The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-31
Birmingham Merchants
 Want Crowds Every Day

SA ommendation of it's aviation committee in deciding to accept the offer of the Aero Club of America to hold it's elimination and final in- ternational balloon races in Birming- ham September 23 and October 23 is understood to have met with some objection inside the Chamber of Com- merce.
 This objection is understood to be predicated on the State Fair dates, October 4-9, and to consist of some apprehension that the balloon events might detract from the crowds which l the fair might otherwise bring. The e-Herald cannot understand this objection and does not think 1t 1 holds water. The merchants of Blr- mingham wish crowds of visitors as often as they can be attracted. They not only want them during the State Fair, but the day after the State Fair and the day before the fair. They want them on as many days in the year as they can be gotten.
 For this reason The Age. Herald cannot believe that the directors of the Chamber of Commerce will for | a moment seriously entertain the ob- 1 lection. The events can be staged for few hundred dollars. They are offered Birmingham because Birming- ham has the amount and quality of pas necessary for imitation of the balloons. Chicago is still asking for tbe events and has it's committee in New York ready to grab them in case Birmingham turns them down.
 But the chamber is not going to take any such course. Its final action on the proposal of the aviation com mittee. to be rendered this morning, IS going to be that of approval. | ief n complaining about the heat were 1t not | for the chilling reflection that coal will cost around $1o ton next winter
 Private life has strengthened its hold on Joseph Weldon Bailey 1 * # * Seven thousand cases, containing s75.ooo Christmas toys, were recently unloaded from two Japanses steamers at Tacoma. Wash. The Japs may have hazy ideas about Santa Claus. but they know he Is a good spender.
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 It begins to look as if President Will son would let the presidential candi- dates go to the mat in November with out injecting single May not" Into the campaign.
 MT. Al Jolson sang little song at Marion in which Harding was com- pared to Lincoln. MT. Jolson doesn't seem to know any more history than Henry Ford
 Mai Cedric Fauntelroy, commander of those daredevil Americans in the Kosciusko aerial squadron, is by no means the sort of chap his name might indicate.
 MT. McAdoo called Chairman Hays and Treasurer Upham the gold dust twins" Eclipse has not impaired MT. McAdoo's sense of humor. Prince Carol was presented with . cocktail shaker in New York. He is now on his way to place where he ] can use it,
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 A correspondent at Sebastopol , bought 100000 Don rubles for s25 [ The Don ruble has about as much pur- :. chasing value as Confederate money.
 * < * } Before scrapping the League of Ma 7 tions, would the republican reactionar. ies honor Europe with a brief ques. ltionnaire on the subject?
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 Early in life" says a biographer O
 Senator Harding. 'he began to dres' ! like a statesman" It's high time fol him to begin talking like one. l.. When Mir. Taft was running for Pres
 ident he carried his front porch around with him, but we understand he hal since reduced.