Explorers and Scientists Rally for Global Expeditions in 1921
The 1921 plan lists expeditions by American Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, and Royal Geographical Society. Projects target Polynesian origins, Amazon studies, Mount Everest ascent, Antarctic and Arctic journeys, African explorations, and Asian fossil and life research. Key figures include Roy Chapman Andrews, Dr. Hitchcock, Dr. Jordan, and Sir Francis Younghusband.
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United States
South Pacific
Tropical America
British Guiana
American Museum of Natural History
China
Royal Geographical Society
Mount
Everest
Antarctic
Arctic
Africa
Central
South America
Siberia
Tne
Honolulu
Pan-Pacific Union
England
Japan
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Hawaii
Philippines
Yale
Harvard
Louis R. Sullivan
New York
Sullivan
Asia
A. 8
Hitchcock
Smithsonian Institution
Institute For Research
National Research Council
Henry H. Busby
Columbia University
Amazon
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Carl H. Elgenmann
University of Indiana
Ruthven
University of Michigan
Edward Kramers
University of Wisconsin
A. H. Gill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Georgetown
Paris
Harvard University
Smithsonian Institution of Washington
William J. LaVarre, Jr
James MacDonald
Lima
Dudley Lewis
Springfield
Mass
National Zoological Garden
Washington
Mazaruni
Essequibo
Diamond Hunters
Sierra Pacaraima
Venezuela
LaVarre
America
Asiatic Life
Roy Chapman Andrews
Gobi Desert
Central Asian
Mongolia
Acientista
Northeastern
Central Asia
Museum
Sir Francis Younghusband
Society
Col. Howard Bury
Harold Raeburn
Raeburn
Kangchanjunga
Himalayas
Bruce
Henry ¥. Montagnier
Terre Haute
Ind
Rockies
South Pole
John Lachlan Cope
MacMillan
High
Greenland
Baffin Land
British Natural History Museum
Jeb-Marla
Duke of the
Abruzzi
Wehi ‘Shebell
Abyssinia
Italian Somaliland
Indian Ocean
Tan, Gangka
Congo
T. A. Barns
Ituri
Semiki
Mackié
Central ‘Africa
Ankole
Uganda
Uncle Sam's Navy Aims for Size Against Other Nations
In Washington the Navy league dinner featured Secretary Denby endorsing a large, modern navy on par with Britain. Secretary Weeks backed a defense capable navy, while Col. Roosevelt warned pacifist unpreparedness talk persists as the navy expands to protect coastlines and insular holdings.
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Ashington
Sam
Navy League
Denby
War Weeks
United States
Daniels
Great Britain
Weeks
Theodore Roosevelt
Debates Over Federal Employment Sparks Clashes in Congress
Senator Smoot of Utah rails at the army of employees in Washington amid fights over appropriation bills. He cites 87,000 clerks, waste, and overwork, recalling a division where workers reportedly made trousseaus and took theater breaks during shifts. Senator Grenna defends increases for overworked bureaus.
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Congress
Smoot
Utah
Agricultural ‘Department
Washington
Grenna
North Dakota
Trousseaus
National Park Gifts Mentioned as Possible Destiny of Nation
In a closing session debate Rep Rayburn argues against accepting gifts and legations abroad while Rep Rogers cites past instances of gifts to public buildings. He notes Guilford Court House Lincoln birthplace and Lafayette National Park as examples and mentions Muir Woods Kent and Green Mountains forest gifts. He urges a multimillionaire to fund national park development and a park-to-park highway.
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Rayburn
Texan
United States
Rogers
Massachusetts
United States Congress
Bangkok
Siam
Morocco
Tahiti
Islands
Guilford Court House
Lincoln Birthplace
Lafayette National Park
Muir Woods National Monument
California
William Kent
Grandfather Mountain
North Carolina
Joseph Battell
Middlebury
Green Mountains
Stephen It’. Mather
National Park Service
Farm profits vary. USDA study details incomes across three states
A USDA bulletin reviews seven year results from 185 farms in Ohio Indiana and Wisconsin. Average farm income ranged from 1 01 to 1 856 with labor income from 276 to 558 and capital returns from 4 6 to 6 7 percent. Farm household consumption value varied by area and few farmers exceeded 1 000 labor income yearly.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Indiana
Wisconsin
Palmer Township
Washington County
the. Bulletin
Forest and
Johnson Townships
Clinton County
Verona
Dane County
Mesake
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Walters
Attagan
Ndard
Uncle Sam
National Park