Vice President Marshall Receives Distinct Flag on Navy Ships
The vice-president now has an official banner, a white square of bunting with a blue eagle emblem, to be flown on naval ships when he is aboard. The flag, created by Secretary Daniels for Marshall’s San Francisco visit, marks the first time a distinct VP flag is permanently prescribed for future naval receptions.
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Daniels
Marshall
San Francisco
Wilson
Colorado
Howard
National Bird Reserves Protect Farmers From Pests
Washington reports that the Department of Agriculture safeguards America's crops by creating bird reserves to deter pests. There are 74 reserves nationwide, including on coastal islands, with a $500 fine and six months in jail for violations. The Biological Survey administers them, and nine new reserves were added last year from Alaska to Porto Rico, including Aleutian islands.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Interior Department
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Porto Rico
Aleutian Islands
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
Canal Zone
Mystery Chimney Fix Reveals Little At British Embassy
An American reporter recalls the Washington scene around the British embassy, where a chimney fix revealed dust and soot, not secrets. The tale, tied to rumors of espionage, ends with a diplomat’s domestic complaint about the dirty chimney.
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Washington
Secret Service
Connecticut Avenue
N Street
Charley
Holes from Stamp Perforations Found at Washington Bureau
A Washington reporter visits the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and discovers barrels filled with tiny rainbow colored perforation disks. These “holes” are waste from stamp production, with the bureau producing about nine barrels weekly and 12 billion stamps annually, implying hundreds of millions of perforation disks per barrel.
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Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Washington
Bureau
Twin Marines Fool Their Officers
Leslie and Hallie Woodcock, twenty from South Carolina, have served eight months at League Island near Philadelphia and continuously impersonated each other. Their officers and fellow marines cannot tell them apart, despite efforts to separate them, under a recruiting guarantee they may serve together.
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Marine Corps
League Island
Philadelphia
Leslie
Hallie Woodcock
South Carolina
Obregon Leads Mexican Revolution Loyalist Forces
Gen Alvaro Obregon, Carranza's top commander and famed general, is portrayed as a revolutionary idealist fighting for land and labor reforms. His troops largely comprise organized trade unionists, and he has inflicted severe defeats on Villa's forces.
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Alvaro Obregon
Carranza
Mexico
Obregon
Villa
Dixon Firemen Win Shorter Hours Vote Margin
In Dixon Illinois the firemen secured shorter hours by a landslide of 1,030 votes. Detailed tally shows 1 191 men and 932 women voting for, vs 692 men and 401 women voting against.
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Peoria
Court of Honor
Order
Rockford
O. F. Barbour
Illnois
Gilbert
Duquoin
Southern Illinois Odd Fellows and Rebekah Association
Christopher
C. M. Bradley
Murphysboro
W. O. Whitacre
Carbondale
H. C. Beach
J. E. Wahlman
Benton
A. 8
John J. Conroy
Chicago
Roberta L. Davis
Roadhouse
Willamson
Frank Matus
Anna Sturginskaitiskitzage
Weaver
Springfield
Cairo
W. H. Wood
D. McManus, Jr
Reed Green
Dunne
State House
General Assembly
Mound City
Lincoln
Daniel Hurley
Katherine Roller
Hurley
Miss Roller
G. E. Smith
E. P. Brand
Illinois Baptist Bulletin
Baptist
W. E. Soares
Kane
Edgar Ford
Benson
Lorentz I. Hansen
Gilman
W. W. Lewis
Grand Island
Neb
York
H. Lyle
Fairbury
Robert W. van Kirk
Massachusetts
Normal Park Church
A. W. Juud
New Berlin
John B. Martin
Kinderhook
J. H. Pierce
Albert Lea
Minn
Princeton
J. E. Daviss
Forest City
Stevenson
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Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Peewee
Garrison Taunchpat
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
George Scriven
War Department
Naval
H. C. Richardson
John F. Hayford
Northwestern University
Mark Bristol
Navy Department
Aeronautical Bureau
Samuel Reber
U. S. A. Signal Corps
W. F. Durand
Leland Stanford University
8. W. Stratton
United States Bureau of Standards
George P. Scriven
C. F. Marvin
United States Weather Bureau
M. I. Pupin
Columbia University
Underwood &Underwood
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