Lane Defines Americanization Goal in National Conference
Secretary Lane urged a composite nation formed by affection and education to assimilate foreign born Americans. He framed Americanization as a war measure to counter alien propaganda and called for federal funding for education while stressing national unity and internationalist outlook. He linked Russia’s fate to literacy and urged Americans to act boldly with sacrifice at home and abroad.
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Washington
Amoricn
Lane
Départment of the Interior
Bureau of Education
America
Thia Wense
Ellens
al Ke
Russia
France
von Hindenburg
Mr. Lane
Foch
Going the pace and the temptations of wealth
Howard L. Rann condemns youth chasing money and leisure, arguing surplus cash harms character. He cites college excess, poker games, and flashy cars, urges poverty and hard work as cure, and warns against the idle spender who relies on others.
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Sprout
Red Light District
Wilson Approves Plan for a Children's Year
President Wilson approves the children's bureau plan to make the war year a children's year with an educational campaign aimed at cutting preventable deaths of children under five by at least one third. He stresses duty to protect children, expects irreducible minimum welfare standards, and notes nationwide interest with over one million record cards requested for weighing and measuring tests starting April 8.
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Washington
Wilson
Children’s Bureau
Bureau
Council of National Defense
Annette’s Puzzling Sunday Ride and Family Roil
A fragmented first person narration recalls conflicts with family figures over Annette Kellerman references, planned rides, and a past day marked by parental control. The speaker, Jubilee and Hopper ride to retrieve a horse, while tensions with aunts uncles and the minister’s circle surface amid insults and longing for independence.
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Hattie
Unker
Behale
Annette Kellerman
Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Ant
Annette
Tshava
Jubilee
Hopper
Unkel
Mattie
Maggie Tutcho
Jesus
Shilee
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Hart Schaffner & Marx
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