Navy plan to keep ahead of Germany in battleship race
Washington February 22 Rear Admiral Charles J Badger told the House Naval Committee that 1903 policy aimed to keep the United States ahead of Germany in naval strength. The board sought a 1925 fleet equal to the world’s strongest then, with three more dreadnoughts and eight battle cruisers needed to match Germany’s navy of twenty two dreadnoughts and eight battle cruisers. He noted output limits and debated timelines for building a larger fleet under a five year program versus the old two ships per year policy.
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Navy General Board
House Naval Committee
United States
Germany
Charlies J. Badger
General Board
Badger
Giermany
Kelly
Great Britain
Futler
Butler
Jemaaieree’s
Padgett
Badzer
Padger
France
Japan
Spred
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Wilson
Representative Callaway
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Admiral Badger
Congress
Water Bureau Employees Ordered to Drink Only Water
City water bureau chief Carleton E. Davis bans intoxicants for about 1,500 on duty. Davis says intoxication harms judgment and efficiency and warns foremen and officials to enforce the rule. The policy ties to new workers compensation acts making employers liable for on duty accidents.
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Water Bureau
Philadelphia
City Water Bureau
Carleton E. Davis
Davis
Horeau
Thom urges railroads need encouragement for national defense
Alfred P. Thom general counsel of the Southern railway tells the House Interstate Commerce Committee that railroads require gradual improvement not stricter control to support national prosperity and mobilization. He cites President Wilson on preparedness and says railroads will cooperate in building a merchant marine and national defense.
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Washington
Alfred P. Thom
Southtern Railway
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Wilson
Congress
Tham
Keys missing after theater benefit at Atlanta theater
Sergeant Roberts, manager of the Alias Jimmy Valentine company, reports a valuable set of keys lost between the theater and police headquarters after a benefit performance at the Atlanta theater last night. The sergeant’s name is on the wing. return to any police officer.
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Roberts
Jimmy Valentine
Atlanta
Nine Die and Fifty Hurt in Milford Rail Crash
Milford Conn February 22 Disregard of a cautionary signal caused a rear end collision on the New York New Haven and Hartford line. Nine people killed fifty injured as two trains collide near Milford. Yale graduates and Sons of the American Revolution members were among the injured.
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New Haven
Milford
Conn
New York
New Haven and Hartford
Here
Charles C. Elwell
Connecticut Public Utilities Commission
Elwell
Greenfield
Hospitata
George Jourtellette
Yale
Sons of the American Revolution
Bridgeport
E. §. Greetey
Connecticut
John Km. Kilpatrick
Allan Corey
Wumam BE. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Morgan O'Brian
Morgan J. O'Brien
New York State Supreme Court
Ford Johnson
Court Rules Theaters May Close Doors To Critics
Albany Ontario court of appeals unanimously upheld a theater owner’s right to refuse admission to critics whose published reviews threaten business. A New York critic barred from a show argued civil rights act discrimination, but the court found no discrimination since he acted as a critic. Lumbering with two 48,000 saw mills and 605,000 men to operate them is cited as the nation’s largest manufacturing industry.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
New York
United States
Cascarets Constipation Remedy Ad
An old advertisement urges girls and women to take Cascarets for constipation and stomach discomfort. It promises a gentle liver and bowel cleanse, clearer head, lighter breath, and more energy, noting a 10 cent box is available at drug stores and that mothers can give Cascarets to children when cross or feverish.
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Cascarets
States fight to save Prohibition laws at Supreme Court
Fifteen state attorneys general argued before the U S Supreme Court in Washington to uphold West Virginia liquor restrictions and the Webb Kenyon act limiting shipments of intoxicants. They contended prohibitory laws aim to curb consumption and promote temperance, noting past decisions on state control of liquor manufacture and interstate shipments.
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Washington
Tilme
Supreme Court of the
United States
West Virginia
Wiley B. Jones
Arizona
Clifford Walker
Georgia
J. N. Peterson
Idah
George Cosson
Iowa
SM. Brewster
Kansas
Rous A. Collins
Missiissippi
T. W. Bickett
North Carolina
Henry J. Linde
North Dakota
I. Phrceling
Oklahoma
George M.brown
Oregt
Supreme Court
Leuers
After Writing 200 Letters Woman Locates Husband in German Prison Camp
Troyes France February 22 Madam Georges Abraham unable to learn of her husband a soldier in the 166th regiment of the Ine since his disappearance during an October 2 1914 attack wrote 26 inquiry letters to German camp commanders. She received 56 negative replies before a Geneva Red Cross transmission from Seleldemuhl Truasta conveyed that her husband is in good health and working in camp.
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Troyes
France
Georges Abraham
Ine
Seleldemuhl
Truasta
Geneva Red Cro
Practical Talks Given State's Negro Farmers At Savannah Meeting
The eighteenth annual Georgia State Pedestrian College farmers conference at Savannah showcased talks on farming practices, fertilizers, boll weevil control, dairying, poultry, and farm management. Negro farmers from across Georgia arrived Tuesday for the opening, with attendance growing to bring more practical ideas for soil culture and farm independence among Black farm owners and tenants.
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Savannah
Farmera
Georgia State Pedustrial Colege
IR. R. Wright
Asimilar
Conerence
Georgia
JHE BUSINESS GIRL Needs a Tuam Pen at Moore Opticians
A distressed ad fragment promotes self filling and non leaking pens by John T. Moore & Sons at 2 North Broad Street. The offer promises a pen point to suit every purpose and invites customers to come in and try them.
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John T. Moore & Sons
Opticians
North Broad St
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