Two Cities Attack Slums Reform Efforts in 1924
The piece discusses New York and Chicago enacting laws to lure private investment for large scale low rent housing redevelopment. It explains tax immunity, condemnation powers, and planning controls aimed at making private capital feasible to replace blighted central areas with modern housing.
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New York
Illinois
New York City
Chicago
Development Corporation
Flight to Reno Pushes Kay and Gilbert Toward Nevada
Kay travels on a Reno bound plane after visiting Chicago and Reno airport offices. Stanley Gilbert attracts attention as he boards in a scene where Kay learns they share a mission to the Falling Star mine near Multah. Kay plans land travel by bus, while Gilbert occupies the driver’s seat beside the pilot. The piece ends with a To Be Continued note.
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Kay Allison
Carter
Myra Allison
Memphis
Barry Flynn
Nevada
Jetta Dorne
Jetta
Kay
Barry
George
Stanley Gilbert
Ching
Kay Gilbert
Key
Wendy
New York
Flynn
Biloxi
West
Chicago
Reno
Phas
Gilbert
Berry
South America
Multah
Falling Star
the Register and Tribune Syndicate
What Will the Government Leave Us A Think Piece
Henry McLemore argues the public needs a clear list of personal property that the government will not seize during emergencies. He wryly surveys fears, urges advance notice on assets from roller skates to snowshoes, and weighs whether citizens prefer to know what remains or remain oblivious.
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Mr. Ickes
Brother
Washington
General Drum's Career Shaped by War and Innovation
Socrates defined a general by paradoxical traits. Hugh Drum, from San Juan Hill to Governors Island, combined battlefield courage with strategic invention, shaping U S Army air forces and modern joint operations through World War I and beyond. He planned St Mihiel and Argonne offensives, advanced air ground integration, and led major commands in Hawaii and the continental U S.
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Socrates
Archibald Wavell
Hugh Aloysius Drum
Governors Island
N. Y
U.S
Hugh Drum
Drum
West
New York
St. Xavier's Academy
San Juan Hill
Cuba
McKinley
Boston College
West Point
Dorchester
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Drump
Mindanao
Frank D. Baldwin
John J. Pershing
U. S
Army
Leavenworth
Mexico
Funston
Vera Cruz
Foch
Petain
Haig
Pershing
Allied Command
Argonne Forest
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Metz
Meuse-Argonne
Navy
Douglas MacArthur
General Headquarters Air Force
Washington
Hawaii
Imand
Life of a Diver Defies Averages Around New York Harbor
John Lawson a seventy two year old Swede born diver has worked forty nine years around New York Harbor. He earns twenty dollars a day with overtime and depth money for every foot below sixty. Working for private contractors, he has explored mud filled harbors from Harlem to Queens and Staten Island, operating by touch with a tender assisting as his valet. He survived close calls including the bends and losing a helmet in forty feet of water.
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New York Harbor
John Lawson
Harlem
East
Staten Island
Queens
Lawson
Sweden
Brooklyn
Havana
George
New York
Lawso
East River
The Growing State Guards Show Rapid Expansion Across States
The State Guard concept has expanded to 28 states with over 110000 authorized members. Variation in uniforms and organization exists, but trained, formalized units are urged as the proper law enforcement solution. Leaders urge united effort to protect democracy and discourage amateur vigilantism.
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Council of State Governments
South Carolina
Mrs H H A Beach Named Icon Of Women’s Progress
Mrs H H A Beach, 73, honored by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs as one of 53 women symbolizing progress over 50 years. A composer, born Ann Marcy Cheney in 1867 in Hen niker New Hampshire, she studied in Boston and Germany, wrote works for fairs, and was an early ASCAP member.
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United Press
H. H. A. Beach
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Mrs. Beach
Ann Marcy Cheney
Henniker, N. H
Gottschalk
Boston
Beach
Germany
Omaha
San Francisco
ASCAP
The
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Neighborhood defense plan to organize street units
An editorial urges voluntary home defense units organized street by street under local and corps leadership. It calls for drills in fire prevention and first aid, distribution of gas masks, fingerprinting recruits, and universal participation to boost unity and readiness without government cost.
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United States
Office of Civilian Defense Plans
OCD
Manners Quiz Offers Timely Social Etiquette Tips
A manners quiz addresses proper conduct in coffee service, sugar requests, public displays of affection, respectful address of employers, and timely thanks for favors. Answers stress modest courtesy, prompt appreciation, and discretion when speaking about others, with a closing proverb on mindful speech.
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President Roosevelt
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