Flag Day Tribute Celebrates the Star Spangled Banner
A nationwide Flag Day observance recalls Francis Scott Key and the Star Spangled Banner. The address honors the flag as a living symbol of American democracy and the citizens who shape it through work, education, and steadfast patriotism.
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John Dickinson Sherman
United States of America
Earth
Henry Holcomb Bennett
Department of the Interior
Washington
Franklin K. Lane
Francis Scott Key
Young Republic
Sons of the
America
Uncle Sam Needs Many New Buildings
President urges Congress to fund a national building program to house federal agencies in Washington and nationwide. Cabinet members report deteriorating, unsafe offices and a surge in post office facilities demand, with aging structures hampering efficiency.
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Uncle Sam
Ashington
Congress
Washington
White House
Fine Arts Commission
Mall
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mellon
The
Treasury
New
United States
Wedding in High Life Postponed Miss Nancy Hoyt and Lieut Wiseman Clarke
The twenty year old Miss Nancy Hoyt and Lieut. F Wiseman Clarke 23 have indefinitely postponed their marriage. Mrs Hoyt blamed her daughter's illness, though insiders say the engagement is broken. Wiseman Clarke and his parents returned to England after the cancellation.
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Nancy Hoyt
Henry M. Hoyt
Taft
F. Wiseman-Clarke
R. N
W. E. Wiseman-Clarke
England
Miss Hioyt
Horace Wylie
Philip Hichborn
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Evelyn
Miss Hoyt
Elinor Hoyt
Admiral Hichborn
Horace Wyllie
F& Man
Forest Fires Across Regions Prompt Warning on Carelessness
The article notes a surge of forest fires near major towns, including near Washington, with 34 000 expected this summer based on six year averages and 38 400 last year. Col Ley Greeley urges lessons on prevention as 80 percent stem from carelessness or ignorance and only 10 percent from natural causes.
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New Jersey
Washington
Forest Service
Col. W. B. Greeley
The
Mary- Rland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Desk Requisition Tale From a Government Clerk
A former government clerk recalls requesting a desk by asking for a requisition after placing the desk in his hall. The head clerk advised to first take the desk, then file the requisition. Nineteen months later a “No” answer arrived, illustrating a lesson on initiative and the grind of bureaucratic processes.
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Department of Government
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