Germany’s New Reichswehr Faces Officer Career Reform
A German defense minister explains officer recruitment shifts under the new Reichswehr. Merit basing, four years as a private, and selective promotion replace old noble privilege. The essay argues democracy, not monarchy, is Germany’s only future, amid debates over character and tradition.
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Republic
Germany
Munten
Reichswehr
Reichnwehr
Berlin
France
Third Republic
Bramark
Hanover
United States of America
Prussia
Reichstag
Government urges home ownership amid rent burden critique
Washington voices a campaign proclaiming don’t be a renter own your home while detailing massive government rents across agencies from Agriculture to Treasury. The piece notes no totals exist for rented properties and suggests using building bonds at 5 percent to own government facilities and end the rental drain.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Postoffice Department
War and Navy Departments
Department of Labor
Treasury Department
Public Health Department
Bureau of Andrew Affairs
New York City
From Handbag to Gray Shop Becomes Mrs Eckhoff Success
Mrs Opal Eckhoff narrates a business rise from selling from a handbag to running a chic Terre Haute shop. She credits husband’s support, a loyal sales corps, and personal branding as keys to success for a married woman in business.
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Opal Eckhoff
Eckhoff
Terre BaXite
Ind
Titans
Umnois
Mer. Eckhort
She
Tax burden sparks calls for relief and cheaper shoes
A fragmented society discussion laments high taxes and rising living costs. The piece argues reducing taxation and expenditures to ease hardship, noting government takes a large share of property, income, and goods. It warns that without relief, business and personal finances threaten ruin. The text cites prewar prosperity contrasts and urges action to prevent broader disaster.
Tax Burden Debate Echoes In Britain’s Suffering Economy
A battered write up portrays Britain strained by taxation amid industrial depression. It notes prewar tax levels versus today’s heavier burden, with concerns over rising income tax and broad fiscal pressure on households as productivity falters. Named figures and institutions appear in clipped, fragmentary OCR.
Tragedy in Sweet Waters at Old Pala Constantinople
In the valley north of Constantinople the Sweet Waters once dazzled with imperial palaces roe gardens and boats. Revolutions and modernization reduced the site to ruins with decayed glamour, raki cafes and gypsy fortune tellers now the only vivid color amid a fading memorial of Caliphs and romance.
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Constantinople
Golden Horn
Europe
Sultan Abdul Mejid
Ando
Abdul Hamid
Imaelf
Seragio
Yildiz
Pierre Toti
Stumboul
Towery
Black Sea
Mos
Oil Industry Poised to Rebound Says Bureau of Mines Tech
A. W. Ambrose, chief petroleum technologist at the Bureau of Mines, predicts oil will be among first sectors to recover from the postwar downturn. With prices volatile, refiners seek premiums while mid continent crude buys at $1 to $2 for longer terms. Output rose and fell through 1921 as imports from Mexico slowed, gasoline prices lagged crude cuts, and kerosene markets edged up. Veterans expect a strong rebound despite rising failure risk in new oil ventures.
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Albert Apple
City
A. W. Ambrose
Bureau of Mines
Y ‘ Tecners
Pennsylvania
Mexico
Lowe
Kansas City
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Otto Gessler
Defence
Sabinet
Uncle Sam
Society’s
Coney Island
Fores Field
Amin
MecKenea
Sii
George Jay Gould, Jr
Beneab.ie City
Britain
HON 'Hs
Nul
Beitten
Herden
Taxedonds
Jarouna
OLD
Lem
Christian Ayge
Jerre Lot
Harold B. Hodgson
Childs St
Wilbur Stato
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