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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
2
Representative Edward T. Taylor of Colorado will reintroduce the reclamation bill for arid swamp and cut-over lands to provide homes for soldiers in the Sixty-sixth Congress. He urges speedy enactment and hopes appropriations exceed $100 million to rival Canada and Australia.
President Wilson of the United States lauded Eleutherios Venizelos premier of Greece as the greatest statesman of the Paris conference. The Greek leader is credited with guiding Greece through wartime challenges and shaping Balkan and Eastern policy, earning praise for foresight and national steadiness.
A. F. Adams of Kansas City is appointed by Postmaster General Burleson to assume management of the Postal Telegraph and Cable company, replacing Clarence H. Mackay who is removed by the government. Other top officers are dismissed while retaining company ties. Adams also serves on the general telephone and telegraph operating board.
Washington reports the U S navy will test a seaplane crossing the Atlantic in May. Commander J H Towers leads a six naval officers and one Marine assigned to the transatlantic section as potential crews prepare for the flight. Navy tests NC-1 NE-2 NO-2 and NO-4 with NC-1 described as a flying boat pontoon design with 1200 horsepower and 50 mph speed, Rockaway Flight last November.
A nationwide effort supports acquiring Belleau Wood for a Roosevelt memorial in France. The plan envisions burying American soldier dead who wish to remain in France, with Samuel Parsons designing a stone tower topped by an eagle over a French soldier.
A grim tale from the London Daily Chronicle tells of a Belgian man who, eager to aid the German occupiers, agrees to work eight hours daily behind the front. When asked his trade he answers gravely I am willing to work as long as possible.
Mrs. John sobs over sending the new dress suit to the rummage sale by mistake. John calmly reveals he bought it back at the sale for 35 cents after discovering the mishap. The couple's lighthearted reconciliation follows a swift misstep and frugal recovery.
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