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The News 1925 Important News and Significant Events Key Technology Fashions and Popular Culture Major News Stories include The birth of Michael Bud Schreff born to Israel and Helen Schreff in Bayone New Jersey on September 22nd First Motel opens in California Teacher is charged under Butler Act for teaching evolution in Tennessee Scopes Monkey Trial Comes to an End Chrysler Corporation is founded Airline companies take off John Logie Baird builds the first television transmitter Scotch Tape invented Great Gatsby published Mount Rushmore dedication Sears Roebuck Opens First Store in Chicago New Yorker Magazine First Edition Grand Ole Opry Begins Broadcasting http www thepeoplehistory com 1925

thors at the time The novel did eventually gain widespread recognition during World War II when it was distributed to soldiers for entertainment It has grown in popularity since then as it has become a standard text in American schools The First Motel opens in San Luis Obispo California on December 12th It was originally called the Milestone Mo Tel and was located about halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles in California It charged a rate of 1 25 per night The term motel was created as a way to shorten the phrase Motorists Hotel and was used to describe an accommodation that would allow visitors to park their vehicles directly outside their room or chalet The opening of the first motel as an early indicator of the car culture that would take over the American way of life It also showed the huge potential growth market that could revolve around driving and cars The Great Gatsby is published The Mount Rushmore National Monument site was dedicated On October 1st the site of what was to become the Mount Rushmore National Monument was dedicated The idea for Mount Rushmore came from historian Doane Robinson who originally proposed that important Sioux figures be carved into the Black Hills Needles In 1924 Robinson teamed up with sculptor Gutzon Borglum who suggested that the figures be changed to presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln In March Borglum was granted permission to carve a monument and he chose Mount Rushmore as the site It was also decided that presidents Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt are added to the sculpture Carving of the mountain began in October of 1927 and finished in October of 1941 F Scott Fitzgerald s iconic novel The Great Gatsby was published in April The novel featured themes of class struggle excess wealth and the breakdown of the American dream during the Jazz Age in the 1920 s Initially after it was first published the reviews were largely positive but sales of the book 1 The Butler Act which prohibits evolution were disappointfrom being taught ing to Fitzgerald in public schools is who had hoped passed in Tennessee the novel would on March 21st 1925 prove that he was 2 In Dayton Tenone of the greatnessee substitute est American auteacher John Scopes The Scopes Monkey Trial comes to an end

agrees to be a defendant for the ACLU in a test case against the Butler Act 3 John Scopes is charged with violating the Butler Act on May 5th and is put on trial for teaching from a chapter of a text book about evolution 4 Famous attorneys argue the case attracting much radio attention and opening up debate on the subject William Jennings Bryan represents the prosecution while Clarence Darrow represents the defense 5 The purpose of the trial changes as famous names with other agendas get involved The ACLU originally intended the case to be about the unconstitutionality of restricting a teacher s academic freedom it became a case about the validity of the Theory of Evolution over Biblical beliefs 6 Scopes is found guilty of violating the Butler Act on July 21st and is fined 100 00 7 Scopes lawyers appeal the verdict to the Supreme Court of Tennessee in 1927 on the grounds of unconstitutionality The state supreme court rules that the Butler Act is constitutional 8 Tennessee repeals the Butler Act in 1967 One year before the US Supreme Court rules that a ban like that is unconstitutional in the 1968 Epperson v Arkansas case is issued in 1893 3 In 1906 Sears opens a catalog producing plant and the Sears Merchandise Building Tower in Chicago Illinois as the company expands 4 The first Sears retail store is opened on February 2nd in Chicago Illinois as a part of the Merchandise Building 5 The first free standing Sears retail store opened in Evansville Indiana on October 5th 6 Sears continues to expand its retail store business moving from big cities to suburbs in the 1950 s and then to malls It was the largest retailer in the US until the 1980s with a large share of the US population getting everything from clothes to appliances at a Sears store or through a catalog Nellie Tayloe Ross takes office in Wyoming as the first female governor elected in the United States 1 Nellie Ross was the wife of previous governor of Wyoming William Ross who had died during October of 1924 2 The Democratic party decided to nominate Nellie Ross to run in the special election held after William Ross s death 3 Ross wins her first election in November of 1924 4 Nellie Tayloe Ross takes office as governor of the state of Wyoming on January 5th becoming the first female governor in the United States After operating the Sears catalog for nearly 5 She did not win her re election bid in 1926 40 years Sears Roebuck opens its first retail 6 She was later appointed vice chairman of store in Chicago Illinois the Democratic National Committee in the late 1920s 1 Richard Sears issues the first catalog for his 7 In 1933 she became the Director of the U S watches and jewelry in 1889 Mint when appointed by President Roosevelt 2 Alvah C Roebuck joins Sears in business and the first Sears Roebuck and Co Catalog Sears Roebuck opens first store

The first issue of The New Yorker magazine is published on February 21st Harold W Ross was the creator and original editor of the magazine and he remained the editor until his death in 1951 The magazine was originally created as a means to showcase the social culture and events of New York City but as it expanded it became more well known for its short stories essays and poetry among other literary and artistic features It soon became popular worldwide and featured many prominent and upand coming writers like John Updike J D Salinger Dorothy Parker and Woody Allen The New Yorker is still a popular magazine that features important writers and is most well known for its intellectual cartoons The Grand Ole Opry began broadcasting Originally broadcast from WSM radio in Nashville Tennessee it was then known as the WSM Barn Dance and was created by George Hay The program showcased various The U S S Shenandoah airship crashes Built in 1923 by the United States Navy the U S S Shenandoah was the first of four rigid airships to be built in the United States It also had the distinction of being the first airship to be filled with helium instead of the usual hydrogen The U S S Shenandoah was destroyed during its fifty seventh flight while it was over a field in Ohio It had encountered some bad weather that caused the airship to be torn apart while carrying forty three people Fourteen of the passengers lives were lost as a result of the crash The crash of the U S S Shenandoah was one of many airship incidents that prompted an increase in the safety standards airships France and Belgium end their occupation of the Ruhr an industrial region of Germany in accordance with the Dawes Plan 1 Following World War I Germany was ordered to pay large amounts of reparations to the Allied countries to pay back war debts They were soon unable to afford the high paytypes of up and coming musical acts with ments and Allied countries demanded they be a variety of styles Most acts were country compensated in some way singers but the program also featured folk 2 French and Belgian troops began occupying bluegrass fiddlers gospel and comedic some cities in Germany during 1921 By 1923 acts The first performer to be featured on they occupied the entire industrial region of the show was Uncle Jimmy Thompson the Ruhr as a response to Germany s inability The Grand Ole Opry went on to become the to fully meet the terms of the reparations that longest running radio broadcast in the U S were demanded after World War I And is credited with aiding the careers of 3 France and Belgium intended to have their such notable musicians as Patsy Cline Ernest reparations paid in goods like coal if GermaTubb and Hank Williams ny could not afford to pay in currency or gold

but they were met with passive resistance by the region s workers and civilians 4 Workers in the Ruhr region resisted the occupation with protests strikes and general non cooperation interrupting the economic activities of the region 5 The government supported resistance combined with a period of of hyperinflation led to the complete destabilization and collapse of the German economy 6 The issues created by the economic collapse forced France and Belgium to agree on a lowered reparation payment plan known as the Dawes Plan in August of 1924 The plan also stated that France and Belgium end their occupation of the Ruhr within the following year 7 France and Belgium s occupation of the Ruhr region in Germany came to an end in August Around the World U S Diphtheria A major epidemic of Diphtheria breaks out on February 2nd in Alaska Italy Benito Mussolini On January 3rd Benito Mussolini declares he is taking over Italy and turning it into a dictatorship ending free elections Germany Hindenburg Field Marshall Hindenburg is elected president of Germany Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf U S Tornado A giant tornado struck Missouri Illinois and Indiana U S Child Labor Laws New Child Labor Laws are condemned over concerns of child idleness Major World Political Leaders Elections Japan Prime Minister Takaaki Kato Mexico President Plutarco El Calles Russia Soviet Union General Secretary of the Central Committee Joseph Stalin South Africa Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog United States President Calvin Coolidge United Kingdom Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Canadian Federal Election Arthur Meighen Conservative defeats William Lyon Mackenzie King Liberal and Robert Forke Progressive But Liberals and Progressives join forces keeping Liberals in power Born This Year Michael Schreff September 22 Margaret Thatcher October 13th Johnny Carson October 23rd Richard Burton November 10th Tony Curtis June 3rd Technology 1 On February 22nd Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio 2 The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler 3 John Logie Baird creates Britain s first television transmitter 4 More Airlines are formed around the world for Freight mail and passenger traffic 5 Richard G Drew working at 3M invents Scotch Tape his original invention was designed for use in the Auto industry to bring a new level of precision to automobile paint jobs But the Adhesive Tape designed to be self sticking Other adhesive tapes used water or heat to become sticky took off with consumers and became an instant success Popular Cuture Popular Films Lew Wallace s Ben Hur starring Ramon NoAustralia Prime Minister Stanley Bruce varro and May McAvoy Considered to be the Brazil President Artur Bernardes most expensive silent movie ever made for 4 Canada Prime Minister William Lyon Mack million dollars enzie King Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Italy Prime Minister Benito Mussolini Chaney and Mary Philbin

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Top Artists and Songs of 1925 Al Jolson All Alone Ben Bernie Sweet Georgia Brown Ben Selvin Manhattan Sentimental Me Bennie Moten s Kansas City Orchestra South Berthe Sylva Les Roses Blanches Bessie Smith Careless Love Blues I Ain t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle I Ain t Got Nobody St Louis Blues Blosson Seeley Alabamy Bound Yes Sir That s My Baby Carl Fenton Alone At Last Charlie Poole Don t Let Your Deal Go Down Cliff Edwards Ukelele Ike Paddlin Madelin Home Cyril Norman When Sergeant Major s On Parade Eddie Cantor If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie Ernest Van Stoneman The Titanic Ethel Waters Dinah Fiddlin John Carson Old Dan Tucker Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians Collegiate Gene Austin Yes Sir That s My Baby Harry Lauder Keep Right on to the End of The Road Isham Jones and Ray Miller I ll See You In My Dreams Isham Jones Manhattan Remember John McCormack All Alone Moonlight and Roses When You I Were Sweet Seventeen Ma Rainey Jealous Hearted Blues See See Rider Blues Marian Anderson Nobody Knows The Trouble I ve Seen Marion Harris Tea For Two Cha Cha When You and I Were Sixteen Paul Robeson Steal Away Paul Whiteman All Alone Charleston Honey I m In Love With you Manhattan Oh Lady Be Good Ted Lewis and his Orchestra O Katharina Vernon Dalhart The Letter Edged in Black The Prisoner s Song