to everything in American culture and, because of that, are willing to attack all who come from a foreign culture to preserve what they consider to be American culture. Along with that, some believe the government has taken discriminatory actions against immigrants too, as they have made acts that limit the amount of immigrants that can come to the US. In general, it appears that a large amount of prejudice and discrimination has risen in our country, from both the common people to the government.

Ku Klux Klan burning a cross in a city

Along with many other groups being affected by prejudice, one of the groups most affected by prejudice and discrimination at this point would be African Americans. Even with their participation in the recent World War, many are treated as though they are lower than other races, most often being compared to whites.

However, this discrimination has not gone unnoticed by the African Americans, as many are beginning to riot against the whites to fight back against all of the years of injustice towards their people. Some African Americans are even considering returning to Africa to escape the lack of social equality here in the US. It truly is a sad day when we cannot consider all people in the country as fellow Americans.

Religion has also been causing several disputes among the American people. Recently, Christians have been arguing with Jews, Protestants, Catholics, and others because of their differing faiths. Although this hasn't turned violent yet, it obviously could become a cause for concern, as simple disputes could easily become something much larger. A good amount of citizens are now are also considering which to consider truth: Religion or science. After all, religion has been taught for centuries now, but science offers a different interpretation of how things around us work. At this point, people must choose what to consider truth: what they’ve been being taught for centuries and what they’re now learning.

Obviously, our country and our culture is hitting a turning point. We are arriving at new beliefs, arguing amongst ourselves, and separating ourselves from our fellow Americans.

Only time will tell how the story of our culture will play out.

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Economy By: Jacob Tuttle

The economy is changing dramatically currently. One of the main ways that it is changing is the assembly line. The assembly line is changing the economy because it has made it so car manufacturers can make cars faster and sell them for cheaper cost Families can now afford a car. Now they don’t have to take trains and they can drive wherever they need to whenever they want to.

Assembly Line

Stock market

Another way the times have changed is credit. This is a way that times have changed the most because all the families that are poor that cannot afford anything can use credit to afford the stuff. To do this, they borrow money and pay it back monthly to the bank. They also don’t have to pay a lot each month because everything is now cheap because of the good economy.

The stock market is changing a lot, as well. The stock market is amazing for the economy because everyone is getting money and so are the businesses. The stock market has crashed recently because there is too much money and so now a lot of money has been lost. Now people are poor but it is a good thing that we have credit here with us.

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Crime and Prohibition: A Problem in our Society

This year, many changes have been made to our society, including people’s beliefs in religion, changes in how women should act, and some cultural changes have been brewing. One of the most important changes is the policy of prohibition and the types of crime and the criminals that have grown from it. Prohibition is the banning of consuming, purchasing, and distributing alcohol. More crime is being committed in the United States. Do you believe that we need alcohol to be removed from society?

Or is it just an unneeded distraction from the more important issues?

The history of crime and alcohol has gone back many years and the journey of prohibition and the Volstead Act have shown that. A variety of issues in our society can be argued as having started from the abuse of alcohol. Many fathers spend time away from their wives and families.

Thousands of people are drinking and spending their money on alcohol and are spending so much that they would end up broke. Certain members of religious groups, specifically Protestants, wanted to prohibit alcohol because of a belief that drinking and abusing alcohol is morally unjust.

Some business owners are agreeing with prohibition because they believe it would increase worker productivity. Organizations that support prohibition include the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, American Temperance Society, and the Christian Temperance Union, all of which want to prohibit alcohol for the benefit of all Americans. There is little action from the government, including the Volstead Act, which enforced prohibition and the 18th amendment.

There are a wide variety of reasons why prohibition could be argued as being beneficial to our society. The main goal of prohibition is to reduce the amount of drinking of alcohol consumption. However, there are several accomplishments that are coming from this new suggestion for America. Prohibition has lowered violence and reduced alcohol consumption all

it’s helping the economy with raising the prices of alcohol. From the beginning of the prohibition it was viewed as helping the society and economy.

While there are accomplishments due to the implementation of prohibition and the Volstead Act, there are also setbacks. Modernists, or “wets”, think that prohibition is pointless and that it only made life harder for the average American, so the wets continue to consume it illegally. Bootlegging, speakeasies and moonshining, which are methods for creating and obtaining alcohol illegally, starts with those who want alcohol but have no way to procure it.

Bootleggers and moonshiners are those who deliver and supply illegal liquor. However, Bootleggers are organized gangs that carried liquor bottles in boots, while moonshiners are independent people who create illegal alcohol at home, or buy it from sellers. Those two groups often sold the alcohol to speakeasies. Speakeasies are night clubs that operate in secret, illegally selling alcohol behind the scenes. There are also rumrunners, who illegally import liquor from Canada and Mexico. As we can see, although prohibition is cause for many good things in our society, many unsatisfactory consequences of the alcohol ban have appeared.

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Currently, there have been 400 gang-related killings- a majority from drive-by shootings. In 1926, gangsters relied on submachine guns and homemade bombs. There are some gangs that controlled crimethe Purple Gang in Detroit, Egan’s Rats in St. Louis, and Maxie Hoff in Philadelphia. Racketeering, or the criminal practice of controlling businesses/labour unions, is very prevalent currently. Tyrants such as Al Capone and his rival Bugsy Moran rule over parts of the nation. Al Capone was brought to Chicago by Johnny Torrio and now is known for being a famous bootlegger and gang leader of nearly 700 people.

Though there are famous police officers and government officials, like John F. Kramer, who created a small force of federal prohibition, the police force is notorious for its infiltration. Eliot Ness, who created the crime fighting group known as the Untouchables, suspects infiltrated agents in his department. Two of his more famous agents: Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith, have stood strong with fighting the crime plaguing the nation. Einstein and Smith are responsible of 20% of arrests; known for catching bartenders of speakeasies and bootleggers by dressing in various disguises (such as grave diggers, musicians and truck drivers.) Soon, if the crime coming from the kiss of alcohol isn't quelled, all of us will be at risk of these gangsters bringing innocent people into the fight.

A famous example of the increase in crime is the well-known St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. On February 14th, 1929, seven unarmed men from Bugs Moran’s gang were shot in Chicago. Two of the men were wearing police uniforms, and attacked the Moran’s gang with submachine guns, bombs, and shotguns. Though William Russell, a member of the police force, stated the police were in no way involved, citizens remain skeptical. Al Capone is the chief suspect, but the police have not responded to such allegations. The men who committed the heinous crimes have not been caught, as they quickly left the building and disappeared into traffic. The victims of the massacre allegedly put their hands up and did not try to engage with the other men, as they were used to police raids. With the increase in crime, and the infiltration of the police force, citizens have begun to

Al Capone and his attorney, Michael Ahern listening to governmental charges of income tax evasion in federal court in Chicago, Illinois (October 9, 1931)

The 1920s is a time where everything and everyone is changing. Prohibition is one of those changes that is occurring. Even more people are consuming and selling alcohol than ever before. The crime rate has also increased because of all these gangs running around and killing others. Is it really time for change? Should the United States keep its traditional ways? The choice is up to you, America.

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Why not be like the rest of your neighbors and get a automobile? You may think you can’t afford one, but with credit you can! You only have to pay $10 a month for a total of $120 a year!

A brand new Model T Car.

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The Entertainment Influencing America By: Maddy Reid

Our three great sources of entertainment keep getting better and better. Movies, music and radio stations are an amazing pastime for everyone.

Have you been hearing the music on your radio lately? The best of the best, King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band has been hitting the top charts.

Tremendous sound comes from Armstrong, the trumpet player and Oliver, the singer. Those two really make listening to the sweet sounds of jazz a little bit sweeter.

Charlie Chaplin

There is also another movie with Charlie Chaplin out in the cinema! Did you know producers of movies actually wanted to keep our beloved actors and actresses a secret? Now how tragic would that be?

35 million people are visiting to see the new movies weekly. Quite the economy boost for just about three dimes a ticket!

King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, 1923

New York, the jazz capital of the world, is developing quickly and making a big impact on all of these new york civilians. Not only is it in New York, but everyone with a radio is listening.

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Sports In The 1920’s By: Kendra Triggs Sports have been becoming more popular in this decade. Athletes like Babe Ruth are becoming household celebrities.

After WWl the United States had more leisure time and more money than any other country.

Johnny Weissmuller 1930

WWl had many affects on American Sports. During WWl the 1916 Olympics were canceled. WWl downsized American sports like Baseball and college Football.

Major League Baseball is becoming America's favorite pass time. On January 3rd George Herman “Babe Ruth” was traded from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees. Babe Ruth is going to be one of the greatest athletes in American history.

The Yankees have drawn more than one million fans to Yankee Stadium.

Football is becoming more popular this year. In 1920 (APFA) American Pro Football Association was founded. 2 years later the name was changed to the (NFL) National Football League. Another rising athlete is Harold Grange (Galloping Ghost).

He is a 3-time all American Football Player.

George Herman “ Babe Ruth” 1922

In this decade we have some new athletes arising. Boxer Jack Dempsy is a 7 year heavyweight champion. Gene sarazen is the first golfer to win both US open and the Professional Golf Association. Annie Oakley is a sharpshooter who has broken gender barriers.

The Olympics are about to change.

In a few years we will be starting the winter Olympics. Johnny Weissmuller won 3 gold medals in swimming. He won his first medal in the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 59 seconds. He won his second medal in the 400 meter freestyle shaving 20 seconds off the Olympic record. His final medal was won in the 800 meter freestyle relay which he was anchoring. Duke Kahanamoku from Hawaii set record in the 100 meter freestyle.

In 1920 the US won 41 gold medals. In 1924 the US won 45 gold medals.

The popularity of sports have increased a lot this past decade. Baseball has become America’s favorite pass time.

Athletes are becoming household celebrities.

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10 Questions with Amelia Earhart Interviewed by Mary Stanley

Recently, a parade was held in your honor for the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. As a child, did you ever think you would fly a plane? No, I actually didn’t even think about flying an airplane until I was nearly twenty. When I was ten, I remember seeing my first airplane at a state fair. I was unimpressed, actually, and thought it looked like a pile of rusty wire and wood.

What finally sparked your interest in aviation? I was [observing] a plane at a stunt-flying exhibition with my friend, when a pilot flew his plane straight at us to scare me. Instead of scampering, I stood my ground. I think, at that moment, a spark of interest lit inside of me. In December of 1920, when I finally flew in a plane with Frank [Hawks], I knew aviation was right for me.

In the beginning of your career as a pilot, did you think you would break traditional barriers for women across the world? I never thought I would leave such an impact on youth culture. As a child, I was always considered a tomboy, but I never thought that behavior would one day defy conventional feminine behavior.

How did it feel to save enough money and actually purchase your first plane?

Ever since I had my first flying lesson in 1921, I knew I had to buy an airplane. In just six months, I managed to scrape together enough money to buy The Canary. I never thought I would own a plane, and I couldn’t even fathom that I would break records with it!

What did you think when you received the phone call about flying across the Atlantic Ocean? I wasn’t going to answer it!

In fact, I thought it was a prank at first.

However, as soon as I was asked if i wanted

to be the first woman to fly over the Atlantic, I immediately said yes!

How did it feel when you finally landed after the expedition? I was both relieved and excited, but the fact that I was the first woman to fly over the Atlantic only hit me when I saw the parade in my honor.

Who impacted you most as a child? I would have to say my mother, who never tried to raise me to be “feminine”, or how most girls behaved.

Do you prefer riding solo or with another pilot? Thought the trip across the Atlantic was amazing, Stultz did most of the flying. I enjoy flying solo a lot more now.

Did the flight across the Atlantic Ocean prepare yourself for flying across North America by yourself? Yes, I never would have worked up the courage to be the first to fly across the continent of North America if it weren’t for the flight across the Atlantic.

Lastly, what would you say to any woman out there who also wishes to break traditional barriers and become successful in male oriented fields? As a young child,I kept newspaper clippings about all the successful women in advertising, law, production, and all “male fields.” To all the women out there who want to leave a mark on this world, keep working!

Don’t give up!

Amelia has already broken many records in her years of flying- from being the first woman to fly across the continent of North America, as well as the Atlantic Ocean, and reaching an altitude of 14,000 feet.

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